Poll
Question:
Who do you think will win the 2015 NCAA Tournament?
Option 1: Kentucky
Option 2: Virginia
Option 3: Wisconsin
Option 4: Duke
Option 5: Villanova
Option 6: Gonzaga
Option 7: Arizona
Option 8: Other
Most will probably pick Kentucky because of their undefeated season, but I think there are plenty of teams that can beat them. Also on ESPN Tournament Challenge it says I can rejoin the AARoads group, so let me know if this is the group everyone is going to use.
After last night Notre Dame game and the way that Duke performed in the tournament last year, I have a hard time picking them. They seem prone to choking lately and not performing with the pressure on. I also see Kentucky losing in the tournament because they'll be caught off guard by a team that they haven't played and whose style they aren't expecting. Remember that Kentucky got the undefeated season largely by playing a weak SEC. There's no way that Kentucky's schedule was anywhere near as tough as a B1G or ACC team's schedule would've been.
My pick? Who the hell knows. I haven't made one yet.
Hey Calipari, UConn's still alive in their whatever-the-conference-they're-in tournament. Maybe they sneak in with a weak seed, and then let's see what happens!
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UConn should just join the ACC. There's a natural rivalry with BC and Syracuse there and they would get a ton more attention.
Irish! :sombrero:
Although I'm leaning to Virginia and Gonzaga as well
Duke should NOT BE a #1 seed. Their RPI was lower than AZ and WI and they got kicked out in the semis. They certainly do pay their way in.
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I've got Duke/Kentucky as my final two with Duke winning
My final four:
Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia
Yes, I'm watching the "I Hate Christian Laettner" show right now.
Virginia can't score, so I don't put much stock into them doing much.
My final 4 is Notre Dame, Arizona, Virginia, and Gonzaga. I have Arizona winning it all.
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Lets Go Red!
SDSU :)
So who is the Cinderella story for 2015? That's a tougher one than picking a winner at the start!
Rick
Quote from: US 41 on March 13, 2015, 05:47:17 PM
Most will probably pick Kentucky because of their undefeated season, but I think there are plenty of teams that can beat them. Also on ESPN Tournament Challenge it says I can rejoin the AARoads group, so let me know if this is the group everyone is going to use.
So what's the password on that group? I've got a bracket filled out for another webpage, but this year, I'd thought I would join you guys, too.
Quote from: hm insulators on March 16, 2015, 06:24:42 PM
Quote from: US 41 on March 13, 2015, 05:47:17 PM
Most will probably pick Kentucky because of their undefeated season, but I think there are plenty of teams that can beat them. Also on ESPN Tournament Challenge it says I can rejoin the AARoads group, so let me know if this is the group everyone is going to use.
So what's the password on that group? I've got a bracket filled out for another webpage, but this year, I'd thought I would join you guys, too.
The password is interstate99
I thought that there was a ncaa tourney group roads forum group on yahoo. Is that not correct? Only ESPN?
I see that 2012 was last year for a yahoo tournament bracket. I always got email from Adam prince to join
Quote from: The Nature Boy on March 14, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
UConn should just join the ACC. There's a natural rivalry with BC and Syracuse there and they would get a ton more attention.
We desperately want to, either that or B1G or Big XII, but our football program is borderline FCS, and sadly, football is king. So because of our lackluster football team, our championship caliber basketball programs end up in the AAC aka Sun Belt II. Plus, no way Rutgers is B1G without the proximity to NYC.
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Lets Go Red!
What he said. :clap:
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on March 16, 2015, 10:37:43 PM
Quote from: The Nature Boy on March 14, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
UConn should just join the ACC. There's a natural rivalry with BC and Syracuse there and they would get a ton more attention.
We desperately want to, either that or B1G or Big XII, but our football program is borderline FCS, and sadly, football is king. So because of our lackluster football team, our championship caliber basketball programs end up in the AAC aka Sun Belt II. Plus, no way Rutgers is B1G without the proximity to NYC.
