Welcome one and all to SportsChump’s Second Annual March Madness Bracket Bonanza.
As you may recall, poker star, avid Chumpeteer and college basketball prognosticator extraordinaire, Stevie Y. (the handsome gentleman to your right), proved he was smarter than everyone else by taking home last year’s grand prize: a SportsChump t-shirt to call his own. This year’s prize: FreeDarko’s highly coveted The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History, a must for any Basketball Jones.
All you need to do is predict the future.
This year’s contest will be held exactly like last year’s. The 2011 NCAA brackets are as follows:
Southwest Region:
In Tulsa
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Boston University
No. 8 UNLV vs. No. 9 Illinois
In Denver
No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Richmond
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 Morehead State
In Chicago
No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Akron
No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Florida State
No. 3 Purdue vs. No. 14 St. Peter’s
No. 6 Georgetown vs. Southern California-Virginia Commonwealth winner (First Four game in Dayton)
West Region:
In Charlotte
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 Hampton
No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 9 Tennessee
In Tulsa
No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 12 Memphis
No. 4 Texas vs. No. 13 Oakland
In Tucson
No. 2 San Diego State vs. No. 15 Northern Colorado
No. 7 Temple vs. No. 10 Penn State
In Washington, D.C.
No. 3 Connecticut vs. No. 14 Bucknell
No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 Missouri
East Region:
In Cleveland
No. 1 Ohio State vs. Texas-San Antonio-Alabama State winner (First Four game in Dayton)
No. 8 George Mason vs. No. 9 Villanova
In Tampa
No. 5 West Virginia vs. UAB-Clemson winner (First Four game in Dayton)
No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Princeton
In Charlotte
No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 15 Long Island
No. 7 Washington vs. No. 10 Georgia
In Cleveland
No. 3 Syracuse vs. No. 14 Indiana State
No. 6 Xavier vs. No. 11 Marquette
Southeast Region:
In Washington, D.C.
No. 1 Pittsburgh vs. UNC-Asheville-Arkansas-Little Rock winner (First Four game in Dayton)
No. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Old Dominion
In Tucson
No. 5 Kansas State vs. No. 12 Utah State
No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Belmont
In Tampa
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara
No. 7 UCLA vs. No. 10 Michigan State
In Denver
No. 3 Brigham Young vs. No. 14 Wofford
No. 6 St. John’s vs. No. 11 Gonzaga
Your first task is to choose the ONE team from each foursome above that you think will reach the Sweet 16. For example, for the games held in Denver, choose the one team (either BYU, Wofford, St . John’s or Gonzaga) you think will survive through the first Sunday.
NO points will be awarded for the winners of the Thursday/Friday matchups!!! However, if any of your Sweet Sixteen teams fail to make it through the first weekend, YOU CANNOT EARN POINTS WITH THEM IN LATER ROUNDS. There are no re-buys, ladies and gentlemen.
List ONLY your sweet sixteen teams in the comments below. After the first two rounds are complete, you will then be asked to pick the winners of later rounds based upon which teams you have remaining.
Your Sweet Sixteen selections must be in by Thursday noon!!! Bookmark this page for regular scoring updates and to select which of your remaining teams will advance. Be sure to return after the first weekend to make the rest of your picks.
The scoring is as follows:
Three points will be awarded for each correct Sweet 16 team for maximum possible 48 points in the first round. Five points will be awarded for each Elite 8 team you select, seven points for each Final 4 team, nine for each team you select in the final game and eleven points for picking the national champion from the get-go.
To the victor go the spoils, your name under Yaz’s in the SportsChump Hall of Fame, FreeDarko’s latest hardcover and bragging rights for a year.
Best of luck, Chumpeteers. LET THE MADNESS BEGIN!!!
UPDATE #1:
Here’s everyone’s picks. Best of luck, gentlemen!
UPDATE # 2
Have you ever had one of those friends as a kid, who would come over to your house and play with all your toys, to the extent that you no longer wanted to invite him over.
Well, people. That’s Yaz. I am going to have to stop sending him invites to my SportsChump contests because he is making a mockery of us all. Last year’s champion is at it again, leading going into Saturday’s matchups with 15 of 16 teams remaining.
Congratulations, sir. Keep up the good work.
Things get kind of muddled after that with ten of us having 14 of 16 left, including Mr. Balzac, aka Partykiller, who mistakenly thinks he’s “Winning” (see comments below).
Among those of us that know hoops, Heavy D brings up the rear with only 11 teams remaining, and in an effort to see how many teams he can actually guess wrong, Raybolts only has 8 of 16 teams left. Stick to picking baseball and hockey, sir.
This page will be updated with standings either late Sunday evening or early Monday morning depending on how many mojitos I’ve had poolside Sunday afternoon.
