March Madness 2010 + Bracket Bunch

[Pentegarn]

I went ahead and set it up

http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/190382

group ID# is 36623

Password is bracketbunch

[WhiteRat]

I'm in.

This is already the 3rd annual I-Mockery Bracket Bunch. Time sure flies when you pick shitty brackets!

Hopefully Pub joins again so we can see laugh at his ridiculous picks again.

[Colonel Flagg]

Yep, I'm DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS! ;)

Going for last place again.

[Esuohlim]

Yeah I guess I'll throw my hat into the ring ;)

[WhiteRat]

Also after checking my yahoo fantasy profile apparently I got second place. Who got first?

[Pentegarn]

L:lolL @ Gasoline Soaked Bracket

[WhiteRat]

It's highly flammable and very likely to blow up in my face.

[Pub Lover]

This is already the 3rd annual I-Mockery Bracket Bunch. Time sure flies when you pick shitty brackets!

Hopefully Pub joins again so we can see laugh at his ridiculous picks again.

:)

[WhiteRat]

I just realized that Milhouse has one 2 years in a row.

[Pentegarn]

Milpool knows his brackets. Glad he joined too, makes the competition better

[Colonel Flagg]

I think I should battle pub for the worst performing bracket. :tear

[Pentegarn]

Pub has some random picks. But hey, with as weird as this season has been it may not be a bad strategy.

[Pub Lover]

Purdue wins in the final over Maryland. :eek

[Pentegarn]

LOL. Oops.

Purdue's star got hurt 2 weeks ago and they have been losing since :(

I think I picked Syracuse over West Virginia and my 'gamble" pick was Louisville over Duke in the second round.

[Colonel Flagg]

Done in 60 seconds. No thought at all.

Well ... not really. ;)

[Pub Lover]

Purdue's star got hurt 2 weeks ago and they have been losing since :(
Dammit. :dunce

...my 'gamble" pick was Louisville over Duke in the second round.

I also did that. :)

[Esuohlim]

;) ;)

[Pentegarn]

I also did that. :)

Now I don't know what to think :lol

Also, weren't you all about Purdue last year too?

Seriously though, I have a "Duke is overrated policy" that demands I get them the hell off my brackets ASAP. That was why I was so close to being right two years ago when they almost lost to Belmont (well that and two years ago Belmont was the little team that could but nobody noticed)

[WhiteRat]

Now I don't know what to think :lol

Also, weren't you all about Purdue last year too?

Seriously though, I have a "Duke is overrated policy" that demands I get them the hell off my brackets ASAP. That was why I was so close to being right two years ago when they almost lost to Belmont (well that and two years ago Belmont was the little team that could but nobody noticed)

I remember that game. Several of us were wildly posting and commenting on that game as it happened. I think Duke got the win by 1 or 2 points in that one.

[Pentegarn]

We weren't just posting wildly, we were freaking out :P

[Colonel Flagg]

Thanks for the memories, P! :)

[Babs]

I don't think Duke is that over rated but none the less they are over rated. I could definitely see them and Villanova in the elite 8 facing off with Villanova (of course) defeating them.

[Colonel Flagg]

Oh, that would be delicious. :yum

[Pentegarn]

I don't see them getting past round two honestly. They coasted through the weakest ACC division ever, had no real quality wins, and got their number 1 slot on name power alone.

[WhiteRat]

Here's my official disclaimer that I only made my picks in less than 5 minutes. So when it catches on fire I won't feel bad.

[Pentegarn]

Here's my official disclaimer that I only made my picks in less than 5 minutes. So when it catches on fire I won't feel bad.

We both know you are lying :lol

[Pentegarn]

As per tradition, we can talk games here and be bracket guy in the March Madness thread.

This is my Christmas time. I loves me some March Madness! :love

[Pentegarn]

So on to my pre game thoughts for today's matchups:

I expect BYU vs. Florida to be the good one in the 12:30 bunch, so I will try to catch that one live. I expect given BYU's poor performance in past apperances that Florida will win it in a close one.

St. Mary's and Richmond will be the most interesting 3:00 one. I expect St. Mary's to control this one.

2 games have my attention at 7. Washington v. Marquette because it should be close, and Ohio v. Georgetown because I think this will be the 14 beats a 3 upset and Ohio actually is on a hot streak so I want to see them in action.

