I know it's late to be doing this, but I set up a pick'em group for all PF.com'ers.

Go to:

Yahoo! Sports (http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/)

Click: Play Now (upper mid-right)

Enter the group ID: 123207

Password: potato

Let me know if it doesn't work.


ADDED by roscoe: Direct link to the Tournament Page
College Basketball Tournament Pick'em - Yahoo! Sports (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1)

Click Join Group and follow the instructions above!

I'm in!

:first::bow1:<--------- Linwood



:confused: <--------------- Everyone Else

Kinda boring college season this year. I'm rooting for the real cinderella teams. Butler and Drake to the finals...........

Kinda boring college season this year. I'm rooting for the real cinderella teams. Butler and Drake to the finals...........

I have Drake and Butler falling to the REAL Cinderella teams: Western Kentucky and South Alabama. :stirthepot:

I have Drake and Butler falling to the REAL Cinderella teams: Western Kentucky and South Alabama. :stirthepot:

S. Alabama.........now there's a team that could go far.......except they face my pick........:stirthepot:. Now when Drake plays you'll need an umbrella cause it's going to rain jump shots..........Look for a high percent of shots made from them....very high.

I have a lot of faith in my bracket. :)

Mr. Subliminal: I will rely solely on the BS I hear and my bracket will change hourly right up until it can't any longer.

i had 3 brackets last year. they all sucked. Warthog's Walk-Ons are ready to redeem themselves!!

I filled out my bracket too. Like detteam, I'll read up on it and change it 100 times.:MusicBigGrin:

let the madness begin...I am in and ready to go...I will need to study the teams a little more so I can pick my first and second round upsets:MusicBigGrin:

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
In the regular season there's nothing that so becomes a fan
As modest stillness and humility (yeah, right)
But when the blast of war blows in our ears and the game is afoot,
Then imitate the action of the tiger!


Or perhaps...

The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournament's begun.

Maybe this one...

We're leaving together,
But still its farewell
And maybe we'll come back,
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?

Its the final countdown...

The poetry....it's...........it's..................it' s just beautiful! :crying:


Thanks for adding the direct link scoe ;)

O Lord: support us all the day long,
until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over,
and our work is done.

Then, in your mercy,
grant us a safe lodging ,
and a holy rest,
and peace at the last.

I know it's late to be doing this, but I set up a pick'em group for all PF.com'ers.

Go to:

Yahoo! Sports (http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/)

Click: Play Now (upper mid-right)

Enter the group ID: 123207

Password: potato

Let me know if it doesn't work.


ADDED by roscoe: Direct link to the Tournament Page
College Basketball Tournament Pick'em - Yahoo! Sports (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1)

Click Join Group and follow the instructions above!

Thanks for setting that up, man.

O Lord: support us all the day long,
until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over,
and our work is done.

Then, in your mercy,
grant us a safe lodging ,
and a holy rest,
and peace at the last.
That's beautiful. thanks W!!

(With Apologies to Uriah Heep)

in the magic auditorium
Some were singing, some were dancing
While the midnight moon shone brightly overhead.

The stars so gaily glistened
And the fans in silence listened to
Dick Vitale tell of lives that he had led.

Let the bells of freedom ring
Songs of love to March's king.

Let's all go to the athelete's birthday
It's in the auditorium, but not so far away
Much to do and so much to say
While we listened to the orchid orchestra play.

I'm on the way right now....


You'll never know
Just what tears are
Til you've cried
Like she made
Me Cry!

I'm on the way right now....


You'll never know
Just what tears are
Til you've cried
Like she made
Me Cry!




how come I'm not thinking about basketball anymore.........:pound:

classic stooges

TODAY, enter ur post time and what's going on with your bracket. Like:

1:39pm est- Sparty and Georgia are about to bust up my brackets. Typical State. When I go against them, they win every time. State 35, 26.

classic stooges

TODAY, enter ur post time and what's going on with your bracket. Like:

1:39pm est- Sparty and Georgia are about to bust up my brackets. Typical State. When I go against them, they win every time. State 35, 26.


