NCAA Final Four

spurly · Mon Feb 09, 2004 - 21:33:07

Yep, most conference seasons are 1/2 way over. So here's my question - what are your final four picks. Here are mine:

Duke
Oklahoma State
Stanford
Conneticut

What say you?

Kevin

Mere Nick · Tue Feb 10, 2004 - 08:34:20

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (spurly @ Feb. 09 2004,9:33)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]Yep, most conference seasons are 1/2 way over. So here's my question - what are your final four picks. Here are mine:

Duke
Oklahoma State
Stanford
Conneticut

What say you?

Kevin[/quote]
I doubt it will be bracketed to work out this way, but I'd like:

Duke
Carolina
NC State
Wake

With Duke winning the championship.

Nick

coachk · Tue Feb 10, 2004 - 14:01:44

Duke
Oklahoma State
Louisville
Mississippi State

with Duke winning it all :thumbup:

Mere Nick · Tue Feb 10, 2004 - 16:38:04

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (coachk @ Feb. 10 2004,2:01)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]Duke
Oklahoma State
Louisville
Mississippi State

with Duke winning it all :thumbup:

[/quote]
You go, Coach K!

My nephew showed me some pictures taken of you with his family there on campus a couple of years back. A fine man you are for encouraging him in his career as a naval officer.

Win the belts in March!

Nick

marc · Tue Feb 10, 2004 - 20:49:50

UConn
Louisville
Stanford
Duke

Connecticut wins it all. The Notre Dame loss is a speed bump, but they have by far impressed me more than any team I have seen play this year. They're a well-coached team with two Player-of-the-Year finalists and a freshman just now moving into the starting lineup who may be the best player on the team.

Of the rest, I like Stanford.

admin · Fri Mar 05, 2004 - 10:47:44

How about that Alabama Crimson Tide finishing strong. But Mississippi St. lies ahead. Can we beat them twice?

Lee

Son of a Preacher Man · Fri Mar 05, 2004 - 15:32:10

I predict that once I again, I will not be there to see the final four. More's the pity.

Oh, I further predict that Texas won't get back there again this year.

If only Ford had stayed one more year!!!

WHAAAA!!!!!

Bon Voyage · Sun Mar 07, 2004 - 08:57:31

San Jose State
Dartmouth
Texas A&M
Clemson

spurly · Sun Mar 07, 2004 - 21:33:10

My predictions, they are a changing. I hope you all don't mind. Here's my predictions before I see the brackets and see who will have to play whom to get to the final four. (I will probably post a new final four next week after I actually see the bracket).

As of 3-7-2004, my final four:

Oklahoma State
St. Joseph's
North Carolina
Duke

spurly · Sun Mar 07, 2004 - 21:34:30

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (JerryBrooke @ Mar. 07 2004,08:57)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]San Jose State
Dartmouth
Texas A&M
Clemson[/quote]
I love my A&M Aggies, but unless you are talking about the final four of the worst teams in College Hoops, they won't make it.

Kevin

marc · Sun Mar 07, 2004 - 21:39:15

Go St. John's :clap: At least the four of you who are left on the team. . . .

Tue Mar 09, 2004 - 16:33:35

My Final Four:

Duke
Mississippi State
Kentucky
UConn

A few thoughts...

I think Kentucky, though not the great team it has been in years past, is just too dangerous at tournament time. I would not be surprised to Kentucky playing for a national championship. Hey, I picked Syracuse as national champion last year when the brackets were announced, and my co-workers thought I was a nut!

I think St. Joseph's will falter when faced with real competition. I would be surprised if they make the Sweet 16.

Teams to watch out for...

Several from Conference USA: My Memphis Tigers can beat any given team on any given night if they bring their "game." Cincinnati and Louisville are good, but they have been better. Watch out for UAB; they came out of nowhere to have a great season, and their RPI has consistently been in the mid-20s to mid-30s. I would not want to play them in the first or second rounds. Same for DePaul.

Southeastern Conference: Alabama could easily sail past the first couple of rounds and scare the heck out of some folks. If Vanderbilt somehow manages to get in, I sure wouldn't want to play them.

