***Official Men's Basketball National Championship Game Thread***

[digZ]

I only do one bracket and it's 27/32.

It's looking like I didn't not have enough faith in the B12.

Literally the same situation for me. 27/32 and I short sold the Big12 this year (outside of ISU who I always pick for my champ, because why not.)

 

[CYber_saber]

As do I. We know the rosters well and it is nice to see the conference well represented.

I am conflicted on KU for the obvious ISU reasons with MSU being a better matchup for ISU in KC. Part of me wants to see KU again after ducking ISU in the tourney last weekend.

Well, I didn't see that part. If MSU can help us in KC, then screw KU

 

[NoCreativity]

Notre Dame = ACC

Nearly every CBB analyst is an ACC homer.

They televised 1 or 2 ACC games all year, I would hardly say they are ACC homers. The case could be made for Espn though.

 

[jdoggivjc]

West Virginia is in the Sweet Sixteen for the 2nd time in three years. They are now 10-11 in the Round of 32.

West Virginia's win over Notre Dame is their first ever against a #5 seed.

West Virginia is now 8-6 when playing in New York. The 8 wins ties Villanova for 5th most (at least for couple hours).

West Virginia scores 80 or more points in both Round of 64 and Round of 32 in the same tournament for the first time in school history. This is the 11th time they have played in both rounds.

Notre Dame fails to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2014. They had been to the Elite Eight in the previous two years.

Notre Dame is now 17-12 in the Round of 32.

Notre Dame has never defeated a Big Twelve team in the tournament. They are 0-2. Their other loss was 76-58 to Iowa State in the 2013 Round of 64.

Notre Dame is 0-2 as a #4 seed vs. #5 seeds. Their other loss was 87-84 (OT) to Missouri in 1980.

The loss for Notre Dame is their first in New York. They are now 3-1.

Notre Dame is now 2-6 on March 18. The 6 losses is tied with Texas for the most all-time.

http://hoopstournament.blogspot.com/

 

[NoCreativity]

I'm 33/32. Suck on that

Lol, yeah, I bet. I'm in the 99th percentile out of milions of brackets on ESPN but seem to be in the bottom 5% of all the posters on this board.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Vitto!

 

[stormchaser2014]

Go Bucky!!!!

 

[Doc]

Lol, yeah, I bet. I'm in the 99th percentile out of milions of brackets on ESPN but seem to be in the bottom 5% of all the posters on this board.

If people just picked the Vegas favorites they should have 27 or 28 right. There should be a ton of nice looking brackets out there.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Hope Wisconsin can keep this up the whole game.

 

[cyclone2001]

All games not Iowa State. We'll use it again for both days.

Saturday games, Games of Interest bolded. My picks in red.

#5 Notre Dame vs #4 Thugs - 11:10 - CBS

#8 Wisconsin vs #1 Villanova - 1:40 - CBS

#8 Northwestern vs #1 Gonzaga - 4:15 - CBS

#11 Xavier vs #3 Florida State - 5:10 - TNT

#12 Middle Tennessee vs #4 Butler - 6:10 - TBS

#7 St. Mary's vs #2 Arizona - 6:45 - CBS

#5 Virginia vs #4 Florida - 7:40 - TNT

Using the word "THUGS" is a racist word. Recently people have started using the word THUG to describe black men , which has become a replacement for the Nword. You should not be referring to a team filled with young blk men as thugs, so I ask you to please change it.

 

[jkclone]

Lol, yeah, I bet. I'm in the 99th percentile out of milions of brackets on ESPN but seem to be in the bottom 5% of all the posters on this board.

Similar. I'm now in the top 97% or top 500k and I feel like I'm doing awful compared to some of the scores people are throwing around. I'm also tied for first in the one that we are doing for here.

 

[inCyteful]

Using the word "THUGS" is a racist word. Recently people have started using the word THUG to describe black men , which has become a replacement for the Nword. You should not be referring to a team filled with young blk men as thugs, so I ask you to please change it.

The Thuggiest of Thugs

 

[stormchaser2014]

Using the word "THUGS" is a racist word. Recently people have started using the word THUG to describe black men , which has become a replacement for the Nword. You should not be referring to a team filled with young blk men as thugs, so I ask you to please change it.

The Thuggiest of Thugs View attachment 47081

 

[cyclones500]

West Virginia is in the Sweet Sixteen for the 2nd time in three years. They are now 10-11 in the Round of 32.

West Virginia's win over Notre Dame is their first ever against a #5 seed.

West Virginia is now 8-6 when playing in New York. The 8 wins ties Villanova for 5th most (at least for couple hours).

West Virginia scores 80 or more points in both Round of 64 and Round of 32 in the same tournament for the first time in school history. This is the 11th time they have played in both rounds.

Notre Dame fails to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2014. They had been to the Elite Eight in the previous two years.

Notre Dame is now 17-12 in the Round of 32.

Notre Dame has never defeated a Big Twelve team in the tournament. They are 0-2. Their other loss was 76-58 to Iowa State in the 2013 Round of 64.

Notre Dame is 0-2 as a #4 seed vs. #5 seeds. Their other loss was 87-84 (OT) to Missouri in 1980.

The loss for Notre Dame is their first in New York. They are now 3-1.

Notre Dame is now 2-6 on March 18. The 6 losses is tied with Texas for the most all-time.

http://hoopstournament.blogspot.com/

HoopsTournament is my sports-analyst idol.

 

[cyclones500]

The Thuggiest of Thugs View attachment 47081

I say we rename Scotty 'Justice Thug-pen.'

 

[stormchaser2014]

THREETO!!

 

[stormchaser2014]

**** YOU REFS!!!

 

[IASTATE07]

It would be a bad weekend if Wisconsin, Michigan St, and Purdue all won.

 

[HoopsTournament]

It would be a bad weekend if Wisconsin, Michigan St, and Purdue all won.

It would be a bad weekend if Purdue won. All else is irrelevant.

 

[carvers4math]

I like the "we hate cheese" chant even though it is probably a lie. Maybe Nova is lactose intolerant.