[TDDance234]

I had Louisville in the finals. I'm done.

[jbock13]

I need Belmont to get back in this thing...

[jbock13]

I had Louisville in the finals. I'm done.

Not always. I won my church bracket last year (out of 80) and I picked Kansas to win it all and I think we all know what happened there.

[TDDance234]

I need Belmont to get back in this thing...

The only "upset" I got right was Richmond over Vandy; I think a lot of people were calling that one.

[jbock13]

I need Belmont to get back in this thing...

The only "upset" I got right was Richmond over Vandy; I think a lot of people were calling that one.

Yeah. Vandy always gets upset and it's my fault for thinking they'd win for once. I always pick the upsets, I just pick the wrong ones. The last one I was ever really able to pick was back in 2004 (I think) when I picked 14 Vermont over 3 Syracuse and VU won in overtime.

I wanted to go with Oakland over Texas, but I thought better of it.

I also picked Michigan State over UCLA, and I see how that's working already...

This has by far been my worst bracket ever.

[uncafan]

UNCA played admirable but just ran out of gas in the last ten minutes.

yep. It's obvious the right team won down in Conway.

+1
and
+1

it was a fun ride for us...pretty pumped about next year: returning everyone except John Williams, and opening the new arena!

It was crazy to see how much media coverage we got as well...thought some of you might appreciate some of Coach B's comments, especially the ones directed at VaTech. Does he have something against Greenberg that none of us knew about? This was actually in the bottom of the AP's game preview:

Biedenbach even found a way to spin his team's whirlwind schedule in his favor, saying Pittsburgh's "rest" might actually be "rust."

"Sometimes you can think too much," Biedenbach said, "and as coaches you can coach too much. ... We're going to make some mistakes out there. We're going to do some things we shouldn't do. We're going to miss some shots and stuff, but put those things in perspective and let's see if we can win a big game here."

Biedenbach loves to talk - he gave an answer about a 1974 N.C. State-Pitt game that took 4 minutes - and seemed disappointment when the moderator declared that the news conference was over. Still, the coach had time to dish out a nice gem or two.

-On the motorcycle-led police escort the team bus received through the streets of Washington: "I was more nervous than I've been on the bench all year."

-On expanding the NCAAs to 96 teams, which he favors: "If you did, the 97, 98, 99 and 100 - Seth Greenberg would be in there. He'd be one of those teams, and he'd be complaining."

Greenberg, of course, is the coach at Virginia Tech, a perpetual bubble team that always seems to miss the tournament.

"But if you're not in the top 12, you should be happy as heck to be in the NCAA tournament," Biedenbach continued. "This is fantastic. I woke up this morning and saw my own face on TV. We played in the first game. I haven't been on TV since the Mickey Mouse Club."

-When asked about his players possibly getting fatigued during the game Thursday, Greenberg (meant Biedenbach) found another way to envision a win over Pitt and looked ahead to the next round: "I hope to heck we get leg-weary on Saturday. I'd die to get leg-weary on Saturday."

[g-webb1994]

Seth is a tool, and so is his brother at RU...that could be your underlying reasoning behind the comments.

[Schfourteenteen]

14/16 today. Picking Belmont was stupid.


Good luck tomorrow!

[jcmanson]

That was the worst single day I can ever remember having - 9/16 ,lost 2 sweet 16s and 1 elite 8.

We'll see what happens today.

[jbock13]

That was the worst single day I can ever remember having - 9/16 ,lost 2 sweet 16s and 1 elite 8.

We'll see what happens today.

Me too. I think I missed 2 total last year in the 1st round. As long as all my final four teams make it, I've still got a chance. But I really need to get the ball rolling today.

[BJWilliams]

11/16 but nailed a few upsets which helped (including the Richmond/Vandy upset). I think ESPN said that there were 5 brackets that actually went 0/16 yesterday through their site

[jcmanson]

11/16 but nailed a few upsets which helped (including the Richmond/Vandy upset). I think ESPN said that there were 5 brackets that actually went 0/16 yesterday through their site

Beej, how can you be paying attention to the NCAA tourney with the weekend you're having?!

[RubberMallet]

i usually come out of the first 2 days with 24/32 but then fizzle out on picks later. perhaps my 8/16 start this year means that we are going to see something different this year.

[jbock13]

Day 2 was much kinder. Would have been nice if Nova won, and also I'm kicking myself for not switching my pick from georgetown to vcu.

Ob la di, ob la da, life goes on.

[Cider Jim]

11/16 but nailed a few upsets which helped (including the Richmond/Vandy upset). I think ESPN said that there were 5 brackets that actually went 0/16 yesterday through their site

Beej, how can you be paying attention to the NCAA tourney with the weekend you're having?!

I just hope BJ's new lady friend likes .

[jbock13]

hmmm. I always knew I hated Pitt. Now I know another reason why.

[ATrain]

I knew I should've gone with Butler to the Sweet 16. Oh well...

[jbock13]

I'm just mad cause ever so slowly I was creeping my way back to the top. Then my national runner up loses. But its so typical. Just look at my Southeast region bracket. There's so much red on there, you'd think someone got murdered.

[ATrain]

My Southeast Bracket is also dripping red right now. I need KSU and UConn to win.

[fan00]

I'm just mad cause ever so slowly I was creeping my way back to the top. Then my national runner up loses. But its so typical. Just look at my Southeast region bracket. There's so much red on there, you'd think someone got murdered.

me too. But, somehow when Pitt lost I went from 64% rank to 88% and went from 1,858,877 place to 683,8111 on ESPN. I guess a lot of people must have had Pitt winning it all...

[flamesfan30]

i had pitt in the final 4. i was ranked in the 88th% percentile before that game. it still says its "updating" now.
oh well. id rather see a good tournament than pick a good bracket.

[Th3rd]

it says im 90% overall on Yahoo... but Pitt got knocked out and SDSU gave me a scare (i got SDSU going to the Final Four).... guess it serves me right for not picking Florida to get out of that bracket

[jbock13]

How about that Texas vs. Arizona game? Referee calls a 5 second violation when the player clearly calls a timeout before the ref calls the violation. It ends up being the call that gave Arizona the game.

[Th3rd]

i watched that a couple of times and the ref looked to have his hand up calling 5 seconds as the player first started to call time....

it helped my bracket so haha

[Purple Haize]

How about that Texas vs. Arizona game? Referee calls a 5 second violation when the player clearly calls a timeout before the ref calls the violation. It ends up being the call that gave Arizona the game.

Of course AZ hitting the 3 sorta helped their cause as well