11:38AM PDT Xavier has come back to win and keep my first round perfect so far....now they can take out Duke in the next round:MusicBigGrin:

Even though I didn't pick them officially, St.Mary's is gonna win it all. Too much Aussie talent on that team. They will upset Texas in Round 2. Book it!

12:45pm PDT - Kent State put up only 10 points in the first half, lowest ever for a half in tourney history. An inspired pick by me! Fortunately the majority seemed to think they would beat UNLV as well.

12:40 PM PDT
Looks like most us picked Kent State to take out UNLV and they are down 20 nearing the end of the first half. Linwodd didn't pick anybody so he wont' get anypoints for this game....but I made an even bigger mistake by not picking a winner of my second round winner between the Tarheels and Hoosiiers and then no winner between them and Wash state.... so I am missing 22 potential points from the get go...:yellowprison::yellowprison::yellowprison::ye llowprison:

12:40 PM PDT
Looks like most us picked Kent State to take out UNLV and they are down 20 nearing the end of the first half. Linwodd didn't pick anybody so he wont' get anypoints for this game....but I made an even bigger mistake by not picking a winner of my second round winner between the Tarheels and Hoosiiers and then no winner between them and Wash state.... so I am missing 22 potential points from the get go...:yellowprison::yellowprison::yellowprison::ye llowprison:

Looks like you also forgot to choose a finalist to take on Memphis. Doh!

Looks like you also forgot to choose a finalist to take on Memphis. Doh!
I was adjusting last night and got interrupted and never went back to it:yellowprison:

So I hope to finish 5th

Well, looks like Baylor at least sort of made a game out of it before going down.

Can I get partial credit for that?

I guess picking teams from either the ACC or the South in general may not always be the best strategy.

But for one brief shining moment I was tied for first.

Vegas always has the odds in their favor. UNLV ruined my 65-for-65 and cost me $5M :gun1:

:)

I see you are using a quote of mine in your signature detteam. how nice of you. :pound:

I see you are using a quote of mine in your signature detteam. how nice of you. :pound:lol! I was wondering when you'd catch that :wedgie:

oops i picked kentucky all the way to the elite 8! of course, i also picked MSU to win it all, so yeah...

Man!! I'm 6 of 8 with 188 points so far. I must be in first place!!:pound:

8:44pm...Belmont 58, Duke 58....this is what makes March Madness special..win or not!!!



BTW...I hate DUKE....and Belmont College is about the size of old Marygrove College in Nashville. I use to do cable calls over there all the time...

GO BRUINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pound:

8:44pm...Belmont 58, Duke 58....this is what makes March Madness special..win or not!!!



BTW...I hate DUKE....and Belmont College is about the size of old Marygrove College in Nashville. I use to do cable calls over there all the time...

GO BRUINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pound:
6:23PDT Duke survives!!!:frusty: You knew that Belmont couldn't hang on ...the nation was ready to crown a cinderella!!

Those dang Trojans lay an egg as Beasley & co holds the Mayo:) I had them advancing all the way to the regional finals. Jiust lost a bunch more points there too. Can we start all over??

No do overs Dre!

6:23PDT Duke survives!!!:frusty: You knew that Belmont couldn't hang on ...the nation was ready to crown a cinderella!!

Those dang Trojans lay an egg as Beasley & co holds the Mayo:) I had them advancing all the way to the regional finals. Jiust lost a bunch more points there too. Can we start all over??


Whoa now, it's a long way from over. (I picked USC too!)

oops i picked kentucky all the way to the elite 8!

Dude...you should have asked me first (die-hard UK fan) if you were really thinking about picking them to advance that far. I would have disabused you of that kooky idea very quickly!

