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I'm fine with it....sometimes it works out for these kids and sometimes it doesn't (1 and done or leaving early at all).....$ is hard to pass up especially if you have nothing growing up. Bottom line to me is you can't fuck up college basketball, the formula is just to damned bullet proof. IMO the way to get more players to stay is to pay them. I'm against it because it would lead to more problems and would favor the schools who bring in the most $.....and some schools simply wouldn't be able to do it financially. It wouldn't prevent the guys who are bound and determined, but you'd keep some guys....and let's face it, a few are ready and don't need college.

    Here's the updated leaderboard:

    Natpharm -6
    spartan -5
    ode -3
    azgreg -2
    mikeintopeka even par
    hoss7504 +1

    ptsn WD
    MidwayJ WD
    sggolf WD
    rsvman WD
    LBlack WD

    (A lot of wrist injuries and back problems out there this week, lol)

      azgreg OK. I got your pick down.

      Others, picks for the Sweet Sixteen have to be in before the games start on Thursday. Thanks.

        rsvman (A lot of wrist injuries and back problems out there this week, lol)

        I'm thinking they were DQ'd because of submitting an incorrect scorecard

          I'm going to roll with Michigan... although my back is getting a little stiff and having trouble activating my glutes

          azgreg

          Well I would have 12 right now, so you'd be 2 ahead of me? I'm lost too...

            Between going safe, if there is such a thing or picking with who I want to win. There is only 1 game where I feel reasonably certain who will win and that is Kansas over Purdue. With the way this tournament has gone, I probably just jinxed that. I'd like to see all upsets, except Gonzaga...I'd like to see them face Wisconsin in the f4, with the other game being Michigan vs. UCLA.....to me that would be a kick ass final 4. There is real potential for some kick ass games in the elite 8....Kansas/Michigan, UCLA/UNC, Gonzaga/Arizona, and the East matchup will be the step child in that line up, but hell, even Wisconsin/S. Carolina would be a helluva game IMO.....not suggesting that's what they will be, but those games would be insane if it played out that way!

            ode I will probably have to switch back to just adding seed numbers, but for fun I was messing with making it like a golf tournament. So for the first round, there were four groups of sixteen teams, seeded 1-16. Eight is near the middle, so I called that even par. If you picked a 5-seed and they won, you were 3 over. If you picked an 8-seed, you were even. If you picked a 12-seed, you were 4 under, etc.

            Four the round of 32, there are only 8 teams in each regional. I called a 4-seed even, 6-seed 2 under, etc.

            Don't worry. I'll go back to adding seed numbers, and I'll double-check to make sure I got all the numbers right. The system I was messing with be becomes completely untenable in the next round.

            My wife has been really sick and was hospitalized Sunday morning and I just brought her home late this evening, so I've been distracted, too. But I have all your picks written down and I'll fix it. Sorry for the confusion.

                rsvman
                It's all good man. I was just confused based on reading your OP that's all.

                Take care of your wife first. A game can wait.

                  rsvman no worries, you have more important things to do....take care!

                    Yeah, I can see why Natpharm would favor the current standings, which I messed up completely.

                    Here's the actual leaderboard:

                    Spartan 18
                    ode 15
                    azgreg 14
                    Mike, Natpharm 13
                    hoss 12

                    sggolf sggolf
                    41 minutes ago

                    How is Spartan still in? I thought he got knocked out?

                    I think Spartan took Michigan State over Kansas so he would be eliminated. The score in the standings reflects predicting MSU as a 9 seed winning twice.

                      Of course, y'all are right. Spartan is gone. Picked MSU one too many times. WD due to back spasms.

                      I'm still not thinking straight. Sleep-deprived and stressed out over my wife's illness. Yesterday was her 28th day of being sick.

                      New standings:

                      ode 15
                      azgreg 14
                      Mike, Natpharm 13
                      hoss 12

                      So, we have only 5 players remaining. I have third-round picks for all but ode.

                      Just to make sure I'm not having another brain fart, I have picks for the sweet sixteen as follows (please correct if these are wrong):
                      azgreg WV
                      mikeintopeka AZ
                      hoss7504 Oregon
                      Natpharm Michigan
                      ode No sweet sixteen pick yet

                      Please, by all means, correct me again if I am wrong yet again. Sheesh. I'm not normally this dense.