<p>MWC, that sounds fun. You get to pick your 16 teams, and it doesn’t whether everyone picks the same 16?</p>
<p>It is rare that anyone (about 90 players) picks the exact same 16 since you aren’t trying to pick the TOP 16. Also, we have tie-breakers which is the total number of points scored in the championship game. You never pick a 16 seed. and most don’t pick a 15 seed because they simply don’t win even one game and so you don’t get any points out of them. For me, Kansas State was a 4 point team, so I got 4 points since they won once and Duke only earned 1 point for winning once.</p>
<p>MOWC, I just heard an interview with John Calipari where the first question he was asked was about the foul shooting. His reply was that anyone who brought that issue up as the first thing hadn’t spent enough time watching his team play. He emphasized that they only had 5 turnovers yesterday, and outrebounded their opponent. He also said that his team shoots well, both the 3 and the 2 point shots. They just don’t happen to shoot free throws well. He asked, “What would you like me to say to my team at this point in the year?” I think he believes that they do so much else well, that the free throw shooting isn’t as big an issue as it might be with another team.</p>
<p>^^ I would agree with him except that in the NCAA tournament it really can make a big difference.</p>
<p>H saw something on ESPN today that showed out of the almost 3.2 million entries in their online brackets, there were two (2) entries that had picked all 16 winners…</p>
<p>I just checked our Yahoo pool today and to my ASTONISHMENT I’m tied in second place! dumb luck I guess (and probably shortlived, at that!)</p>
<p>Well, I’m tied with you, but I consider my second-place standing as skill and acumen, not dumb luck!!! :)</p>
<p>Oklahoma beating Louisville was supposed to be my chance to get ahead, but instead that choice became my ticket to the bottom of the ranks. =(</p>
<p>I’m in with you two in 2nd place, but will have to admit to dumb luck also.</p>
<p>TAMU got jobbed by the refs on their last shot vs UCLA.</p>
<p>Talk about getting hacked</p>
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<p>Well, I am not in the CC Cellar, but I am not much better off.</p>
<p>Somehow, I did pick Xavier so I am still in it for this game.</p>
<p>The stakes are so high… aren’t they?</p>
<p>Did you all see me up in the rafters at the UNC/Wash St. and Louisville/Tenn games tonight? I’ve never seen so many potential scalpers in action than after the second game…all the Louisville, UNC fans (as well as anyone looking to make a quick buck) were hitting up all the Wash St. and Tenn fans to see if they could buy their Saturday game tickets off of them! I guess I’m going to have to buy something in a nice shade of Carolina blue before Saturday night…</p>
<p>p.s. I’m trying to create a diversion here so that my current LAST PLACE position in the pool goes unnoticed…is there a “worst loser” prize for last place?</p>
<p>All my teams lost last night, but I am still winning my pool. As thrilled as I am with Davidson, I did NOT pick them and it is very important for me that they not win another game! Tennessee sure was a disappointment.</p>
<p>MOWC,
I know that you are relatively new to TN and may have been taken in by the large number of fans in the Nashville area, but since you are soon to be a Vanderbilt parent, let me assure you that Tennessee is always a disappointment (regardless of their performance and abilities)! Our intense dislike of all things orange is the common bond between my children’s Vanderbilt orientation and the rivalry between TN and my public university alma mater. Just couldn’t resist!</p>
<p>astromom - Who knew you were in last place until you gave it away :eek:?</p>
<p>Or am I missing something? I can’t tell the players without a program if they didn’t use their cc handles for the pool.</p>
<p>Anyway, not to worry, I was dragging the floor of our pool for quite a while. But my Louisville pick jumped me up. Probably won’t last. I’ll buy you a drink in Sinners Alley if you’ll return the favor when my brackets go south.</p>
<p>2VU- Thanks! Did you see my posts about having season tickets to the Vandy basketball games? It was SO much fun, but, unfortunately, speaking of disappointments… I have a co-worker who DESPISES all things orange, being a zealous alum of that big public U located south on I65 which is very Crimson. I love the Rocky Top song, though.</p>
<p>Well, my bracket’s all screwed up. I had Duke AND Tennessee in the Final Four! And I had Tennessee winning it all! Oh well.</p>
<p>MOWC,
Looked back for that post and you are oh, so right! I have loved this Vanderbilt team so much, but the team that played last Friday was in no way showing their best as they did against Tennessee and Miss. State at home. I got to see them play Florida at home when I was in Nashville and they were awesome that day as well. With both my Wildcats and Commodores making an early exit, I’m hardly interested anymore!</p>
<p>Sorry, but I was SO sick of hearing that stupid Rocky Top song last night! We stopped counting how many times the Tennessee band played it during time outs. For a while, it seemed like the only song they knew. We even left the stadium after the game had ended, hearing it!!! It’s a catchy little ditty, oh, the first 2,000 times you hear it…</p>
<p>We who grew up in Kentucky particularly despise “Rocky Top”, and you are correct. It IS the only song they know.
At least my Hilltoppers did me proud–it was fun to watch all the way to the end. But it kept me up too late. When the kids in my preschool class were supposed to be resting after snack today, it was all I could do not to curl up on the rug and take a nap.
So, I’ve lost two of my Final Four teams already, but if Louisville wins, I could still have a shot at not finishing in last place!</p>