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2016 NCAA Tournament, Second Round
"This game will hurt you."
The line comes from the now-defunct Mid-Majority website. It's a reminder that the teams we root for lose; in the case of schools that aren't at the top echelon of NCAA Division I athletics, they lose more often and we root for them more often. The result is a lot of pain and anguish, and most of it was Sunday night.
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2016 NCAA Tournament, Play-in Games and First Round
It's that time again!
So, first off, links to the bracket and draft, the latter of which comes with a twist this year. One point per round except for maybe the championship - but first round points are only available for seed upsets. As we'll get into, these weren't the hardest points to get this year.
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2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Round 3
Well, the bracket's still above 50%, and I'm tied for the lead in the draft at the moment. The third round was not nice to me, however.
Conference breakdowns!- B1G: 2-3 round 3, 7-5 overall. .500 achieved, and maybe Wisconsin or Michigan State picks up an extra win. Ohio State lost, but they honestly won one more game than I had them at, so ( Read more... )
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2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Rounds 1 and 2
Away we go! (One day late, but I have a valid excuse - a memorial service for my grandmother, who passed away last week with myself and her family watching her in hospice. I may post more about that later.)
First, the bracket and the draft, so you can follow along with my relative fortune. Bracket looks okay after the first round except for the ( Read more... ) -
2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Well, look, it's that time again.
Tourney bracket is all set - I'll post my bracket after the first round. Thoughts about in/out/screwed:- That School Up North was due for a bad year, and booooooyyyeeee they got one~
- Easiest #1 overall seed ever? Easiest #1 overall seed since 1979 Indiana, at least.
- I'm at peace with the Duke seed. Their losses are ( Read more... )
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Analyzing the World Cup like I do basketball
Horribly. But anyway.
I don't have a bracket for this. Unlike Basketball, they are rarer, not to mention involve a sport with inherently high leverage that if my life depended upon a bet in the sport I would consider pulling the trigger myself and save everyone some time. I saw a clean streak on ESPN's Streak for the Cash once made up mostly of ( Read more... ) -
Yeah, it's time to end college sports
Don't think this doesn't hurt. That's my degree sitting downstairs from some university in Columbus you may have heard of, after all.
For years - I wish I knew how many - the NCAA has fought to sustain illogical, if not illegal, dichotomies: People supposedly both college students and highly-trained athletes; a non-profit enterprise making money ( Read more... ) -
Frozen, Hockey
We'll start with Frozen, because I don't need a disclaimer to discuss that.
The visuals were good, save for points where the light snow seemed suspended in place; there was the *slowest* movement downwards and I'm surprised someone didn't up the gravitational pull on the particles. The gags were decent, with the favorite being treating the sled as ( Read more... ) -
2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament wrap-up
At least a 7-seed beat an 8-seed. That part of the S-curve was correct.
Kentucky was behind early - it's been a trademark this tournament run - and then tried their come-from-behind schtick. Alas, UConn had just enough veteran experience to go with their exceptional talent, and that trick didn't work. Thusly, UConn won the championship trophy ( Read more... ) -
2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Final 4 Round
So, from 4 to 2 went like this.
The first game was reasonably good, with Florida up early and then a combination of Shabazz Napier and one Niels Giffey. The UConn Blog's Twitter feed was the best to follow during and after the game, including a pic that you do not put out there for employers not under the SBNation banner. You can't blame him, ( Read more... )