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March 14th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
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ijohnb
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Open "at work but not working" Tourney Thread

There is very little I can think of other than the NCAA basketball tournament.  It has become my "default" thought process, I wake up thinking about it, it is my first thought and my last thought for the day. I can't shake it, I am seeing brackets form in front of me on the floor when I am walking.  For those of you in the same boat, who are staring uselessly at projects on your desk, in your office, etc. that are certainly not going to get done in the next 72 hours, any discussion of any signficance regarding the NCAA tourney (or any other spring topics, the Masters, or Bell Oberon for crying out loud), I am sure there are many on this blog who would be happy to chat.

Even the most benign, random thoughts are acceptable, i.e. Michigan v. UCLA 1993, how sweet was that?  Jimmy with the steal and shaking his head as time expired, fantastic.

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March 14th, 2012 at 8:37 AM | This seems a wee bit (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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This seems a wee bit premature.

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March 14th, 2012 at 8:39 AM | I (Score:1 Normal)
ijohnb
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wish it was.

That being said, it could take the place of "President Obama's bracket" and similar clutter on the Board, so maybe bear with me here.

March 14th, 2012 at 10:16 AM | I don't know about you, but (Score:5 Normal)
singler makes b...
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I don't know about you, but I'm gonna be reading analysis all day for Minnesota's NIT game tonight! No way can I work.

March 14th, 2012 at 10:19 AM | That's what she said :( (Score:5 Normal)
victors2000
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That's what she said :(

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. ~Dan Birdwell

March 14th, 2012 at 8:39 AM | I've got to train the new guy (Score:2)
1484
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I've got to train the new guy today.  Besides, the tournament does not start until tomorrow.

Hail.

March 14th, 2012 at 11:19 AM | Training him on (Score:1)
M-Wolverine
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MGoBlog?

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

March 14th, 2012 at 8:41 AM | Sitting here reading MGoBlog (Score:1)
DrunkOnHiggins
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Sitting here reading MGoBlog at work. Eating a bagel and drinking a coffee from Tim Hortons. Drew & Mike on the radio. Wishing it was Saturday actually. My bro and a bunch of buddies are heading down to Indy for Supercross. We used to go every year when it was at the Silverdome but that's not happening anymore.

Go Blue!

"And if that doesn't wet your appetite, you're watching the wrong channel."

You can usually find me bumping some Reggae, hammered on Higgins Lake with the goon squad. #HALOL

Go Blue!

March 14th, 2012 at 8:42 AM | Tim Horton's coffee (Score:1)
ijohnb
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v. Dunkin Donut's coffee.

Vegas has it as a pick em.  Who ya got?

March 14th, 2012 at 9:31 AM | Dunkin Donuts.  I love that (Score:1)
urbanachiever
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Dunkin Donuts.  I love that coffee

"I hope I can get a bunch of championships - like 15"

March 14th, 2012 at 9:44 AM | Dunkin doughnuts ftw (Score:1)
victors2000
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I tend to brew my own at home though with the standard fare Columbian Surpremo and the occasional Jamaican Blue Mountain for special mornings

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. ~Dan Birdwell

March 14th, 2012 at 11:59 AM | Yea man. French press with a (Score:3 Normal)
His Dudeness
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Yea man. French press with a grinder for me as well. There is a nice little beanery a few miles north of GR that has about every type of bean you could want. Sooooo much better than any other shit house coffee schwill.

#elitist

 

or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

March 14th, 2012 at 10:29 AM | I haven't been fair to Dunkin (Score:1)
DrunkOnHiggins
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I haven't been fair to Dunkin to be honest. I never go there although there are two of them within a square mile from the office. Maybe tomorrow I'll swing by and try it.

I have a Mini Keurig at my desk that works out good.

"And if that doesn't wet your appetite, you're watching the wrong channel."

You can usually find me bumping some Reggae, hammered on Higgins Lake with the goon squad. #HALOL

Go Blue!

