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ggazoo69 · #61 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LA Dre

One of my first round upset specials is getting blown out in Stanford. Louisville up by as many 29 pts in the first half....Who was I listening to on that one??

The davison-Maryland game is closer than expected. How many people have Davison prevailing in that one?

Maryland pulled away late in that one. Overheard in the Maryland huddle by Coach Gary Williams, "You're losing to Davidson damnit!"

professor · #62 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumars4Ever

Whoa, Butler over Florida, prof? Hmm. Actually, back in 2000, I had Butler upsetting Florida in the first round (it was a 12 vs. 5 game). Florida won it at the buzzer, on a crazy shot by Mike Miller, so I was right to have suspected that one as a possible upset, even though it fell just short of happening. BUT, Florida went on to make the national title game! Much to the chagrin of my bracket...

prof, it looks like you're hanging your hat on Louisville getting to the Final Four and Florida getting upset in the third round. If those two things happen, you'll probably have a good shot at winning it all again.

what i neglected to mention in my previous post was that i actually was the only entry in last year's competition. as a matter of fact, i have no idea what i'm doing and have been so dreadfully unsuccessful in the past that i just let the bracket-o-matic gizmo posted elsewhere do my picking for me -- and it kept wanting Butler!

Dumars4Ever · #63 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by professor

what i neglected to mention in my previous post was that i actually was the only entry in last year's competition. as a matter of fact, i have no idea what i'm doing and have been so dreadfully unsuccessful in the past that i just let the bracket-o-matic gizmo posted elsewhere do my picking for me -- and it kept wanting Butler!

Ah, so that explains it...LOL. I was always bad at it even when I did have a decent idea of what I was doing.

An interesting connection between Maryland and Davidson is that longtime Terps coach Lefty Driesell coached at Davidson before coming to Maryland. He even got Davidson to the Elite Eight one year, in the mid to late '60s.

**dba** · #64 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 02:56 PM

Hey - I'm ranked #1 in the pool!! Un huh, uh huh...

Wait, everyone is ranked #1.

Well, at least I haven't been eliminated yet.

webz · #65 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumars4Ever

webz' bracket is suspicious too: almost no upsets anywhere. But I'm sure you guys would stomp us in an annual Cricket Craziness Challenge.

Dude, when you know nothing about college hoops you don't have much else to go on except the seedings. But I did try and research a little bit about each matchup before picking them. I looked at their last 5. A bit like predicting a horse race winner.

roscoe36 · #66 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 03:09 PM

I have this system for picking horses. I got it out of the back of a magazine.

One day I will try it in practice.

**dba** · #67 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 03:10 PM

I have a great horse picking system. It involves colors I like, cool names, pretty horses, and lots of beer.

ggazoo69 · #68 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumars4Ever

Ah, so that explains it...LOL. I was always bad at it even when I did have a decent idea of what I was doing.

An interesting connection between Maryland and Davidson is that longtime Terps coach Lefty Driesell coached at Davidson before coming to Maryland. He even got Davidson to the Elite Eight one year, in the mid to late '60s.

Drisell also coached at Georgia State, when I did my masters degree there. The guy is a major di*k. I one time caught him in the hallway trying to get an injured player to come back and play sooner (before the guy was ready). Lefty was persistent, almost threatening. Totally messed up the guy's career, because he did come back earlier at Lefty's behest. They named the court at GSU after him. What a waste.

**dba** · #69 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 03:43 PM

Lefty was our arch rival when I was in school. We used to have this great picture of his big old bald head with an empty gas gauge printed over it. There would usually be about thirty roles of kids behind the visitors' bench all holding the picture over their faces.

detteam · #70 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 05:39 PM

Stanford was a stupid move on my part, but I figured if they were lucky enough to get in that they might just win one.

Bobby Knight let me down. Yeah...he's a loudmouth jackass, but ya gotta admire the drill sergeant in the guy. He is Woody Hayes temperamental basketball equivalent. They broke the mold after those two guys...the likes of which will probably never be seen again in college sports. "They" being the media.

187 points to go!

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