NCAA Tournament?

[Orioles1954]

'Nuff said? Where's the group?

[DJR]

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[sreader3]

Thanks for sponsoring.

[Bill Stone]

As last years' winner I have safely protected the Network 54 Vintage Baseball Card Forum NCAA Basketball Bracket Champion trophy card , which I will be happy to forward on to the winner of this year's tournament. Just provide me the name and mailing address and it will be sent off to the winner. Good Luck !

[tlwise12]

Are we doing the net54 group for the tournament challenge this year? If so, what is the group name and password???

Travis

[FrankWakefield]

I'll try to get in if we get a Net54baseball one, I don't want to offend the nonsports one, those guys are so civilized.

An can someone remind me of who it was that one last year? It took wise, insightful selecting last year to prevail. That winner had some strong picks.

[GoldenAge50s]

I believe Rob ran it last year.

Frank---

See Bill Stone's post above

[tbob]

Whomever is going to start it up had better start quickly, first round games are tomorrow night! I want a chance to win the Chase again and bring it back home down South where it belongs

[tlwise12]

I just created a group for us...enter as soon as possible..


group name: Net54 Sports
password: t206

[GoldenAge50s]

I don't think those 4 1st round games on Tues & Wed count in the pool brackets I've seen.

[carrigansghost]

I know nothing about college basketball, but what the hell.

Rawn

[Big Ben]

I'm in. Thanks for starting the pool!

[GoldenAge50s]

I just created a group for us...enter as soon as possible..

It would help to know the website!

[nebboy]

the net54/sport and Non/Sports groups are on ESPN page:

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=127420

[GoldenAge50s]

Thanks John!

[tbob]

Thanks Travis and John. I got way conservative this year, especially for a year where parity reigns everywhere. Oh well...

[shaunsteig]

thanks to whomever organized the Net54 Sports group on ESPN. good luck to all!
--S

[carrigansghost]

DO they give 12 or 14 extra timouts during the tourney?

Rawn

[tbob]

If anyone here had Morehead State over Louisville, call off the tournament and send the T206 Chase directly to them

[carrigansghost]

MajorDanby did.

[ElCabron]

Originally Posted by carrigansghost

MajorDanby did.

No, he didn't.

-Ryan

[majordanby]

in the other net 54 group (non sports), i picked morehead. i thought louisville was overrated this season....it also helped that the cardinals best player was out with a strain toe. i wasnt totally confident morehead could beat them, since in the net54 sports bracket i had them losing, but i knew louisville wouldnt get past richmond in the 2nd round.

[FrankWakefield]

Next year it would be good if the NCAA pool was set up a bit sooner. I suspect that this season's turnout might be fewer than last year.

[barrysloate]

I went to Boston University, so I'm picking BU to win the whole thing.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I went to Boston University, so I'm picking BU to win the whole thing.

Nice to hear, Barry - I got my Masters at BU.

Yesterday on Boston sports talk radio, Paul Pierce (a Kansas alum) was talking trash about BU. He said if BU were to beat Kansas today, he'd wear the Rhett the Terrier mascot outfit to a BU game, so there's another reason to cheer for BU!

[barrysloate]

Scott- I lived on West Campus my freshman year, Myles Standish as a sophomore, and had an apartment in Brookline my third. We had a great hockey team, and pretty good football team (Bruce Taylor was the star), but basketball was nonexistent.

[scooter729]

Not too much has changed, Barry - hockey is usually still great, although football is the non-existent program now, and basketball is improving.

Agganis Arena is a fantastic venue, and the whole complex is the nicest we have in Boston, aside from the new Garden...

[barrysloate]

Agganis Arena doesn't sound familiar. I was there 1969-72. Did it exist then?

[scooter729]

Barry, Agganis Arena opened about five years ago. It's a 6,000-7,000 seat arena for the hockey team, and also hosts concerts, etc. It's an awesome facility, and obviously named after the great BU alum, Harry Agganis.

