March Madness Early Games Open Thread
12:15- 12 Princeton vs. 5 Notre Dame CBS
12:40- 12 UNCW vs. 5 Virginia TruTV
1:30- 13 Winthrop vs. 4 Butler TNT
2- 16 SDSU vs. 1 Gonzaga TBS
2:45- 13 Bucknell vs. 4 WVU CBS
3:10- 13 E Tennessee State vs. 4 Florida TruTV
4- 12 Middle Tennessee State vs. 5 Minnesota TNT
4:30- 9 Vanderbilt vs. 8 Northwestern TBS
Who ya got on upset alert?
March 16th, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
March 16th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
I'm calling it.......Princeton over ND.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:30 PM ^
My bracket doesn't have it that way, but this is one of those where I wouldn't mind having the bracket busted early. To hell with ND.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
My picks:
Princeton over ND
UVA over UNCW
Butler over Winthrop
Zags over SDSU
WVU over Bucknell
E Tennessee State over Florida
Minny over MTSU
NW over Vandy
March 16th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
my brackets.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
Minny is gonna get upset.
don't really think it would be considered an upset by most people.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
How did Amaker not make the NCAAs this year given the recruiting class he had at Harvard?
Come on man...
March 16th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
They're young. Princeton is a really good team led by seniors.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
March 16th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
Ah beat me to the thread by a few minutes! Will request the other one taken down.
Picks:
ND over Princeton
UNCW over Virginia
Butler over Winthrop
Gonzaga over SDSU
Bucknell over WVU
ETSU over Florida
MTSU over Minnesota
NW over Vandy
Upset city!
March 16th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
Damn. I don't see WVU or UVA losing today. Butler is my sleeper for the Final Four. Virginia's defense will carry them until the Sweet 16. MTSU could win a couple games this year. Very scary team, but nobody is going to overlook them this year.
Can't say Virginia looks great early...
I'm eating my words right now. Looks like UVA has picked up their intensity, though.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
I agree with all of them except ETSU over Florida, but only because I think Florida pulls it out late. Otherwise, our picks match.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:28 PM ^
I think Florida lost their big man and this game is super under the radar. This could be this year's weird 4-13 upset that no one saw coming
I have MTSU and Winthrop.
I can't believe I picked against Butler, but I always go with my first reaction.
It usually works out pretty well. But, my gut was all over FSU this year. So yeah.. I may need to get a gut adjustment.
I'm also not crazy about my Villanova pick. But, I wasn't sold on anyone else.
How many people are watching at work so I don't feel quite so guilty.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
March 16th, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
I picked Princeton in all my brackets- it's a 12 over 5 classic, AND I get to root against the Domers!
March 16th, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
ND chokes every single year. Like Baylor. And Iowa State.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
Not in recent memory. 2 Elite Eights back to back.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
Not in recent memory. 2 Elite Eights back to back.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
I think they may very well find their matchup with (likely) West Virginia more to their liking. Hate to say it, but I think ND is probably a Sweet 16 team this season -- at least.
Hope I'm wrong. Go Princeton.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:46 PM ^
Most stuck up Ivy League school vs most stuck up school in the country.
Go meteor!
March 16th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
I have ND going to the regional final and losing to Gonzaga. FWIW, I also have Michigan going to the Final Four facing the winner of Kentucky-Carolina with Villanova-Arizona in the other semi-final. Yet to decide who Michigan will face Since it's my own bracket, I don't have to worry about filling it out completely, Chances are my bracket will be completely busted by Sunday.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
Arizona - Duke - Michigan - North Carolina is what I went with.
and swap Kentucky for UNC in the other 2
March 16th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
I was gonna pick NC-Wilmington over VA as an upset special...but didn't pull the trigger. Hope I don't regret that one. VA's offense is, well...ummm....offensive.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
I could see both ND and Virginia losing. Both have track records of losing early and Princeton has that upset on UCLA years ago.
Wow. Not great, Bob.
Virginia is in trouble.
I got Princeton in my Sweet 16 so...
Bad call ;)
It appears Virgina will be my first Sweet 16 miss... Nice and early.
Love March Madness baby!
What was I thinking?
Not sure.
It's a 12-5, and I was NOT sold on Virginia -- at all. But still picked them.
They have 11 -- ELEVEN! -- points with 7:31 to go in the first half. Brutal.
And then they score 15 in the next four minutes! March is Mad!
UNCW is shooting LIGHTS OUT!!!!
UVA is getting absolutely dominated. But UNCW has a tendency to go quiet offensively so this one isn't over by any means.
Virginia just looks terrible in this game.
We better not look at Tony Bennett when Beilein retires
Michigan >>>>> Virginia. And only a 7 seed.
Tony Bennett still hasn't learned how to coach offense it seems.
Maybe he left his clipboard in Charlottesville.
THAT changed quickly, eh, fellas?
This is why March Madness is so awesome.
Where has this intensity been all game for UVA?!? They'd be up by 20 if they started the game this way.
And VA has the lead at halftime. Wow.