Whoa now, it's a long way from over. (I picked USC too!)My kids must have been on my computer and messing with my bracket...there's NO way I'd have picked USC over Wisconsin! :whistle:

Dude...you should have asked me first (die-hard UK fan) if you were really thinking about picking them to advance that far. I would have disabused you of that kooky idea very quickly!
U should be ashamed of yourself...hahahahaha....ur behine is MINE!!!:pound:

All 15 people picking 1 or 2 seeds to win it all. (except for the guy who picked MSU.....Gutsy call). Interesting that nobody picked Duke. I thought the world was full of Dukies. My cinderella was picking Clemson to make it to the final 4. I really thought they could be championship material, but not with North Carolina in the way.

haha i picked MSU. total homer call :) i also messed up picking 'name' schools in AZ and KY. oops. but you have to take *some* chances, unless the unlikely scenario occurs of no upsets.

All 15 people picking 1 or 2 seeds to win it all. (except for the guy who picked MSU.....Gutsy call). Interesting that nobody picked Duke. I thought the world was full of Dukies. My cinderella was picking Clemson to make it to the final 4. I really thought they could be championship material, but not with North Carolina in the way.

duke barely scraped by in their opening game, there's no way they'll get close to winning it. i'm actually regretting having them out in only the 3rd round.

One blog post on a Kentucky sports blog I read provided this rundown of why yesterday was the lamest day of first round NCAA hoops ever, which makes sense when you consider all of these things together:

-Only 3 out of 16 games finished with margins under 10 points

-Only 5 games had margins of 8 or less AT HALFTIME!!!

-Only 2 out of 16 lower seeded teams won (#11 Kansas St. and #9 Texas A&M)

-The only game truly decided in the last minute (not Georgia-Xavier) was Duke-Belmont. And that game went Duke’s way, making it that much worse.

-Only 5 guys scored more than 25 points in a game, and 4 of them lost, in semi-blowouts.

-We saw Kent St. score 10 in a half, Winthrop score 11 in a half, and Mississippi Valley St. score 29 IN A GAME.

-Only 2 of the 16 winners yesterday come from non-major conferences, Xavier and UNLV and they both are in nearly major conferences.I left off his last bullet point of Kentucky losing, since I know not everyone loves my Wildcats (*cough* HQ *cough*). But I left the Duke one in, since I'm sure we all hate them. :heh:

All 15 people picking 1 or 2 seeds to win it all. (except for the guy who picked MSU.....Gutsy call). Interesting that nobody picked Duke. I thought the world was full of Dukies. My cinderella was picking Clemson to make it to the final 4. I really thought they could be championship material, but not with North Carolina in the way.

The gutsiest I get is #3 Wisconsin over NC to go to the Championship game.

I didn't really take any chances either. About the riskiest I got was taking the home state Kentucky teams in the first round. that didn't really pay off for me.

I've only watched a handful of college games this year. I watched a UNC game where the Tar Heels looked like the Spurs playing against Michigan. After seeing that game, I picked UNC to win it all. The rest? I tried to pick teams with recent winning streaks, but I didn't find a single page with the specific information I was looking for so I got lazy and just picked teams.

My best wins yesterday:

KANSAS ST, MARQUETTE

My worst losses:

MSU, PURDUE, WEST VIRGINIA


If I could change my mind today:

ARKANSAS, OREGON, DRAKE

I've got Western Kentucky. Looking good so far!

2:28pm est...CURRy is incredible..Best son of a Daddy I ever seen! They are TWINS! Davidson 77-74..what a 3333!!!!

2:28pm est...CURRy is incredible..Best son of a Daddy I ever seen! They are TWINS! Davidson 77-74..what a 3333!!!!

11:32AM PDT, and I thought you were only looking at Mrs. Curry:)

wait....what am i happy about????/ I Had Gonzaga!!! Rats!:pound:

Go Davidson!!

11:50 AM PDT, I had Davison and Drake....Let see if Drake can take this in OT

No, no.

