2009 NCAA Top Gun Game B DRAFT THREAD

[Radii]

Game Rules

1) Each participant drafts a team of 6 players.
2) Snake draft done on the forum.
3) You score as many points as each of your drafted players scores in the NCAA tournament.
4) One of your players must be from a team seeded 10th or lower.


Draft Rules:

There is a 1 hour clock that will run from 9am to 5pm eastern time Monday through Wednesday of next week. Drafting may begin immediately after the selection show ends. If a person has not sent a draft list and is unable to pick when the clock is running, I will auto-draft the top scorer who is on a team in the NCAA tournament.

If the draft is moving too slowly I reserve the right to extend the clock later in the week (ie have it from from 10am-7pm if necessary to guarantee we finish).


Note that the clock is only running 8 hours a day for 3 days. That's just 24 picks if everyone slacks off. We need to get through 72 picks, so this *really* depends on people paying attention to the forum and sending in lists.

[Radii]

DRAFT ORDER

1 Neuqua
2 Dark Cloud
3 Karlifornia
4 ntndeacon
5 Marmel
6 Samdari
7 stevew
8 Danny
9 Groundhog
10 Lathum
11 adubroff

Officially, the draft begins with the selection show 6pm Sunday afternoon. Please try to have draft lists ready (via PM to me) any time you will not consistently be on the board.

WHEN YOU MAKE A PICK, PLEASE PM THE PERSON UP NEXT IN THE DRAFT.

[Radii]

Round 1

1 Neuqua - Tyler Hansbrough, UNC
2 Dark Cloud - James Johnson, Wake Forest
3 Karlifornia - Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
4 ntndeacon - Sam Young , Pitt
5 Marmel - Earl Clark, Louisville
6 Samdari - Sherron Collins, Kansas
7 stevew - Dejaun Blair, Pitt
8 Danny - Wayne Ellington, UNC
9 Groundhog DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
10 Lathum - Tyreke Evans, Memphis
11 adubroff - Ty Lawson, UNC

Round 2

1 adubroff - Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
2 Lathum - Terrance Williams, Louisville
3 Groundhog - Da'Sean Butler, WVU
4 Danny - Kyle Singler, Duke
5 stevew - Danny Green, North Carolina
6 Samdari - Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
7 Marmel - AJ Price, UConn
8 ntndeacon - Jeff Teague, Wake Forest
9 Karlifornia - Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
10 Dark Cloud - Darren Collison, UCLA
11 Neuqua - Gerald Henderson, Duke

Round 3

1 Neuqua - Hasheem Thabeet, UConn
2 Dark Cloud - Jon Brockman, Washington
3 Karlifornia - Jeff Adrien, Connecticut
4 ntndeacon - Dante Cunningham, Villanova
5 Marmel - Samardo Samuels, Louisville
6 Samdari - Jon Scheyer, Duke
7 stevew - Willie Warren, Oklahoma
8 Danny - James Harden, Arizona State
9 Groundhog - Eric Devendorf, Syracuse
10 Lathum - Levance Fields, Pitt
11 adubroff - Sean Taggart, Memphis

Round 4

1 adubroff - Alex Ruoff, West Virginia
2 Lathum - Josh Heytfelt, Gonzaga
3 Groundhog - B.J. Raymond, Xavier
4 Danny - Robert Dozier, Memphis
5 stevew - Jerel McNeal, Marquette
6 Samdari - Toney Douglas, FSU
7 Marmel - Andy Rautins, Syracuse
8 ntndeacon - Leo Lyons, Mizzou
9 Karlifornia - Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga
10 Dark Cloud - Corey Fisher, Villanova
11 Neuqua - Raymar Morgan, Michigan State

