Well everyone should be making their selections by this afternoon for the office pool. I haven't got mine completely done yet, but I won last year so I want to keep the winning tradition alive.

Who do you have and why?

So far I have,

Michigan State (I like Tom Izzo in the tournament even when he has bad teams, plus it is the 30 year anniversary of the Magic/Bird Nat'l Championship),

UConn (sorry dawgs) - maybe third time is a charm though?

UNC (barf)

Duke - They are playing good ball right now, unfortunately.

Lets see yours.

I'll go with

Louisville

UConn

Pitt

NC (Although I smell upset here, maybe OK)

Gonzaga has a good chance, but Pitt always loses in the sweet 16. Check their records.

Agreed but trying to come up with a solid final 4 that might go against the grain a little bit. Hope the Zags make it. I also like Syracuse.

I'm not doing a bracket but I'm routing for both UW and MSU. I went to Indiana. We had a "rebuilding year". That was painful to watch.
I'll actually route for all the big ten teams except Purdue! It would also be nice to see the Zags do well.

Memphis, MSU, pitt(I have UCLA dropping to pitt in a close one), and yes I also like the Zags(NC is over rated). I have put them there before and never made it but this year will be different......Maybe.

Louisville, Memphis, UCLA, Gonzaga

Arizona State , Louisville, Uconn and Pitt with ASU taking down the title baby...cheers

Uh, Keith...I think you need to sing this song three times, and do three Hail Marys after that last post...what've you been smokin'?

Hey I put 20 bucks on them in Vegas and got 80 to 1 odds...thats all the motivation I need;)

I changed my mind...sing the song six times, do 7 Hail Marys, and four Our Fathers, too.

Fish on...

Todd

Nah...I save the "dozen" for what he'll be paying up on in spoons come next week

Fish on...

Todd

NIT or NCCA tournament??

Mf

Here goes.....................

Midwest:
Champs: Lousiville, Louisville, Louisville makes a run all the way to the National Championship! Terrence Williams goes off and the Rainier Beach Grad takes Tourney MVP honors.

Upsets: Dayton over West Virginia and USC over Michigan St.

West:
Champs: HUSKIES in another instant classic over the other huskies from UCONN ride the MO all the way to the Final Four!

Upsets: UW over Uconn and Memphis

East:
Champs: Pitt outmuscles Duke.

Upsets: Ken Bone leads Portland State as this years Cindarella team beating Xaviar and Florida St. finally losing to Pitt in the Sweet 16. UCLA lays an egg right out of the gate losing to VCU in the first round!

South:
Champs: Oklahoma (my ouch-it's actually painful to type this)

Upsets: This region plays out with the 1 and 2 seeds playing for the Final Four. Only somewhat upset I've got is Butler over LSU but a 9 over an 8 isn't really an upset!

lets here your nit final four mf cougs will make it right?

Louisville, Memphis, UCLA, UNC

UNC vs. Louisville for the title

and the winner is.......

UNC

The Dawgs might not get out of Round 1

Dawgs give 5 on the Vegas line, I actually would take the bet. I think they are going to be so amped up they will win by 10-12.

I think whichever team loses in the Washington/MSU game got screwed...neither of those teams should have to play a team as good as their opponent will be on Thursday in the first round...MSU got seriously lowballed on their seeding.

Last I heard the Huskies were giving 4 1/2 pts., and I'd bet that all of those points come from playing in Portland, which makes it an "almost home game"...I'm guessing the oddsmakers find the two teams to be just about even otherwise, which ought not be happening when a 4 seed is playing a 13 seed.

MSU should be an 8 or 9 seed, imo, and should be playing an 8 or 9...

Fish on...

Todd

Wife say's Memphis so that's how it's going to be!

6of7 so far today...go Devils!

Dawgs by 12 at half time. Go Dawgs!!!

Dawgs Win.

I don't mean to toot my own horn but . . . Won $5 off one of my employees. Nice cover Dawgs.

Romar salary should be covered now, 2 games in the big dance should do.

North Carolina, Xavier, Missouri, Ohio State

North Carolina wins it all

I picked North Carolina, Missou, Xavier, Cal, Ohio St, VCU, Wisky, andd E Tennessee in the pool. I had the third pick and Pitt and Louisville were picked first and second.

I think Washington will make the sweet 16. They played good against Miss State.

St Mary's got screwed out of the big dance - Patty Mills is terrific.

I hope Ty Lawson's big toe gets better soon because they need him to go all the way.

Congrats to the Dawgs & Zags...

It's Cougar baseball time now boy's.

GO COUGS!!!

Mf

Scary when Brockman went down and also when overton got slammed. Trouncing in a physical game like that has to have other opponents worried.

"It's Cougar baseball time now boy's. "

That's a Coug always looking to the horizon. Is there a WSU Cricket team?