Drake bad.

Western Kentucky good.

No, no.

Drake bad.

Western Kentucky good.
12:10 PM PDT,, well you were right:yellowprison: The whole OT was a 3 pt barrage by Drake and then they get beaten by a 3 ball at the buzzer....

Wow, that was a CLUTCH 3 to win it at the buzzer for Western Ky. That guy was WELL beyond the 3 pt line, but he flat-out nailed it. Now that's some March Madness for you!!

Wow, that was a CLUTCH 3 to win it at the buzzer for Western Ky. That guy was WELL beyond the 3 pt line, but he flat-out nailed it. Now that's some March Madness for you!!

Yeah I reckon! My deal was, if I wasn't sure about a matchup (complete coin-flip), then I would try to make sure I had the winner out next round to cover my bases.

Right Tater?? (Gonzaga) :pound:

I do feel bad for Drake, though. Having been on the business end of the shot that probably gets shown more than any other in NCAA tourney history (Laettner's buzzer-beater in '92), I know how much it sucks to suffer through a highlight like that. But my Wildcats have a nice little record of 7 national titles (including 2 since that shot) to console me whenever it comes up. But what does a Drake fan have? Not much...and even so, they'll probably have to see that shot being replayed over and over for the rest of eternity, in every NCAA tourney advertisement.

In between the real games here is a another March tournament you can pick from.

March Babeness - SPORTS RADIO 1130 WDFN THE FAN | DETROIT (http://www.wdfn.com/pages/march_babeness_2008.html)

Yeah I reckon! My deal was, if I wasn't sure about a matchup (complete coin-flip), then I would try to make sure I had the winner out next round to cover my bases.

Right Tater?? (Gonzaga) :pound:

LOL. I remember a few years ago when Gonzaga first did the Cinderella thing and I had guessed right on them. Ever since then, no matter what I guess, they do the opposite. I know I had them going a ways this year, but I can't remember how far. Final 8, I think. :nerd2:

San Diego over Connecticut by one point. Another upset.

Wow, how about San Diego! That was quite a gutsy win. I think both of their best players were on the bench when they needed a bucket at the end of OT; one had fouled out and the other was injured. But they nailed a cold-blooded J to win it.

The very last play was kind of weird. UConn was down 1 with 1.2 sec left and had to throw it all the way down the court after a timeout, so SD put a big guy in to guard the inbounder. The UConn inbounder ran from one side of the baseline to the other, as you can of course do after a made bucket...but the SD big man STAYS IN THE SAME SPOT, waving his arms like an idiot, even though the inbounder has run 20 feet away from him!! WTF was that all about? SD deflected the inbounds pass near midcourt to clinch the win, but man, if UConn had pulled off a miracle buzzer-beater, that idiot big man who didn't chase after the inbounder would have been the biggest escape goat ever!

Two barnburners down in Tampa today. Betcha nobody had San Diego winning today as they were a 11.5 point dog. Now cinderella plays the #12 Western Kentucky who also won their game in OT. Can San Diego contain the 3 point barrage by W. Kentucky?


UCLA will wait for either of them next week...:)

South Alabama loses big and I move into last place!

I mean, who picks South Alabama?

--------------> :burp:

I'm screwed...I had UConn going to the final game as my darkhorse. :nerd2:

But on the bright side, at least the Texas-Austin Peay score got me half of my money back for a square :D

The west has killed me...I'm 6-6 and hate myself!!!!!


But , I'm undefeated in the east

South Alabama loses big and I move into last place!

I mean, who picks South Alabama?

--------------> :burp:

Uh, well...

Say, got any more of those?

I still have 14 of my Sweet 16 left. I lost Connecticut and Clemson in two no-way-in-hell losses. Today should be a good day.

