March Madness Challenge 2009 (free premium from jbrettlip)

[jbrettlip]

Exactly. The 3 took up spots that other participants could have had. The Butler pick is a definite handicap, but they might get a bunch right down the road. I doubt they can win though, unless all the #1-5's fall today.

Funny that manimal got in there. I wonder if any of the other participants are so notorious.

[oVo]

Well... Butler should have at least survived round one. I noticed Brett's "winning" bracket leans a little bit heavy towards the Big 12... ha ha ha.

[jbrettlip]

And the Big East...THe more I look at it, the more I say "What was I thinking?". Oh well, I am currently in first...

[luns101]

You know, CS Northridge actually was leading by 6 points with about 9 minutes left (can't remember exactly how much time was left on the clock). I wonder how bad Owenshooter was sweating that one out ...he has Memphis winning the whole thing!

[jbrettlip]

I can't believe he had Memphis. He always picks TX to win it all, which is why he sucks at NCAA brackets. But I usually have Pitt or KS winning and never due to well either.

[oVo]

I know EXACTLY how owenshooter feels... Memphis got in early foul trouble and had to rely on the bench to keep it close until the starters could come back in. What happened to Chattenoooooga??? It was 19-17 and I thought they were gonna make Connecticut sweat a bit and now it's 48-20 at the half.

[luns101]

Ahh, 3 games in and I'm already in last place. Let the mountain of frustration begin!

at least you werent the guy who picked butler to win the whole thing, or the people who forgot to save their bracket.

Who picked Butler to win it all?!!

[jbrettlip]

Ahh, 3 games in and I'm already in last place. Let the mountain of frustration begin!

at least you werent the guy who picked butler to win the whole thing, or the people who forgot to save their bracket.

Who picked Butler to win it all?!!

dragoongod...but I am not sure if that is his CC username or not.

[luns101]

Ahh, 3 games in and I'm already in last place. Let the mountain of frustration begin!

at least you werent the guy who picked butler to win the whole thing, or the people who forgot to save their bracket.

Who picked Butler to win it all?!!

dragoongod...but I am not sure if that is his CC username or not.

I don't see his name on the list...did he withdraw his name?

Anyways, I'm looking at all the rest of your brackets and see that you guys are taking hardly any chances by picking upsets. Wimps!

[oVo]

Well... I picked MSU to beat Washington, Butler to beat LSU... and yet to tip off
#11 VCU over #6 UCLA and #12 Western Kentucky over #5 Illinois.

Even though I picked Villanova... I found myself pulling for American U.

[luns101]

#11 VCU over #6 UCLA

We'll suffer together through that one, oVo

Never mind on seeing the guy who picked Butler...I figured it out.

[oVo]

OH MAN! they had it right there d a g n a b b i t .
I really thought VCUs guards could get it done... and they came soooo close.
but

WKU pulled off the upset of the day.

[jbrettlip]

So far decent tourney. Not too great from what I got to see. Big 12 has looked solid, no real upsets except WKU, but a 12 always beats a 5, and the big 10 is boring slow basketball.

[luns101]

Wake Forest Weenies!!!

-EDIT-

Let me add Florida State to that list as well

[oVo]

Western Kentucky's win was big, but Cleveland State trumped it today.

[luns101]

Good gravy, Tonka has the entire right side of the board clean with no misses!

[jbrettlip]

I think tonka is a big cheater.

[got tonkaed]

I think tonka is a big cheater.

its ok, i took quite a few chances, we can all talk about my fall from grace by the end of the weekend im sure.

[luns101]

I think tonka is a big cheater.

I agree...I can't prove it yet but I'm sure the Illuminati are behind his ascension to college hoops domination.

[got tonkaed]

I think tonka is a big cheater.

I agree...I can't prove it yet but I'm sure the Illuminati are behind his ascension to college hoops domination.

its alright, unless we get a bit of a rally im going to miss a pick coming up.

[oVo]

I was surprised to look at the standings at the start of today
and see my position... but this afternoon went ok.

Of course I would have burned one to see Western Kentucky pull out that game.
Dayum... what a heartbreaker finish. Another OT would have been sweet.

[got tonkaed]

Pretty exciting first half in the Ok St. Pitt game.

[luns101]

Well, after spending most of this weekend somewhere between 29th - 32nd place...I'm starting to dig being 17th now

(I thought the only person I was going to be ahead of at the end of this thing was the guy who picked Butler to win it all)

[jbrettlip]

Here are the standings after the first weekend.

Rank, Member name, PTS round 1, PTS round 2, picked winner, Possible points

ConquerClub (Group ID# 119438)“No more assault cubes, just skill here.”

1 MudPuppy 24 30 - - - North Carolina 54 178
2 GotTonkaed 29 24 - - - Kansas 53 181
2 XCSTUD 25 28 - - - Louisville 53 181
2 Tekcarb 25 28 - - - North Carolina 53 181
2 The Fuzzy Pengui 25 28 - - - North Carolina 53 177
6 oVo 22 30 - - - Memphis 52 180
7 SEASportsfan's Bracket 23 28 - - - Pittsburgh 51 179
7 Keiths31 23 28 - - - Louisville 51 179
7 Thebrosucks 23 28 - - - Memphis 51 179
10 daydream 23 26 - - - Gonzaga 49 177
10 the.killing.44's 23 26 - - - North Carolina 49 173
12 Cards to the Top 24 24 - - - Louisville 48 176
12 Wong 24 24 - - - Oklahoma 48 172
14 Luns101 21 26 - - - North Carolina 47 175
14 knighthawk 23 24 - - - Louisville 47 175
14 just no WVU by Legendkiller 23 24 - - - Pittsburgh 47 175
14 Pimphawks70 21 26 - - - Memphis 47 175
14 I throw darts 23 24 - - - Louisville 47 171
14 RockChalk 23 24 - - - Memphis 47 171
14 Jbrettlip's Winners * 25 22 - - - Pittsburgh 47 167
21 Velvecarrots 22 24 - - - North Carolina 46 174
21 whitestazn88 24 22 - - - Syracuse 46 146
23 kyle 23 22 - - - Louisville 45 173
23 General Mojo Madness 25 20 - - - Villanova 45 173
23 *Manimal 23 22 - - - North Carolina 45 173
26 Bones2484 22 22 - - - North Carolina 44 168
26 Frigidus' Winning Bracket 24 20 - - - Connecticut 44 168
26 geigerm's picks 22 22 - - - Pittsburgh 44 148
29 Hochhauser 01 20 22 - - - Louisville 42 162
29 CC_Jello00 26 16 - - - Memphis 42 134
31 owenshooter 24 16 - - - Memphis 40 164
32 Woodruff's Wackiness 23 16 - - - Memphis 39 151
32 Jivvy's Bracket 23 16 - - - Duke 39 143
34 fuk hed 24 8 - - - Missouri 32 96
35 Dragoongod 15 8 - - - Butler 23 27
36 Rocketry - - - - - No Pick 0 -
36 azezzo - - - - - No Pick 0 -
36 ppgangster - - - - - No Pick 0 -

* Commissioner

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[oVo]

Nothing but tough games remain for the Sweet 16...

Midwest
#1 Louisville vs #12 Arizona
#3 Kansas vs #2 Michigan State

West
#1 Connecticut vs #5 Purdue
#2 Memphis vs #3 Missouri

East
#1 Pittsburgh vs #4 Xavier
#2 Duke vs #3 Villanova

South
#1 North Carolina vs #4 Gonzaga
#2 Oklahoma vs #3 Syracuse