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TheFrenzy
03-11-2022, 03:37 PM
5 day and 19 hours until the tournament begins.
the mesiah
03-11-2022, 05:24 PM
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NORTH CAROLINA CUTTIN DOWN THEM NETS!
TheFrenzy
03-12-2022, 02:45 PM
4 day and 13 hours until the tournament begins.
gomiamigo
03-12-2022, 03:17 PM
How is Nova not even an option?

Best sporting event of the year.
TheFrenzy
03-12-2022, 03:26 PM
How is Nova not even an option?

Best sporting event of the year.

1. There's a limit to poll options.

2. I went with the projected #1 and #2 seeds + Providence for the heck of it.

3. Nova would fall under the "someone else" option.
Chris P
03-12-2022, 11:47 PM
I'm just glad my alma mater Texas A&M Corpus Christi got in for the 2nd time in our school's history!
matt roberson
03-13-2022, 04:46 AM
Would love to see Wisco make some noise, but they will probably flounder in the first round and get bounced. I still think Gard is a terrible coach.
TheFrenzy
03-13-2022, 10:59 AM
Would love to see Wisco make some noise, but they will probably flounder in the first round and get bounced. I still think Gard is a terrible coach.

No team has busted my bracket more often than Wisconsin. I consistently overrate them.
preakness
03-13-2022, 11:11 AM
Wisco has helped me a few years in tourney going further than expected (thinking Kaminsky days)

Spartans too

With that said, I don't think either reach Elite 8 and possibly even slip up in second round


I can't stand bill self and I hate to say this, but Kansas has inside outside game and a few veterans to make noise

Have auburn at 100-1 but Green plays too dumb at times and forgets to pass and out of control turnovers

Provi, USC two teams I see losing round 2

Illini will need Plummer or Frazier to pop 3s and curbelo not to be out of control. Kofi getting 17-10 is a given


Kentucky Kansas my picks with UCLA being a team I like as non tip 3 seed
TheFrenzy
03-13-2022, 05:16 PM
Less than an hour until the bracket drops.
the mesiah
03-13-2022, 05:53 PM
Hate to say it but the West bracket looks like the toughest one of the 4.
CC_123
03-13-2022, 05:55 PM
Wisconsin and Providence are two of the biggest pretenders this year. Just so happens, they are also ranked as the top two luckiest teams in the country
TheFrenzy
03-13-2022, 06:37 PM
Tom Brady stealing all the March Madness headlines.

lol
TheFrenzy
03-13-2022, 09:55 PM
Don’t be surprised when teams wearing Orange go further than expected.
TheFrenzy
03-14-2022, 11:17 AM
I hope everyone gets to feel what this kid is feeling at least once this tournament. Good luck with your picks.

https://i.redd.it/a8nqtvmdh7n81.jpg
TheFrenzy
03-15-2022, 04:07 PM
First Four tip off in about an hour!
Cubsfan2011
03-15-2022, 08:25 PM
Going to Vegas tomorrow until Saturday. Can't wait to watch South Dakota State win.
Also, Montana St +14.5 should win.
moneyine bets on some 14 / 15 seeds.. Colgate, Yale, and CS Fullterton just for fun.
TheFrenzy
03-15-2022, 08:45 PM
Going to Vegas tomorrow until Saturday. Can't wait to watch South Dakota State win.
Also, Montana St +14.5 should win.
moneyine bets on some 14 / 15 seeds.. Colgate, Yale, and CS Fullterton just for fun.

I've SDS in the Sweet 16. Shooting the 3 won't take you all the way to the title, but it's great for an upset or two!
texmcpherson
03-15-2022, 10:05 PM
Wyoming is playing absolutely terrible.
TheFrenzy
03-17-2022, 06:04 PM
Stupid Providence.

Guess I shouldn't have picked SDS.
Boo
03-17-2022, 06:13 PM
Is this the official one or is rman’s rogue thread more official?
TheFrenzy
03-17-2022, 08:18 PM
Kentucky on upset alert!
TheFrenzy
03-17-2022, 08:19 PM
Overtime!
imbluestreak23
03-17-2022, 08:19 PM
Embarrassing
crazy4kinsler
03-17-2022, 08:32 PM
No big upsets yet. Although I like seeing NMSU beat UConn. NMSU cost my team (ACU) a chance to dance, but I someway found myself rooting for them today.

