NCAA Tournament Day 1 Thread (Merged)

[FfldCntyFan]

Gonzaga and Creighton have raised my interest in these 2nd round 1 vs 8/9 matchups.

Creighton is going to beat Auburn.

 

[Hurleyman216]

I wish Arkansas and Kansas weren’t playing each other so both could lose in round 1. Arkansas shouldn’t even be in the tournament and Kansas should be seeded below us. I guess I’ll reluctantly root for Kansas because I hate Self slightly less than Cal

 

[HuskyHawk]

I wish Arkansas and Kansas weren’t playing each other so both could lose in round 1. Arkansas shouldn’t even be in the tournament and Kansas should be seeded below us. I guess I’ll reluctantly root for Kansas because I hate Self slightly less than Cal

 

[cellocgg]

How many NCAA perfect brackets remain in ESPN Men’s and Women’s Tournament Challenge?

0 perfect brackets remain in ESPN Men’s Tournament Challenge! Want a Second Chance? Fill out up to 25 new brackets starting with the Sweet 16 at espn.com/secondchance

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Total Brackets 24,388,542

Losses:
#8 Louisville 13,339,089
#13 High Point 2,173,492
#14 Montana 623,535
#16 SIUE 148,913
#16 Alabama St 105,435
#5 Clemson 6,607,928
#11 VCU 584,130
# 9 Georgia 265,241
Total Losses 23,847,763

Perfect Remaining 540,779

I'm one of them

 

[ec33]

Gonzaga and Creighton have raised my interest in these 2nd round 1 vs 8/9 matchups.

Hopefully throw in UConn. Then note that this makes 3 out of 4. I wonder who the 1 seed with a less interesting second round matchup could be?

 

[ec33]

Creighton is going to beat Auburn.

Auburn is definitely quite gettable. They seem to have peaked too early.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Well Jayhawks look like crap so far. No defense and bad offense.

 

[HCCForever]

I was hoping they’d at least not get upset in the first round smh. Bracket about to take a huge hit before happy hour of day 1

You start happy hour late. It starts for me at noon on first real day of tourney.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I wish Arkansas and Kansas weren’t playing each other so both could lose in round 1. Arkansas shouldn’t even be in the tournament and Kansas should be seeded below us. I guess I’ll reluctantly root for Kansas because I hate Self slightly less than Cal

I really want to see Calipari knock off Pitino. It would be a scumbag version of the student beating the master.

 

[BugsyCT]

Yale / Texas A&M underway

 

[storrsroars]

I'm one of them

My public board entry is still perfect. The private board, not so much.

 

[Vowelguy]

I really want to see Calipari knock off Pitino. It would be a scumbag version of the student beating the master.

I live in fear of a scumbag coach final 4 of Auburn-Houston-StJohns-Kansas.
Well, Kansas has no shot, and at least SJU reps the BigEast.

Next year NCSt joins the fun.

 

[HCCForever]

Hoping for more exciting games this evening. Kansas and Arkansas could be one of them.

 

[bendm]

ACC could stand to improve their bball inventory.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Arkansas making an awful lot of long one handed floaters. That’s not a high percentage shot.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Wow. AJ Storr is playing great on both ends. I did not have that on my bingo card.

 

[Revrat]

Kansas can't be bothered to go after boards and that center is god awful around the hoop

 

[NHUConnfan]

I've still got a perfect bracket but my picks tonight are a bit spicy so that's quickly ending.

 

[alexd]

Kansas can't be bothered to go after boards and that center is god awful around the hoop

Didn't Dickinson play against Thabeet???

 

[gsmooth]

Wow. AJ Storr is playing great on both ends. I did not have that on my bingo card.

Mr Overpriced Mercenary himself

 

[FLDawg16]

Didn’t look like a play on the ball for that hard foul

 

[gsmooth]

I really want to see Calipari knock off Pitino. It would be a scumbag version of the student beating the master.

Calipari is 8-2 against Pitino in their last 10 games. That's something to consider.

 

[AidanFan20]

That was just one hell of a collision.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Didn’t look like a play on the ball for that hard foul

Only because the pass was overthrown and went over his head.

 

[Mazhude]

Kevin Willard airs concerns about Maryland, says Damon Evans ‘probably’ leaving

Ouch. The Terrapins men’s basketball coach offered a startlingly candid appraisal of the program the day before its NCAA tournament opener... With his name surfacing among potential candidates for Villanova’s coaching vacancy, Willard also said he would require upgrades to Maryland’s financial commitment to men’s basketball.