KCrim March Madness

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Whew.
Lot of typing with probably no one listening. I feel like Bruce Weber.
But we have one more region to finish.

[Deleted User 289]

WE GOT SCREWED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the interruption!

Please carry on.

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And down South we have the Baylor Bears with B12 coach of the year ( even though he didn't win the B12 ) Scott Drew. He's flying high here, at one point was the number 1 team in the nation, but as we know with Scott, he blew it in the clutch. Yet still, a top seed in the South.

If a 16 hadn't beaten a 1 yet, this might have been the time to pick it - but since it's happened, Northern Kentucky probably has little shot.

The 8 is Marquette. Dwayne Wade seems so long ago. Finished 8-10 in the Big East and lost 6 of the last 7. Why are they an 8 here? This has gotta be a mistake of sorts.

Illinois is probably thinking they should be higher than this...or at least higher than Marquette. What in the hell was the KCrim committee on?

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We can get to that oddity later - we have the Auburn Tigers out of the SEC who had a great run last season. They don't have the same talent as year prior but Bruce Pearl pays to play.

The Tigers will get, oh yes they made it, UNI, who won the MVC, but didn't win the tournament. Bradley took that. But still a good season, 25-6, and with a dangerous offense. This could be a good first round matchup, maybe a 12 v 5 upset here.

The 4 seed is Maryland. They have a gripe here, with Michigan State a 2, and them a 4. They must be thinking they at least deserved a 3. But there's just so much Big 10 blowjobbing - maybe that's what cost them a better seed.

The Terps will face Akron, which is in Ohio. The Zips went 24-7 and ran away with the MAC East. They held close at Louisville. They aren't total pushovers.

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The Ohio State Buckeyes. Please, can we stop saying 'the'. I bet 'the' fans of 'the Ohio State Buckeyes' are wondering why a 6 when other bracketologists had them as high as 4, and Kenpom loved them. Well 10 losses. And probably because Aaron Craft and the stretch in January where they went from no. 2 in the nation to non ranked, going 1-6. You'd also figure that some Big 10 teams have to suffer since they can't meet each other after the first round and there are so many of them.

A tough matchup for them in Eastern Tennessee State. 30-4. Didn't loose a lot. Played KU kind of tight in Allen and have won 12 straight.

The 3 seed is Big East contenders Seton Hall. Went 13-5. Tied for 1st. Had close losses against Michigan State and Oregon and lost a nailbiter that might have won them their league versus Villanova. The Pirates are for real.

They'll have North Texas to deal with. They are Mean and they are Green and finished 1st in the C-USA.

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And we're here, the end. Teams like NC State and Utah State and Mississippi State and UCLA have to be nervous.

[Deleted User 141]

Th is thread reminds me of 5th grade when I got grounded for two weeks to my room, and I used a National Geographic Our 50 States book to write out a regional basketball league I played through guy b in my nerf hoop.

Carry on nerd. I get your need.

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And it's Utah State. And probably the best of those teams. 26 wins. In a pretty easy conference though. The power 5 conferences won't be pleased here.

Their 7 is Houston who also Kenpom loves. 23-8 out of the American. Could be a good 1st round game there. This also may have been a big mistake by the committee as i'm not sure Houston can even be seeded here because of where the regional is - but shit has hit the fan at this point, so we'll have to deal.

And i'm feeling a little sick in my stomach, not sure why - ah, right, Duke. But not in the East, thankgod. This looks like despite not winning the ACC, they are the highest 2 seed, going against Baylor, but Coach K probably wishes he didn't have to play in the South.

Then there's Eastern Washington. I bet Cascadia picks the upset here.

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Can we cut to the chase?--final four, please.

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And here's the final bracket. No NC State. No UCLA. Probably pretty pissed at Shaka Smart sneaking in. But none of this really matters anyways.

Here's the final bracket:



https://www.kansascrimson.com/kmadness/crimmadness.html

[Deleted User 289]

Who's playing where in the 2nd and 3rd rounds?
Never-mind.

I'll play.

KU over Bobby Mo.
Fla over St. Marys
BYU over SFA
UK over Belmont
Cinci over AZ
Louis over UC Irv
USC over X
MSU over Littlecock.

KU over Fla
UK over BYU
Louis over Cinci
MSU over USC

UK over KU
Louis over MSU

Louis wins the Midwest


Day over Winny
Rut over TT
Wisco over Tex
Creigh over Verm
WSU over PSU
Nova over Hoff
Iowa over OKL
FSU over NDSU

Day over Rut
Wisco over Creigh
Nova over WSU
FSU over Iowa

Day over Wisco
FSU over Nova

FSU wins the East


Zag over Sien
LSU over Colo
WVU over New Mex St
Lib over Mich
But over Yale
Oreg over Brad
Virg over Prov
SDSU over Colgate

LSU over Zag
WVU over LIb
But over Oreg
Virg over SDSU

LSU over WVU
Virg over But

LSU wins the West


Baylor over N. Kent
Illi over Marq
Aub over UNI
Mary over Akron
tOSU over ETSU
SHall over N. Tex
UT ST over Houston
Duke over EWA

Baylor over Illi
Aub over Mary
tOSU over Shall
Duke over UT ST

Bay over Aub
Duke over tOSU

Duke wins the South

Final Four
FSU over Louis
LSU over Duke

FSU over LSU

FSU National Champs

[Geezer]

self quarantined?

[Mjl]

This is great

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Games begin Wednesday.
Ignore doyel's Kroger brand thread.

[Mjl]

Games begin Wednesday.
Ignore doyel's Kroger brand thread.

Ain't nothing wrong with Kroger brand

[Deleted User 141]

Can we cut to the chase?--final four, please.

Now more than ever, what’s the rush?

[sdoyel]

This is great! Much, much better done than my version over on Twitter.

[sdoyel]

Games begin Wednesday.
Ignore doyel's Kroger brand thread.

LOL

[Deleted User 141]

Ok so this is the VHS to Doyle’s Betamax shit.

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Can we cut to the chase?--final four, please.

Now more than ever, what’s the rush?

I just wanna find out who wins before the virus gets me.