Upset picks?

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

I think I'm gonna go with:

-USC beating VCU then Gtown

-Wofford over BYU

-ODU over Butler (not really an upset)

Richmond over Vandy

Missouri over UC

Washington over UNC in the 3rd round

WVU over UK in 3rd

Zags over St Johns

Penn State over Temple

I think Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas State will have some scares but move on...

What do you guys have?

[xu15]

I think I'm gonna go with:

-USC beating VCU then Gtown

-Wofford over BYU

-ODU over Butler (not really an upset)

Richmond over Vandy

Missouri over UC

Washington over UNC in the 3rd round

WVU over UK in 3rd

Zags over St Johns

Penn State over Temple

I think Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas State will have some scares but move on...

What do you guys have?

Same minus USC, WVU, and Penn St. winning.
I have Kansas St. losing though I think.

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

Same minus USC, WVU, and Penn St. winning.
I have Kansas St. losing though I think.

They definitely could...I don't know much about Utah State at all...

[American X]

Fill me in on why USC is so fashionable.

Not sure about UK falling to WVU. Temple has to finally get a win. I like most of the rest of your picks.

Considering Missouri over UConn and Texas A&M over ND.

[Muskied]

I like Xavier over Kansas in round 6....but I'm not sure if that's considered an upset at that point.

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

Fill me in on why USC is so fashionable.

Not sure about UK falling to WVU. Temple has to finally get a win. I like most of the rest of your picks.

Considering Missouri over UConn and Texas A&M over ND.

Good points about USC. Honestly, I don't know why I am picking them now that you mention it. I'm wavering. I think VCU will be extremely tough and if they can get by them, they can beat GTown(Counting on Chris Wright being rusty)

Maybe I should just pick Hampton, Boston U, Arkansas Little Rock, and Alabama State for the final four

[Cincypunk.org]

Upsets in my "real" bracket
Bucknell over UConn
VCU or USC over G-town
Old Dominion over Butler(not really an upset)
Tennessee over Michigan (not really an upset)
Gonzaga over St Johns

Old Dominion over Pitt
Washington over UNC

Old Dominion over Wisconsin

Upsets in my GF's bracket
Georgia over Washington
Utah St. over Kansas St.
Old Dominion over Butler(not really an upset)
Tennessee over Michigan (not really an upset)

St Johns over BYU

[CinciX12]

2nd round games: Nova over George Mason, Richmond over Vandy, ODU over Butler, Utah State over Kansas State, Belmont over Wisconsin, and Michigan State over UCLA.

3rd round games: Temple over San Diego State, St. John's over BYU, and Utah State beats Belmont for a Sweet 16.

[pizza delivery]

Belmont to the Final Four baby!

Also, Utah St. over KSU

Texas A&M over Notre Dame

Richmond over Vandy

USC over Gtown (best d in the country)

SDSU in Final Four with Belmont, OSU and Louisville.

[bourbonman]

Utah St
Richmond

[D-West & PO-Z]

Temple to the sweet 16
Richmond over Vandy
Belmont over Wisconsin
Xavier to the sweet 16

Thought hard about Utah State over Kansas St


First time through I put all 1 seed in final four. Not sure I will keep that. I have never had that. I feel like this year is harder than most. I usually do pretty well, but I have no confidence in my bracket this year.

[Snipe]

I have Utah State in the Elite 8. Perhaps I need to revise my pool before I turn it in.

I really don't know dick about them either. I want an all Mormon regional final.

A lot of people are picking Marquette as an upset special in the media. I look at Temple's Penn State as a 10 seed with envy.

[BENWAR]

I have Utah State in the Elite 8. Perhaps I need to revise my pool before I turn it in.

I really don't know dick about them either. I want an all Mormon regional final.

A lot of people are picking Marquette as an upset special in the media. I look at Temple's Penn State as a 10 seed with envy.

Utah State over Pitt?

Thanks for the donation.

