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Who?
This poll is closed.
Virginia 2 12.50%
Gonzaga 2 12.50%
Duke 3 18.75%
North Carolina 2 12.50%
Rest of the field & Goku 7 43.75%
Total: 16 votes
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Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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Odds to Win the NCAAM Championship
1001 Duke +225
1003 Gonzaga +700
1002 Virginia +700
1004 North Carolina +800
1007 Kentucky +1200
1006 Michigan State +1400
1005 Tennessee +1400
1008 Michigan +1600
1011 Texas Tech +2000
1020 Auburn +2500
1015 Florida State +3300
1010 Purdue +3300
1013 Virginia Tech +3300
1012 Houston +4000
1024 Iowa State +4000
1009 LSU +4000
1016 Kansas +5000
1014 Kansas State +5000
1025 Louisville +5000
1019 Marquette +5000
1022 Villanova +5000
1018 Wisconsin +5000
1023 Buffalo +6600
1039 Florida +6600
1031 Syracuse +6600
1026 Cincinnati +8000
1021 Maryland +8000
1017 Mississippi State +8000
1027 Nevada +8000
1028 Wofford +10000
1035 Baylor +15000
1038 Iowa +15000
1030 Mississippi +15000
1034 Oklahoma +15000
1044 Oregon +15000
1040 Seton Hall +15000
1041 St. Marys +15000
1033 UCF +15000
1029 VCU +15000
1036 Washington +15000
1042 Ohio State +20000
1063 Arizona State +25000
1037 Minnesota +25000
1045 Murray State +25000
1046 New Mexico State +25000
1047 Saint Louis +25000
1064 St. Johns +25000
1048 UC Irvine +25000
1032 Utah State +25000
1061 Belmont +50000
1054 Georgia State +50000
1060 Iona +50000
1043 Liberty +50000
1057 Montana +50000
1050 Northeastern +50000
1053 Northern Kentucky +50000
1052 Old Dominion +50000
1062 Temple +50000
1049 Vermont +50000
1051 Yale +50000
1058 Abilene Christian +100000
1055 Bradley +100000
1056 Colgate +100000
1065 Fairleigh Dickerson +100000
1059 Gardner-Webb +100000
1068 N.C. Central +100000
1067 North Dakota State +100000
1066 Prairie View A&M +100000

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"But Drunk Nerds, I don't know anything about basketball?"

Not an excuse! Nobody knows anything about college basketball. I haven't watched a single game all year. My wife picks her teams based on weirdest mascot. It's not about being good, it's about giving yourself a reason to watch!

"But Drunk Nerds, I don't drink beer?"

Whatever, we'll work something out, just :getin:

Drunk Nerds fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Mar 18, 2019

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Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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Let's examine some of the more eccentric teams from places I'll never go:

7. Wofford Terriers



From its name to its location in small-town South Carolina to its star player named Fletcher Magee, this school has a certain something about it (white people) . Magee needs just two more three pointers to set the all-time record. In fact, the entire team boasts a staggering 41.9% three-point percentage. Mid-major schools that play deep ball often get deep runs in the tournament over Big 5 schools. However, living and dying beyond the arc is tough to do for six straight games.

13. Vermont Catamounts



The only team whose mascot is extinct, Vermont has a top scorer in Anthony Lamb. They have three different brothers on the same roster. Those are the only facts I found.

Drunk Nerds fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Mar 18, 2019

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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9. UCF Golden Knightsz


UCF sports a 7 foot - six inch tall (2.3 m) player named Tacko. This will be their first appearance in the tournament since 2005. Although they have been to March Madness four times before, they have never won a game. This looks to change against a 8th-seeded VCU team whose best player is banged up.



14. Yale Bulldogs


A 2016 berth was the only other time the Bulldogs have been invited to the Dance since 1963. Star Miye Oni is prospected to be the first Ivy League player to enter the NBA in 20 years. Their free-throw shooting is as disciplined as their academic prowess, going 44-for-46 from the line in the Ivy League tournament.

Bonus Fact: Yale is playing LSU in the first round, making this a battle of two teams currently under NCAA investigation.

Thots and Prayers
Jul 13, 2006

A is the for the atrocious abominated acts that YOu committed. A is also for ass-i-nine, eight, seven, and six.

B, b, b - b is for your belligerent, bitchy, bottomless state of affairs, but why?

C is for the cantankerous condition of our character, you have no cut-out.
Grimey Drawer
(This is a post where I predict NDSU will win it all yet fail to bet actual money so when it does come to pass, I'll have this I-told-you-so post to keep me warm rather than millions of dollars.)

North Dakota State is going to be the Cinderella of all Cinderellas, mark my words!

