sports March Madness

Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ · 03-12-2010, 05:43 AM

Is anyone else into this?

My teams are Texas and UNC. Tar Heels are out of it and Texas is in an epic slump.

Not having to listen to Dick Vitale and rooting against Duke will be the highlights this year.

lobnob · 03-12-2010, 06:13 AM

<3 kansas, <3 aggies

Chairman Kaga · 03-12-2010, 10:18 AM

post a link or something so i can educate myself about college ball and i will watch with you and even root for your teams because i d g a f

Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ · 03-12-2010, 11:35 AM

A lot of people like it because they do betting pools on the brackets. The brackets are finalized on Sunday I think and you can download one from pretty much any sports website. CBSSports.com is good because they televise the tournament.

I personally think it's the greatest spectacle in sports because it's a massive single elimination tournament (like they should also have in college football). You lose, you're out. Unlike pussy sports like baseball where you can lose a dozen games in post season and still be champion. Pfft.

The teams with the big traditions are UNC, Kansas, Indiana (surprised you're not tapped in!), Louisville, Syracuse, Georgetown, Kentucky, UCLA and a few others, but it varies a lot from year to year.

Hating Duke is fun. Mike Krzwyckzyckizxfrczky is their coach and he looks like a rat. Their players are usually disproportionately composed of ugly rich white boys. If you love Hitler, you'd probably love Duke.

I'm not as thrilled about it because UTexas sucks after being #1 and UNC is out of it. So I'll root against Duke and maybe pull for Syracuse as my local team.

SirLubson · 03-12-2010, 12:58 PM

could you explain to a dumb finn what you are talking about?

Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ · 03-12-2010, 02:04 PM

It's the American college basketball tournament.

Starts with 64* teams and they play rounds of single-elimination games (i.e. you lose you go home; you win you continue) until there's a sole champion. First round = 32 games, then 16, then 8 ("sweet sixteen for the sixteen remaining teams), then elite eight, then final four, then championship. It's very fast paced and upsets are huge, although rare in the final rounds.

Aside from the games themselves, it's very popular for fans to join into groups and pool money to bet on the "brackets" which are the games. You start with the initial 64 teams try to predict who will win all the way to the end and get points based on how well you predict. The bets have to take place before the tournament begins.

Betting a perfect bracket is a 1 in a million thing, but someone does every year.

Plus, the games are awesome.

I did some work at CBS and got to watch the broadcast operations. It's amazing in the early rounds when they're doing a dozen games at a time.

(*really 65, but for simplicity say 64)

rawr · 03-12-2010, 03:20 PM

only bball i watch is the thunder

Noob3 · 03-12-2010, 03:34 PM

THAT's THUNDER BASKETALL

Robert · 03-12-2010, 08:44 PM

march madness pools are pretty fun, i played my works last year and it was fun even though i had no clue wtf i was doing (i cheated with espn)

Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ · 03-13-2010, 06:21 AM

You can usually do pretty well picking all the favorites. My experience has been that the final four are usually pretty easy to pick. Almost always you'll get three out of four if you pick them from pre-tourney faves. The trick is to predict two or three key upsets early in the tournament.

03-12-2010, 05:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ all underpants should be brown Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Uptown YO Posts: 3,133	March Madness Is anyone else into this? My teams are Texas and UNC. Tar Heels are out of it and Texas is in an epic slump. Not having to listen to Dick Vitale and rooting against Duke will be the highlights this year.

03-12-2010, 06:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
lobnob Dodongo dislikes smoke Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: dickdog Posts: 4,555	<3 kansas, <3 aggies __________________

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Chairman Kaga Death was his name. Join Date: May 2005 Location: Big Posts: 6,504	post a link or something so i can educate myself about college ball and i will watch with you and even root for your teams because i d g a f __________________ YO!!!!!! Watta Gwan bredren n sistren de man new to de site, jus wanna say blaze up, and keep de fiYah burnin.

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SirLubson snow moor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: your fase Posts: 4,020	could you explain to a dumb finn what you are talking about? __________________

03-12-2010, 11:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ all underpants should be brown Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Uptown YO Posts: 3,133	A lot of people like it because they do betting pools on the brackets. The brackets are finalized on Sunday I think and you can download one from pretty much any sports website. CBSSports.com is good because they televise the tournament. I personally think it's the greatest spectacle in sports because it's a massive single elimination tournament (like they should also have in college football). You lose, you're out. Unlike pussy sports like baseball where you can lose a dozen games in post season and still be champion. Pfft. The teams with the big traditions are UNC, Kansas, Indiana (surprised you're not tapped in!), Louisville, Syracuse, Georgetown, Kentucky, UCLA and a few others, but it varies a lot from year to year. Hating Duke is fun. Mike Krzwyckzyckizxfrczky is their coach and he looks like a rat. Their players are usually disproportionately composed of ugly rich white boys. If you love Hitler, you'd probably love Duke. I'm not as thrilled about it because UTexas sucks after being #1 and UNC is out of it. So I'll root against Duke and maybe pull for Syracuse as my local team.

03-12-2010, 02:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ all underpants should be brown Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Uptown YO Posts: 3,133	It's the American college basketball tournament. Starts with 64* teams and they play rounds of single-elimination games (i.e. you lose you go home; you win you continue) until there's a sole champion. First round = 32 games, then 16, then 8 ("sweet sixteen for the sixteen remaining teams), then elite eight, then final four, then championship. It's very fast paced and upsets are huge, although rare in the final rounds. Aside from the games themselves, it's very popular for fans to join into groups and pool money to bet on the "brackets" which are the games. You start with the initial 64 teams try to predict who will win all the way to the end and get points based on how well you predict. The bets have to take place before the tournament begins. Betting a perfect bracket is a 1 in a million thing, but someone does every year. Plus, the games are awesome. I did some work at CBS and got to watch the broadcast operations. It's amazing in the early rounds when they're doing a dozen games at a time. (*really 65, but for simplicity say 64)

03-12-2010, 03:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
Noob3 New User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 235	THAT's THUNDER BASKETALL

03-13-2010, 06:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
Üßøçñääðüæñãôþ all underpants should be brown Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Uptown YO Posts: 3,133	You can usually do pretty well picking all the favorites. My experience has been that the final four are usually pretty easy to pick. Almost always you'll get three out of four if you pick them from pre-tourney faves. The trick is to predict two or three key upsets early in the tournament.