Round 5

1 Neuqua - AJ Slaughter, Western Kentucky
2 Dark Cloud - Marcus Thornton, LSU
3 Karlifornia - Cole Aldrich, Kansas
4 ntndeacon - E'Twaun Moore, Purdue
5 Marmel - Deon Thompson, North Carolina
6 Samdari - Wesley Matthews, Marquette
7 stevew - Jordan Hill, Arizona
8 Danny - Isiah Thomas, Washington
9 Groundhog - JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
10 Lathum - Jeff Prendergraph, ASU
11 adubroff - Luke Neville, Utah

Round 6

1 adubroff - Dionte Christmas, Temple
2 Lathum - Chase Buddinger- Arizona
3 Groundhog - Eric Maynor, VCU
4 Danny - Demarr Derozen, USC
5 stevew - A.J. Abrams, Texas
6 Samdari - Taj Gibson, USC
7 Marmel - Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky
8 ntndeacon - Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
9 Karlifornia - Gary Wilkinson, Utah State
10 Dark Cloud - Ben Woodside, NDSU
11 Neuqua - Robbie Hummell, Purdue

[stevew]

swaggs and neq are so going down.

[Lathum]

ugh, 11

[Radii]

As with the other game, if you're up and you already know who you want regardless of seeding there is no need to wait until the selection show.

[Danny]

As with the other game, if you're up and you already know who you want regardless of seeding there is no need to wait until the selection show.

Ok, I will draft

1. Blake Griffin
2. Sam Young
3. Kyle Singler
4. Tyreke Evans
5. Tony Douglas
6. James Harden

[Radii]

If only it wasn't for that "if you're up" thing ;)

[Danny]

If only it wasn't for that "if you're up" thing ;)

I didn't post that while I was sleeping :)

[Karlifornia]

I feel so unprepared this year, for some reason. I think it's Louisville's fault. I don't know any of their players besides Earl Clark.

[Danny]

Don't feel too bad, I don't follow college basketball all that much until March, so most players I am just now learning about.

[Radii]

I feel so unprepared this year, for some reason. I think it's Louisville's fault. I don't know any of their players besides Earl Clark.

I am so ACC-Centric that years when i don't have a lot of confidence in the ACC teams I find myself fairly out of touch. that has changed some this year, what with me working only part time and hanging around the house so much to help out my family, I have watched more non-ACC games this year than I have in a decade, but its still not a huge amount.

I'm not sure what to do this year given that... I have zero faith in Wake or Clemson, and I won't ever have a Duke player on my squad. We'll see.

[Karlifornia]

I am so ACC-Centric that years when i don't have a lot of confidence in the ACC teams I find myself fairly out of touch. that has changed some this year, what with me working only part time and hanging around the house so much to help out my family, I have watched more non-ACC games this year than I have in a decade, but its still not a huge amount.

I'm not sure what to do this year given that... I have zero faith in Wake or Clemson, and I won't ever have a Duke player on my squad. We'll see.

If I had any advice, the two teams I'd go for are *******a and ******a. That would mean little even without the asterisks, but I'm trying to win this damn Top Gun for once.

Oh, and Radii........I really owe you a beatdown for last seasons RFL game. You cost me a title with your heady, balanced gameplan. :)

[Young Drachma]

Sent my list in. We'll see how that goes...

[Neuqua]

I'm going to go ahead and take Hansborough

[Radii]

Dark Cloud, via list, selects James Johnson, Wake Forest

[Karlifornia]

I will take Blake Griffin- Oklahoma

[Marmel]

We got more picks before the Selection Show in than after so far.....

[Lathum]

lol

[Radii]

seems to be a trend, same thing happened last year and we didn't really get going til Monday morning.

[Marmel]

...and if you are going to take a first round flier on a Wake Forest player, why not take Teague? Is he hurt or something?

[Marmel]

By the way Radii....if Cuse can somehow get by ASU and then Blake Griffin, Boeheim is going to make Cry-baby Roy his bitch again just like in the '03 championship game. Flynn is every bit the PG as Lawson, we are about the only team who would love to get in a track meet with UNC, but the difference is we play defense once in a while, and Devo or Rautins will go all Gerry Mac on you guys. ;)

[Groundhog]

So, what you're saying is that Syracuse is going to knock-down UNC harder than Devendorf knocked down Kimberly Smith?

