March Madness BN Bracket Pick 'em

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 23, 2008 7:08 pm

ragtopW wrote:Go 'Canes!!!!

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 23, 2008 7:21 pm

pojo wrote:
jonesbeach10 wrote:
pojo wrote:Tennessee almost went down.....

Georgetown, Duke did.....

MARCH MADNESS BABY!
I have to say, Tennessee has not impressed me so far. It's been two survive and advance type games. In both games Chris Lofton has been held in check while both American and Butler's best players have gone off on Tennessee shooting. American was right with Tennessee for about 37 minutes before their legs gave out, and it took 45 minutes to beat Butler today.

And how about Villanova? They might be this year's George Mason: probably one of the last at-large teams in, and now making the committee look good by winning a couple games.
What about tiny Davidson....... Gonzaga and Georgetown gone..... this will be an interesting Sweet 16.

dammit.. the Bulldogs are gone? I hate that

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » March 23, 2008 9:50 pm

CheeseHead in Paradise! wrote:SWEET SIXTEEN BOUND BADGERS!

I like this one better................

GO VOLS!!!

msu#1 · Post by **msu#1** » March 23, 2008 11:45 pm

Bob Roberts wrote:
CheeseHead in Paradise! wrote:SWEET SIXTEEN BOUND BADGERS!

I like this one better................

GO VOLS!!!

A sweet sixteen t-shirt is about as stupid as when Beilin gave sweet 16 rings to his team at WVU

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » March 24, 2008 1:08 am

... just got back in from Phoenix

what a weekend!!

The Toreros of San Diego were taken out today but WHAT A RUN!!!

we flipped out after beating UConn, and today they gave quite a fight after being down 15

Great job USD Toreros!!!
gotta admit... I should've believed a little more

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 24, 2008 7:13 am

Lightning Bolt wrote:... just got back in from Phoenix

what a weekend!!

The Toreros of San Diego were taken out today but WHAT A RUN!!!
we flipped out after beating UConn, and today they gave quite a fight after being down 15

Great job USD Toreros!!!
gotta admit... I should've believed a little more

for what it's worth.. Watching Duke and UConn go home early, and thinking of Dick Vitale choking having to talk about something else for the rest of the year... priceless.

CheeseHead in Paradise! · March 24, 2008 8:26 am

msu#1 wrote:A sweet sixteen t-shirt is about as stupid as when Beilin gave sweet 16 rings to his team at WVU

Here you go...

See you in Detroit!

green1 · Post by **green1** » March 24, 2008 9:32 am

Well, aside from the UCONN debacle I had Gonzaga going to the Elite 8. But other than that all of my eElite 8 teams are still alive. I did only get 11 of the Sweet 16. Not a complete train wreck but at least a derailment.

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » March 24, 2008 9:41 am

Um, let me just say, Let's GOOOOOO Mountaineers!

I'm pretty giddy over getting to see WVU beat Duke this weekend in DC! (I got to see Xavier beat Purdue as well). What FUN!!!

The Mountaineers play Xavier on Thursday at 7:10 pm

Richard · Post by **Richard** » March 24, 2008 10:05 am

Congrats on the big WVU win!

And I am now behind CalOtto and tied with Shark! I told you that your "lead" wasn't safe!

Bob Roberts, you aren't tied for last. If you click on the "View Complete Standings" at the top you will see that you are tied for 6th out of 38 people. There are more of us losers that aren't on the first page.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » March 24, 2008 10:06 am

msu#1 wrote:A sweet sixteen t-shirt is about as stupid as when Beilin gave sweet 16 rings to his team at WVU

If I were a player, I'd be thinking "I guess my job is done."

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » March 24, 2008 10:17 am

chippewa wrote:
msu#1 wrote:A sweet sixteen t-shirt is about as stupid as when Beilin gave sweet 16 rings to his team at WVU
If I were a player, I'd be thinking "I guess my job is done."

