March Madness Open thread
The tourney kicks off in about 20 minutes. Let the madness begin.
Bummed about us not dancing, then watch this video:
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March 18th, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
peed myself.
Definitely one of the best days of the year.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
Skipping class for the first day of the tournament and opening day of baseball season. Always the two days I took off.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
That would be awesome if they pulled off the upset.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
So glad I am on spring break right now
Jealous much?
March 18th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
on the number of March Madness threads posted today at 8.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:16 PM ^
I'll take the over. Of course, some will be game-specific.
I will also make a bet that at least one will say "Why don't we have Coach X instead of Beilein? Look what Team Y just did. UM SPORTS IS OVA!"
March 18th, 2010 at 12:30 PM ^
There's NOBODY at the ND/Old Dominion game. It looks like a sparsely-attended high school game.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:48 PM ^
Anyone else have the Richmond Spiders going all the way?
Of course not, but I do have them beating Nova in the second round. If Nova continues to look like garbage I might be looking pretty good in that pick.
I have them going to the Sweet 16 and losing to Baylor.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:55 PM ^
If they get beat by Robert Morris, my bracket is screwed
Christ I've got 'Nova going to the championship game.
It's remarkable that the NCAA tournament can make me mad at a team to which I paid absolutely no attention during the season.
Wonder how many more times I am going to have to hear about ND's new offense and how anytime they shoot it early in the possession it's a mistake. Dude was wide open you take that shot every time.
MGoHouse Party...Brian's gone!
Can I make an official ruling that this bracket pool be the last contest-type thingy that mgoblog does through Yahoo? There's no reason for them to not be able to update the group home page in real time instead of daily. They did this for the bowl picks contest too.
EDIT: I bet other places don't have 500 member limits to their groups, either.
I agree Yahoo does have some drawbacks, especially the lack of a real time update but I have found far more people have a Yahoo ID than a CBS log-in. ESPN, I'm not sure, I know I have one but have found that alot of my friends don't so I assumed Yahoo would be the easiest since everyone had a sign-in already.
On a side note, I had no idea about the 500 member rule, honestly I never hosted a pool that had that many...
Go Robert Morris! They're up 7.
Go ODU and Fla in these first ones!!
jamiemac's love for the CAA is looking good so far!
Is it wrong that I am so pleased about that team and that official matching up?
Go ODU, let's finish this.
In Chief Wiggum's voice
Where's your Messiah now, Notre Dame? Nayah!
I remember Nova struggling last year in the first round as well (against American, they were down 10 at halftime). They'll probably still win, but they have a recent history of making it interesting in the first round.
I'm blown away that Nova is letting Robert Morris just take over this game down the stretch. Not that it really affects my bracket, but I thought this Nova team was much better than the last #2 to lose (South Carolina).
They lost five of seven and six of ten coming into this game. They are not a 2 seed team.
I've seen them on TV a lot this year (my wife thinks the coach is hot) and they are a mess just like Sparty. I've got them losing to Baylor only because I didn't know who else would make it to the final 4 out of that division.
Enjoying Richmond and glad I got to see them play at Bucknell this year. When that offense is clicking it's a beautiful thing.
ND and nova both lose that part of my bracket is completely fucked!!!
my bracket is so fucked. yay.
LOL NOVA TO CHAMPIONSHIP LOL
They'll escape and probably make a run in this joke of a bracket now. That South region is so ridiculously weak.
it's a free for all region to be sure. baylor over nova?
I have Baylor beating Nova in this bracket, but have them beating Richmond in my money bracket. Who knows though.
Sam Houston St. first. Go Bearcats!
The first three games were great. Hopefully the rest of them are too.
Called the ODU upset in my bracket! It helps that I go to ODU though.
The sum of the difference of the first three games at the end of regulation was 1 point. 3 OTs in 3 games and the with one ending in a one point difference. This is pretty sweet
they just showed udohs statline - 13.5, 9.8, 3.9 (pts, rebs, blks).
i started crying.
It may be petty, but I'm rooting hard for Sam Houston State to pull the upset. I don't want Udoh winning as many NCAA tournament games at Baylor as we did without him.
Vanderbilt exited the tournament with ESS EEE CEE speed.
Hey they are in the the SEC, but come on it's Vandy!
never trust notre dame.
MURRAY STATE!! Ruins my bracket but this is an exciting start.
At least St. Mary's is showing how it's done.
I'm so F'ed already...only a few hours in...
You couldn't possibly be unless you picked Vanderbilt or a 9-16 seed to win the tournament.
March 19th, 2010 at 12:12 AM ^
even though I've got Texas.
Edit...Glad it's OT and that didn't decide it