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Pop, Lock & Drop It : Bracketology 2008
Ohhhhh, my favorite non-musical day of the year is finally here! I've been on a cold streak the last few years with my brackets. I was red-hot a few years back winning back-to-back basketball nerd bracket championships - I was makin' it rain. I have yet to be able to rekindle the magic since.
Hey, I admit it, got a case of the big head. It was all strippers and Cristal. I started believing all the hype and the things my entourage was whispering in my ears. No longer! I've taken it back home, back to the basics and Mama's home cookin'. After long hours of analysis, locked in a room, peeing in a bucket, scrutinizing the matchups I have determined....its an eff'n crapshoot this year. I have no idea, and that's how I like it.
I'm gonna go out on a crazy limb and speculate that North Carolina, Kansas, Texas and UCLA make the Final Four. Teams that make up the Big 12 have like maybe two or three championships in the last 50 years, so we know they choke, but we also know they're due. UCLA and UNC know how to win and are arguably the two best teams in the nation...so based on that logic, UCLA and UNC overcome Kansas and Texas to meet up in the title game. North Carolina sickeningly cuts down the nets in San Antonio. I wanted to pick Kansas but just couldn't.
Other teams to not sleep on in this years tourney...
Louisville, Arizona, UCONN, BYU, Pitt, Wisconsin and Notre Dame.
Are you crazy? upset special...
Mississippi State over Memphis. I'd happily take just about anyone over teams from C-USA or the Pac 10 (excluding UCLA).
There really aren't many double-digit seeds that make me think much exciting will happen in the upset category. If Kentucky had Patrick Patterson, they'd be a popular upset team, but they don't. Drake, Davidson and St. Joes might have the best chances to be this year's George Mason. I'd like to say Butler should be in there, but this is the first year at Butler for Coach Brad Stevens and his first NCAA tourney.
That's Un-Kentuckian...
God love her, but I'm even getting tired of seeing her every time UK is in the tournament. ESPN.com has Ashley on the homepage again. Don't we have ANY other famous fans that are hot?!
Alright fantasy ballaz and shot callaz...who you got?
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posted by Dodge @ 10:45 AM
8 Talk back to yo' mama!
8 Talk back to yo' mama!:
IU and UNC meet in the second round and IU wins. I know it is a homer pick because I graduated from IU, but write it down anyways.
Go Hoosiers!!
Indiana over North Carolina? No thanks! I'd like to see Tennessee take 'em down, but I highly doubt it'll happen.
My money's on the Jayhawks to take it all home, but that's mostly just 'cause I'm a huge Kansas fan.
M.S.U. over Memphis is pretty crazy, Dodge.
I fear we'll end up with Kansas or UNC, but I like Tenn and Texas. Love Pitt as a sleeper. If they were healthier (can Kevin Love even walk this morning?), I'd grab UCLA.
Regardless, I know damn well that no team in the Big 10 will be playing next weekend.
Gregory, I appreciate your IU pride, but even as an IU fan, I had a hard time putting their name down in the win column on my brackets. I was witness to the IU meltdown during the Gophers vs. IU game last week at a bar in St. Paul. I made the mistake of talking smack to the Gophers fans around me with 1.5 seconds to play, assuming the team would pull it off, despite their lackadaisacal play. When will I ever learn? I was drowned out 1.5 seconds later when the bar erupted in cheers after stupid Hoffarber hit that shot. I hung my head in shame as I left the bar. So sad.
cosign on the miss st. over memphis pick being crazy, but hell i have 3 out of 4 12 seeds winning. my final four is memphis, unc, gtown, and duke. with memphis over unc in the final. nova over clemson first round upset lock! -cookies
I don't see Nova or Clemson as an upset. They seem like similar teams to me. I do have Nova winning. In addition, I too, do have MSU over Memphis.
Hey, Dodge, it would be fun next year if you made a MOKB group for us all to compete on ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge. There is smack talking galore in the group I'm in with some friends, and it's great to track your successes and failures online.
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Dodge, i am trying to figure all this out this year. dammit i should have joined a pool somewhere; beginner's luck? you need more girls commenting on this post. indeed.
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