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2003-03-17 3:23 AM
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney03/bracket16th seed game starts Tuesday, then the first round starts Wednesday. Fill out your brackets quick! Here's my Elite Eight: Midwest-Kentucky and Pittsburgh West-Arizona and Kansas South-Texas and Maryland East-Oklahoma and Syracuse Then my Final Four: Midwest-UK West-'Zona South-UT East-Syracuse And in the Championship Game....Kentucky over Texas.
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#32269
2003-03-17 5:18 AM
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It's a crock that the Kentucky/Arizona showdown is scheduled to be in the Final Four and not the championship game.
If I post something about this, I might not stop, so for now I'll just leave it at that...maybe I'll provide something later...
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#32270
2003-03-17 5:48 AM
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Yeah they fucked the West up royally this year. Waaay too many top teams in that one.
I'm goin with Illinois out of that one though.
"The upset, baby!"
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2003-03-17 5:52 AM
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Okay here we go, my elite eight;
Kentucky and Pitt
Illinois and Duke
Texas and UConn
Oklahoma and NC State
I want Carmelo Anthony to take it out of the sixteen too Animalman but I don't think it's gonna happen this year.
[ 03-17-2003, 01:55 AM: Message edited by: La Machine ]
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#32272
2003-03-17 3:11 PM
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ilinois - that famous west coast state.
seton hall (and a few other big east teams) got nixed outta this one. ... not that they woulda won, mind you, but...
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#32273
2003-03-17 3:38 PM
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Beaver College to win it all, baby!
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#32274
2003-03-17 6:18 PM
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hereza bracket fer ya click on it for the full sizer! 
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#32275
2003-03-18 4:41 AM
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LM: Your Elite Eight would be kinda difficult to pull off, since Texas/UConn and Oklahoma/NC State would take place before that round... My EE: Kentucky, Pittsburgh Arizona, Duke Texas, Florida 'homa, 'cuse Final Four: Kentucky, Zona, Florida, Oklahoma. Yeah, look how daring I am, three 1 seeds in the Final Four. ![[nyah hah]](images/icons/tongue.gif) ![[yuh huh]](images/icons/rolleyes.gif) Championship: Wildcats over Oklahoma. The Wildcats in question would be of the Arizona variety. I seem to be the only one with faith in the preseason #1. I don't really have any 'dark horses' in this tournament, except maybe Wisconsin, but how much of a dark horse is the Big Ten champion, even in an off-year? Just in case anybody cares(A-man?), on the women's side I have Duke upsetting UConn, with Virginia as a possible dark horse. I won't bother with either NIT because those things are far tougher to predict than the big dance.
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2003-03-18 4:49 AM
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The matchups I'm hoping to see the most in this tournament are Arizona/Kentucky and Marquette/Pittsburgh.
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2003-03-18 5:20 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by La Machine:
I want Carmelo Anthony to take it out of the sixteen too Animalman but I don't think it's gonna happen this year.
Well, I'm one of the many who thinks this year is all we're going to get in the way of seeing Carmelo in Syracuse orange.
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Wildcats over Oklahoma. The Wildcats in question would be of the Arizona variety. I seem to be the only one with faith in the preseason #1.
I had Arizona as the walkoff winners since the preseason....up until the conference tourney, when Lute Olsen's response after Arizona lost early on was along the lines of "Who cares?"
That doesn't sound like a man who wants to win. I like Arizona, I do think they have the best team....but I also think Tubby Smith wouldn't let his team be ok with losing. Ever.
Plus, I'm a hardcore Kentucky fan so I probably would have ended up picking them in the end, anyway, out of pure blind faith.
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I don't really have any 'dark horses' in this tournament, except maybe Wisconsin, but how much of a dark horse is the Big Ten champion, even in an off-year?[/B]
The season champion, or the conference tourney champion?
I actually have Wisconsin losing in the first round, to Weber State(one of the "nobody knows about em" teams this year).
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[QB]Just in case anybody cares(A-man?), on the women's side I have Duke upsetting UConn, with Virginia as a possible dark horse.
Despite the 'Nova loss, I can't have anyone else in the winner's circle this year. I think it's better, actually, that they had that loss in the season, as opposed to the tourney. It had to happen sometime, and now that it has, the pressure's lifted and they can start anew.
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2003-03-18 5:38 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Animalman:
The season champion, or the conference tourney champion?
Season champion, they flamed out in the first round of the conference tourney. They did last year, too, and were able to win one in the NCAAs. I think they're team is better this year(and it should be noted that the senior class are the last ones who were part of that Final Four run in 2000).
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I actually have Wisconsin losing in the first round, to Weber State(one of the "nobody knows about em" teams this year).
It's definitely possible. I've heard a few people thinking the same way. The legacy of Harold "The Show" Arceneaux.
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Despite the 'Nova loss, I can't have anyone else in the winner's circle this year. I think it's better, actually, that they had that loss in the season, as opposed to the tourney. It had to happen sometime, and now that it has, the pressure's lifted and they can start anew.
I'm thinking similarly about Duke losing to UConn earlier this year.
If it comes down to Alana Beard v. Dina Taurasi, I think it's no contest in Alana's favor. When they were matched up in the second half of the aforementioned game, she schooled Taurasi on both ends of the court. But she'll need somebody else on her team to actually show up this time. ![[eh... i dunno... ]](graemlins/ehidunno.gif)
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2003-03-19 4:38 AM
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My predictions:
East--Syracuse
West--Arizona
Midwest--Pittsburgh
South--Maryland
Final Four--Syracuse over Maryland
Arizona over Pittsburgh
And your 2003 NCAA Division 1 men's basketball national champion is....
Arizona!
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2003-03-18 7:51 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Kristogar Velo:
Season champion, they flamed out in the first round of the conference tourney. They did last year, too, and were able to win one in the NCAAs. I think they're team is better this year(and it should be noted that the senior class are the last ones who were part of that Final Four run in 2000).
Ah, yeah, I was pretty sure Illinois had won the conference tourney.
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It's definitely possible. I've heard a few people thinking the same way. The legacy of Harold "The Show" Arceneaux.
Heh, I was thinking the same thing. Quite a performance he put on a few years ago, when Weber St. upset UNC(and nearly beat Florida, too). Whatever happened to him?
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But she'll need somebody else on her team to actually show up this time.
That's what concerns me. UConn doesn't just put one All American caliber player on the court, they put five.
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2003-03-19 8:13 AM
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Whatever happened to him?
Averaging 20 points per game in France at the moment. Americans always pick on the French...cheese eatin' surrender monkeys...
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#32282
2003-03-22 2:37 PM
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Stupid West bracket's still got me pissed off...
Illinois has virtually no chance, since the NCAA's shafted them on the seeding. They have to go through ND, ARZ or Gonzaga (always dangerous in the tourney...) and then Duke or Kansas to get to the final four. What kind of horse shit is that?!?!?!
Otherwise, it would be a pretty cool bracket to watch...
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#32283
2003-03-24 4:27 AM
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I had Illinois going to the Sweet 16, I liked their squad. I definitely wouldn't have forseen ND beating them, not after their unimpressive first round performance.
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2003-03-23 11:19 PM
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Notre Dame should've lost due to a missed layup at the end against UW-Milwaukee. Similar thing happened a few years ago with Florida against Butler, and the Gators immediately became the tourney's most dangerous team, making it to the championship game.
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2003-03-24 6:07 PM
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Similarly, Maryland, after requiring a miracle buzzer beater to beat UNC-Wilmington, demolished 3rd ranked Xavier.
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2003-03-30 3:15 AM
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Dwayne Wade probably solidified his lottery pick status with that triple double tonight. His game was as airtight as possible.
Arizona proved that they were absolute pansies on the inside tonight. Everytime Collison or Graves wanted a rebound they got it.
Even though it disrupts my picks terribly, I'm dying for a Marquette/Syracuse final. Wade, Anthony and Hakim Warrick...it could be legendary...
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2003-03-30 5:47 PM
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.......................kentucky ![[sad]](images/icons/frown.gif) My bracket is completely fucked now. It's that fuckwhore Kirk Penny's fault. He injured Bogans. He will die. I'm pulling for Texas even more now.
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2003-03-31 4:38 AM
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My crystal ball was obviously on the fritz this year.
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