~~~Off-i-cal~~~ March Madness 2019

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  • SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Ahhhhhh Duke should be out, so lucky.
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,819
    Ahhhhhh Duke should be out, so lucky.
    yeah UCF kinda choked
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    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
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,189
    Ahhhhhh Duke should be out, so lucky.
    yeah UCF kinda choked
    Kind of? They had s three point lead with less than 20 seconds left and lost in regulation. That’s almost impossible to do. That being said I have no idea how Dawkins tip didn’t go in.  Johnny Dawkins had a great plan on d. Deserved better
  • SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Ahhhhhh Duke should be out, so lucky.
    yeah UCF kinda choked
    The guy should have just caught the alley oop bad pass and reset up 4 points with 2:30 to go. That was amateur.
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • bflynn1bflynn1 Posts: 1,394
    Plus they got a free bucket on what should have been a shot clock violation.
  • SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    bflynn1 said:
    Plus they got a free bucket on what should have been a shot clock violation.
    Nah it grazed the rim, correct call.
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,445
    pjhawks said:
    Ahhhhhh Duke should be out, so lucky.
    yeah UCF kinda choked
    Kind of? They had s three point lead with less than 20 seconds left and lost in regulation. That’s almost impossible to do. That being said I have no idea how Dawkins tip didn’t go in.  Johnny Dawkins had a great plan on d. Deserved better

    some pro team scored 5 with like a second on the clock....free throws, steal, 3 pointer.
    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
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,445
    some good games tomorrow.....
    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
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,445
    let’s get it on.

    right thread?
    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
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,122
    Choo, choo
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,189
    Two games in a row duke survives on missed bumnies. Are you kidding me?

    whose the most unlikeable? Coach k , calapari or izzo? They are all annoying as heck
  • ehbaconehbacon Posts: 1,964
    Okay I'm sorry but I need to brag about my bracket real quick. Currently I'm ranked 11,870 out of the 17.2 million brackets submitted to ESPN, so better than 99.93% of brackets. I had 14/16 sweet sixteen teams, 7/8 elite eight teams, and still have all four final four teams in. I'll probably never have this good of a bracket again, so I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts. Here's the bracket if anyone is curious:

    I have Duke vs. Texas Tech and Virginia vs. Kentucky in the final four, and Virginia beating Duke in the championship game. only game I missed from the sweet sixteen was Purdue over Tennessee and that went to overtime. 
    Listen to some of my music here (if you want to): [url="My soundcloud"]
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,413
    pjhawks said:
    Two games in a row duke survives on missed bumnies. Are you kidding me?

    whose the most unlikeable? Coach k , calapari or izzo? They are all annoying as heck
    Duke surviving is right.

    For me, it's Cala******. Didn't like him when he was at UMASS.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,445
    pjhawks said:
    Two games in a row duke survives on missed bumnies. Are you kidding me?

    whose the most unlikeable? Coach k , calapari or izzo? They are all annoying as heck

    shitino had ‘em all beat!
    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
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    I don’t have any issues with Krzyzewski or Izzo. Calapari & Pitino are as scumbag as they come, however.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,598
    Well this game makes up for the garbage tournament...
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,445
    most or the second week has been good.
    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
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,791
    ehbacon said:
    Okay I'm sorry but I need to brag about my bracket real quick. Currently I'm ranked 11,870 out of the 17.2 million brackets submitted to ESPN, so better than 99.93% of brackets. I had 14/16 sweet sixteen teams, 7/8 elite eight teams, and still have all four final four teams in. I'll probably never have this good of a bracket again, so I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts. Here's the bracket if anyone is curious:

    I have Duke vs. Texas Tech and Virginia vs. Kentucky in the final four, and Virginia beating Duke in the championship game. only game I missed from the sweet sixteen was Purdue over Tennessee and that went to overtime. 

    NICE JOB!!

    That is one hell of a Bracket there!!!

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,445
    see ya, Cal.
    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
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,819
    ehbacon said:
    Okay I'm sorry but I need to brag about my bracket real quick. Currently I'm ranked 11,870 out of the 17.2 million brackets submitted to ESPN, so better than 99.93% of brackets. I had 14/16 sweet sixteen teams, 7/8 elite eight teams, and still have all four final four teams in. I'll probably never have this good of a bracket again, so I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts. Here's the bracket if anyone is curious:

    I have Duke vs. Texas Tech and Virginia vs. Kentucky in the final four, and Virginia beating Duke in the championship game. only game I missed from the sweet sixteen was Purdue over Tennessee and that went to overtime. 

    NICE JOB!!

    That is one hell of a Bracket there!!!

    i'm in the 94% in one of my brackets. Think i'm ranked like 1 million though. If Mich. St. beats Virginia in the finals i should be higher.
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    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
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,189
    I know Coach k is the greatest coach in modern college basketball but you have to get the ball to Williamson 2 down in the last 20 seconds.

    Regionals were far more entertaining than the first werkend. Virginia Purdue was fantastic.

    nice to see sone different programs in the final four
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,475
    this is sparta
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    0.04% of brackets on ESPN.com had the correct Final Four. Something like 7298 out of 17.2 million entries.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,215
    0.04% of brackets on ESPN.com had the correct Final Four. Something like 7298 out of 17.2 million entries.
    I thought I was looking good on Saturday night, my final 4 was Texas Tech, Purdue, Duke and Kentucky.
    Purdue has the game almost sealed, friggin' intentionally missed FT that gets back tapped all the way to the opposite key then gets passed back to the other end of floor for game tying shot all in 5.9 seconds...craziness, then they lose in OT. And on Sunday my other 2 teams lose, one in OT the other by 1 point. So close yet so far.

