march madness 2015

[Nick M]

This is on social media this morning. I used a screen shot since immoral thieves are allowed to write software disabling my computer. Anyway, most profitable men's basketball programs. I see big time programs and the Big Ten which comes from the size of their market audience.

 

[Kdall]

And Alabama was supposed to play Florida State.

Alabama you are right about. But Oregon was a 4 point favorite over FSU.



My final four: Wisconsin, Kentucky, Virginia, Iowa State

Kentucky beats UVA for title.

 

[chrysostom]

I predict 16 seeded teams will lose tomorrow

 

[Nick M]

Alabama you are right about. But Oregon was a 4 point favorite over FSU.

The spread is not prediction. It is designed to do what it did. Get equal money on both sides. They are speculating and making that number based on your perception.

 

[chrysostom]

can anyone make sense out of who is playing on thursday
and
who is playing on friday?

tet?

 

[Son of Jack]

I predict 16 seeded teams will lose tomorrow

The only question is whether any of them will make it interesting...I say not this year.

 

[Nick M]

ESPN Films 30 For 30 had a really good show on last night called "I Hate Christian Laettner".

If you hate Duke (like I do), it's a must watch.

But, I have to say, that after watching it, you won't hate Christian Laettner.

There is a little history revision still going on, like him still being in the game against Kentucky and why. And ESPN should be ashamed of themselves for pretending that sodomy is now ok and we are better for it.

 

[kmoney]

Dayton better win tonight :noid:

 

[kmoney]

I predict 16 seeded teams will lose tomorrow

I will buy you a lifetime TOL membership if a 16 seed wins.

 

[chrysostom]

let the madness continue

it doesn't get any better than this

 

[tetelestai]

I will buy you a lifetime TOL membership if a 16 seed wins.

Robert Morris is a very small university just a few miles down the road from where I live.

They are also a 16 seed, and they play Duke tomorrow night.

Robert Morris beat Kentucky a couple years ago in the first round of the NIT.

It would be really great if Robert Morris beat Duke.

Duke is favored by 18.

However, if it were Duke -25, I'd still take Duke.

Better yet, if Robert Morris wins, I'll buy you and chrysostom lifetime memberships at TOL !!!!!

 

[chrysostom]

in 1966 texas western
beat kentucky

watched the movie last night
glory road

pat riley was on the all white kentucky team

texas western used seven blacks to beat them

 

[kmoney]

Robert Morris is a very small university just a few miles down the road from where I live.

They are also a 16 seed, and they play Duke tomorrow night.

Robert Morris beat Kentucky a couple years ago in the first round of the NIT.

It would be really great if Robert Morris beat Duke.

Duke is favored by 18.

However, if it were Duke -25, I'd still take Duke.

Better yet, if Robert Morris wins, I'll buy you and chrysostom lifetime memberships at TOL !!!!!

:banana:

 

[Son of Jack]

Stupid Iowa St. and Big 12. I managed to explode my bracket in the first two hours of the tournament.

 

[Nick M]

Anybody catch mid-major Colorado State last night? They finished the regular season 27-5 and were ranked in the AP at one point. The selection committee said...yeah, I don't think so

No team with an RPI in the top 30 had ever been left out of the 68-team NCAA tournament. He never dreamed CSU (29) would be the first. It was.

"We look at RPI really as an organizer in terms of top 50 and 100, but we spent a lot of time, more time than I remember, in comparing (RPI) in the swings to metrics such as the Sagarin, Ken Pom, BPI," Barnes said. "Those are used in the room as well and talked about quite extensively. We review those metrics each week, and that carried over to this week."

The lost last night by being straight up outplayed. They were number 1 seed, and lost at home to bottom seed South Dakota State (yes, the Jackrabbits lain. They played their butts off and were not good enough.

 

[Nick M]

Stupid Iowa St. and Big 12.

Chin up. You don't feel nearly as bad as they do right now.

 

[patrick jane]

Chin up. You don't feel nearly as bad as they do right now.

upsets, my dad is out already iowa st. - baylor -atrol:

 

[Nick M]

For the record, Oklahoma is a very fraudulent number 3 seed. If Michigan State gets by Virginia, and the odds are not good but not horrible, MSU will clobber Oklahoma.

 

[kmoney]

The end of the UCLA-SMU game was so frustrating. I don't think that was a goal-tend. Stupid UCLA.

I'm also disappointed that ISU lost.

I think GAST over Baylor was a fun upset though.

 

[kmoney]

Stupid Iowa St. and Big 12. I managed to explode my bracket in the first two hours of the tournament.

Same here. I had ISU winning 3 and Baylor winning 2.