ESPN Mens Tournament Challenge
 

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Sick! :p

In. Who won last year?

I recall I was competitive......right up until that first play-in game! :rolleyes:

I rarely pick those correctly!

Once you sign in, you should be able to view last year's bracket.

MD Longhorn took top honors.

Warren Buffet!
 

Someone said Warren Buffet would give 1 million dollars (Dr Evil) for a perfect bracket.

That's One BILLION, with a "B"
 

First prize is a week in (name of city/state removed).

Second prize is two weeks.

Wow. That time already. Time to be a contrarian.

Count me in!
 

I have joined

Baby Needs A New Pair Of Shoes ...
 

Go Florida.

Did I win?
 

I'm in!

Here are the Announcer Combos for the 2nd and 3rd rounds

First Four-Dayton-Tuesday
Albany v Mount St.Mary & North Carolina State v Xavier
Brian Anderson,Dan Bonner and Kristine Leahy

First Four-Dayton-Wednesday
Cal Poly v Texas Southern & Iowa v Tennessee
Kevin Harlan,Len Elmore,Reggie Miller and Rachel Nichols

Thursday-Buffalo
Ohio State v Dayton,Syracuse v Western Michigan,UConn v St Joe's,Villanova v Milwaukee
Verne Lundquist,Bill Raftery and Allie LaForce

Thursday-Milwaukee
Wisconsin v American,Oregon v BYU,Michigan v Wofford,Texas v Arizona State
Ian Eagle,Jim Spanarkel,Lewis Johnson

Thursday-Orlando
Colorado v Pitt,Florida v Albany/St.Mary's winner,St.Louis v NC State/Xavier winner,Louisville v Manhattan
Brian Anderson,Dan Bonner and Kristine Leahy

Thursday-Spokane
Cincinnati v Harvard,Michigan St v Delaware,Oklahoma v North Dakota State,San Diego State v New Mexico State
Spero Dedes,Doug Gottlieb,and Jamie Maggio

Friday-Raleigh
Duke v Mercer,UMass v Iowa/Tennessee winner,Memphis v George Washington,Virginia v Coastal Carolina
Kevin Harlan,Len Elmore,Reggie Miller,and Rachel Nichols

Friday-San Antonio
Baylor v Nebraska,Creighton v UL Lafayette,North Carolina v Providence,Iowa State v North Carolina Central
Marv Albert,Steve Kerr,and Craig Sager

Friday-St.Louis
New Mexico v St.Louis,Kansas v Eastern Kentucky,Wichita State v Cal Poly/Texas Southern winner,Kentucky v Kansas State
Jim Nantz,Gregg Anthony,and Tracy Wolfson

Friday-San Diego
Arizona v Weber State,Gonzaga v Oklahoma State,VCU v Stephen F Austin,UCLA v Tulsa
Andrew Catalon,Mike Gminski,and Otis Livingston

The absence of Gus Johnson, Jalen Rose, and Jay Bilas from this list is criminal.

Schedule

FIRST FOUR GAMES

TUESDAY, MARCH 18

6:40, truTV, Dayton: (16) Albany vs. (16) Mount St. Mary's (Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner//Kristine Leahy)

9:10, truTV, Dayton: (12) North Carolina State vs. (12) Xavier (Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner//Kristine Leahy)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

6:40, truTV, Dayton: (16) Cal Poly vs. (16) Texas Southern (Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols )

9:10, truTV, Dayton: (11) Iowa vs. (11) Tennessee (Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols)

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ROUND OF 64 GAMES

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20

12:15, CBS, Buffalo: (6) Ohio State vs. (11) Dayton (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Allie LaForce)

12:40, truTV, Milwaukee: (2) Wisconsin vs. (15) American (Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson)

1:40, TBS, Orlando: (8) Colorado vs. (9) Pittsburgh (Anderson/Bonner/Leahy)

2:10, TNT, Spokane: (5) Cincinnati vs. (12) Harvard (Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jaime Maggio)

****

2:45, CBS, Buffalo: (3) Syracuse vs. (14) Western Michigan (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Allie LaForce)

3:10, truTV, Milwaukee: (7) Oregon vs. (10) BYU (Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson)

4:10, TBS, Orlando: (1) Florida vs. (16) Albany/Mount St. Mary's (Anderson/Bonner/Leahy)

4:40, TNT, Spokane: (4) Michigan State vs. (13) Delaware (Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jaime Maggio)

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 20

6:55, tBS, Buffalo: (7) UConn vs. (10) Saint Joseph's (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Allie LaForce)

7:10, CBS, Milwaukee: (2) Michigan vs. (15) Wofford (Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson)

7:20, TNT, Orlando: (5) Saint Louis vs. (12) N.C. State/Xavier (Anderson/Bonner/Leahy)

7:27, truTV, Spokane: (5) Oklahoma vs. (12) North Dakota State (Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jaime Maggio)

****

9:25, TBS, Buffalo: (2) Villanova vs. (15) Milwaukee (Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Allie LaForce)

9:40, CBS, Milwaukee: (7) Texas vs. (10) Arizona State (Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson)

9:50, TNT, Orlando: (4) Louisville vs. (13) Manhattan (Anderson/Bonner/Leahy)

9:57, truTV, Spokane: (4) San Diego State vs. (13) New Mexico State (Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Jaime Maggio)

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 21

12:15, CBS, Raleigh: (3) Duke vs. (14) Mercer (Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Rachel Nichols)

