NCAA Tournament Thread

[Flying Headbutt]

Soooo, who you got?

I have two one seeds making the Final Four in my bracket right now. I'll lay my Final Four out after a few posts. Who else can't wait for noon on Thursday?

 

[JoelHammond]

9-to-5er here, planning to take off Thursday and Friday. ... And hanging out on this thread. Let's get it on!

 

[Bullrog]

Working Thursday night, but have all day off Friday.
An entire day of drinking, grilling out and watching basketball.

And I bought the tournament plan on my iPhone - $4.99 for audio and video for every game!

 

[imjustagirl]

I've already told my friend whom I'm visiting that I will not move from in front of the television aside from bathroom trips on Thursday.

 

[mustangj17]

Day shifter who is so glad he works next to the tv in the sports department.

A little bit of fanboy coming out, I will have my eyes glued to the TV thursday night for the Michigan game.

Friday I have my own basketball tournament so if anyone knows any solid Greek Orthodox players who could play for my church league team and live in Michigan let me know I could use some help.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Fear the Bison.

 

[doggieseatdoggies]

I'm thinking that Ohio State-Louisville matchup could tip a lot of brackets.

Some first-round upsets:
Arizona over Utah
Wisky over Fla State
Butler over LSU
Temple over Ariz State
W Ky over Ill

 

[Freelance Hack]

I'm thinking that Ohio State-Louisville matchup could tip a lot of brackets.

Some first-round upsets:
Arizona over Utah
Wisky over Fla State
Butler over LSU
Temple over Ariz State
W Ky over Ill

Louisville played especially solid on the road against tougher competition. They won at Villanova, at Syracuse and at West Virginia. I admit I'm concerned about playing the Buckeyes, but if the young Bucks start thinking ahead, then Siena will leave them in their scarlet and gray dust.

 

[ScribePharisee]

I'm thinking that too Freelance. Trap game.

And I'm pissed that as I look at an alleged wide-open bracket as I believe Forde called it, that my bracket at this point has 4 1s 2 2s and 2 3s in the Elite Eight. For the life of me, I can't see a long run by anyone less than that. When I've had the same basic top eight all year long, why the hell change now?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

I have Arizona State in my final 8.
Western Kentucky over Illinois.
Butler over LSU.

My Final Four is: Louisville, Pitt, Memphis, and Gonzaga. I'm really not sold on UNC. But that region could end up changing between now and Thursday.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

I am very high on Purdue. They are completely healthy and are peaking right now. They played some terrific basketball in the B10 tourney and pose some very tough matchup problems (Moore, Hummel and Johnson are all tall, athletic and versatile). They could make life VERY tough for UConn.

Final Four: Memphis, Louisville, Pitt, UNC.
Title: L'ville 73, Pitt 67

 

[DanOregon]

The games in Portland are sold out - but I've got to ask, can you get tickets for $25 from scalpers on the curb?

 

[imjustagirl]

When I went to a second-round NCAA game in W-S about 8 years ago, I paid $100 for a single ticket from a scalper, but it was also Duke-Kansas/Florida-Illinois. So $25 might be optimistic.

 

[mustangj17]

When I went to a second-round NCAA game in W-S about 8 years ago, I paid $100 for a single ticket from a scalper, but it was also Duke-Kansas/Florida-Illinois. So $25 might be optimistic.

Scalpers everywhere when I went to the final four.

 

[KevinmH9]

When I went to a second-round NCAA game in W-S about 8 years ago, I paid $100 for a single ticket from a scalper, but it was also Duke-Kansas/Florida-Illinois. So $25 might be optimistic.

Scalpers everywhere when I went to the final four.

How much do tickets generally run for during the Sweet 16 and Elite 8? I may try to go to a game in Boston.

EDIT: On Ticketmaster or something. If you tried scalping those tickets you'd probably pay hundreds.

 

[imjustagirl]

When I went to a second-round NCAA game in W-S about 8 years ago, I paid $100 for a single ticket from a scalper, but it was also Duke-Kansas/Florida-Illinois. So $25 might be optimistic.

Scalpers everywhere when I went to the final four.

Did I say anything about a scarcity?

 

[schiezainc]

I've got Pitt over Memphis in the title game and 'Nova getting to the Elite 8.

I'm not big on UConn. I think they'll crumble.

 

[podunk press]

I work Thursday and Friday, but I'll do everything in my power to be near a TV when the afternoon games are ending.

Didn't seem worth it to take an off day for this.

 

[spnited]

I fully expect Pitt to bow out as usual in the Sweet 16. Watch out for 'Nova in the East.

I'm stunned that UConn got a No. 1, not the same team without Dyson. Memphis comes out of that region. Yes, C-USA sucks. Doesn't mean Memphis isn't a very good team

If Lawson is healthy, this is Carolina's tournament to lose ... although Roy has a way of doing just that. A Hansbrough-Griffin match-up in the regional final could be great to watch.

Louisville-Carolina in the final.

 

[king cranium maximus IV]

I'm thinking that Ohio State-Louisville matchup could tip a lot of brackets.

Some first-round upsets:
Arizona over Utah
Wisky over Fla State
Butler over LSU
Temple over Ariz State
W Ky over Ill

Louisville played especially solid on the road against tougher competition. They won at Villanova, at Syracuse and at West Virginia. I admit I'm concerned about playing the Buckeyes, but if the young Bucks start thinking ahead, then Siena will leave them in their scarlet and gray dust.

They also lost by a billion in South Bend. And didn't have to go to Hartford or Pittsburgh.

U of L/tOSU and thus tOSU/Siena scare the crap out of me doing my brackets.