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alfio · #1 Post by **alfio** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:14 am

i scanned the off topic posts for something on the NCAA tournament to no avail... are we thinkpadders not interested in college hoops?

alfio

dsigma6 · #2 Post by **dsigma6** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:27 am

People will turn it on when it's get down to 4. I'm really not interested since no local teams were deemed "good" enough to make it.

alfio · #3 Post by **alfio** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:35 am

i hope that's not the case. there's some really good matchups this year and it would be interesting to get a healthy debate going. maybe it's because i've seen more pre-tournament games than usual this year -- or maybe its the mediocrity/parity of sports in general -- but it seems like there's lots of room for early upsets this year, or at least more so than the last few tourneys.

alfio

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:13 am

dsigma6 wrote:I'm really not interested since no local teams were deemed "good" enough to make it.

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Willis? UPenn and 'Nova are in!

James

#5 Post by **gator** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:28 am

Don't forget the Florida gators - it was so wild last year when we won

!

alfio · #6 Post by **alfio** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:11 pm

gator wrote:Don't forget the Florida gators - it was so wild last year when we won !

sorry gator but a repeat is highly unlikely... although i didn't want florida to win last year, the upside of them getting far this year would be a nice reward for the noahs et al who decided to stay in school rather than jump to the pros

alfio

goofyGAguy · #7 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:51 pm

little a wrote:
gator wrote:

Au contraire my little friend. It's Florida's to lose.

alfio · #8 Post by **alfio** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:16 pm

oh no, i agree, i think the gators little 'slip' at the end of the season did them a lot of good. people no longer see them as favorites and the pressure is way down. but, history says that repeats are impossible (or all but impossible -- its not been done in the modern format if i'm not mistaken). that's what i meant.

alfio

goofyGAguy · #9 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:30 pm

IIRC, the last repeat champion was Duke

in 1992.

skitty4gzus · #10 Post by **skitty4gzus** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:42 pm

after my buckeyes broke my heart in football i saw some light in basketball, but as "good" as they are hyped I dont think they have what it takes to win it all. Dont get me going on the gators either! They have as much chance as the buckeyes have of winning which isnt very good IMO. If the gators win it all I will drink the water out of my toilet!!

#11 Post by **gator** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:44 pm

skitty4gzus wrote:If the gators win it all I will drink the water out of my toilet!!

It is only a game ( I don't want to die yet, so please don't kill me for that commet

)

dsigma6 · #12 Post by **dsigma6** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:00 am

JHEM wrote:
dsigma6 wrote:I'm really not interested since no local teams were deemed "good" enough to make it.
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Willis? UPenn and 'Nova are in!

James

LoL...I meant to say, no local teams that I like were deemed good enough to make it!

JHEM · #13 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:30 am

dsigma6 wrote:LoL...I meant to say, no local teams that I like were deemed good enough to make it!

Drexel should have made the cut, other than that no one else was deemed worthy this year. If you're Jonesing to see one of the Big 5 other than Penn and Villanova, you'll have to go to the Palestra.

James

ronbo613 · #14 Post by **ronbo613** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:38 pm

Duke out in the first round. Has that ever happened before? Great win for VCU.

goofyGAguy · #15 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:17 pm

Mike Krzyzewski looked [censored]. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

JHEM · #16 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:25 pm

Penn out to the Aggies and 'Nova falls to Georgetown.

ronbo613 · #17 Post by **ronbo613** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:33 pm

This NCAA tournament is the best. No three week build-up or playoff schedule.

alfio · #18 Post by **alfio** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:35 pm

goofyGAguy wrote:Mike Krzyzewski looked [censored]. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Krzyzewski has always seemed to be a very correct guy -- perhaps too correct, even a bit neurotic and reactionary at times (some of that came out quite clearly after last year's loss. can't say that i feel bad about him or his fellow dukies...

alfio

alfio · #19 Post by **alfio** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:37 pm

ronbo613 wrote:This NCAA tournament is the best. No three week build-up or playoff schedule.

agreed! also, and in stark contrast to other leagues--professional and not--the tournament doesn't usually suffer from the scandalous refereeing and/or game fixing common elsewhere.

alfio

alfio · #20 Post by **alfio** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:14 am

22/32 for this round...

skitty4gzus · #21 Post by **skitty4gzus** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:05 pm

2 Ohio teams battling it out today, 1 of the best games ive seen in college ball in awhile. Its sad that 1 had to lose, but Im glad the bucks won. That was a good win for them especially in overtime without Oden. But they played a good part of the beginning of the season without him so no real surprise. GO BUCKS!

ronbo613 · #22 Post by **ronbo613** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:27 pm

Some good games yesterday(Friday), some great games today.

skitty4gzus · #23 Post by **skitty4gzus** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:41 pm

all great games, especially today. they said there were 6 games today decided by 7 points or less!

alfio · #24 Post by **alfio** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:36 pm

that georgetown game was crazy!!!

overall, i'm not doing so hot anymore. i've lost texas a&m a round early but my final four are still in the running (florida, kansas, ohio st., and north carolina).

alfio

goofyGAguy · #25 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:51 pm

Carolina down nine at the half.

alfio · #26 Post by **alfio** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:37 pm

goofyGAguy wrote:Carolina down nine at the half.

i know, that got scary for a while. i really like them for champs (even though i am no tar heel fan). let's see if they can overcome SC's flexibility.

alfio

#27 Post by **gator** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:33 am

Gators won a important match against the Butlers today - Go gators

ronbo613 · #28 Post by **ronbo613** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:42 pm

Lots of good games. As an Ohio native, I would have to say the Buckeyes look as good as anyone.

alfio · #29 Post by **alfio** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:14 am

after going 15/16 into the sweet 16, i took a big hit yesterday with UNC getting knocked out and entered the final round 2/4 with my two finalists out.

now all i have left is to cheer against my least favorite teams

alfio

goofyGAguy · #30 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:00 pm

Florida vs. Ohio State, any predictions?

what? no tournament talk?

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