12:40, truTV, San Antonio: (6) Baylor vs. (11) Nebraska (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craigh Sager)

1:40, TBS, St. Louis: (7) New Mexico vs. (10) Stanford (Jim Nantz/Greg Anthony/Tracy Wolfson)

2:10, TNT, San Diego: (1) Arizona vs. (16) Weber State (Andrew Catalon/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston)

****

2:45, CBS, Raleigh: (6) UMass vs. (11) Iowa/Tennessee winner (Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Rachel Nichols)

3:10, truTV, San Antonio: (3) Creighton vs. (14) UL Lafayette (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craigh Sager)

4:10, TBS, St. Louis: (2) Kansas vs. (15) Eastern Kentucky (Jim Nantz/Greg Anthony/Tracy Wolfson)

4:40, TNT, San Diego: (8) Gonzaga vs. (9) Oklahoma State (Andrew Catalon/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston)

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21

6:55, TBS, Raleigh: (8) Memphis vs. (9) George Washington (Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Rachel Nichols)

7:10, CBS, St. Louis: (1) Wichita State vs. (16) Cal Poly/Texas Southern winner (Jim Nantz/Greg Anthony/Tracy Wolfson)

7:20, TNT, San Antonio: (6) North Carolina vs. (11) Providence (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craigh Sager)

7:27, truTV, San Diego: (5) VCU vs. (12) Stephen F. Austin (Andrew Catalon/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston)

****

9:25, TBS, Raleigh: (1) Virginia vs. (16) Coastal Carolina (Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Rachel Nichols)

9:40, CBS, St. Louis: (8) Kentucky vs. (9) Kansas State (Jim Nantz/Greg Anthony/Tracy Wolfson)

9:50, TNT, San Antonio: (3) Iowa State vs. (14) North Carolina Central (Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager)

9:57, truTV, San Diego: (4) UCLA vs. (13) Tulsa (Andrew Catalon/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston)

Ready to go! My team won't win, and I didn't pick em, but Go Duke! And Go Blue! :D:D

password doesnt seem to be working for me.

Are you doing it from work?

I couldn't get it to work either from my job, but at home I could. Might be a firewall thing.

Yes, I'm at work. Hmmm...

Maybe I'll just have to see if one of my other brackets can be brought into the group when I get home.

And there goes my billion dollars.

I had Ohio State in the Elite 8.

oops

I had Ohio State going out in their first game

Usually happens to me during the first play-in game!

USAToday reports 80% of the brackets were out with this game.....

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/03/ncaa...o-state-upset/

ESPN reported that in their bracketology, only 5.7% had a perfect bracket remaining after the first FOUR games.

That $1B is safe!

Thanks to Oklahoma my bracket is officially in the toilet. I had Oklahoma losing to Creighton in the West Regional Final.

MTD, Sr.

I'm done.Already 50 points out of first in our group.

It's over.......
 

25/32 in the first two days. My best performance in several years and I lost a couple of squeakers in OT with upset picks that blew decent leads late in regulation.
Congrats to the small schools such as SFA, Mercer, and ND St! They are why I watch.

If It Weren't For Bad Luck, I'd Have No Luck At All ...
 

Twenty-four of thirty-two for me. All "safe" picks, the only "upset" was Pittsburgh over Colorado, and that was a pretty "safe" pick. I had Duke winning three games. No new shoes for baby again this year.

I'm not looking at my bracket until the weekend is over.

Me neither.

1st Place
 

At the current time I, sitting in first!!! Yeah me.

Kansas-Stanford
 

Does anybody on Kansas know how to make a layup?

MTD, Sr.

Its official, my bracket is officially dead except for Wichita State.

MTD, Sr.

Get It ???
 

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Creighton is the only one of my Final Four teams left. LOL! What a fun weekend this has been.

MTD, Sr.

Tied for 1st. With two Final Four teams left. Michigan St. and Louisville.

Are you Rock Shocked?

I am Rock Chock Shocked!!

MTD, Sr.

You can't spell CHOKE without OK!!

My Sweet 16 and Elite 8 are pretty shredded, but still have all my Final Four teams.

Half of my Sweet 16 are still alive, but Wichita State ruined my Final 4. As much as I like Bobbie Knight:rolleyes: I was hoping WS could go all the way and change the conversation about undefeated teams winning it all . . .

25/32 first round.

10/16 second round.

Have 7 of my Elite 8 left and all of my Final Four.

My wife is winning a pool, right now, of over 200 people. She also has 7/8 Elite Eight and all Final Four teams left. And she knows bupkis about college hoops.

She picked Mercer and North Dakota State in the first round, BTW.

+1

As a matter of fact, I believe that we are tied in the pool. :eek:

You should take her to Vegas next year.

She usually does pretty well in the first weekend and then falls off dramatically after that.

Oh wait, just like everyone else. :rolleyes:

Looks Like Baby Won't Be Getting A Billion Dollars ...
 

My final four is down to a final one, with the possibility of Michigan State making it a final two. Even if Florida goes all the way, since everybody, and their brother, like me, also picked Florida, I'm still toast. They shoot horses, don't they.

The top person in ESPN's bracket has UConn vs Wisc w/ UConn winning. The next five or six have UConn vs KY with it split on who wins. You have to go further down to find a UConn vs Wisc w/ Wisc winning. The Florida loss through everything further into chaos.