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12/16 after today. Lost Ohio State, Cincinatti, Oklahoma, and Arizona State.
I knew Harvard would beat Cincinatti but didn't switch argh. Of course I also "knew" NC State would beat St. Louis and didn't switch so I guess it evens out?
Had those 4 losing in the Round of 32 though, so my Sweet 16 is still intact. That's something I guess~
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I was 13/16 on Day 1, losing with Oklahoma, Cincinatti, and NC State. These games could have gone either way, and of course, all of them were decently close (RIP Colorado). Unfortunately I had Oklahoma beating SDSU in the next round. Oklahoma sucks.
I have the most common Final Four, with Louisville beating Florida for the championship. That Louisville/Manhattan game was a real nailbiter! Also it means I'm probably screwed.
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Went 12/16 again. Duke, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, and VCU the losses today. Had Duke in the Elite Eight, but beyond them the rest of my Sweet 16 is alive.
I have the most common Final Four, with Louisville beating Florida for the championship. That Louisville/Manhattan game was a real nailbiter! Also it means I'm probably screwed.
I too have Louisville > Florida. Also found Louisville/Manhattan terrifying. With plenty of "oh my god should have taken Michigan State" thoughts the whole way.
Actually we might have the same Final Four. I've assumed Florida/Michigan State/Arizona/Louisville was the most common and have taken to derisively calling it the ~most boring, unimaginative Final Four~
Don't know if it actually is though. But what else would be more common? >_>
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Also found Louisville/Manhattan terrifying. With plenty of "oh my god should have taken Michigan State" thoughts the whole way.
That remains terrifying even though they won. Manhattan isn't bad, but what happens when they go up against an actually good team?
Actually we might have the same Final Four. I've assumed Florida/Michigan State/Arizona/Louisville was the most common and have taken to derisively calling it the ~most boring, unimaginative Final Four~
Yeah, that's the most common Final Four (roughly 10% of brackets on ESPN I believe). Since you have Florida < Louisville in the finale, we have identical Final Fours and Finals. All hail conformity!
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every year
this goes beyond having them in the elite eight. i didn't expect that to turn out well.
but that loss was basically calibrated for maximum pain
(also louisville are you doing this to me on purpose?)
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So now that's three Elite 8 teams down. And of course Louisville manages to win but still make me feel as horrible as possible.
For the record, I have:
Florida > UCLA
Syracuse > Kansas
Michigan State > Virgina
Villanova > UNC
Arizona > SDSU
Wisconsin > Creighton
Louisville > Kentucky
Duke > Michigan
And then obviously:
Florida > MSU
Louisville > Arizona
I mean, even if I got everything right from here out ugh, today utterly wrecked me.
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My bracket is here. I'm competing in the OBNUG - the BSU SBNation blog - group, and the way ESPN works is, unless some random team nobody picked to win wins it all (e.g. Dayton), the only chance you have of winning is if you pick the winner. That means you're not competing against the group as a whole; you're only competing against everyone who chose the same winner. (Hence why last year I got totally blown out almost everywhere but still would have won the group had Michigan remembered how to play offense in the second half.)
I'm currently in first place among Louisville brackets (thanks, UConn!), but I really need Wisconsin to beat Creighton, as that's one of the few remaining differences between my bracket and the other guys'. Also, if SDSU could lose next week, that would be great.
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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- Michigan has to lose
- Wisconsin has to beat whoever (probably Creighton)
- Oh yeah and Kentucky has to beat Wichita State
FUCK YOU KANSAS
EDIT: OK, so now that Kentucky won, this is looking more achievable. If Michigan makes the Elite 8, I need Wisconsin to do the same. If Michigan loses, I only need Creighton to lose to someone. Like Baylor, today.
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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4-4
Kansas, Duke, UNC, Creighton
Duke the only E8 team there and it's not like they failed me today! So it almost feels better than yesterday!
Really thought UNC had it for a moment. lol that final sequence.
10/16 Sweet 16, 5/8 Elite 8, 4/4 Final Four
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There are scenarios in which Louisville doesn't win it all and I still win the group, but they have to at least make the finale (or I lose by, at minimum, 10 points). These scenarios are pretty unlikely, though.
If Louisville does win, then I only win if either Wisconsin wins or Michigan loses next week.
Exciting times!
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GO UCONN
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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any other team
please
why
I can get behind UConn.
really whoever wins MSU/UConn
please
save this tournament
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1. Michigan
2. Kentucky
3. Michigan again
4. No, Seriously, Fuck Kentucky
Michigan cost me (and themselves) last year by being bumbling idiots. Kentucky... Kentucky exists. I don't really care about the remaining non-UConn, non-Dayton teams. If one of those two wins I will be pleased. If Kentucky or Michigan win I will throw something at the TV.
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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~ Ogordemir ~
"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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Oh yeah and fuck Kentucky
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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