2008 NCAA Tournament Thread

[SunMo]

this Villanova game is crazy

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Of all the Philly teams, Villanova is the only one I really root for.  Thus, I picked Clemson to cruise over them and into the Elite Eight.

Oopsy daisies!

Jay Wright! Council Rock represent!

[Rome]

There was like 30 Clemson fans in the pub last night and me.

I got thrown out after the game for "inciting" them.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

For an old guy, you sure do raise some hell.  Rebel.

[Sgt PSN]

Rebel With A Tape Measure

[BigEd76]

NCAA Sweet 16

EAST (Charlotte THU/SAT)
#1 North Carolina vs. #4 Washington State
#2 Tennessee vs. #3 Louisville

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MIDWEST (Detroit FRI/SUN)
#1 Kansas vs. #12 Villanova
#3 Wisconsin vs. #10 Davidson

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SOUTH (Houston FRI/SUN)
#1 Memphis vs. #5 Michigan State
#2 Texas vs. #3 Stanford

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WEST (Phoenix THU/SAT)
#1 UCLA vs. #12 Western Kentucky
#3 Xavier vs. #7 West Virginia


NIT

#1 Ohio State vs. #4 California
#2 Illinois State vs. #3 Dayton

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#1 Virginia Tech vs. #5 UAB
#2 Mississippi vs. #3 Nebraska

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#1 Arizona State vs. #2 Florida

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#1 Syracuse vs. #2 UMass



CBI

#3 Houston vs. #4 Valparaiso
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#1 Virginia vs. #2 Old Dominion
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#2 Tulsa vs. #4 Utah
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#1 Bradley vs. #2 Ohio

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Maybe next year I'll do a minimal amount of research before filling out my bracket.  This year wasn't pretty.

I also missed an opportunity to see a bunch of games from the East bracket in person, as I didn't even realize they were being held at the RBC Center, right down the street in West Raleigh.

[reese125]

I was able to go to the  Georgia vs Xavier and Purdue vs Baylor at the Verizon Center in Washington DC for the day games. Nice little mid-court suite.

It was tough seeing Georgia blow that lead, and Purdue seriously looked so dominating on the glass and making it rain form the outside, that I was really surprised to see them lose 2nd rd

[Wingspan]

Liar

[ice grillin you]

dio is beating me

[ice grillin you]

THURSDAY

7:10   west virginia – xaiver
7:27   washington st – north carolina

9:40   w. kentucky – ucla
9:57   louisville – tennessee



FRIDAY

7:10   davidson – wisconsin
7:27   stanford – texas

9:40   villanova – kansas
9:57   michigan st - memphis

[MDS]

i picked gtown to win for some reason so hooray for that one.

also spent about 5 hours in car up and down 95 for the temple game, which they lost. i was about 10/15 minutes away from igy, so that really did help the trip. but maryland as a state sucks. it just sucks.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The entire state of Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon.

[Don Ho]

In southern cal last week on vacation.  My son reminded me just before we left that the NCAA Regionals were in Anaheim.  Scored tickets via stubhub for this past Saturday's game at The Honda Center.  Frickin' awesome.  The atmosphere was electric and we were fortunate to catch two of the better games to date - Stanford/Marquette and UCLA/Texas A&M.  What an experience!   I did not ever expect a UCLA crowd to be that nuts but the place was out of control.  A&M was absolutely robbed on that last non-call.   Happened right in front of us  Kevin Love of UCLA is a beast.  I have to admit it was one of the greatest sporting experiences of my life (right up there with my visit to CBP last April and several trips to The Vet).

[Cerevant]

I also missed an opportunity to see a bunch of games from the East bracket in person, as I didn't even realize they were being held at the RBC Center, right down the street in West Raleigh.

Another sign that the US economy is tanking:
RBC = Royal Bank of Canada
For those in the Philly area:
TD Bank / TD Waterhouse = Toronto Dominion