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March Madness Picks!
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:18 pm
by UOducksTK1
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:39 am
by Autzenoise
Joined. I'm never any good at these but it's fun to laugh at for the next few weeks lol
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Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:19 pm
by UOducksTK1
I've had like two good years in the last couple decades. Here's to changing that!
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:04 pm
by greenyellow
I haven't filled a bracket out since 2021 so we'll see how this goes.
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:29 pm
by greenyellow
My South region is looking really bad now with Kentucky losing.
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:22 am
by UOducksTK1
Yeah I had Kentucky going to the finals. I knew SEC was probably the most overrated conference, but was hoping Kentucky would be an exception. Blah..
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:06 pm
by greenyellow
I've still got 12 of my Sweet 16 teams as I didn't pick Clemson, Kentucky, Creighton, and San Diego State to advance this far. Kentucky only messes me up until the Elite 8.
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:30 am
by SuperDuck
Question.
What would everyone think if NC State were to win the NC? Would winning it all after being a #11 seed feel like we've been robbed of the real champion?
The lowest seed ever to win it all before now was #8 seed Villanova back in 1985 when they upset Georgetown - a team that had beaten them twice during the regular season.
I believe before that it was #7 seed NC State, coached by the late Jim Valvano, who upset Houston's Phi Slamma Jamma team.
I know that it's uncommon for lower rated seeds to get this far in the tournament, let alone win it all.
Somehow it just wouldn't feel like the "best team" won just because a lower seed got favorable matchups and got hot at the right time.
Thoughts? Ideas? Solutions?
I'm just curious how others feel.
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:55 am
by greenyellow
That's sort of the brilliance of the Tournament though. Upsets and Cinderella runs happen because teams get hot. If they win, they'll have likely beaten two #1 seeds so it's not like it'll have been a cupcake walk throughout.
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:21 am
by UOducksTK1
SuperDuck wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:30 am
Question.
What would everyone think if NC State were to win the NC? Would winning it all after being a #11 seed feel like we've been robbed of the real champion?
The lowest seed ever to win it all before now was #8 seed Villanova back in 1985 when they upset Georgetown - a team that had beaten them twice during the regular season.
I believe before that it was #7 seed NC State, coached by the late Jim Valvano, who upset Houston's Phi Slamma Jamma team.
I know that it's uncommon for lower rated seeds to get this far in the tournament, let alone win it all.
Somehow it just wouldn't feel like the "best team" won just because a lower seed got favorable matchups and got hot at the right time.
Thoughts? Ideas? Solutions?
I'm just curious how others feel.
Doesn't bother me. There is so much work for a team like NC State to qualify for NCAA tournament + getting to Final 4, that they earned their spot in the Final 4. And that's why March Madness is the greatest postseason sport on planet earth.
In their 9 game winning streak, they beat Duke (x2), Virginia, North Carolina, Marquette, and Texas Tech. That's impressive.
Re: March Madness Picks!
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:26 pm
by pudgejeff
SuperDuck wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:30 am
Question.
What would everyone think if NC State were to win the NC? Would winning it all after being a #11 seed feel like we've been robbed of the real champion?
The lowest seed ever to win it all before now was #8 seed Villanova back in 1985 when they upset Georgetown - a team that had beaten them twice during the regular season.
I believe before that it was #7 seed NC State, coached by the late Jim Valvano, who upset Houston's Phi Slamma Jamma team.
I know that it's uncommon for lower rated seeds to get this far in the tournament, let alone win it all.
Somehow it just wouldn't feel like the "best team" won just because a lower seed got favorable matchups and got hot at the right time.
Thoughts? Ideas? Solutions?
I'm just curious how others feel.
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I would offer that it seems pretty rare the "Best" team wins anything. Sometimes there is a clear cut team that just handles everything, but in most sports, especially one's with single elimination it's exceedingly rare they survive. Which is the whole point, what a boring thing it would be to just assign the perceived "best" team the title.