March 14th, 2012 at 8:43 AM | Spring Break all week. (Score:1)
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Spring Break all week. :| 

When does Michigan's Spring Break start

March 14th, 2012 at 8:55 AM | Ours was 2 weeks ago. (Score:2)
MilkSteak
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Ours was 2 weeks ago.

"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."

 

March 14th, 2012 at 8:55 AM | two weeks ago monday (Score:1)
Maizeforlife
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beat me to it

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia - but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

March 14th, 2012 at 8:56 AM | Please tell me that is a joke (Score:1)
cheesheadwolverine
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M spring break is in February.

"I just hope Tressel doesn't fire me"

-Gordon Gee

March 14th, 2012 at 8:59 AM | Winter (Score:1)
ijohnb
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is a strange time for spring break.

March 14th, 2012 at 10:27 AM | Classes end mid-April, so any (Score:2)
WolvinLA2
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Classes end mid-April, so any later and you're on vacation just before the semester ends.

March 14th, 2012 at 9:03 AM | Ok. I'll play. (Score:3 Normal)
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Here's a random thought on doing bracket pools. They should all add bonus points for the difference in seeds, when you pick an upset. Drives me crazy these pools that use the ol 1 point first round, 2 points second round, 4 points 3rd round, on up to 32 or even 64 points for picking the winner. They are all about getting the Final 4 correct. They give you no incentive to pick an upset. Now, if you got 5 bonus points for nailing the 11 beating the 6, that would make it more fun. The first 4 days are the best of the tournament, so let's make the brackets weighted a little more early toward the early rounds.

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March 14th, 2012 at 9:08 AM | You (Score:1)
ijohnb
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got a point, and thanks for not just thread killing like those above when clearly they are doing the same thing that we are.

In any case, there really is not that much incentive at all to pick an upset in your standard pool unless you see the team that you are picking for the upset going deep into the tournament.  They are really an all risk-very small reward proposition.

March 14th, 2012 at 9:09 AM | One of my proffesors started (Score:1)
Bluemandew
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One of my proffesors started a pool using that system for his classes. It is a nice twist I like the idea of the extra points for upsets. It gives you mour insentive to not go all chalk.

Just do it!

March 14th, 2012 at 10:30 AM | Some sites actually allow you (Score:1)
aMAIZEing_BLUE132
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Some sites actually allow you to implement rules like that.  Yahoo includes an upset bonus, and a seed differential bonus, and other weird rules.

I thought about using some of them this year for my family bracket challenge and the idea was abruptly shot down.  Apparently my family doesn't like change.

Always reaching for the banner.

March 14th, 2012 at 9:07 AM | I was just going to go to (Score:2)
Sambojangles
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I was just going to go to kenpom.com to help me with my picks, until I saw that he put a paywall up for this season. Which got me thinking: if I pay for it and win my tournament pool, can I write off the cost of the site?

Of course if I happen to win any pools, I'm not reporting the income, so the answer is no, I'm not going to write off a kenpom subscription.

"The trouble with quotes on the internet, is that it is often difficult to discern whether or not they are genuine" --Abraham Lincoln

@Sambojangles

March 14th, 2012 at 9:12 AM | Boss is gone (Score:3 Normal)
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Which will allow me to fine-tune my bracket and do 8 hours of advanced scouting. So by overthinking each game I will gradually take myself out of the running for winning my pool.

You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.

March 14th, 2012 at 9:19 AM | New Baby Wolverine (Score:3 Normal)
jrtboht
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This may not be on topic about the tourney but it fits with at work and not working.  My wife and I had our first ultrasound for our first child the other day and I put together a little video of her singing along to The Victors.

 

 

March 14th, 2012 at 9:40 AM | excellent (Score:1)
Jon06
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yet another reason to have a baby

RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.

