The *~*~*~OFFICIAL~*~*~* 2021 March Madness Thread

SVRDhand13

I'm going to the second round at Barclays center. My first march madness games ever.

markymark550

SVRDhand13 said:

I'm going to the second round at Barclays center. My first march madness games ever.

You should have a blast. I've been to the first weekend games twice and to one Final Four and loved every minute of all of it.

eeriepadave

anyone doing a pool here?

SPEEDY MCCREADY

eeriepadave said:

anyone doing a pool here?

Somebody needs to start up a group on ESPN.
Right?

cutz

Why is KenCrooky a #4 seed, after beating Texas A & M who's a #3 seed?

Agree: Don't understand how Mich. St. is not a #1 seed either.

How is Villanova not in the East Region, when there a #2 seed?

Big shocker: Duke is shipped out West.

markymark550

I don't mind A&M getting a better seed than Kentucky. A&M won the SEC regular season, beating Kentucky in the process.


I just wish the committee wouldn't lie and say they don't try to engineer certain games. You can't tell me that they weren't trying to create a Texas/Texas A&M matchup with the winner possibly facing Oklahoma. Also, a potential Kentucky/Indiana matchup. You can't tell me those were just unintentionally placed like that. Instead of lying about it, they should just tell the truth and say "yes, we wanted those matchup".

One team with a huge axe to grind with their seeding would be Notre Dame. They beat Duke twice and finished ahead of them in the ACC, yet Duke is a 4 and ND is a 6.

xavier mcdaniel

If you're basing it on the musical tastes of coaches:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25516255/musical-march-madness-every-ncaa-tournament-coachs-favorite-band

Wobbie

xavier mcdaniel said:

If you're basing it on the musical tastes of coaches:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25516255/musical-march-madness-every-ncaa-tournament-coachs-favorite-band

I figured larry krystowiak would go with PJ....didn't look to see if there were others.

pjhawks

Wobbie said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

If you're basing it on the musical tastes of coaches:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25516255/musical-march-madness-every-ncaa-tournament-coachs-favorite-band

I figured larry krystowiak would go with PJ....didn't look to see if there were others.

there is 3. Krystkowiak, Oregon States Wayne Tinkle (who also used to be at Montana I believe - another Jeff connection?) and Chattanooga's Matt McCall.

markymark550

Wayne Tinkle . Yes, I'm 12 years old.

Jason P

I think every Big Ten team got 1 spot higher then they should have been (except Michigan who was lucky to make it in). IU got hosed and stuck in a tough region. State getting a 2 seed is hard to justify considering they are ranked 2.

Wobbie

markymark550 said:

Wayne Tinkle . Yes, I'm 12 years old.

yep, tinkle played with larry k. at montana.

cutz

markymark550 said:

I don't mind A&M getting a better seed than Kentucky. A&M won the SEC regular season, beating Kentucky in the process.


I just wish the committee wouldn't lie and say they don't try to engineer certain games. You can't tell me that they weren't trying to create a Texas/Texas A&M matchup with the winner possibly facing Oklahoma. Also, a potential Kentucky/Indiana matchup. You can't tell me those were just unintentionally placed like that. Instead of lying about it, they should just tell the truth and say "yes, we wanted those matchup".

One team with a huge axe to grind with their seeding would be Notre Dame. They beat Duke twice and finished ahead of them in the ACC, yet Duke is a 4 and ND is a 6.

They actually tied, but yeah, Texas A & M beat KenCrooky in the regular season at Home in 2 OT. KenCrooky beat them on ther way to the SEC Tourney Title on a neutral court. I hate KenCrooky, and i love to hear Calacrooky cry, but he'll use this to his advantage that got seeded behind A & M with his team

I agree about the comittee setting up potential matchups.

Great point about Notre Dame getting the shaft. And look how Duke gets in the West, which i won't be surprised if they make the Elite 8. At least the Sweet 16.

markymark550

Tied, ok. To me that's just the whole everybody's a winner mentality. A&M was the 1 seed in the SECT, thus they were the real regular season champs.

Wobbie

automatic bids for tourney champs is stupid.

JK_Livin

Seeds are overrated. It's all about match ups. You either catch a break there or you don't.

SVRDhand13

Mu original gut feeling seems to be a popular pick:

Michigan State
Kansas
UNC
Oklahoma

Wobbie

I don't believe one fucking word that comes out of rick pitino's mouth.

The Juggler

Wobbie said:

I don't believe one fucking word that comes out of rick pitino's mouth.

Was he on one of your ESPN talking head shows this morning or something?

Wob LOVE esp!

buck502000

Michigan State

Wobbie

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

I don't believe one fucking word that comes out of rick pitino's mouth.

Was he on one of your ESPN talking head shows this morning or something?

Wob LOVE esp!

yes, mike and mike.

my espn talking heads also agree Utah could be a final four team.....or lose their first game.

jeff2040

SVRDhand13 said:

I'm going to the second round at Barclays center. My first march madness games ever.

Cheer for Iowa if they survive Temple!

I'm going to the first and second rounds in Des Moines tomorrow and Saturday. My first March madness games too. (other than seeing Iowa beat Iowa State in the NIT about 13 years ago) Should be a good time.

I'm hoping my Hawkeyes can beat Temple and then I think they can play Villanova tough in the second round.

Let the madness begin!!!

Amongst the Ani

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

I don't believe one fucking word that comes out of rick pitino's mouth.

Was he on one of your ESPN talking head shows this morning or something?

Wob LOVE esp!

my espn talking heads also agree Utah could be a final four team.....or lose their first game.

Utah will get bounced in the second round. Cal on the other hand will make the sweet 16 where they go down.

Wobbie

I think IF Utah could get to the sweet 16 they would match up well with michigan state.

markymark550

I would pay money to hear Gus Johnson yell "he just got Poeltl'd!"

Such a shame he doesn't do basketball play-by-play anymore.

Wobbie

markymark550 said:

I would pay money to hear Gus Johnson yell "he just got Poeltl'd!"

Such a shame he doesn't do basketball play-by-play anymore.

he doesn't? damn.

rafferty is pretty good. "onions!"

JK_Livin

Pretty sure I heard him doing games last weekend.

markymark550

Wobbie said:

markymark550 said:

I would pay money to hear Gus Johnson yell "he just got Poeltl'd!"

Such a shame he doesn't do basketball play-by-play anymore.

he doesn't? damn.

rafferty is pretty good. "onions!"

JK_Livin said:

Pretty sure I heard him doing games last weekend.

Nope. He hasn't done NCAAT games for a few years because of a contract dispute with CBS. He was hired by Fox, but not sure if he's still there.

Not that big a fan of Raftery though. Seems like he's trying too hard to be Dick Vitale. I'd like him more if he quit with the shtick.

JK, you wouldn't have heard him on any tournaments broadcast by ESPN or CBS. I think he did some games for the Big 10 network, so he might have done some of that tournament.

Jason P

Can a good 3 point shooter from a team that didn't make the tourney transfer to Purdue before Thursday?

Wobbie

is purdue in the tourney? who knew?