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

Choo, choo

Well this game makes up for the garbage tournament...

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:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJy7dDnxw3sKAL8OC95nkOaTcYcgTiXn/view?usp=sharing

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!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

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:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJy7dDnxw3sKAL8OC95nkOaTcYcgTiXn/view?usp=sharing

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.

HesCalledDyer 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.

Poncier said:

HesCalledDyer 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.

cutz said:

I think this is pretty funny:

Players' battle with NCAA over rugs prompts mock hostage situation

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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.

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Give us the ability to make money off our own name and we’ll give you your rug back. You have 24 hours, @NCAA. @Nicholas_Baer

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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.