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Kansas is definitely peaking at the right time, I will say that. They are going to have to beat some damn good teams though in Bradley, the Kent/Pitt winner, and then probably Memphis.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 12:36 AM) haha that is good one..... Bradley keeping up with Chalmers, Robinson, Wright and Rush... "haha that is good one...... Bucknell keeping up with Langford, Miles, Lee, and Simien" Jimbo circa March 2005. Also, Phelps has you in the elite 8 and Bilas has you in the final 4.....plus I think you are going to the final 4 if you beat Memphis, so be VERY VERY afraid and remember those who are unaware of history or choose to ignore it are doomed to repeat it. This Bradley team has a lot more talent than the Bucknell one that beat you last year. Oh, and grear article Kyyle, it's very well put and this committee should be ashamed of itself.

I jumped twice this year.....tOSU and Penn State games made me sick. I don't do that often either normally, this team drove me nuts though.

Damn man, that sucks. 2 in 1 night.

Texas Memphis (runner up) UConn (champs) Boston College And if LSU makes it over Texas, I'm going to be kicking myself. That's the one Elite 8 game I was unsure about. And if Kansas makes it over Memphis, I'll also be kicking myself...whoever wins that game wins that region.

Been some tornado warnings and such in North Central Illinois tonight. I got some friends home on spring break that live in that area, I gotta call them and see if they are ok. Also, Tornado warnings in Champaign/Urbana and Bloomington right now, and there was a tornado in Springfield earlier.

Bradley has the best set up MVC team to beat a high major team, with SIU a close 2nd. Hence, Bradley gets the toughest opponent (Kansas) with SIU a somewhat close 2nd (West Virginia). UNI I guess is also set up to beat a high major since they've done it, but they get G-Town and then Ohio State, so they are pretty screwed too.

Haha I figured some would have too many to list. That's why I called it crazy upsets, just list the "crazy" ones. I don't have too many insane ones things year, although a G-Town/BC elite 8, Wichita State in the S16, and #15 Winthrop over #2 UT are out there.

I was hoping NIU would get in, but probably better that they didn't.

Ok, another idea. Post your crazy ass upsets here, and please nobody post their #9 beating #8 ideas. Here are mine..... 1st Round: #12 Texas A&M over #5 Syracuse #11 SIU over #6 West Virginia #12 Kent State over #5 Pittsburgh #15 Winthrop over #2 Tennessee (which leads Wichita St. to the S16) #11 UWM over #6 Oklahoma 2nd Round: #6 Indiana over #3 Gonzaga #7 Marquette over #2 UCLA #7 Wichita State in S16 (by beating #15 Winthrop though) #7 Georgetown over #2 Ohio State Sweet 16: #4 LSU over #1 Duke #6 Indiana to Elite 8 (by beating #7 Marquette though) #4 Boston College over #1 Villanova #7 Georgetown over #3 Florida After that, I get boring, with no game in which I pick the underdog seed to win. Those aren't ALL crazy, but they are all significant upset picks based on seedings.

Ok, this thread is an idea I had. The Yahoo thing is cool, but I always give the most credit to those who get it right from the regionals and who gets there on accurate....here are my picks: Atlanta: S16: Duke vs. LSU and Iowa vs. Texas E8: LSU vs. Texas (ahhh tough pick!) Champ: Texas Oakland: S16: Memphis vs. Kansas (winner take all in Oakland) and Indiana vs. Marquette E8: Memphis vs. Indiana Champ: Memphis Washington D.C.: S16: UConn vs. Illinois and UNC vs. Wichita State E8: UConn vs. UNC Champ: UConn Minneapolis: S16: Villanova vs. Boston College and Florida vs. Georgetown E8: Boston College vs. Georgetown Champ: Boston College National Semifinals: Texas vs. Memphis and UConn vs. Boston College National Championship: Memphis vs. UConn Champ: UConn (Final Score 85-80)

I would also like to point out the committee did it's best to f*** over the Valley teams and make them go 0-4. Looking for any reason they can to have more big school get the at large bids in the future.

I always do just 1 bracket. I fill it out quickly with my head, figure that's the best way to do it. You have 1 bracket to brag/be bitter about, and if you do it quick and don't look back, you avoid all the mental anguish. With that said, as long as I get ONE of the final 4 right with this year's craziness, I'll be happy.

My bracket is all done. I'm not touching it, I have the same bracket for everything. The end. lol.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 07:30 PM) LOL. That's good then. I actually like talking college hoops with you. Thanks for the support although some people (most people) might say you need to see a doctor if you enjoy my thoughts.

I'd rather play Washington in the 2nd round than UNC or Michigan State to be honest. Being the #4 just means we lose to UConn in the Sweet 16 and not the Elite 8.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 07:26 PM) Gone as in you're never gonna post again? Haha no, I've said if Gonzaga wins more than 2 games (ie gets to the Elite 8 or better) I'll ban myself for a week. And i'm sticking to it.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 07:25 PM) The 4 seed in 03 in the region with Zona, Kansas, and Duke. Though you guys didn't make it that far as you lost to ND. We were blown away by ND, who was lucky to even win their 1st round game against UWM. We also had a very very young team besides Cook and mediocre Harrington, and didn't win the league in the RS. We did win the BTT, but it's been proven that that means little for your seed over the years. I think the 2nd round game kinda showed just how good that Illinois team was.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 07:23 PM) lol I'm not gonna hold you do it so IF they get more than 2 it's your choice. If it happens, I'm gone. I don't lie like that, but i'm not concerned about Gonzaga in the Elite 8.

Nice inning Javy. As for Cintron.....that s*** won't happen on Bossard's field of dreams.

I'm still waiting for the past example where we got screwed in our bracket.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 07:13 PM) Again, talking about a #1 overall seed is a moot point IMO. My statement is pretty damn accurate, if you can get by your last year only method. I can, and I still disagree. But maybe I'm just going the other way due to being tired of hearing our fans talk about how we get screwed over. I just can't think of a past year where we got screwed over in our bracket, there could be something I'm forgetting though.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 06:39 PM) lol I think most of us know you'd take whoever against Gonzaga. Are you still gonna ban yourself for a week or whatever if they win more than 2 games? haha Yep, Gonzaga isn't going anywhere. They win 1 game tops, and I'll for sure do the week ban if they win more than 2.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 06:38 PM) Have you paid attention before last year? It's hard to get screwed when you're the #1 overall seed. It's a moot point to talk about it. Our bracket wasn't fantastic last year, Arizona and OSU were a tough draw for sure anyway. Yeah, and to say we always get screwed over isn't very accurate.

NW State's style is going to give Iowa fits. Iowa will win, but it will be close IMO.