How's everyone's bracket doing? - Page 2

korme · 03-19-2004, 07:06 PM

you don't want to know noop..

Easy Mac · 03-19-2004, 07:07 PM

search in google.

Noop · 03-19-2004, 07:13 PM

Easy Mac I am forever scarred by what I have seen...people actually do this?

Easy Mac · 03-19-2004, 07:14 PM

I have no idea.... but you can see for you saw what the net has to offer.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-19-2004, 07:22 PM

18-6, but I've lost an Elite 8 already.
(And if Kentucky doesn't figure out what "defense" is at some point, my bracket will be FUBAR)

ice4277 · 03-19-2004, 07:52 PM

I am doing pretty good, still have not lost a Sweet 16 team; however, if Wisconsin and Providence go down, ouch.

sterlingice · 03-19-2004, 09:56 PM

*yawn* This is just a really boring bracket year. The higher seeds bracket has only missed 3 seeds so far.

SI

Ksyrup · 03-19-2004, 09:58 PM

I'm in last place...but I did pick Pacific!

JeeberD · 03-19-2004, 10:07 PM

22-6 so far and only one Sweet Sixteen team out (I'll give you one guess who that team was). But unless Chi-Ill picks it up I'm going to have two out here...

MrBug708 · 03-19-2004, 10:13 PM

Jeeb, it's very bad karma to pick your team to do better then they should do....

sterlingice · 03-19-2004, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Jeeb, it's very bad karma to pick your team to do better then they should do....

That's to be saved for your wacky upset bracket.

SI

Easy Mac · 03-19-2004, 11:30 PM

In 1 bracket, I missed 11 games and 4 of my sweet 16 teams are gone (though no elite 8). In the other bracket, I missed 9 games and 1 of my sweet 16 teams are gone (none of my elite 8).

Yet somehow, I have the exact same score in the ESPN game... go figure.

sterlingice · 03-19-2004, 11:35 PM

I'm 15-11 in the first round on my main bracket, but I've only lost 1 Sweet 16 team and nothing further. This weekend will be a biggie. I think it's time for some big bracket-crushing upsets!

My wacky bracket is also 15-11 (not the same 15/11, mind you). It's lost a pair of S16 teams and an E8 team.

SI

mtaystl03 · 03-20-2004, 10:14 AM

I was 26 of 32 in the first round games. I have two sweet 16 teams out in Providence and Western Michigan. My final four is Kentucky, Wake Forest, UNC and Stanford.

I have Kentucky winning it all over Stanford. The only other real suprise I have is Wisconsin playing Wake in the Elite 8.

I could see Texas Tech beating St. Joe's today which would be nice. Then again, I could see Manhattan beating Wake as well. Should be fun!

hoopsguy · 03-20-2004, 10:27 AM

I ended up playing straight seeds to the Elite 8, with the one exception being Wake Forest who I have losing in the title game to Stanford. So it was a very good first round for me, but means so very little in terms of winning a pool. I'm usually the guy who sneers at the guy in first at this point, pointing out that he may be 28-4 but has lost a Final Four team. So it is a little weird to be on the other end of the spectrum.

JeeberD · 03-20-2004, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Jeeb, it's very bad karma to pick your team to do better then they should do....

Ehh, well, I really felt like the Miners had the talent and heart to compete with and beat both Maryland and Syracuse. It's not like I would have predicted them doing that if they were a #15 seed or anything...

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2004, 10:49 AM

I was 26-6 on my first round picks. 5 of the 6 I was wrong on were as minor as possible (I had those 5 all losing in the next round anyway). Michigan State however, hurts. I had them facing Kentucky in the quarterfinals.

for anyone who cares, teams i incorrectly picked:

Michigan State
Providence
Princeton
Arizona
Lousiville
Dayton

Sun Tzu · 03-20-2004, 10:59 AM

The left one use to always hang lower than the right one, but since about 2 year ago they've been equal.

korme · 03-20-2004, 11:58 AM

27 of 32. Damn you Xavier!!

k0ruptr · 03-20-2004, 04:54 PM

28/32

Suicane75 · 03-20-2004, 05:09 PM

30-32 on the fofc yahoo thingy, but lost 2 games today already, oofah.

gstelmack · 03-20-2004, 07:06 PM

Alabama beat Stanford? There goes my national champion. Anyone else completely screwed by this one game?

sterlingice · 03-20-2004, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

Alabama beat Stanford? There goes my national champion. Anyone else completely screwed by this one game?

