The Official NCAA Basketball Thread

[Superman79]

Georgetown lives to fight another day...that game was great, but a little too close for my tastes...

That and for a while there I really thought USC was gonna take UNC...that'll teach me not to think...

 

[Addendum]

The Memphis/ohio state game will be another tough one.

Neither school will walk away with an easy win.

Go Tigers!

 

[Fran]

2007 NCAA Men's March Madness Pool - 6 Nights Done, 3 Rounds Done. Now onto the ELITE EIGHT!

BadgerPhil
Maryland - 0
Wisconsin - 0
Texas - 0
Georgetown - 0
Phil adds eight points to his total.

bored
Florida - +8
Wisconsin - 0
North Carolina - +8
Vanderbilt - 0
bored doubles Phil's take with 16 points.

Darth Elektra
Florida - +8
Wisconsin - 0
North Carolina - +8
Georgetown - +8
DE triples Phil's points with 24 total.

farmerfran
Florida - +8
Oregon - +8
North Carolina - +8
Georgetown - +8
farmerfran has a 4-0 night with 32 points.

Maximum_Carnage
Florida - +8
Georgia Tech - 0
North Carolina - +8
Georgetown - +8
M_C has one of his better nights, finishing with 24 points.

Mister J
Florida - +8
Wisconsin - 0
North Carolina - +8
Georgetown - +8
Mister J adds 24 points to his total.

Tangled Web
Maryland - 0
Wisconsin - 0
North Carolina - +8
Washington State - 0
TW has another low night, adding eight points to his tally.

Venom'sDad
Florida - +8
Wisconsin - 0
North Carolina - +8
Georgetown - +8
Venom'sDad finished 3-1 for Night 6, adds 24 points.

The winner for Night 6, and his third night win overall... FARMERFRAN!

OVERALL STANDINGS
1. farmerfran - 154 points
2. Venom'sDad - 144 points
3. Darth Elektra - 142 points
4. bored - 126 points
5. Mister J - 118 points
6. BadgerPhil - 112 points
7. Maximum_Carnage - 102 points
8. Tangled Web - 100 points

The notable changes are J jumping to fifth and M_C getting out of last.

NOTE: The Elite Eight games are worth SIXTEEN POINTS each!

Got done just in-time for tonight's games

 

[Fran]

It just seems like this year's tournament went really fast compared to other years

 

[Darth Elektra]

Buckeyes win! t:

16 points... holy cow.

 

[Fran]

The first blowout I've seen in a while...

 

[terry78]

I'm already out at my office pool. I had to go against Ohio, man. I do the underdog thing all the time.

 

[Fran]

Seven out of my elite eight survived, and I'm 1-1 so far on my Final Four picks.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Lets go Jayhawks!

Sorry Tweb.

 

[Addendum]

Buckeyes win! t:

16 points... holy cow.

Damn the buckeyes.

But it was still close for a majority of the game.

I'm disappointed in the loss, but still proud of the team. 66 wins in the past 2 years, 2 Elite 8's.

Memphis will be damn stupid if they let Calipari go.

 

[Fran]

Lets go Jayhawks!

Sorry Tweb.

2007 NCAA Men's March Madness Pool -- 7 Nights Complete -- 3.5 Rounds Done -- UCLA and Ohio State are the first two FINAL FOUR teams.

BadgerPhil
Ohio State - +16
Kansas - 0
Phil adds 16 points to his overall tally.

bored
Texas A&M - 0
Kansas - 0
bored gets the first shutout in pool history

Darth Elektra
Ohio State - +16
Kansas - 0
Darth Elektra goes 1/2, ties Phil with 16 tonight.

farmerfran
Ohio State - +16
Kansas - 0
fran goes 1/2 as well, with 16 additional points.

Maximum_Carnage
Louisville - 0
Kansas - 0
M_C gets shutout as well.

Mister J
Texas A&M - 0
Kansas - 0
J gets a shutout too!

Tangled Web
Ohio State - +16
UCLA - +16
TW goes 2-2, gets 32 additional points

Venom'sDad
Ohio State - +16
Kansas - 0
Venom'sDad gets 1 out of 2, finishes with 16 tonight.

Your winner for tonight, his first so far... TANGLED WEB!

OVERALL STANDINGS
1. farmerfran - 170 points
2. Venom'sDad - 160 points
3. Darth Elektra - 158 points
4. Tangled Web - 132 points
5. BadgerPhil - 128 points
6. bored - 126 points
7. Mister J - 118 points
8. Maximum_Carnage - 102 points

The biggest jump is definitely TW... jumped from last to fourth in the pool, congrats TW to UCLA's success

That's all for tonight, folks!

 

[Fran]

I've won three times, Venom'sDad won once, Darth Elektra won once, and TW has won once. We had a tie one night, too.

 

[Venom'sDad]

Got-digitty-dog fran, no one is going to catch you.

 

[Tangled Web]

What a game!

Ha, everyone picked against UCLA!!

 

[Darth Elektra]

Well Im out of it...

 

[Fran]

Got-digitty-dog fran, no one is going to catch you.

Everyone* still has a shot.

*Excluding Maximum_Carnage

 

[Darth Elektra]

no kidding with 16 points to the winner.

 

[Fran]

M_C is the only one who has no shot at winning, since Kansas lost.

But this round is 16, the next two games are 32 apiece, and the big one is 64 points.

 

[Mister J]

****ing Kansas.

 

[Tangled Web]

Bleeding Kansas

I like how their coach doesn't want to give UCLA credit.


Some guy on CBS said that there is no coincidence that teams have their off shooting night against UCLA.

 

[bbf2]

This is from a couple weeks ago but I haven't been to SHH in a long time so I just noticed it....

Dude. Dude. Dude. You are successful in making me jealous. So you contribute to the Bruin? Wow, that's aswesome. What do you make of this

http://www.bruinsnation.com/story/2007/2/14/74535/0155
?

Yeah, I work in the video department. As for that story I think BruinsNation is taking the LaRouche insult too hard for what it is, but the story was also unfair to the anti-Dorrell people, especially considering that I'm not sure exactly what else has to go wrong for people to see that Dorrell is a horrendous playmaker whose conservative calling has cost us many, many games. And don't take the DB standing up for the columnist to mean they like Dorrell too...I'm in the offices there all the time and probably 80% of the people there hate Dorrell too.

Bleeding Kansas

I like how their coach doesn't want to give UCLA credit.


Some guy on CBS said that there is no coincidence that teams have their off shooting night against UCLA.

It's great to see someone acknowledge it. I am SO tired of all this "We missed open shots, UCLA defense had nothing to do with it, we just beat ourselves" nonsense. Having that kind of defensive pressure on you is going to make you tired and overeager to make open shots. I don't even understand how that line of reasoning works or why you would rather have a crappy team than admit that you lost to a good team. Wouldn't it be better to say that your team got beat by a team with a great defense than to say that your offense sucks?

 

[bored]

*clears throat* **** UCLA.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Lets go Heels.

 

[Fran]

As long as Florida puts it away, I'm still very much in this thing.

 

[Fran]

Basically, if UNC wins, Darth Elektra wins... he has the point lead over J and M_C.

If Florida wins, I win.

If UCLA wins, Tangled Web wins.