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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: ReardenSteel on March 16, 2009, 04:46:20 PM
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If you played last year your invite should be on it's way. If not, all CCers are welcome.
Just go to Yahoo Sports and join a private group in the Bracket Challege
Group name is "CC Pick'em". Group ID #134676. Password is "password".
Any questions, just ask here.
Sorry for late notice but fwiw you have 2 days 18 hours and 33 minutes to put together your bracket! :-)
Basketball!!! :cheersmate:
update:
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1?tid=985865
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Thanks for setting it up, RS. I'm in.
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Well? Go on then. Join up ya slugs.
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Thanks for setting it up, RS. I'm in.
Well. That's twice as many players now! :-)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjbpABjDDA[/youtube]
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Make that three. I've got to fill out my brackets for the pools I'll be in, so I'll officially sign up then, but that day will be today--this evening.
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I signed up, and picked my brackets the same way i bet on horse races....eenie meenie miney moe!
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I signed up, and picked my brackets the same way i bet on horse races....eenie meenie miney moe!
I base my picks on who has the cutest mascot.
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Done.
This year is going to be tough. Too many games can go either way.
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This year is going to be tough. Too many games can go either way.
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Ain't that the truth!
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Welcome all, glad to have you in. Tons of fun and great games await us.
Good luck everyone, I hope you all get almost as many right as me.
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I'm in but can't select. :banghead: I get a page saying select team, but the grid is blank.
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I'm in but can't select. :banghead: I get a page saying select team, but the grid is blank.
There's 4 pages with each region represented, one page with the semis and finals, and one page showing the whole bracket.
So you're saying on the far side of the grid where the teams are listed, you're getting no teams showing up?
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There's 4 pages with each region represented, one page with the semis and finals, and one page showing the whole bracket.
So you're saying on the far side of the grid where the teams are listed, you're getting no teams showing up?
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That is correct. It's blank under the headers.
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All is OK. I restarted my computer. It reset something in the innards. :cheersmate:
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I picked North Dakota St. to win it all.
Y'all are going down! :evillaugh:
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Done. And no, I didn't sign up for the million bucks. I don't need telemarketers calling me day and night.
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I picked North Dakota St. to win it all.
Y'all are going down! :evillaugh:
Suuuuuure you did. :bird:
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Suuuuuure you did. :bird:
I love you too. :evillaugh: :-)
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I love you too. :evillaugh: :-)
I can C&P my bracket.
Show me yours and I'll show you mine. :innocent:
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Rough day one por moi. :rotf:
Disaster if 'Nova gets upset (or Gonzaga)
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Rough day one por moi. :rotf:
Disaster if 'Nova gets upset (or Gonzaga)
Right now, it looks as if 'Nova's gonna skate. Gonzaga is neck-and-neck.
I could use Clemson to come alive vs. Michigan.
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Right now, it looks as if 'Nova's gonna skate. Gonzaga is neck-and-neck.
I could use Clemson to come alive vs. Michigan.
Yup-ers
Nova was down 14 points a bit there. Zaga is pulling away nicely. (which is nice as I have them knocking off NC, lol)
I picked Michigan to win then switched it to Clemson on the basis of one article about cinderella possibilities. :beer:
On edit:
I had that bass-ackwards. I was thinking of Minnesota Texas. iow, I got them both wrong. (picked the wrong Big 10 upset) :lmao:
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14 of 16 so far. Fracking Illinois. And I had them in the Sweet 16.
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14 of 16 so far. Fracking Illinois. And I had them in the Sweet 16.
Pull for me. :-) I have Texas to upset Duke and go to the final 4.
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Aggies are going all the way!
Hey, I can dream, right? :-)
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I had Tennessee over Oklahoma State. Not happy right now. :banghead:
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I had Tennessee over Oklahoma State. Not happy right now. :banghead:
Hell. I'm from Tennessee and here right now and picked them to lose.
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Hell. I'm from Tennessee and here right now and picked them to lose.
But, I did pick Dayton over West Virginia. I just had this feeling about them.
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But, I did pick Dayton over West Virginia. I just had this feeling about them.
I picked Dayton in my other pool. I thought I had them here. Who changed my grid? :hammer: :banghead: :-)
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[youtube=425,350]gDOZ4weUxXg[/youtube]
Son of a bitch uncorks a seoi-nage on Griffin. Bastard should be banned from college athletics.
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[youtube=425,350]gDOZ4weUxXg[/youtube]
Son of a bitch uncorks a seoi-nage on Griffin. Bastard should be banned from college athletics.
I think that would fall under the definition of a "flagrant technical foul," don't you?
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I think that would fall under the definition of a "flagrant technical foul," don't you?
It was and he was ejected. He needs to lose any eligibility.
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I got 19/24...is that any good? LOL
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Tied for first place....Yeehaw :beer: :tongue: :-)
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Did anyone have Cleveland State over Wake Forest?
