March Madness!!! It's the best time of the year, and Selection Sunday is only days away. Who's excited?
Not enough Hatrackers, that's for sure, at least based on my not-so-random chat room sampling. It's the first time Hatrack has been lacking in any category of madness, I think. So get with it people! Let the madness begin!
(Or is it that everyone realizes I'm gonna win the bracketology competition this year? )
[ March 09, 2004, 11:05 PM: Message edited by: Tresopax ]
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
I know I am. Whooeeeeee, go Texas!
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
"March Madness"? What's that? Isn't that what they call the JC Penny sales? Or is this a mommy and daddy thing that I'm too young to know about?
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Mommy and daddy thing? I wish!
But seriously... are you serious?
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Yes Goat, but it's beautiful, so don't be embarrassed by it. One day, you will know what march Madness feels like, and when that day comes, you will be a man.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Pretty confused man, if you ask me.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Yes, Book...
Does it have to do with spring?
[ March 09, 2004, 11:40 PM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Pretty confused man, if you ask me.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Okay, the informative AIMchatters explained to me what it is, and poked fun at me in much the same way you did here.
That said, I believe anything related to college has to fit in the "mommy and daddy" category.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
The only thing mommy and daddy have to do with college is large amounts of their money.
[ March 10, 2004, 12:56 AM: Message edited by: Book ]
Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :
I know one of the guys who helped invent this holiday.
What is National Corndog Day?
For those of you who may be first timers at this grand event, let us describe it as the happiest day of Basketball and meats on sticks that you'll ever have. National Corndog Day coincides with the Saturday of the final 32 teams in NCAA basketball tournament. This Saturday is the only day all year that one can watch a quadruple-header of college basketball games from start to finish without having to change the channel. Therefore, to celebrate the excitement of the college basketball tournament, and have fun with friends, we eat Corndogs! Lots of Corndogs...
Posted by Ghost of Xavier (Member # 2852) on :
I would just like to point out that I think I would have won this last year. I picked Syracuse to go all the way and win it, which they obviously did . I don't remember playing a bracket game though, so I don't think we had one.
I did pretty good two years ago picking Xavier to go deap . They did pretty well. Hmmm, we really do need to have another one of these so I can pick Xavier and Syracuse to meet in the championship game!
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I would love to see by beloved UD Flyers go deep into the tourney, but realistically they won't make it past the third round.
Now St. Joes has a chance of going all the way.
msquared
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
With UVa folding against Maryland on Sunday, they now have to beat Clemson (easy) and Duke (hard, hard, hard) in the ACC tournament to have a shot at going. And I thought we were gonna do pretty good this year...
Dagonee
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
I would love to have a Hatrack Bracket Challenge. Once we have selection Sunday, (this Sunday?) ESPN and SI web sites have a tourny challenge where you can set up a group and each fill out your own bracket and they keep track of it all. Let me research a bit and I would be happy to set up the group if there is any interest.
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Go Valpo! Both the men and the women will be playing! Yay!!
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
No offense, but for some bizarre reason Valpo sounds to me like a brand of dog food.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I always fill out a bracket, and I probably will again this year. I'm having trouble getting too excited about it, though, because my Utes are in grave danger of missing the Dance for the first time in many years. Only the conference tournament this week can save them.
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
Yes, Valpo sounds like Alpo. But it's actually just a shortening of Valparaiso, 'cause who wants to say that all the time? Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
If someone sets up the bracket challenge, I'll play.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Dag,
Becareful what you say about Clemson. Their new coach, Oliver Purnell, came from UD, after a great record here. He is a guy to watch.
msquared
Posted by closeyourmind (Member # 5916) on :
Let's go Maryland Let's go...clap, clap.
We are likely to make it into the tournament this year despite ending the year 7-9 in the ACC. I'm glad we'll be in the NCAA tournament, but more interested in the ACC tournament this year. MD will probably go no further than the second round this year. It looks like we might play BYU in the first round, so we get a chance to woop up on some Mormons.
Patrick
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Oliver Purnell is a great coach. He actually made my brother's school (Old Dominion University) competitive while he was there.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I am so in, other side of the Atlantic though I may be on. I'm trying desperately to keep up with college hoops, but it's proving a bit difficult with very very limited internet access. But I will be in the bracket challenge. Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
Clemson down - now time to beat Duke!
Maybe I'll go with an all-ACC final four this year...
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
The biggest news happened in Dayton last night.
Undefeated St. Joe's got whipped by Xavier.
msquared
Posted by Ghost of Xavier (Member # 2852) on :
Go Xavier!!!!!!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Woohoo! Now we just have to beat Duke to get to the tournament.
Dagonee *I love the smell of fantasy in the morning!
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
Woo-HOOS you mean... Posted by thrak (Member # 5499) on :
I am getting very excited about the NCAA's. I can't wait for Selection Sunday so I can find out who else I will get to watch in person here in Raleigh.
If someone does run a Hatrack Pool, count me in.
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
I think the group ID is 55464, if that's wrong, let me know.
Not much need to join, though, since I'm gonna win anyway.
[ March 15, 2004, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: Jeni ]
Posted by luthe (Member # 1601) on :
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
Thank you Jeni! I was going to set one up but my computer at school denies me because of games! And I'm off line at home right now. I should be able to find a computer to at least put my picks down though.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
My brother's in the BYU band and last night he got the call that they are going to Denver. Pretty exciting!
I'm not informed enough to do the Yahoo thing. What is a pick set?
[ March 15, 2004, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by Ghost of Xavier (Member # 2852) on :
Yeah, too bad they are just going to lose to Syracuse first game ...
Thanks Jeni!
Once again my picks are a little tongue in cheek, but its fun anyway .
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
A pick set is a set of guesses about who will win. You don't have to be informed to make them. You just have to be lucky.
(Also, do keep in mind that the lower seeded teams are the favored teams to win. 1 has always beaten 16. 2 has only beaten 15 a couple of times. 8 often loses to 9.)
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
So is there a group yet this year? Have I missed a thread? If not let's get this going! The Yahoo pickem site is open and ready for business.
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