Have a great weekend, gentlemen and Yaz…. Nobody likes you.
UPDATE # 3
Gentlemen, read carefully because here are the rules for the following rounds.
Just like last year, you can ONLY USE THE TEAMS YOU HAVE REMAINING to choose your winners from here on out. In the comments section below, I need you to fill out the entire rest of your brackets. Pick your winners for the Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game and national champion and please do so in intelligible format.
List accordingly
Elite 8: Teams A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
Final Four: Teams A, B, C, D
Championship Game: Teams A, B
National Champion: Team A
Again… if any of your teams have been eliminated into the round of 8, you CAN NOT gain points for that round. If you can’t pick 8 teams for the next round, so be it. Just list your possible winners. For example, I selected neither Pittsburgh nor Utah State to advance in the top half of the Southeast bracket, so I cannot gain points for that particular (Butler-Wisconsin) game. But as I still have North Carolina alive and not Marquette in the East, I will obviously choose North Carolina and hope they win to gain five points in that particular matchup.
INCOMPLETE ENTRIES WILL NOT GARNER POINTS FOR THAT ROUND. Go easy on me, guys.
Please ensure that I have correctly tabulated your total points and remaining teams below. If not, let me know.
To review the scoring, five points will be awarded for each team properly selected into the Elite Eight, seven points for each Final Four team selected, nine for each team you predict into the final game and eleven for correctly picking the national champion. As a tiebreak, please list total points in the championship game.
I need your picks for the rest of the tournament by no later than 7:00 pm Thursday.
Here are the updated standings…
Great tournament so far. We have a four-way tie for first between some old school Gainesville folk: Balzac, Damion, G Mony and myself. (Gentlemen, I’ve already read the book and would really like to give it away as a prize).
In second place, with nine teams correct (27 points), we have Brewer, Varnish, D, Yaz, Drew, Liar North and KP.
Picking up the rear, we have CgatorB and Raybolts. Chip and a chair, gentlemen.
Good luck the rest of the way.
UPDATE NUMERO CUATRO
Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a new leader… and he even called his shot while picking his winners.
That’s right, the heaviest of all D has taken a commanding lead, and by commanding, I mean two points, but there’s more to come. As the only person to recognize that Buckeyes do what they do and pick UK to advance over them, D shot to the top of the barrel. He also has all four of his Final picks alive. This thing may be over, folks.
Here are the updated standings:
FINAL UPDATE
Ladies and gentlemen, I would hereby like to congratulate our winner: college basketball guru and game-picker extraordinaire …. Heavy D! Take a well-deserved bow, sir.
With three games remaining, D has already sealed the deal. Not only does he hold a two-point lead, he is the only contestant who can still gain any points, as he chose UConn to make it to the Final game.
Congratulations, Dave, on a game well-played. You can tell Yaz next time you see him that there’s a new sheriff in town. Don’t forget to email me your address and I’ll get the book out to you asap.
Thanks again to all those who participated. Wild one this year, huh?
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Kansas… Vandy… A&M…. Purdue
Duke… Texas… SD State… Cincy
Ohio St… WV… NCU… Syracuse
Pitt… Wisconsin… Mich St… BYU
https://www.hcs.harvard.edu/pallas/
Chris
All I know is having watched the PAC 10 title game there’s going to be one or two surprises coming out of the West . The projected #1 seeds are all deserving of their accolade.
What the hell happened to Florida in the SEC Tournament ? Kentucky took ’em behind the woodshed and beat their a_s like a drum !
Ohio St , Kentucky – Louisville & Kansas ( not at all sold on the ‘The Irish) ‘cuse & Washington – Georgetown & Texas A & M
Duke & Texas – Pitt & Kansas St
U Conn & San Diego St – St Johns & BYU
Spent the weekend seeing Cotto destroy Mayorga and Sergio Martinez lay leather all over some East European’s a_s . Either Cotto or Martinez may well end up facing Pacquiao next . Care to take a pick which of two’d be favorable for Manny at this juncture ?
Let’s put it this way Cotto would be like a lamb to the slaughter whereas Martinez ……… can really bang !
tophatal ……….
Kansas, Louisville, Notre Dame, Puedue
TN, TX, Penn State, Uconn
Ohio State, Kentucky, UNC, Syracuse
Pitt, Wisconsin, Florida, St Johns
Han is in, verified, and entirely wrong.
Good luck to you, sir.
Very nice, Partykiller.
I got from Kris Humphries to Michael Jordan in only one step.
Bobby Simmons.
Who knew?
C’mon, just because I left Fla off doesn’t mean I’m entirely wrong. It took much willpower to leave out ODU.
Uh, unless you mean how I have ‘NCU’ selected instead of UNC.
