2012 NCAA March Madness brackets

[lcarus]

http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/March-Madness-Bracket-2012.jpg

Who do you like as a sleeper? Upsets? Overrated?

[lcarus]

I like Long Beach State to possibly beat New Mexico and Harvard to beat Vanderbilt. I don't know why, but I always seem to pick Ivy League schools and also usually pick Vanderbilt to lose. A match made in heaven for me on that one.

[lcarus]

Also - how crazy would it be if Kansas met Missouri in the championship game? Nuts I tell ya!

[KC_Connection]

Look out for Belmont and Long Beach.

[lcarus]

Look out for Belmont and Long Beach.

Belmont is always a scary 13-15 seed aren't they lol

[lcarus]

I haven't watched much of Wichita St. at all this year, are they good enough to make some noise? As a 5 seed are they poised to possibly get upset by VCU? Or are they good enough to topple Indiana and maybe even give Kentucky a run for their money? They interest me. I have no clue what to do with them in my bracket.

[Phobia]

I like Belmont over the Hoyas, then over SDSU, and you know fate has determined that Belmont will also meet Kansas. Mark it down.

[Phobia]

fate has determined that Belmont will also meet Kansas.
In which case, Kansas should just go home. Don't even show up.

[Bearcat]

I like Belmont over the Hoyas, then over SDSU, and you know fate has determined that Belmont will also meet Kansas. Mark it down.

Seth Davis mentioned that, so it cannot happen.

Sorry.

[Mr_Tomahawk]

I have Kansas knocking off Belmont in the S16 and Long Beach State actually a first round exit.

[lcarus]

I like Belmont over the Hoyas, then over SDSU, and you know fate has determined that Belmont will also meet Kansas. Mark it down.

As big a KU fan as I am, I have a strong feeling they could get upset this season. It wouldn't surprise me if it ended up being Belmont.

[KC_Connection]

I wouldn't be that surprised if Belmont made it to the 2nd weekend. Georgetown isn't exactly going to roll over, though, they're the 2nd best BE team.

I see Wichita St. making the S16 but they were unfortunate to be drawn in UK's region.

[mr. tegu]

VCU will not be able to hang with Wichita St. They lost much of their team from last season (mostly three ballers). I expect Wichita St. to give Kentucky all they can handle.

If I am Marquette I am really hoping Iona loses to BYU because Iona can flat out score. Marquette should pull it out but they would have an easier time with BYU.

And you heard it here IF K-state gets by Southern Miss, they beat the Orange. I am not a K-state fan but Syracuse goes on huge scoring droughts while K-state has actually been putting up some points. I agree also with some previous posts that Long Beach St is the proverbial 12 over 5 upset this year.

My first post! :clap:

[Phobia]

My first post! :clap:

It's a good one. Welcome.

[mr. tegu]

It's a good one. Welcome.

Thank you kind sir. I have been lurking for a few months now but I figured I would play it safe and not get too involved in the other "heated" threads yet :)

[Phobia]

Thank you kind sir. I have been lurking for a few months now but I figured I would play it safe and not get too involved in the other "heated" threads yet :)

Dive in and share your opinion. Take the hazing with good humor and you'll be fine. Nobody of any consequence legitimately puts much stock into post count and registration date.

[Raiderhater]

VCU will not be able to hang with Wichita St. They lost much of their team from last season (mostly three ballers). I expect Wichita St. to give Kentucky all they can handle.

If I am Marquette I am really hoping Iona loses to BYU because Iona can flat out score. Marquette should pull it out but they would have an easier time with BYU.

And you heard it here IF K-state gets by Southern Miss, they beat the Orange. I am not a K-state fan but Syracuse goes on huge scoring droughts while K-state has actually been putting up some points. I agree also with some previous posts that Long Beach St is the proverbial 12 over 5 upset this year.

My first post! :clap:


I'd cream my shorts. But I'm not going to hold my breath. Though I'll probably pick it in the bracket just for homer reasons. What the hell, my "fantasy" brackets usually do better than my for real brackets any way.

