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kentuck

(111,069 posts)
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 07:02 PM Mar 2018

Is anybody watching the NCAA Tourney??

Who in the hell is going to win it?

Carolina is down big with about 8 minutes to go. Michigan State, the team that the "experts" picked, lost earlier today.

It's like chaos.

Everything is so unpredictable.

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Is anybody watching the NCAA Tourney?? (Original Post) kentuck Mar 2018 OP
Yes!! LisaM Mar 2018 #1
All of us Kentucky fans were whining because they put us in same bracket as AZ and VA.... kentuck Mar 2018 #3
Michigan fan here. LisaM Mar 2018 #11
Mich is one of my picks for Final Four.... kentuck Mar 2018 #12
No one would disagree with that! LisaM Mar 2018 #14
I would say Kansas, but....... lastlib Mar 2018 #2
'Nova shoots a lot of threes... kentuck Mar 2018 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author lastlib Mar 2018 #13
Two of your four lost tonight unc70 Mar 2018 #15
Happy Duke fan here! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #5
.... yardwork Mar 2018 #10
Hi from another happy Duke fan! WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2018 #17
I had Michigan State winning it all. lkinwi Mar 2018 #6
Nevada 22 down comes back to beat Cincinnati! jalan48 Mar 2018 #7
TAR huh? dweller Mar 2018 #8
What's that? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #9
Oregon and Oregon State in the Sweet 16! gratuitous Mar 2018 #16
I really like to watch women's basketball... kentuck Mar 2018 #18
Experts overrate teams that play more on TV and certain conferences. FSogol Mar 2018 #19

kentuck

(111,069 posts)
3. All of us Kentucky fans were whining because they put us in same bracket as AZ and VA....
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 07:25 PM
Mar 2018

...and shipped us out to Boise ID.... Then, Lo and Behold, both AZ and VA get upset in the first round....and now, Kentucky will have to play the winner of the KS St. and UMBC game. The Cinderella Slipper was the very first 16-seed to defeat a #1-seed. The ghost of Chaminade visits Virginia once again.

I like the Kentucky team this year but they are very young, like the youngest college team in the country, and people wonder if they can stand up to the more senior teams? They have been playing great for the last 5 or 6 games! SGA (KY) may be the best point guard in the country?

It should be interesting to see how this one ends???

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
11. Michigan fan here.
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 09:54 PM
Mar 2018

We gave up going to hear Irish music last night to watch the game and it was worth it!

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
14. No one would disagree with that!
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 10:52 PM
Mar 2018

Houston was under-seeded and the refs totally disrupt the game by calling 41 fouls.

lastlib

(23,191 posts)
2. I would say Kansas, but.......
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 07:21 PM
Mar 2018

...they're in the bracket with Duke. They won't beat Duke. Right now, my $$ would be on 'Nova. My final-four picks would be Duke, Cincinnati, 'Nova and Xavier.

kentuck

(111,069 posts)
4. 'Nova shoots a lot of threes...
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 07:31 PM
Mar 2018

...and makes a lot of threes! What happens if someone defends them just a little closer and disrupts their shots somewhat? But Duke is very strong this year. Cincinnati is monster on the boards. And the way A&M defeated Carolina today was rather unpredictable. I like that little school from Chicago, Loyola. (Of course, my heart is always with the Kentucky Wildcats.)

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WilmywoodNCparalegal

(2,654 posts)
17. Hi from another happy Duke fan!
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 01:23 PM
Mar 2018

Also, my BF's team/school is still in it too - Kansas St. I'm hoping for K State to beat Kentucky. Wildcats v Wildcats.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. Oregon and Oregon State in the Sweet 16!
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 12:34 AM
Mar 2018

Ducks demolishing their opponents, and Oregon State knocking off Tennessee for the Volunteers first-ever loss at home in the tournament.

FSogol

(45,464 posts)
19. Experts overrate teams that play more on TV and certain conferences.
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 03:57 PM
Mar 2018

Thus some middling teams get higher seeds than they deserve and are easy pickings for hard working teams. UVA did lose their top scorer and didn't take UMBC seriously.

Still in 2nd place in my company's bracket.

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