March Madness Bracket

[superman7515]

Anyone interested in doing an AGS bracket this year?

Preferences as to Yahoo/ESPN/some other site?

If we can get at least 10 people in, I'll put up another trophy. Winner gets a Monster Victory trophy with either their name or username and some kind of AGS 2016 March Madness text to identify your win...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N%2B2mPO%2BZL.jpg


Update: I have created a private bracket group on the NCAA site, that way if you do really well you can win some other cool prizes through them as well...

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#gr...ntroller=group (http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#group?group_id=2354&controller=group)

The password is: welcomeidaho

Please have your username from AGS as either your username, or the name of your bracket, on there so that there is no confusion over who to contact for the trophy. Of course, the brackets won't be open until Selection Sunday when the full tournament field is announced, but I just wanted to put it out there early so that everyone who has expressed interest has time to see the post and sign up.

[clenz]

in

[OhioHen]

I'll participate - historically, I will either be in it at the end or eliminated before the first Saturday.

[TheRevSFA]

In

[Smitty]

I'll play.

[BisonTru]

In

[bonarae]

I'm in!

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Hey, I moved this to FCSD to get the max amount of AGS'rs involved and catch the eye of some that may not be logged in.

[Evolution Prime]

I'm in.

[BisonFan02]

http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/best_animated_images_car_jump_in.gif


No preference on site...could do any.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I'm in.

Oh, look who's trying to stack up the "PLAYA" badges now!

[Evolution Prime]

If my recent track record with picking NCAA tournament games is any indication, no one has anything to worry about.

Though I did pick all games from last years Men's and Women's Summit League Tournament correctly...except the most important one.

[BisonFan02]

If my recent track record with picking NCAA tournament games is any indication, no one has anything to worry about.

Though I did pick all games from last years Men's and Women's Summit League Tournament correctly...except the most important one.

Trolololololololol :D No worries though....it ain't happenin' for NDSU this year.

[Evolution Prime]

Yeah that sucked. I still won a $150 gift certificate to BWW to help ease my pain.

[andthehomeofthe-BIZON-]

I'm in!

[BisonFan02]

Yeah that sucked. I still won a $150 gift certificate to BWW to help ease my pain.

How have you eased it the other times lately? :D

[Thumper 76]

I'm in.


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[Evolution Prime]

How have you eased it the other times lately? :D

Whisky

[Lehigh Football Nation]

In.

[Milkman]

in

[NDSUtk]

I'm in. I assume the prize will be similar to if I worked for Berkshire Hathaway?

http://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/warren-buffett-s-new-march-madness-pool-offers-prize-of-1-million-a-year-for-life-022916

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[Thumper 76]

Whisky

Only acceptable answer to this coincidentally


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[NDSU Fan]

In!

[BisonFan02]

Only acceptable answer to this coincidentally


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[IBleedYellow]

Time to get my Playa Badge back.

[BisonFan02]

Time to get my Playa Badge back.

Are you gonna let Nikki pick for you? :D

[Bisonator]

I'll play

[Thumper 76]

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[ST_Lawson]

Count me in.

[grizband]

I'm in

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[TheKingpin28]

Basketball is a sport? Yeah count me in

[mmiller_34]

I'm in.

[Drblankstare]

In

[Rollbird5]

In

[superman7515]

So I have created a private bracket group on the NCAA site, that way if you do really well you can win some other cool prizes through them as well...

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#group?group_id=2354&controller=group

The password is: welcomeidaho

Please have your username from AGS as either your username, or the name of your bracket, on there so that there is no confusion over who to contact for the trophy. Of course, the brackets won't be open until Selection Sunday when the full tournament field is announced, but I just wanted to put it out there early so that everyone who has expressed interest has time to see the post and sign up.

[caribbeanhen]

in

Clenz, are you planning to do the AGS fantasy baseball league again this year? That co champion sig line is getting old

[dewey]

In

Dewey

[BisonFan02]

"When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask him to dribble a football."

xlolx or a puck for our UND friends that are new to the "bouncy ball" sports. :D

[clenz]

PARTICIPATION AWARDS FOR ALL!!!!!