The B1G seems out to grab media markets at this point. Penn State got them Philly, Rutgers got them NYC, Maryland got them DC. The B1G Network has made them hungry for expansion for the sake of expansion. I am still pissed that Maryland joined the B1G because it spits on the tradition of their rivalries with the North Carolina schools and Virginia.
ACC football is generally pretty weak (with a couple of exceptions). UConn would be bad by comparison but they'd fit into the ACC.
No team has gone undefeated since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers (and I hadn't even turned 6 yet!), but it would be amazing if Kentucky could pull it off.
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Not my creation -- found somewhere on the Web.
Send Kentucky to the NBA and reform the former ABA Kentucky Colonels. That was a LOL funny find you made HBelkins!
Rick
I really don't think Kentucky will finish undefeated. The SEC really isn't that good. I mean UK was taken to OT against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. If Arizona, Gonzaga, or Virginia had Kentucky's schedule those teams could be undefeated right now too. Is UK really really good? Yes without question, but there are other really good teams in the bracket too.
If these teams get far enough to play UK I feel as though these teams have very good shots at beating Kentucky.
Sweet 16
Maryland - They beat Wisconsin the best team in the BIG TEN. If Maryland played very good they could make the big upset.
Elite 8
Notre Dame - I have Notre Dame beating UK in my bracket. Notre Dame has won 5 straight and 3 of those were against very very good opponents (Louisville, UNC, and Duke).
Wichita State - The Shockers have potential to get on a run. I have them losing to Notre Dame in the Sweet 16, but really Wichita could win that game. The Shockers would definitely have revenge on their minds and would not at all be intimidated by the Wildcats.
Final 4
Arizona- My pick to win the whole tournament this year. They are a very very good team.
Wisconsin- Also a very good team that dominated the BIG TEN this year.
Championship
Virginia- Virginia was ranked #2 most of the season. They have also beaten UNC and Louisvile this season.
Gonzaga- Their only 2 losses were to Arizona (@Ariz and in OT) and to BYU. I have Gonzaga in my Final 4 and if they were to win and get into the national championship game, Kentucky better watch out, because the Bulldogs are way better than A&M or Ole Miss.
Others that could- Duke, Villanova, Iowa State
Long Shots (cinderellas / mid majors)- BYU, Northern Iowa
Quote from: hbelkins on March 17, 2015, 12:41:04 PM
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Not my creation -- found somewhere on the Web.
:rofl:
Quote from: US 41 on March 17, 2015, 07:06:34 PM
I really don't think Kentucky will finish undefeated. The SEC really isn't that good. I mean UK was taken to OT against Ole Miss and Texas A&M. If Arizona, Gonzaga, or Virginia had Kentucky's schedule those teams could be undefeated right now too. Is UK really really good? Yes without question, but there are other really good teams in the bracket too.
If these teams get far enough to play UK I feel as though these teams have very good shots at beating Kentucky.
Sweet 16
Maryland - They beat Wisconsin the best team in the BIG TEN. If Maryland played very good they could make the big upset.
Elite 8
Notre Dame - I have Notre Dame beating UK in my bracket. Notre Dame has won 5 straight and 3 of those were against very very good opponents (Louisville, UNC, and Duke).
Wichita State - The Shockers have potential to get on a run. I have them losing to Notre Dame in the Sweet 16, but really Wichita could win that game. The Shockers would definitely have revenge on their minds and would not at all be intimidated by the Wildcats.
Final 4
Arizona- My pick to win the whole tournament this year. They are a very very good team.
Wisconsin- Also a very good team that dominated the BIG TEN this year.
Championship
Virginia- Virginia was ranked #2 most of the season. They have also beaten UNC and Louisvile this season.
Gonzaga- Their only 2 losses were to Arizona (@Ariz and in OT) and to BYU. I have Gonzaga in my Final 4 and if they were to win and get into the national championship game, Kentucky better watch out, because the Bulldogs are way better than A&M or Ole Miss.
