The Swamp

Hey, Bronto! How about the first official Avatar Bet of the new new Swamp! Colorado State vs. Mizzou!

Le Scottie wrote:The frickin' geniuses at University of California, Berkeley, really need to do a study about why the University of California, Berkeley, men's basketball team gets blown out of any tournament, conference or national, in their first game seemingly every single bloody time.

So Cal underachieves all year, gets bounced early in the Pac-12 tourney, and are rewarded with a home game in San Jose vs a Vegas team they've already seen (lost by one).

Wow is Jay Bilas a whiney douche. Get me a violin for those poor teams in major conferences who didn't get in because they only schedule Ithaca College out of conference.

Le Scottie wrote:The frickin' geniuses at University of California, Berkeley, really need to do a study about why the University of California, Berkeley, men's basketball team gets blown out of any tournament, conference or national, in their first game seemingly every single bloody time.

They ran into that Utah juggernaut. Nuff said.

Utah is unquestionably the best 5-13 team in Pac-10,12 history.

FredRomero wrote:Wow is Jay Bilas a whiney douche. Get me a violin for those poor teams in major conferences who didn't get in because they only schedule Ithaca College out of conference.

It should only matter who you play outside of your conference?

Survive and Advance has been great so far.

Holy Chaz wrote:Hey, Bronto! How about the first official Avatar Bet of the new new Swamp! Colorado State vs. Mizzou!

oh sure. I need more torture in my life.

None of those teams, particularly the #1 seeds, are anywhere near as good as Duke. Y'know, Duke University is far superior to any team that ever existed anywhere ever. Gonzaga? Who the hell is Gonzaga? Does anyone even know where Gonzaga is? Somewhere in Mexico? Canada? And they are a #1? And Duke isn't? That's a travesty. In fact, there should only be one team invited to the N-C-Double-A tournament. One team in the entire tournament. And that team is Duke, baaaaybeeee.
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The East is easily the worst bracket I've ever seen constructed. The #8 seed is going to be a bigger favorite in its first round game than the #3 seed.

wrecks wrote:The East is easily the worst bracket I've ever seen constructed. The #8 seed is going to be a bigger favorite in its first round game than the #3 seed.

It's not brilliant. The Midwest, on the other hand, is going to be a bloodbath.

I'm just hoping that UNM makes it to the sweet 16. And maybe even beat tOSU to get to the elite 8. I like their defense, but am worried that the lapses on the offensive end will hurt them.

But knowing their past "success" they'll probably lose to Harvard. At least there is no Big East team in the second round like usual.

Shirley wrote:

FredRomero wrote:Wow is Jay Bilas a whiney douche. Get me a violin for those poor teams in major conferences who didn't get in because they only schedule Ithaca College out of conference.

It should only matter who you play outside of your conference?

Did I say that? Other things matters too, like wins, I guess. One of the former committee guys said that they do punish teams who schedule weak out of conference schedules and I agree with that. I'm not a fan of seeing 7 or so teams from a conference making the tournament. I do have a bias towards lesser known schools, but I think Bilas has a strong bias towards the schools ESPN shows on tv a lot during the season.

FredRomero wrote: I think ESPN has a strong bias towards the schools ESPN shows on tv a lot during the season.

FIFY

FredRomero wrote:

Shirley wrote:

FredRomero wrote:Wow is Jay Bilas a whiney douche. Get me a violin for those poor teams in major conferences who didn't get in because they only schedule Ithaca College out of conference.

It should only matter who you play outside of your conference?

Did I say that? Other things matters too, like wins, I guess. One of the former committee guys said that they do punish teams who schedule weak out of conference schedules and I agree with that. I'm not a fan of seeing 7 or so teams from a conference making the tournament. I do have a bias towards lesser known schools, but I think Bilas has a strong bias towards the schools ESPN shows on tv a lot during the season.

It was the only thing you mentioned. The only thing that should matter is your full schedule. You shouldn't get extra credit for non-conference games. If any games should count extra (and I'm not arguing they should - just playing devil's advocate) it's the in-conference ones because teams generally care more about those games.

Btw, I'm not complaining about UVA not getting in. They are a good enough team, but they had too many sketchy losses. I get that. And hey, they are 1 seed in the NIT!

First round upset picks? Whatcha got?

I'll take No. 12 Ole Miss over No. 5 Wisconsin in the West Regional.
And No. 12 Oregon over No. 5 Oklahoma State in the Midwest. Although, damn, it is hard to have any faith in the Pac-12 teams. That makes it tempting to take Minnesota over UCLA (but I won't quite go that far).

But OSU beat Gonzaga!

Le Scottie wrote:First round upset picks? Whatcha got?

I'll take No. 12 Ole Miss over No. 5 Wisconsin in the West Regional.
And No. 12 Oregon over No. 5 Oklahoma State in the Midwest. Although, damn, it is hard to have any faith in the Pac-12 teams. That makes it tempting to take Minnesota over UCLA (but I won't quite go that far).

I don't know much, but I did hear that one of UCLA's key players got injured in their semi-final tourney win. Maybe betting on Minnesota isn't such a bad idea.

I have hardly watched any college basketball all season, and then watched most of the Big10 and SEC tournaments. I can't be the only one who wants to strangle Marshall Henderson?

Zlax46 wrote:I have hardly watched any college basketball all season, and then watched most of the Big10 and SEC tournaments. I can't be the only one who wants to strangle Marshall Henderson?

Here's a few more who want to strangle him (I just wanted to post this again):

He's gotta get this money, man. Gotta do him, keep it one hundred.

AB_skin_test wrote:He's gotta get this money, man. Gotta do him, keep it one hundred.

Fucking white people.

FredRomero wrote:

Zlax46 wrote:I have hardly watched any college basketball all season, and then watched most of the Big10 and SEC tournaments. I can't be the only one who wants to strangle Marshall Henderson?

Here's a few more who want to strangle him (I just wanted to post this again):

I can watch that forever.

Yeah, he has actually caused some to ponder, "worse than Devendorf?"

Also, I enjoy the pictures of him partying with some CL Smooths after games.

I may be showing my Canadian whiteness here, but what is a CL Smooth? I know who CL Smooth is/was and loved him with Pete Rock, but what does it mean in the context that you used it?

Please let me know so that I can break it out and look cool in front of my friends.

I just assumed it was someone who posted an ad on the casual encounters section of CraigsList after getting a Brazilian wax.