March Madness Carnage Stories
I thought it would be fun to have a thread where people can share horror stories about how badly their brackets are mangled after yesterday's action. Given that approximately 99% of brackets are busted, I assume there are some good ones out there.
For me, Purdue losing to Little Rock means that one of my Elite 8 teams is already gone. I also had Arizona in the Sweet 16. I consider myself to be lucky.
So, who got destroyed? Has anybody lost a Championship pick yet?
As a sidenote, one of my colleagues still has a PERFECT bracket. A second one would have had one, but he got two First Four games wrong.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:01 AM ^
I picked Arkansas Little Rock to go to the sweet 16 so that's cool
I also picked Arizona to go to either the sweet 16 or Elite 8 so that sucks.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:03 AM ^
I thought they'd be the the Cinderella story and last until next weekend since Duke had a six man rotation. Looked good for the first 19:55. Should've remembered that Duke would get like 35 free throws.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:05 AM ^
5 in blue and white + 3 in black and white.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
A quick look at the stats and I see they had 43 FT attempts.
March 18th, 2016 at 12:13 PM ^
real. There are legit reasons to despise those guys, methinks. But I won't waste my time!
March 18th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
Did you watch the game though? Normally, yes Duke gets calls, but UNCW plays 90 foot man press. Every play was either a dunk or a foul.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:04 AM ^
I had Wichita state beating Arizona. Then changed it to Arizona winning at 11:45am.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Had Little Rock beating Purdue, with Iowa St. advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. At the last second, changed my mind and picked Purdue to beat Little Rock and Iowa St.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
taking out Virginia along the way. I got that differentiator wrong in my MGoBlog bracket. (I've got UNC to win it all. Based mostly on, wouldn't it be ironic for Roy to win the NC after he got blasted for his coaching performance against Duke? Not so much pro or anti-Roy/UNC, just pro-irony.)
But I've also got WichitaSt/Vandy to the Sweet 16, so I wouldn't say I'm "busted" yet.
had them beating State and going to the Final Four. i will see myself out.
(Seriously, i don't know what I did that. I know that Painter is a train-wreck, I just liked their front line. I need to always remember "Pur-dont." It is very accurate.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^
I'm 13/16 so far. I picked Yale but lost heart at the last minute and went with Baylor. I could kick myself for that one. Gonzaga is my best pick so far. If Cinci wins today I'll be 100% on 9 seeds over the 8 seed.
I picked Arizon, Baylor, and Purdue to lose in the round of 32 so I'm sitting ok.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:18 AM ^
I had zona in my elite eight. Picked Purdue and Baylor to lose. Picked gonzaga to win. Missed a lot of the 8/9 games but hope they don't go anywhere
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March 18th, 2016 at 10:29 AM ^
I damn near had Baylor in the Final Four but opted for Oklahoma at the last minute. Not looking too good so far...
March 18th, 2016 at 10:19 AM ^
Got the one upset right with Yale. A few I'm hoping for today are both Texas schools losing to Northern Iowa and Green Bay...
March 18th, 2016 at 10:19 AM ^
Seton Hall killed me. Had them in the final four on my mgoblog bracket....
Purdue too kinda hurt. an Elite 8 team...
But my East Bracket is perfect so far! Hoping Michigan continues that trend tonight!
March 18th, 2016 at 10:20 AM ^
As long as Seton Hall wins the Gonzaga v. Utah game in the Round of 32, I'm golden!
March 18th, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^
final four with Purdue, elite 8 with Arizona. I'm not liking my chances right now.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:24 AM ^
Had the exact thing happen. Purdue in the FF- why did i ever pick that???? And I thought arizona could make a run with Miller as their coach. Oh well
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March 18th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
to top it off I had Baylor sweet 16
March 18th, 2016 at 10:26 AM ^
I had Baylor and Purdue to the sweet 16, but took Wichita St to the elite 8. Feeling really good about the Shockers!
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March 18th, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^
year and didn't think that they were nearly as good as previous years. Is Baker in his 6th or 7th year?
March 18th, 2016 at 10:27 AM ^
Baylor and Purdue screwed me over. Had them both in the Sweet 16. When will I learn never to trust Baylor and Purdue?
March 18th, 2016 at 10:28 AM ^
Screw you Purdue. And screw you Baylor. I will never pick you to win anything ever again.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:29 AM ^
My only real miss was one that I knew was going to be a miss, but loved the idea too much, anyway. I had FGCU going to Elite Eight.
Every other game I missed was going to lose in the second round, anyway. And I did get Yale right!
March 18th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
Purdue messed me up as well...I stupidly had them in the Elite 8. The only other game I lost was Yale.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
I'm first in 2 of my pools (Purdue & Iona wrong). Luckily I didn't have Purdue making it past the second round. For some reason I chose Yale in every one of my five brackets. I filled out 3 brackets for my girlfriend and one of them is still perfect, so hopefully I keep it up.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^
I had Purdue and baylor looking soft and losing.. Also had a good feeling Arizona was losing to witchita.
