First round upsets

[trifectarich]

OK, I'll be the first to toss out San Diego over UConn. The way the Huskies mailed it in at the Big East Tournament, I'm guessing Calhoun and his players haven't really bonded all that well.

 

[friend of a friend]

Georgia over Xavier

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[ServeItUp]

I have San Diego over UConn and Oral Roberts over Oklahoma, notwithstanding my aversion to schools founded on principles of religious fanaticism.

 

[mike311gd]

Georgia over Xavier

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I think I went with that one, too.

 

[Angola!]

I have San Diego over UConn and Oral Roberts over Oklahoma, notwithstanding my aversion to schools founded on principles of religious fanaticism.

Isn't Oklahoma playing St. Joseph's in the first round?

 

[friend of a friend]

what's your point?

 

[Steak Snabler]

My only prediction is that the guys closest to the end of the bench will be the most animated during the games and as a result, get the most TV exposure.

Ah, Human Victory Cigars. What would college basketball be without them.

 

[Football_Bat]

St. Joe's is indeed playing OU. And I fear this one. OU is a reach as a 6 anyway.

 

[Claws for Concern]

San Diego over UConn is tempting for sure. I have that in one pool and not in the other. ;D

 

[ServeItUp]

My bad. Oral Roberts over Pitt. Last Big East school to win four games in the conference tournament was Syracuse in 2006, also a first-round casualty in the NCAAs.

Mea culpa.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Georgia over Xavier

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Was that "bump" the one where you crashed and burned, or was that a different bump? ;D

 

[imjustagirl]

San Diego over UConn is tempting for sure. I have that in one pool and not in the other. ;D

I REALLY considered that one, but BYH talked me out of it.

 

[BYH]

I have no one lower than an 11 winning. Viva la majors!

I have St. Joe's and K-State, but I don't think K-State is that big an upset. Also have davidson and St. Marys.

My big upsets are in round two, when I have Butler beating Tennessee and Drake beating UConn. I really like Drake--or WKU--in the second round. UConn is, like usual, a bunch of dogs.

 

[friend of a friend]

Georgia over Xavier

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Was that "bump" the one where you crashed and burned, or was that a different bump? ;D

same one

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Anybody else catch the NPR piece today with the mathematicians who had done this huge study? They determined that KSU was way better than USC, and it was their one upset lock. If only I'd heard it in time to place a bet.

 

[DanOregon]

Damn nerds...

 

[chester]

My only prediction is that the guys closest to the end of the bench will be the most animated during the games and as a result, get the most TV exposure.

Ah, Human Victory Cigars. What would college basketball be without them.

I don't know. But I remember a guy I worked with at the Kentucky student paper calling Steve Masiello the "human victory cigar" in a story about the Cats' SEC Tournament win in 1997, and Masiello came down and confronted him about it. Funniest thing I ever saw, because it was 100 percent true.

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

I'll take Siena over Vandy.

In the words of Andy Bernard, "Nailed it."

[/upstatenewyorkfanboy]

 

[Pulitzer Wannabe]

Anybody else catch the NPR piece today with the mathematicians who had done this huge study? They determined that KSU was way better than USC, and it was their one upset lock. If only I'd heard it in time to place a bet.

I have K-State in the Sweet Sixteen. I think they're better than Wisconsin,too.

I have one of those pools, though, where you get more points for selecting upsets. It seems to favor people who actually know basketball more than the traditional pools, because in this kind, you can kind of get a handle on which teams are over- and under-seeded and handicap thusly. You won't hit every time, but if you pick Siena, as I did, or K-State, as I did, you can end up in pretty good shape.

The 8-9 games are enormous, as well.