;)

[Radii]

By the way Radii....if Cuse can somehow get by ASU and then Blake Griffin, Boeheim is going to make Cry-baby Roy his bitch again just like in the '03 championship game. Flynn is every bit the PG as Lawson, we are about the only team who would love to get in a track meet with UNC, but the difference is we play defense once in a while, and Devo or Rautins will go all Gerry Mac on you guys. ;)

And all of a sudden I have a team to root for in the bottom half of the South region to play UNC in the elite 8(should they make it there of course). :D

[Marmel]

So, what you're saying is that Syracuse is going to knock-down UNC harder than Devendorf knocked down Kimberly Smith?

;)

OMG, how can you hate on a guy who spends his Christmas with the homeless?!?!

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/52426/devo_medium.JPG

[Marmel]

And all of a sudden I have a team to root for in the bottom half of the South region to play UNC in the elite 8(should they make it there of course). :D

I don't think 'Cuse beats OK, to be honest. It should be a good contest, but I am not very confident against Griffin.

[Young Drachma]

...and if you are going to take a first round flier on a Wake Forest player, why not take Teague? Is he hurt or something?

Because Teague didn't play high school basketball in Wyoming, that's why.

[Marmel]

Because Teague didn't play high school basketball in Wyoming, that's why.

Hey, is that worth extra points per game?? :lol:

[Danny]

I just did my player rankings for this draft. I took about 120 players and came up with a projected score for each one.

What I did was inputed their scoring average, the maximum amount of games I could see them playing in the tournament and the minimum amount of games I could see them playing. I then took the average between the two and those are my base rankings. Doubt I'll stick to them exactly, but since I don't know a lot of players real well, I wanted a base to work from.

[ntndeacon]

We will go Sam Young , Pitt

[Marmel]

Earl Clark, Louisville

[ntndeacon]

sorry it took so long. and as a Wake fan, there is no way I take a wake player in the 1st round

[Radii]

Swaggs has a lot of stuff going on this week away from the internets and isn't going to be able to participate. I've updated the draft order to reflect the changes, down to 11 here.

[Karlifornia]

Dark Cloud gonna ride Shia LeBeouf to the title.

[Lathum]

Dark Cloud gonna ride Shia LeBeouf to the title.

nice.

[Samdari]

Sherron Collins, Kansas

[stevew]

homer pick-DeJuan Blair-pitt

[Radii]

.

[Radii]

oops, hadn't refreshed!

Danny selects Wayne Ellington,North Carolina, via list

[Radii]

Groundhog is skipped for now, time's up. He can make his selection at any time. PM'ing Lathum.

[adubroff]

Groundhog is skipped for now, time's up. He can make his selection at any time. PM'ing Lathum.

He's probably got a guy in mind and is just trying to save on the contract.

[Lathum]

I'm here, picking in a sec

[Lathum]

Tyreke Evans- Memphis

[adubroff]

Allright, I'm up for two. I had Evans in mind, good pick I think.

I will take, for my sandwich picks:

Ty Lawson UNC - hopefully healthy
Scottie Reynolds - Villanova

[Lathum]

Terrance Williams- Louisville

[Radii]

PM'd groundhog for round 2.

[stevew]

Use my list figures I get stuck working 3 weekdays this week.

[Radii]

Skipping Groundhog again, he can make his 1st and 2nd round picks whenever he arrives :)

[Radii]

Danny, via list, selects Kyle Singler, Duke

[Radii]

stevew, via list, selects Danny Green, North Carolina

[Samdari]

Woot, I get to make my homer pick.

Jonny Flynn, Syracuse.

Look for Devendorf in the third round.

[Radii]

Marmel takes AJ Price, UConn

[Radii]

ntndeacon, via list, selects Jeff Teague, Wake Forest

[ntndeacon]

woohoo! Let's Go Deacs!