Washington looked pretty good against Arizona the other night, Al. I’m considering riding their hot streak in the tourney for a while. Oh wait, they play UNC in the second round. Scratch that.
My take on Florida is this. When they’re clicking on all cylinders, they’re tough to beat. When they’re settling for jump shots, they’re horrible.
I forget who was calling the ballgame yesterday but he said something to the effect of “If I were Macklin, I would stay in the paint every possession and get three seconds called on me until someone gets me the ball.”
Al, your picks are in and I haven’t seen a good boxing match in a while. I’ll keep my eye out for Martinez.
Considering Billy B (picks above) is a Tar Heel, I’m surprised he hasn’t said anything about it.
Speaking of calling schools by the wrong name, I wrote a piece about Bobby Knight a few years back and made the mistake of calling his former school the University of Indiana instead of Indiana University (who is conspicuously absent from this tournament again). Let’s just say I never heard the end of it.
And regarding Florida, you’re not accusing me of homerism, are you? Me? Never.
Al… check your picks again.
You have St Johns and BYU both advancing.
That can’t happen.
And ya’ gotta love Billy B, the mayor of Gainesville and King of Grow Radio, showing his total hatred for all things Duke by picking them to lose to Tennessee (or do you actually have them losing to Hampton?)
Good luck with that, sir.
Will Bruce Pearl be coaching in this here tournament or will he break yet another NCAA rule over the next few days?
Kansas, Vandy, Notre Dame, Georgetown
Duke, Arizona, SDSU, UConn
Ohio St., Kentucky, UNC, Xavier
Pitt, Belmont, Florida, St. Johns
Heavy D is in and the first person, I believe, to pick a 13 seed.
Go Bruins!
Chris
Martinez is looking to clean out the middleweight division of the dregs there before taking on the likes of Cotto and Pacquiao .
Put me down for Lavin and his Red Storm boys of St Johns .
I’d like to think that Florida can go far in the tourney but I want to see way more consistency from the team .
I’d left you a comment on your previous post with regard to the union (NFLPA) decertifying as it gives greater flexibility in going after the league (NFL).
This is going to get real ugly when it’s all said and done and it’s going to cost the league not only its already tarnished image but a great deal of money. Even the broadcast outlets that carry the NFL games as they too stand to lose millions .
Advertisers may well now look elsewhere to get a bigger bang for their buck rather than sticking with them but that’d be predicated upon the likes of ABC/ESPN , Fox , NBC and CBS giving them sort of discount on their ad rates . What do you think ?
tophatal ……………
Public Service Announcement:
Pick SDSU and thank me later
UConn? Duke? Texas? No chance. Aztecs all the way
Chris
If at all interested ?
It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It …….. That’s What It’s All About ….
My thoughts somewhat on the NFL lockout .
The Fight That Was The Beginning And The End Of Heavyweight Boxing
The above commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the first Ali Frazier bout .
tophatal …………
Mostly chalk in defense of the belt…
Kansas Louisville Purdue ND
Duke Texas Cincy SDSU
Ohio St Kentucky Syracuse UNC
Pitt Wisconsin BYU Florida
I’m still making some tough decisions… I’ll be back with my picks later…
Kansas…Vandy…Georgetown…Notre Dame
Duke…Texas…Connecticut…Temple
Ohio St…Kentucky…Syracuse…Washington
Pitt…Utah st…St Johns…Florida
Al..
Let’s try this again.
You’ve chosen St. John’s to advance, which leaves you to choose from either Florida, UCSB, Michigan State or UCLA to advance to the round of 16.
As Black Sheep once said, the choice is yours.
Drew, sir.
As I’ve said with Al, I need a wee bit more detail in your Sweet 16 picks.
Come on, people.
Al…
Looking forward to that Ali-Frazier piece… as well as your picks in the Southeast Tampa regional.
The defending champion’s picks are in.
CgatorB is also in…
with three SEC teams reaching the Sweet 16 and the only person so far to pick Temple to reach the round of 16.
To date, with 6 picks in (minus Al’s corrections), 23 of 24 picks have the #1 seeds advancing with the exception of Billy B, who has the Fighting Bruce Pearls of Tennessee upsetting the Dukies.
Keep ’em comin’, people.
Don’t forget to check back as I post the Sweet 16 picks to verify accuracy.
Ohio State, Syracuse, Kentucky, UNC
Duke, Oakland, Uconn, SD State
Kansas, Vandy, Purdue, ND
Pittsburgh, Kansas State, St. Johns, Michigan State
Michigan St. and Oakland are probably way off, but I’ll roll with it for this little game you got going…
Chris
MSU it is then ! Let’s hope that they can withstand the tournament .