Others that could- Duke, Villanova, Iowa State
Long Shots (cinderellas / mid majors)- BYU, Northern Iowa
I have Maryland being upset by Valpo :D
Quote from: ET21 on March 18, 2015, 01:28:26 PM
I have Maryland being upset by Valpo :D
I think Valparaiso could beat Maryland as well although I didn't pick it in my bracket. A couple of upsets I also think could happen in the first (technically second) round is #13 Eastern Washington over #4 Georgetown, #16 Lafayette over #1 Villanova (go ahead call me crazy), and #14 Albany over #3 Oklahoma. Oklahoma and Georgetown have a history of losing in the first round of the tourney. Villanova on the other hand usually doesn't play well in the tourney either. They almost lost to 15 seed Robert Morris in OT one year. Villanova only beat Bucknell by 7 and Lafayette beat them by 6. Villanova has also played close games to some of the really bad teams in the Big East. I see Villanova winning by only 10 points or less tonight. Expect that game to be close.
Wow, the tournament is less than four hours old (not counting those dumb "play-in" games on Tuesday), and we've already had one major upset (Iowa State going down) and almost had another one--Notre Dame just barely got out of that one! :wow:
Wow! Just wow. Two Big 12 teams already gone. Any bets on whether Albany can make the Big 12 0-3 vs. 14 seeds this season when they play Oklahoma. Georgia State going on a 13-0 run to close the game was absolutely crazy. That 3 was clutch though.
What a crazy afternoon/evening! Even by March Madness standards, this was extreme: Bracket-busters, buzzer beaters, controversial calls, flying footwear, coaches falling off stools, teams that all of a sudden can't sink free throws, you name it! :-D :spin: Love to watch more, but I'm hitting the sack; even nine weeks after my surgery, I still get tired easily at the end of the day.
My bracket is still in good shape.
https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/2602819
Hoping for a Wichita Kentucky rematch!
I think it would be ironically awesome if Wichita State went on to beat Kentucky.
As a Valpo student, it would have been awesome if we had beaten Maryland, but we came close and we have an extremely young team; there's a ton of hope for next year.
As for my bracket, it's pretty far gone now. After three hours, I had lost one of my final four teams (Iowa State), and after three days, I lost my champion (Villanova). Now all I can do is hope for my runners-up (Kentucky and Wisconsin) to do well.
My final 4 are still in tact for now.
https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/2602819
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on March 22, 2015, 10:46:35 PM
My final 4 are still in tact for now.
https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/2602819
Not happening Mr. Tar Heel :banghead:
Quote from: pianocello on March 22, 2015, 08:50:52 PM
I think it would be ironically awesome if Wichita State went on to beat Kentucky.
Probably not going to happen. Wichita was a "soft" unbeaten last year because they played in a mid-major conference. I didn't think UK beating them last year was really that much of an upset. And this year's UK team is worlds better than last year's.
Quote from: hbelkins on March 22, 2015, 11:33:52 PM
Quote from: pianocello on March 22, 2015, 08:50:52 PM
I think it would be ironically awesome if Wichita State went on to beat Kentucky.
Probably not going to happen. Wichita was a "soft" unbeaten last year because they played in a mid-major conference. I didn't think UK beating them last year was really that much of an upset. And this year's UK team is worlds better than last year's.
Yes Wichita isn't as good as last year, but Kentucky hasn't been overly impressive so far in the tournament. Halfway through the first half Hampton was only down by 1 and they let Cincinnati hang around for a long time. That said I think a Wichita / UK game would come down to the wire. Wichita players would have revenge on their minds and Kentucky players might be a little overconfident going into the game.
Lost Wichita State tonight, but 'Zona is battling and KU is through. Gonzaga and Luvl still alive too. So I'm in good shape for now
If Louisville, Gonzaga, and Duke all win today I will have 7 out of 8 Elite 8 teams picked correctly. Unfortunately I picked Virginia to lose in the national championship game. But overall my bracket is really good so far. Although I'm not too confident at this point that Notre Dame, Arizona, or Gonzaga will actually get to the Final 4.