[Danny]

Radii, you must have mixed emotions about my lineup so far.

[Danny]

Karl is out of time, come on people lets send in lists!

[Danny]

Should we replace Groundhog before all the players are gone?

[Radii]

Should we replace Groundhog before all the players are gone?

I suspect he'll show up this evening and make his picks, he's a half day ahead and likely asleep atm. If he doesn't make any picks by tomorrow morning we'll just drop to 10 people. 10 is the default that we used to start with anyway, so it works well.

[Radii]

Karlifornia's time is indeed up. Dark Cloud has a list, one moment. Karlifornia may make his pick at any time.

[Radii]

Dark Cloud, via list, selects Darren Collison, UCLA

[Radii]

Radii, you must have mixed emotions about my lineup so far.

As will you when you are happy to have selected Ellington as he's lighting up the final four, but wondering what possessed you to take Singler when they get upset in the 2nd round ;)

[Neuqua]

Round 2 I'll take Gerald Henderson

[Neuqua]

And I'll take Thabeet to start off round 3.

[Radii]

Dark Cloud, via list, takes Jon Brockman, Washington

[ntndeacon]

I assume I need to wait the hour for Karl.

[Radii]

I assume I need to wait the hour for Karl.

Yeah. Even with 3 hours going by for skipped picks, we're already into the 3rd round, we're in good shape.

[Karlifornia]

D'oh. Sorry guys, I failed. Anyhoo. I'll go ahead and take

Kalin Lucas-Michigan State
Jeff Adrien- Connecticut

[Danny]

Solid picks anyway

[ntndeacon]

We will pick Dante Cunningham --'Nova

[Radii]

marmel's up, the clock is off for today, though hopefully we'll make some progress this evening as well.

[Radii]

Marmel selects Samardo Samuels, Louisville

[Danny]

Was hoping he would fall to me.

[Samdari]

I am going to hate myself in the morning, as I will be rooting for one of my own players to bomb out early, but he's too good, and too likely to play 3-4 games not to be picked.

Jon Scheyer, Duke

[Radii]

stevew, via list, selects Willie Warren, Oklahoma

[Danny]

3.8 James Harden, Arizona State

High risk/high reward, but worth the gamble here. I have them upsetting Syracuse, so three games out of him would be great.

[Groundhog]

Yowzers. You kids are fast. OK, let me see who is left.

[Radii]

Yowzers. You kids are fast. OK, let me see who is left.

woohoo! You've got 3 picks.

[Groundhog]

1.9 - DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
2.3 - Da'Sean Butler, WVU
3.9 - Eric Devendorf, Syracuse

[Lathum]

ready to go whenever GH picks

[Lathum]

Levance Fields- Pitt

[Danny]

Looks like we can swing this back around pretty quickly

[adubroff]

Allright, I'm going to go with these two for a sandwich combo:

Sean Taggart G Memphis - I am suprised he's still here.
Alex Ruoff - West Virginia G

[Lathum]

Josh Heytfelt- Gonzaga

[Groundhog]

B.J. Raymond, Xavier.

[Danny]

4.4 Robert Dozier, Memphis

[stevew]

I'm on the road til one. Skip me and ill pick when I get home

[Radii]

Nah, no skipping. We've made it through 3 1/2 rounds, and Steve sent in a list that got him through 3 rounds worth of picks so we'll pick it back up in the morning :)

If anyone isn't going to be around during the day please send in a list, and also remember round 6 needs to be someone from a team seeded 10 or worse. Feel free to send two separate sets of names and just let me know to hold off til round 6 to pick the double digit seed guy, etc.

[stevew]

4.5 Jerel McNeal-Marquette-

[Samdari]

Bah, I really wanted McNeal. Now I must do some research.

[Samdari]

What the hell, lets make it all point guards.

Toney Douglas, FSU.