Schools from NY seem to have this thing with overtime games--Siena went to 2 OTs to beat Ohio State. I picked OSU, chiefly because I felt their athleticism would win the day, but I'm happy with losing that one. Even though I have Louisville winning it all, I'd be happy as all Hell to see Siena go to the Sweet 16.
Tuck, I knew that he was ejected. That video should be shown at referee's clinics all over the country.
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****ING ACC PUKES!!!!
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Before you get mad at the ACC, you saw what Coach K said about the Obamessiah? Something to the effect of, "He should be spending less time on his brackets and more time on the economy." Coach K was a tanker after he graduated from West Point, and even though I tend towards Carolina in that rivalry, my respect for him just went waaaay up.
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I know what Coack K said. I'm also a total homer for ACC basketball, having gone to GT.
Florida State was overranked, IMO, but Wake should NOT have lost that game. Not to Cleveland Friggin State.
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Well I moved out of last place in a hurry. I guess anything can happen in bracketology. :cheersmate:
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/134676
There have been some really great games so far, what a great weekend for bball.
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Good article on the Zag's...
http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/11542904
North Carolina is loaded, and North Carolina is classy, and that's all there is to say about that.
But Gonzaga is better.
Or at least, I hope Gonzaga is better.
Don't you? Come on now. Not including the legions of UNC fans out there, aren't you ready for Gonzaga to make some real noise in the NCAA tournament? The Zags burst onto the scene in 1999, reaching the Elite Eight while the rest of the country was learning the school pronounced itself Gun-ZAG-uh, as opposed to Gon-ZAW-guh. Or maybe that was just me. It took Richie Frahm and Casey Calvary and F.P. Matt Santangelo for me to learn how to say that damn word "Gonzaga."
Anyway, the Zags burst onto the NCAA tournament scene in 1999 ... and haven't done much since. They've been to the tournament every year since then, but in those nine appearances the Zags have won a grand total of nine games. No regional finals since the first one in 1999, and this is a program that has had great talent: Dan Dickau, Ronny Turiaf, Blake Stepp, J.P. Batista, Adam Morrison, Derek Raivio. I could go on. Not far enough to include David Pendergraft, but still. I could go on.
Bring on the march to the final four! Can't wait for the games to begin again. :-)
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Gonna be a fun weekend, that's for sure.
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Mizzou vs. Memphis should be track meet. I am glad I am in the Big 12 coverage region.
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Purdue off to a rough start. Can't buy a basket. :(
Xavier giving Pitt all they can handle. :-)
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What a great game. I feel sorry for the chumps who have to watch Duke vs. Villanova.
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What a great game. I feel sorry for the chumps who have to watch Duke vs. Villanova.
This is great stuff.
Unfortunatly the two games I wanted to watch most today were both on early but this game is a blessing in disguise. Xavier sure gave Pitt a hellofa game. Wish they had pulled it out like I predicted. :(
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This is great stuff.
Unfortunatly the two games I wanted to watch most today were both on early but this game is a blessing in disguise. Xavier sure gave Pitt a hellofa game. Wish they had pulled it out like I predicted. :(
Hello! I seem to be lost. Is this the mens therad?
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3/4 court swish at the buzzer!
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Hello! I seem to be lost. Is this the mens therad?
Not at all. Women are welcome to bring us beers as we lounge in front of the game. :tongue:
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Not at all. Women are welcome to bring us beers as we lounge in front of the game. :tongue:
and don't forget the sammiches! What will you have love?
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3/4 court swish at the buzzer!
I believe we are watching basketball or a gay pride parade.... :naughty:
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I believe we are watching basketball or a gay pride parade.... :naughty:
College basketball tournament.
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and don't forget the sammiches! What will you have love?
I'm a bit stuffed still but you can sit in my lap and feed me cookies. :p
(watch this be the first sports thread to be taken to NSFW) :lmao:
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College basketball tournament.
THE college basketball tourney of all tourneys. :cheersmate:
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and don't forget the sammiches! What will you have love?
We need more BeerNuts too. :-)
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I'm a bit stuffed still but you can sit in my lap and feed me cookies. :p
(watch this be the first sports thread to be taken to NSFW) :lmao:
I would never dream of doing that.
So .... :naughty:
Just kidding, I need to go to bed. Niters, have fun watching the tourney.
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OK, well I definately didn't see Mizzou and Villanova getting this far, moreso Mizzou (even though they won the Big 12 tourney).
Picks this years are a mess.
Tourney is great!! And that's what counts. :cheersmate:
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Seven of my Elite Eight teams made it in. Look out, cclan! I'm gaining on you.
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That explosion you just heard was my bracket imploding.
Thanks, Louisville.
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That explosion you just heard was my bracket imploding.
Thanks, Louisville.
I'm done, too. :bawl:
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Ouch! Mine, too.
With the remaining teams, I'll have to go with Carolina winning it all. They can play defense, have a good inside game, can hit the 3, and can explode on offense at any time.