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22254&stc=1


Most definitely going to brag about it on my Goolge+ account

[813Jag]

Im in, always eager to lose more brackets

[BisonFan02]

PARTICIPATION AWARDS FOR ALL!!!!!

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22254&stc=1


Most definitely going to brag about it on my Goolge+ account

Grab your cans of paint! UNI has another championship to throw up on the door. :D

[clenz]

Grab your cans of paint! UNI has another championship to throw up on the door. :D
Nah, this is a basketball thing. We've got NCAA tournament success to hang our hat on there.

[Gangtackle11]

In

[BisonFan02]

So I have created a private bracket group on the NCAA site, that way if you do really well you can win some other cool prizes through them as well...

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#group?group_id=2354&controller=group

The password is: welcomeidaho

Please have your username from AGS as either your username, or the name of your bracket, on there so that there is no confusion over who to contact for the trophy. Of course, the brackets won't be open until Selection Sunday when the full tournament field is announced, but I just wanted to put it out there early so that everyone who has expressed interest has time to see the post and sign up.

Of note....if you guys are "in", just do the quoted. I don't think Supe is going to hold your dick and do it for you. xthumbsupx

[Mayville Bison]

The password is: welcomeidaho


hahahahahahahahhahahahahaha

In and thanks for setting it up!

[Thumper 76]

Lol awesome password


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[Smitty]

We may want to update the first post with the league information.

[caribbeanhen]

I would of been in the running 25 years ago but at this point Ill just let my wife do the picks...

[Southern Bison]

In

[IBleedYellow]

IBLEEDYELLOW IS IN THE HOUSE!

[superman7515]

IBLEEDYELLOW IS IN THE HOUSE!

Thank goodness! I was afraid NDSU would be unrepresented.

[IBleedYellow]

Thank goodness! I was afraid NDSU would be unrepresented.

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[BisonFan02]

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do ya?

[NHwildEcat]

Thanks for setting this up!

[paward]

I am in

[tnbison]

In

[BisonFan02]

I am in


In

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#group?group_id=2354&controller=group

Good.....go do this.

[tomq04]

I'm in and signed up

[BisonFan02]

I'm in and signed up

Well....aren't you just special! xlolx :D

[caribbeanhen]

is it to late to get in and have my picks altered? haha, you scammers

[BisonFan02]

is it to late to get in and have my picks altered? haha, you scammers

yes

[superman7515]

We've got 26 people signed up so far, only about 16 hours left until brackets open up after the Selection Sunday show. Get in before the brackets lock!

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#group?group_id=2354

[wapiti]

I just signed up. Prepare to see me get thumped. It will not be pretty.

[grizband]

Signed up, ballot in progress

[RabidRabbit]

I believe ballet submitted. If so, hats off for the simplicity and auto-save functions

[BEAR]

I'm in.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

I'm in!!

[Tribe4SF]

In.

[superman7515]

I know from the Top 25 poll that some of you like to wait until the last minute, I believe the brackets lock at noon, so if you were waiting, the time is soon approaching.

[superman7515]

And the games have begun. There were eight folks who picked #8 Texas Tech over #9 Butler, but Butler gets the W and they take a hit. OhioHen went for the upset bid with #13 UNCW over #4 Duke, and the Seahawks actually had the lead at halftime, but the Blue Devils come back and put OH in 0-2 hole.

[NHwildEcat]

Anyone else pick Yale & Little Rock?

[clenz]

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I took one of them

[Evolution Prime]

I picked Little Rock, but not Yale.

[NHwildEcat]

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I took one of them

One is better than none! However, I do have Little Rock Sweet 16 bound so...fingers crossed!

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Scratch that...I have them in the Sweet 16 in another bracket. Not AGS.

[clenz]

One is better than none! However, I do have Little Rock Sweet 16 bound so...fingers crossed!

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Scratch that...I have them in the Sweet 16 in another bracket. Not AGS.
I actually have no idea if I picked Yale in the AGS bracket...think I did though.

I'm pretty sure I just used the same picks for every contest I was in. That way I didn't have to change rooting interests to try to cater to one bracket over the other.

[clenz]

Did chattownmocs really not pick a champion with a tie breaker of 150?