And man, this Kentucky game is close. Would love to see this upset happen. But you can't tell me the big dogs don't get the benefit of fouls. KU has shot like 35 free throws compared to 10-12 for St. Peters.
TheFrenzy
03-17-2022, 08:38 PM
SPU just might pull this off!
sportzluvr1
03-17-2022, 08:40 PM
I cant believe it!
xbignick
03-17-2022, 08:41 PM
My Alma Mater SPU :)
TheFrenzy
03-17-2022, 08:41 PM
#15 takes down #2!
TheFrenzy
03-17-2022, 08:42 PM
Madness, baby!
Ferg1945
03-17-2022, 08:42 PM
Should we all vote for Kentucky now?
TheFrenzy
03-17-2022, 08:43 PM
Should we all vote for Kentucky now?

Do it!
crazy4kinsler
03-17-2022, 08:45 PM
Man, what a game. Huge upset right there. Found a school smaller than my alma mater. Glad SPU won. Murray St just got a gift into the Sweet 16. And this this half of the bracker is unreal. One of these teams is going to the Elite 8:

VT, Texas, San Fran, Purdue, Yale, Murray St., St. Peters.

That's nuts that one of those is going to be an Elite 8 team.
Cubsfan2011
03-20-2022, 11:22 AM
Back from Vegas (since Wednesday).
Thurs games - came out ahead. Had ML for St Peters, New Mex St. Had a couple parlays mixed in. Would have been A LOT more if San Diego St won.
Fri's games - lost 70% of games. Not a good day. At least Colgate covered which recouped a bunch of the losses.

Was going to be the first time in 5 years that I lost $ on this trip. Luckily, slots paid out big. Buffalo Deluxe $2.50 max bet bonus, 5x 2x 5x on a line hit, for $665. Then about 20 minutes later, hit a major on Dancing Drums for $989. This all put me way in the green for the trip.

Then before my flight home, at the airport, hit back to back to back bonuses on Dancing Drums for +$530.

Wife bought $220+ in new shoes.

Won ML on St Peters yesterday. Have $ on final four for Texas and Texas Tech. Also put in $ on the Chargers to win AFC and SB.

Already looking forward to next year.
gomiamigo
03-20-2022, 01:51 PM
Man, what a game. Huge upset right there. Found a school smaller than my alma mater. Glad SPU won. Murray St just got a gift into the Sweet 16. And this this half of the bracker is unreal. One of these teams is going to the Elite 8:

VT, Texas, San Fran, Purdue, Yale, Murray St., St. Peters.

That's nuts that one of those is going to be an Elite 8 team.

Purdue was 28-7, 14 in KenPom with the #2 Adj Offense in the country. Purdue ranks 7th in Sagarin ratings.

Texas is 15th in KenPom. 16th in Sagarin.

There's been, literally, 100s of Elite 8 teams worse than that. It's the opposite of nuts, how is a 3-seed nuts in the Elite 8???

The winner of that game will likely take out St Peter's and face one of two more very good teams in UNC [who was curbstomping #1 Baylor by 25 with 10 mins left] or UCLA.
gomiamigo
03-20-2022, 01:56 PM
Back from Vegas (since Wednesday).
Thurs games - came out ahead. Had ML for St Peters, New Mex St. Had a couple parlays mixed in. Would have been A LOT more if San Diego St won.
Fri's games - lost 70% of games. Not a good day. At least Colgate covered which recouped a bunch of the losses.
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Won ML on St Peters yesterday. Have $ on final four for Texas and Texas Tech. Also put in $ on the Chargers to win AFC and SB.

Already looking forward to next year.

Nice! I've done that trip about ~17x or so going back to the 90s when it was an undiscovered thing still. You can see me and my friends in the back of a photo in the big ESPN Mag article that Chad Millman did on it back when.

Had a great first 4 & Thu incl St Peter's H2 ml, terrible Fri, terrible Sat until my StP ML and ATS won along with Memphis ats. Won with Houston today.

Got Arizona in futures. Iowa St is my biggest play of the day so far, they were an ez pick over LSU last round.