2012 National Championship* edited by basketballhat THREAD

[arushofwings]

made my bracket, it's awful.

[Montague Terrace]

Made a bracket. By the grace of God (and the fact that no one in the office really cares) I've ended up winning the last two office pools. I'm due for a bad year.

Edit: Kentucky over Kansas, yes, I know I'm boring and I hate it.

[nonoperational]

Edit: Kentucky over Kansas, yes, I know I'm boring and I hate it.

yeah this is my least favorite part of my bracket is that i'm a spineless dweeb and picked kentucky over ohio st.

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

The thing about Kentucky is that Anthony Davis's tentacle-arms are never going to have an off night.

I know I am an SEC guy but seriously it is incredibly hard to beat them.

[nonoperational]

yeah the guy is a total freak when it comes to both his ability to play basketball and his hideous face/body.

[This Guy]

yeah the guy is a total freak when it comes to both his ability to play basketball and his hideous face/body.

What?

[Snatch]

The thing about Kentucky is that Anthony Davis's tentacle-arms are never going to have an off night.

I know I am an SEC guy but seriously it is incredibly hard to beat them.

Carolina played one of its best games of the season against Kentucky. Still lost. It was at Kentucky, but ...

They're probably only 25-30% to win the thing, though. But those are tremendous odds for a 68-team event; just the nature of the tournament.

[dcm]

Edit: Kentucky over Kansas, yes, I know I'm boring and I hate it.

yeah this is my least favorite part of my bracket is that i'm a spineless dweeb and picked kentucky over ohio st.

hey me too

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

Yeah I don't think they have better than a 30% chance of winning the tournament, but I would feel pretty comfortable picking them to win any given game.

[This Guy]

According to Nate Silver's bracket probability thing the top % to win the tournament are: 1. Kentucky 26.4%, 2. Ohio State 15.8%, 3. North Carolina 11.3%, 4. Kansas 9.4%, 5. Missouri 5.3%

The advancement probabilities displayed statistical estimates of the chance that a team will advance to any given stage of the tournament, given games that have been played so far as well as all possible permutations of matchups that could be played for the rest of the tournament. The principal factor in the forecasts is a composite of computer ratings. In addition, there are adjustments for injuries, the geographic location of the games, preseason ratings, the team’s placement on the NCAA’s 68-team “S-curve”, and the quality of a team’s performance during the tournament so far.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/12/sports/ncaabasketball/201203-nate-silver-march-madness.html

[VHGisdead]

yeah Nate's projections are going to feature heavily in my 10ish person bracket pool

I'm pretty perturbed at having to pick the Belmont-Georgetown game.

[nibelheim]

ive got belmont

[dragon jeans]

It's begun, yall.

I don't know if I am rooting for the Hilltoppers because they have an awesome mascot or MVS because who the fuck are they.

[nibelheim]

that dunk was off the chain

[Bernie]

did anyone else buy the march madness live app for iphone?

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

That Akol guy can't possibly be 6'11''.

[nibelheim]

this is p ugly hoops

[creationist]

yeah i got the app but still contemplating the full version

would be nice to have one game streaming instead of feeling like i gotta flip around so much

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

Did they just show Barack Obama and David Cameron at this game or did...yes, okay.

[creationist]

can't wait to hear what david cameron thinks at the half!

[dcm]

calling the thurs/fri games the second round is so annoying

[dragon jeans]

My president sinks threes in slacks.

[beave]

It's begun, yall.

I don't know if I am rooting for the Hilltoppers because they have an awesome mascot or MVS because who the fuck are they.

you're for valley because it's like ten miles from me, where jerry rice went to college, and when ucla raped them in the first round of the tourney a few years ago the delta devils were high-fiving kevin love after he dunked all over them

[the scofflaw]

It's begun, yall.

I don't know if I am rooting for the Hilltoppers because they have an awesome mascot or MVS because who the fuck are they.

you're for valley because it's like ten miles from me, where jerry rice went to college, and when ucla raped them in the first round of the tourney a few years ago the delta devils were high-fiving kevin love after he dunked all over them

kind of want to cheer for western but this is making a pretty solid case for delta devil pride
plus their coach is the guy that made the shot before "the shot" in uk/duke '92.

[banquo]

which reporters or other notable people do bracket advice that you guys trust?

i mean i know i'd be embarrassed if my job was to report on sports and i always had a trash bracket each year publicly displayed

[coop]

holy shit how did wku come back

[Feech La Manna]

Wait, Obama took Cameron to a play-in game?

What the fuck, dude?

[dragon jeans]

lol this could not possibly be more of a 16/16 play-in game.

[nibelheim]

word is angela merkel is gonna be courtside at the iona game

[Feech La Manna]

"one of the greatest comebacks in NCAA Tournament history"