If A 16 Is Ever Going To Beat A 1 . . .

• krambman

  

  . . . this may be the year. Now, I'm not picking the upset, would would not be completely shocked if Vermont upset Syracuse in the first round. Syracuse is coming off of two straight losses and one of their best players in injured. Now, I still think that Syracuse will win, but I think that this game will be closer than most think and that if we are ever going to see this type of an upset, this could be the game.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  I really hope it happens, it would be one of the best games of all time because there is no way a 16 seed will blow out the 1 seed. Would come down to a last second shot to win and half the nation would shit themselves haha
• killer_ewok

  

  Not gonna happen. Syracuse would be more susceptible if they were riding high and everybody was picking them to win it all. But now, quite a few are picking them to lose to Gonzaga and now this. The losing streak doesn't worry me. In fact, it's a wake up call at the right time. Plus I think they remember Vermont from a few years ago.
  
  Syracuse will not lose to Vermont.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Not going to happen.
• reclegend22

  

  Andy Rautins on Vermont, Rivals.com:
  
  “When I saw that name pop up, it fired me up a little bit,” said fifth-year senior Andy Rautins, who grew up in Syracuse. “I think everybody around Syracuse took that loss to heart. It’s definitely going to be a payback game.”
  
  No TJ Sorrentine or Germain Mopa Njila this time around.
• vball10set

  nope--not this year at least
• killer_ewok

  

  reclegend22 wrote: Andy Rautins on Vermont, Rivals.com:
  
  “When I saw that name pop up, it fired me up a little bit,” said fifth-year senior Andy Rautins, who grew up in Syracuse. “I think everybody around Syracuse took that loss to heart. It’s definitely going to be a payback game.”
  
  No TJ Sorrentine or Germain Mopa Njila this time around.

  I love it.
  
  No Taylor Coppenrath either. Or Tom Brennan. Those fuckers. :@
• Laley23

  

  I picked that win for Vermont. I had been on their nuts all season, lol.
• Scarlet_Fever

  

  Didn't Cuse lose to like a D2 team in preaseason? One day I think it will happen and when it does I hope it's Duke.
• killer_ewok

  

  Scarlet_Fever wrote: Didn't Cuse lose to like a D2 team in preaseason? One day I think it will happen and when it does I hope it's Duke.

  Yep. LeMoyne. And it seems like years ago.
• reclegend22

  

  killer_ewok wrote:No Taylor Coppenrath either. Or Tom Brennan. Those fuckers.

  I came unbelievably close to sharing that same kind of umbrage in '08. And I NEVER want to experience that kind of terror again.
  
  Whenever the name Belmont appears out of nowhere, it's almost as if I'm taken back to my abduction. I should have had heart failure that night.
  
  While I'm at it, fuck you, Eric Maynor. A friend of mine picked VCU that year. Of course I never heard the end of it. Then he went and picked West Virginia the very next. Ugh.
• hoops23

  

  Vermont was legit, especially when they played in the "Freezing Rain House of Pain" under Tom Brennan a few years ago..
  
  Syracuse will win by 18+
• mattinctown

  It will happen someday, just don't think this is the year. Syracuse will beat Vermont by 20 plus, although like most other people I would love to see it happen and would shit my pants.....just as long as it's not Duke.
• trackandccrunner

  Honestly if you wanted to pick a #1 to go down this year I'd say it would be Duke if they play Winthrop and this is coming from a Duke fan.

  killer_ewok wrote:

  Scarlet_Fever wrote: Didn't Cuse lose to like a D2 team in preaseason? One day I think it will happen and when it does I hope it's Duke.

  Yep. LeMoyne. And it seems like years ago.

  Wow that happened this preseason jeez seems like it happened the year before haha.
• mattinctown

  If Duke loses to f'ing Winthrop I will have anal sex with Bea Arthur and have Betty White videotape it and post it on YouTube. Also, Rec will probably just end his life.
• georgemc80

  Bea Arthur is dead....now that is some real creepy, sick stuff.
• Bond... James Bond

  mattinctown wrote: If Duke loses to f'ing Winthrop I will have anal sex with Bea Arthur and have Betty White videotape it and post it on YouTube. Also, Rec will probably just end his life.

  Bea's mortality status aside, that has to be one of the funniest statements that I have heard in my entire life... and yet wrong on so, so many levels.
  
  I had to create an account just to respond to this!!
• trackandccrunner

  mattinctown wrote: If Duke loses to f'ing Winthrop I will have anal sex with Bea Arthur and have Betty White videotape it and post it on YouTube. Also, Rec will probably just end his life.

  Hahaha Rec probably would do that. I dont think Duke will lose to them but with how Duke has played the 1st round these past few years and with the team Winthrop has I think they could give Duke some trouble.
• darbypitcher22

  

  I love Vermont around tourney time... but I can't see them beating Syracuse. Not this year
• Laley23

  

  I now have so much extra motivation to cheer for f'ing Winthrop!
• mattinctown

  georgemc80 wrote: Bea Arthur is dead....now that is some real creepy, sick stuff.

  When did this happen????? If it's true, change that to Betty White. However, if they lose to Arkansas Pine Bluff it is invalid
• trackandccrunner

  Pine Bluff being in this tourny just brings me back to the day of my old play station and when I had march madness 2003 they were the worst team in the game and I won the Championship with them on the hardest setting haha.
• mattinctown

  Sorry to say the bet is off since Ark-Pine Bluff won Was really looking forward to slaying some Arthur/White ass.
• trackandccrunner

  Haha damn you pine bluff!!
• darbypitcher22

  

  trackandccrunner wrote: Pine Bluff being in this tourny just brings me back to the day of my old play station and when I had march madness 2003 they were the worst team in the game and I won the Championship with them on the hardest setting haha.

  That's what makes games like that fun