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« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2004, 08:59:24 AM »
I watched a little bit of the New Orleans - Louisiana Lafayette game last night.  I'm not sure who won, but either of those teams could be dangerous in the first round.
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« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2004, 08:59:24 AM »
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« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2004, 04:13:56 PM »
Impressive win by a hobbled UConn in the Big East finals.  I still can't believe that Maryland won the ACC tourney, though.
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« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2004, 07:43:12 PM »
I just filled out my brackets, and I'm not crazy about the results.  I may give it another go.

What I have right now is a final four of Kentucky, Pitt (in the weakest region), Texas (I think they can beat Duke, but the final being in Atlanta won't help) and UConn, with UConn beating Kentucky in the final.  The toughest game of the tournament could be a Stanford/UConn regional final in Phoenix.  

For what it's worth, the other two teams I have in the Elite Eight are Gonzaga (in a ridiculously easy bracket) and WAke Forest.  I don't think St. Joe's deserved a number one seed and have them bowing out in the second round to the Texas Tech/UNCC winner (I have UNCC, but that's based mostly on my feelings about Bobby Knight).

Duke has the toughest road, having to beat the Seton Hall/Arizona winner (I have Arizona in a blowout), and Illinois (or Cincy) just to get to the round of eight.  They will be playing in a friendly arena if they make the sweet sixteen though.  

But overall I'm not happy with my bracket.  Not enough first round upsets.  The four teams I think are the strongest being on the same side of the draw.
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« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2004, 09:53:57 PM »
I haven't filled out my brackets yet, but because Duke's bracket is so good, I am not sure that they will make it to the final four.  And Saint Joes should NOT have been a 1 seed.  That should have gone to the Oklahoma State Cowboys.  They got ripped off!

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« Reply #19 on: March 14, 2004, 10:13:40 PM »
Okay,

I just filled out my brackets.  My final four includes:

Mississippi State
Conneticut
Kentucky
Oklahoma State

(Thats three 2 seeds and 1 1 seed making it to the final four).

I have Oklahoma State playing Conneticut in the finall game, with UCONN winning by 5.  (Even though my heart tells me to go with OSU).

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« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2004, 04:53:35 AM »
[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (spurly @ Mar. 10 2004,00:32)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]:announceit: Are there any volunteers from GCM to set up a bracket for us all to participate in at ESPN.COM ? If we win, by the way, we do get a pretty big prize.

Kevin[/quote]
Kevin, and others,

I have created a group in the ESPN Tournament Challenge for us to participate in, like we did last year.

To get to the ESPN TC page, use this link:

ESPN TC

You will need to register for a free ESPN account in order to play, or use yours from last year if you remember it.

Once you've registered, simply follow the instructions to enter the challenge and to add your entry to our group.

The name of our group is GCMagazine

This is a private group for those of us the visit the message board here, so you will also need to enter the group password (passion) to join the group.

I believe all entries need to be in by tip-off of the first game on Thursday - you don't have to pick the winner of the play-in game, just the winners of the remaining 63 games (not too hard, is it?).

Good luck to everyone, and may the best duck win.

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« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2004, 01:03:35 PM »
Duckman

Way to go!!!  I'll be playing.

By the way, how 'bout those TERPS!!!!  ACC CHAMPS!! Who woulda thunk it??

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« Reply #22 on: March 15, 2004, 01:22:57 PM »
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I couldn't find the group under GCMagazine.  Can you help?

Steve.
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« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2004, 01:50:10 PM »
Considering I am a Kentuckian by birth.

I think you all know who I'm gunning for in the NCAA Tourney (no not U of Smell!)



My picks for the final four:  

UK
Oklahoma St.
Uconn
Texas/Duke (I can't hardly put Dook/Puke in the final four!!!!)
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« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2004, 05:00:05 PM »
The group has now been created at ESPN.COM.  GCMagazine is the name of the group.  The password is Passion.

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« Reply #25 on: March 15, 2004, 05:31:13 PM »
[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (marc @ Mar. 14 2004,7:43)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--] I don't think St. Joe's deserved a number one seed and have them bowing out in the second round to the Texas Tech/UNCC winner (I have UNCC, but that's based mostly on my feelings about Bobby Knight).[/quote]
Half right, Marc,

Tech knocks off St. Joe's on the way to a surprise Final 4 appearance.   RAIDER POWER.
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« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2004, 04:59:36 AM »
[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (segell @ Mar. 15 2004,2:22)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]Duckman

I couldn't find the group under GCMagazine.  Can you help?

Steve.[/quote]
Steve,

I'm not sure why you might have had a problem.  I noticed this morning that the group exists, and I also see a post in here from Kevin mentioning the group.  When I looked at the group this morning on ESPN, it lists Kevin as the group creator, which surprised me, as I did create it yesterday morning.  Could be that something went wrong, and Kevin recreated it after you had gone to look for it.

However, in case you are having troubles, once you create an entry in the challenge (by the way, you don't even have to make picks yet, just create the entry, or just pick quickly and go back and make adjustments if you need to) you should see an option on the screen to Create or Join a Group.  Once you click that, you will see a box in which to do a search by Group Name.

Enter GCMagazine (case is not important) there, and you will find the group.  Just follow the prompts to join the group (including the password Passion).

Best of luck - if you are still having problems, let me know.

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« Reply #27 on: March 16, 2004, 07:18:28 AM »
Please note, the password is case sensitive.  I think it is all small letters, if that doesn't work use a capital "P".

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« Reply #28 on: March 19, 2004, 08:48:41 AM »
[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (boringoldguy @ Mar. 15 2004,5:31)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--][!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote [/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--] I don't think St. Joe's deserved a number one seed and have them bowing out in the second round to the Texas Tech/UNCC winner (I have UNCC, but that's based mostly on my feelings about Bobby Knight).[/quote]
Half right, Marc,

Tech knocks off St. Joe's on the way to a surprise Final 4 appearance.   RAIDER POWER.[/quote]
Okay Marc,

Let's see if your prediction was right.
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« Reply #29 on: March 19, 2004, 09:14:32 AM »
Hey, I've been away from my computer since last week, so I think I missed the opportunity to fill out brackets with everyone.  However, here's my Final Four:

Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Duke
UConn

I have the classic matchup in the final:  Kentucky v Duke.  And Kentucky wins!

I went 11-5 Thursday.  Not great.  My big first round upset was Valpo over Gonzaga, and that didn't happen!  No real upsets on tap today, unless you consider a 10 seed (Louisville) beating a 7 seed (Xavier) an upset.

Peace.
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