I don’t know ’bout you Chris but even having watched the ESPN 30 For 30 docs and the latest one on the Fab 5 . Let’s put it this way I admire Jalen Rose as a player but as an individual away from the game he makes both Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton combined have redeemable qualities about them !
In a recent interview he gave , he stated that he hated Duke because they didn’t recruit him and that they only went after black players who were Uncle Toms ! I guess that the likes of Kyrie Irving , Nolan Smith and Grant Hill can really take satisfaction in that don’t you think ?
That communications’ degree of Rose has really come in handy for him . Pity his (Rose’s) brains much less his game was never on par with that of Hill’s to begin with ! What a dumb a_s !
tophatal …………
The Dubsism Sweet 16:
East Region – Ohio State, West Virginia, Syracuse, North Carolina
West Region – Duke, Texas, UConn, Penn St.
Southwest Region – Kansas, Louisville, Purdue, Notre Dame
Southeast Region – Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, St. John’s, Florida
Kansas-Louisville-A&M-Purdue
Duke-Texas-SDiegoSt-Missouri
OSU-Kentucky-UNC-Marquette
Pitt-KState-UF-StJohns
Chappy is in and thinks the Golden State Warriors should make the Sweet 16.
Come on, Al.
Rose isn’t the first person to say that about Duke.
J-Dub is also officially in.
Lotsa chalk on the board so far, people.
Zbignu is also in and the only person as of yet to have selected both Mizzou and Marquette to advance to the round of 16.
We’ll see how that affects him.
That makes nine official entries, excluding my own as of midnight Tuesday.
Chris
He may not have been the first but it was the vehemency and venomous hatred with which it was said . What he got pis_ed because some other “brutha” got taken over him ?
I mean apart from his college career what did he do that has been memorable as far as his professional career would equate ?
tophatal
Chris
Guys like Rose with those comments make himself appear ignorant and that equates with idiocy in the eyes of most. Especially when they see it coming from what many deem to be an intelligent young African American.
tophatal ……..
Al…
I understood what Rose meant. He was angry at the time. He was resentful. And he had reason to be.
Ohio State…Kentucky…Syracuse…UNC
Duke…Texas…UConn…SDSU
Kansas…Louisville…Georgetown…Notre Dame
Pittsburg…Wisconsin…BYU…Florida
D2 is also in and once again, chalk.
This could be interesting.
I’ve filled out a few pools filled out as well and it’s hard not to go that route.
ohio st., kentucky, syracuse, N.C., Duke, Texas, Uconn, San Diego, Kansas, Louisville, purdue, Texas A&M, Pitt, wisconsin, St. John, Fla.
Kansas…Louisville…ND…G-Town
Duke..Texas…SD ST…Uconn
Ohio State..KY..NC..Syracuse
Pitt..KState..FLA..BYU
Two more entries (Brewer & Varnish), lots more chalk.
I’ll have everyone’s picks posted, as well as a breakdown of the first two rounds after the games commence on Thursday.
Kansas, Vandy, ND, Purdue
Duke, AZ, SDS, UCoon
OSU, KY, NC, Xavier
Pitt, KSU, UF, BYU
Kansas- Louisville-Notre Dame- Georgetown
DUke- Arizona- San Diego State- U Conn
Ohio St.-Kentucky-North Carolina-Syracuse
Florida- Pitt-Kansas State-BYU
I’m having flashbacks to a previous pool at Lillian’s :), but feel relatively confident I haven’t lost my skillllllls!
Kansas, Morehead, VCU A & M
TN, AZ Temple Uconn
oh st., princeton, Ind. st. GA
odu, ut st. ucsb, wofford
KS, Vandy, ND, Purdue
Duke, AZ, SGSt, Cinn
Bukeyes, Ky, NC, Syracuse
Pitt, Gators, KansasST, St John
Kansas, Louisville, Purdue, ND
Duke, Texas, UConn, SDSU
Ohio St., Kentucky, Syracuse, UNC
Pitt, Wisc, St John’s, Florida
OK, so I’m listing my Sweet 16 from my original bracket – and that’s the one I wrote up before hearing Irving is likely to play… OK, here goes:
Ohio State / Kentucky / Xavier / Washington
Duke / Arizona / Connecticut / San Diego State
Kansas / Louisville / Purdue / Notre Dame
Pitt / Wisconsin / Gonzaga / Florida
Here’s hoping this doesn’t go to your spam box again. Later – KP
Partykiller, aka, Harry Balzac is in, and showing his homerism with three SEC schools making the Sweet 16.
He obviously didn’t watch much conference basketball this season.
G Mony is also in, giving us 15 entries and counting. Nice turnout.
Given a few picks here and there, there’s not too much variation, which means picking in the later rounds could be key.
Wow… the first person to really mix it up has entered the building: Raybolts.
