MARCH MADNESS 2014 - NCAA Tourney Thread

• Mulva

  

  Huge 2nd half from Traylor.
• wildcats20

  

  That was extremely clean.
• SportsAndLady

  

  That was clean
• dlazz

  Kansas has been in the double bonus for how long?
• wildcats20

  

  This one's over.
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  Wiggins vs Slam Thompson dunk contest. I want to see it.
• wildcats20

  

  Shit
• SportsAndLady

  

  God damn lol
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  This gonzaga game is horribly officiated
• reclegend22

  

  gut;1594584 wrote:That's the tough part. I usually stay away from picking too many of the popular favorites if I can to create some margin of error. Nothing worse than being basically eliminated after the first weekend.
  
  You got lucky not many picked ARI, especially with an easier region than others.

  Yeah. I think I am only one of like four out of 50 that picked Arizona in my pool, and none of them picked Iowa State in the Final Four. I am sitting pretty well right now, but obviously Duke's loss hurts more and more as the points increase round after round.
  
  Florida, Iowa State and Arizona cannot lose.
• SportsAndLady

  

  lol @ Oklahoma St
  
  These refs are fucking them though
• Terry_Tate

  

  LOL at that foul call on Nash. What a joke.
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1594660 wrote:This gonzaga game is horribly officiated

  Quoting for emphasis.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  SportsAndLady;1594672 wrote:lol @ Oklahoma St
  
  These refs are fucking them though

  I've been embarrassed by all refereeing today.
• wildcats20

  

  45 fouls.
• gut

  reclegend22;1594666 wrote:Yeah. I think I am only one of like four out of 50 that picked Arizona in my pool, and none of them picked Iowa State in the Final Four. I am sitting pretty well right now, but obviously Duke's loss hurts more and more as the points increase round after round.
  
  Florida, Iowa State and Arizona cannot lose.

  Yeah, my pool multiplies the round pts by the seed, so all else equal an 8 seed is worth 8x the points as a #1. Didn't like/understand it at first, but now I love it. Still hard to do well without picking most of the top finishers, but getting on to a couple of mini-cinderellas can make-up for some bad picks.
  
  What I like about it is it makes you think a lot more strategically about picking lower seeds, especially if it's kind of a toss-up or there's low risk because a powerhouse awaits in R2 (but still not worth enough to go crazy). You end-up with a vested interest in more underdogs, which is the great thing about watching the tourney.
  
  As an example, that's why I picked OSU despite thinking about Dayton. Saw it as an opportunity to potentially pick-up a bunch of points others wouldn't have, and Kansas/Syracuse didn't give me a lot of confidence in picking either into the Elite 8 (no real upside, not to mention potential upsets loomed for them also).
• dlazz

  I like the announcer that keeps apologizing for calling the Polish guy a polack
• Mulva

  

  Digger Phelps' final four prediction of Duke vs. Oklahoma State is going to come up just short.
• lhslep134

  

  I would have rather played Gonzaga than OSU so I'm pretty excited for Sunday's game.
• wildcats20

  

  Tar Heels getting out and running. Nice to see.
• Mulva

  

  Brice Johnson has to have the best point to minute ratio in the country.
  
  Every time I see him it seems like he plays 15 minutes and scores 12 points.
• reclegend22

  

  gut;1594679 wrote:Yeah, my pool multiplies the round pts by the seed, so all else equal an 8 seed is worth 8x the points as a #1. Didn't like/understand it at first, but now I love it. Still hard to do well without picking most of the top finishers, but getting on to a couple of mini-cinderellas can make-up for some bad picks.
  
  What I like about it is it makes you think a lot more strategically about picking lower seeds, especially if it's kind of a toss-up or there's low risk because a powerhouse awaits in R2 (but still not worth enough to go crazy). You end-up with a vested interest in more underdogs, which is the great thing about watching the tourney.
  
  As an example, that's why I picked OSU despite thinking about Dayton. Saw it as an opportunity to potentially pick-up a bunch of points others wouldn't have, and Kansas/Syracuse didn't give me a lot of confidence in picking either into the Elite 8 (no real upside, not to mention potential upsets loomed for them also).

  That actually sounds like a fun pool to play in. Every year I encourage my buddy (who runs it) to at least award a bonus point for each lower seed picked correctly, as that type of system works to reward actual knowledge (or at least creativity). That injects some more fun into the bracket contest IMO and also helps keep chalk pickers from having as likely a chance to stay around.
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  dlazz;1594684 wrote:I like the announcer that keeps apologizing for calling the Polish guy a polack

  I found this amusing as well.
• dlazz

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1594708 wrote:I found this amusing as well.

  He probably had no idea it was a derogatory term and as it was coming out of his mouth he realized it.
• gut

  Wichita is laying a smackdown. A #1 seed playing the disrespect card?