[Radii]

Marmel selects Andy Rautins, Syracuse

[adubroff]

Marmel selects Andy Rautins, Syracuse

I root against this guy on principle since his father was such a bust for the 76ers.

[Radii]

skipping ntndeacon for now, in his defense he did send a list but it had someone that had been picked and someone that's injured so he's better off getting skipped and making it up when he checks back in.

[Karlifornia]

I'll take Matt Bouldin-Gonzaga

[Radii]

dark cloud, via list, selects Corey Fisher, Villanova

[ntndeacon]

I will select Leo Lyons --Mizzou

[Radii]

neuq has til 1 since he has two picks, I just caught him on his cell via IM, sounds like he'll be on fairly soon to pick

[Neuqua]

Morgan from MSU

[Neuqua]

AJ Slaughter from WKU

[Radii]

dark cloud, via list, selects Marcus Thornton, LSU

[Radii]

Karlifornia selects Cole Aldrich, Kansas

[Radii]

ntndeacon selects E'Twaun Moore, Purdue

[Radii]

Marmel selects Deon Thompson, North Carolina

[Samdari]

Wesley Matthews, Marquette

[Radii]

stevew via list: Jordan Hill, Arizona

[Radii]

time's up for Danny, he may pick whenever he's around.

[Lathum]

we are waiting on groundhog, right?

[Radii]

yup, he's got 25 minutes left.

[Radii]

REMINDER

As we get near the final round of the draft, remember that one of your players must come from a team seeded 10th or below. If you haven't taken a player from a double digit seeded team yet then you must do so with your 6th round pick.

[Radii]

Groundhog is skipped. He and Danny may both pick at any time.

[Lathum]

Jeff Prendergraph- ASU

[adubroff]

I'll go:

Luke Neville C Utah

and for my 10+ seed guy:
Dionte Christmas Temple

[stevew]

I was happy as hell to get the one scorer from Marquette in the 4th friggin round. I couldn't believe he was still available.

[adubroff]

I was happy as hell to get the one scorer from Marquette in the 4th friggin round. I couldn't believe he was still available.


Except they've lost 5 of their last 6, no?

[Samdari]

I was happy as hell to get the one scorer from Marquette in the 4th friggin round. I couldn't believe he was still available.

They have 3 pretty good scorers. McNeal is the best (at 20), but Matthews averaged over 18 points a game, Haywood 16. I presume that most people were avoiding Marquette since they have 1-5 since losing James.

Those 5 losses were all to top 15 teams. Two could have gone either way (and I mean coin flip either way, losing at the buzzer and in OT). Since they were roughly 50/50 in games against 3 seeds Villanova and Syracuse, I would think they'd be 50/50 against 3 seed Missouri. They might get 3 games.

[Danny]

Sorry about that, I'm here now and will make my pick.

[stevew]

you guys act like I follow college basketball or something. I've watched 0 games this year.

[Danny]

Isiah Thomas, Washington

[Lathum]

Chase Buddinger- Arizona

[Radii]

groundhog is up. clock's off for the day.

[Groundhog]

JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
Eric Maynor, VCU

[Radii]

As popular an upset pick as VCU is I'm surprised Maynor lasted til the 6th round.

[adubroff]

They have 3 pretty good scorers. McNeal is the best (at 20), but Matthews averaged over 18 points a game, Haywood 16. I presume that most people were avoiding Marquette since they have 1-5 since losing James.



They were all way, way down my list for this reason. Obviously this is what makes this sort of game interesting, we all have differing opinions of who has value.

[Groundhog]

I think I'm going to need VCU to win the championship game with Maynor averaging 40 PPG throughout the tourney to give me much of a shot. ;)

[Lathum]

As popular an upset pick as VCU is I'm surprised Maynor lasted til the 6th round.

I thought about him, but SO many people are picking UCLA to get upset I think they are gonna come in with a chip on their shouler.

FWIW UCLA is a 7 point favorite and Arizona is a 1 point favorite. I'll put my trust in Vegas

[Radii]

yeah i just saw your post in the NCAA Tournament thread. I'm stunned that Zona is favored.