Wake Forest v. Texas will be the game for 9:30 that I look for, and it is a game that makes me nervous (more on that in the bracket thread later)

[Pentegarn]

Ew. I just looked and there is little coverage of live games on TV (just CBS from what I can see), looks like it's going to be all about the live feed on the internets

[WhiteRat]

We both know you are lying :lol

Ha, you know me too well. Of course once it blows up in my face I will be posting about how this is the last time I do a bracket and blah blah blah.

Happens every single year.

[WhiteRat]

Ohio beating Georgetown will not happen. At least I hope to Zeus that it doesn't happen because I have Georgetown making a bit of a run.

[Pentegarn]

Ohio beating Georgetown will not happen. At least I hope to Zeus that it doesn't happen because I have Georgetown making a bit of a run.

You better hope to a different God, Zues only accepts prayers about decathlons.

[Pentegarn]

Ha, you know me too well. Of course once it blows up in my face I will be posting about how this is the last time I do a bracket and blah blah blah.

Happens every single year.

We are all in a codependent relationship with March Madness

[Colonel Flagg]

I know it's early, but Robert Morris is putting the SMACKDOWN on 'nova. :(

[Colonel Flagg]

I, on the other hand, really did make my picks in about a minute. I figure I couldn't do any worse if I really thought about it. :\

[WhiteRat]

I know it's early, but Robert Morris is putting the SMACKDOWN on 'nova. :(

They won't be able to hang for 20 more minutes.

[Colonel Flagg]

28-22 RMU at the half. I keep waiting for 'nova to put together a 17-2 run or something.

Maybe they're this season's Arizona. :(

I expect BYU vs. Florida to be the good one in the 12:30 bunch, so I will try to catch that one live. I expect given BYU's poor performance in past apperances that Florida will win it in a close one.

And it's 35-33 BYU at the half. So far, P, you're damn near as prescient as any dime-store fortuneteller. :lol

On the other hand ....

[Pentegarn]

ND and OD are tied as well. Could have a ton of upsets from the get go.

[Pentegarn]

And I think OD has ND's number at this point.

[Esuohlim]

Woo Old Dominion! :woo

I'm in the lead :lol

[Pentegarn]

There goes ND. Jim Rome is letting Jay Stewart have it because he had ND in his final four :D

[Pentegarn]

ND cost me a big 3 points. You suck ND!

[Esuohlim]

What the fuck Robert Morris >:

[Pentegarn]

Yeah, how bout that. I will be going to the bracket thread to rant about that if Nova don't get it's shit together

[Pentegarn]

First it was George Mason, now it is Robert Morris, what the fuck is it with Universities that are just some guy's name fucking up my brackets?

[Esuohlim]

I remember MSU as a 2 seed played Robert Morris last year and we cut it pretty close. That dude is force to be reckoned with :(

[Pentegarn]

Nova has tied it up. If they hold on an win it won't be because they outplayed RM in this game, it will be because they scrambled and outplayed them for a quarter, and that is not acceptable in this tourney.

[Esuohlim]

At least Florida isn't pulling through.

[Pentegarn]

Florida is in foul for time mode, a good sign that it is over.

[Colonel Flagg]

Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame
Wake up the echoes cheering her name,
Send the volley cheer on high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky,
What though the odds be great or small
Old Notre Dame will win over all,
While her loyal sons are marching
Onward to Victory.

:lol2

EDIT: I hate Notre Dame sooooooo much. Almost more than the Yankees.

[Colonel Flagg]

And Villanova dodges the bullet. :\

[Babs]

I had Notre Dame winning that game but that's the only one I'm off with so far. Baylor had a pretty rough start but the score is pretty even now. The BYU vs. Florida game was really good with the double over time, very entertaining. Now it's time for Vandy to beat Murray State.

[Pentegarn]

So while I had Florida and ND wrong, my overall bracket lives to fight another day with Nova squeaking out that OT victory that should have never gotten that far. Hopefully it is a wake up call to Nova

[Colonel Flagg]

They played up to their potential, as evidenced by their last two regular season losses.

'nova is one of the weakest 2 seeds I can remember.

[Colonel Flagg]

Go Owls! :)

[Babs]

I'll be rooting for Temple as well my friend.

[Pub Lover]

WTF Vanderbilt? >:

[Pentegarn]

I would think with all these upsets your bracket would be thriving Pub :P

[Pentegarn]

Ohio is making G-town look like chumps

[Colonel Flagg]

Now it's time for Vandy to beat Murray State.

