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  1. koisokok

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    #1 koisokok, Mar 14, 2012
    Just wondering who you guys like for an upset in the first round>>??? I like 14 seed Belmont over 3 seed Georgetown..:)
     
  2. rob lay

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    #2 rob lay, Mar 15, 2012
    I don't follow college until March, but I love March! I have played in same league for 15 years from an old job, no one works for that company anymore, but we still have over 100 in our league.

    I always do 3 brackets, I have had luck over the years not picking the top 2-3 favorites. Most people doing 1 bracket go with one of the favorites. Even if that team makes it you are still competing with 30-40 others based on your elite 8 or final 4 picks.

    I found a great article last night on "popular ncca basketball tournament upsets", can't find it today. Syracuse has key player out now, I think North Carolina too. They will still go far, but maybe not far as their seed.

    my upsets...

    9 UCONN over 8 Iowa
    10 Xavier over 7 ND
    11 NC State over 6 SD
    9 Alabama over 8 Creg
    10 West Virg over 7 Gonzaga
     
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    #3 koisokok, Mar 15, 2012
    Some good ones rob, I also like nc state...
     
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    #4 rob lay, Mar 15, 2012
    they just closed our brackets and revealed picks. I used one of mine to pick the favorite Kentucky, but I figured Syracuse and North Carolina would be the next two favorites. I was right about North Carolina, but only 2 picked Syracuse - I guess everyone else heard about the ineligible player too. My other 2 picks were Ohio St. and Michigan St., they had fewer picks, but not enough to really separate me. Wisconsin, Indiana, or Wichita would have been a better pick as no-one picked them!

    *Kentucky - 41 picks
    North Carolina - 26 picks
    *Michigan St. - 10 picks
    Missouri - 8 picks
    *Ohio St - 7 picks
    Kansas - 7 picks
    Florida St. - 3 picks
    Duke - 3 picks
    Syracuse - 2 picks
    Baylor - 2 picks

    *my picks
     
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    #5 GuyIncognito, Mar 15, 2012
    Is Babson in the tourney this year?

    :D:D:D
     
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    #6 rob lay, Mar 15, 2012
    just missed it, but football went undefeated! ;)
     
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    #7 GuyIncognito, Mar 15, 2012
    :D

    I don't follow basketball (and haven't done a bracket in years), so I've been surprised at how many people have Mizzou in the final four...are they that good, or is that just a popular underdog pick?
     
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    #8 rob lay, Mar 15, 2012
    Mizzou is pretty good this year, ranked somewhere between 4-8 in rankings. Jennie just wants KU to go farther than MO. :D
     
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    #9 rob lay, Mar 15, 2012
    Wow, Syracuse 1 seed in battle with 16 seed 2nd half, first 16th seed upset ever?
     
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    #10 Chiaro_Slag, Mar 15, 2012
    Syracuse was overrated - easy schedule. After they lost their big man for the tourney, their fate was sealed. If they can get through this game, still think they will lose next game.
     
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    #11 koisokok, Mar 16, 2012
    i hope,i have syracuse losing to kansas st..:0
     
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    #12 rollsorferrari?, Mar 16, 2012
    yeah, norfolk state, :(
     
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    #13 GuyIncognito, Mar 16, 2012
    man, I should have filled out a bracket this year. :(
     
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    #14 tundraphile, Mar 16, 2012
    Mizzou = FAIL :(

    At least I don't have to watch any more games this year.
     
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    #15 GuyIncognito, Mar 16, 2012
    LOL! :(

    watching SLU now, this might be the 2nd of two games I watch this year :eek:
     
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    #16 koisokok, Mar 16, 2012
    well always next year..;(
     
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    #17 wax, Mar 16, 2012
    Gonzaga = my pick until death.
     
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    #18 rollsorferrari?, Mar 16, 2012
    Now I love a good upset, but wow, it really sucks hen its your team, lol. Rick Majerus IIRC has made a championship game appearance - LETS GO SLU! Hopefully next year will be the year a #16 takes down a #1. As long as Mizzou's not that #1.
     
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    #19 ferraripete, Mar 16, 2012
    i think after tonight, there is not a bracket in existance that is still in tact!

    wow...duke? leheigh? really?
     
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    #20 rob lay, Mar 17, 2012
    upsets are fun to pick, but hard to come out ahead overall. I ended up 2-3, which means I would have been better just going straight. :(
     
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    #21 koisokok, Mar 17, 2012
    Agree Rob, last year my upsets came in..this year not so much,..
     
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    #22 ferraripete, Mar 17, 2012
    hard to call the wolfpack win over the aztecs an upset but i understand it from the seeding.

    wolfpack will be very strong next year...3 micky d all americans!!!!
     
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    #25 wax, Mar 23, 2012
    1 NC & 13 Ohio in MW Semi - Gotta hand it to 'em, Bobcats really lived up to their name in the 2nd half. Could have been the Upset of the Tournament. Put it this way, at your friendly local Sportsbook, a win for the Tarheels was -800 yesterday, maybe down to -600 by tipoff.

    Once game went into OT, they lost their mojo, while Tarheels finally loosened up. That Freshman point guard for NC had a hell of a big pair of shoes to fill . . . 1st start of the year . . . in Sweet 16 of all places.
     
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