March 14th, 2012 at 1:12 PM | On the other hand . . . (Score:0 Overrated)
March 14th, 2012 at 1:43 PM | I have a few more months of 8 (Score:1)
jrtboht
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I have a few more months of 8 hour nights and one last March Madness to enjoy without having to leave the game to change a diaper and refill the sippy cup.

March 14th, 2012 at 11:18 AM | Somehow disturbing (Score:1)
M-Wolverine
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AND awesome, all at the same time.

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

March 14th, 2012 at 9:34 AM | I've had 2 dreams about the (Score:1)
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I've had 2 dreams about the tourney since the brackets were announced.  In the first dream, my wife woke me up and I was telling her about how seeding works (I was still half dreaming).  In the second dream, I thought it was Wednesday when it was actually Thursday and missed the deadline for filling out my bracket.  So I started panicking because I wouldn't have anything but Mich to root for.

"Some people break under pressure; others break records."

March 14th, 2012 at 9:57 AM | Vegas baby (Score:1)
mistersuits
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Flying out tomorrow morning. Got my B1G championship shirt ready to break out for my Spartan friend I'll be meeting.

Not sure if my strategy this year is going to be take all of jamiemac's picks or take the opposite of all of jamiemac's picks....!!

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March 14th, 2012 at 10:16 AM | I have work to do and I am still perusingthe blog (Score:2 Normal)
victors2000
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s the thugs might say I'm 'reading dirty'

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. ~Dan Birdwell

March 14th, 2012 at 10:32 AM | I've been pretty productive (Score:1)
OmarDontScare
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I've been pretty productive so far this morning. Gotta feeling that's going to change this afternoon.

I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It's all in the game though, right?

March 14th, 2012 at 10:38 AM | In my office they don't even (Score:1 Overrated)
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In my office they don't even pretend to be working.  They will have TVs set up in the conference rooms with the NCSU game on Friday as I work with a lot of NCSU grads and they in the tournament for the first time since 2006.  Nothing will happen around here until after that game is over.   I won't watch it for a variety of reasons, the main one being I don't fraternize with the minions and talking basketball around here is like talking to a New Yorker about any other big city (there's nothing they haven't already seen in NYC that isn't superior)[triple negative ftw].

 


And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know it’s going to be Michigan again. Michigan!

 

March 14th, 2012 at 10:51 AM | At the University I work at.... (Score:1)
BeatOSU52
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They have four projector overheads screens with each game on them, food set up, and they sell t-shirts.  The t-shirts are for charity, but still, student workers like me and professors don't get anything done in the first round.

We're not teaching them about sports, we're teaching them about life!

March 14th, 2012 at 10:48 AM | Monday was the worse (Score:1)
BeatOSU52
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I got into work and spent the first 3 hours researching for my bracket picks.  Today shouldn't be so bad because I want to get a lot done so I don't have as much work the next two days.

We're not teaching them about sports, we're teaching them about life!

March 14th, 2012 at 10:59 AM | thank God (Score:3 Normal)
budeye
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none of you are EMTs.  LOL.

that state south-east of Meechigan should be leveled and turned into a parking lot.

March 14th, 2012 at 11:22 AM | Are you sure? (Score:2 Funny)
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Are you sure?

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

March 14th, 2012 at 11:24 AM | I should know better by now. (Score:1)
M-Wolverine
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I should take the Wednesday off as well as the Thursday and Friday off for the Tournament. It's not like much more gets done at work, and so much needs to get set up by noon tomorrow...pool, food, etc.  I know how the OP feels.

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

March 14th, 2012 at 11:45 AM | Over thinking picks (Score:1)
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Murray St v. Col St. Both have similar RPIs, but the rams have an SOS of 4. They have struggled against the RPI top 50 going 3-6, but do I smell an upset?

"True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise - the other, loyalty." — Yost

March 14th, 2012 at 11:56 AM | Tomorrow? Shit man put your (Score:0 Flamebait)
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