    This weekend we rock Portland
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,791
    ehbacon said:
    Okay I'm sorry but I need to brag about my bracket real quick. Currently I'm ranked 11,870 out of the 17.2 million brackets submitted to ESPN, so better than 99.93% of brackets. I had 14/16 sweet sixteen teams, 7/8 elite eight teams, and still have all four final four teams in. I'll probably never have this good of a bracket again, so I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts. Here's the bracket if anyone is curious:

    I have Duke vs. Texas Tech and Virginia vs. Kentucky in the final four, and Virginia beating Duke in the championship game. only game I missed from the sweet sixteen was Purdue over Tennessee and that went to overtime. 

    NICE JOB!!

    That is one hell of a Bracket there!!!

    i'm in the 94% in one of my brackets. Think i'm ranked like 1 million though. If Mich. St. beats Virginia in the finals i should be higher.

    SWEET!

    I have 1 bracket left with Michigan State winning it all.

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Poncier said:
    0.04% of brackets on ESPN.com had the correct Final Four. Something like 7298 out of 17.2 million entries.
    I thought I was looking good on Saturday night, my final 4 was Texas Tech, Purdue, Duke and Kentucky.
    Purdue has the game almost sealed, friggin' intentionally missed FT that gets back tapped all the way to the opposite key then gets passed back to the other end of floor for game tying shot all in 5.9 seconds...craziness, then they lose in OT. And on Sunday my other 2 teams lose, one in OT the other by 1 point. So close yet so far.

    Damn, that's a heartbreaker x3!!  I guess that's why it's called March Madness.
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,413
    I think this is pretty funny:

    Players' battle with NCAA over rugs prompts mock hostage situation
    2h ago
    Lance King / Getty Images Sport / Getty
    WASHINGTON DC - MARCH 31 Zion Williamson of the Duke Blue Devils arrives at Capital One Arena prior to their game against the Michigan State Spartans during the 2019 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament East Regional Final on March 31 2019 in Washington DC

    The NCAA, long considered a beacon of common sense and reason, is sparring with players who have attempted to make off with its branded locker room rugs.

    "I thought it would be a really cool souvenir to take home," Purdue's Ryan Cline told The Wall Street Journal's Rachel Bachman and Jim Chairusmi. "But a security guard was like 'No, you can't take it. Somebody from Florida State tried to and we wouldn't let him.'"

    The NCAA confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that the NCAA-branded rugs are off-limits, although players are welcome to take team-specific signage once their tournament run has come to an end.

    The initial story prompted an admission from Iowa junior Jordan Bohannon, who tweeted proof of his team's success at smuggling one such rug out of Columbus, Ohio, and issued a "ransom" demand in exchange for its return.

    Bohannon's holdout wasn't particularly prolonged, however, as he announced several hours later a compromise had been reached with the NCAA.

    "After much deliberation, the (NCAA) has agreed with the (University of Iowa) the rug can stay in Iowa City as long as I issue a mea culpa," Bohannon tweeted. "With that, I am sorry for my actions. No one is denying the incredible opportunities the NCAA provides for athletes like myself. I am forever grateful."

  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,189
    edited April 2019
    cutz said:
    I think this is pretty funny:

    Players' battle with NCAA over rugs prompts mock hostage situation
    2h ago
    Lance King / Getty Images Sport / Getty
    WASHINGTON DC - MARCH 31 Zion Williamson of the Duke Blue Devils arrives at Capital One Arena prior to their game against the Michigan State Spartans during the 2019 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament East Regional Final on March 31 2019 in Washington DC

    The NCAA, long considered a beacon of common sense and reason, is sparring with players who have attempted to make off with its branded locker room rugs.

    "I thought it would be a really cool souvenir to take home," Purdue's Ryan Cline told The Wall Street Journal's Rachel Bachman and Jim Chairusmi. "But a security guard was like 'No, you can't take it. Somebody from Florida State tried to and we wouldn't let him.'"

    The NCAA confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that the NCAA-branded rugs are off-limits, although players are welcome to take team-specific signage once their tournament run has come to an end.

    The initial story prompted an admission from Iowa junior Jordan Bohannon, who tweeted proof of his team's success at smuggling one such rug out of Columbus, Ohio, and issued a "ransom" demand in exchange for its return.

    Bohannon's holdout wasn't particularly prolonged, however, as he announced several hours later a compromise had been reached with the NCAA.

    "After much deliberation, the (NCAA) has agreed with the (University of Iowa) the rug can stay in Iowa City as long as I issue a mea culpa," Bohannon tweeted. "With that, I am sorry for my actions. No one is denying the incredible opportunities the NCAA provides for athletes like myself. I am forever grateful."

    personally i think he is a thief, although it is kind of funny.  although them not getting paid is a misnomer.
    Post edited by pjhawks on
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,819
    ehbacon said:
    Okay I'm sorry but I need to brag about my bracket real quick. Currently I'm ranked 11,870 out of the 17.2 million brackets submitted to ESPN, so better than 99.93% of brackets. I had 14/16 sweet sixteen teams, 7/8 elite eight teams, and still have all four final four teams in. I'll probably never have this good of a bracket again, so I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts. Here's the bracket if anyone is curious:

    I have Duke vs. Texas Tech and Virginia vs. Kentucky in the final four, and Virginia beating Duke in the championship game. only game I missed from the sweet sixteen was Purdue over Tennessee and that went to overtime. 

    NICE JOB!!

    That is one hell of a Bracket there!!!

    i'm in the 94% in one of my brackets. Think i'm ranked like 1 million though. If Mich. St. beats Virginia in the finals i should be higher.

    SWEET!

    I have 1 bracket left with Michigan State winning it all.

    98% tile and ranked 379k now
    bf959b1f-9b77-457c-baf8-038776f33339_zps8a6a389d.jpg?t=1365722973
    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
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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