<p>Geez- I just checked ESPN.com at work and found BC tied with Pacific at the half! I’m off to a potentially bad start with my picks…we’ll see!</p>
<p>Ughhh… I had BC going to the final 4…</p>
<p>Nevermind. BC is still alive after second overtime!</p>
<p>Dude I was with at the bar had betted Pacific and was getting +8, so he was happy when Pacific came back and tied, he figured his bet was a sure thing winner. Then BC comes back and blows em out in the second OT by 12! The other guy said he is probably going to beat his wife lol</p>
<p>Tennessee might get beat by Winthrop!</p>
<p>Phew- close ones for Tennessee and BC!!!</p>
<p>Don’t you just love those bald Eagles?? That was such a classic BC game–you go nuts that they let a team get that close, take it to 2 overtimes, and THEN blow them out. They often let it get too interesting!! Let’s hope they can win without giving everyone 4 heart attacks in each game!!</p>
<p>My “dark horse” just had its lights put out… :)</p>
<p>I got confused about the starting date for the tourney. By the time I had my bracket form printed out, three games were already over. So I have lost this year’s opprtunity to make a complete fool of myself by entering the whole bit. On the other hand, I no longer have to think about whether other posters were right abut Winthrop and Syracuse.</p>
<p>But if I can no longer make a complete fool of myself I can at least go partway.</p>
<p>Elite 8: LSU, West VA, Kansas, UCLA, Conn., Wichita, Boston College, Ohio State.</p>
<p>Final 4: W VA, Kansas, Conn., Boston College.</p>
<p>Championship: West VA 77, Conn. 75</p>
<p>Why? A name like Kevin Pittsnogle exists to be in headlines. It’s his senior year; gotta look for PITTSNOGLE TAKES IT ALL. After that he gets swallowed up in the NBA machine and becomes another journeyman forward.</p>
<p>I lost four games already in the D.C. bracket, three it the Atlanta, and two each in Oakland and Minneapolis. I’ve got about the right number of upsets but just not the right ones. It would have been lovely to see the 'Zags, BC, and Tennessee knocked off.</p>
<p>Biggest surprise to me was NC State over Cal, who I had losing to Duke in the Elite Eight.</p>
<p>And some lovely consolation gifts for Kansas, again. Thanks for stopping by…</p>
<p>Also, Joev, Pitt never trailed Kent State…</p>
<p>Now Pitt has to dance with Cinderella…(Bradley)</p>
<p>Go LSU! How 'bout them Tigers?</p>
<p>uw in Sweet 16!</p>
<p>I’m doing well in my pools. It works differently. We pick 16 total teams- we don’t pick the bracket. The top seeded teams score fewer points for you. So- Wisc-Milw winning once scored me 4 points, which is like Duke winning 4 games. It is important to pick some upsets. I thought IU would beat Gonzaga- wrong there. I did NOT pick Bradley, so I hope no one else did, either.</p>
<p>Yeah the stingy Pitt defense wouldn’t even let Kent get a shot in the paint hardly at all. Easy to do when the other team has a 7’0" stud in the middle and the tallest guy you have is only 6’8". :eek:</p>
<p>So far LSU is about the only bright spot in my tourney picks. But WHAT a bright spot!</p>
<p>Cinderella knocked out one of my final fours…still have 3 left so far.</p>
<p>lderochi - I have been trying to check in with my Tulane son as to whether it is cricket for a Tulanian to root for LSU (so long as they’re not playing each other). But “ir-regardless,” I’m pulling for LSU. :p</p>
<p>Six of the teams seeded for the “Sweet Sixteen” didn’t make it. I suspect this is about right. I just picked some of the wrong ones.</p>
<p>I just hope that UCLA treats Gonzaga like a character from Grand Theft Auto. I can’t stand Morrison’s smirk. It’s the second worst in the country.</p>