Well, it's been a great first day, eh Chuck?!? :D

California left a mark.

My 12 v. 5 upsets haven't worked out. Of course, one would have if the kid from WI-Milwaukee could shoot a lay-up!! :(

Poor kid, I know he's got the weight of the world on his shoulders after missing 2 easy ones in the last minute.

That'll replay in his mind for years. That's a rough one.
I'm really glad Tulsa quit shooting 66% and Dayton quit shooting 35%

You have this link?
http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/scoreboard

Stan is a dork.

Wha??

Any special reason that you decided to share that with us,mick?:D

Hey, thanks mick, that is a great link.

In the immortal words of the Chairman of the Board, as seen on "The Sinatra Group" (on SNL): "Blah, blah, blah! Ya had me, then ya lost me!"

Chuck

The only game our esteemed member from Lower Michigan kicked was Arizona State beating Memphis.
He was 15 of 16 and is currently Top Dog in our StripesRus tournament group.

Do I detect a little jealousy over my astute picks? Go Chippewas! (even though I can't see them beating Duke)

Nice work Stan - ya big dork! :)

Hey, here's a stupid question (I know, there are no stupid questions, just stoopid people) - how do you change the word "ENTRY" to something else? For instance Chuck's says something like "I wanna ref, not watch"...at 24% right he aint much of a watcher, is he? :)

Good Grief
 

I agree, that is a fairly unimaginative choice.

Open your bracket and click on "Change Entry Name."

I hope you can pull it off! :rolleyes:

Speaking of Chuck's entry, I've been doing some research and have just discovered he has been mathematically eliminated from winning ;)

Re: Good Grief
 

Hey, someone's gotta be at the bottom of the class...we hold up the guys like Stan! :)

You folks can surely make me laugh aloud sometimes.
Thanks. :)

Yeah, devdog69.
I need a life, also.

Ah, now I understand. I hadn't even checked the standings. I'm only 50 points back. I made fairly aggressive picks in the 5/12 and 6/11 matchups. Oh well. Plus the Salukis got screwed on a horrible blocking call. They should've gotten the ball back with a chance to win that game. Oh well.

At least my South bracket is still intact!

Chuck

Helloooooo up there.........

Greetings from the bottom.......

I like Chuck's attitude, I'm only 50 points out of the lead!

I'll get it all back when my 5 and 6 seeds make the Final Four!

Typical fan! :D

Quote:

At least my South bracket is still intact!

Ah, Chuck, they've only played two games in the South. :)

The frustrating thing in all this is that my computer at home is currently in need of repair - something about my 9 year old son and a can of pop, but I'm still not clear on all the details - and being a teacher, my computer at work blocks access to all "games and contests" - so while Chuck may be getting his BoSox a$$ kicked right now, at least he is in the game...sigh...

As a guest to this side of the board, hung up my whistle 10 years ago, I was just being polite and giving everyone a head start on me. Yeah, that's it, I was just being polite, sure, they'll believe that, wait, did I just say that out loud? Shoot.

Oops, sorry to hear about your kid breaking your home computer. A couple of yrs ago my younger son downloaded some game software or something and it hung the computer big time. Had to reformat the hard drive, I lost lots of important stuff and useless stuff - pictures, tax info, my recipes for boiling water...but look at the bright side: since your kid is only 9 you'll have plenty of time to get him back! :D

Of course I was just kidding Chuck, I have no idea. It actually looks like Wake Forest could carry you far. As far as that charge, errr block call in the Missouri/S.Illinois game...OMG I am a Missouri fan all the way, but even I didn't want to see the game decided by a call like that, it was a charge all the way.

Probably so. But did you see the call? I was watching it live and said out loud "Offensive!" The official came out with a block and I said "Really?" After watching it again, I think if it was anything, it was a PC. Very tough call, in a very critical situation.

Chuck

As I just posted above, Dev, I agree. I don't like to bash the guys on TV; they're there for a reason. But even at real speed, it didn't even seem close to me. I wonder how he and the crew felt about it after the game.

