NCAA Tournament

[gmartin]

Feel free to move this thread to free for all or other schools but I thought we should have one thread for the NCAA tournament.

Akron plays Notre Dame in the second round (i.e. the former first round)

One thing that has already ruined this tournament is having Charles Barkley on tv. He mumbles and is dumb. He knows squat about college basketball today.

[gmartin]

And Gene Smith, the chairperson is just as bad. He dodged all the questions on the bubble teams. And he talks about the criteria. How the heck are you supposed to attempt to get an at large bid when they keep changing the criteria every year. This year he said out of conference scheduling and head to head wasn't as important. All the other years it was an important factor???

[gmartin]

And Florida a 2 seed and Kentucky a 4 seed. Kentucky won the SEC Championship over Florida and better RPI. I think the committee this year did the worst job in a long time and they had 3 extra teams to select. Leave it to a Buckeye Admin to mess it up

[Dayons_Den]

Hey I'll gladly take Charles Barkley over Billy "angry at the world" Packer. Too bad we're still stuck with Jim Nantz. I'll never forgive those two for their selection show rant against mid majors the year Packer specifically called out the committee for letting Bradley and George Mason in- Bradley won a game and Coach L went to the damn Final Four.

[FalconTurf]

Hey I'll gladly take Charles Barkley over Billy "angry at the world" Packer. Too bad we're still stuck with Jim Nantz. I'll never forgive those two for their selection show rant against mid majors the year Packer specifically called out the committee for letting Bradley and George Mason in- Bradley won a game and Coach L went to the damn Final Four.

Agreed, Barkley over Packer. And shouldn't a broadcaster resign after making such a huge error like Packer made that year? I never enjoyed his nonsense.

[Siborg]

How about NIT, CBI and CIT or whatever its called? I heard Buffalo has an invite and I guess Kent has the automatic NIT bid. Any others?

[ZuluWarrior]

And we we're 7th in one of the worst D-!A conferences in the nation...yes, i said it.

[debtzoomba]

Looks like we over achieved this year then...you seem to forget the :

2010-2011 Men's Basketball Preseason All-MAC Teams/Predicted Order of Finish

Looks like 42 points had us predicted 11th in the 12 team league

East Division Predicted Order of Finish
1. Ohio - 128 points (12)
2. Kent State - 114 points (8)
3. Akron - 104 points (4)
4. Miami - 84 points
5. Bowling Green - 42 points
6. Buffalo - 32 points

West Division Predicted Order of Finish
1. Ball State - 124 points (12)
2. Central Michigan - 122 points (8)
3. Eastern Michigan - 88 points (2)
4. Western Michigan - 68 points
5. Northern Illinois - 64 points (2)
6. Toledo - 38 points
(1st place votes in parentheses)

[RobbyFalcon]

I just filled out some brackets and to my surprise, Kansas will win it all. They'll beat Ohio State in finals.

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[BleedOrange]

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I cannot friggin BUH-LEEVE that I graduated with you!

[Lord_Byron]

Some Akron love from this forecaster. Picks the Zips to go all the way.

[Falconfreak90]

I have Kansas beating Duke in the finals....hell of a day so far! Morehead State nails a 3 pter with 3 sec left to stun Louisville, 62-61. Butler beats Old Dominion on a tip in at the buzzer, 60-58, and Temple just knocked out Penn State with less than a second, 66-64. I got off work this AM at 9 and don't have to go back until Sunday night. So many games to watch, so little time.

At the half, Kentucky leads Princeton by 1, 34-33, and UNC-Ashville is giving Pitt trouble, 30-25 at the half. A #16 has never beaten a #1.

Damn this is fun...

[Flipper]

A radiation plume from Japan will settle over UC Santa Barbara and turn them into mutants. They'll ride ther mutant powers to the title.

[gmartin]

I am 4 for 4 today so far! Yes I even picked the MORE HEAD upset. Now I just need my other upsets to come through. I have Princeton beating UK, Belmont beating Wisky, Gonzo over St Johns, Bucknell over UConn, Wofford over BYU, Utah State over K-State and Mizzou over Cincy.

I picked lots of upsets today. UCLA over Izzo Spartans.

So far so good!

[gmartin]

And Richmond over Vandy. But that one I am worried about. Feel confident in all my other upset picks.