[Silock]

I have UK, Mich. St., Wisconsin and KU making the FF. Mich St. winning over Wisc. in the final.

[chiefs2012]

I have UK, Mich. St., Wisconsin and KU making the FF. Mich St. winning over Wisc. in the final.

I don't think wisconsin will go very far but i agree with the rest

[mr. tegu]

I'd cream my shorts. But I'm not going to hold my breath. Though I'll probably pick it in the bracket just for homer reasons. What the hell, my "fantasy" brackets usually do better than my for real brackets any way.

By the time I am done filling out so many brackets I lose track of which ones are "fantasy" and which ones are real :D

And for the record I am a Kansas fan and I am scared to death of Saint Mary's. I will be picking Saint Mary's against Purdue but I sure won't be rooting for that result.

[KC_Connection]

I have UK, Mich. St., Wisconsin and KU making the FF. Mich St. winning over Wisc. in the final.
Believing in Wisconsin this year? They've burned me too many times before for me to pick them to go too far.

[Silock]

Believing in Wisconsin this year? They've burned me too many times before for me to pick them to go too far.

I think the only real reach I have for their matchups is picking them over 'Cuse, but it's not a huge reach. I mean, eventually, Wisconsin has to do SOMETHING, right?

[MMXcalibur]

So, the moment you've all been waiting for. Here's KCtotheSB's coin-flip bracket for 2012 (heads for the first team in a matchup, tails for the second team).

FIRST ROUND
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(1) Kentucky over (16) Western Kentucky
(9) UCONN over (8) Iowa St.
(12) VCU over (5) Wichita St.
(13) N. Mex St. over (4) Indiana
(6) UNLV over (11) Colorado
(14) So. Dakota St. over (3) Baylor
(7) Notre Dame over (10) Xavier
(15) Lehigh over (2) Duke

(16) LIU Brooklyn over (1) Michigan St.
(9) St. Louis over (8) Memphis
(5) New Mexico over (12) Long Beach St.
(4) Louisville over (13) Davidson
(6) Murray St. over (11) Colorado St.
(14) Iona over (3) Marquette
(7) Florida over (10) Virginia
(15) Norfolk St. over (2) Missouri

(16) UNC Asheville over (1) Syracuse
(8) Kansas St. over (9) So. Miss
(5) Vanderbilt over (12) Harvard
(13) Montana over (4) Wisconsin
(11) Texas over (6) Cincinnati
(3) Florida St. over (14) St. Bonaventure
(7) Gonzaga over (10) West Virginia
(2) Ohio St. over (15) Loyola

(16) Vermont over (1) North Carolina
(9) Alabama over (8) Creighton
(12) So. Florida over (5) Temple
(4) Michigan over (13) Ohio
(11) NC St. over (6) SDSU
(3) Georgetown over (14) Belmont
(7) St. Mary's over (10) Purdue
(2) Kansas over (15) Detroit

ROUND 2
---------------------

(1) Kentucky over (9) UCONN
(12) VCU over (13) N. Mex St.
(14) So. Dakota St. over (6) UNLV
(15) Lehigh over (7) Notre Dame

(9) St. Louis over (16) LIU Brooklyn
(4) Louisville over (5) New Mexico
(14) Iona over (6) Murray St.
(15) Norfolk St. over (7) Florida

(8) Kansas St. over (16) UNC-Asheville
(13) Montana over (5) Vanderbilt
(11) Texas over (3) Florida St.
(7) Gonzaga over (2) Ohio State

(9) Alabama over (16) Vermont
(12) So. Florida over (4) Michigan
(3) Georgetown over (11) NC St.
(2) Kansas over (7) St. Mary's

SWEET SIXTEEN
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(9) UCONN over (12) VCU
(15) Lehigh over (14) So. Dakota St.

(9) St. Louis over (4) Louisville
(14) Iona over (15) Norfolk St.

