One of my favorite moments from the game was directly after Delgado scored. Delgado turned after making a basket and shouldâve been celebrating, but saw Dok siting at the scorers table and his face went sour. Just seeing Dok ready to check in stressed him out. That is fantastic!
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wissox said:
Michigan fouls after miss with 4 seconds left. Turn off tv in disgust. Miss epic buzzer beater.
Fell asleep while Houston was apparently missing free throws and Michigan was making another hole in my bracket. Good grief I hate Michigan.
⢠Of the 17.3 million brackets, four have correctly predicted 31 of 32 games ... and everyone has at least two right.
⢠Some 96.6 percent whiffed on UMBC over No. Virginia, but 29.1 percent called No. 11 Syracuse's upset of No. 6 TCU.
⢠The teams picked most to win the title now that Virginia (18.5 percent) is out of the way: Villanova (16.3 percent), Duke (9.8 percent), Michigan State (8.6 percent), Kansas (7.9 percent), North Carolina (6.9 percent).
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Wasnât Durantâs new shoes named âThe Shortcutâ? Always finds the easy path...
I loved OKC Durant. GS Durant is going to take awhile to grow on me.
kjayhawks said:
@SkinnyKansasDude The 2010 UNI loss is not even in the same ball park as this. UMBC is the worst rated team in the tournament in several formulas. UNI was a 3 loss team that was ranked in #23 in the country going into the tournament and a top 35 team in nearly every ratings that I saw. A 1 seed loses in the second nearly every year compared to a 16 seed never having won before tonight. The UNI was painful but not historically the biggest upset arguably of all time in the sport.
Worse for me personally...
None of my brackets are going to be worth a crap after Saturday. A couple in the 100th percentile for now though at 280 points. They are currently ranked #1329 on ESPN , #4 on fans of Kansas..., but soon to be in the multi millions.
17,300,000 brackets and none of them perfect after the first round. No one could even predict 32 games correctly. Wow!
Didnât predict Virginia becoming the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 in any of my brackets. Tough way to pick up your third loss.
@approxinfinity Eh, Iâll wait until the sweet sixteen and see if I even care at that point.
I only entered my first bracket on here, I didnât want to flood the place with brackets!
My best bracket has only AZ and WSU wrong (for now...). I mustâve accidentally picked KSU. Itâs still ranked 12,000th on ESPN. There are some really amazing brackets out there!
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All the games are streamed here live, I donât know about replays though.
Are any of the 6000 perfect brackets left from the Buckets crew? I know the one I entered had AZ in the final four (most of my brackets had VA in the final four - poor guess on which bracket to use) and all of them had Miami winning the first game. âBoth reasons why I donât give betting advice.
Arizona is crapping the bed and all over my bracket, but Iâm not upset about it. I really had hoped it would be MSU and Duke simultaneously deciding to bow out though. :)
Off ball d is bad tonight.
I love Graham.
I've little faith in the lower 1/2 of the big12. It looks like OU is trying to prove me wrong. 10 brackets and none if them have ou (or ksu) (or MU, but that's for personal reasons) advancing.
@approxinfinity Nah, it would be strange in my mind to no matter the age of the homeowner in the billing as a romantic getaway. I understand what you're saying, but I've always had close friends decades older than me. Also I went to a very small private school where many classes were integrated k-6 and 7-12 with interaction at all levels.
Under the billing of a hotel alternative for families they don't bother me. It's the whole B&B as a romantic getaway.
Or perhaps it was how the argument was presented at the time- old people inviting people into their house to have sex. It just kinda lost its charm after hearing that argument.
I Also lost any desire to stay at a B&B when I found out the really nice one we stayed at in Hawaii was run by a pederass (big lebouski shout out) who was taking nudes of his little kids. Undercut my happy memories Cosby style.
@approxinfinity true. It's the "in an octogenarian couples house" part that weird to me.
I liked B&Bs until someone pointed out that theyâre just an old couples house a bunch of people come over to have sex in. Kinda weird from that viewpoint.
@mayjay Working. I prefer the later games for selfish reasons. On the occasion that my beloved Jayhawks should lose I no longer watch the tournament, so if they play later I can enjoy more games. My viewing season lasts as long as KUâs season. I derive no joy in college basketball if KU isnât still alive in the tournament.
So go Jayhawks!
Most of the ESPN talking heads have the champion coming out of the Midwest bracket.
If the trainers are confident he can safely go, I'd give him a few minutes. He needs to test the knee a little to see where his healing is truly at and to gain confidence in his knee as healed. It's his first tournament too and it may take a bit to get acclimated. We'll see how the staff plays it. I sure don't want to see a hobbling Dok get any minutes.
@justanotherfan I think the key to winning the tournament is being able to win that one bad game. The off shooting night. It can be done; â08 survived Davidson on an off shooting night, then it was on! Looking back at that box score KU couldâve been stomped, hard. Steph was 4/16 from three. Thank goodness for that awesome D causing a mutual off shooting night by the opponent.
@wissox Then how do you differentiate between them? Measure of skill and personality? If all athletes are elite at even the NCAA level Michael Jordan is only a 6â5â basketball player with an average outside shot.
