****Official NCAA Tournament Thread**** - Page 2

HolmeZz · 02:31 PM

A little early, but the tip times just came out. All times are EST.

Thursday

12:20 - Xavier vs. Georgia
12:25 - Kansas vs. Portland St.
12:30 - Michigan St. vs. Temple

2:30 - Marquette vs. Kentucky
2:50 - Purdue vs. Baylor
2:55 - UNLV vs. Kent St.
3:00 - Pittsburgh vs. Oral Roberts

5:00 - Stanford vs. Cornell

7:10 - USC vs. Kansas St.
7:10 - Duke vs. Belmont
7:20 - Washington St. vs. Winthrop
7:25 - BYU vs. Texas A&M

9:40 - West Virginia vs. Arizona
9:40 - Wisconsin vs. CS-Fullerton
9:50 - Notre Dame vs. George Mason
9:55 - UCLA vs. Mississippi Valley St.

Friday

12:15 - Tennessee vs. American
12:25 - Gonzaga vs. Davidson
12:30 - Drake vs. Western Kentucky
12:30 - Miami vs. St. Mary's

2:45 - Butler vs. South Alabama
2:55 - Georgetown vs. UM-Baltimore County
3:00 - Connecticut vs. San Diego
3:00 - Texas vs. Austin Peay

7:10 - Oklahoma vs. St. Joseph's
7:10 - North Carolina vs. Play-In Winner
7:20 - Vanderbilt vs. Siena
7:25 - Mississippi St. vs. Oregon

9:40 - Indiana vs. Arkansas
9:40 - Louisville vs. Boise St.
9:50 - Clemson vs. Villanova
9:55 - Memphis vs. UT-Arlington

Thig Lyfe · 03-17-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 88TG88

SC is final four bound

If they don't get upset by KSU they'll lose to UW.

88TG88 · 03-17-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SportsRacer

If they don't get upset by KSU they'll lose to UW.

TBH, I think they can definitely make it to the elite 8. I think we can hang with UW.

**Bearcat** · 03-17-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SportsRacer

So, how good is Georgetown and how dumb would having them get upset in the second round by Davidson be?

I don't think all that highly of the Big 10 or Big East (um, I hate them with a passion

), so it's hard for me not to blow up that portion of the bracket.

Wisconsin is good, but they play the excruciating Big 10 style where they're always a basket away from either winning or losing. As said before, Georgetown is good, but not as good as last year.... Pittsburgh attempted 44 free throws in the Big East championship.

Those are the toughest to figure out, IMO. They're good enough at the style they play to go to the Final Four, but they'll do it with an average margin of victory of 3 points per game (see Ohio State last year).

teedubya · 03-17-2008, 07:26 PM

I was nice to KState... I have them losing in the Elite 8 to KU... trying to relive the mojo from 88.

KevB · 03-17-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

I was nice to KState... I have them losing in the Elite 8 to KU... trying to relive the mojo from 88.

My purple tinted glasses appreciate it, but the Cats have not played well for some time. If Walker/Pullen bring their games, KSU is very dangerous. If not, very beatable. We'll see. Should be a fun matchup with USC regardless.

teedubya · 03-17-2008, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Look out Portland State!

Maybe if they were Bortland State...

**Skip Towne** · 03-17-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

Maybe if they were Bortland State...

I don't know how we ever get past Baylor.

**the Talking Can** · 03-17-2008, 08:55 PM

KSU won't beat USC.

greg63 · 03-18-2008, 12:14 AM

It would be nice to see KU go past the second round this year.

Thig Lyfe · 03-18-2008, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

Maybe if they were Bortland State...

Heh.

**Bearcat** · 03-18-2008, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by greg63

It would be nice to see KU go past the second round this year.

It's been nice to see them go past the 2nd round 4 of the last 6 years, too.

**Nzoner** · 03-18-2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs

I was nice to KState... I have them losing in the Elite 8 to KU... trying to relive the mojo from 88.

Although I don't have KU making the Final Four,I'd really like to see a KU-UCLA rematch.

Ultra Peanut · 03-18-2008, 09:31 AM

John Calipari is a god damned saint:

Today, the final AP Top 25 men's basketball poll of the 2007-08 season was released. The Tigers have now been ranked in the top 25 of the AP Poll for 57 consecutive weeks. 36 of those weeks, Memphis has been in the top 5. Memphis and UCLA are the only two programs that have been ranked in the poll every week of the last three seasons.

-Preseason 05: #12 (0-0)
-03/13/06: #4 (30-3)
-Preseason 06: #14 (0-0)
-03/12/07: #5 (30-3)
-Preseason 07: #3 (0-0)
-03/17/08: #2 (33-1)

**Lzen** · 03-18-2008, 10:33 AM

Let the record show that 18 of the past 19 championships have been won by teams that earned either a No. 1 (12 times), 2 (three times) or 3 (three times.) The exception was the 1997 Arizona team that toppled three top seeds.

So I've already cut my list of possible champs to a dozen.

Further cuts are required. To make them I went to the NCAA's Official 2008 Men's Final Four Record Book, which shows team statistics of every champion. I decided to limit my comparisons to the past 19 seasons, the period when all but one winner has been seeded No. 3 or better.

Championship teams share many strengths, most of them involving the ability to shoot well and score. Here are four qualities I selected:

Scoring -- 18 of the past 19 champions averaged at least 77 points per game.

Two-point field-goal shooting -- 16 of the past 19 champs shot 48 percent or better.

Three-point field-goal shooting -- 16 of the past 19 champs made at least 37 percent of their three-point shots.

Free-throw shooting -- 17 of the past 19 champions shot 68 percent or better from the line.

Of the 12 top seeds in the 2008 tournament, two qualify in every category -- North Carolina and Kansas. Tough to question their credentials as No. 1 seeds.
Louisville Courier-Journal

**Nzoner** · 03-18-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

Let the record show that 18 of the past 19 championships have been won by teams that earned either a No. 1 (12 times), 2 (three times) or 3 (three times.) The exception was the 1997 Arizona team that toppled three top seeds.

So I've already cut my list of possible champs to a dozen.

Further cuts are required. To make them I went to the NCAA's Official 2008 Men's Final Four Record Book, which shows team statistics of every champion. I decided to limit my comparisons to the past 19 seasons, the period when all but one winner has been seeded No. 3 or better.

Championship teams share many strengths, most of them involving the ability to shoot well and score. Here are four qualities I selected:

Scoring -- 18 of the past 19 champions averaged at least 77 points per game.

Two-point field-goal shooting -- 16 of the past 19 champs shot 48 percent or better.

Three-point field-goal shooting -- 16 of the past 19 champs made at least 37 percent of their three-point shots.

Free-throw shooting -- 17 of the past 19 champions shot 68 percent or better from the line.

Of the 12 top seeds in the 2008 tournament, two qualify in every category -- North Carolina and Kansas. Tough to question their credentials as No. 1 seeds.
Louisville Courier-Journal

With all that homework I'm assuming you've entered the Yahoo challenge as it's paying like 5 mil for a perfect bracket.

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