[adubroff]

I thought about him, but SO many people are picking UCLA to get upset I think they are gonna come in with a chip on their shouler.

FWIW UCLA is a 7 point favorite and Arizona is a 1 point favorite. I'll put my trust in Vegas


The other thing that turned me off a bit on VCU after looking at them is that other than Maynor they are a fairly young team. Usually when you see the upsets, the team seems to be fairly veteran. I had a similar reaction to Butler this year, they are really young for the most part.

[Groundhog]

The other thing that turned me off a bit on VCU after looking at them is that other than Maynor they are a fairly young team. Usually when you see the upsets, the team seems to be fairly veteran. I had a similar reaction to Butler this year, they are really young for the most part.

Yeah. FWIW, I don't think VCU will get the upset either. If Maynor turns in to Curry, maybe.

[Radii]

As I said in the other thread, no way I will be up before 10:30 tomorrow, clock runs 11-5 tomorrow.

[Danny]

timer is off, but I will make my pick soon

[Danny]

I'll take Demarr Derozen, USC

[Radii]

stevew takes A.J. Abrams, Texas

[Danny]

I'm very happy with the 6 I am going in with. Never know what's going to happen though.

[Groundhog]

DeMarre Carroll, Missouri<O:p
Da’Sean Butler, WVU<O:p
Eric Devendorf, Syracuse<O:p
B.J. Raymond, Xavier<O:p
JaJuan Johnson, Purdue<O:p
Eric Maynor, VCU<O:p

Unless this is one crazy-ass tournament, I don't stand a shot in hell. :)

I blame you Yanks and your crazy timezones. ;)

[Samdari]

I'll take Demarr Derozen, USC

Bah, I almost took him in the 5th, as I thought he was THE 10+ seed guy to have. I think USC is the most likely 10 seed to play more than two games.

For that reason, I will take Taj Gibson of USC.

[Radii]

Marmel takes Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky

[ntndeacon]

I will take Greivis Vasquez , Maryland as my 10th seed selection

[Neuqua]

Karl on the clock?

[Neuqua]

Or actually, his time is up? DC?

[Radii]

No need for a clock really for 3 picks, but, Neuqua you can pick any time. Karl and DC both need 10+ seed players, presumably you'll be taking a player no one else is eligible to take.

[Neuqua]

Desean Butler - WVU

[Young Drachma]

Ben Woodside, NDSU

[Samdari]

Desean Butler - WVU
Great sixth round pick.

A little iffy for the second round, where he was originally taken.

[Lathum]

Great sixth round pick.

A little iffy for the second round, where he was originally taken.

lol

[Radii]

Great sixth round pick.

A little iffy for the second round, where he was originally taken.


To make it even more confusing, we were actually in the 3rd round when Butler was selected as a make-up pick.

[Neuqua]

Oops, Robbie Hummell - Purdue

[Samdari]

To make it even more confusing, we were actually in the 3rd round when Butler was selected as a make-up pick.

Well, then I like the pick.

[Danny]

Come on Karl, draft A only has two picks left to make, we have to beat them!

[Lathum]

There is a better chance of central Jersey getting a baseball team then there is of Dark Clouds team winning this thing.

:D

[Marmel]

Earl Clark, Louisville
Samardo Samuels, Louisville
AJ Price, UConn
Andy Rautins, Syracuse
Deon Thompson, North Carolina
Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky

If Louisville lives up to expectations, and UConn makes it at least to the final 8, and Cuse/UNC meet in the Elite 8, I could have a nice consistant scoring squad here. Maybe not first place material but I'd like to think I'll still be alive Final 4 weekend. :)

[Danny]

My roster is

Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Kyle Singler, Duke
James Harden, Arizona State
Robert Dozier, Memphis
Isiah Thomas, Washington
Demarr Derozen, USC

I think I have a good balance to my squad. I expect Ellington to and Dozier to go to the final four at least. Hopefully Singler and Thomas get to the elite 8.