This is a great time to get our minds of the Saunders( they havent been the Pistons for 3 years)....

i picked too many upsets and i'm clearly in last, but i'm still doing okay on total possible points...just need some things to go my way heh

I don't think I've ever picked this badly after the first round (22 of 32). Four of my Sweet 16 are out. All of my Elite 8 are still in. That's really the key.

With me leaving off the winners of the regional semi finalist and finalist in the East bracket I am losing a potential 12 points there and would need a win by my remaining 12 sweet sixteen candidates as well as a finals win by Memphis just to finsh in the top 5 .... Even though I picked Duke to win today, I am oK with sacrificing 2 points for them to lose today...they should have lost Thursday.

4:25pm ESt: looks like u got your wish Dre..:pound:I picked Duke but I love when they lose. They're like the Celtics down here. Yessir...

Duke barely scraped by in their opening game, there's no way they'll get close to winning it. i'm actually regretting having them out in only the 3rd round.

yep, definitely regretting it now...

:pound:yep, definitely regretting it now...

:pound::pound::pound::pound:thats what u get!

8:04 PM TX A & M went up by 10pts, 36-26 with 16 mins left in the game. Now it is 42-36 TXAM. 12:00 mins left

UCLA a great second half team, will chip away (with the refs help) to steal this home game or win it going away....

Even though I picked them in this one too..I will gradually sacrifice 2 pts to see the Bruins go down...:) Their fans and Lakers fans are one in the same >>>arrogant!!

Even though I picked them in this one too..I will gradually sacrifice 2 pts to see the Bruins go down...:) Their fans and Lakers fans are one in the same >>>arrogant!!

UCLA holds on.

I had Pitt in the Final Four. Thanks a lot, Michigan State. :)

Actually, I'm glad the Spartans won.

Like I said the Bruins would come back to steal a victory down the highway from their campus. Why the Aggies continued to attack Kevin Love in the middle was beyond me...the refs were not going to call a foul on him, (well they called 2) What did he have about 9 blocks?? At least a third of the blocks were probably fouls on Love..he even tackled a player on the floor and there was no call....The Aggs could shoot the long range jumper, but could have thrown up some short jumpers to beat the Bruins. UCLA had its test and will dispose of San Diego next week with no problem...unless Love trips and injures himself on campus..

He is the best Freshman out there over both OJ Mayo and Beasley. He looks better than Greg Oden did in his freshman year. :stirthepot: and looks better than Darko does now:)

Like I said the Bruins would come back to steal a victory down the highway from their campus. Why the Aggies continued to attack Kevin Love in the middle was beyond me...the refs were not going to call a foul on him, (well they called 2) What did he have about 9 blocks?? At least a third of the blocks were probably fouls on Love..he even tackled a player on the floor and there was no call....The Aggs could shoot the long range jumper, but could have thrown up some short jumpers to beat the Bruins. UCLA had its test and will dispose of San Diego next week with no problem...unless Love trips and injures himself on campus..

He is the best Freshman out there over both OJ Mayo and Beasley. He looks better than Greg Oden did in his freshman year. :stirthepot: and looks better than Darko does now:)

Did u read the SI story on the taunting he(Love) got when they played Oregon?...damn!!....Anyway, when A&M had their 10 pt lead, i turned to my wife and said-"that's it..UCLA will wim". They remind me of State in the Mateen years....

Great win for State. ?The offense should run through Lucas and out to Drew. No one can stop Lucas' penetration skills. I think they can make final 4 from here.

yeah HQ lucas is crazy; when the spartans gave up the steal/layup toward the end of the half, i couldn't believe how quickly lucas got down the court for a layup of his own to end the half

This is why they call is March Madness so that Davison and someone like Curry can carry a team on his back in the land of enchantment and Cinderelladim.....

