[bettilimbroke999]

Unreal

[jwbama23]

they really seized their oppurtunity. Im hoping they can finish off Kansas here and get to the final 4

[jjgold]

[bettilimbroke999]

March Madness is definitely living up to its name

[pavyracer]

195 teams? You must be a math professor at MIT.

[rm18]

this is BS it should of been Colorado making this run instead

[bettilimbroke999]

Who had VCU and Butler in the final 4 in their brackets?

[Mr KLC]

It looks like the "one-two year and done player plan" is not working as well as the "mid-level 4 year player plan" is.

[PaperTrail07]

its about as insane as it gets---talks of expanding the field to come

[Prop Bet Master]

Reminds me of George Mason's run to the Final Four in 2006.

[EBone]

I keep thinking about how Jay Bilas and Dick Vitale were absolutely crying an absolute foul over the inclusion of UAB and VCU in this tourney over the likes of Vagie Tech. I can't help but think that VCU is using this as an absolute motivating factor. I think it is absolutely hysterical that a #11 and #8 seed are in the Final Four. The big boys are no longer what they used to be. The point made by Mr KLC above is spot-on from my perspective. The big boys better change their strategy and start playing some of these mid-majors on neutral floors and/or on the road. If they don't, they have the potential of being left behind. I say, "good riddance". I think some of these bracket buster games that are played in February should include some of these middle of the road major conference schools. The likes of Mizzou, Michigan State and USC didn't deserve invitiations to the dance and it showed. Get somebody in there that can compete. It means a whole helluva lot more to a mid-major to make the dance than it does to these average major conference teams. Case in point is VCU. It meant the world to them to get in and stick it to the world. I know this is easy to say in hind sight but I like the stories of these mid-majors plus they play their guts out to get to the top. Today, you could literally see the Jayhawks buttholes puckerin' up right before your eyes.....not so good to be king when the team your playing has ABSOLUTELY nothing to lose.


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[bettilimbroke999]

its about as insane as it gets---talks of expanding the field to come

Man how fuckin bad do you have to be to not get in this tourney, I swear the NIT just needs to close up shop, if you cant qualify for this 1.30353 x 10^6 field do you really need to be playing for a "championship", who won the NIT this year some kids from the Special Olympics?

[meader99]

Who had VCU and Butler in the final 4 in their brackets?

Apparently 2 folks from the espn brackets got all 4 teams in the Final Four correct.

[seaborneq]

The talking heads still believe VCU should have been left out of the dance. They were right about UAB, but should acknowledge they were dead wrong about VCU. Those bastards can play.

[NDIrish9]

Sorry mongolid, it was UAB.

[Wiggums5]

unbelieveable...can't wait to watch both final four games...i'm hoping butler or vcu can win it all

[gafl]

Would love to see either Butler or VCU win it all. Anything to piss off the NCAA.

[WileOut]

How many times must I say this but 1 game scenerios lead to scrub teams advancing. If VCU played Kansas best 4 out of 7 what do you think the outcome would be? The NBA playoffs are the real playoffs.

[antifoil]

yeah they shouldn't have gotten it, but they did a good job of using that.

[NDIrish9]

Would love to see either Butler or VCU win it all. Anything to piss off the NCAA.

Quite the contrary, dumbass. VCU/Butler as champion would make the NCAA ecstatic.

Duke/Butler had the best ratings in eons last year.

People love the underdog. This year's ratings will be similar to last.

[pico]

Who had VCU and Butler in the final 4 in their brackets?

i had butler in final 4.

[pico]

but my other three picks were kansas, syracuse and arizona

[asdfghasdfgh]

The talking heads still believe VCU should have been left out of the dance. They were right about UAB, but should acknowledge they were dead wrong about VCU. Those bastards can play.

But VCU should have been left out. Having a great run in the post season doesn't change the fact that they had a worse regular season than Colorado or Virginia Tech. They're making the most of their opportunity, but they never should have been given that opportunity in the first place.

[D3 Mighty Ducks]

Apparently 2 folks from the espn brackets got all 4 teams in the Final Four correct.

Post a link to this I need to see this with my own eyes.

[asdfghasdfgh]

Post a link to this I need to see this with my own eyes.

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/entry?entryID=1079446

This is the only bracket I see with 320 points in the Elite Eight round.

[face]

who cares about popular teams? this way is much more interesting. i'm glad that either butler or vcu is going to be in the final, this could never happen in the nba, where you have to win 4 out of 7. this is more like life, where you get one chance. if you're in a fight with a bear you don't have to kick the bear's ass 4 out of 7 times, you just have to survive once, and you're ALIVE baby!!!

[TrapperDapper]

195 teams? You must be a math professor at MIT.

HAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. How did you come up with number?

[eberetta1]

A head scratcher that all four number ones can watch the rest of the season on their couch.

[jlgarciaiii22]

Just goes to show you... You make a team feel not wanted or deserving they will play with a chip on thier shoulder...

[bettilimbroke999]

How many times must I say this but 1 game scenerios lead to scrub teams advancing. If VCU played Kansas best 4 out of 7 what do you think the outcome would be? The NBA playoffs are the real playoffs.

Its March madness babyyyyyy, the whole excitement rests on the fact that a team like VCU can play 10 miles over their heads for a few games and knock off #1s, maybe win the whole thing

This is why the 1st rd of the NBA playoffs is so fuckin boring, for instance my Memphis Grizzlies are gonna face San Antonio (worst seed/top seed), if it was a 1 game playoff (like NFL/NCAAB) then I could hope they could go into San Antonio and shoot lights out for 48 minutes and knock them off, as it is the finals will be Lakers or San Antonio vs Chicago/Boston/Miami guaranteed, the other 11 teams are guaranteed a 1st or 2nd rd elimination.

I love March madness, teams like VCU and Butler are clearly not "better" than #1 seeds but for one game they can stand with them and beat them, think of the movie miracle, if we played them 10 times theyd prolly beat us 9 but not this time not tonight, thats the whole excitement of it, plus with the expanded 195 team field playing 7 game series would take til next March

[bettilimbroke999]

who cares about popular teams? this way is much more interesting. i'm glad that either butler or vcu is going to be in the final, this could never happen in the nba, where you have to win 4 out of 7. this is more like life, where you get one chance. if you're in a fight with a bear you don't have to kick the bear's ass 4 out of 7 times, you just have to survive once, and you're ALIVE baby!!!

Exactly, ppl dont understand championships, when the Giants played the Patriots a couple years ago they were clearly the worse team vs the undefeated Patriots, but they shoved their foot so far up NE ass that Tom Brady couldnt have homo sex for a month just like VCU did to Kansas, that's fuckin what sports is all about, stepping up and delivering when its all on the line.

Also once again the field in the NCAA should be around 16 teams for a championship, instead its 195, they cant possibly have these long drawn out "insure the best teams have 2nd and 3rd and 4th chances to finally step up and play well" series like they do in other sports

[zg816179]

VCU has been incredible, but it is definitely not just win one game and your good, VCU had to play and beat 5 good teams, thats like beating a bear .... and then doing it again like 4 times. so the comparison to the NBA finals is kind of similar!

[Brian891]

I would say the one and two year plan is still working pretty damn well, considering kentucky is in the final four.