2010 NCAA Div.1 Tournament

[Lakers Fan]

All who are interested please list your Round 1 picks prior to the start of the tourney which begins March 18 at 12 noon ,EST

[Mean Dean]

Will have my picks in by tomorrow!

[Lakers Fan]

My picks:
Kansas ,Northern Iowa .Michigan State,Maryland ,Tennessee,Georgetown,Georgia Tech,Ohio State,Syracuse,Gonzaga,Butler,Vanderbilt,Minnessot a,Pittsburg,Brigham Young ,Kansas St.,Kentucky,Texas ,Cornell,Wisconsin,Washington,Montana,Clemson,West Virginia,Duke,Louisville,Utah State,Siena,Notre dame,baylor,St,Mary's ,Villanova

Is this the correct way to list the teams ?

[venice]

hmnmmmm

Kansas, Michigan State, UNLV, Maryland, Tennessee, Georgetown, Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Syracuse, Florida State, Butler, Vanderbuilt, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Florida, Kansas State

Kentucky, Wake Forest, Cornell, Wisconsin, Washington, Montana, Clemson, West Virginia, Duke, Louisville, Texas A&M, Purdue, Old Dominian, Baylor, Richmond, Villanova

[green_rd]

The round of 64
Midwest:
Kansas, Northern Iowa, Michigan State, Houston, Tennessee, Georgetown, Oklahoma State, Ohio State,
West:
Syracuse, Gonzaga, Butler, Murray State, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Florida, Kansas State,
East:
Kentucky, Wake Forrest, Cornell, Wisconsin, Marquette, New Mexico, Clemson, West Virginia,
South:
Duke, Louisville, Texas A&M, Purdue, Notre Dame, Baylor, St. Mayr's, Villanova

My sweet 16
Kansas, Michigan State, Tennessee, Ohio State, Syracuse, Butler, Pittsburgh, Kansas State, Kentucky, Wisconsin, New Mexico, West Virginia, Duke, Purdue, Notre Dame, Villanova

[Lakers Fan]

I will tabulate the first round scores and post same tomorrow morning

[venice]

2nd round

Kansas, Michigan State, Tennessee, Ohio State, Syracuse, Butler, Xavier, BYU

Kentucky, Cornell, Washington, Missouri, Duke, Purdue, Baylor, Villanova

[Lakers Fan]

With one point alloted to each winning team the standings after Round 1 are:

Green rd :23

Henry43 :22

Venice:9

Good luck to everyone in Round #2

[Lakers Fan]

My 2nd round picks:

Kentucky ,Cornell ,Washington, W.Virginia ,Duke ,Siena ,Notre Dame ,Villanova,Kansas ,Maryland ,Tennessee ,Ohio St. ,Syracuse ,Butler ,Pitt ,BYU

[venice]

I thought I had 21 (Kansas, Michigan St, Maryland,Tennessee, Ohio State, Syracuse, Butler, Pittsburgh, Kansas...Kentucky, Wake Forrest, Cornell, Wisconsin, Washington, West Virginia, Duke, Texas AM, Purdue, Old Dominion, Baylor, Villinova0

or did i fill out my bracket incorrectly ?

[Lakers Fan]

My error ,sorry about that .You have 21

[venice]

no problem

[Lakers Fan]

ROUND TWO :

We are alotting 2 points for each win :

Green 10 wins x2=20 +23 =43

Venice 12 wins x2=24+21=45

Henry 9 wins x2=18 + 22=40

[venice]

3rd round picks..should be fewer upsets at this stage

Michigan State, Ohio State, Syracuse, Xavier

Kentucky, Washington, Duke, Baylor

[venice]

one change....I pick Cornell to upset Kentucky (have to be loyal to upstate New York teams)

it would be sooooooo cool to have a Syracuse vs Cornell championship game

[green_rd]

Wow - what a bracket busting weekend. I lost half of my Elite Eight on one of my final 4 ('Nova). Glad to have a chance to reset here. I'll have to ponder this a bit.

[Lakers Fan]

I have Syracuse to win it all .

[green_rd]

My Elite Eight:
Michigan State, Ohio State, Xavier, Syracuse, Kentucky, Washington, Purdue, Baylor

The final four - may edit Saturday morning:
Ohio State, Syracuse, Kentucky, Purdue

[Lakers Fan]

Even though they are not in my final 4 ,I would love to see Cornell achieve that

[green_rd]

That would be pretty exciting - they are almost the home team at Syracuse. I'm sure there is some winding road from Ithaca.

[green_rd]

Here are the states represented in the Sweet Sixteen:

California
Indiana (2)
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
New York (2)
North Carolina
Ohio (2)
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
West Virginia

Butler would love to be the home town team at the Final Four, but there are plenty of teams that are a short drive away from the Circle City.

[Lakers Fan]

Indianapolis has traditionally been the home to great basketball ,high school ,college and pros .

[venice]

I think The Big Red will knock off Kentucky and s/u a Syracuse-Cornell championship game..CBS will hate it because it will not be a rating winner, but upstate new york will be in a frenzy...i would pay to see that game

[Lakers Fan]

I would pay to see that game too . A few years ago SUNY Albany was in the field of 64 and that was great .

[venice]

I remember that..have you been following the mess at SUNY Binghamton ?

[Lakers Fan]

Yes ,I have . Its unfortunate

[green_rd]

Originally Posted by venice

I think The Big Red will knock off Kentucky and s/u a Syracuse-Cornell championship game..CBS will hate it because it will not be a rating winner, but upstate new york will be in a frenzy...i would pay to see that game

Sorry Venice it looks like upstate will have to wait another year.

Butler crashed my bracket but won my heart - go Bulldogs!

[venice]

yep..yesterday was not a good day for upstate New Yorkers and for my bracket selections..let's see what today's games have in store for us..should be exciting

[Lakers Fan]

Venice :

Did you ever get to see Vaughn Harper play at Syracuse ?I knew him when we were kids

[venice]

he had left the year before I arrived, but I heard about him..he was a big star at Boy's H.S. in Brooklyn and had one heck of a verticle leap