[barrysloate]

I knew that Harry went to BU, but was not familiar with that arena.

[barrysloate]

Is anybody thinking that Virginia Commonwealth might win the NCAA Tournament?

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Is anybody thinking that Virginia Commonwealth might win the NCAA Tournament?

Hi Barry - Living in Richmond and having attended VCU back in the early 90's may make me a little biased, but to answer your question after watching the game today I think it's possible.

[Tcards-Please]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Is anybody thinking that Virginia Commonwealth might win the NCAA Tournament?

It is certainly possible and I think they will get by Butler to advance to the championship game, but I still have my fingers crossed for the Heels.

[barrysloate]

Tim- VCU didn't just win the game, they completely outplayed Kansas from start to finish. Kansas couldn't hit the three, they couldn't make their foul shots, they couldn't handle VCU's defense, and they looked tired and out of sync. A team who didn't even belong in the tournament demolished one of the best teams in the country, under tremendous pressure.

[Orioles1954]

Very proud of VCU! My alma mater (Towson) is in their same conference. George Mason (2006) and Virginia Commonwealth (2011) representing the CAA!

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Is anybody thinking that Virginia Commonwealth might win the NCAA Tournament?

I am wondering if anybody is going to win a March Madness pool? Butler? VCU??

[barrysloate]

Nobody in the country will have gotten the Final Four correct.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Tim- VCU didn't just win the game, they completely outplayed Kansas from start to finish. Kansas couldn't hit the three, they couldn't make their foul shots, they couldn't handle VCU's defense, and they looked tired and out of sync. A team who didn't even belong in the tournament demolished one of the best teams in the country, under tremendous pressure.

They did the same thing to Purdue (my alma mater). It's impressive how much they take their opponents out of their game. I'm pulling for them all the way. What a great story that would be!

[barrysloate]

All the #1 and #2 seeds are gone, and the Final Four will be a #3, #4, #8, and #11!

[jcmtiger]

Congratulations to the Kentucky Wildcats. My son is a graduate of UK, pretty happy today.


Joe

[scooter729]

Someone in my house got 2 of the Final 4 (UConn and Kentucky). It was not me. My better half is sure letting me hear about it tonight!

[chris]

Go Cats!!

Chris

[GoldenAge50s]

Nobody in the country will have gotten the Final Four correct.

Barry--

ESPN had 5.9 million brackets filled out. The guy that's leading has the Final Four correct. What we DON'T know is how many 100's of different sheets he filled out to start with!

[barrysloate]

Fred- I find it impossible to believe that anyone could have gotten that final four correct. He picked VCU against Butler? How?

I do know that none of those 5.9 million got the sweet 16 right.

Edited to add I assumed you could only fill out one sheet of brackets. But even if you filled out hundreds that's an awfully tough pick.

[GoldenAge50s]

I filled out 2 --I for Net54 & 1 for Net54 NonSpt. I think you can fill out 10 per ID, but believe me, some of those bracket junkies fill out bunches of them using many ID's, just trying to cover many different scenarios such as this!

[tbob]

Really interesting Final Four. 4 teams full of players with heart. 2 class coaches and 2 slimeballs. I'm pulling for the VCU/Butler winner but am afraid that one of the two shaddiest coaches in the NCAA is going to hoist the trophy. Shame.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by tbob

Really interesting Final Four. 4 teams full of players with heart. 2 class coaches and 2 slimeballs. I'm pulling for the VCU/Butler winner but am afraid that one of the two shaddiest coaches in the NCAA is going to hoist the trophy. Shame.

Calapari + Calhoun= $$$$ and NCAA violations.

[Bill Stone]

Will the winner of our little contest please notify me after the final game and I will get the trophy card in the mail to you ---I know I will not be retaining the championship this year.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Calapari + Calhoun= $$$$ and NCAA violations.

Somebody please explain to me how Jim Calhoun is a shady slimeball.

Thanks.

[19cbb]

An early bump