Chuck

I know how I would have felt about it after the game, I would have lost my lunch in the toilet. You are right, they deserve to be there and I thought called a good game up until then, but nobody will remember any of it except that last call. The only thing that gave him any out was that the Salukis got a good luck at a three to win the game despite that. I feel for him but I am quite certain he will be watching with the rest of us from now on :(

Every time I ask him what happened, he starts crying...what a wimp! :) Not really worried about it - gives me an excuse to get a new one...and to devdog and Chuck, I think there will be quite a few officials watching after yesterday...did anyone see the game where - with 34 seconds left - Burr was at the table for a really looonnnggg time looking at the monitor - the tv went to commercial and I had to go to class and missed what that was all about...seemed really strange...


[Edited by rockyroad on Mar 21st, 2003 at 11:25 AM]

Hey, kid -- quit acting like a 9-yr-old!!

He was checking to see if the shot had hit the rim, hence, as shot clock reset. It did barely glance the rim and they reset the shot clock from :19 to turning it off since there were only :34 left in the game, so it was a significant correction. It took the guys announcing a little bit to figure out why he was looking.

Got it...thanks devdog. I wondered at the time if that was what it was all about, but the tv guys confused me...that's what I get for listening to them!!

Yes, the announcers were trying to figure out what they were reviewing, b/c Burr wasn't even looking at the monitor.

If that's all they were really checking, then why the heck was he over there so long. It was obvious on the replay that the ball hit the rim. So why take 20 minutes at the table?

Chuck

[Edited by ChuckElias on Mar 21st, 2003 at 12:31 PM]

I'm originally from Mt. Pleasant, so "Fire Up Chips", beat Dook!!!

I've been to Mt. Pleasant, I wouldn't tell just anyone that OQ :)

Hey, I'm closing the gap! Only down by 40!

Being from Mt. Pleasant is the reason that I've lived in Traverse City for 30 years. But I still cheer for them "Chips".

Hey Stan, I'm only 20 points behind you buddy! Manhattan's gone and Wagner's just playing out the rest of the game aginst Pitt....ahhh, too bad, I can't remember the last time there were 2 NYC teams in the tourney...Staten Island is still a part of NYC, right? I heard Bloomberg was gonna trade it to NJ for Hoboken & a mall to be named later.

I think Stan is in East Lansing tonight eyeballing the semis and yelling "UP Power. UP Power !" :rolleyes:

Okay, where the hell is Padgett?!? I pick Oregon and they kill me in the first round!! :mad:

For those guys at the top, do you actually follow college basketball that closely, or are you just lucky?

Man, I suck at this! Hey Dan, I think I'll change MY ENTRY NAME! :(

Chuck, you caught me man! I think the LSU-Purdue game was the difference. Otherwise, we were identical today. :( :(

[Edited by BktBallRef on Mar 21st, 2003 at 10:39 PM]

Basketball??? WTF... I thought this was the D1 hockey tournament. I was wondering where Cornell & BC were!

I really improved on the 9 vs 8 games this year.
I ended U.P. only losing three.
Thank you Zags. :)

Oops! Stan the Man had Alabama! ;)

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!

Maryland 75
UNC-W 73

What a shot!!

Thank God it went in. Maryland is one of my Final Four Teams.

Peace

Well, I had UMD for that game and needed it. But I was really pulling for the guys from Wilmington. Tough one to lose!

Underdog.
 

I really do not care about the bracket that much. I still would have like to see NC Wilmington win. I just like the underdog.

Peace

Re: Underdog.
 

I cared way too much.
I'm riding the Terps way too far.
*Whew!!!* :rolleyes:

Do you guys think that it is unethical to fill out the bracket and then work these games? :D
My guess is the guy that called the block in the SIU/Missouri game had Missouri in his bracket.

(<I>Humor aside</I>)
Unethical?
Dunno.
I would not do it.
mick

Doin' my job.
 

Every ship needs an Anchor.

This thing is still fun !!! :)

I had Wake in the Final Four. Oh the humanity :(

I haven't missed a single pick yet. Of course, it helps to make the pick after the game. :D

And I had Louisville in the Final Four...sigh...

I'm not holding my breath on top. After watching Texas this weekend, I'm not feeling too confident.

Saw one of Mick's U.P. teams almost win a state D title on Saturday.

I had'em winning the damn thing! :(