NCAA Tournament Competition

[casinopete]

ha.

[Ghost Post]

I believe what Casinopete meant to say was Page 2

This link: http://games.espn.go.com/content/tcmen/2003/story?page=breakdown is somewhat interesting. It shows the percentage of entries on their site that picked each team in each round. I had no idea Kentucky was such popular favorite.

The most-picked first round upsets (not including the 8-9 games) seem to be 55% picking (10) Colorado over (7) Michigan state, and 39% picking (12) Weber State over (5) Wisconsin. Wisconsin and Michigan State are still in.

[Quailman]

Gonzaga missing that shot at the buzzer really hurts. I had them in the Final Four.

[dethwing]

My bracket is decimated. I lost a final four, and my eventual champ.

I only got 8 teams picked in the 16.

But as long as I beat Mith, I'll be happy

[mith]

Even my spreadsheet is beating me. (and Aga, for that matter)

[This message has been edited by mith (edited 03-24-2003 10:40 AM).]

[Qball]

I lost only two games on the whole left side of the bracket. I picked Creighton and Dayton. However, my right side of the bracket is beat up pretty bad. I have only three of the eight teams, and I had picked St. Joes as a final four. Oh well. My ESPN score is 460. My max possible is 1340.

[This message has been edited by Qball (edited 03-24-2003 10:55 AM).]

[Quailman]

I'm 513,034th overall

[Qball]

ouch, Quail.

[casinopete]

noetic concordance (casinopete) : 6347
abilene omega (mith's friend jon) : 82374
Indianapolis Doofii : 427342
GL Quailman : 513034
GreyLab dethwing : 590182
CSKA Munich Agamemnon : 758284

and last but not least... well, in this case I suppose he is least.

mith is in 866,551th place.

*giggles*

[Qball]

129,349 th place

[dethwing]

In women's im doing pretty well, got 29 of the 1st round games right, thought I had xavier down for making the 8, so that hurts.

[Agamemnon]

So the uninformed Blighty idiot is in front of the intelligent Texan boy!
W00T!

[dethwing]

But, mith sucks. Maybe you forgot that.

[mith]

w00t, there's a second chance thing. I started a group, same name, same password.

[Qball]

What is the name and pass?

[dethwing]

search for "grey" and pass is "mith"

[Antrax's Meat]

Yeah, it's the same as the first one, Grey Labyrinth, pass mith.

[kevinatilusa]

Based on the strength of my Wake Forest-Florida matchup in my original bracket's final four, I believe I'm qualified in the "needing a second chance" category. "Whoopsie Daisie" is mine.

[Qball]

/in on second chance bracket. Thx for the heads up on the password.

[Neo]

Well gee mith, you wanna tell me again that KU sucks?

Kansas 69
Duke 65

[mith]

Oh, KU still sucks, Duke sucks more (I was actually for KU this game, that's how much I hate Duke ). They'll lose to 'zona.

[Elayne]

**Cheers on L'lanmal**

[dethwing]

Gah, kansas came back and won it!

[kevinatilusa]

As if my original bracket hadn't imploded enough already...

I think all I need now is Michigan State over Texas, Syracuse over Oklahoma, Syracuse over Michigan State, Kansas over Marquette, and Kansas over Syracuse in the final, and I'll have won the second chance pool. Hope that's not too much to ask for .

[Neo]

You were saying mith?

[mith]

*~shakes head~* I can't believe Erskin missed that lay-up. He hits that, Texas gets it within 2 on the next possession, and they don't have to make stupid fouls because they're behind.

Oh well. Here's hoping Syracuse makes it 4-0 against the Big 12 so I retain some of my dignity.

[dethwing]

Ha! I achieved my master goal! I beat mith!

[mith]

At least I beat you in the Women's tourney and the Men's 2nd chance.

[Agamemnon]

Overall Results
RK ENTRY, OWNER RND64 RND32 SWT16 ELTE8 FNAL4 CHAMP TOTAL PSBL* PCT
1 CSKA Munich Agamemnon, Sean Connerly 230 140 160 160 120 0 810 970 82.9
2 Abilene Omega, Jonathan Smith 270 200 160 80 0 0 710 710 59.9
3 GL Quailman, Bob White 250 160 120 80 0 0 610 610 30.6
4 GreyLab dethwing, nick imholte 240 160 160 0 0 0 560 560 18.2
5 GL mith, Philip Newman 200 100 160 80 0 0 540 540 14.1
5 Indianapolis Doofii, Brian Bauer 260 160 120 0 0 0 540 540 14.1

[mith]

It was all that advice I gave you (that I must not have listened to myself).

[casinopete]

*tied with Abilene Omega*

[mith]

w00t! Kansas loses! I retain a little bit of my pride from Neo!

[Neo]

Very little. An extreme tiny amount. I'm suprised you call it dignity [edit]or pride[/edit]

Face it mith, you called the #2 Team in the Nation a second-rater. Now if you were a diehard Syracuse fan, I'd maybe give you some credit, but your not, so I won't.

[This message has been edited by Neo (edited 04-08-2003 01:01 AM).]

[Ghost Post]

I was rooting for Syracuse, but man, you've gotta feel for any team that loses a championship match

[dethwing]

Yes, to win 5 straight games and not come out on top must be brutal.

Almost as bad as being Mith 24/7.

[Ghost Post]

If I'm scoring this right, I had 230+180+240 = 650 points.

The "Selection committee" (picking the better seed in each game) would have had 240+180+200+80 = 700 points.

Perhaps they know more about College basketball than I do.

[mith]

Neo, I wouldn't call them #2. If Texas had pulled out the win against Syracuse, I think they'd have beaten Kansas. Losing the championship game doesn't make a team the second best.

I still say Kansas sucks, and will keep saying it until they actually *win* a championship.

[mith]

(and I may say it after that. I mean, Duke sucks, and they've won several championships. )

[casinopete]

since they're loaded with madly skilled freshmen, maybe we'll get to see a run of Syracuse championships. are there any players that have won (or even been in) three NCAA championships?

[mith]

You mean other than like 10 UCLA players?