I think the key to me having a good shot to win is Harden. I have them actually going to the elite 8 in my bracket, but they could be upset in round 1.

Marmel, you have a nice roster though I'm not big on Uconn in the tourney. Still, all good picks throughout.

[Lathum]

Tyreke Evans- Memphis
Terrance Williams- Louisville
Lavance Fields- Pitt
Josh Heytfelt- Gonzaga
Jeff Prendergraph- Az St
Chase Buddinger- Arizona

I like my squad, well spread out between brackets. If my 2 guys from the state of Arizona step up I'll be in good shape

[Marmel]

My roster is

Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Kyle Singler, Duke
James Harden, Arizona State
Robert Dozier, Memphis
Isiah Thomas, Washington
Demarr Derozen, USC

I think I have a good balance to my squad. I expect Ellington to and Dozier to go to the final four at least. Hopefully Singler and Thomas get to the elite 8.

I think the key to me having a good shot to win is Harden. I have them actually going to the elite 8 in my bracket, but they could be upset in round 1.

Marmel, you have a nice roster though I'm not big on Uconn in the tourney. Still, all good picks throughout.


Not that my bracket picks are ever any good, but I have ASU, Washington and USC all getting bounced in the first round. :eek:

[Lathum]

Not that my bracket picks are ever any good, but I have ASU, Washington and USC all getting bounced in the first round. :eek:

WTF did the PAC 10 ever do to you??!!??

[Danny]

Not that my bracket picks are ever any good, but I have ASU, Washington and USC all getting bounced in the first round. :eek:

Well that would suck for me! It's certainly possible any of those teams lose, but I don't see that many Pac-10 teams going out in round 1. I might have went too Pac-10 heavy, but we obviously have different biases.

[Marmel]

WTF did the PAC 10 ever do to you??!!??

LOL! PAC10, Big10 (outside of MSU) and Pitt have screwed me for so long in the tournaments that I now feel they all suck and must have them lose early.

[Lathum]

LOL! PAC10, Big10 (outside of MSU) and Pitt have screwed me for so long in the tournaments that I now feel they all suck and must have them lose early.

I weep for your bracket

[Radii]

I think I have washington and USC going down in the first round, ASU in the second. UCLA in the first as well. mmmm, east coast bias.

[Lathum]

I think I have washington and USC going down in the first round, ASU in the second. UCLA in the first as well. mmmm, east coast bias.

sounds like it

[Marmel]

I weep for your bracket

Yeah, well I won my office pool last year, but normally I am done by the time the Final 4 rolls around. Sometimes the Elite 8.

However, Pitt has fucked me so many years in a row that I have them losing in the Sweet 16 this year. I refuse to pick them past the Sweet 16 anymore.....which of course means they actually make a Final 4 this year. Pitt and I are mortal enemies.

[Lathum]

I don't blame you on Pitt.

I thought for sure during the Aaron Grey years they would have gone far.

[Radii]

sounds like it

oops, I meant Arizona and USC, not Washington. Of course, Arizona and USC are 12 and 10 seeds, so is this such a bad thing?

[Karlifornia]

Gary Wilkinson- Utah State

[Radii]

WOOHOO. Officially done! I'll get a Google spreadsheet up like I did last year, that worked out real well for scoring. Most likely while I'm watching the games tomorrow.

[Lathum]

Roburt Sallie- Memphis

[Danny]

booo Dozier

[Radii]

Roburt Sallie- Memphis

hah, no kidding

[Samdari]

Sherron Collins, Kansas
Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
Jon Scheyer, Duke
Toney Douglas, FSU
Wesley Matthews, Marquette
Taj Gibson, USC

Love my top 4, not wild about the last two. Scheyer in particular was a steal, going quite a bit after teammates he has outscored since moving to the point. Other than that, this appears to be a variation on picking teams to advance far.