OT: The Wire Bracketology

[Socki]

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...-tournament-determine-wire-greatest-character

I love this, but some of the seedings are questionable. McNulty vs. Daniels in the 1st round? Snoop as a 3? Outrageous

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Bubbles as a 7 seed?!?

They nailed the Stringer, Avon and Omar as #1 seeds...but Bunk as a #1? idk..questionable haha

 

[Deepster]

1) No one comes close to knocking off Omar in that West B-More bracket. That's flawed.
2) Looking forward to a Stringer/Marlo matchup for the final 4.
3) McNulty / Daniels / Bubbles / Clay Davis is a brutal little corner of the bracket.

 

[sammydabiz]

For sure: No way McNutty should be facing Danieals in the 1st round, and how the hell is Bunk #1 seed?!?

***BIG UPSET ALERT***
But my biggest gripe, although he didn't have much air time, is #8 Brotha Mouzone. That man was bad, lol. Heck the only person in the show who kinda shook Omar. Therefore I'm rooting for them pairing up again in the Final Four, kinda wish they went at each other to the end in the show.


Snoop deserves a #2, she was classic

 

[huskiesnyc]

How can Marlo not be a #1 seed? Remember him rolling up on those armed guys at the end just for the fun of it? He was much more gangster than Stringer.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I think Marlo got overseeded by a notch actually, just never really liked him that much. My upset possibilities are bodie over marlo and stringer, Bunny Colvin in the ports, plenty of people over Bunk (shouldn't be a number one), and Bubbles could really pull some upsets (a seven seed?!). Michael got screwed being in the same bracket as Omar. You can't go up against Omar, who I expect to take it all.

 

[Huskies320]

How is Slim Charles not even on the board? One of the great scenes of the series.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Slim Charles needed to be on that list too.

Show ended and he was the defacto #1 guy.

 

[Huskies320]

Omar is the biggest favorite in the history of brackets

 

[Huskies320]

McNulty really got screwed. Expect him to breeze through to the final 4, but he has no chance against Omar.

Omar, McNulty, Avon, Bodie.

Omar vs Bodie.

Omar

Had to pick an upset. Cant go chalk

 

[progrocks]

Slim did cheese, and cheese had to get got, so he deserves props. When it ended slim was gonna become a junior stringer bell.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

McNulty really got screwed. Expect him to breeze through to the final 4, but he has no chance against Omar.

Omar, McNulty, Avon, Bodie.

Omar vs Bodie.

Omar

Had to pick an upset. Cant go chalk

I don't know man, for me it's Bubbles over McNulty and not even that difficult. There's too much love/hate with McNulty for me to take him to the final four.

 

[BlueWhiteOrange]

Look for McNulty vs Bunk out of hamsterdam regional, with McNulty taking it. Kind of weak division, especially with bubbles and clay having to face each other in first round. shhhhiitttttt. Omar vs. Lee in West Balt division is a great 1 vs 2,Omar takes it. Carcetti has a tough draw in Ports division with Avon Barksdale in 2nd round,winner of this one takes region. East Baltimore has a lot of great characters,2nd round of Marlo vs bodie and Stringer vs Lester Freamon is the best regional semi finals. Maybe Freamon pulls the upset.

Final Four of Omar vs Avon and McNulty vs Freamon, finals of Omar vs McNulty with Omar Little taking it in a blowout. If Lee is in any other division, he's in final four. Surprised that kid Randy isn't in it. Kid gets screwed by the system and the street, ends up in a foster house and labeled a snitch. Shows the hopelessness of it all.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Freamon is the sleeper. But really, if anyone but Omar wins, this is a sham.

 

[UCHuskies08]

How is McNulty only a #3? He's arguably the main character. Ronda Pearlman deserves to be in there somewhere too, preferably over Ziggy Sobotka, one of my most hated characters in the entire show.

 

[Burnsbros23]

I cant even pick my final four..... Impossible..... Daniels as a 6 seed is a joke. Bubbles as a 7 seed is a joke. Chris Partlow and Wee-bey Price are interesting 4 seeds. Look out for Sobotka over prop joe in an upset.

 

[Deepster]

Just noticed. No Carver?

And I thought Frank Zobotka would give Prop Joe more of a run.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

seeding-wise....
i thought, freamon, mouzone, and bubbles were way too low.

clay davis and bunk were seeded a bit high for my taste.

cant wait to see how it ends

 

[Walker11]

The problem is that all the characters were so great that almost all deserve top 2 seeds. Save, Ziggy, Kima and maybe Prez (sp?).

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Omar vs Ziggy might be the biggest mismatch in the history of brackets of any kind. If you were to put this in basketball terms, I can't even imagine what the final score would be.

 

[husky99]

Brother mouzone had a crazy nyc rep and should be a 3 or 4 seed.. also kima could be a 4

 

[caw]

I don't know how you do this without: Sydnor, Carver, Poot, The Greek, Slim Charles, Randy, Namond, and Spiro.

 

[Burnsbros23]

Daniels vs McNulty in the first round is like conference rivals playing each other in the tourney....

 

[August_West]

Bunny Colvin is the 12 seed who makes a run to the elite 8. Love him.

Herc is the Duke (or Pitt) of the show. Always hated that dumb bastard

I could see Clay Davis getting a bad call against and saying to the ref: sheeeeeeeeeit......

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Bunny Colvin is the 12 seed who makes a run to the elite 8. Love him.

Couldn't agree more. The entire Hamsterdam experiment is my single favorite part of that entire series. It literally brings every subset of characters together. The street level dealers, kingpins, corner boys, school boys, addicts, police, government officials, reporters, everyone.