Ooops. Check that. :\

[Colonel Flagg]

Ohio is making G-town look like chumps


My third least favorite team behind Duke and Notre Dame. :bestthread

[Colonel Flagg]

I destroyed my bracket with Vandy losing in the 1st round. I'm now down to a final 3. :(

On the bright side, I'm tied for last place. :)

[Pentegarn]

I'll admit I lost a lot of credibility with my picks his afternoon, but I think my Ohio over G-town call brought it all back :P

[Pentegarn]

A good test for your future hopes for winning is weather you are looking up or down at Pub's possible points :P

[Colonel Flagg]

Not even close. Hoya's suck ASS!

[Colonel Flagg]

Ummmm. That would be "up". :(

[WhiteRat]

I had Georgetown going to the Elite 8 and two of my sweet 16 teams have went down. Things aren't looking to bright for me.

[Esuohlim]

At least I got the South region correct today :( And correct on three upsets. Not too shabby

[Pentegarn]

Apparently, from all the 'experts' saying what an upset it was you and I are the only ones to realize that

[Pentegarn]

I think Willie sneaked a bracket in without saying hi :P

[Colonel Flagg]

He's doing pretty damned well, too. >:

[Colonel Flagg]

Babs took my spot. >:

[Colonel Flagg]

I'm not sure why, but I'm getting a peculiar kind of satisfaction seeing the Big East get smacked down in the first round. ND, Marquette and G-Town all took powders, with Nova just squeaking by.

Lehigh actually gave Kansas a scare. Hmmmmmm.....

[WhiteRat]

Minnesota is on a 9-0 run.

A shitty local sports station here is claiming this morning that Tubby Smith is near finalizing a contract with AUBURN. This is the same station last year that reportedly had Tubby on a plan to sign a contract with Virginia. :lol

[Colonel Flagg]

Temple is getting clobbered by CORNELL??!!??!!?? :explode

(that was my bracket, btw)

[Colonel Flagg]

Well on my way now - down to the final "2". (heh heh heh) :(

[Pub Lover]

I am being clobbered by my reasonable picks. So nuts.

I don't have ESPN at the moment. This is the only time of year I ever watch it.

Go Willie! woo!

[Colonel Flagg]

You and me, down to the wire!

Again ....

[Pentegarn]

I am being clobbered by my reasonable picks. So nuts.

I don't have ESPN at the moment. This is the only time of year I ever watch it.

Go Willie! woo!

You have CBS? All the coverage is pretty much there this time (I wish it were ABC, then ESPN would have games too)

[Colonel Flagg]

Eff me. Cornell played like effing animals. If they can do that once more, they can make it to the sweet 16.

I don't really care anymore. Duke is pasting ARPB so my theory picking Duke to win it all backfired horribly.

Oh well, there's always pulling for 'nova and hoping the rest of you all do well. :(

[Babs]

Wow, my bracket just went to hell.

[Pentegarn]

I just noticed we all have a different winner in the finals, I don't think I have ever seen that happen to us before

[Colonel Flagg]

I am the first player with 2 final four teams knocked out. (Vandy and Temple) :picklehat

[Pentegarn]

yet you are still in it score wise

[Pub Lover]

I am in last place, and even have the lowest possible points. Going into the Purdue game, it is all down hill from here. :x

[Babs]

I am the first player with 2 final four teams knocked out. (Vandy and Temple) :picklehat

I had Vandy in my final four as well.

[Babs]

Now I can say goodbye to Nova >:

[Colonel Flagg]

Hey Wright!

Yeah Wildcats, I'm talking to you too.

SUCK IT BITCHES. :blowme

[Pentegarn]

My south bracket is a barren wasteland

[WhiteRat]

Cornell beating Temple was about the only good thing that happened in my bracket. I'm 2 points above last and if Kansas doesn't take out UNI i'm screwed.

[Pentegarn]

You might be screwed then, UNI seems to be holding that 10+ lead.

There is still plenty of time left though.

[Pentegarn]

Wow, NIU schooled Kansas. Only time Kansas had a lead that game was when it was 2-0 Kansas.

I can root root root for OSU now without a worry for what it will do to me bracket :P

[Colonel Flagg]

Aahhhhhhhhh! Jayhawks take a dump! Good thingI have OSU coming out of that bracket.

