NCAA tournament knock-out pool--any interest?

rsvman · 2017-03-13T15:58:53+00:00

If you guys are interested, I could run a knock-out pool like I did at FGI for March Madness. The way it works is simple: 1) For each round, you pick one...

mikeintopeka

rsvman I went conservative in the first round, so I'm going to go a bit crazy for this one.

I'll take Middle Tennessee to beat Butler. I'll probably live to regret this pick, but it is what it is,

It's a marathon and not a sprint. I'm thinking a delicate balance between conservative pics while gathering a few points along the way will result in the winner hoisting the mythical GolfBuzz Bragging Rights trophy in a couple of weeks. After this weekend, it will be tough to pick up points on the leaders, let alone pick the winners because the field contracts.

rsvman

Hoss7504 It's by round, not by day. I'll put you down for UCLA.

rsvman

LBlack not going to continue to play, I guess?

LBlack14

I give. I forgot about it.

ode

Wisconsin sends the defending champs and a 1 seed packing

rsvman

Well, I pulled a Tiger. Dang it.

The rest of you, play on. After tomorrow's games I'll update the standings.

MidwayJ

I'm out. ☺ Purdue shot the ball so well in the first half that their offense was unstoppable. Iowa State made a great comeback but fell just short.

ode

The NW and Iowa St. comebacks were fun to watch, even though they both fell short.

ode

Michigan, boom!

Hoss7504

ode

I begrudgingly picked that on my bracket. No denying it, U of M is on fire.

ode

Hoss7504 good chance to go to the elite 8....I thougot it was a good matchup for Michigan with the way they shoot it....big run towards the end of the game, b1g with a solid showing so far, Michigan St playing solid vs. Kansas, so far.

Hoss7504

ode

Kansas was just too much for them in the end. State looked tired towards.the end.

ode

Hoss7504 I went to the kitchen to make some chix salad and came back to a 20 pt lead....I thin it was at 9 when I left.

Two big upsets brewing right now.

ode

UNC gets away with one.

ode

Games today have been really good....Oregon survives over RI, but barely.....and UNC and Baylor slugging it out

Hoss7504

This tournament has been really entertaining so far. I feel like the games are better this year than in previous years.

mikeintopeka

Hoss7504 This tournament has been really entertaining so far. I feel like the games are better this year than in previous years.

Top to bottom I definitely agree. But, I miss the buzzer beaters - last second shots for the win that go down. The agony of defeat. That seems to be lacking this year but there are still a lot of games left with most of those too close to call there is so much parity.

ode

There are officially 1 mid majors left, being cinci who is in action vs. UCLA as I type this...I suppose you could make the case Xavier is or was, but they are big league now that they are in the big east.....and cinci is hardly an unknown, they have been a good basketball school for long time, going back to Bob Huggins....,and they were in the Big East for several years until the league disbanded a few years back. Point being every team in the sweet 16 plus the current game yet to decide the last team in, are frombig boy conferences or are big time basketball ball schools. I suppose Xavier is a Cinderella being an 11 seed, other than that no Cinderellas....interesting tournament so far.

And although Duke busted my bracket, couldn't be happier to see them out. Hasta la vista

MidwayJ

Wichita State would no doubt be still alive if they hadn't been set up to play a 2 seed in the second round. SMU was a disappointment. They had enough talent to do better. Beat Cincinnati twice this season.

ode

I had smu going to the e8....in fact I have no teams left in the east, 2 in the west, and all teams left in the MW and South🙂

Thrilled that Bucky moved on, even though I did not Homer pick them over Nova, and also thrilled that Duke lost, even though I picked them to win it all.....note to self, don't ever pick duke, every time I do they fuk me! Can't wait for next Thursday.

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