Ralph Crammed In
May 11, 2007

Let's get clean and smart


I know nothing about basketball and I say Gonzaga will win cause I'm from Spokane and we've had blue balls with this for 20 years.

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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I wish it gave you points based on seed. So if I pick the 5th seed over the 12th seed, I get 5 points. But if I pick the 12th seed over the 5th, I get 12 points. Would reward people for making great upset calls.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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gently caress DUKE + DICK VITALE

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
gently caress duke

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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13. UC Irvine Anteaters



Visitors to the Inland Empire can locate UC Irvine by searching the skies for the town's tallest landmark: 7 foot center Solomon Ruddell. The Anteaters might be the double-digit seed getting the most upset buzz, as they play a Kansas squad that's the worst in over a decade. This matchup will show whether Irvine is really good, or if their Big West conference just sucks (they went 15-1 and held opponents to a shocking 40% shots inside the arc)


Saint Louis Billikens



The Billikens might prove the flukiness of the mid-major tournament winner automatic bid. Going 4-8 on the road, the Billikens finished sixth in a division that contains such teams as "St. Bonaventure" and "Fordham." The Billikens also have the most drug-influenced team name, which Google assures me is "a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream."

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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:siren:Fewer than 24 hours left! Get your bracket done by 9:45 AM PST Thursday, 3/21 :siren:

Murray State Racers



The fabulous U.S. State of Murray, with its Synagogues and convenient location near Miami, is helmed by one of the most exciting players in the tournament: Ja Morant. Ja Morant is averaging 10 assists and 25 points per game. He will go against another NBA prospect guard, Markus Howard in what should be one of the best 1-on-1 matchups in the whole first round.


Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs



Playing in their first tournament, Gardner Webb lives up to it's team name as they are extremely low to the ground. In fact, the team has the shortest average height of every team in the tournament (Just under 6'3" or 1.9050000000000005 m). They play #1 seed Virginia, who set a record last year by being the first number one seed to choke in the opening round.

Drunk Nerds fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Mar 20, 2019

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
NCAA is a basketball thing? Why doesnt it have a B in it?

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Devils Affricate posted:

NCAA is a basketball thing? Why doesnt it have a B in it?

Because NCAA stands for 'National Collegiate Athletic Association' and covers college sports from waterpolo to golf to track and field and everything in between.

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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1 hour left to enter!

Believe in something!

Thots and Prayers
Jul 13, 2006

A is the for the atrocious abominated acts that YOu committed. A is also for ass-i-nine, eight, seven, and six.

B, b, b - b is for your belligerent, bitchy, bottomless state of affairs, but why?

C is for the cantankerous condition of our character, you have no cut-out.
Grimey Drawer
Did I win?

Hardawn
Mar 15, 2004

Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates
College Slice
f2p huh? :thumbsup:

Tite Barnacle
Jun 4, 2014

Meowdy Purrdner

Grimey Drawer
My money is on the catamites. Figuratively and literally

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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Wofford's PG showing some sick moves. Between him and Magee they're got the best 1-2 white people combo in the tournament.


A TAQ goon is 12-for-12 so far, and my wife is 10-for-12 with her insightful strategy of "pick the team whose mascot comes last, alphabetically"

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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Well that was decidedly uneventful!

For the first time in history, all 16 Vegas favorites won in the second round. There is one five seed left, one 12 seed, and the rest are 4 or better.

My final four is still intact, though. I could move up a ton if FSU beats Gonzaga.

Who is "bballoutsideofyourschool?"

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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89 has Auburn to win it all. If Texas Tech and Auburn win this Saturday, he clinches.

if not, Bracket Busters wins if Virginia takes the title or both Virginia and TT win this weekend, and Dakota Rob wins if MSU takes it all.

I believe that's all the winning moves, please correct me if I'm wrong

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

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Congrats copland251. You were in the top 99.7 %ile! Contact me for beer!

Vato
Jan 14, 2018

I just read in a Vanity Fair article about Georgetown that Gonzaga was a thing, and I keep saying it as 'gozanga' like a singular slang for tits. I've never head of this school, and I think they are Catholic, so...I'll bet 7.

Vato
Jan 14, 2018

In all seriousness, March Madness is a HUGE thing, and I used to pay a little more attention to it, but then, as now, I never knew what was going on. I would root for whoever my friends who I liked liked or whoever had a weird name or something.

I would like to therefore retract my Gonzaga bet. Please put my 7 toward whoever you like.

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
my bracket won at work

i had Virginia winning over Michigan St so I made it pretty close, and the final win was just a nuke going off point wise

i will likely never have a bracket this good ever again

Scrotum Modem
Sep 12, 2014

what the poo poo is this thread about

i just drank a bunch of beeer so i decided to post here

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Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
Raccoons.

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