My bracket is officially FUBAR. Now it's time to cheer for as many upsets as possible and KU to win it all (not that I wasn't going to do that anyways).

SI

hoopsguy · 03-20-2004, 07:15 PM

Yep, my bracket is toast. Knew being the leader after round 1 was bad mojo. Time to just enjoy the tournament for what it is rather than hoping to make any $$$ of it.

k0ruptr · 03-20-2004, 08:40 PM

WOW my main bracket at home here, I had alabama beating stanford. I just took the lead

I did lose zaga tho.

Draft Dodger · 03-21-2004, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

now I just need 'Bama to beat Stanford in Rnd 2 and I'll be back on track.

*cough* *cough*
too bad the rest of my picks weren't this good...

Rizon · 03-21-2004, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

Alabama beat Stanford? There goes my national champion. Anyone else completely screwed by this one game?

Grr .... I should have known better to pick a team from the Choke Area.

cthomer5000 · 03-21-2004, 01:00 PM

I lost a final four team (Maryland) yesterday, which really hurts.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-21-2004, 01:21 PM

I'm already down
2 Sweet 16's (Gonzaga, Texas Tech)
1 Elite 8 (Florida)
1 Final Four (Stanford)

Had Xavier, so at least I'm good there.

Peregrine · 03-21-2004, 01:46 PM

Stanford and Gonzaga lost? Must be East Coast bias!

JonInMiddleGA · 03-21-2004, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peregrine

Stanford and Gonzaga lost? Must be East Coast bias!

LMAO

JonInMiddleGA · 03-21-2004, 01:50 PM

Meanwhile, Georgia Tech appears determined to repeat their performance from Friday, i.e. Start Fast and then vanish.

Hobbes- · 03-21-2004, 01:56 PM

I picked Xavier over Miss State WOOT!

sterlingice · 03-21-2004, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peregrine

Stanford and Gonzaga lost? Must be East Coast bias!

I would say the Zags got the short end of the stick from the officiating side, which isn't common for a much higher seed.

SI

TargetPractice6 · 03-21-2004, 02:57 PM

They may not have gotten the calls but they were still beat by a lot. The game wasn't on here so I dont know, but do you think fairer officiating would have closed the defecit for Gonzaga?

sterlingice · 03-21-2004, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TargetPractice6

They may not have gotten the calls but they were still beat by a lot. The game wasn't on here so I dont know, but do you think fairer officiating would have closed the defecit for Gonzaga?

Are you getting the Okie State or seen any of it? Today, everything they do is called "hustle" and all those lovely announcer synonyms. Yesterday, everytime Gonzaga tried to do something like that, it was a foul so they could never try to aggressively go after it on defense.

Refs have so much of an influence that people just don't want to acknowledge. You call a game tight, it favors one team, you call a game loose, it's going to favor another. And when you take a team out of their game, that's when teams can never come back.

I'm not saying Blake Stepp being colder than Vladivostok in January wasn't a big factor, but it wouldn't have been nearly that big of a deal and they wouldn't have had to keep feeding him if Turiaf had more than 10 minutes in the game. He got called for ticky tack fouls, had to sit out most of the game and still got double digits in points because nothing Nevada could do could stop him. Yet, because he wasn't in there, Gonzaga had to completely change their game.

SI

k0ruptr · 03-21-2004, 05:32 PM

WOOHOO LETS GO UAB

JeeberD · 03-21-2004, 06:45 PM

Well, with Kentucky's loss I'm officially done. I had them winning it all...

cthomer5000 · 03-21-2004, 06:46 PM

I'm down 2 final 4 teams, but i still have my championship matchup particpants....

not looking good.

k0ruptr · 03-21-2004, 06:48 PM

in all my brackets i still have my final fours. just luck i think, but i was never high on kentucky.

sterlingice · 03-21-2004, 06:53 PM

Woohoo! Goodbye shredded brackets! If Illinois can beat Duke and Vandy beats UConn, we can officially enter bracket hell where people who had something like an Oklahoma St-Texas matchup win it all.