[Snipe]

Who was the pool champ last year in your pool Benwar? Who was the poolchamp on this website?

One and the same!

I am defending my title! Suck that. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. DUH! WINNING!

Charlie Sheen is making my picks this year as you can tell.

I will lay waste to you again.

[ThePowerOfX]

Utah State over Pitt?

Thanks for the donation.

Im a sucker for Utah State, have them in the elite 8, but I actually have ODU beating Pitt...my southeast bracket is an absolute mess...I may miss them all, no joke, and im fine with that

[KabeX]

Belmont Belmont and Belmont. This is perhaps the easiest upset to call in recent years. Of course, all Badger fans are ecstatic on my prediction which almost guarantees they'll move on to round 2. Did I mention I think Belmont gets the W over UW?

[madness31]

I only saw Utah St play once but I was not impressed. Belmont is a reasonable pick as is ODU over Pitt. Butler of course could spoil ODU's hopes as they have been here before. If Akron is hot they could dump ND but it is a long-shot. The USC/VCU game should be a decent indication of how good the PAC 10 and CAA are. I'll submit my brackets after seeing that game. The big 6 are looking good thus far in the NCAA and NIT and C-USA is looking bad. Given the RPI of C-USA it doesn't bode well for the CAA or A-10 but I think UTEP was missing a key player.

[jco17]

Fill me in on why USC is so fashionable.

Not sure about UK falling to WVU. Temple has to finally get a win. I like most of the rest of your picks.

Considering Missouri over UConn and Texas A&M over ND.

I never pick a KO coached team to be a successful tournament team. There's also a ton of distractions going on right now at USC. KO will be fired when their season is over. He was gonna be fired already, but they made it to the play in game. Lots of outside factors going on there and he's very volatile. He couldn't win a tournament game with Chase Budinger, Jerryd Bayless, Nic Wise, Jawaan McClellan, and Jordan Hill as his starters. He also didn't get 20 wins that year with that team either. That's 4 pro's (one overseas Wise) 2 of which were lottery picks (Bayless and Hill) , and 3 were Burger Boys (Jawaan, Bayless, and Budinger). Smart money is always against KO at this time of the year. ;)

[zanesxu]

harvard kids hating...

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704662604576202870213781028-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwNjExNDYyWj.html

stick to founding facebook... good locker room material all the same...

[XULucho27]

harvard kids hating...

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704662604576202870213781028-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwNjExNDYyWj.html

stick to founding facebook... good locker room material all the same...

Christ, it's as if the Big East is the only fucking (sorry mods i'm just very angry) conference in the country.


Ezekowitz said Xavier looks vulnerable primarily because it played a weak schedule. Marquette, meanwhile, forces turnovers, holds onto the ball and survived the brutal Big East.

How'd surviving the brutal Big East work for Pitt last year?

[Snipe]

harvard kids hating...

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704662604576202870213781028-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwNjExNDYyWj.html

stick to founding facebook... good locker room material all the same...

That makes me want to vomit.


John Ezekowitz, a sophomore and HCSAC co-president, completed a model that empirically shows the likelihood of upsets in Thursday's and Friday's games. He found that 11th-seeded Marquette is the low seed with the best chance of advancing to the weekend, giving it a 74.22% chance of knocking off 6th-seeded Xavier.

I really have a love-hate relationship with this time of year. I am in full bi-polar manic mode.

I have been elated with our draw and I am also scared of it at the same time. We lose this game people will pile on and say we suck and our conference sucks and we were overrated. It doesn't matter if you make three Sweet 16s in a row, you are only as good as your last game. Everything comes down to March. Our whole season will be judged by what happens in the next few days. So much is at stake. It is too much.

I love basketball season in November, December, January and February. Come March though I just can't stand the pressure. I think that March is my least favorite month. I could give Gladdenguy a run for his money. They need to lock us up in a padded cell. I just can't take it anymore!

Everyone seems to be picking Marquette. It is driving me crazy. I hate being everyone's favorite upset. If we lose our critics will claim that everyone knew we were overrated. I can't stand it.