Either he’s a genius or utterly nuts.
We’ll soon find out as he’ll either be atop the pool or at the very bottom.
For some reason, I’m thinking the latter.
Not to belabor this but to put things in their proper perspective, Raybolts picked Tennessee to reach the Sweet 16.
Rocky Top GRADUATED from that school and even has Duke beating them.
Either way, good luck to all.
Liar North is also in and need I remind you, sir, that gambling is illegal at Bushwood.
That makes 18 entries so far. Nice work, people.
I’ll have the picks up in the main text of this post some time today so please swing back by to verify at some point.
I know none of you are actually working today.
KP is in, by virtue of finally sifting through my spam filter.
I noticed he doesn’t have Penn State, his alma mater, making it to the round of 16 but he IS surprisingly the only person to have picked Gonzaga.
Good luck, sir.
Here ya go…
St. Johns
Florida
Kansas State
Pitt
Syracuse
North Carolina
Kentucky
Ohio State
UConn
SDSU !!!
Arizona
Duke
Kansas
Notre Dame
Louisville
Purdue
Drew is in, barely under the wire.
We’ll let him slide since he lives in California and is three hours behind the rest of us.
Ugly first day for some people.
The biggest losers?
Zbignu, Heavy D, CgatorB, Chappy and Raybolts who all lost three teams before they even realized what happened.
The big winners on day one?
KP, GMony, Partykiller, Varnish, Damion and defending Champ Yaz who all still have 15 teams remaining.
No one made it through the first day unblemished.
Goodness, how we all love March.
Well, I’m glad my brackets did better than I did on these picks as I’m only down one team in my sweet 16 for them! I guess you think it out more when there’s money on the line 🙂
I actually had the Johnnies going pretty far in one of my pay brackets, Chap, and for that, I am quite dissatisfied.
Oh wait, you had Oakland in the Sweet 16.
Say goodnight, sir.
WINNING
Check the standings, Mr. Sheen.
You are tied for second place.
I’m praying for a UCLA upset today. That would hurt a lot of brackets and hook mine up. I have them as an elite 8 team, because if they somehow beat Florida, they can beat BYU because they beat them earlier this year…
How dare you, sir, come into my neck of the woods and Gator hate.
See? That’s what you get.
TOURNAMENT UPDATE…
HEADING INTO SUNDAY’S GAMES, DAMION 2.0 IS THE ONLY ONE OF US WITH SIX TEAMS ADVANCING.
CONGRATULATIONS, SIR!
Chris
This tournament is one of the reasons why I stay away from it in terms betting ! It’s like trying to pick the pick the lesser of two evils when it comes to voting in a political election.
Does Jamie Donovan of Pitt have a soul ? I can only assume the deal he made with the Devil didn’t pan out ?
tophatal ……….
Chris
Explain to me what justification Rose had to be resentful ? I mean why is his situation any different from that of Hill’s or any other African American who’s played for Duke ? Grant Hill because he came from a familial environment where he had his mother and father together whereas Rose came from a single parent environment ? That’s so f_cking asinine ! Furthermore it only makes Rose come off looking like a complete a_s with this statement . And consider this also the ESPN 30 For 30 episode about the Fab 5 was actually produced his (Rose’s) company in conjunction with ESPN . If he wants the god-damn publicity that much then do so with something positive that can be gained from it rather than his insidious remarks which does more to harm the African American males than enhance their achievements . Rose makes Jesse Jackson’s remarks about Obama seem mild in comparison .
tophatal …………
Elite8=Kansas,N/A,Duke,Uconn,OSU,UNC,N/A, UF
Final 4 = Kansas, Duke, OSU, UF
Championship = Duke v Kansas
Winner = Duke
Chris
Screwed up there saying Donovan of Pitt when it should’ve read Jamie Dixon .
Caught the fight between Olander Solis (# 1 ranked contender) and one of the Klitschko brothers over the weekend for a version of the heavyweight title. There’s a reason why that scene is now a complete joke and the result was merely another reason that indicates why . Solis was knocked flat on his ass within two minutes of the first round.
I ended up watching the UFC lt heavyweight title bout which was far more interesting . That too ended with a KO but that in terms of entertainment it was way more exciting to watch ( bout between Jon Jones [challenger] and champion Mauricio Rua ) . Rua got his damn clock cleaned by Jones brutally inside of three rounds . It was unbelievable and Rua was bloodied , battered and bruised in the end ! I won a bet with a guy in a bar watching that bout . Let’s just say he’s two bills lighter in his pocket .
tophatal ……………
Varnish…
You are in, sir. Just need a tiebreak from ya’.
Total points scored in final game.
Good luck.
Al…
Rose was a broke kid, resentful of another who was considerably more fortunate. What’s so hard to understand?
