Neowin's NCAA Tournament Pick 'Em

[AppleDave Veteran]

Making my picks now, they are pretty crazy

[BroChaos Veteran]

you gotta be crazy...

there's always at least what, 8-10 upsets in the first 32 games? if not more...

[Steffan]

remember, at least one #12 seed has upset a #5 seed in the last 15 of 16 years.

[BroChaos Veteran]

good point. i think new mexico will beat villanova. who did villanova beat besides kansas?

[Steffan]

I have ODU beating Michigan State.

[L3thal Veteran]

good point.  i think new mexico will beat villanova.  who did villanova beat besides kansas?

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West Virginia

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh (twice)

Boston College

St. Joe's

Villanova is my cinderella this year :yes:

[L3thal Veteran]

I have ODU beating Michigan State.

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I may pick that as well.

[BroChaos Veteran]

no way, spartans are tough, they almost beat unc at unc. plus izzo wouldn't let that happen. we all know the big east was overrated, beatin WVU, notre dame (even my team michigan beat ND ;)), and st. joes isn't much. even pitt is a stretch for a quality win, and there was a reason BC was the lowest ranked undefeated team (and when they finally got up there in the rankings, what did they do? lose like 2 of 3 or something...)

[mattmatik]

Ok, my picks are in.

I know I'm going to go down hard...I have maybe 3 good upsets for the first round, but you probably can't even call them upsets since the seeding is so close (St. Mary's, Iowa, NC State). And what's more, these are all 7 vs. 10 games. :no:

Personally, I don't think there will be a 5-12 upset this year. I sincerely doubt Tom Izzo will let his team fall into that trap. I guess New Mexico has the best chance but I've seen Villanova play some really good ball this year.

Sleeper pick for me is Georgia Tech. My Final Four is Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse. UNC over Illinois in the championship (I have a strange feeling, however, UNC could be the first top seed to go, judging by their very lame and pathetic ACC performance).

[BroChaos Veteran]

i have illinoi, GT, syracuse, and then florida beating unc for the final 4....very similar ;)

[bigbluepride35]

Everyone ready for tonight's opening round (its really a play-in but we'll let them have their illusions). Should be a thrilling barn-burner. And for the winner? A chance to be embarrassed on national TV by UNC. Yet, i'll STILL watch it tonight. I have a sickness.

[BroChaos Veteran]

haha, i'm watching right now. whats up with the weird camera angle? i feel like i'm watching from outer space...

[D!ABOL!C]

WooHoo! Go Oakland. I'm gonna see them in Charlotte on Friday!

[bigbluepride35]

Well that was disappointing. Was looking for a better game. Gosh when Bama A&M was running Oakland looked bad. When UNC runs on them they'll get killed. Poor guys.

[BroChaos Veteran]

oakland over unc first round!!

first time ever, right? 16 over a 1?

[thechitowncubs]

im signed up

bed time :pinch:

[L3thal Veteran]

oakland over unc first round!!

first time ever, right?  16 over a 1?

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Imagine :o

Oakland is like 5 games below .500 too :laugh:

[bigbluepride35]

let the madness begin!!!!! :D :laugh: :woot: :yes:

Anyone fortunate enough to have DirectTV for this joyous time of the year? I'm not :(

[BroChaos Veteran]

get ready for tipoff!!

why is only cbs covering the games? this sucks.

is each region getting a different game? cuz if so, i'm gonna have to get my buddy at work to hack the satellite box so i can get every reagion up on a tv :p

[bigbluepride35]

get ready for tipoff!!

why is only cbs covering the games?? this sucks.?

is each region getting a different game?? cuz if so, i'm gonna have to get my buddy at work to hack the satellite box so i can get every reagion up on a :p :p

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Yeah it is gonna be regional so if you want to watch what you want when you want you may have to get "creative") ;) with that box. I'm sure if theres a close game and a blowout at the same time they'll show the close one but I know they screwed that up quite a bit last year. We'll see.

For those of us who don't have that luxury http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/scoreboard for quick realtime updates and play-by-play. Very quick too. Maybe a four second delay. (Um ok its a bit slower than that now but still decent lol).

Edited March 17, 2005 by bigbluepride35

[BroChaos Veteran]

so what game do you ahve on right now? i'm getting e. kentucky vs. kentucky and i'm in los angeles.

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damn, gotta love the intensity these underdogs bring. early on, they are both leading. (even if only for a short time)

[bigbluepride35]

Yeah i think Kentucky is the "spotlight" game so unless you're in a region with a team plying you'll get that. I have them too but I'm guessing that at 12:40 ill either get pitt/pacific (good) or Niagara/Oklahoma (bad) since i'm in new york.

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Yup just switched to Pitt-Pacific. Should be a good game i hope. Wow gotta love Pacific's all-international team. Those names are brutal to pronounce lol

[djsaad1]

Any good updates about the games going on right now. I am at work cant see any of them.

[bigbluepride35]

Any good updates about the games going on right now. I am at work cant see any of them.

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U-W Milwuakee is up by 9 on 'Bama. UK up by 7 on EKU and Pacific up 6-0 on Pitt

Go http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/scoreboard for pretty good realtime updates if you want

[djsaad1]

wow alabama is getting killed