March Madness - Club Polk's Official "ESPN Tournament Challenge" Challenge

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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited March 2006
    How does that taste KU?:eek: :eek: :D :cool: :cool:
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited March 2006
    OU fan to KU fan: At least we didn't get beat by the 11th seed............

    KU fan: At least we lasted 'til Friday.................:D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2006
    Are you kidding me with KU? I had them in my final four :-(
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited March 2006
    Iowa losing was a heartbreaker, but Kansas losing was the tonic to make me feel better. Too bad North Carolina and UConn couldn't have joined them. ;)
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited March 2006
    Your first round leader is ....................SHACKDADDY(#4):D




    I on the other hand pretty muck suck:o
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  • MattN03
    MattN03 Posts: 558
    edited March 2006
    Well, my 2 teams did decent last night. I'm a Murray State grad, and we stayed in the game pretty well loosing by 4 to NC. Then my KY Wildcats pulled out a victory over UAB. :)
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2006
    The person leading the nation has only missed the Iowa game so far. He also has Iowa going no further, so he's got all of his Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four teams left.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    And the fellow tied with him only missed with Syracuse, which he had losing to LSU in 2nd round...

    Long way to go yet, both nationally and with Club Polk...

    Great tourney so far though...two buzzer beating, baseline fade away threes for wins, and plenty of heart palpatations for the fav's.

    For the most part I think that the selection committee has once again been vindicated.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    Nm....
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    And the fellow tied with him only missed with Syracuse, which he had losing to LSU in 2nd round...

    Long way to go yet, both nationally and with Club Polk...

    Great tourney so far though...two buzzer beating, baseline fade away threes for wins, and plenty of heart palpatations for the fav's.

    For the most part I think that the selection committee has once again been vindicated.

    Well said.. it has been a GREAT tourny so far... one of the most exciting i can remember.. of course, I can never remember more than this past week, but still.

    Forget the national picks, we only care about CP!!! :) And it ain't over til the fat lady... uh.. never mind.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2006
    opus wrote:
    How does that taste KU?:eek: :eek: :D :cool: :cool:

    What are you talking about? Did I miss something? some stupid denon POS wouldn't work and i couldn't see any of the games... must have been the idiot who sold it so me.. probably never cleaned it once, before pawning it off on unsuspecting newbies... wait until I get my hands on that guy... :D:D:D
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited March 2006
    MrNightly wrote:
    What are you talking about? Did I miss something? some stupid denon POS wouldn't work and i couldn't see any of the games... must have been the idiot who sold it so me.. probably never cleaned it once, before pawning it off on unsuspecting newbies... wait until I get my hands on that guy... :D:D:D


    I'll buy it back for $125 shipped
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    And the carnage continues...

    Bradley? George Mason?

    Like something out of Butch and Sundance, "Who ARE these guys?"
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2006
    opus wrote:
    I'll buy it back for $125 shipped

    Heck, I can get at least $150 here... I gotta be dreaming to sell if for so little as... $125.. gesh. Nice try slick guy. Not pulling the wool over my eyes twice in one year buddy :p
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    ... and Duke bows out.

    Great game... LSU was sloppy, but too athletic. They put on an awesome show.

    Looking forward to the late games.
    More later,
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    Vox Copuli
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    ... and MrNightly bows out.

    That's just not nice :p

    But all the games have been fun to watch, lets just say that!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    Damn the late games were great...

    Congrats to TU... Ironic a long trey did in WVU. What a fun team to watch. I could watch them all day long... and if I'm an NBA GM I have to find a place for Gansey on my my team.

    Gone-zaga... poor Adam.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2006
    I gotta tell ya....I've been a basketball fan all my life. Moreso than any other sport. I've played since I was 8 all the way through college. As exciting as the games tonight were...I am really beginning to dislike what the game has become. F***ing "roller derby" without skates. It's even gone beyond "no blood - no foul". When a shooting foul IS called ...75% of the time the contact is initiated by the offensive player. Refs won't call a handcheck as long as the ball handler still has all his fingers. I've finally figured out why there is never a 3 second call in the lane....Most of the refs can't figure out what comes after "2". Oh yeah....how about the "crossover dribble"? We can thank Mr. Air for that move. With the move most of these guys have, the only thing that could be considered more of a carry is if they put the ball in a backpack and slung it over their shoulder. Don't even get me started on walks... I could go on longer...but I digress. And BTW this isn't about "my teams" not winning since I'm in the top 2 spots right now. It's just that this old gym rat doesn't much like what the game has evolved to.

    End of rant (for now). Back to your regularly scheduled programing.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    Maybe "Mr. Top 2 Spots", should become a ref... ;)

    Funny thing is, it seems to me that I'm seeing the "normal" amount of traveling calls and even more palming calls than usual.
    More later,
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2006
    It's the physical nature of the game that bothers me more. I think we've become accustomed to what they are doing (palming, traveling) over the last 10 years or so. I have done a little "rec league" officiating...however there, they are actually lucky if they can dribble the ball, much less execute a crossover dribble....:D
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    Yuppers... many years ago a neighbor's son's, youth league team was stuck for a coach, so I did it. I had one dribbler, one shooter, one rebounder and a few "other" kids to whom I preached defense.

    Great fun...
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited March 2006
    UNC and Duke are out. Now I could care less who wins.
    I don't even think the ACC has any presence left do they? Or is BC still in it?
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2006
    shack wrote:
    It's the physical nature of the game that bothers me more.
    Well, if last night bothered you, I hope you had other things to do tonite.

    BC v. Villanova had more rough no-calls than any three other games in this year's tourney. And while Uconn v. Washington is better, it's not by much...
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited March 2006
    Holy Crap!! I'm in 1st place:eek: :rolleyes: :D
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  • sterling bug
    sterling bug Posts: 228
    edited March 2006
    congrats Shack, looks like your the winner.:D I feel lucky to have one in the Final Four after this crazy tournament.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2006
    sterling bug wrote:
    congrats Shack, looks like your the winner.:D I feel lucky to have one in the Final Four after this crazy tournament.
    Looks that way...a quick review appears to indicate that no one can catch me as none of the contenders have any way to score any more points.

    As a side note, I can't believe the top two leaders playing the ESPN game actually picked THIS Final 4 :eek:

    Their brackets:

    http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/entry?entryID=3019864

    http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/entry?entryID=1142067
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  • sterling bug
    sterling bug Posts: 228
    edited March 2006
    I saw the top 2. Insane that there are two out there that picked the Final Four.
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited March 2006
    Way to go Shack:D The last 24 hours have been a nightmare for my bracket:o

    Also a big thanks to Tour for setting us up. See ya next year.........kevin
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  • warlocks1
    warlocks1 Posts: 1,229
    edited March 2006
    As a proud 1988 grad from George Mason, well proud now, go Patriots!!!
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited March 2006
    Congrats Shack! Braggin' rights for the year :D

    What a horrible year for the bracket tho eh? And great lord almighty, what a bad year for the Big XII. I am ashamed. ;)
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