I’m not saying Rose didn’t have his own agenda with the 30 for 30 piece. I am saying I can see where he could be bitter about his upbringing when compared to Hill’s.
And I’d feel like crap if I were a Pitt alum, Al.
How long until that team actually wins a game that matters?
Kansas, N/A, Florida, N/A, SDSU, Duke, Ohio State, UNC
Kansas, Florida, SDSU!!!!, Ohio St.
Kansas vs. Ohio State
Kansas (141 total points)
Drew, sir. You are in.
ELITE 8
Southwest…Kansas
West…Duke and UConn
East…Ohio State and UNC
Southeast…Florida and Wisconsin
FINAL FOUR
Kansas
Duke
Ohio State
Florida
FINALS
Kansas
Ohio State
CHAMPION
Ohio State
83-71
Ohio State, UNC, Duke, UConn, Kansas, x, UF, x
Ohio State, Duke, UF, Kansas
Ohio State, Kansas
Ohio State
141 Total
elite 8 of what I have left:
Ohio, North Carolina, Duke, UConn, Kansas, Wisconsin, Florida
Final Four:
Ohio, Duke, Florida, Kansas
Championship game:
Ohio, Florida :Total points 140
National Champion:
Ohio
Total points = 144
Sorry….
Damion is in and confirmed.
Three people in.
Three different national champions and nobody picking Florida yet.
Balzac… You too, sir, are in.
Lotsa chalk so far here people. Out of four entries, nobody has anything other than one seeds playing in it.
Brewer is also in, predicting Florida to make it all the way to the championship game and giving me 5 out of 20 entries complete.
Let’s go people.
Elite 8 – Kansas, X, UF, X, Duke, SDSU, Ohio State, Marquette
Final Four – Kansas, UF, Duke, Ohio State
Championship – Kansas, Duke
Champion – Kansas
Elite 8
Kansas
NA
Duke
UConn
KY
UNC
UF
NA
Final 4
Kansas
UConn
UNC
UF
Final
Kansas vs UConn
Champ Kansas
Wow, Heavy D mixing it up a bit.
UConn in the final game and selecting UK to knock off the Buckeyes in honor of Kentucky Bob.
Good luck, sir.
HEAVY D HAS SPOKEN!
KP with picks…
Elite 8: Ohio State, NA, Duke, UConn, Kansas, NA, Wisconsin, Florida
Final 4: Ohio State, UConn, Kansas, Florida
Championship: Ohio State, Kansas
Champ: Ohio State
Thanks… – KP
I am trying to win. I want my picture plastered on the Sportschump webpage like Yaz 🙂
Oh, you want total points for title game, too… OK…. 145 total (76-69)
D…
Throw me a final score tiebreaker when ya’ can.
And you know we all enjoy a good Kentucky Bob reference every now and again.
KP is in.
Sorry about the spam filter, bro.
Look at you, you Gator from afar, pickin’ my boys into the Final Four.
UConn in the Final Four too, huh?
That now makes two of ya’ with that pick.
Shout at ya’ tomorrow.
Elite Eight:
Ohio St., UNC, Duke, UCONN, Kansas,Wisconsin, Florida
Final 4:
Duke, Ohio St., Kansas, Florida
Championship Game:
Ohio St, Kansas
Total pts 150
78-72
National Champion:
Kansas
E8: OSU, UNC, Duke, SDSU, Kan, Wis, BYU
F4: OSU, SDSU, Kan, BYU
NC: OSU, Kan
Winner: OSU TP: 147
And yeah, I’d love to be wrong about BYU
Can someone Fire Mike H. and get the Vols an AD…..
SouthWest: Kansas
West: Duke, SDSU
East: Bukeyes, Ky
Southeast: Uf
Final Four: Bukeyes, Duke, Kansas, Gator
Final Duke Kansas,,,Duke wins
Oh Yeah! And a new coach for the VOLS…
For Tiebreaker if needed Duke 79-74
Again, a NEW COACH
Kan… VCU… Duke… UConn… OSU… UK… BYU… Wisc
Kan… BYU… Duke… OSU
Duke… Kan
Duke
77-70
Chris
If Rose is that resentful perhaps he should look at his circumstance and don’t blame others for the choices made by a parent . Is it Duke’s fault he came from a home with a one parent family ? That’s asinine ! I don’t blame others for the circumstances I find myself in , I look to improve my lot in life as anyone should ! Here we’re seeing Rose show his stupidity and that it’s what we should have rather than working at improving his lot and those around him. Is it any wonder there’s a perception about the African American athlete in such instances especially when some who’s allegedly intelligent as Rose we’re led to believe makes statements that in the end make come off looking like a dumb ass !