Whatever happen to the split screen action that ESPN use to deploy? We had three teams going to the wire but they only showed the two where the #2 was in trouble. No San Diego/WKU moments and at one time the score was only 2 pts apart

if u dont like the NCAA Tourney , I got TWO WORDS 4 YA!!!!!!:


STEPHON CURRY!! uNBELIEVABLE...CLUTCH...PATIENT

His Dad was one of the best shooters I ever seen and this MAY be the most equatable son to his father in basketball history. They have exactly the SAME game. HERe's the best shooters/volume scorers I've seen in College basketball:

1. GLEN RICE
2. JJ REDICK
3. SHAWN RESPERT
4. KYLE KORVER
5. CHRIS JACKSON
6. DENNIS SCOTT
7. REGGIE MILLER


IM TOO EXCITED TO THINK, CUZ DAMN, I COULDVE HAVE GONE TO THE GAME...


great win...

I tried to print my bracket so far but I ran out of red ink.......:pound:

Georgetown sinks, and so does my bracket!

:help2:

If you view only the top half of my bracket (East & South), everything looks pretty good. Then look at the bottom half (Midwest & West), it pretty much turns blood red...I'm willing to call my bracket a total loss.

Moving forward, my only satisfaction will be if State advances next weekend :)

my only satisfaction will be if State advances next weekend :)


I would love to see that! STATE STATE STATE STATE!

1. GLEN RICE
2. JJ REDICK
3. SHAWN RESPERT
4. KYLE KORVER
5. CHRIS JACKSON
6. DENNIS SCOTT
7. REGGIE MILLER

Dude, Chris Jackson should be WAY higher on your list. Behind Korver? WTF?! The only guy on your list I'd rate at the same level as a deadly college shooter as Jackson was Rice, because he was so $$$$$$ in the tournament during UM's title run.

I would love to see that! STATE STATE STATE STATE!

That would hurt my bracket a lot, considering I have Memphis winning it all... :sssh:

That would hurt my bracket a lot, considering I have Memphis winning it all... :sssh:
Me too.

Only reason I picked against Michigan State is because I figured everyone here would pick them to go a long way (or even win it all... ahem. Warthog), so if I picked against them and they lost early I'd pick up some nice points.

On the flip side, it could cost me a few points against EVERYONE.

Costanzatown, you stink!

That would hurt my bracket a lot, considering I have Memphis winning it all... :sssh:

I've got UNC winning it all. They play the red-hot Washington State Cougars next. It should be a great game; Washington dominated their first two games.

I've got UNC winning it all. They play the red-hot Washington State Cougars next. It should be a great game; Washington dominated their first two games.

You mean the North Carolina "let's run up the score and play our starters to the end even with a 30 point lead." Tarheels?? :)

You mean the North Carolina "let's run up the score and play our starters to the end even with a 30 point lead." Tarheels?? :)

Maybe one of them will get hurt just enough to lose to Wisconsin in the Final Four... :fingerscr

Maybe one of them will get hurt just enough to lose to Wisconsin in the Final Four... :fingerscr


Can't officially wish that on any team, but in the end, the finals will be a matchup between the Heels and the lucky Bruins who are the beneficiaries of refs calls in crunch time 3 of their last 4 games. Check out this vid probably put up by an Aggie. Stanford and USC fans feel their pain as they fell victims to the refs whistle swallowing in the Pac 10 Tourney 2 weeks ago.:sssh:

YouTube - You Make the Call (original with no spam), UCLA vs Texas A&M (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SW5QT70DHhI)

Can't officially wish that on any team, but in the end, the finals will be a matchup between the Heels and the lucky Bruins who are the beneficiaries of refs calls in crunch time 3 of their last 4 games. Check out this vid probably put up by an Aggie. Stanford and USC fans feel their pain as they fell victims to the refs whistle swallowing in the Pac 10 Tourney 2 weeks ago.:sssh:

YouTube - You Make the Call (original with no spam), UCLA vs Texas A&M (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SW5QT70DHhI)

I wonder if it is officiating that is horrible or we get all the fancy-shmancy reviews available, along with internet replays and stuff like that, so that the mistakes are all out there in the spot light.

