2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament Thread
 

Selection show in 30 minutes

SI

31 minutes

Oh, close enough

#1's pretty much as follows?
1. Ohio State
1. Kansas
1. Duke
1. Notre Dame/Pitt?

SI

What is up with Kenny Smith and Chuck on the NCAA selection show?

SI

I dunno. You would think Duke would be a #1 but Lunardi has both ND and Pitt as #1s.

Yeah, Ohio St is definitely the #1

SI

I can't wait to watch some basketball on TruTV!~

haha

I like how they tried to sell it as "exciting changes!"

The last four at-large teams playing is, well, frankly, stupid.

Just do 4 play-in games

SI

OH YEAH, BABY!

SI

I don't really get how it works and am to lazy to look it up

dola- there has been a pool run by a friend of Gottimds the last few years. I think it was about $10 an entry. Anyone have info on if he is doing it this year or a link to the sight?

the worst four teams that get in will play "play in games" to fill out two 16 seeds. The last four at large teams will play "play in games" to fill out a couple 12 seeds. So if the last four at larges are Colorado,Clemson,Va Tech and Alabama you might have Clemson-Colorado and Va Tech-Alabama on Tuesday/Wednesday night with the winners being placed in as traditional 12 seeds playing a 5 seed somewhere.

The ACC must have lost a bet- there's no regional in Raleigh or Charlotte or some other home game for Duke/NCarolina.

Then again, same with the Midwest- no Chicago, Indy, St Louis, KC, OKC, or anything else close for KU to play at. Then again, Ohio State got screwed by that, too- none of those or anything in Ohio or Pennsylvania.

SI

Going to be difficult on the office pools that still use the paper brackets that have a certain time time schedule to get it in by with them 12 seed play in games.

dola, they're calling those tuesday/wednesday games the "first round". I refuse to do that :P They're play in games.

I think what it does is just means office pools are due Thursday at noon. People just continue to ignore the play-in games.

SI

People harp on this every year but you do realize its decided years in advance right? :)

+1

Ugh- as if being a 5 doesn't suck hard enough. Now you get someone who had a warmup game.

SI

sigh

How the heck are you supposed to do a bracket without knowing who the 12 seeds are?

ohhh, ITS ON LATHUM (in round 2)

Right, but come on, Duke/NC play home games every year in the ACC tournament, and then head an hour up the road for their NCAA 1st and 2nd round games. Then, they normally head at most 2 hours to their regional destination.

yeah. I like the first round match up and UNC hasn't been playing great lately.

And FU Kenny Smith talking about the great guards in the bottom of the bracket and not referencing Isaih Thomas

NC/Long Island is going to be a very high scoring game. NC will probably score 100.

anyone know where I can find out what time the games are on or has that not been announced yet

I loved his quote about no game planning for the first two rounds just prepare for the next 2. Thank god he isnt a coach.

wow.

Texas plummets to a 4 seed

haha Charles. I guess he thinks Arizona will beat Memphis

Sorry cartman, you guys are about to get fisted fifteen ways from Friday.

I do not get the love for the SEC teams. Tennessee is a #9? What? Georgia is a #10? In the words of Chuck, the SEC was TRRBLE this year. TRRBLE.

I dont understand these reactions sometimes. For instance Boston already knew they were in and get a first round game against Kansas. Why is this such great news?

They didnt have to play Ohio st?

Wow- they dropped Notre Dame all the way down to 7?

SI

huh?

They are 19 year old kids who just saw their schools name flashed on CBS to go play in the NCAA tourny. The fact they already know they are going doesn't matter, they are excited kids.

What is so hard to understand?

2 seed, 7th overall

I should just link to the exact same post I made last year but first of all Duke and UNC have to earn the right to play in Charlotte or Greensboro in the first two rounds by being one of the top ~10 or so teams in the nation and getting the benefit of being seeded in a local pod.

Secondly, I believe the only time one of these teams didn't have to leave the state was in 2005 when UNC got to play in Greensboro and Charlotte. These locations are decided years in advance and UNC was the #2 overall seed and totally earned that right.


In 1993 there was a regional final in Charlotte and Kentucky got it. UNC was a 1 seed and went up to East Rutheford. Somehow they were able to miraculously win games without a home crowd and win a championship.

In 1991 UNC was a 1 seed and Duke was a 2 seed. Neither one of them was rewarded with a trip to Charlotte for the Southeast Regional. UNC somehow managed to luck their way into the final four and Duke won a national title without two extra home games.




Going back to 1985 when the tournament went to 64 teams, there have been regional finals hosted in North Carolina 5 times. Duke has never played in one. UNC has played in 3, all three times they were 1 seeds.

UNC has been to 9 final fours since 1985. Duke has been to 11. That's 20 final fours. Three times they played regional finals in their home state. This is seriously the most overblown argument that anyone makes about these programs. Its fucking ridiculous.

Plenty. Seems staged.

I get to be the villain here if we make it to the Elite Eight with either Purdue or Notre Dame as likely opponents.

SI

Agreed- it's one thing if we were looking in on UAB. They weren't expected to get in. But it's another for these auto-bid teams.

SI

Will Bill be traveling for Utah St?

SI

I think you guys underestimate the excitability of 19 year old kids

Florida a 2?!?

SI

WTF???

yeah, that stood out to me as well

Well they get ESPN coverage. Its not as if this is the first time they get to see their name on TV. Im sorry but I just dont understand why Boston was so excited.

I would expect the reaction Kansas gave when their name was called more often. Which was the "ok, pretty much what we expected" look.

Southeast looks weak.

We can agree to disagree

This bracket may have more head-scratching decisions in it than any one I've ever seen.

VTech again misses out.