On the other hand, my East and West brackets are both crispy critters.

[Colonel Flagg]

Washington schooled UNM too.

Way to go Lobos. >:

[Esuohlim]

As always every year I have no faith in my own team and I always have them losing in the second round. :/ They're holding their own against Maryland right now but fuck guys my bracket. MY BRACKET :( :(

[Esuohlim]

AAAHHH. ROE DUCKS THE FUCKING PASS. FUCKING LUCIOUS DRAINS A 3 WITH .00000000000004 SECONDS LEFT FUCKING AAAHHHH MY BRACKET :HAPPY :SAD :HAPPY :SAD

[Geggy]

Wish I joined this bracket but my bracket is pretty much a bust despite picking against notre dame and clemson in first round. I knew neither one ever had much luck in big stages. So naturally I'm hoping for a cinderella story. I'm rooting for bunch of hicks from northern iowa to reach the final 4 for the first time since the grandfather of basketball hick, larry bird in '79. If they win it all, it would bring the sexy in mutton chops and receding hairlines. Its funny because I was watching the n. iowa/kansas game, I forgot about my bracket in which I choose kansas to win it all, and found myself rooting for the hicks to pull of a major upset.

[Geggy]

Cincinnati, not clemson.

And wrong thread.

[Esuohlim]

I'm thinking about merging the two threads anyway. It's all March Madness discussion, man.

[Colonel Flagg]

Cornell waxes the Badgers. Woot.

[executioneer]

I think Willie sneaked a bracket in without saying hi :P
boogidy boogidy, i'll scare your dad

[Pentegarn]

I'm thinking about merging the two threads anyway. It's all March Madness discussion, man.

But the tradition of the 2 threads :(

[Esuohlim]

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU CAN LUMP IT

INTO ONE THREAD

SO I GUESS YOU HAVE NO CHOICE

[WhiteRat]

Why Kansas? Why must you lose to god damn Northern Iowa?!?! Kansas, I had you winning it all and this is how you repay me?

Now with the Pitt loss 3 of my Final Four teams are out. This seriously has to be the worst bracket I have ever devised.

Seriously though, fuck brackets. I'm done with this crap. Every year this shit happens and I'm tired of dealing with it.

[Colonel Flagg]

Me too. I'm never doing this March Madness bracket thing again!

(maybe)

[Pub Lover]

Boo! Come on, you guys. Purdue might still win! :)

[Pentegarn]

Why Kansas? Why must you lose to god damn Northern Iowa?!?! Kansas, I had you winning it all and this is how you repay me?

Now with the Pitt loss 3 of my Final Four teams are out. This seriously has to be the worst bracket I have ever devised.

Seriously though, fuck brackets. I'm done with this crap. Every year this shit happens and I'm tired of dealing with it.


Me too. I'm never doing this March Madness bracket thing again!

(maybe)

The three of us always think this, and we all come back. Codependency if ever I saw it :lol

[Babs]

Boo! Come on, you guys. Purdue might still win! :)

YEAH RIGHT NIU ALL THE WAY BABY

[Colonel Flagg]

The three of us always think this, and we all come back. Codependency if ever I saw it :lol

I AM A MARCHMADNESSAHOLIC. I NEED A 12 STEP PROGRAM. STAT.

[Pentegarn]

I AM A MARCHMADNESSAHOLIC. I NEED A 12 STEP PROGRAM. STAT.

You forgot you are Marchmadnessochistic :lol

[Colonel Flagg]

Oh. Yeah. Right. :(

[WhiteRat]

brackets still suck

[Colonel Flagg]

Anyone out there?

WVU and 'cuse both have dogfights on their hands.

I hope they both lose. >: Go Musketeers ATW!

[Babs]

Sorry Tim, but it looks like Syracuse is out.

[Colonel Flagg]

Unfortunately, WVU is now ahead by 9 with less than 4 minutes to play.

Huskies R.I.P. :(

[Pentegarn]

Sorry Tim, but it looks like Syracuse is out.

There went the last of my chance for a comeback

[WhiteRat]

No more checking of this thread. I will come back after the tourney to see who won but until the, GOOD RIDDANCE!

[Pentegarn]

I wish I had your willpower, unfortunately when it comes to March Madness

I'll never let it go
It's always on my mind
It's the only thing I need
It's all I see
And I'll never, never let it goooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Babs]

Holy shit, the Xavier and Kansas State game is FUCKING AMAZING!

