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Somehow the words "Cinderella" and "Yale" don't really go well together.
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I'm probably repeating an observation made elsewhere, if not here in previous seasons, but the "DON'T BET ON IT - NCAA" emblem that CBS Sports plasters on its brackets is faaaaantastic.
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brian wrote:I'll be a lot more impressed if he ever gets that EMU jersey.
After all his searching, I'm interested in finding out how he got the Edney jersey.

You're also right about Boykins.
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The brothers Miller are laying quite the egg this tournament.
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brian wrote:The brothers Miller are laying quite the egg this tournament.
In fairness, they both got tough matchups - Sean in particular. Wichita State was a top-15 Pomeroy team (#8 now after beating Zona like that). BTW, I've seen a lot of sweaty coaches - Pete Gillen used to coach UVA of course - but Sean turning two different shirts transparent last night was something else.
Totally Kafkaesque
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MTSU's shooting is approaching "hit the reset button" mode.
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Shirley wrote:
brian wrote:The brothers Miller are laying quite the egg this tournament.
In fairness, they both got tough matchups - Sean in particular. Wichita State was a top-15 Pomeroy team (#8 now after beating Zona like that). BTW, I've seen a lot of sweaty coaches - Pete Gillen used to coach UVA of course - but Sean turning two different shirts transparent last night was something else.
They were still both higher seeded and both got run of the gym. It's not like they both lost buzzer beaters or something.
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And boom go the brackets. (Sparty about to lose.) This isn't gonna help Karl's St. Pats hangover.

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brian wrote:
Shirley wrote:
brian wrote:The brothers Miller are laying quite the egg this tournament.
In fairness, they both got tough matchups - Sean in particular. Wichita State was a top-15 Pomeroy team (#8 now after beating Zona like that). BTW, I've seen a lot of sweaty coaches - Pete Gillen used to coach UVA of course - but Sean turning two different shirts transparent last night was something else.
They were still both higher seeded and both got run of the gym. It's not like they both lost buzzer beaters or something.
WSU was favored
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Welp...so much for me winning any money...Sparty was my champ.
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Superjew, taunting (UNC) karma, just re-tweeted this:

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Who has two thumbs and took the Spartans to win it all!

This idiot!

That was the quickest pool exit ever.
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Pruitt wrote:Who has two thumbs and took the Spartans to win it all!

This idiot!

That was the quickest pool exit ever.
Who has two thumbs and was at that game?

That was awesome to see. Middle Tennessee shot the lights out the whole way so you gotta tip your cap to them.
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I only had MSU going to the final eight, so I'm not really that upset about it. Potentially helps me down the road if UVA (my pick to win it all)...well, wins it all.
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Joe K wrote: Who has two thumbs and was at that game?
nice
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howard wrote:
Joe K wrote: Who has two thumbs and was at that game?
nice
That's the great thing about the Tournament. I got tickets for all 4 games in St. Louis today and that was the game I had the lowest expectations for. But it turned out to be a great game and a historic upset.
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Doug Gottlieb's voice really annoys me.
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+1 on having sparty to win it all. Fuck you tom izzo
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I will never forgive Calipari for playing the Harrisons over Ulis and Booker last season. Watching Bronson Koenig struggle to even pass the ball against a crappy Pitt team makes me pretty mad that Calipari didn't exploit the huge potential backcourt mismatches last year.
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this Wisconsin-Pitt game is at one end of a spectrum that has Slamball on the other end and a normal basketball game in the middle.
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I used the second overall pick in my tournament draft to snag Michigan State. Somehow, I ended up with MTSU with the 63rd choice. I'll take the 15 points.
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Should be some good fights on the LIRR after this Notre Dame-Michigan game tonight.
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I've backed way off watching college sports the last few years. So I'm trying to figure which conference for West Virginia. Got it on like my ninth guess. Of course they're in the Big-12, makes perfect sense.

And that master of in-game strategy Huggins just burned his last time out, eight minutes left.
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Stephen Fucking Austin.


(who will be favored in their second round game, if this holds)
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Rex wrote:Stephen Fucking Austin.


(who will be favored in their second round game, if this holds)
They should just go to the Sweet Sixteen right now.
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Tree Trunk City



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Stephen F. Austin State College is not in Austin, TX. Of course not.
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There is no way a guy with Walkup's hairstyle and beard was going to lose in Brooklyn.
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Unless he lost ironically
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DSafetyGuy wrote:There is no way a guy with Walkup's hairstyle and beard was going to lose in Brooklyn.

He's already talking about moving up to New Paltz.
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This tournament is nuts
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Doing some back of the envelope stuff using Pomeroy as a guide, there are 3 teams left in the field that would be favorites over Wichita State in a national championship game (UNC, Virginia, Kentucky). Good seeding.
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Stephen F. Austin's team is called the Lumberjacks? Are there any actual fucking trees in Texas?

Also it's not in Austin?
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SF Austin would be about even in a hypothetical final against UConn, Maryland or Duke, with maybe a little bump for the game being in East Texas.
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Johnny Carwash wrote:Stephen F. Austin's team is called the Lumberjacks? Are there any actual fucking trees in Texas?

Also it's not in Austin?
My dad graduated with a degree in forestry from stephen f. Austin, where he met my mother who was a collegiate volleyball player. Its in nachadoches by the way. I might be spelling that wrong though
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I enjoy the Lundquist-Spanarkel broadcasts, they are my favorite of the bunch. Why no, I am not 70 years old....
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A Matt Ryan doing big things under pressure--this is one crazy March!
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So this kid is named after both Cassius Clay and Walt Hazzard?
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The Fighting Kurt Warners hit a half court shot at the buzzer to advance. And Cincy/St Joes cray finish.
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This picture has everything you could ever want (unless you're from Texas)...
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