(13) Montana over (8) Kansas St.
(11) Texas over (7) Gonzaga

(12) So. Florida over (9) Alabama
(2) Kansas over (3) Georgetown

ELITE EIGHT
----------------

(15) Lehigh over (9) UCONN

(14) Iona over (9) St. Louis

(13) Montana over (11) Texas

(2) Kansas over (12) So. Florida

FINAL FOUR
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(14) Iona over (15) Lehigh
(13) Montana over (2) Kansas

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
-----------------------------

(13) Montana over (14) Iona



GO FUCKING MONTANA GO!!!!

[KC_Connection]

So, the moment you've all been waiting for. Here's KCtotheSB's coin-flip bracket for 2012 (heads for the first team in a matchup, tails for the second team).

FIRST ROUND
--------------

(1) Kentucky over (16) Western Kentucky
(9) UCONN over (8) Iowa St.
(12) VCU over (5) Wichita St.
(13) N. Mex St. over (4) Indiana
(6) UNLV over (11) Colorado
(14) So. Dakota St. over (3) Baylor
(7) Notre Dame over (10) Xavier
(15) Lehigh over (2) Duke

(16) LIU Brooklyn over (1) Michigan St.
(9) St. Louis over (8) Memphis
(5) New Mexico over (12) Long Beach St.
(4) Louisville over (13) Davidson
(6) Murray St. over (11) Colorado St.
(14) Iona over (3) Marquette
(7) Florida over (10) Virginia
(15) Norfolk St. over (2) Missouri

(16) UNC Asheville over (1) Syracuse
(8) Kansas St. over (9) So. Miss
(5) Vanderbilt over (12) Harvard
(13) Montana over (4) Wisconsin
(11) Texas over (6) Cincinnati
(3) Florida St. over (14) St. Bonaventure
(7) Gonzaga over (10) West Virginia
(2) Ohio St. over (15) Loyola

(16) Vermont over (1) North Carolina
(9) Alabama over (8) Creighton
(12) So. Florida over (5) Temple
(4) Michigan over (13) Ohio
(11) NC St. over (6) SDSU
(3) Georgetown over (14) Belmont
(7) St. Mary's over (10) Purdue
(2) Kansas over (15) Detroit

ROUND 2
---------------------

(1) Kentucky over (9) UCONN
(12) VCU over (13) N. Mex St.
(14) So. Dakota St. over (6) UNLV
(15) Lehigh over (7) Notre Dame

(9) St. Louis over (16) LIU Brooklyn
(4) Louisville over (5) New Mexico
(14) Iona over (6) Murray St.
(15) Norfolk St. over (7) Florida

(8) Kansas St. over (16) UNC-Asheville
(13) Montana over (5) Vanderbilt
(11) Texas over (3) Florida St.
(7) Gonzaga over (2) Ohio State

(9) Alabama over (16) Vermont
(12) So. Florida over (4) Michigan
(3) Georgetown over (11) NC St.
(2) Kansas over (7) St. Mary's

SWEET SIXTEEN
------------------

(9) UCONN over (12) VCU
(15) Lehigh over (14) So. Dakota St.

(9) St. Louis over (4) Louisville
(14) Iona over (15) Norfolk St.

(13) Montana over (8) Kansas St.
(11) Texas over (7) Gonzaga

(12) So. Florida over (9) Alabama
(2) Kansas over (3) Georgetown

ELITE EIGHT
----------------

(15) Lehigh over (9) UCONN

(14) Iona over (9) St. Louis

(13) Montana over (11) Texas

(2) Kansas over (12) So. Florida

FINAL FOUR
-------------

(14) Iona over (15) Lehigh
(13) Montana over (2) Kansas

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
-----------------------------

(13) Montana over (14) Iona



GO ****ING MONTANA GO!!!!

Kansas is taking losing to a low seed in the tournament to a whole new level there.

[Silock]

You said UK over Uconn but had Uconn in the sweet sixteen.

[MMXcalibur]

You said UK over Uconn but had Uconn in the sweet sixteen.

UCONN over UK.

Again, I repeat for those copying these epic picks...UCONN over UK :)

[Dartgod]

STFU, n00b!

FYP

[boogblaster]

Wichita State // GO SHOCKERS .....

