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GusBob

(7,286 posts)
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:04 AM Mar 2021

DU NCAA BRACKETEERS how is your bracket?

I got 24 right in one and 21 in another

This has been an exciting year with upsets

Oral Roberts, Ohio, and Abilene

I have a new favorite small school team Grand Canyon Their fans are amazing. The radio guys kept commenting on their spirit, a thing that has been missed this year

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DU NCAA BRACKETEERS how is your bracket? (Original Post) GusBob Mar 2021 OP
It's a mess. luvs2sing Mar 2021 #1
It is fun GusBob Mar 2021 #5
Luckily, non-existent LisaM Mar 2021 #2
Yeah the announcers make it fun GusBob Mar 2021 #6
We didn't do brackets this year. But the NCAA app, Ilsa Mar 2021 #3
Good post yes COVID has influenced everything. Nt GusBob Mar 2021 #7
One of the announcers said the Grand Canyon fans SharonClark Mar 2021 #4
I got Hawkeyes winning it all in one bracket GusBob Mar 2021 #8

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
1. It's a mess.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:09 AM
Mar 2021

I got six in one and ten in the other. So far, Hubster is beating me. If he wins, he’ll get to pick where we go when we can safely eat in restaurants again.

We don’t really pay attention to basketball any other time of year, so it’s always a crapshoot for both of us to pick teams, but we have fun.

LisaM

(27,848 posts)
2. Luckily, non-existent
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:20 AM
Mar 2021

Or it would be lying in a million pieces on the floor.

I have to hand it to the announcers. They are doing an amazing job trying to find positive things about the small schools despite the absence of fans.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
6. Yeah the announcers make it fun
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 02:04 PM
Mar 2021

The inflection and excitement in their voices make up for no fans

Some of them call the games from monitors instead of courtside

Ilsa

(61,710 posts)
3. We didn't do brackets this year. But the NCAA app,
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:23 AM
Mar 2021

as of yesterday, said they only had 121 perfect brackets left in the millions who filed them online.

Covid-19 has really reshaped the season, with frequent testing protocols requiring key players to quarantine, etc. As one sports writer said, the players being sequestered until time to play are like family dogs: all they think about is when they'll eat next, or get to take a ride to the park where they can run and play.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
4. One of the announcers said the Grand Canyon fans
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:22 PM
Mar 2021

were flown on two planes that the university paid for. The fans had a great time but I’m glad their team lost to Iowa.

Go Hawks! Both men’s and women’s teams.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
8. I got Hawkeyes winning it all in one bracket
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 02:07 PM
Mar 2021

And I am a badger!

Love that guy Garza, he is a great player and a great young man

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