Hopefully, my alma mater (UCLA) will give Gonzaga a challenge. Not expecting them to win, but it would be great if they did.
Since my first alma mater lost, I'm all for my second.
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I'm in the 98.7 PCT (top 1.3%) on my ESPN bracket right now after Louisville won.
My team got bounced from the freaking NIT. But at least there are some very recent laurels to rest on (and we* are still the last team to beat Kentucky :-)
* I don't play for UConn, and probably shouldn't use this pronoun
Still have 3 of my Final 4 picks alive. lol.
I don't have the knowledge or skill to do brackets, even for the women's tournament which I follow more closely (one of my nieces grew tall enough to inspire "basketball scholarship" dreams, but even though didn't happen I keep casually watching). My favorite teams in both tournaments have been getting knocked out left and right, so any brackets I might've assembled would've been pretty much destroyed by now.
Yesterday, the season ended for one of the tournament's cool names, Iowa's Samantha Logic.
Now here we go: we shall find out this weekend who will be in the Final Four! :clap:
Two great games last night, Wisconsin over Arizona on the strength of a ton of 3's, and then Notre Dame nearly pulled off the upset of Kentucky but fell just short
And now we know who is in the Final Four: Kentucky, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Duke. Some good games this weekend!
Is it my imagination or has the free-throw shooting this tournament been especially poor? Clank! Clank! Clank! Even the good teams have some mighty poor free-throw shooting. Who's teaching these kids to shoot free-throws, Shaquille Oneal? On another forum where I have a bracket, someone was mentioning that kids at school would rather work on their slam-dunks and between-the-legs dribbling and neglect their foul-shot practice. You gotta sink those free throws; they can win or lose the game (look at Kentucky last night almost losing to Notre Dame in large part because of bad free-throw shooting after simply brushing aside West Virginia like an annoying fly Thursday to the tune of almost 40 points).
Quote from: hm insulators on March 29, 2015, 08:00:25 PM
And now we know who is in the Final Four: Kentucky, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Duke. Some good games this weekend!
Is it my imagination or has the free-throw shooting this tournament been especially poor? Clank! Clank! Clank! Even the good teams have some mighty poor free-throw shooting. Who's teaching these kids to shoot free-throws, Shaquille Oneal? On another forum where I have a bracket, someone was mentioning that kids at school would rather work on their slam-dunks and between-the-legs dribbling and neglect their foul-shot practice. You gotta sink those free throws; they can win or lose the game (look at Kentucky last night almost losing to Notre Dame in large part because of bad free-throw shooting after simply brushing aside West Virginia like an annoying fly Thursday to the tune of almost 40 points).
Counter-point: Did you watch the Arizona-Wisconsin game? I think I could count the number of missed free-throws by
both teams on one hand.
LET'S GO DUKE!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
(In case anyone wonders why I say that in view of my username.....I got my undergraduate degree at UVA and my JD at Duke. Since UVA were eliminated, for whom would one expect me to root?)
I am declaring victory on the AARoads ncaa tourney group bracket
How far the mighty have fallen. Like the "unsinkable" Titanic, the Wildcats have gone down. Will Calipari be on the hot seat?
Go Bucky! :) :clap:
Why would Cal be on the hotseat when his team went undefeated into a Final Four berth? I think he'll be fine
Standards man. College athletics hold their teams to standards.
(btw - topic was already open so keep it in this please )
Quote from: Big John on April 04, 2015, 11:28:42 PM
Go Bucky! :) :clap:
Yes, Go Bucky, Go Big Ten! :clap:
Fuck Craptucky!
Aw yeah! 38-1! Nicely done Wisconsin!
Hell of an entertaining game, unlike the blowout earlier in the night.
Bring on Duke!
They probably don't have any more room in their trophy case anyway so no big deal to beat those perennial contenders.
Let's go Red!!