Both you and I believe were raised by a single parent and I don’t think that you or I blame anyone in part for our plight at all. If Duke didn’t recruit him so what ? He went to Michigan he made his mark there so why now bitch and whine like a damn pu_sy ? Because he no doubt wants the ‘ pub ‘ for his trite piece of pulp on the Fab 5 that his company (Three Tier Entertainment) produced for ESPN . That’s the only explanation I see for it and it comes off looking like crap on his part !
tophatal ……..
My Elite 8
Ohio St – N Carolina , Kansas -Fla St
Duke – SDSU , Fla – Butler
Final Four
Ohio St – Kansas
Duke – Fla
Hopefully that’ll suffice ?
Below my latest pieces . You know the drill .
Brackets ? What Brackets ? Aren’t They Meant To Support Things ?
Who’s On First And Which As_hole Is Running Things As Of Now ?
tophatal …………….
Liar North’s picks are in.
Roger, roger.
Yaz is in and the first to go non-homer-like and pick BYU.
We’ll see if that costs him in the long run or wins him the tourney.
Either way, he’ll have virginity to thank.
Clearly not his own.
If that sportschump t-shirt doesn’t get ya’ laid, I don’t know what will.
RockyTop is in… and sir, if you win this year’s pool, I will personally draft a letter to the UT chancellor and request your AD’s dismissal.
Zbignu’s picks are in. Sorry it took me so long to confirm that. They must have been lost in the shuffle.
For the record, a hearty congrats to Zbignu for being the only participant to nail all four Eastern Final Four picks correctly.
In addition to that, he has Marquette advancing over North Carolina and is the only one of us that can collect points if that happens.
I’m sure he’ll be watching that game intently.
Han…
I’ll restate the rules once again for the NASCAR fans in the bunch.
You can only garner points in these next rounds for teams that you correctly picked to advance. So, for example, you cannot pick VCU if you didn’t have them going this far.
Here’s what I did for ya’, since I’m a nice guy (sometimes).
Based on your Final Four picks, you have OSU over UNC and Duke over SDSU.
Best of luck, sir.
Al…
You must be hanging out at Han’s blog too much. Lugnuts rule!
You can’t pick Florida as you had losing to Michigan State, remember?
I’ve given you BYU (as that’s the only team you have left in the SE), OSU, Duke and Kansas in the Final Four.
I need your final game, champion and total score to be complete please, sir.
Okay, gentlemen, sorry for the lap-over. The site format doesn’t handle 100+ comments on one post very well. Guess SportsChump is too big for their bridges.
Here’s who I have IN and CONFIRMED in case you can’t read the first 100 comments:
Han
Zbignu
Rocky Top
KP
Liar North
Drew
Yaz
Heavy D
Varnish
Brewer
Here’s who I still need:
Myself (will be in shortly)
G Mony
Billy B
Chappy
J-Dub
CgatorB
I’m assuming Raybolts has thrown in the towel to save himself any further embarrassment.
Now excuse me while I send out a search party for those still missing.
Elite 8 – Kansas, SD State, Duke, UNC, Ohio State.
Final Four – Kansas, SD State, UNC
Championship game – Kansas, UNC
Winner – Kansas
That was easy since most my teams were already eliminated…
Ohio State all the way
North Carolina beats Marquette but then loses to Ohio State
Duke and UConn in the Regional final with UConn Beating Duke and then losing to Ohio State
Kansas and Wisconsin advance to Final Four, Kansa advances to final, loses to Ohio State 81-74
Here are the SportsChump’s official picks.
Kansas vs. Florida State (yes, I’m forced to root for FSU which makes webmaster Eddie Griffin very happy.
Florida also making the Final Four.
OSU beating both UK and then UNC, a hearty feat.
SDSU beating UConn then losing to Duke.
OSU beating Duke.
Kansas beating UF (boooooo!)
and to Croshere’s delight, OSU besting Kansas in the championship game, ending their fifty year drought and raising the banner.
Tiebreak 148
Chap is found and in. Just need a tiebreak, sir.
We’ll see how going 0-fer in the Southeast bracket affects his chances.
SDSU making it to the Final Four might just make up for that.
Here’s hoping his West Coast bias carries him through.
Oh one addition to your list would be the whole Glee cast…
The mobile GMony has sent in his picks.
OSU/UNC/Duke/UConn/Kansas/Florida
Final Four: OSU/Duke/Kansas/Florida
In the final game, he has Florida beating OSU and all of us wearing two hats in celebration of such a glorious event. His tiebreak is 142.
Best of luck, sir, and I mean that.
Dub is also in.
Just need a winner of your Wisconsin/Florida game.
Don’t hate on jean shorts.
Whoops I was commenting on someone else’s post and wrote it on this comment section with that last one hahah.
