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  • jeff2040
    jeff2040 Des Moines, IA Posts: 1,632
    As a lifelong Iowa Hawkeye fan, this has been literally the best tournament of my life!  The last time they made the elite 8 was a month before I was born!  I graduated from Iowa and suffered through some rough years which makes this run with a first year coach even more unbelievable!  I hope they can make the Final Four so I can take a road trip to Indianapolis.

    Crazy times, it's been a great tournament all around!
    Sometimes you find yourself
    Having to put all your faith
    In no faith
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,516
    Jason P said:
    Purdue vs Texas started out with 9 minutes of pure uninterrupted college basketball bliss that made you realize how special the game is ... and then it turned into a two hour Ref Show.  Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on the tourney and you have 3 guys in their 60's staring at a 7 inch monitor.  It really felt like "The Wheel of Destiny" was being spun when these guys went to the monitor.  Gene Saterator might as well been in calling the game in the booth.

    Speaking of Gene, fuck this guy.  Go back to ruining NFL games.  No one likes a know-it-all lawyer / politician telling them the reason a flagrant foul wasn't called when your shooting guard is almost decapitated is because another guy was "invading the space" of said elbow thrower ... I think all sports fans could unite in chipping in $5 bucks to send this guy on a one way rocket trip to the core of Neptune.  He is The Wolfe in Pulp Fiction, cleaning up messes for Roger Goodell and the NFL, and now CBS.

    Boiler Up!
    Those first nine or so minutes were great. I kept wondering how they were going to handle the 16-minute and the 12-minute timeouts.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,376
    jeff2040 said:
    As a lifelong Iowa Hawkeye fan, this has been literally the best tournament of my life!  The last time they made the elite 8 was a month before I was born!  I graduated from Iowa and suffered through some rough years which makes this run with a first year coach even more unbelievable!  I hope they can make the Final Four so I can take a road trip to Indianapolis.

    Crazy times, it's been a great tournament all around!
    Hell yeah!  The last two games were nuts!  Just think of how many brackets they have busted! hahahaha!
    Go Hawks!
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 44,415
    Damn was kinda hoping pursue was gonna beat Arizona. Not sure how my brackets look now 
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    yesterday’s games showed the benefit of recruiting eastern europeans.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 41,251
    Holy hell what a comeback 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,264
    As much as I dislike Hurley seeing Duke totally choke for the second year in a row makes me smile 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    UCONN is no cinderella and, as muck as I’m down on the whole new NIL landscape, this is why we still watch I guess.

    and, yeah, hurley is an ass but he kinda makes me laugh.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 44,415
    Wow, one of my ESPN brackets that I filled out i'm in the 99.5% tile (rank 127,323). Had the final 4 teams correct. Have Michigan beating UConn int he finals :smiley:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,751
    eeriepadave said:
    Wow, one of my ESPN brackets that I filled out i'm in the 99.5% tile (rank 127,323). Had the final 4 teams correct. Have Michigan beating UConn int he finals :smiley:
    Nice!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,965
    Very nice job!! 

    My bracket only has Michigan left. 
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,516
    May 30th said:
    Very nice job!! 

    My bracket only has Michigan left. 
    I actually guessed Illinois would get there.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,740
    Never bet against UCONN. They have more championships than Duke.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,145
    eeriepadave said:
    Wow, one of my ESPN brackets that I filled out i'm in the 99.5% tile (rank 127,323). Had the final 4 teams correct. Have Michigan beating UConn int he finals :smiley:
    Good for you!  I was too until the elite8 then all my teams crumbled...
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    nice. no jim nantz, no tracy wolfson. 👍
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,192
    oh, fuck. I spoke too soon. there’s squeaky. 😡
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 44,415
    eeriepadave said:
    Wow, one of my ESPN brackets that I filled out i'm in the 99.5% tile (rank 127,323). Had the final 4 teams correct. Have Michigan beating UConn int he finals :smiley:
    In the 99.9% tile now since UConn and Michigan won. I think I’m ranked like 24,789 (or something like that ). 

    Go Michigan!
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,516
    eeriepadave said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Wow, one of my ESPN brackets that I filled out i'm in the 99.5% tile (rank 127,323). Had the final 4 teams correct. Have Michigan beating UConn int he finals :smiley:
    In the 99.9% tile now since UConn and Michigan won. I think I’m ranked like 24,789 (or something like that ). 

    Go Michigan!
    I clinched my pool after Arizona lost.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,751
    eeriepadave said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Wow, one of my ESPN brackets that I filled out i'm in the 99.5% tile (rank 127,323). Had the final 4 teams correct. Have Michigan beating UConn int he finals :smiley:
    In the 99.9% tile now since UConn and Michigan won. I think I’m ranked like 24,789 (or something like that ). 

    Go Michigan!
    That is an incredible bracket!

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....

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