It's the big day kids, and in case you need any last minute bracket advice, I managed to pull the GTB contributors away from their everyday grind long enough to provide you the loyal reader with some "expert" picks (and since I'm lazy and running out of time today, these are the actual emails I was sent)...Whitney:
4: Duke, UConn, Kansas, BC
- I'd love to pick Carolina just to get rob fired up on a rant, but their path is too tough. If they can get by George Mason, UConn will get them.
- I actually think UConn over Duke will happen, but it's much more fun to say Kansas over BC, 75-69
- WVU to the round of 16, maybe 8
- Aztecs over Hoosiers - Mike Davis's lame duck status provided a few wins after they relaxed a little. Now it will turn to a poisonous malaise in that locker room
- Best part about the 2006 tourney - working from home (Editor's Note: What an ass)
My sheet of integrity via ESPN.com has the following: Texas, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Boston College, with Texas beating UConn, 86-81, in the final.
- I'll have you note that I generally go a bit unorthodox in that bracket, because with so many entries, the only real chance to win is to make a reach and hope it pays off. In other words, I really don't think Pittsburgh is a great bet to get to Indy, even though they are certainly capable, and that's a weak-ass bracket.
- From the upset perspective, I think Marquette will bounce both UCLA and Gonzaga, and I think Georgetown gets to the Elite 8. And if you sense a Big East bias, well, you're not as dumb as you look.
Duke Gonzaga UConn Villanova
- Duke over Villanova in Championship
- Can't miss upset(s): 1st round - Utah State over Washington
- Later Round - West Virginia over Texas and Witchita State over Tennessee in Round 2
I'll have my picks up by noon I promise, but in the meantime, you should check out the tourney preview work done over at Deadspin...I especially like the guy who contributed these University of Albany nuggets...
Final Four: Texas, UCLA, UConn, Villanova
- Texas over UCLA
- Villanova over UConn
- Villanova is your National Champ, 71-69 over the Longhorns
- Look out for San Diego State, Utah State and UW-Milwaukee (I've got all 3 in the Sweet 16 in fact)
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are we going to see teejay's predictions?
and in case billy packer and jim nantz weren't paying attention, odu, the caa's no. 4 team, just went on the road and whacked the snot out of the big 12's no. 5, beating colorado by 17 in boulder.
hofstra hosts nebraska tonight - and i'll be stunned if they don't smoke the huskers.
Um, as mentioned in this space before, Colorado is absolute poo-poo...and "rob", try reading the whole post - my picks will be up by noon.
no shit that colorado is poopoo, but try telling that to nantzpacker.
and noon isn't good enough. you've had 4 days to do this. albany's not getting to the sweet 16.
It's already done donkey, but I need to clear some "work" off my plate before I completely throw in the towel for the next 2 days...
Texas Gonzaga UConn Nova.
With UConn beating Texas. I'm pretty sure Oakland might be the first regional to never send anyone to the final 4 though, I stared at Kansas and Gonzaga for 20 minutes before going shit, it might as well be Marquette or San Diego State from out of here.
I am a HUGE fan of San Diego State.
It's Responsible TJ! Like Malibu Ken, it's the latest addition to the TJ Collection!
You've already met Goofball TJ, Comedian TJ, Shiftless TJ, Slovenly TJ, Boisterous TJ, Pope-Elect TJ, Engaged TJ, Married TJ, Two Ingredients TJ, DH TJ, and Shouldn't Be Driving TJ (accessorized by a miniature car/screwdriver/transistor radio set).
By Mattel.
And if Dockery's prayer doesn't go in, ODU's resume looks a whole lot better.
ODU 87, Depaul 43 should be every mid-major's response to anything packernantz ever says. yes, it's a microevent, but it lays out the argument in one neat package and is completely irrefuteable.
and yes, i know that irrefuteable is not a word. or if it is, it's an awful word.
You forgot Extreme Denial TJ, Eating Disorder TJ, AM Ale TJ and Irrational TJ.
Rob, irregardless of everything, irrefutable is aperfectly cromulent word. It embiggened all of us.
Finito...go Cuse!
whitney sitting in his office, feet away from his tv room, feverishly pounding out work email for the next 60 minutes -- check
dennis nervously gnawing on his coach k bobblehead -- check
tj ordering a burger, hold everything except ketchup, and don't bother me for the next 6 hours -- check
me heading to meetings for the next 2 1/2 hours -- fuck
Actually I was nearly feverishly doing work -- I was watching an infomercial for the Superstars of Country. The track list is really quite excellent. But for $133 (including S & H), I am better served by picking and choosing which tracks I like best and don't already have and heading over to iTunes.
Let's go to Luchenbach, texas.
By the way, this whole All Access thing for TN just seems like it's going to end badly...did you see them end up at the wrong gym yesterday to practice? Terrible.
Shhhh...Wichita State is making me look good, and sticking it to assface Packer in the process.
Ruland [Iona coach Jeff Ruland] noted a newspaper that covers LSU has called him Tony Soprano. "I'm German and I'm a lot better looking than Tony Soprano," he joked.
And how about our new favorite name on GW...
Ah yes, Maureece Rice. Great job Mrs. Rice (or whatever the hell her name is). And according to the Post, Maureece went to a school with no textbooks. Seriously.
Was it also a School Without Walls? That name always killed me--bragging about not having walls like it's something great. "I was gonna send my son there, then I heard they had walls, and well, that seemed a little more constrictive and sheltered than I want for my kids."
Lovin'
Touchin'
Squeezin'
Journey is fucking awesome.
Come on BC...hold on...
Wichita State...check
Wisc-Milw...check
BC...we're gonna need overtime
nice job, wichita state
eat it, packernantz
well, that marquette pick is looking particularly prescient right about now.
idiot.
Marqutte and Nevada taking baby steps...baby steps get on the elevator... baby steps get on the elevator...ah, I'm on the elevator...
Yeah, Marquette please...
Now I'm pissed that I initially picked Bama, then talked myself out of it because I was already taking Arkansas to the Sweet 16, then agonized over it for 20 minutes before sticking with Marquette. Either way, the winner of that game is beating UCLA, damn that Steve Novak, I stood up for you.
Meanwhile, I guess we should have expected Nevada to fold as a first time favorite, aka The Gonzaga Syndrome, circa 2002.
Thursday Night Carnage:
Cuse - OK, I'll admit Texas A&M might not be as atrocious as I thought. HOWEVAH, they beat a fatigued, injured (G-Mac...that was tough to see) and retarded (Eric Devendorf) team.
Utah State - That's what I get for trying to be tricky.
San Diego State - Could a team play a more disorganized last two minutes of a ballgame? They had every opportunity to win that thing and aborted at all opportunities.
And I'll let rob give some props to a valiant effort from the CAA squadron...
really not in the mood for props. unc-w pissed that game away in a very uncharacteristic manner. they will be kicking themselves until next october for that loss.
that said, gw matches up much better against duke than unc-w would have, so i've got a silver lining as it relates to my bet with dennis.
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