My tie breaker is Kansas 79 – UNC 74
Chap is IN!
And clearly watches too much Glee.
Wiscy over UF
May Badgers poop all over your jean shorts for that pick.
Those awarded five points for choosing Florida:
Drew
Varnish
Damion 2.0
Balzac
Brewer
SportsChump
G Mony
Zbignu
Rocky Top
Liar North
KP
Heavy D
J Dub
Gator Haters:
Al & Chappy (who didn’t have them making the Sweet 16)
Han
and….
Yaz…. No more love for our defending champion who hedged his bets against our boys.
Yaz, sir, you are officially in time out
Those garnering five more points for choosing UConn in the Elite 8:
G Mony
Brewer
Harry Balzac
Damion 2.0
Varnish
Liar North
KP
Heavy D
J Dub
Congratulations, gentlemen.
Current standings (after UConn and Florida victories)
Damion 2.0 40
Harry Balzac 40
G Mony 40
J Brewer 37
Varnish 37
Heavy D 37
Liar North 37
KP 37
SportsChump 35
Drew 32
J Dub 31
Rocky To 29
Zbignu 29
Yaz 27
Han 21
Chappy 21
Al 21
The standings remain the same after the Duke loss. Nobody had Arizona advancing.
Han had Duke as his national champion and is essentially fucked… as is Rocky Top, but he has to be way more concerned about the state of his athletic program than he is about winning some silly, little SportsChump tournament.
After a strong start, Varnish also had Duke winning it all. I expect him to drop in the standings.
The only people to benefit from the Duke loss are JDub, Heavy D and KP who all picked UConn into their Final Four for the West bracket.
Good luck, gentlemen. Know that most of us are rooting against you.
Likewise, not a single one of us picked last year’s runner-ups, the Butler Bulldogs, making it as far as the Elite 8.
Not one of us gained a single point in tonight’s later games.
Damn, we know basketball, don’t we?
Chris
Well at least I got to do my good deed for the day ! I stayed in O-town overnight at the girlfriend’s place and watched the Duke — Arizona game . They went down in flames like Rome did as Nero played the fiddle.
The girlfriend is a Pac 10 fan , graduate of UCLA and said to me before the game that the Arizona Wildcats would whup on Duke’s —- a_s like a pimp bit_h slappin’ one of his ho’s . Can’t say that she was all that wrong with that prognosis !
C’est la vie !
tophatal ………………….
32 and 13 for Derrick Williams, Al. Man’s game. He’s got pro teams salivating over him and now the Dukies are gone.
Here’s hoping you didn’t mind losing that bet to her.
Standings as of Sunday morning…
Heavy D still leading, folks, with 59 points.
Right behind him, tied for 2nd place are J-Dub and KP with 57.
At first glance, people, it looks like it’s going to be hard for anybody to catch these guys, particularly D.
We’ll have official standings after the completion of today’s games.
Chris
Not only are they salivating but I hear that a number of GM’s around the NBA have sworn off using either Viagra or Cialis after seeing the kid play as they’ve each got a hard on from it .
My duo for the championship game I think’ll be Butler and U Conn . That being said I can’t stand Calhoun or Calipari for that matter and it all boils down to the lesser of two evils !
Was to attend the Honda Grand Prix of St Pete …… hell when I realized that it’d be a nightmare getting parking much less a place to stay overnight what with the hotels overcharging for rooms _____ chose not to attend ! I’m in the doghouse with the ol’ lady as the invite came from a client of hers who lives in the area.
tophatal ………………..
Good job, Heavy D…enjoy the rest of the show.
This will help soften the blow from the refs robbing UF over the last 8 minutes of the Butler game.
Congrats Heavy D!
I actually forgot that race was in St. Pete this weekend. I would loved to have checked it out but missed it this time around.
Maybe next year I’ll attend and bring my cotton balls.
Yaz…
Thanks for wearing the crown proudly. I’m sure you won’t mind handing it over to D on a Friday poker night any time soon.
And D, come on, dude.
You know the refs are always going to reward the team that hustles more. And I’m sad to say, it was Butler that evening.
Think about it, we were THIS close (11 points up, mind you) from playing for another national championship.
Don’t you think we could have handled VCU?
D…
Look at all this love you’re gettin’, man.
It’s good to be the king, huh?
Don’t forget to email me your address.
Chris,
I have UCONN to win it all in a contest over at view from vegas. I am in second out of 72, down by 10 points. If UCONN wins I do. Butler wins I lose by 10. Thanks for including me in your contest, YAZ has it going on, don’t ban him!!
Could I get a consilitory shirt and hat for the effort, laughs, and picking UC to go the distance when NOT MANY thought they could.
Thanks In Advance for your Consideration,
Ray
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