14 n 2 yesterday boys with the biggest game of the 1st round comin up here shortly...Devils by 6, Harden goes off...cheers

We didnt play that good but Ill take W n move on to Syracuse...ouch. See how AZ n USC n Port St do today but the West is holding their own so far. 21-3 in my bracket though, way better than usual on that front.

UA & USC moving on.

The PAC 10's only stronger than the MAC conference....

We get no respect. lol

Mf

ASU v. Syracuse is going to be a pretty tall order...Husky/Purdue game today will be a pretty good one.

Fish on...

Todd

UCLA got freaking owned...

BTO is looking strong against Purdue...

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Brockman Turner Overdrive...

Mf

What Chuck said.

Secondly, this is against the BIG 10...dammit!

GO HUSKYS!!!

Mf

Decided to rip everything out of the 2 boy's bedrooms and do some Deep cleaning...

Instead of vegging on the couch...as usual. lol

Got three TVs going and not liking what I'm seeing so far period.

Mf

Nice run Dawg fans....

Nothing to hang your heads about...still a young team.

Mf

The Boogermakers can lick my sack.

Fish on...

Todd

Kick some ass Sun Devils & Wildcats!

And any remaining PAC 10 teams....then Zags. lol

Mf

Tough day for the Pac so far...see if the remaining teams can pull an upset or two off...Go Devils!

feel sorry for those huskys, damn so very close several times. those two fast blocked shots were killers....

brewer's Zags will do the PNW proud!

Who's this guy???

Mf

My Cougs never got this much love....when we lost to St. Marys???

Mf

UW looked good in the second half. I thought they were going to get blown out after the first half. Turned out to be an exciting game.
That Ohio State game last night sure was a good one as was the Wisconsin game.

Great game..that SWAT by Johnson near the end was a thing of beauty!

Go Wildcats!

Zags are playing tough...WK hang'n there.

Mf

brewer's Zags going to the schweet 16!!!!!!!

that guard for w.kentukey exxon-valdez was very impressive!.

Zags nearly gave that game away...

A Wa. team has made it to the sweet 16...

Mf

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Mf

Just remember that all of you who have Arizona State in your Final 4 still have a shot...cheers

ASU & SYR just under way.

Mf

0-4 in the second round...not looking good.

Mf

Zags will have to bring thier total game against NC.


MF, did you watch the wiaa 3A championship game last night. columbia river of vancouver just got trounced against franklin.

No I missed the game. Normally I don't miss any WIAA HS Championship games...I did watch girls 4A CG Kentwood vs. Snohomish.

Looked it up though...wow, total dominated all the way through the tourney.

Click here

Mf

Hey Chuck, if it was easy to pick the winning teams on the tourney....I'd done it.

How about that Arizona Wildcat team?

Playing some good ball.

Mf

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Sol Duc said it all .

Only 1-6 in the 2nd round....

Haven't heard from Summerrun, wonder if he's ok?



Mf

what a poor showing from the pac10.....

President Obama is 14/16 on his bracket...can't be all that hard

Fish on...

Todd

for those who snivel that the pac10 gets no respect. it should quite clear to you all now. 1for 6. not alot to build on.

That's better than 0-6...

PAC 10 Rules!

Mf

Purdue got beat by Yukon.
Villanova over Duke
Pitt over Xavier darn!
Mizzou over Memphis Yes!

Friday's games should be good too!

gO tAR hEELS

The only competitive game was Michigan State over Kansas.

No more NW teams or Pac 10 teams are in it. The Pac 10 was weak this year. Gonzaga was overmatched by Carolina. I just hope Ty Lawson can stay on the court.

What happened to all the Husky homers anyway?

We're watching the teams still alive in the tourney...............you know, the one the Coogers weren't even in.

The Huskies made the final four:

UConn
Michigan State
Villanova
North Carolina

0 for 4. Typical.

Not to worry though as come next Dec I'll be an expert again!

ya, we are all experts in the pre season eh brood;) 1 fer 4 but dammit ASU not gettin there was the only shocker in my bracket...see ya on the river here soon...cheers

I picked 3 out of 4 and if UNC or UConn wins the tourney I will win my office pool. That would be 2 in a row and 3 out of 4 years. I actually kind of hope I lose, because people are getting tired of the boss winning. Especially because we make everyone fill out a bracket (and take the entry fee out of their paychecks). We have an employer match too, so I am going to have to either buy lunch, or beer, or something to make everyone happy.

Now what Coogers ?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008950172_bennett31.html

There are already coaches lining up for this dream job. What an opportunity.

I heard the head coaches at Mary M. Knight, and Taholah threw their hats in the ring for the job, but then the MMK coach backed out. Too bad too, because he has a lock on recruiting in the Satsop/Deckerville/Donkey Crick triangle.

RR

Damn. Always figured it to be when, not if...just not this soon. I'll be curious to see how he does at Virginia.

After watching MSU mow through two top #1 seeds, what's one more....

So I'm going for the under dog on this one.

MSU over NC

GO COUGS!!!

Mf