Floofin, Willie or Big Calm are y'all going to start a group this year?

Yahoo probably has free ones to join- if someone makes an xxxpt version i'll join but i really don't know squat about ncaa b-ball except Fordham really sucked this year.

I've set up a group on Yahoo.

Name: XPT
password: cagedhyde

All I know is the money I spent on UCONN Donations, box seats and gametime Gourmet meals and skybox seats at the Gampel Pavillion looked like Money well spent until Jerome Dyson went down.....Now my Huskies will be lucky to make it to the 16, or maybe Elite Eight just to die a bloody death at the hands of some solid team.

The UCONN women's team on the other hand are just fucking unreal.....

UConn has a clear path to the Elite Eight. They won't lose to a Washington or Purdue. Memphis, if they get past Missouri, will be UConn's downfall.

Sorry about that. Group ID# is 142785. The password is still "cagedhyde".

Who the fuck did Arizona, Wisconsin, and Maryland blow to get into the tournament this year?

Everyone makes this too damn complicated with their RPI's and this index and that scale. Forget all the strength of schedule and conference ranking crap, you can use that to filter teams out later. First criteria is how did a certain team play throughout the year. How many games did they win? How many games did they lose? If they did not win at least 20 but still lost at least 10 they do not belong in the tournament period. The ONLY exception is if they win their conference tournament and get the automatic bid. That stops these jokes like Arizona and Wisconsin getting in with 19-12 and 19-13 records. I could find at least 20 teams with records like this that don't even get bids to the NIT, why should one get a bid to the NCAA. Not only did Wisconsin have a 19-12 record but their best out of conference win was against one of the five teams in the ACC that didn't make the NCAA.

After that look at conference records. All teams that finished below .500 and did not win their conference tournament do not belong in the field. That is you Maryland. I don't care who played, I don't even care who you beat. You lost more games in your conference than you won, you are a tournament fraud and should be in the NIT with Baylor who has practically the same resume that you do.

If I win, can I urinate on Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas while they French kiss each other?

Kimberly Kane is almost as attractive as Dick Vitale.

Ok- I'm in. I wish I could see your bracket now though

bump - only 5 people registered so far

Here's the direct link to sign up- enter the number and password nitneliun posted previously. You'll need a yahoo ID

Well, Willie has pulled out to an early lead. Screw BYU.

I'll take you somewhere the bbq is so good, you won't want to put sauce on it.

I spend about 5 minutes picking these brackets... that will start showing soon, probably by tonight.

it's still early but, 7/8 Babeeeeeeees.

Last year I was smart enough to pick Davidson for a nice run through the field. This year, I went against my instincts and picked BYU over A&M and Cal over Maryland. That pretty much fucks me unless Louisville does indeed win it all.

Did i win yet?

Other than Vegas, is there a legal outlet for you 'murkins to bet on this shit? We have Pro-line here in Ontario. It's a sucker's bet, as a 3-game parlay is your minimum pick....

Can't believe we beat Tennessee ...

I can ! Very inconsistent and weak at guard. If they had a legitimate consistent 3 point threat they'd be better. I have to wonder if Tyler Smith is staying ? Congrats by the way !

I'm pretty sure my bracket fell apart tonight. Luckily I didnt have Wake or FSU to go very far.

No it's NCAA baseball season now. I remember mentioning that here a couple years ago and I couldn't even get Ranathan interested.

This is why I love football.

CBS's coverage sucks. They don't show the shot clock until inside the last 10 seconds. You can learn/predict a lot about what a team is doing with their offense if you can see how they are managing the ball at 20, 15, 10 seconds.

I hate the fact the shot clock isn't seen until it's under ten. What really bothered me was the flipping around, so I got on line and watched the Siena v. Ohio State game last night, streaming. That was a damn good game (sorry Big Calm).

yeah that was a good game. I picked Siena.

That WKU-Gonzaga and the Texas-Duke games were good too. I didn’t have time to fill out my brackets, this year. I was too busy focusing on my economy.

Coach K had TWO players foul out v Texas. I can't ever remember that happening to a Duke team before. I'm sure Coach K was on the phone with the NCAA commissioner bright and early this morning to see that doesn't happen again.

and you UWK didn't get that time out the coach called for made that game even more a nail bitter

Welcome Back.

How tough was Villanova? I don't know whether it was an under rated Mizzou or over rated Memphis. I think that one will be a bracket buster for many.

Villanova looked great and yes, I think Memphis was a little over-hyped this year. Guess the coach can stop bitching about that second seed, now.

I'm thinking that Memphis's reluctance to play defense was in part caused by a lack of desire to get too close to those babyshit yellow uniforms Missouri was wearing.

My brackets have fallen apart. I hate Syracuse and will never pick them again no matter what (which will ruin future brackets and fuel my hate). Those Mizzou uniforms were as bad as the first time Tommy Bowden sent the Clemson team on the field in purple.

I intend to see what is shaking at the Phog.net site on Scout.com after I am through here. It ought to be a nice civil war between the invading Missouri fans and the arrogant, spoiled KU fans who now have to deal with Missouri reminding them who can still go to the Final Four and who can't.

That was one of the most painful losses in my life as a sports fan, WHY THE HELL DID THEY HAVE A FULL COURT PRESS ON AT THE END!

Thank god I didn't go to Boston this weekend because I would be getting arrested right now.

I hope Oklahoma anal rapes Carolina with a weed eater. If I have to read one more idiotic Carolina fan predict that Hansbrough will use his "high basketball I.Q." to dominate Griffin I am getting on a plane to Memphis for the sole purpose of power bombing them through the scorer's table.

God I've been hoping someone would take out OU from the first round.

Bye-bye Louisville.

Good riddance Pitino !!!

Friday night I'm bragging to my buddies that I was 8 for 8 on the Elite 8. Now I'm 0 for 3 on the final four. Come on UNC!! Don't shut me out.

Spartans were just too much for Uconn (sorry DB). Villanova was such a disappointment.

Villanova really looked a little intimidated and off their game a lot !

Anyone else developing a thing for Tom Izzo's wife?