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BRACKETOLOGY 101: 2 Fours, a Nine, and a One Walk Into a Final Four

Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited April 2013 in Social Entropy++
I know we already have a college basketball thread but I always make one this time of year specifically for the tourney so I can get more people involved. Right now we've got 4 people signed up with only a couple of days left until tourney time so let's get it going!

Get in on the excitement of this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Compete against other fans as you fill out a bracket and earn points for every correct pick! Come out on top and you could win a $10,000 Best Buy gift card. Get a group together and earn plenty of bragging rights among your friends by winning it all. Best of all, it's free to play and win.

Get in the action now:
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/group?groupID=91995&ex_cid=tcmen-invite-email

On mobile:
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/m/group?groupID=91995&ex_cid=tcmen-invite-email

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  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    I'm excited for this tourney. Everyone's brackets are gonna get butchered. EVERYONE'S.

  • CayrusCayrus Consul Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!Registered User regular
    My tradition of picking Gonzaga to win every year suddenly doesn't seems so silly.

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    At least I don't have to worry about picking Baylor this year.

    Probably going to go chalk and choose Louisville.

    Maximum on
  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    I cannot wait to see Duke lose.

    Then again im picking Gonzaga all the way out of sheer school loyalty. Its also odd to root for Saint Marys and SDS.

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I can't wait to see Duke lose but I have a sick feeling that they won't

  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    Duke will lose.

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  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    The ACC tournament did not make me feel hopeful for the tourney but I gotta remember that Duke has played seriously well just about any other time while at full strength. Sulaimon needs to get out of his shooting slump and Plumlee needs to get aggressive.

  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Proud Father House GardenerRegistered User regular
    Go Jesuit schools! This is your year!

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Someone help I'm in a money bracket at work for the first time.

  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    Going mostly big east again this year. Go Nova!

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    Goose! wrote: »
    Someone help I'm in a money bracket at work for the first time.

    Just don't get too cute with the Cinderella teams and you'll do fine. I'd say anyone on the top two lines could win this year, it seems pretty wide open.

  • CayrusCayrus Consul Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!Registered User regular
    Pick Boise to win it all. Even if you'll probably lose your money, you'll still feel good inside. And really, that's all that matters in March.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    I went almost 100% chalk my first bracket, and varied a bit on my second.

  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    I have zero faith in my bracket this year

  • MarthMarth Registered User regular
    If you have any faith in your bracket, especially this year, then all I have to say is:

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    Dandyism Shall Reign!

    "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde
    Real strong, facetious.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Went with Louisville over Indiana, only picked two or three upsets.

    I'll be satisfied if I do better than I did last year.

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  • ani_game_bumani_game_bum Optimistic, Rule-Breaking Nice Guy The Final World/DestinationRegistered User regular
    I'm in; Sleepy 4:00 AM Bracket is mine with Louisville FTW. Best of luck to everybody!


    Go Irish!

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    68 teams enter, 67 teams leave more like

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  • BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    Allow me to pre-emptively complain that our new national champion totally would've lost if it weren't for that one lucky break.

    And my bracket would have also been perfect if not for those 23 unlucky breaks (one of my elite eight teams losing in the first round only counts as 1)

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    memphis will go ALL. THE. WAY.

  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    memphis will go ALL. THE. WAY.

    Langly, why you gotta hurt me like this?

    Why you gotta hurt me?

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  • PenumbraPenumbra Registered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    memphis will go ALL. THE. WAY.

    Not sure if serious, but as a Memphis alum I'll take it all the same!

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Time to fill out my bracket...I'm terrified.

  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    For those of you who can't get enough madness there's also a Yahoo bracket:
    Ringo wrote: »
    Yahoo Brackets are live: http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=81091&P=wang

    If that link doesn't work, the group number is 81091 and the password is wang.

    Which is set up to allow two bracket entries per person. Let your homerism run rampant!

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I came up with Duke vs. Indiana.

    I hope I'm wrong because that's a title game I won't even bother watching.

  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    Indiana is awesome what're you even doing

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    Penumbra wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    memphis will go ALL. THE. WAY.

    Not sure if serious, but as a Memphis alum I'll take it all the same!

    i grew up in memphis, with alabama not in it they are my surrogate team.

  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    Louisville vs. Indiana

    Although I'm tempted to say fuck it and put VCU all the way into the title game. I have them beating Kansas and Georgetown in my money league (which means if I don't change my mind I'm probably losing my money league).

  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Michigan State!

  • WuShockWuShock Lawful Good South BrownbackistanRegistered User regular
    Michigan State is losing to Valpo in the first round!

    FTFY.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    EDIT: Yeah, never mind, this isn't actually all that funny in retrospect.

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    I will eat my own asshole if the Bryce Drew's beat the Spartans.

  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Maximum wrote: »
    I will eat my own asshole if the Bryce Drew's beat the Spartans.

    How would you...

    I mean...

    Does it even bend like...

    ...Never mind, I don't want to know.

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    WuShock wrote: »
    Michigan State is losing to Valpo in the first round!

    Made a Wrong Statement for you.

  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    I can't see Valpo getting anywhere.

  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    NC A&T gets their first NCAA tournament win with a 1 point victory over Liberty! They advance to take on Louisville!

    Good luck with that, guys

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Its FGCU's year...

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    I should pick UM to win but really, is that going to happen

  • CayrusCayrus Consul Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!Registered User regular
    And my bracket is already busted...

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