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TheSilentKiller
03-16-2015, 10:32 AM
Some cool story lines this year.

My final four: Kentucky, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Georgetown


Big upsets:
- Michigan State over Virginia
- Alabama over Oklahoma
- LSU over Villanova
the mesiah
03-16-2015, 12:21 PM
Will be interesting , just by glancing at it and not studying up on it too much ,
I'll take Wisconsin, Kentucky(Notre dame will make it tough), mich state and Iowa state ..
RightTwoCensor
03-16-2015, 12:48 PM
UK2K made a group were gonna use for all of ISH, the link is on the main forum
magic chiongson
03-18-2015, 10:44 AM
- Alabama over Oklahoma


this is basketball not football :)
Thorpesaurous
03-18-2015, 02:43 PM
I have Kentucky over Wisconsin, and Gonzaga over Providence in the Final Four, with Kentucky over the Zags in the title game.

I usually don't do this, but I'll probably submit a second bracket where Kentucky loses just because it'll eliminate about half the brackets, I'm just not sure where that spot is yet. Wisconsin could do it in the FF, but I'd like to find a spot that makes some sense before that.
TheSilentKiller
03-19-2015, 10:10 AM
How can Larry Brown be so stupid? He has been coaching forever.

Says Kentucky could make the playoffs in the NBA (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2015/story/_/id/12512765/smu-mustangs-coach-larry-brown-says-kentucky-wildcats-good-enough-nba-playoff-team)

They would get throttled, lucky to win a game or two.
ace23
03-19-2015, 01:39 PM
Jerian Grant plays so sloppy. Homeless man's Jamal Crawford
TheSilentKiller
03-19-2015, 02:49 PM
For some reason I never trust Iowa State. Guess they didn't disappoint this year.
KG215
03-19-2015, 02:55 PM
Duke is going to end up playing SFA in the Sweet 16, someone like SMU or Davidson in the Elite 8, and then someone like Oklahoma or UNI will go on a run in the east and meet them in the Final Four.

Duke's already relatively easy path to a Final Four just got even easier. It's turning into 2010 all over again.
Jailblazers7
03-19-2015, 03:05 PM
Duke is going to end up playing SFA in the Sweet 16, someone like SMU or Davidson in the Elite 8, and then someone like Oklahoma or UNI will go on a run in the east and meet them in the Final Four.

Duke's already relatively easy path to a Final Four just got even easier. It's turning into 2010 all over again.

Nah, I bet it ends up being Duke vs. Gonzaga and Gonzaga will give them their money's worth if that get into the Final 4. The overall bracket is pretty weak but I think that Elite 8 game will be awesome.

It'd be interesting to see how Gonzaga guards Okafor but they have the guards to hang with Duke and finally have front line depth. Karnowski can't guard Okafor but at the very least he will put himself in good positions to contest shots.
KG215
03-19-2015, 03:50 PM
And the Big/Overrated 12 loses Baylor and Iowa State, two three seeds, in the first round.
Jailblazers7
03-19-2015, 04:01 PM
Golden rule of the tournament seems to be don't trust the Big 12. :lol
TheSilentKiller
03-19-2015, 04:06 PM
Big upsets:

- Alabama over Oklahoma

Just wait, big 12 aint done yet
JimmyMcAdocious
03-19-2015, 04:29 PM
http://makegif.com/gQLm.gif
DeuceWallaces
03-19-2015, 05:25 PM
What a ****ing joke. Can't believe LB got hosed so badly.
NustABut
03-19-2015, 05:26 PM
That shot was going to graze the rim if Moreira's fingers didn't touch it, no?
DeuceWallaces
03-19-2015, 05:29 PM
Just as easily be an airball. Can't call a game on a shot that's not going in either way.
NustABut
03-19-2015, 05:42 PM
A similar call at the end of a Suns v Rockets game, Harden shot a three, clangs off the rim hard & high in the air (clearly had no chance of going in after).

Jermaine O'Neal pokes it away, refs call goal tend, rockets win.
bdreason
03-19-2015, 10:34 PM
I doubt anyone picked both #3 seeds to drop in the first round.
TheSilentKiller
03-19-2015, 10:40 PM
I doubt anyone picked both #3 seeds to drop in the first round.
there are a shit ton of perfect brackets still on espn
qrich
03-20-2015, 12:12 AM
Like Kevon wasn't there for a bunny put back anyways
Timmy D for MVP
03-20-2015, 01:16 AM
That's a goal tend. I think he lost all sense of where he was on the floor. Unfortunate for him because that was short anyway.

What a way to start the tourney. I almost hate opening days like this because it's really tough for the rest of the tournament to live up to it and then it fizzles out for the public.
ace23
03-20-2015, 01:48 AM
I doubt anyone picked both #3 seeds to drop in the first round.
.04% still perfect
Thorpesaurous
03-20-2015, 08:51 AM
I don't think that's a goaltend. But it's a tough call to make.

I'm in like 1.3 millionth place on ESPN. The 74th Percentile I think.

I didn't have either 3 seed upset, but I did have both of them losing round two.

I did do well gambling. Xavier, Ohio State, and Harvard all hit for me.
ace23
03-21-2015, 05:10 PM
Cincy struggled so much to get quality shots up all game. Tough to watch their offense.
Thorpesaurous
03-23-2015, 07:59 AM
West Virginia is like a super version of Cinci, and it'll be interesting to see what Kentucky does with them. They have more time to prep, and the nice thing about WVU is that they're not going to adjust to anyone, not even Kentucky, so the week should help Kentucky more than WVU. But it may be a situation where Kentucky is going to have to take the leash off of Ulis. I would think he's gonna need 34 or so minutes in this game. And lineups with both Ulis, and Andrew Harrison, and either the second Harrison or Booker are going to have to play more than we've seen so far this season. Those lineups with Lee or Lyles playing essentially SF I don't see as flying against this press. And I don't see Dakari Johnson being able to play in this game, although his minutes have dried up some anyway.