College Basketball Thread

[Mufasa]

Originally Posted by holt_bruce81

Missouri was ranked 8th overall in the tournament and the last 2nd seed. that's stupid.

And yet neither the #1 overall seed or the top 3 seed is in their bracket. So you really have nothing to be whining about.

[JRTPlaya21]

Originally Posted by Mufasa

Main bracket? You may only have one sir. If you have more than one you're brackets are invalid. Bracket of Integrity


Yeah, I figured you meant Kentucky. That's why I focused on the other horrible predictions ha.

Lol espn bracket challenge. Best odds on winning the cash

[yodapoop]

WAY TOO MANY OF U ARE TAKING MISSOURI....They are my team. Stupid Kentucky lost today, so that showed people they are not invincible. DAMN, thought everyone, their grandmother, their dog, their goose, their doggy was gonna take them or Carolina.

[prock]

I got MSU over UNC, with Florida St and Duke as the other Final Four teams. I'm gonna tell you straight up, it was hard to pick Duke over UNLV and even harder to pick them over Iowa St.

[descendency]

Originally Posted by bhaarat316

Memphis vs Wisconsin

my final 4

UNC, Memphis, Wisconsin, Georgetown.

Kentucky, MSU, Kansas, Florida State.

[Bosanac01]

I made a thread for NFLDC Bracket Challenge:

http://draftcountdown.com/forum/show...15#post2897015

[yodapoop]

I am in!!!

[Bosanac01]

Originally Posted by yodapoop

I am in!!!

Thanks Joe Cool

[Matthew Jones]

I may join if I can get in enough research beforehand.

[jayceheathman]

Originally Posted by yodapoop

I am in!!!

I joined too. Don't worry Yoda, I will put down Missouri losing. :)

[TheBoyWonder22]

Kentucky over Baylor
Mizzou over Sparty
Florida St over Syracuse
Kansas over Creighton

Kentucky over Mizzou
FSU over Kansas

Kentucky over FSU
I'll probably make some modifications, but the Elite Eight will be the same most likely.
In Bos's I have Marquette and UNC, but I'll probably decide between the two and enter that one in all of my pools.

[brat316]

so after some research and random guess with my lack of basketball knowledge, updated bracket.

Kentucky over Duke
Mizzou over L'ville
Ohio St. over Cuse
UNC over Kansas

Kentucky over Mizzou
UNC over Ohio State

UNC takes it all.

[sbh15]

Kentucky vs Duke
Louisville vs Missouri
Vanderbilt vs Ohio State
North Carolina vs Kansas

Kentucky vs Missouri

Ohio State vs Kansas

Kentucky over Kansas

As for upsets, I have FSU beating St. Bonnie's then losing. LBSU over New Mexico and Belmont in the Sweet 16. Also if Will Yeguete was healthy, Florida would be an Elite 8 team.

[JRTPlaya21]

If my Devils make the Elite 8 I will be shocked.

[devinhester=R.O.Y 2006]

Jrt, do you follow bama bball?

[JRTPlaya21]

Originally Posted by devinhester=R.O.Y 2006

Jrt, do you follow bama bball?

Yeah once Anthony Grant got hired down there I took note and VCU has a home & home with them currently. I hope they go far. But again I only give Bama football support out of love for one of my best friends that I lost in the storm.

[keylime_5]

3 of the 4 #1 seeds didn't win their conference tournament. This has been a year of inconsistency among all the top teams except for Kentucky really (who plays in a weak sauce conference) and are full of freshmen and sophomores. This can only mean one thing - total chaos in the tournament. If ever there was a year that we can expect most of the #1 and #2 seeds to not make the final four, it is this year. It's gonna be a wild next few weeks. Very weak 1 seeds, relatively strong 2 and 3 seeds. those sleeper low seeds are gonna win a lot of upsets.

[nepg]

Originally Posted by keylime_5

3 of the 4 #1 seeds didn't win their conference tournament. This has been a year of inconsistency among all the top teams except for Kentucky really (who plays in a weak sauce conference) and are full of freshmen and sophomores. This can only mean one thing - total chaos in the tournament. If ever there was a year that we can expect most of the #1 and #2 seeds to not make the final four, it is this year. It's gonna be a wild next few weeks. Very weak 1 seeds, relatively strong 2 and 3 seeds. those sleeper low seeds are gonna win a lot of upsets.

And 3 of the 4 #2 seeds didn't win their conference tournament, either. It's no big deal.

[iowatreat54]

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/fi...3/Lapchick.pdf

However, looking ahead to the new standards, 13 teams (19 percent) have APRs below 930 this year,
meaning those teams would not be eligible for postseason participation under the future NCAA rules.
These teams include 2011 National Champion University of Connecticut and number one seed Syracuse
University, as well as St. Louis, Florida State, Indiana, Southern Mississippi, Colorado State, Colorado,
Mississippi Valley State, New Mexico State, Norfolk State, Ohio, and St. Bonaventure.

I know there is going to be some loophole that will allow teams like UConn and Cuse to participate no matter what, but man, I can't wait until these rules are enforced.

[MaxV]

Seriously?

IU and FSU wouldn't make it with their resumes?

[yodapoop]

Oh, oh Fab Melo is ineligible for the tourney. Kinda worried about my Cuse to the Final Four pick now. Don't wanna overreact tho....

[ncst8fan83]

Originally Posted by MaxV

Seriously?

IU and FSU wouldn't make it with their resumes?

Resumes wouldn't matter if they don't have those scores up there on the academic side. It's crazy to think that 13 crappy teams would have made it based on that technicality though. I'm sure the NCAA Tourney will be outstanding to watch in the coming years.

[iowatreat54]

Originally Posted by ncst8fan83

Resumes wouldn't matter if they don't have those scores up there on the academic side. It's crazy to think that 13 crappy teams would have made it based on that technicality though. I'm sure the NCAA Tourney will be outstanding to watch in the coming years.

This is exactly why I think there will be some work around, or a second study will be done in a matter of a week and turn up that their APR is actually like 935, and they will be allowed to compete.

But yea, this has nothing to do with athletic resumes. It has to do with programs not giving a **** about academics or if their players actually go to class and graduate. I actually think it would be awesome to tell some of these schools to get their ish together.

[devinhester=R.O.Y 2006]

Excited to see Iona tonight with Machado and the highest scoring offense in Division 1. Let's go Gaels!

[devinhester=R.O.Y 2006]

Apparently Fab Melo out for the tournament.