If I did fill out a bracket it would still be perfect. Go figure the year I don't I'm getting it all right, although last year I only had 1 wrong going into round of 32
March 18th, 2016 at 10:43 AM ^
in the tournament, but after how well they played in the Big Ten tournament, I thought they had it figured out this year.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:49 AM ^
My wife somehow managed to make it through day one with a perfect bracket. Lord knows I didn't help her cause she wouldn't have made some of those bonehead picks if I did...
March 18th, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^
is in TATTERS Thanks PUR D0NT and BAY YIKES I RIPPED IT UP AREADY
March 18th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
I tend to root for chaos/upsets over any kind of bracket picks I've made that year. Why? Well, I KNOW for a fact that my bracket is going to be destroyed, early and often. I'd much rather see crazy-stupid upsets over any free-entry brackets I've created. But hey...that's just me.
That said, BEAT THE IRISH!
March 18th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^
I lost 2 games yesterday. But the two I lost I had going to the Sweet 16 (Purdue and Seton Hall). Seton Hall probably played their worst game all season.
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March 18th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^
Quite happy with 14-2. Hoping Hawaii, VCU, and 'Cuse comes through today.
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March 18th, 2016 at 11:04 AM ^
Had Arizona to the elite eight, though. I hate Villanova and don't like Miami, either, so I went with Arizona. The entire Oregon bracket is a crapshoot and I don't like any of those teams, so I just rolled with Texas A&M, which means they will get beat today.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:25 AM ^
Still rocking a perfect bracket but nervous for today.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^
was Stony Brook-Kentucky. I had literally every game correct except for some reason I picked fucking Stony Brook over Kentucky.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
UM is still on track for the title game, so I'm happy.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:36 AM ^
I made two last minute changes - I switched my Yale pick to Baylor and my Iowa State pick to Iona... luckily I had Baylor losing in the R32 anyway and Iona losing to Purdue, so I'm only out 1 team in my S16 so far. Not too bad
March 18th, 2016 at 11:36 AM ^
On day one. The 8/9 games usually kill me, but so far 3-0 on those. Picked the wrong 5/12 thinking Chattanooga was going to pull the shocker, but had them losing to KY in the round of 32 anyways. My other 3 losses hurt though...Baylor (Elite 8) Purdue and Seton Hall (Sweet 16). Need a little bit of a better showing from the other squads I have going far, or else I'm really in trouble.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:36 AM ^
I have 14/16 so far.
But, Purdue losing kills me. I had them to the elite 8.
Other than that, only game I've lost so far is Indnana/Chatanooga.
And I only had them to the round of 32 so meh.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:39 AM ^
Currently in second place in my office pool. But the only two I got wrong yesterday were Purdue who I had going to the Elite 8 and Seton Hall going to the Sweet 16, so those are going to bite me later.
Why am I unsurprised that it was Sparty's region where I failed?
March 18th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^
How their bracket always implodes and they have smooth sailing
March 18th, 2016 at 11:40 AM ^
Only missed on Wichita St. Beyond that I'm ok... So far
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March 18th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^
Purdue cost me a sweet sixteen team and I whiffed on two of the three 8/9 games, but I called Yale, Gonzaga, and Wichita, so I'm reasonably satisfied so far.
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March 18th, 2016 at 11:58 AM ^
I called Yale over Baylor and was pretty sure that UALR over Purdue was a good pick due to the guard mismatch, but I already had Iona over Iowa St.(figured there would be just enough chaos in that game to upend the cyclones) and didn't want to get too cute and so I ended up getting the Iowa St. Purdue part of the bracket wrong for my only wrong picks of the day. Luckily, I didn't have Purdue going past the Sweet Sixteen.
We'll see what happens today, I always pay for a good first day with insane carnage in the second.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:59 AM ^
My bracket is so busted! I made a bunch of complete guesses as to the outcomes of basketball games mostly based on second-hand opinion and limited viewing. Some of the games I got wrong!
Also, my fantasy football team lost in the finals when a guy on my opponent's team not known for putting up gaudy statistics had a remarkable day and racked up an above average amount of yardage!
Also, I finished just out of the money when I shoved all-in with pocket aces preflop only for the big stack to catch runner-runner hearts to make a flush!
Tell me all about your stories!
(flips the bird to this entire thread while making fart noises)
March 18th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
I run a pool of 25. Yes, 3 brackets are busted due to Baylor and Purdue. Overall though, most people had Purdue losing before Elite Eight, and about half the field have all 8 Elite Eight remaining and 15 of 16 Sweet Sixteen. Only 4 of 25 are missing more than 1 Elite Eight team.
March 18th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
Baylor = Elite 8. Don't know how they got there in my bracket. Sometimes I do the bracket and end up with teams getting to E8/F4 and instantly regret it. But...
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March 18th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
I went 15 of 16 and would have had my first ever perfect day if not for Purdue's meltdown at the end of regulation.
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I had Purdue in the final 4. Two seven footers! How could they possibly loose?
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