Yet they say you need great guards for a deep March run. We have that in Lyons and Holloway. We have great inside play. We have experience in the Dance.

What gets me is that nobody will be surprised if we make it back to the Sweet 16. All these bastards are talking about us as an upset special would be tut tuting a fourth straight Sweet 16 like it was predestined since the beginning of time come Sunday Night.

[XMuskieFTW]

oakland over Texas and then over Zona :)

[Backyard Champ]

UK in the final four

Gonzaga in the sweet 16

Wisconsin in the elite 8- only reason that's an upset, is because everyone has them losing early.

[jco17]

oakland over Texas and then over Zona :)

I don't have Arizona making past the 2nd round and neither should any of you guys. I think Texas beats us by 10 at least.

[QueensbridgeMF]

TX going to the FF seems like a bigger upset than any of the early games I picked, can I trust them/Barnes?

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

I would like to take some time to thank AmericanX for posting this


Fill me in on why USC is so fashionable.

Not sure about UK falling to WVU. Temple has to finally get a win. I like most of the rest of your picks.

Considering Missouri over UConn and Texas A&M over ND.

causing me to second guess myself with USC and therefore picking them/VCU to lose against GTown with Chris Wright

[D-West & PO-Z]

I would like to take some time to thank AmericanX for posting this



causing me to second guess myself with USC and therefore picking them/VCU to lose against GTown with Chris Wright

With that thank you alone, you just sealed VCU's upset of Georgetown. ;)

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

With that thank you alone, you just sealed VCU's upset of Georgetown. ;)

Haha they looked good. I need to go with the opposite of my initial instincts. Like the George Costanza approach.

That means Hampton, Texas San Antonio, Boston U, and UNC Asheville in the final four!

[XU05and07]

I'm thinking that Morehead State has a chance against Louisville

[jco17]

TX going to the FF seems like a bigger upset than any of the early games I picked, can I trust them/Barnes?

I wouldn't pick them to go to the final four, but elite 8 is possible because they got a good draw. I highly doubt they will be able to beat Duke with or without Irving and Duke will have Irving by then.

[jco17]

I'm thinking that Morehead State has a chance against Louisville

Off their home court, they are a vulnerable squad. They don't have as much talent on their squad as Pitino squads usually do. I wouldn't be shocked if Morehead State won, I don't think it will happen though.

[Muskie]

I love the ncaa tourney. First day not even half done and my brackets are toast.

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[Muskie]

Princeton and uk tied with 34 seconds left!

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[XUglow]

3 at the buzzer for the win? 2 seconds to go!

[XU05and07]

Off their home court, they are a vulnerable squad. They don't have as much talent on their squad as Pitino squads usually do. I wouldn't be shocked if Morehead State won, I don't think it will happen though.

We'll see...what time is that game?

[Blueblob4life]

I need a little help here.

I'm a grad student at U of L but I called them losing to Morehead State, though by 5 or 7. I feel dirty, but so happy that I was right about the Big East being overrated, I mea Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith said it on TNT.

Should I feel dirty? Or happy that I was right and the A-10 is also 2-0?

[jco17]

We'll see...what time is that game?

It already happened when I had posted that I think. Lmao. Thankfully, I picked Richmond to go to the Sweet 16 anyway. I was pissed when Butler won the game on that put back. Had ODU losing second round. No real damage to my bracket yet.

[X-band '01]

I love 12-13 matchups.

[Kahns Krazy]

2nd round games: Belmont over Wisconsin,.


Belmont to the Final Four baby!
SDSU in Final Four with Belmont, OSU and Louisville.


Belmont over Wisconsin
.


Belmont Belmont and Belmont. This is perhaps the easiest upset to call in recent years. Of course, all Badger fans are ecstatic on my prediction which almost guarantees they'll move on to round 2. Did I mention I think Belmont gets the W over UW?

Why did I listen to you people?