The Official NCAA Tournament Thread

[Jami]

Considering the Badgers are down to playing their waterboy as a backup PG, I think your pick is pretty safe.

[Centaur]

Most of my upsets come later in the Bracket, Marquette over UCLA, Seton Hall over Tennesse...guess I can add Seton Hall over Wichita State, but when a Big East team beat a MVC team it just doesn't feel like an upset. Im really excited as I'll be in Dallas to watch round 2...hopefully to see Texas, Memphis, NCst./Cal, Ark/Buck. I am from the Tulsa area, so I would love to see ORU in there, and if there is a 1 seed going down in the first round, it will be Memphis to ORU.........but still history ain't on ORUs side.

[Mc5]

I have heard some pretty big things abour Arkansas chances. A lot of people are saying they might go pretty far...

[ChisAto]

anybody have Pacific over BC? because their hanging pretty well with them right now...

[detroitbasketball]

I doubt it. BC is a trendy Final Four pick.

And I laugh all the people with Seton Hall in the Sweet Sixteen...Wichita State by 16 at the half

[ChisAto]

A suspicious package was found in the Cox Arena here in San Diego. They evacuated the building, and now the first game btween Alabama and Marquatte will probably be delayed, but now by much.

[Jami]

Milwaukee over Oklahoma...hardly an upset. UWM deserved better than an 11 seed, and OU deserved worse than a 6 seed, IMO. UWM went into the game expecting to win the game, and they did.

[ChisAto]

your right, more and more people aren't considering them a cinderella team anymore, because they usually win one to two games in the tourney.

I think they have a pretty good shot in their second round game, against either Florida or South Alabama. The Sweet 16 isn't out of the question for them

[Keeper]

Wichita State defeats Seton Hall by 20. I dun't told you we won't stop!

[jxtuoleafs]

Guess who's perfect after set 1? That's right...and I have 12 Montana to take 5 Nevada....Montana up by 7.

Anyone else cruising along after the UWM game as well as the Wichita St. game?

EDIT - Marquette's gonna kill me though...

[detroitbasketball]

Boston College brought me in and out of cardiac arrest.

[Colossus Burgers]

I, fortunately, was at work and didn't have to see BC suck. I just heard it.

[sep]

Bama's Crimson Tide are messing up a lot of our brackets

[detroitbasketball]

Not mine...I have Alabama. Marquette was ice cold coming into this.

[Jami]

I only have Marquette winning one game in most of my brackets...no big deal if they lose. I'm not expecting much from them since they're so young...it's Steve Novak and a bunch of freshmen led by Wes Mathews and Dominic James. They lose Novak after this year, but Crean has some good recruits coming in these next couple of years.

Edit: Winthrop is giving Tennessee a big scare...Winthrop winning would cost me a point in the first round, but would make my prediction of Wichita in the Sweet 16 a safer bet.

[Maize]

Winthrop up 2 with 8 minutes to play. That would be a HUGE upset! And already the games have been great. Anyone catch the OT of Pacific-B.C., I stopped breathing twice! Thank you Al Skinner....

[jxtuoleafs]

2-Part Question:

1) You guys playing on ESPN?
2) Are you guys in a "group"...was there a DC group and I missed it?

[sep]

jxtuoleafs said:

1) You guys playing on ESPN?
2) Are you guys in a "group"...was there a DC group and I missed it?

1) No
2) Yes

[detroitbasketball]

Honestly, I've heard a ton of experts talking about Winthrop beating Tennessee all week, and I nearly took the Eagles myself. I wouldn't be that stunned.

My South Alabama hunch backfired. Argh. I still have Xavier!

[Jami]

Marquette has cut Bama's lead to 3...13 minutes or so remaining in the game. Time for Novak to get hot.