You mean the North Carolina "let's run up the score and play our starters to the end even with a 30 point lead." Tarheels?? :)


Killer instinct.

Killer instinct.

UNC still has a lot of energy left over from all those years of running the four corners.

UNC still has a lot of energy left over from all those years of running the four corners.

The funny thing is none of the guys playing now probably ever saw a 4 corner offense.. wasn't that the 70's and early 80's when Dean ran that darn thing..

Smith and UNC ran it at times all the way into the '80s, but that went out when the NCAA finally started using a shot clock in the mid '80s.

Including a very annoying ACC tourny game against Virginia with Ralph Sampson that I remember particularly vividly.

College hoops started using a 45 second clock in 1985.

Final four set as all # 1 seeds for the first time in history?? All teams colors are a shade of blue and white.

UCLA and Menphis had scares in of their opening two games but breezed into the final four this weekend.

Kansas and North Carolina blew out their two opening weekend opponents, bit then both had to hold on win final four clinching games.

Outstanding individual play in the tourney by Davison Stephen Curry UCLA's Kevin Love and North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough.

Can Tyler step up his game and will the Heels to the title? Does anybody see him being successful in the NBA, or will be another Tarhill/Bluedevil from NC that will fight for pt.

Will UCLA finall win the whole thing now that there is no Florida Gators there to stop them??

Only two of us in the pf pool picked Memphis, me and CJ, so if they win, CJ gets the win as I messed up neglecting to pick their opponent:yellowprison:

Final four set as all # 1 seeds for the first time in history?? All teams colors are a shade of blue and white.

UCLA and Menphis had scares in of their opening two games but breezed into the final four this weekend.

Kansas and North Carolina blew out their two opening weekend opponents, bit then both had to hold on win final four clinching games.

Outstanding individual play in the tourney by Davison Stephen Curry UCLA's Kevin Love and North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough.

Can Tyler step up his game and will the Heels to the title? Does anybody see him being successful in the NBA, or will be another Tarhill/Bluedevil from NC that will fight for pt.

Will UCLA finall win the whole thing now that there is no Florida Gators there to stop them??

Only two of us in the pf pool picked Memphis, me and CJ, so if they win, CJ gets the win as I messed up neglecting to pick their opponent:yellowprison:

What a night! Memphis breezes to a win and Kansas destroys the darlings of the tournament. If Memphis wins, I win $100 from my other bracket, where I'm tied for first with someone who picked Kansas to go all the way!

What a night! Memphis breezes to a win and Kansas destroys the darlings of the tournament. If Memphis wins, I win $100 from my other bracket, where I'm tied for first with someone who picked Kansas to go all the way!


Don't expect to win. Hansborough had more fingers in his face that Vlasic has pickles.... Although my predicting a Kansas win with my bracket finished could be a good omen for you.:)

Don't expect to win. Hansborough had more fingers in his face that Vlasic has pickles.... Although my predicting a Kansas win with my bracket finished could be a good omen for you.:)

:pound:Thanks for the good karma.

Memphis had this game and the FT shooting came back to haunt them in the end. Chris Douglas-roberts, the guy from Nortwestern HS in Detroit missed 3 key free throws down the stretch and freshman Rose missed 1. Then the Tigers failed to foul a Jayhawk player in the last 10 seconds while protecting a 3 point lead.

To top it off Memphis scores 3 FT the last 2 mins and no FG's while the Jayhawks go on an 18-3 run to take over the game and win in OT

Good game though and a lot a good athletes on both teams.

That sure was an exciting finish! Memphis gagged it away, but how clutch was Kansas...they made some COLOSSAL shots in the final two minutes in the biggest stage of them all. It was an amazingly impressive performance down the stretch by them.

I knew Kansas can do it.

Some Tiger team had to lose on Monday and since the Detroit Tigers had the day off the Memphis Tigers had to suffer that fate..

