2014 March Madness Tournament Thread

[OptimusPrime]

I had them losing in the elite 8, so that hurt a bit, but the rest of my bracket looks ok so far, only losing Ohio State and Oklahoma so far, and I had both of them losing next round.

 

[Derek]

Arizona, on an average night, is the best team in the nation. The problem is that they have little room for error because they don't force a ton of turnovers and the loss of Brandon Ashley hurts their scoring depth.

 

[Soar]

Yeah, I've got them in the final 4. Then again, I had Nebraska in the sweet 16 and they just got smoked by Baylor, so what do I know. Arizona is really good, though. I don't think many teams will be able to hang with their defensive intensity. If Creighton has a game where they don't miss from deep or Wisconsin puts up a battle in the elite 8 it could happen, but even without Ashley they've got to be the favorite out of the West by a fairly wide margin.

I wouldn't sleep on Oregon either. Whatever team comes out of the lower half of the west should be pretty battle tested.

I didn't pick them to beat Florida, but with the way Pitt just destroyed Colorado, they could take out Florida imo.

 

[brooks]

Don't sleep on Tennessee either apparently. They're massacring U.Mass right now.

McDermott might have a monster game - already 15 points with a few minutes left in the 1st.

 

[Soar]

Not that they will win, but Eastern Kentucky came to play. So much energy right now.

 

[OptimusPrime]

Yeah if Kansas loses my bracket is fucked. I have them winning it all.

 

[Soar]

Number 44 on UL LAF :chuckles:

Looks like an offensive lineman.

Oh hell yes with the step back jumper!

 

[Stark]

Fuck Duke.

 

[brooks]

Number 44 on UL LAF :chuckles:

Looks like an offensive lineman.

Oh hell yes with the step back jumper!

Commentators mentioned he was ~370 pounds. That's just insane.

 

[NorthCoastBias]

That fat guy had some moves!

Also, Elfrid Payton is legit. He just needs to develop an outside shot. Played for the US National U-19 team last summer.

 

[Triumph36]

bryce cotton is such a monster

 

[Phills14]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>There are now NO PERFECT BRACKETS left in Quicken Loans $1 Billion Contest.</p>&mdash; darren rovell (@darrenrovell) <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/statuses/447185359978639360">March 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>All entries busted out of the Quicken Loans/Warren Buffett $1B contest by the 25th game. Only 40% of games had been played.</p>&mdash; darrenrovell(@darrenrovell) <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/statuses/447187102661640192">March 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So much for that.

I wonder what the odds were that all brackets were busted before we got to the 1st Saturday.

 

[Triumph36]

OMFGGGG NO VCU

 

[Derek]

One of the most boneheaded plays I've ever seen

 

[Triumph36]

dammit. vcu easily the most disappointing round 1 elimination for me. here's hoping the mythical 1/16 happens to make up for it.

such an incredible round of games, 4 still left too.