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#bracket?entry_id=631545&controller=bracket

Ho-ly ****.

[clenz]

Also, WTF is with all the people picking the tie breaker in the 150s and 160s?

That's like a 78-72 final score, you did realize that right?

Title game scores going back the last...long time...most recent first
68-63 - 131
60-54 - 114
82-76 - 158
67-59 - 126
53-41 - 94
61-59 - 120
89-72 - 161
75-68 - 143
84-75 - 159
73-57 - 135
75-70 - 145

The trend is down in points. Average over the last 11 years, taking out the high and low extremes, is 136.7

[BisonFan02]

Anyone else pick Yale & Little Rock?

I picked Little Rock.....but not Yale.

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Also, WTF is with all the people picking the tie breaker in the 150s and 160s?

That's like a 78-72 final score, you did realize that right?

Title game scores going back the last...long time...most recent first
68-63 - 131
60-54 - 114
82-76 - 158
67-59 - 126
53-41 - 94
61-59 - 120
89-72 - 161
75-68 - 143
84-75 - 159
73-57 - 135
75-70 - 145

The trend is down in points. Average over the last 11 years, taking out the high and low extremes, is 136.7

I took low at 115.... xlolx

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Did chattownmocs really not pick a champion with a tie breaker of 150?

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#bracket?entry_id=631545&controller=bracket

Ho-ly ****.

He doesn't know what a championship is.....just hosting them. :D

[Bisonator]

Did chattownmocs really not pick a champion with a tie breaker of 150?

http://bracketchallenge.ncaa.com/#bracket?entry_id=631545&controller=bracket

Ho-ly ****.

He's hoping it ends in a tie 75-75. xlolx

[JSUSoutherner]

Baylor has screwed my bracket two years in a row. I only have three perfect brackets left for the ESPN tournament. All my NCAA brackets are busted.


Kinda surprised Chattown didn't pick UTC to win it all. :D

[Drblankstare]

Never trust flouresant uni's. My only miss so far

[JSUSoutherner]

Never trust flouresant uni's. My only miss so far
I brought the game up on my phone in Target to watch the end and it was almost as blinding as EWU's turf.

[IBleedYellow]

I brought the game up on my phone in Target to watch the end and it was almost as blinding as EWU's turf.
I don't believe you.

EWU turf is a special kind of blinding.

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[JSUSoutherner]

I don't believe you.

EWU turf is a special kind of blinding.

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I did say "almost"

[BEAR]

Dont know if I picked LITTLE ROCK but they have a really good team. They are legit.

[TheKingpin28]

I dont understand basketball or follow it, but somehow I picked a spread of 138 and am doing good so far. 6/8. Come on UNI, the one time I can root for them.

[tomq04]

I signed in, made a bracket...but apparently it didn't save or attach itself to the group :(

edit: the turf is better in person!!!

[JSUSoutherner]

I signed in, made a bracket...but apparently it didn't save or attach itself to the group :(

edit: the turf is better in person!!!
I beg to differ. It broke our quarterback.

[NHwildEcat]

This Wichita State/Arizona game has me worried...all but 1 person behind me has picked Wichita...so we could have a 5 way tie for the lead unless 'Zona can get their stuff straight here in the final 17.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Am I the only one who thought Baylor, despite playing like crap, was absolutely robbed by the officials?

Baylor is my only miss thus far, and nobody could be more shocked than me. If Seton Hall and Providence win, I might have 15/16 right, which I can't remember doing since forever. Unfortunately I had Baylor in my Elite 8...

[JSUSoutherner]

Am I the only one who thought Baylor, despite playing like crap, was absolutely robbed by the officials?

Baylor is my only miss thus far, and nobody could be more shocked than me. If Seton Hall and Providence win, I might have 15/16 right, which I can't remember doing since forever. Unfortunately I had Baylor in my Elite 8...
I don't know much about the officiating, I didn't see enough of the game to comment on that, but they didn't play well enough at the end to seal the deal regardless.

[NHwildEcat]

Am I the only one who thought Baylor, despite playing like crap, was absolutely robbed by the officials?

