(Coll BASK) The Denny Crum Invite - Invite Only contest

[ChuckyTheGoat]

East
S Florida/11
UCLA/7
Furman/15
Cal Baker/13

South
PVAM/16
McNeese/12
UNC/6
Idaho/15

West
BYU/6
Highpoint/12
LIU/16
Mizzou/10

Midwest
Akron/12
Hofstra/13
StLou/9
TNST/15 Good Luck

Hi, Kami. Think we need to edit your picks:
1) Minor point. But PVAM/Lehigh is a coupled-entry.
2) See post #29. We want the grid to cover each seed, 1 to 16. 4 from each region.
3) Try it again w/ the full array of seeds.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

FWIW, other picks look good:

EZ's grid:


Unde's grid:

[Optional]

1	Duke
2				Iowa St.
3		Gonzaga
4			Nebraska
5	St. John's
6		BYU
7			Saint Mary's
8				Georgia
9	TCU
10		Missouri
11				SMU
12			McNeese
13	California Baptist
14		Kennesaw St.
15			Idaho
16				Howard

[Kami40]

Gm ok my Great Brother Chucky WE Good now?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

East
Florida/1
st johns/5
ucla/7
s florida/11

South
iowa state 2
illinios 3
UNC/6
MCNSE/12

West
arkansas 4
nova 8
mizzou/10
LIU/16

Midwest
iowa state/2
STLOU/9
wright/14
TNST/15
Good Luck

Hi, Kami. You have IASt in there 2x. What if we flip out (Midwest) IASt for 13) Hofstra?

[Kami40]

WE good now? my fault been busy weekend working alot thanks so much for your Patience &Support

[ChuckyTheGoat]

WE good now? my fault been busy weekend working alot thanks so much for your Patience &Support

No problem. Looks good, Kami. Here's what I have you with:

[ChuckyTheGoat]

*As unlikely as the Longshots look, I think the Winner may wind up being who drills the biggest long-shot.

[Kami40]

Thats Money thanks Dukes

[Easy-Rider 66]

No problem. Looks good, Kami. Here's what I have you with:

something don't look right Chuck. Florida is in the South region. not sure if anything else is off?

[Easy-Rider 66]

and Iowa St. is in the midwest. may be more

[ChuckyTheGoat]

OK. Gotta re-do it, Kami:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament

[batt33]

Thanks for the invite Chucky!

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Thanks for the invite Chucky!

You bet. Good Luck!

I'm just butter-ing you up. Want to get in that Winners' Circle photo when your horse wins the KY Derby.

[batt33]

East

2 uconn

3 Michigan state

8 Ohio State

16 sienna



South

1 Forida

4 Nebraska

7 St marys

9 Iowa



West

5 Wisconsin

10 Missouri

11 Texas/ncstate

14 kenesaw state




Midwest

6 Tennessee

12 Akron

13 Hofstra

15 Tennessee state

Thanks again Chucky!

[Kami40]

ok chucky sorry brother hopefully im good now thanks easyriderAppreciate

[batt33]

You bet. Good Luck!

I'm just butter-ing you up. Want to get in that Winners' Circle photo when your horse wins the KY Derby.

Haha! you just never know!! Not this year though... A bunch of little set backs with the 3 year olds... "Caldera "on the Derby road last year is getting close to a comeback and training well! "Bacio" should be a player in the turf sprints this year.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

East
tcu/9
n iowa/12
n dakota state/14
s florida/11

South
Florida/1
illinios 3
UNC/6
st marys/7



West
arkansas 4
nova 8
mizzou/10
LIU/16

Midwest
hofstra/13
TNST/15
iowa state 2
texas tech/5
Good Luck

OK. Looks good, Kami:

[ChuckyTheGoat]

East

2 uconn

3 Michigan state

8 Ohio State

16 sienna



South

1 Forida

4 Nebraska

7 St marys

9 Iowa



West

5 Wisconsin

10 Missouri

11 Texas/ncstate

14 kenesaw state




Midwest

6 Tennessee

12 Akron

13 Hofstra


15 Tennessee state

Thanks again Chucky!

Looks good, batt. Good Luck!

[ChuckyTheGoat]

*Sending invite to 20 posters:
1) When brackets come out, you have til WED Noon Eastern to make your picks.
2) No edits. Picks are final.
3) You'll be making 16 picks: 4 in each region. You have to cover the gamut on each seed: 1/2/3>>16.
4) Scoring for each win. Each win = Seed# * Round #.
5) So, a 1-seed will earn 1/2/3/4/5/6 across each round. 16-seed would earn: 16/32 etc.
6) If you pick a play-in team, you get the Coupled entry (but no credit for the play-in Win).