[Ultra Peanut]

Nate Silver is back to being right about sports (http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/fivethirtyeight-picks-the-n-c-a-a-bracket/?src=tp):

The worst decision that the tournament committee made? Probably seeding Memphis, whom power ratings have as about the 10th best team in the country, as a No. 8 seed instead. This is one reason that the program likes Missouri rather than Michigan State to emerge out of the West region; Michigan State would be due to draw Memphis in the Round of 32.

[Ceej]

Watch out for the BEACH!

[lcarus]

Watch out for the BEACH!

I'm picking them at least one game. Teetering back and forth between picking them to go to the sweet 16 or not...

[lcarus]

UCONN over UK.

Again, I repeat for those copying these epic picks...UCONN over UK :)

Wrong. Memphis over Michigan State.




Actually I'm picking neither of those. I'll probably regret it...

[the Talking Can]

fyi, wall street journal has a 'blindfolded' bracket where you're given team's with stats but no names...

http://projects.wsj.com/blindfold-brackets-2012/

[Trevo_410]

fyi, wall street journal has a 'blindfolded' bracket where you're given team's with stats but no names...

http://projects.wsj.com/blindfold-brackets-2012/

CTFO, I posted this yesterday :grr:

http://projects.wsj.com/blindfold-brackets-2012/print.html?r=57,27,61,26,48,45,37,39,29,51,63,10,18,9,31,24,33,27,2,44,13,46,28,40,3,12,35,19,11,34, 32,38,66,0,4,42,48,37,51,10,9,31,33,44,13,28,12,19,11,32,0,42,37,51,9,44,28,12,11,42,37,44,28,42,44, 42,44,-1

[Ceej]

I'm picking them at least one game. Teetering back and forth between picking them to go to the sweet 16 or not...

I've got them winning two.

[Old Dog]

They will win 0. New Mexico will be the suprise team in the Final Four.

[the Talking Can]

CTFO, I posted this yesterday :grr:

http://projects.wsj.com/blindfold-brackets-2012/print.html?r=57,27,61,26,48,45,37,39,29,51,63,10,18,9,31,24,33,27,2,44,13,46,28,40,3,12,35,19,11,34, 32,38,66,0,4,42,48,37,51,10,9,31,33,44,13,28,12,19,11,32,0,42,37,51,9,44,28,12,11,42,37,44,28,42,44, 42,44,-1

yeah, it's crazy...i had kansas winning it over MSU, with vanderbilt in the final 4

[Trevo_410]

TBH I got Iowa State over Uconn, they got chip on they shoulder after their big12 tourny loss.. White's going to explode imo.

[Trevo_410]

Here's a website that simulate brackets based on your oppinion of level of importance...

bracketbeast.com/

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Kentucky, Missouri, Florida State, North Carolina

Kentucky over Missouri in a closer than expected game in one semi-final

North Carolina over Florida State in the other because they're better and Flo-rida State's hot steak has to end

North Carolina beats Kentucky in the title game because that's where Kentuckys youth/inexperience finally catches up the them... albeit barely... 84-83.

I loath both teams so I have little doubt they'll make it all the way. Luckily the other team I loath... Dook... will have to lose to Kentucky earlier.


Kansas loses to North Carolina in the Elite 8 in a game that's close for a while but then we shit ourselves... that is if we don't shit ourselves well before that. I'm sure a 15 has beaten a 2 before right?

[Bearcat]

I'm sure a 15 has beaten a 2 before right?

Yeah, Hampton beat Iowa State about a decade ago.



For all the dumb and/or played out crap that's like a 4 year old throwing pebbles at me -- the 'B' jokes (2006 called...), Kansas can't beat mid-majors, etc -- it would really suck to be the first 1 seed to go down to a 16. As far as this year, I've heard a couple of experts bring up Michigan State, because apparently their opponent can get up and down the court and can score a lot. Yeah, double digit seeds are winning games more often (or at least it seems), but who knows when the next 16 would win... that one could stick a while. "One seeds were 120-0 against 16 seeds until 5 years ago when Kansas lost to Devry..." *shudder*

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Yeah, Hampton beat Iowa State about a decade ago.



