Hawks Coach, You've got a great chance. It's 70-68 MD leading with 5:30 to play.

86-83 MD wins.

[Edited by Nevadaref on Mar 18th, 2004 at 01:55 PM]

I said for this tournament, same as before ACC. MD can go deep, or die early. I went with them, then switched at last minute (what do they say about going with your gut?). Guess I picked wrong.

Oh well, I also made last minute switch from Manhattan to Florida (at exactly 11:45 EST today, same time I flipped to picking against UMD) - I never liked Billy Donovan anyway :)

TALK ABOUT RIDING THE FENCE. :D

I am sitting smack dab center of the fence on half the games in the tournament anymore. It used to be that a top seed could count on two pretty easy games - doesn't seem like that anymore. Top 40 teams, anybody can win at any time. Some are better bets than others, but anything can hppen when they toss it up.

6 for 6 so far. Doesn't that mean I'm tied for #1 in the country? Probably just jinxed myself for the rest of the night.

Picked the Manhattan upset correctly.

Along those lines, mick couldn't access the bracket, so he sent me his picks to insert last night. This morning, he emails me with one change. Manhattan over Florida.

Pretty good change! ;)

Oh! And the ACC is 2-0, although they both had to fight for their lives. Hopefully, we'll be 4-0 come tomorrow morning. :)

[Edited by BktBallRef on Mar 18th, 2004 at 05:21 PM]

I just realized I went all higher seeds in the first eight games. And to think I was cool with going 7-1. I have Dayton and Arizona tonight in "upsets."

--Rich

I could care less if I miss all the rest of the picks, NEVADA WON!!!!!!!!!!

Oh YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!

Take that Big 10.

Somehow, I expected this post. :)

More to the point. . .
 

MSU came up short again against an NCAA tournament team - that closes them out at 2-9 for the year against Big Dance partners, with losses at home, road, and neutral court.

Big Ten Postseason 1-3 (with 2 first round NIT losses)
ACC 4-0

Boy, it's obvious the Big Ten got hosed this year.

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<b>Michigan State</b>

We only get one shot every 20 years. I've got to be happy when we take advantage of it. :)

Two observations about Carolina-Air Force

#1 - Games at 8 sites and we get stuck with Packer.

#2 - If the Heels could hit layups, they'd be up 10. If Sean May could hit layups, he'd be unstoppable.

Hope they come out with a little more fire.

Re: More to the point. . .
 

Who cares about the NotInTourney? Let's not even count that.

Wake sneaks by a 13 seed by 1 point. Maryland squeaks by 13-seed UTEP by 3. Duke played some high school team from Alabama. UNC is having all it can handle from Air Force. You can't possibly think the ACC has been all that impressive today.

"Survive and advance." Jimmy Valvano

Sure, sure. The only team that will do that is probably Duke, but I hope Wake slides through since I picked them in that region.

Nevada played big in the second half. Loved Manhattan earlier today. Expecting more from Valpo. Great to see Izzo whine and lose.

I geeked out and bought the NCAA package on the dish, so I've been able to pick my game and switch around. Work from home, so I've been able to catch more than usual, although I got busy and missed most of the second block of games. Boys HS State tourney is on TV, too, but I'm only watching bits of that.

--Rich