[Babs]

http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/perfect-bracket-from-an-autistic-child/0311477

Okay, so I think this autistic child might be onto something... but Purdue win's it all?

[Pentegarn]

His bracket already has one wrong pick, he had Syracuse going on to play Kansas State

[Colonel Flagg]

Yo!

Buckeyes!

Don't FOLD you losers!

[Pentegarn]

Anyone have MSU winning it all, because Korie Lucious looks about as clutch as it gets and if he keeps that pace up MSU could ride him to the finals easily.

[Pub Lover]

My bracket has burned to the ground. :(

[Babs]

I'm done with this. I'm such a sore sport once Ohio loses at anything.

[Esuohlim]

Whatever, dude. I spent the entirety of the MSU vs. Northern Iowa game yesterday making fun of MSU and pissing my friends off. I'd love to see them win, but really, we should have lost in the second round.

But seriously, fuck OSU. You guys can have football.

[Geggy]

A double upset tonight! Nothing in this tournament shocks me any longer. Butler put on a great finish. A poor game by kentucky...turnovers and missed free throws and 3 pointers killed them.

[Colonel Flagg]

The only thing bad about West Virginia beating Kentucky is that they are a Big East team.

If Duke wins the whole thing, then I win. But I'll feel like I lost. :(

Go Butler.

[Pentegarn]

OK, I am not sure I read this right, but if I did please tell me:

If WVU wins their next game, and Duke loses to Baylor, do I actually win this debacle?

[Colonel Flagg]

Maybe yes, but no. :\

[Esuohlim]

So we have three scenarios:

1. WVU beats Duke, Pentegarn wins.
2. Duke beats WVU, loses in the championship game, I win.
3. Dukes wins it all, Flagg wins.

I'm willing to sacrifice personal gain for the greater good. Scenario 1 is the best, Duke can suck it.

[Colonel Flagg]

I'm rooting for Pentegarn too. I hate the Blue Devils. >:

[WhiteRat]

Anyone who is surprised that Butler is in the Final Four and is a cinderella and such needs to realize that they have been ranked in the Top 15 for the almost the entire year. This is a good basketball team and has been for the last couple of years. I just get so tired of people seemingly shocked that Butler has made it this far.

[Kitsa]

Didn't I hear them say that the only kid from WVU on the court during the WVU-KY game was one of the Kentucky players? That strikes me as funny for some reason.

WV is one of those brain-drain states where they'll practically hand you a scholarship if you can get through high school with B's.

[Babs]

I really can not stand Butler. You got that neandrathal Howard who's constantly licking his spic-tache and can't fail to mention baby face bitch Heyward.

[Pentegarn]

God I hate Duke so much

[Colonel Flagg]

Go Butler. :(

[Babs]

So much for March Madness. Congratulations Duke :blowme

[Esuohlim]

I don't know if anyone else even cared about the MSU - Butler game, let alone watched it, but goddamn I hate it when a game is won solely because of free throws. I wouldn't feel as shitty about it, but Butler didn't even make one third of their attempted field goals. Feh :(

[Colonel Flagg]

Agreed. Neither team particularly deserved to win that game. :(

[Colonel Flagg]

Duke is getting more than they bargained for, methinks .... :lol

[Colonel Flagg]

Eff me. >:

Butler gets not one, but two chances to a) take the lead or b) win at the buzzer and just missed them both. Even the half-court desperation heave was close, dammit.

And Zoubek, the cement-handed free throw shooter actually bricked the right one, making the first.

In the end, the old Dookie magic worked again. :(

I was so sure that by picking the Dig Dicks to win the crown they would choke in round 1 or 2. Some strategy.

[Pentegarn]

Grats to Colonel

The people took to the streets in celebration of his victory

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q1/Pentegarn/war_protest_102809.jpg

PS This counts as your photo prize :P

[Colonel Flagg]

:effing firewall >:>:>:>:>:>: :explode

[Esuohlim]

If that ball was five inches to the right...

Congratulations, Flagg. How many showers is it going to take to wash off that dirty feeling?

[Colonel Flagg]

Ooooooh ... ICKY. :x

[WhiteRat]

Congrats, we've finally dethroned Milhouse.

[Colonel Flagg]

Third time's the charm?