*Almost there, boys:
...I know I listed WED Noon at cutoff. I know two play-in games will be played on TUES nite. But I don't think it materially changes the landscape.

Enjoy the games. Will be looking for any big upsets.

[Kami40]

thanks Chucky Greatly Appreciate

[ChuckyTheGoat]

thanks Chucky Greatly Appreciate

You bet. Almost game-time. We'll see what Upsets hit.

[chen]

Why only 20

[JAKEPEAVY21]

East:
Duke
St Johns
Mich St
UConn

South:
Florida
Vanderbilt
Illinois
Houston

West:
Arizona
Arkansas
Gonzaga
Missouri

Midwest:
Michigan
Alabama
Tennessee
Iowa St

[ChuckyTheGoat]

East:
Duke
St Johns
Mich St
UConn

South:
Florida
Vanderbilt
Illinois
Houston

West:
Arizona
Arkansas
Gonzaga
Missouri

Midwest:
Michigan
Alabama
Tennessee
Iowa St

Hi, Jake. Gotta switch it up. One each for every seed: 1/2/3>>>16. Four from each region.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Hi, Jake. Gotta switch it up. One each for every seed: 1/2/3>>>16. Four from each region.

Ahhh ok, apologies I did not read and understand the rules clearly.

East:
St Johns(5)
South Florida(11)
N Dakota St(14)
Siena(16)

South:
Iowa(9)
Illinois(3)
St Marys(7)
Mcneese(12)

West:
Arizona(1)
Arkansas(4)
Missouri(10)
Queens(15)

Midwest:
Iowa St(2)
Tennesee(6)
Georgia(8)
Hofstra(13)

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Ahhh ok, apologies I did not read and understand the rules clearly.

East:
St Johns(5)
South Florida(11)
N Dakota St(14)
Siena(16)

South:
Iowa(9)
Illinois(3)
St Marys(7)
Mcneese(12)

West:
Arizona(1)
Arkansas(4)
Missouri(10)
Queens(15)

Midwest:
Iowa St(2)
Tennesee(6)
Georgia(8)
Hofstra(13)

Looks good, Jake. Good Luck:

[Kami40]

GM Everyone its almost time to let the Dogs out so dont get scurrred cause there will be some Dogs that Win Hopefully Everyone puts a few bets in on the Dogs; this is going to be Fantastic Good Luck Everyone Happy St Patrick's Day

[ChuckyTheGoat]

GM Everyone its almost time to let the Dogs out so dont get scurrred cause there will be some Dogs that Win Hopefully Everyone puts a few bets in on the Dogs; this is going to be Fantastic Good Luck Everyone Happy St Patrick's Day

Salud, Kami! Good Luck.

Gotta let the big dogs eat! Who will it be this year?

Queens? Hofstra? Troy?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

*Prize $$ = $100 for 1st Prize. If we get more than 10 entrants, I'll expand the payout.

List of Invitees:
actiondan
agendaman
batt33
ChuckyTheGoat
EasyRider

franz555
jackpot269
JakePeavy21
johnnyvegas13
jvegas216

Kami40
lonegambler23
Madison
mjsuax13
Optional

Packerd_00
raiders72001
SomeDayinBuffalo
stevenash
str

Bump. Several posters yet to rpt. < 24 Hours remaining.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

US Reed takes out the defending champs in '81:

[ChuckyTheGoat]

What about Ainge end-to-end? Also in '81. So smooth, he beat the whole defense:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2KmY30HdljU

[Easy-Rider 66]

What about Ainge end-to-end? Also in '81. So smooth, he beat the whole defense:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2KmY30HdljU

what about Edney too coast to coast for UCLA. They won the title that year

[ChuckyTheGoat]

what about Edney too coast to coast for UCLA. They won the title that year

*Good one, EZ. Very reminiscent of the Ainge drive. Only 4.8 seconds, Edney executed it perfectly and beat the buzzer.

*Bruins had a great year. All on the line there. I'll give you one asterisk on that play:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KEFBwujL8Ao

*I don't know WHY Stewart had the two Haley twins (both 7-footers) on the bench for that play. Surely, you want 1 or 2 rim-protectors in the game. Stewart had to be thinking about denying a shooter on the perimeter.

Stewart will go down as a great REGULAR SEASON coach. He never got too lucky in the NCAAs. And I think he got it wrong on this play, b/c it would have been a great upset.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

It was a GREAT ucla team. Easily the top-team in the country that year. I DON'T think Harrick was the best coach:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ucla/men/1995.html

Six future NBA players. And Bob Myers was a bench player who later became an NBA GM.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1995-03-19-missouri.html

...Sutherland is guarding Edney. And he was no match for Edney's foot-quickness.