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post 1678804513 03-11-2023, 10:58 PM
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College Basketball Tourney

Who do you all like? Haven’t really watched much until the last few weeks. Can a Texas or Duke ride the wave? Can Purdue ride the largely one man show? Will a Kansas bounce back and repeat? Will the injuries for Houston or UCLA prove costly? Interesting year.
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I think Arizona and Marquette are the biggest non #1 seed threats. I could see either winning. Hard to not consider Purdue the overall favorite imo though. It wouldn't shock me if Kansas was the first #1 to fall as well.

Other notes I have
-It wouldn't be shocking to see Duke in the Final Four with how they're playing
-Tennessee has unraveled late and might be a first round upset candidate (especially if they fall to a 5-12 game)
-UConn and Baylor will both a very overrated 3 seeds if that's what they're given
-With the exception of a very early season Maryland game, Miami has not lost by double digits this season. Most of their losses are under 5 points. They'll be in it until the end with a chance to win no matter who they run up against.
-No idea what to make of Alabama. Aside from an early Houston win they beat no one. Lost to Zags, UConn, and TN. Next best tourney team win is Missouri or A&M I think? Granted they don't really have bad losses either.



I'll roll the dice against all the #1's and say Marquette wins this year.
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Duke a 5 seed; Xavier a 3 seed





Someone accidentally f*ck up the school names on that one? Like... I get it they beat Marquette once but they also lost to Duke themselves so I don't get it tbh. More losses overall. No conference championship. And UConn their only other impressive win. Duke has wins over UVA, Miami, and the head to head over Xavier, plus won their conference.

On top of all that stuck Duke in Purdue's bracket lmao. Gave Virginia the 4 seed over them still too. Kind of shafted them all around. Very strange for a team they usually over seed (maybe trying to even out the previous favoritism haha). Everything else seems about right to me though.
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post 1678866413 03-13-2023, 06:24 AM
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Kansas is my team but in the Big 12 final they looked like crap. Basically if all their shooters are cold then they can easily lose a game. Good news is their bracket is easy peasy especially with injured UCLA as the two seed so I think they are a lock for the Final Four.

Can't believe VCU is a 12 seed, that's also a lock for a 5-12 upset first round IMO. I think Duke has a good shot, Purdue has shown they are vulnerable late in the season and are kind of a one trick pony. If I was going to pick a non number 1 Final Four it would be Texas, Duke, Arizona and Gonzaga.
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post 1679007253 03-15-2023, 10:47 AM
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Made my bracket today

Some of the highlights
-NC State and Iona are my cinderella picks. I have them both getting to the Sweet 16.
-I do have Drake beating Miami, but I could honestly see all 5 seeds surviving the first round for the first time ever
-Duke and Indiana will be the first two teams to knock off their respective 1 seeds in the Sweet 16
-I have all of my 7 seeds winning; if I had to pick one I'm most worried about it's Missouri/Utah St
-As I already said above, I have Marquette as my champion. Brackets didn't change that. I have a Bama-Marquette matchup that I think may end up being the best game of the tournament in the Final Four.
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First big upset, Furman (never even heard of them) beating Virginia which is a 4-13 upset. Saw a guy who said for sports betting he just bets every 12, 13, 14 and 15 seed and makes money every year.
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Have Virginia falling in the 2nd round of my bracket anyway so I'm ok with this. Had a feeling they might be suspect because they haven't been playing as well lately. Lost to BC and UNC toward the end of the year, then Duke in the ACC tourney (which wasn't a bad loss but they didn't look all that competitive in it either tbh)
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Originally Posted By WoofieNugget⏩
First big upset, Furman (never even heard of them) beating Virginia which is a 4-13 upset. Saw a guy who said for sports betting he just bets every 12, 13, 14 and 15 seed and makes money every year.
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Only one other major upset first day which was Arizona and not entirely unexpected, although I had them making it to the Sweet 16. Hoping for VCU to pull out the 5/12 upset today.
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Originally Posted By WoofieNugget⏩
Only one other major upset first day which was Arizona and not entirely unexpected, although I had them making it to the Sweet 16. Hoping for VCU to pull out the 5/12 upset today.
Those are pretty big upsets. You typically don't see 4 seeds who are 13 or higher make it past the first round, and getting 2 on the first day is already an above average pace imo.

Last year only St. Peters was 13 or higher to advance. The year before that only Abilene Christian and Ohio were 13 and higher. If we saw no other 13 or higher seeds advance today we've still matched or exceeded the last two years.

12-5's aren't even major upsets any more I wouldn't say. They're pretty routine. It might be more shocking to see all the 5's advance since that's never happened. Collectively I'd argue that's more of an upset.
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FDU up 5 with a minute left. LMAO at Purdue.
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Originally Posted By TryingMen⏩
FDU up 5 with a minute left. LMAO at Purdue.
So bad. Purdue has been bailed out plenty too.

Also who is this guy on color commentary? Obnoxious.
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FDU is gonna do it!!!! Holy sh*t!
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Originally Posted By BigElephant⏩
Well between Purdue and Arizona I've already lost the left half of my final four lol
I’ve become a sucker for Arizona in recent years when involved in bigger tourney pools. Have tried to fade the majority who pick the top 3 teams or so and go with someone who is highly ranked but not right around the top. Learned my lesson last year when I picked them to win lolol…
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I honestly don't know what Purdue's coach was thinking. They were in the bonus 10 minutes into the second half. FDUs best player was on the court for the last five minutes with four fouls. Yet they kept chunking missed three after missed three probably hoping that Edey would get rebounds. He was literally a foot taller than anyone guarding him and they were triple teaming him, leaving other guys wide open.

Credit to FDU because they were trying WAY harder than Purdue was.
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Originally Posted By WoofieNugget⏩
Credit to FDU because they were trying WAY harder than Purdue was.
Totally agree here. Purdue didn't even look like they wanted to play a basketball game. Every hustle play went FDU's way. Hoping they can play their way to the Sweet 16 at the very least cause they were fun to watch.
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I wasn't interested but the gf was and we ended up watching FDU beat Purdue and the owls from Florida beat Memphis with 2 seconds left.
Some exciting games towards the end and sloppy at other times.
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Down goes Kansas!


Also Princeton cruising over Missouri to the Sweet 16.
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Have a hard time not seeing Alabama in the final. Their side of the bracket is cake vs. the loaded other side. Houston, Texas, UCLA, UConn, and Gonzaga all tougher than anyone left in the south and east who’s not Alabama.
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Both remaining #1 seeds about to get knocked out.
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Originally Posted By BrickEX⏩
Have a hard time not seeing Alabama in the final. Their side of the bracket is cake vs. the loaded other side. Houston, Texas, UCLA, UConn, and Gonzaga all tougher than anyone left in the south and east who’s not Alabama.
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This tournament is literally Gonzaga's to lose at this point.
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Originally Posted By TryingMen⏩
This tournament is literally Gonzaga's to lose at this point.
If there were ever a year for them to get over the hump this is it. Hard to imagine a more favorable scenario happening for them than this. They always come up limp though so don’t expect anything different this year.
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