So Iâm saying the top 5% most athletic are elite at each level of play. Like Kenny Gregory who set the combine record for vertical jump - elite athlete, not elitely skilled.
Or at the NBA level an athlete like Blake Griffin (in his healthy prime) is obviously more athletic than most of the other players in the NBA. While they are all great athletes compared to the general populace there is a measure of separation between them in their peer group.
What I like about the bracket is all the blowhards that have been trying to sell everyone their position as fact (and are more than happy to tell you how wrong you are) are getting ready to have their brackets destroyed by someone choosing teams by mascot/ team color. Or a layman whom doesnât tell everyone how bad their picks are, just silently lets his bracket do the talking.
I love a good natured ribbing, a fun competition, and maybe a little gloating (very little) afterwards. All the bracket experts crack me up with their predictions. Unfortunately I havenât watched enough college basketball this season to be a bracket expert for you, so look for advice elsewhere!!!
@wissox if it makes you feel any better KU doesnât have any elite athletes this year either. Only good athletes, no freak athletes since Josh Jackson, Embiid, and Wiggins. There have been other less skilled freak athletes play for KU too like Kenny Gregory and Keith Freeze (I love Keith, but he wasnât quiet skilled enough for the nba). Obviously I left a ton out, but my point isnât history so much as the present- no elite athletes on this years squad and itâs not an insult.
@Crimsonorblue22 If Evans is 100% They can make the elite eight, maybe the final four. If Evans is less than 100% itâll be tough for them to advance in my opinion.
@JayHawkFanToo I believe the ranking system he was using is his đ test. Nothing wrong with that. I donât personally agree, although I donât think there is much of a chasm between them.
The number one overall seed (Virginia) is able to pick their region. A pretty cool bonus that I believe is only a couple years old.
@mayjay haha I hope that's not why Reid wanted fast receivers!
The stories I always heard had Wilt doing a finger roll as a free throw. Dunking from the free throw line after one step would be super human. Not impossible to believe Wilt could do it though, given his mystique.
Whatâs that leave 10 million in cap space now? Or is it more with Parker and Tambaâs release? They were several million over before they started trading and cutting people right and left, so Iâm lost.
I was hoping they would target Watkins. Glad itâs done.
@jayballer73 Now do you make like a Midwesterner and keep those pain pills for when you feel no pain? Lol
@kjayhawks Sounds like typical low talent small town Kansas basketball. Thatâs exactly what we have here. Hard fouls and dirty, not making a play on the ball fouls are completely different. I like hard play, I hate dirty play. I donât know if this was in the character of the kid or if he just lost it in the moment. The biggest problem I have with the whole deal is he didnât even look at the carnage he caused. Didnât stop to see if the opponent was injured, didnât help him up, he just mauled him and wandered off.
Indiana fans really think Romeoâs going there. Theyâre just gonna get hurt. Donât take recruiting so personally.
This is the point of the season it no longer matters what anyone says about Kansas. The 1 seed has been secured. Now it's time to show out, haters be damned.
@BeddieKU23 Seth actually learned. During the selection show last night he told the other talking heads they could have the field, he's done picking against Kansas. Pretty funny actually. He was just referring to the Wichita games, but it is still an improvement.
I'm sure there are others, but Tom Crean likes KU for the final four. That's the only analyst I saw pick KU to get past Duke/MSU.
@Gunman Tom Crean is high on the Jayhawks. Has them as a final four team. Seth Greensberg wonât pick the field against KU (at least in the first 2 games) he learned his lesson.
Just ignore the haters and soak in what you want. The fun is just getting started, donât let someone else bother you. Enjoy the experience! Have a blast itâs tourney time. This is what KU has been preparing for all season long.
I think this bracket is perfect for KU. The first game is a gimme. The second game is extremely winnable. Both of the first two games are the type of teams KU feasts upon. The 4/5 seeds donât pose a matchup problem for KU should be equal to a middle of the pack Big12 team. The elite eight game should be against a name brand opponent. KU always shows up against the big boys - may not win, but they will give effort. I think there is a very realistic chance to see KU in the final four.
Iâd rather be KU than Duke. Dukeâs gotta get through MSU (you can reverse the two if youâd like) just to play KU. KUâs path is pretty wide open to that point.
@KUSTEVE I hear that. Iâve spent the last 6 hours painting ceilings to get rid of the energy.
@jayballer73 http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology â hereâs a bracket projection with the matchups you are looking for.
It looked like Huggins got on Konate in the huddle about it briefly at one point.
Crimsonorblue22 said:
Filthy! Thatâs how you get at those thugginâ billies. Donât get flustered, take it back at them.
@bshark Take those #âs with a grain of salt. Holcomb is just up the road from here and they are good, but not great. Usually short, rarely super athletic - thereâs no D1 talent playing for Holcomb. But those are nice shooting numbers against anyone.
@REHawk Call me crazy, but Iâd take Newman trying to win POY over any freshman Bill could sign.
Cunliffe, Vick, Newman, Dok. (Order of my preference done subconsciously) One is leaving early as I doubt a transfer is going to transfer before playing.