If you love March madness Ncaa basketball! Holla! today is the day! I'm rooting for UCLA, but my underdog is Long Beach State!

karmatornado said:

Anyone up for an org bracket?

karmatornado said:

I'm an SEC guy, so for me its the defending champs Florida Gators....but I'd like to see Georgetown make a run for the Final Four.....

...and I'm down for a bracket if it can be hooked up....

reneGade20 said:

I think it can be we just have to get more than the 2 of us to play. Maybe some of those guys that are all into the cricket will join

karmatornado said:

not likely, but hope as they say springs eternal....

I knew my Gamecocks didn't stand a chance of making it, so I'm pulling for the Tarheels. More importantly....I just don't want Duke to win. I hope they get put out in the first round. 6th seed. For the most part these games have been pretty boring. That Kansas/Texas one was pretty good. The Duke/NC State one was pretty good Of course that one was good. The Kentucky/Miss State one was pretty good towards the end. As usual my bracket will most likely suck this year.

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An org bracket won't be successful here.

So the bracket was announced, who wants to join! i'll set it up!

AnckSuNamun said:

For pure entertainment, I'd love to see Ohio State (Oden) go against Texas (Durant)...but this year its a Gator-peat!!! I want Duke to get mauled....I HATE DUKE!!! There is an excellent article on ESPN.com profiling the 10 most hated Dukies.....required reading for anyone who knows about the Duke conspiracy to rule the world.....

Overall....my brackets will suck also....

reneGade20 said:

Speaking of the Gator's...please tell me you saw Noah's dance.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...Q3y5hTHuP4

I thought this thread was going to be about Dude Selection

AnckSuNamun said:

Can't open youtube out here.....stupid security issues...

I'm in! Since I work for a gov't institution we can't have pools at work , but one of my contractors is running one so I just faxed her 2 brackets and I have 4 on espn.com.

I don't get to watch as much bball as I'd like so there was a lot of guessing for me this year.

I hate Duke too! I predict Kansas will choke, as usual. But other than that it was a crap shoot. I have a soft spot for SIU b/c my undergrad was in their same conference (Missouri Valley)...and the Hoyas for some reason.

jone70 said:

I'm doing 4 brackets too.

http://www.bracketomatic.com/

This thing picks your brackets for you.....it's like Slots Kinda takes the fun out of it though.

It always bugs me that this tournament generates millions, but the cats doing the actual work don't get a cut. Coaches, school presidents, network broadcasters all have phat wallets. But giving a kid money so he can go home and visit his folks is considered a no-no. I love the NCAA hypocrisy - amateur athletics my ass.

uPtoWnNY said:

Well you should read the article on ESPN.com discussing the grad rates for some of the big money schools with teams in the tournament...that should get your feathers even more ruffled.....

and I am in total agreement with you....and I also agree with what Bobby Knight, as fucked up as it may be for me, when he decries how wrong it is for these schools to recruit guys that they know are only going to play for a season...and barely attending a half semester's worth of classes....on their way to the pros.....the schools have no intention to even attempt helping these players get a decent education.....

reneGade20 said:

I had an Anthropology class with a couple of football players at USC(Carolina), and those boys had someone walking by the room to make sure they were in class everyday. They didn't seem to have an interest in the class. One incident was kinda funny when the prof. called one of them out for not paying attention. She was the type of professor who really didn't give a damn about athletic status.

AnckSuNamun said:

its good that there are some profs that will hold a STUDENTs feet to the fire, regardless of athletic status....unfortunately, there aren't nearly enough....

....of course, I probably would have been called out right along with them....

reneGade20 said:

They were silly....definitely added excitement to some days when lectures weren't too exciting.

AnckSuNamun said:

I went to a community college when I was stationed in upstate NY and I got kicked out of my International Relations class during a class discussion because one of my classmates referred to Arabs as Ragheads....and I didn't take it very well.....

reneGade20 said:

Of all classes for someone to make a racial slur....

uPtoWnNY said:

True dat!

Washington State Cougars are in the tournament! But no Huskies.

karmatornado said:

NPR did a whole segment on Bracketing last night! I turned that shit off

july said:

I have them going to the Final Four in one of my brackets I have so many brackets this time around. I used to only have 1 solid bracket, but lately I've been doing multiple brackets. I have one real bracket and the rest are just random picks.

I'm playing the tournament challenge on CBS.com.....usually play it on ESPN, but anything with games in the address gets trapped behind our firewalls....

so its only one bracket for me this year.....