I think Carolina will take Villanova pretty easily (all things considered). Villanova has done well so far, but they're playing over their heads and it's got to end at some point. The better game in the semi's will IMO be the Mich St - UConn game. I'll go with Mich St. having the home crowd (Detroit) with their ability to match up against a very physical UConn inside and a better outside game. Both play good D. Besides, Mich St. wants another match-up with Carolina after losing to them in the same arena just a few months ago, so that's added incentive.
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Ouch! Mine, too.
With the remaining teams, I'll have to go with Carolina winning it all. They can play defense, have a good inside game, can hit the 3, and can explode on offense at any time.
I think Carolina will take Villanova pretty easily (all things considered). Villanova has done well so far, but they're playing over their heads and it's got to end at some point. The better game in the semi's will IMO be the Mich St - UConn game. I'll go with Mich St. having the home crowd (Detroit) with their ability to match up against a very physical UConn inside and a better outside game. Both play good D. Besides, Mich St. wants another match-up with Carolina after losing to them in the same arena just a few months ago, so that's added incentive.
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I've got to disagree with you about MSU-UConn. Remember that UConn was one of the teams that MSU looked to for inspiration in beating Louisville--they looked at the Louisville-UConn game tapes (it was at Louisville). If you think that Jim Calhoun isn't going to have his team up for that game, well, a urinalysis test is in order. Having said that, and with Villanova against UNC in the other game, I wouldn't be surprised to see both games go OT. And after watching UNC take care of Oklahoma, and only getting eight points from Tyler Hansbrough in the process, I hate to say this, but the Obamessiah just might be right about something after all.
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Oy veh what a weekend. I watched 3 teams I picked for the final 4 win in some great games then the 4th team, whom I picked to win it all, came out and laid a big ol' egg. :rotf:
I may have moved from last place to first place just to fall to the middle of the pack depending on how the final 4 shakes out. Oh well, as someone said before, it's been a great tournament and that's what matters most. (that and beating Obama's bracket LOL) A UConn win is the only way for me to get any more Pick'em points but I think I'll have to root for MSU from here on out. (no matter what happens those poor bastards still have to live in Michigan after all)
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Okay, it's probably going to be down to the University of Connecticut and the University of North Carolina.
I'm not a basketball fan, so I have to use my usual criteria.
Tradition trumps what's hip, what's cool, what's trendy, what's with it.
North Carolina has long-standing tradition in college basketball.
So.....GO NORTH CAROLINA!
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I don't want to jinx them but MSU is really rolling here in the second half. C'mon guys! lol
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Well they did it. MSU put the kibosh on a very good UConn team in a darn good game. (and kept me from getting any more points in the pick'em challenge, LOL)
Ready for some Nova v North Carolina action. I'd be happy to see the last #1 seed fall but that's a tall order. Hope it's a really good game anyway.
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Well, now that Michigan State University unexpectedly defeated the University of Connecticut, I'm in a quandary here.
I favor the team with tradition.
Now we got two with tradition, the University of North Carolina and Michigan State University.
Failing "tradition" (in this case both teams being equal), I then default to "geography."
GO.....Michigan State!
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Go 'Heels!
That is all.
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Go 'Heels!
That is all.
Nooooooo!
Good luck, Sparky. :-)
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Nooooooo!
Good luck, Sparky. :-)
H5 there. :cheersmate:
They need all the help they can get so I hope the home crowd gives them a little pick-up. THIS IS SPARTA!!!! :lmao:
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H5 there. :cheersmate:
They need all the help they can get so I hope the home crowd gives them a little pick-up. THIS IS SPARTA!!!! :lmao:
This is all the "pick me up" I'll ever need until the night I dine in hell...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReMfvamQ28[/youtube]
You see, old friend? I brought more soldiers than you did.
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I've got to disagree with you about MSU-UConn. Remember that UConn was one of the teams that MSU looked to for inspiration in beating Louisville--they looked at the Louisville-UConn game tapes (it was at Louisville). If you think that Jim Calhoun isn't going to have his team up for that game, well, a urinalysis test is in order.
You were saying.... :-)
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Looks like if Carolina wins then Spark takes it, otherwise Jen wins.
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Congrats to NHSparky for winning the 2009 CC Bracket Challenge!! This year was a real difficult task. Now if you can only transfer that type of picking to the stock market. :bow:
Also congrats to cclanofirish for picking the most winning games (47 of 63), which is no easy task. :thumbs:
And a special Thank You goes out to ReardenSteel for setting up the CC tourney bracket for those who participated. We all appreciate it very much. :cheersmate:
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I see that I've already been bitch-slapped in honor of my victory. It's a privilege, lemme tell ya.
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Congrats, Sparky!
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Congratulations, Sparky. My bracket took a nosedive after the first weekend of games.
Thanks to RS for setting this deal on up!
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H5 and congrats for the big winner. Thanks all, it was a blast as always.
Even though my bracket had so many red marks it looked like my 6th grade algebra final, I had fun.