SI

JonInMiddleGA · 03-21-2004, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Well, with Kentucky's loss I'm officially done. I had them winning it all...

I was curious, so I checked ... and sure enough, the "scenario generator" can be run on anyone's picks, not just on your own picks.

And from what I could figure out, if all of your other still-possible predictions held true, there's still one way you could win the FOFC group ... if UAB wins the national championship.

I'm even more screwed (with both Kentucky & Stanford gone) ... the only scenario I could find that gives me a group win is for
a) Alabama or Vandy to reach the Final Four
AND
b) Georgia Tech to win the championship

k0ruptr · 03-21-2004, 07:23 PM

this on the espn one?

JonInMiddleGA · 03-21-2004, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k0ruptr

this on the espn one?

Oops, my bad ... that's on the Yahoo one
(I should said which )

k0ruptr · 03-21-2004, 07:28 PM

oh ok lol, holy crap i just looked at my espn bracket and im horrible in that one jeez

Easy Mac · 03-21-2004, 07:54 PM

My bracket is only good for giving me paper cuts.

INDalltheway · 03-21-2004, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Woohoo! Goodbye shredded brackets! If Illinois can beat Duke and Vandy beats UConn, we can officially enter bracket hell where people who had something like an Oklahoma St-Texas matchup win it all.

SI

In my bracket I have Illionois winning it all... If it happens I will win because no one else has picked them.

Marmel · 03-21-2004, 08:12 PM

My wife is beating all of us in the ESPN bracket group I set up.

How embarrassing.

k0ruptr · 03-21-2004, 08:16 PM

duckman · 03-21-2004, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

Alabama beat Stanford? There goes my national champion. Anyone else completely screwed by this one game?

Yep, that totally destroyed my bracket.

03-19-2004, 07:13 PM	#53
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Easy Mac I am forever scarred by what I have seen...people actually do this? __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

03-19-2004, 09:56 PM	#57
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	yawn This is just a really boring bracket year. The higher seeds bracket has only missed 3 seeds so far. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-19-2004, 09:58 PM	#58
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I'm in last place...but I did pick Pacific! __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-19-2004, 10:07 PM	#59
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	22-6 so far and only one Sweet Sixteen team out (I'll give you one guess who that team was). But unless Chi-Ill picks it up I'm going to have two out here... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

03-19-2004, 11:35 PM	#63
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'm 15-11 in the first round on my main bracket, but I've only lost 1 Sweet 16 team and nothing further. This weekend will be a biggie. I think it's time for some big bracket-crushing upsets! My wacky bracket is also 15-11 (not the same 15/11, mind you). It's lost a pair of S16 teams and an E8 team. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-19-2004, 07:07 PM	#52
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	search in google.

03-19-2004, 07:14 PM	#54
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	I have no idea.... but you can see for you saw what the net has to offer.

03-19-2004, 07:22 PM	#55
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	18-6, but I've lost an Elite 8 already. (And if Kentucky doesn't figure out what "defense" is at some point, my bracket will be FUBAR)

03-19-2004, 07:52 PM	#56
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	I am doing pretty good, still have not lost a Sweet 16 team; however, if Wisconsin and Providence go down, ouch.

03-19-2004, 10:13 PM	#60
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Jeeb, it's very bad karma to pick your team to do better then they should do....

03-19-2004, 11:30 PM	#62
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	In 1 bracket, I missed 11 games and 4 of my sweet 16 teams are gone (though no elite 8). In the other bracket, I missed 9 games and 1 of my sweet 16 teams are gone (none of my elite 8). Yet somehow, I have the exact same score in the ESPN game... go figure.