Well that didn't take too long. (http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/kentucky-fans-light-things-on-fire-after-loss/ar-AAarXJW#image=1)
Quote from: Zeffy on April 05, 2015, 11:43:52 AM
Well that didn't take too long. (http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/kentucky-fans-light-things-on-fire-after-loss/ar-AAarXJW#image=1)
Kentucky would've never had a lossless season till that point in the Big Ten. They should be glad they play in the SEC.
Quote from: Zeffy on April 05, 2015, 11:43:52 AM
Well that didn't take too long. (http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/kentucky-fans-light-things-on-fire-after-loss/ar-AAarXJW#image=1)
It's one thing I can't stand is a bunch of sore losers...
Whichever team wins, one of my brackets looks to make it into the top 50%. If Duke wins I may rise even higher! Exciting.
Now it's a win-win situation for me: Wisconsin wins, and my alma mater wins. :) Duke wins, and I win my bracket pool. :bigass:
Sort of like the 2007 Patriots all over again: an undefeated team who couldn't close it out when it mattered the most. Oh well, there's always next season.
Quote from: Henry on April 06, 2015, 01:02:07 PM
Sort of like the 2007 Patriots all over again: an undefeated team who couldn't close it out when it mattered the most. Oh well, there's always next season.
So are you accusing Kentucky of cheating?
Quote from: Alps on April 06, 2015, 06:18:57 PM
Quote from: Henry on April 06, 2015, 01:02:07 PM
Sort of like the 2007 Patriots all over again: an undefeated team who couldn't close it out when it mattered the most. Oh well, there's always next season.
So are you accusing Kentucky of cheating?
I am. Calipari is a known cheater, and a leopard (or a wildcat) doesn't change its spots. Kentucky fans better enjoy these wins, because they WILL be vacated and UK will be hit with such crippling sanctions that they won't win a tournament game for a generation.
DUKE
Just in case you missed the game :bigass:
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 07, 2015, 09:14:29 PM
DUKE
Just in case you missed the game :bigass:
Just in case you missed the retaliation :bigass:
Yeah, yeah; just throw it on the pile, Coach K...
My bracket ended up 89th percentile, after spending most of the time in the single digits. Get the last game right, all is forgiven, I guess.
Quote from: bugo on April 07, 2015, 04:20:06 AM
Quote from: Alps on April 06, 2015, 06:18:57 PM
Quote from: Henry on April 06, 2015, 01:02:07 PM
Sort of like the 2007 Patriots all over again: an undefeated team who couldn't close it out when it mattered the most. Oh well, there's always next season.
So are you accusing Kentucky of cheating?
I am. Calipari is a known cheater, and a leopard (or a wildcat) doesn't change its spots. Kentucky fans better enjoy these wins, because they WILL be vacated and UK will be hit with such crippling sanctions that they won't win a tournament game for a generation.
NCAA Investigators Bust Into John Calipari's Office To Find He's Already Skipped Town (http://www.theonion.com/articles/ncaa-investigators-bust-into-john-caliparis-office,27870/)
Nice onion.
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Quote from: 1995hoo on April 07, 2015, 09:14:29 PM
DUKE
Just in case you missed the game :bigass:
Just in case you missed the retaliation :bigass:
All I know is that a school I attended won the national championship. :clap:
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Quote from: SSOWorld on April 07, 2015, 10:05:46 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 07, 2015, 09:14:29 PM
DUKE
Just in case you missed the game :bigass:
Just in case you missed the retaliation :bigass:
All I know is that a school I attended won the national championship. :clap:
again. :awesomeface: *yawn*
Duke has become the New York Yankees of college basketball. Expect them to become one of the most hated teams in the country if they keep winning.
Yankees? Duke has only won five championships. This really makes them a second-tier hated dynasty, more like the Patriots than the Yankees.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 09, 2015, 09:35:45 AM
Yankees? Duke has only won five championships. This really makes them a second-tier hated dynasty, more like the Patriots than the Yankees.
And besides, UCLA is actually college basketball's equivalent to the Yankees, with the most championships ever...nevermind that the last one was 20 years ago.