I'm not sure what you're referring to there. There may have been rings after they made it there and got knocked out. Apparently, you don't think making the Sweet 16 is a big deal. I sure know a lot of other teams that'd probably want a Sweet 16 shirt...or ring, whatever, because it IS a big deal.

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » March 24, 2008 10:25 am

Richard wrote:Bob Roberts, you aren't tied for last. If you click on the "View Complete Standings" at the top you will see that you are tied for 6th out of 38 people. There are more of us losers that aren't on the first page.

Alright man, thanks. I just need the Vols to win it all and I'll win in many ways.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » March 24, 2008 10:34 am

MelliJellyBean wrote:
chippewa wrote:
msu#1 wrote:A sweet sixteen t-shirt is about as stupid as when Beilin gave sweet 16 rings to his team at WVU
If I were a player, I'd be thinking "I guess my job is done."
I'm not sure what you're referring to there. There may have been rings after they made it there and got knocked out. Apparently, you don't think making the Sweet 16 is a big deal. I sure know a lot of other teams that'd probably want a Sweet 16 shirt...or ring, whatever, because it IS a big deal.

Making the Sweet 16 is a big deal, but I wouldn't want my team thinking they've reached their potential. I hope even the 16 seeds think they can win it all. Were the rings after the fact? That's OK, but I was reading it as if they were given out while the tournament was still being played.

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » March 24, 2008 10:57 am

chippewa wrote:
MelliJellyBean wrote:
chippewa wrote:
msu#1 wrote:A sweet sixteen t-shirt is about as stupid as when Beilin gave sweet 16 rings to his team at WVU
If I were a player, I'd be thinking "I guess my job is done."
I'm not sure what you're referring to there. There may have been rings after they made it there and got knocked out. Apparently, you don't think making the Sweet 16 is a big deal. I sure know a lot of other teams that'd probably want a Sweet 16 shirt...or ring, whatever, because it IS a big deal.
Making the Sweet 16 is a big deal, but I wouldn't want my team thinking they've reached their potential. I hope even the 16 seeds think they can win it all. Were the rings after the fact? That's OK, but I was reading it as if they were given out while the tournament was still being played.

No they were not given out right after the win. They were given out after WVU was ousted in the tournament, but had reached the Sweet 16. The reason they were given something special was because it was a 5-senior team, which happened to include Belien's son, Patrick.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » March 24, 2008 11:01 am

MelliJellyBean wrote:
chippewa wrote:
MelliJellyBean wrote:
chippewa wrote:
msu#1 wrote:A sweet sixteen t-shirt is about as stupid as when Beilin gave sweet 16 rings to his team at WVU
If I were a player, I'd be thinking "I guess my job is done."
I'm not sure what you're referring to there. There may have been rings after they made it there and got knocked out. Apparently, you don't think making the Sweet 16 is a big deal. I sure know a lot of other teams that'd probably want a Sweet 16 shirt...or ring, whatever, because it IS a big deal.
Making the Sweet 16 is a big deal, but I wouldn't want my team thinking they've reached their potential. I hope even the 16 seeds think they can win it all. Were the rings after the fact? That's OK, but I was reading it as if they were given out while the tournament was still being played.
No they were not given out right after the win. They were given out after WVU was ousted in the tournament, but had reached the Sweet 16. The reason they were given something special was because it was a 5-senior team, which happened to include Belien's son, Patrick.

By the time I typed my reply, I figured out there was no way you could get rings made that quickly.

After the season, then celebrate your accomplishments to your heart's content. I'm cool with that.

No harm, no foul.

MrBill64 · Post by **MrBill64** » March 24, 2008 11:26 am

My bracket and my Saints are done

. Oh well, if I can finish in the top 30 I will be happy

.

Bill

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » March 24, 2008 11:54 am

Just for fun:

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » March 24, 2008 1:48 pm

Where's the Davidson Sweet 16 shirt? That's the one that will become a collectors item. This is all I could find...

FastMovin' Angel · Post by **FastMovin' Angel** » March 24, 2008 2:42 pm

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