ACC: I like Georgia Tech a ton. I was tempted to pick them for the Final Four.

My Cinderella team is East Tennessee State. I saw them a couple of times this year, and they can be just absolutely dominating. If they are a 10 seed or better, they could wind up in the Sweet 16. And as North Carolina knows, Murray State is not fun to play in the first round.

Peace.

Bon Voyage · Tue Mar 09, 2004 - 17:48:30

I miss football.

spurly · Tue Mar 09, 2004 - 23:32:14

: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

spurly · Tue Mar 09, 2004 - 23:34:18

Have any of you all been watching the mid major conference's championship games on ESPN and ESPN 2 this week? Looks like there could be some upsets. I'm really glad Homer Drew got the Crusaders back to the dance! :clap:

Wed Mar 10, 2004 - 08:59:24

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.

marc · Sun Mar 14, 2004 - 16:13:56

Impressive win by a hobbled UConn in the Big East finals. I still can't believe that Maryland won the ACC tourney, though.

marc · Sun Mar 14, 2004 - 19:43:12

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.

spurly · Sun Mar 14, 2004 - 21:53:57

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!

Kevin

spurly · Sun Mar 14, 2004 - 22:13:40

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).

Kevin

duckman · Mon Mar 15, 2004 - 04:53:35

[!--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.

Duckman

segell · Mon Mar 15, 2004 - 13:03:35

Duckman

Way to go!!! I'll be playing.

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

Steve

segell · Mon Mar 15, 2004 - 13:22:57

Duckman

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

Steve.

Cliftyman · Mon Mar 15, 2004 - 13:50:10

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!!!!)

spurly · Mon Mar 15, 2004 - 17:00:05

The group has now been created at ESPN.COM. GCMagazine is the name of the group. The password is Passion.

Kevin

boringoldguy · Mon Mar 15, 2004 - 17:31:13

[!--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.

duckman · Tue Mar 16, 2004 - 04:59:36

[!--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.

Duckman

spurly · Tue Mar 16, 2004 - 07:18:28

Please note, the password is case sensitive. I think it is all small letters, if that doesn't work use a capital "P".

Kevin

boringoldguy · Fri Mar 19, 2004 - 08:48:41

[!--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.

Fri Mar 19, 2004 - 09:14:32

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.

Mere Nick · Sat Mar 20, 2004 - 09:43:02

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (slu_magoo @ Mar. 19 2004,09:14)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]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.[/quote]
From reading your political posts and now reading that you are for Kentucky over Duke, I can only draw the conclusion that you are a card-carrying member of the communist party!

GO DUKE!!!!

Nick

admin · Sun Mar 21, 2004 - 11:14:37

Roll Tide!!!

Any comments on their surprizing performance so far?

:clap:

marc · Sun Mar 21, 2004 - 17:16:36

You'd probably get a more enthusiastic response if they weren't causing people to tear their brackets into tiny shreds.

Not that they're the only ones (sue, I picked Vandy to make the Sweet Sixteen :frowning: ). . . .

marc · Sun Mar 21, 2004 - 18:08:19

And now UAB beats Kentucky. :help: C'mon' let's get serious folks! I feel like I did a few years back when the Patriots beat the Rams in the Super Bowl; okay, that was a nice practice; now let's have the real gme! :doh:

spurly · Sun Mar 21, 2004 - 19:18:37

Okay, two of my final four (UK and Mississippi State) are gone. But my two picks for the final game (Oklahoma State and Conneticut) are still rolling. My brackets are ruined, so from now on I will just cheer for the big twelve. By the way, don't look now, but the Big 12 has 3 teams in the top 16 (the same as the ACC and Big East, 1 more than the SEC, 1 more than the Atlantic 10, 3 more than the Pac-10, and 2 more than conference USA).

Speaking of that, let's look at some conference records. The best I can tell, here's how it breaks down.

Big 12: 7-1
ACC: 9-3
Big East: 8-3
SEC: 6-4
PAC 10: 1-3
Atlantic 10: 4-2
C-USA: 5-5
Big 10: 3-2

:announceit: Looks like the Big 12 may have been better than people thought.

Kevin

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