03-20-2004, 10:14 AM	#64
mtaystl03 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO	I was 26 of 32 in the first round games. I have two sweet 16 teams out in Providence and Western Michigan. My final four is Kentucky, Wake Forest, UNC and Stanford. I have Kentucky winning it all over Stanford. The only other real suprise I have is Wisconsin playing Wake in the Elite 8. I could see Texas Tech beating St. Joe's today which would be nice. Then again, I could see Manhattan beating Wake as well. Should be fun! __________________ Go STL Sports!

03-20-2004, 10:27 AM	#65
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	I ended up playing straight seeds to the Elite 8, with the one exception being Wake Forest who I have losing in the title game to Stanford. So it was a very good first round for me, but means so very little in terms of winning a pool. I'm usually the guy who sneers at the guy in first at this point, pointing out that he may be 28-4 but has lost a Final Four team. So it is a little weird to be on the other end of the spectrum.

03-20-2004, 10:59 AM	#68
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	The left one use to always hang lower than the right one, but since about 2 year ago they've been equal. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

03-20-2004, 11:58 AM	#69
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	27 of 32. Damn you Xavier!!

03-20-2004, 04:54 PM	#70
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	28/32 __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

03-20-2004, 05:09 PM	#71
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	30-32 on the fofc yahoo thingy, but lost 2 games today already, oofah.

03-20-2004, 07:06 PM	#72
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Alabama beat Stanford? There goes my national champion. Anyone else completely screwed by this one game? __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

03-20-2004, 07:15 PM	#74
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Yep, my bracket is toast. Knew being the leader after round 1 was bad mojo. Time to just enjoy the tournament for what it is rather than hoping to make any $$$ of it.

03-20-2004, 08:40 PM	#75
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	WOW my main bracket at home here, I had alabama beating stanford. I just took the lead I did lose zaga tho. __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks Last edited by k0ruptr : 03-20-2004 at 08:43 PM.

03-21-2004, 01:21 PM	#79
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	I'm already down 2 Sweet 16's (Gonzaga, Texas Tech) 1 Elite 8 (Florida) 1 Final Four (Stanford) Had Xavier, so at least I'm good there.

03-21-2004, 01:46 PM	#80
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	Stanford and Gonzaga lost? Must be East Coast bias!

03-21-2004, 01:50 PM	#82
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Meanwhile, Georgia Tech appears determined to repeat their performance from Friday, i.e. Start Fast and then vanish.

03-21-2004, 01:56 PM	#83
Hobbes- High School Varsity Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Philly	I picked Xavier over Miss State WOOT! __________________ Owner of Fockers (71987) Death to 8 Ball!

03-21-2004, 02:57 PM	#85
TargetPractice6 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lexington, KY	They may not have gotten the calls but they were still beat by a lot. The game wasn't on here so I dont know, but do you think fairer officiating would have closed the defecit for Gonzaga?

03-21-2004, 05:32 PM	#87
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	WOOHOO LETS GO UAB __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

03-21-2004, 06:45 PM	#88
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Well, with Kentucky's loss I'm officially done. I had them winning it all... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

03-21-2004, 06:48 PM	#90
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	in all my brackets i still have my final fours. just luck i think, but i was never high on kentucky. __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

03-21-2004, 06:53 PM	#91
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Woohoo! Goodbye shredded brackets! If Illinois can beat Duke and Vandy beats UConn, we can officially enter bracket hell where people who had something like an Oklahoma St-Texas matchup win it all. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-21-2004, 07:23 PM	#93
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	this on the espn one? __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

03-21-2004, 07:28 PM	#95
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	oh ok lol, holy crap i just looked at my espn bracket and im horrible in that one jeez __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

03-21-2004, 07:54 PM	#96
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	My bracket is only good for giving me paper cuts.

03-21-2004, 08:12 PM	#98
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	My wife is beating all of us in the ESPN bracket group I set up. How embarrassing. __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

03-21-2004, 08:16 PM	#99
k0ruptr Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Las Vegas	lmao __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: k0ruptr My Favorite Teams : Chicago White Sox - Carolina Panthers - Orlando Magic - Phoenix Suns - Anaheim Ducks - Hawaii Warriors - Oregon Ducks

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