Quote from: Henry on April 09, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 09, 2015, 09:35:45 AM
Yankees? Duke has only won five championships. This really makes them a second-tier hated dynasty, more like the Patriots than the Yankees.
And besides, UCLA is actually college basketball's equivalent to the Yankees, with the most championships ever...nevermind that the last one was 20 years ago.
Don't forget UConn on the women's side. Ten championships under its current coach (tying UCLA's men's coach John Wooten), the last one two days ago.
But what UConn inspires is more despair than hatred. Fans of other women's teams go into a new season knowing the main questions are (a) will UConn fall flat on its face, for once, and if not (b) whether anybody can avoid getting steamrollered by UConn in the NCAA tournament.
In women's basketball it seems like it is always UConn vs. Notre Dame in the Championship. Does anyone even pay attention to women's basketball though?
Quote from: US 41 on April 09, 2015, 07:49:15 PM
In women's basketball it seems like it is always UConn vs. Notre Dame in the Championship.
Just the last two years. Used to be a lot of UConn v. Tennessee. Other teams have been in the mix, and some have even won it all (in years where UConn didn't make it to, or past, the semi-finals). But yeah, it does get a bit boring, with a talent pool both thinner and more unevenly distributed than in the men's game.
To me, it's ironic that Geno Auriemma and Jim Calhoun didn't get along, because they always struck me as the two biggest jerks in the college basketball coaching profession.
I just noticed that I can still vote in the poll. I guessed that Duke will win the national championship. I hope I'm right :)
Quote from: tdindy88 on April 09, 2015, 10:22:33 PM
I just noticed that I can still vote in the poll. I guessed that Duke will win the national championship. I hope I'm right :)
I guessed Duke on this poll before the bracket came out. :D
Women's basketball on the other hand. Princeton was undefeated and got an 8 seed...??? That must be the biggest screw over ever. At the worst they should've been a 5 or 6 seed. It's totally unfair that a team that finished with no losses had to play a 1 seed in the second round. At least give them a spot where they can make the Sweet 16 without playing a 1 or 2 seed.
Quote from: US 41 on April 10, 2015, 10:38:10 AM
Women's basketball on the other hand. Princeton was undefeated and got an 8 seed...??? That must be the biggest screw over ever. At the worst they should've been a 5 or 6 seed. It's totally unfair that a team that finished with no losses had to play a 1 seed in the second round. At least give them a spot where they can make the Sweet 16 without playing a 1 or 2 seed.
Strength of schedule? Some undefeated records count much more than others. Princeton women's this year consisted mostly of wins against Ivy League and other second-tier teams.
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Quote from: US 41 on April 10, 2015, 10:38:10 AM
Women's basketball on the other hand. Princeton was undefeated and got an 8 seed...??? That must be the biggest screw over ever. At the worst they should've been a 5 or 6 seed. It's totally unfair that a team that finished with no losses had to play a 1 seed in the second round. At least give them a spot where they can make the Sweet 16 without playing a 1 or 2 seed.
Strength of schedule? Some undefeated records count much more than others. Princeton women's this year consisted mostly of wins against Ivy League and other second-tier teams.
Excuses. Excuses. An undefeated team deserves higher than an 8 seed period. No matter who you play. They are still playing D1 teams and last time I checked each D1 conference only gets 1 automatic bid.
If it were up to me I would only let 32 teams in each tournament (mens and womens). 1 team per conference in the tournament (there are 32 conferences currently). Then I'd seed them based off of their overall records. Since 31 of 32 conferences play a tournament pretty much every team would be in the NCAA tourney. Single elimination would start in the conference tournaments. Call me crazy, but it would be better then the current system.
I got 3 cable networks and many media outlets that disagree with you since they'll lose money on that.
Quote from: SSOWorld on April 10, 2015, 02:44:06 PM
I got 3 cable networks and many media outlets that disagree with you since they'll lose money on that.
That's all the tournament is about now. I'm surprised they haven't expanded to 96 teams yet.