For all the dumb and/or played out crap that's like a 4 year old throwing pebbles at me -- the 'B' jokes (2006 called...), Kansas can't beat mid-majors, etc -- it would really suck to be the first 1 seed to go down to a 16. As far as this year, I've heard a couple of experts bring up Michigan State, because apparently their opponent can get up and down the court and can score a lot. Yeah, double digit seeds are winning games more often (or at least it seems), but who knows when the next 16 would win... that one could stick a while. "One seeds were 120-0 against 16 seeds until 5 years ago when Kansas lost to Devry..." *shudder*

Don't sleep on DeVry man. Or Vatterott. Those HVAC guys can straight ball.

[RockChalk]

Better change your brackets, folks. Syracuse C Fab Melo is not playing in the tourney. Declared ineligible

http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/3/13/MBB_0313122020.aspx

[the Talking Can]

Better change your brackets, folks. Syracuse C Fab Melo is not playing in the tourney. Declared ineligible

http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/3/13/MBB_0313122020.aspx

holy moly

[Priest31kc]

I got K-State over Cuse....

[ReynardMuldrake]

Better change your brackets, folks. Syracuse C Fab Melo is not playing in the tourney. Declared ineligible

http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/3/13/MBB_0313122020.aspx

Good news for K-State fans...

[eazyb81]

Better change your brackets, folks. Syracuse C Fab Melo is not playing in the tourney. Declared ineligible

http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/3/13/MBB_0313122020.aspx

Couldn't have happened to a bigger scumbag than Boeheim.

[Braincase]

I got K-State over Cuse....

Yep, just updated my brackets.

[KC_Connection]

Yeah, Hampton beat Iowa State about a decade ago.



For all the dumb and/or played out crap that's like a 4 year old throwing pebbles at me -- the 'B' jokes (2006 called...), Kansas can't beat mid-majors, etc -- it would really suck to be the first 1 seed to go down to a 16. As far as this year, I've heard a couple of experts bring up Michigan State, because apparently their opponent can get up and down the court and can score a lot. Yeah, double digit seeds are winning games more often (or at least it seems), but who knows when the next 16 would win... that one could stick a while. "One seeds were 120-0 against 16 seeds until 5 years ago when Kansas lost to Devry..." *shudder*
http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/this_is_the_year_a_1_loses_to_a_16/

[journeyscarab]

Wichita State // GO SHOCKERS .....


Aaaaaw Yeaaaah! I think we can go deep. Could upset Kentucky.

[Bambi]

Oh shit dat is crazy?!?

[RustShack]

Aaaaaw Yeaaaah! I think we can go deep. Could upset Kentucky.

Not if ISU upsets Kentucky first.

[kepp]

Better change your brackets, folks. Syracuse C Fab Melo is not playing in the tourney. Declared ineligible

http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/3/13/MBB_0313122020.aspx

Huge

[Trevo_410]

Aaaaaw Yeaaaah! I think we can go deep. Could upset Kentucky.

I got you in the elite 8

better frickin show up

[mr. tegu]

Better change your brackets, folks. Syracuse C Fab Melo is not playing in the tourney. Declared ineligible


This sucks. Not because I am a Cuse fan but because I picked KSU over a healthy Syracuse a few days ago in this very thread (maybe the other one?). So for the record I had this one already :p

[Thig Lyfe]

My first post! :clap:

FUCK YOU

[mr. tegu]

**** YOU

how eloquent :clap:

[Reerun_KC]

how eloquent :clap:

Ignore him, he is a closet Cassel nuthugger...

[Thig Lyfe]

Ignore him, he is a closet Cassel nuthugger...

The only QB whose nuts I long to hug is Tyler Beckham Thigpen.

[MMXcalibur]

Only reason I'm bumping is because some asshat who shall remain nameless neg repped me because my coin-flip bracket had (15) Norfolk State over (2) Missouri.

The sport gods have a cruel sense of justice.