March Madness Discussion Thread

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

ok guys I'm ready where do we put these

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/210676485/bracket.jpg

[Byrd]

Interesting page from ESPN, showing the percentages of people who picked each team to win in each round:

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/wh...entryID=344097

This is to date, so presumably subject to change in the next 48 hours.

Interesting notes:
More people are picking Michigan State to win the whole thing than any 4 seed, and more than any 3 seed except Georgetown.
Purdue has the fewest number of people of all seeds 1-5 picking them to advance out of the first round, but more people have them going to the final 4 than any other 4 or 5 seed.
More people are picking Lehigh to go the final 4 than UTEP, Wake Forest, UNLV or Northern Iowa.
The south has the lowest percentage of people picking the #1 seed to advance to the final 4, and the #2, #3 and #4 seeds from that region have the highest percentage picking them to advance to the Final 4.

[Arvin]

michigan state has made it to the final four as a 5 seed before, they're a tournament team. (tournament program, really) so it's a possibility.

[Franzer]

franzer40 signed up, kentucky as winner

[Stiker]

I figure I'm the only ND fan that'll be in the group, so my bracket should be easy to find.

[Mertron]

you know, i can never understand why a lot of people watch college sports and root for any school other than their own

i am having trouble locating rutgers in the bracket

i guess i will just go chalk for the most part with kentucky winning

[Headspace]

Yeah, "my school" isn't in it either, but I still refuse to play chalk, I hate that shit.

[Mertron]

i have some upsets but nothing major

honestly this would be the season for upsets since no teams are really that great, but idk which to pick

[Plow]

I wasn't aiming for "Chalk" but I did end up with my elite 8 being:

1v3
1v2
1v2
3v5

[Moss]

I wasn't aiming for "Chalk" but I did end up with my elite 8 being:

1v3
1v2
1v2
3v5

Mine is very similar, but my bracket becomes very non-chalk after that round.

[Ryany]

Purdue has the fewest number of people of all seeds 1-5 picking them to advance out of the first round, but more people have them going to the final 4 than any other 4 or 5 seed.

Sadly, I bet the people with them in the final 4 likely are casual fans that think Purdue is still at full strength.

[Kyo]

I picked Sienna to win that one, they have the tools to pull it off.

[Serra]

I really hate college basketball.. but I always do a bracket with the same group of friends I did one with my freshmen year of college. So, might as well submit it~

Not gonna lie... I'm not exactly thrilled/proud/have-any-feelings-but-detachment for my picks...

[Kirin]

Got Purdue going to the sweet 16 purely on talent advantage over Texas A+M and Siena alone. Outside that, i think i have a pretty solid bracket.

signed up under kirinevans.

[Plow]

also

Yeah, "my school" isn't in it either, but I still refuse to play chalk, I hate that shit.

well really everybody smart is playing chalk...


just...


Rock Chalk.

[Moss]

If they didn't have Tyrel Reed I probably would have picked them to win it all.

[Bregor]

Every year I go all-in on Big East teams, and it usually fucks my bracket up big time. But why break with tradition!

[Diamicles]

you know, i can never understand why a lot of people watch college sports and root for any school other than their own

Central Methodist was in the NAIA D1 tournament, but alas there is no bracket challenge for that

[Mizango]

Sadly, I bet the people with them in the final 4 likely are casual fans that think Purdue is still at full strength.

Gotta believe man! I have us winning it all. Headspace and others proceeded to laugh at me on FB

[Byrd]

Gotta believe man! I have us winning it all. Headspace and others proceeded to laugh at me on FB

Wow, I barely managed to convince myself to pick them past Siena, and I thought I was homering it up by doing that.

EDIT: I found March Madness on Demand online (for free). I'm officially throwing in the towel on getting anything done at work today.