I think Derrick Rose attempted to foul the guy with the ball coming down the floor, but the refs who missed a ton of fouls in that game swallowed their whistles & ignored it and let the guy who received the pass shoot...which would have been the right thing to do, but unfortunately for the Tigers the three ball went in..after than everybody in america knew that the Kansas momentum would carry them to the victory in OT

Rose is a freshman...if they had won, he probably would have gone pro and I think Riles would have taken him over Beasley.....all the heat needed was Rose, Marion and Wade...and Shaq may have considered coming back:)

Memphis seemed confused on that last play. Calipari said afterwards that they were trying to foul, but as KU's point guard brought it up the floor and drove to the right, Rose briefly held his arms up to indicate to the refs that he wasn't trying to foul.

Dre, you don't think Rose is coming back to school for another year, do you? Everyone is expecting him to turn pro. He's pretty much a lock to go either #1 or #2 overall in the draft, with Beasley being the other potential top pick.

Memphis seemed confused on that last play. Calipari said afterwards that they were trying to foul, but as KU's point guard brought it up the floor and drove to the right, Rose briefly held his arms up to indicate to the refs that he wasn't trying to foul.

Dre, you don't think Rose is coming back to school for another year, do you? Everyone is expecting him to turn pro. He's pretty much a lock to go either #1 or #2 overall in the draft, with Beasley being the other potential top pick.


My buddy thinks that Rose will go now and he is afraid he will fall to someone in the east like Miami or Milwaukee and terrorize the east not next year but at least from 2010 to 2015!! I know he is point guard, but I would trade Rip and our # 1 to get him and move CB to the 2

Perrrrfect...I came in dead last. Whose idea was this anyway? ;)

Perrrrfect...I came in dead last. Whose idea was this anyway? ;)


Mikhail was the only one of us in bracketology PF group to pick Kansas and of course he won the whole darn thing>>> Congrats Mikey

If memphis had won, Coynejeremey would have won our tourney with 145 points and I would have finished second with 127. Instead I had to settle for 5th place with my 101..

Mikhail was the only one of us in bracketology PF group to pick Kansas and of course he won the whole darn thing>>> Congrats Mikey

If memphis had won, Coynejeremey would have won our tourney with 145 points and I would have finished second with 127. Instead I had to settle for 5th place with my 101..
Kansas had the highest calculated probability to win and wasn't a popular pick, so I was somewhat gambling on their winning since I knew that it would be nearly impossible to do good otherwise. Actually, I thought it was over when I saw the score scrolling and Memphis was up 8 in the 2nd half.

Mikhail was the only one of us in bracketology PF group to pick Kansas and of course he won the whole darn thing>>> Congrats Mikey



Good job Mikhail!
I just checked and saw that you blew out the competition.

And on the other side...

Go Lady Vols!!

Congratulations!

Perrrrfect...I came in dead last. Whose idea was this anyway? ;)
Welcome to my world.

And on the other side...

Go Lady Vols!!

Congratulations!


Yep Candace Parker gets another championship last night and was just selected #1 by the LA Sparks ...That means not only a possible return to the finals for the Sparks as she teams up with Lisa Leslie. But expect her to show up on a few TV shows too since she is now in Hollywood. The endorsements are endless...I want to introduce her to my son who is the same age as her to capitalize on the mula but at 6'4, she is 2 inches taller than him and she is already engaged to the Shelden Wiliams of the Sacramento Kings...

http://ts1.images.live.com/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1602579010432&id=8f8f196cb0583072a878259c0b8d796f http://ts2.images.live.com/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1605124691033&id=d5bd63306df4c373007527c6bb954aba

With the 4th pick, the Shock took Alexis Hornbuckle who also shared the back to back championships with Parker at Tennessee. Right on Bill

Good job Mikhail!
I just checked and saw that you blew out the competition.
Hey, one lucky guess was all it took. :sssh: