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I figured it would be fun to have a March Madness bracket for the tourney coming up.

If anyone is interested in joining, here's the link. The password to join is "slowtwitch".
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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I'm in

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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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mopdick is giving 25-1 odds, or so I hear.

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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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Nice, I'll have to get on that as soon as the bracket is released.

High five, Sir.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [OneGoodLeg] [ In reply to ]
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Nice, I'll have to get on that as soon as the bracket is released.

High five, Sir.

I'll miss the POTUS coverage and take on CBB.

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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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I'm in.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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I'm in

And even better.....SYRACUSE IS NOT!
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Re: March Madness Bracket [AndysStrongAle] [ In reply to ]
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AndysStrongAle wrote:
I'm in

And even better.....SYRACUSE IS NOT!

Living in the Syracuse "market" this is the outrage of the day. I'm honestly surprised by the amount of butthurt over their exclusion. As I've told several fans, if you took Syracuse's record and stuck it beneath any other name in the NCAA, there would be zero case for letting them in.

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Re: March Madness Bracket [burnman] [ In reply to ]
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Exactly, Illinois State deserved a bit much more then cuse.

Best part is Beheim's comments on the ACC being played in Greensboro rather than a big city and guess who they play first in the NIT, Greensboro.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [AndysStrongAle] [ In reply to ]
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Exactly, Illinois State deserved a bit much more then cuse.

Best part is Beheim's comments on the ACC being played in Greensboro rather than a big city and guess who they play first in the NIT, Greensboro.


I have no dog in this fight, but, really? Cuse is in the best conference this year and -

Beat Miami 70-55
Beat #6 FSU 82-72
Beat #9 UVa 66-62
Beat #10 Duke 78-75

Illinois State played 1 ranked team (Wichita State) and lost. In the MVC, you had Wichita State at 30-4, then Illinois State at 27-6. The 3rd place team, Southern Illinois, is 17-16!

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JSA wrote:
AndysStrongAle wrote:
Exactly, Illinois State deserved a bit much more then cuse.

Best part is Beheim's comments on the ACC being played in Greensboro rather than a big city and guess who they play first in the NIT, Greensboro.


I have no dog in this fight, but, really? Cuse is in the best conference this year and -

Beat Miami 70-55
Beat #6 FSU 82-72
Beat #9 UVa 66-62
Beat #10 Duke 78-75

Illinois State played 1 ranked team (Wichita State) and lost. In the MVC, you had Wichita State at 30-4, then Illinois State at 27-6. The 3rd place team, Southern Illinois, is 17-16!

Illinois State actually went 1-1 with Wichita.

Good wins yes, but they went 18-14 and lost a lot of games they should not have lost.

Look at their losses:

St. Johns 93-60 OUCH!
BC 96-81
UConn 52-50
Miami 62-57 (split Miami)
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Re: March Madness Bracket [JSA] [ In reply to ]
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I won't get into the tangled web of judging entries. All I'll say is that Syracuse's inability to secure critical wins (especially away) is why they'll be watching from home.

Up-ending top ten opponents helps you when pleading your case to the judge, but getting necessary wins against teams like St. John's, Boston College, and Miami keeps you out of court in the first place.

"The right to party is a battle we have fought, but we'll surrender and go Amish... NOT!" -Wayne Campbell
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Re: March Madness Bracket [AndysStrongAle] [ In reply to ]
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AndysStrongAle wrote:
JSA wrote:
AndysStrongAle wrote:
Exactly, Illinois State deserved a bit much more then cuse.

Best part is Beheim's comments on the ACC being played in Greensboro rather than a big city and guess who they play first in the NIT, Greensboro.


I have no dog in this fight, but, really? Cuse is in the best conference this year and -

Beat Miami 70-55
Beat #6 FSU 82-72
Beat #9 UVa 66-62
Beat #10 Duke 78-75

Illinois State played 1 ranked team (Wichita State) and lost. In the MVC, you had Wichita State at 30-4, then Illinois State at 27-6. The 3rd place team, Southern Illinois, is 17-16!


Illinois State actually went 1-1 with Wichita.

Good wins yes, but they went 18-14 and lost a lot of games they should not have lost.

Look at their losses:

St. Johns 93-60 OUCH!
BC 96-81
UConn 52-50
Miami 62-57 (split Miami)

Understood. I don't have a lot of heartburn with Syracuse not getting in (I really don't care about Syracuse at all), but I completely disagree with you assessment of Syracuse vs. IL State.

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Re: March Madness Bracket [burnman] [ In reply to ]
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burnman wrote:
I won't get into the tangled web of judging entries. All I'll say is that Syracuse's inability to secure critical wins (especially away) is why they'll be watching from home.

Up-ending top ten opponents helps you when pleading your case to the judge, but getting necessary wins against teams like St. John's, Boston College, and Miami keeps you out of court in the first place.

Ok. But, I was talking about Syracuse vs. IL State, not Syracuse vs the world.

Honestly, I don't care about Syracuse. They got in last year and had no business getting in. The only thing I am butt-hurt about is WI getting an 8 seed while Minnesota gets a 5 seed. There is no rational explanation for this.

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Re: March Madness Bracket [JSA] [ In reply to ]
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Honestly, I don't care about Syracuse. They got in last year and had no business getting in. The only thing I am butt-hurt about is WI getting an 8 seed while Minnesota gets a 5 seed. There is no rational explanation for this.


Agree with you on that one for sure.

I also just have a hatred for Syracuse and how non major conferences get shafted because of strength of schedule argument. Its a well known game the major conferences play to keep some non-major good teams out.
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JSA wrote:
burnman wrote:
I won't get into the tangled web of judging entries. All I'll say is that Syracuse's inability to secure critical wins (especially away) is why they'll be watching from home.

Up-ending top ten opponents helps you when pleading your case to the judge, but getting necessary wins against teams like St. John's, Boston College, and Miami keeps you out of court in the first place.


Ok. But, I was talking about Syracuse vs. IL State, not Syracuse vs the world.

Honestly, I don't care about Syracuse. They got in last year and had no business getting in. The only thing I am butt-hurt about is WI getting an 8 seed while Minnesota gets a 5 seed. There is no rational explanation for this.

Minnesota will be gone in round 1. MTU are the real deal, the Gophers are not.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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How is this on page 2 right now?!?

I just entered a bracket. I have four brackets and a 16-team points thing going this year, and combined I've spent about ten minutes watching and researching college basketball...so yeah, I know my stuff.

Tip-off at 12:15 and the first little run of games look good: #12 Princeton vs #5 ND; #12 UNC Wilm vs #5 UVA; #13 Winthrop vs #4 Butler. I could see at least one upset from that group (but then I remember: I've spent less than ten minutes on college basketball this year, I know nothing). Can't wait!
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jwbeuk wrote:
JSA wrote:
burnman wrote:
I won't get into the tangled web of judging entries. All I'll say is that Syracuse's inability to secure critical wins (especially away) is why they'll be watching from home.

Up-ending top ten opponents helps you when pleading your case to the judge, but getting necessary wins against teams like St. John's, Boston College, and Miami keeps you out of court in the first place.


Ok. But, I was talking about Syracuse vs. IL State, not Syracuse vs the world.

Honestly, I don't care about Syracuse. They got in last year and had no business getting in. The only thing I am butt-hurt about is WI getting an 8 seed while Minnesota gets a 5 seed. There is no rational explanation for this.

Minnesota will be gone in round 1. MTU are the real deal, the Gophers are not.

Hey, quit ripping on my Gophers!

...I have them losing in the first round too.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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So how'd everyone do after the first round of games yesterday? I missed out on Vanderbilt (that poor kid) and Maryland.

Trav

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travisml wrote:
So how'd everyone do after the first round of games yesterday? I missed out on Vanderbilt (that poor kid) and Maryland.

Trav
Not good! This was the last of my brackets so I went a little wacky, and since yesterday was pretty ho-hum (only upsets were Middle Tenn and Xavier and those looked like they were very popular upset picks anyway) my bracket got shelled. Vermont was the biggie, I had them going two rounds. Good start on your bracket!

I have two 14/16 on my ESPN brackets without any sweet 16 misses yet. Those will surely get nailed today, it wouldn't be March Madness without all my brackets being shit by Saturday.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [travisml] [ In reply to ]
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I'm not busted, the picks I missed on are slated to lose in the 2nd round anyway.

I swung big on my overall winner, I have SMU to win it all, so things could go downhill for me quickly.
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IHOP wrote:
I'm not busted, the picks I missed on are slated to lose in the 2nd round anyway.

I swung big on my overall winner, I have SMU to win it all, so things could go downhill for me quickly.

Damn son; I thought I was going out on a limb with picking Louisville for the champ spot.

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Re: March Madness Bracket [travisml] [ In reply to ]
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Actually I must have double clicked on Lousiville by accident for this bracket. I have them facing off against SMU in the finals. All my other brackets have SMU as the champ.
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travisml wrote:
IHOP wrote:
I'm not busted, the picks I missed on are slated to lose in the 2nd round anyway.

I swung big on my overall winner, I have SMU to win it all, so things could go downhill for me quickly.


Damn son; I thought I was going out on a limb with picking Louisville for the champ spot.

My girlfriend picked Louisville, too. What's worse is that she filled out her brackets after the games started & still didn't pick MTSU !!!!!

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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We are all still in it with anywhere from 184-192 projected points.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [davec] [ In reply to ]
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IHOP must have had SMU going deep. Down to 155 possible points.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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IHOP wrote:
I'm not busted, the picks I missed on are slated to lose in the 2nd round anyway.

I swung big on my overall winner, I have SMU to win it all, so things could go downhill for me quickly.

so did you burn it yet?



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Re: March Madness Bracket [bmeer] [ In reply to ]
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I took a second look at the bracket for this one, I have Louisville for the winner so I'm sort of in it still.

But my other brackets are f-ed.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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IHOP wrote:
I took a second look at the bracket for this one, I have Louisville for the winner so I'm sort of in it still.

But my other brackets are f-ed.

Welp, I whiffed on four so far: SMU, Vandy, Maryland, and Seton Hall. I didn't have any of those going past the second round so still good. Had a feeling about Rhode Island but didn't figure them to put that much of a beat down on Creighton.
Now the fun really starts.

Trav

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travisml wrote:
IHOP wrote:
I took a second look at the bracket for this one, I have Louisville for the winner so I'm sort of in it still.

But my other brackets are f-ed.

Welp, I whiffed on four so far: SMU, Vandy, Maryland, and Seton Hall. I didn't have any of those going past the second round so still good. Had a feeling about Rhode Island but didn't figure them to put that much of a beat down on Creighton.
Now the fun really starts.

Trav

URI has a hell of a defense. I can see them going to the Sweet 16.

Unfortunately I got too busy last week and didn't have time to put together my bracket.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [AndysStrongAle] [ In reply to ]
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The first bracket busted. I'm out.

F*#% Wisconsin.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [davec] [ In reply to ]
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davec wrote:
The first bracket busted. I'm out.

F*#% Wisconsin.

Second bracket busted; big time. I really suck at this.

Trav

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Re: March Madness Bracket [travisml] [ In reply to ]
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Ha...looks like our entire group is busted, no one really had a good showing it seems. Kinda crazy, the 'total points' is almost the mirror image of 'possible points', seems like everyone doing well has lost their ultimate winner (or numerous final four picks), meanwhile those on the bottom are looking alright going forward, but got killed this weekend.

I have one bracket that's still going well, would be a $650 pay day. I'm expecting to lose in some unexpected and horrible way.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [IHOP] [ In reply to ]
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How we all doing?

My bracket is a disaster, good thing there isn't money in this one. I have two that are still alive in money pools...I feel weird, by this point I'm always out of things and just rooting for good games.

Everyone: FLORIDA HAS TO WIN! I'm pretty sure I win BOTH if Wisconsin loses tonight...ugh this is why I don't gamble.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [Brownie28] [ In reply to ]
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Surprisingly enough I'm in 4th place in my wife's office bracket...they must REALLY suck at picking there.

My focus has shifted to the NIT now. My alma mater UCF is in the Final Four of that tournament, with a game against TCU next Tuesday. I'm pretty stoked given that we had a 12 win season last year. It's amazing what a new coach can do.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [Brownie28] [ In reply to ]
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Go Heels!!!

That is all.

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [japarker24] [ In reply to ]
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Go Heels!!!

That is all.

Last night was a tough game to watch. I was hoping there was a way for both of them to lose. But as my nephew said, "when in doubt, root against Kentucky!."

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Re: March Madness Bracket [TheRef65] [ In reply to ]
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japarker24 wrote:
Go Heels!!!

That is all.


Last night was a tough game to watch. I was hoping there was a way for both of them to lose. But as my nephew said, "when in doubt, root against Kentucky!."

ABD: Anybody but Duke!!!

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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The only bad part about Duke losing in the second round is not getting to watch Duke lose in the later rounds. Sometimes, I wish they'd just let Duke keep playing through so we could watch them lose multiple times.

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Re: March Madness Bracket [burnman] [ In reply to ]
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Infinite Losers Brackets? Sounds like Coach Ks version of Hell

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D'Kid will repeat as Champion this year with 45 correct picks out of 63 games [30/32 in the first round]; even if UNC wins out for me, I'll only have 44

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Re: March Madness Bracket [RandMart] [ In reply to ]
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Anyone want to make predictions?

Is Gonzaga for real?

I'm willing to bet that there are several with UNC winning the championship in their brackets.....but does anyone have any of the other teams winning it all? Maybe a few Gonzagas out there?

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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japarker24 wrote:
TheRef65 wrote:
japarker24 wrote:
Go Heels!!!

That is all.


Last night was a tough game to watch. I was hoping there was a way for both of them to lose. But as my nephew said, "when in doubt, root against Kentucky!."


ABD: Anybody but Duke!!!

I would rather Duke than UNC!!!

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Re: March Madness Bracket [TheRef65] [ In reply to ]
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TheRef65 wrote:
japarker24 wrote:
TheRef65 wrote:
japarker24 wrote:
Go Heels!!!

That is all.


Last night was a tough game to watch. I was hoping there was a way for both of them to lose. But as my nephew said, "when in doubt, root against Kentucky!."


ABD: Anybody but Duke!!!


I would rather Duke than UNC!!!

You forgot the pink, right?

Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [japarker24] [ In reply to ]
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japarker24 wrote:
TheRef65 wrote:
japarker24 wrote:
TheRef65 wrote:
japarker24 wrote:
Go Heels!!!

That is all.


Last night was a tough game to watch. I was hoping there was a way for both of them to lose. But as my nephew said, "when in doubt, root against Kentucky!."


ABD: Anybody but Duke!!!


I would rather Duke than UNC!!!


You forgot the pink, right?

Nope, never liked the Tar Heels or Wildcats, I grew up a diehard IU fan. Used to like Duke because of the Bobby Knight relationship. Not a Duke fan but really dislike UNC and UK. Go Ducks!!!!!

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Re: March Madness Bracket [TheRef65] [ In reply to ]
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TheRef65 wrote:
japarker24 wrote:
Go Heels!!!

That is all.


Last night was a tough game to watch. I was hoping there was a way for both of them to lose. But as my nephew said, "when in doubt, root against Kentucky!."
I just won $100 (2nd place) in one of my brackets because of that game, so I'm happy :)

But I root for whoever's playing against Calipari teams. I think coaches should be given the benefit of the doubt once, but if you have TWO programs that are sanctioned and stripped of seasons and money and you're still coaching something is wrong. Calipari is a scumbag and the NCAA per usual are hypocrites allowing him to still coach at the college level.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [Brownie28] [ In reply to ]
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http://www.si.com/...ntucky-memphis-umass

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The film is expected to run two hours and chronicles Calipari’s life, from growing up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, to his assistant coaching jobs at Kansas and Pitt, to top jobs at UMass, Memphis and Kentucky. Both Hock and John Dahl, ESPN's vice president and executive producer of ESPN Films and original content, promised that the film is not a one-sided presentation of Calipari. The UMass years are featured more than the Kentucky years, according to Hock. “As the writer Marty Dobrow said in the film, there are some people who love him and some people who think he is Satan on the sidelines, and we look at both sides of that,” said Hock. “You have to understand UMass before you can understand Calipari at Kentucky.”

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This could be my first and only win at pretty much anything since I was a kid.

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http://www.si.com/tech-media/2016/12/05/john-calipari-30-for-30-espn-documentary-kentucky-memphis-umass

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The film is expected to run two hours and chronicles Calipari’s life, from growing up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, to his assistant coaching jobs at Kansas and Pitt, to top jobs at UMass, Memphis and Kentucky. Both Hock and John Dahl, ESPN's vice president and executive producer of ESPN Films and original content, promised that the film is not a one-sided presentation of Calipari. The UMass years are featured more than the Kentucky years, according to Hock. “As the writer Marty Dobrow said in the film, there are some people who love him and some people who think he is Satan on the sidelines, and we look at both sides of that,” said Hock. “You have to understand UMass before you can understand Calipari at Kentucky.”
Interesting. I'm not holding my breath on an ESPN feature taking a critical, deep dive into Cal's career and shenanigans but it's better than nothing.
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Re: March Madness Bracket [japarker24] [ In reply to ]
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ABD? WTF? Nice bastardization, Carolina fans. Not an original thought... still. A everyone knows (particularly folks in Durham), the original incarnation is ABC. ANYBODY BUT CAROLINA. :)

My brackets are complete shit. Kansas going out, they looked unbeatable until they were like a blind team shooting 3 point bricks in the dark. And don't get me started in Bucky's free throw meltdown BS. In this era, who loses a game because they can't hit free throws???. Wisconsin had that game locked up and blew it. To quote GOT, SHAME SHAME!

Gonzaga looks good, especially with that 7-foot Polish Sasquatch posting up. Seriously, is that a man or Bigfoot? Incidently, there was a recent Bigfoot sighting up in North Idaho just last week. I'm thinking it was probably just the guy from Gonzaga hanging out in Couer D'Alene.

http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2017/03/27/sasquatch-blamed-for-idaho-car-crash.html


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Re: March Madness Bracket [sto] [ In reply to ]
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I wouldn't write off the Gamecocks so quick. Gonzaga hasn't seen a team that plays defense like South Carolina. With our offense finally coming around it could be a great game. Go Cocks!!!!
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