Baylor is my only miss thus far, and nobody could be more shocked than me. If Seton Hall and Providence win, I might have 15/16 right, which I can't remember doing since forever. Unfortunately I had Baylor in my Elite 8...

Since I picked that game correctly, I will say I thought the officials were wonderful. Flawless performance.

[Evolution Prime]

The Baylor-Yale game is the only game I have missed so far as well. That was as far as I had them going though.

[BisonTru]

The Baylor-Yale game is the only game I have missed so far as well. That was as far as I had them going though.

Missed on Small Rock. You win again Mr. Buffett. Oh well, best I've done on the first day in quite a while.

[OhioHen]

I had four losses by the time six games were done. The rest of the day went much better - still in it with 12/16.

[NHwildEcat]

Damn you Providence & Wichita State. You cost me my shot at perfection...I had never been off to a better start.

Now, can I double down on Little Rock? I sure hope so!

My wife is 15/16...she only got Little Rock incorrect.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

I thought I was going great until I saw... my mothers' bracket. 15/16 right. Only one she missed was Baylor, whom she had losing to Duke anyway.

She has Oregon winning the national championship.

[superman7515]

I dont understand basketball...

I have watched UD and the 76ers for 30+ years, so neither do I.

[ST_Lawson]

I had Yale winning theirs, but missed on Little Rock. Thankfully I have Iowa State winning the next round, so I didn't have them going any further.
My big "ding" so far is Arizona...had them winning vs Wichita State and then Miami.

My final four is still intact although I'm not all that confident about it now: Nova, Oregon, Indiana, Iowa State

I'm rooting for a Nova championship because one of Western's band alumni is now a grad student at Villanova and she's in their pep band. I've been following her travels on facebook to Madison Square Garden for their conference tournament and then this morning heading over to Brooklyn for their game against UNC Ashville.

[bulldog10jw]

Am I the only one who thought Baylor, despite playing like crap, was absolutely robbed by the officials?

Yes ;)

[TheRevSFA]

Duke vs Yale: so many boat shoes, such little time....

[TheKingpin28]

I have watched UD and the 76ers for 30+ years, so neither do I.

So I am not the only one. Compared to the 4 major sports (plus the acting it takes to preform at the highest level of soccer, which is for another discussion), in order of athleticism and skill, which I believe are two different outputs, it goes Hockey, Baseball/Football (only did it alphabetized), and Basketball. Soccer would go in with the Baseball/Football if i had to decide and then it would be a tough one to pick apart.

[JSUSoutherner]

My bracket is about to **** a chicken. Thanks MTSU. xrotatehx

[BisonFan02]

Soooooooooooooooooooooooo.....................who had Michigan State winning it all? xlolx

[BEAR]

Not me. But the leader in this group did..and he is still leading...

Freakin LRU, YALE and MTSU...xlolx

[BisonFan02]

Not me. But the leader in this group did..and he is still leading...

Freakin LRU, YALE and MTSU...xlolx

My bracket is a dumpster fire.....but honestly, I could take 2nd to last....as long as I beat clenz. xlolx :D

[IBleedYellow]

Just have to beat clenz and it's a good year.

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[superman7515]

With that Michigan State loss, 1/3 of the brackets lost their champ.
Bison Tru
LFN
Drblankstare
Thumper76
JSUSoutherner
Grizband
GoLehighTUOwl
Clenz
UpstateBison
andthehomeofthe-BIZON-
Tribe4SF
bonarae

Indiana (NHwildEcat & melloware13) plays Kentucky (NDSUFan) tomorrow night, so one of those teams will be eliminated, and the other will most likely go on to face North Carolina (9 people picked UNC).

Villanova (ST Lawson, OhioHen, Wapiti) and Kansas (7 picks) are both in the South region, so only of them can make the Final Four.

We could actually end up with someone winning the bracket that did not pick the champ.

[BisonFan02]

Hey Nagy......you had a timeout......just saying. Good effort though SDSU.

[Evolution Prime]

Yeah I know. I once again thought they were down too much to make a comeback and make it close. I should have known better after personally witnessing the Summit League Tournament.

[clenz]

Just have to beat clenz and it's a good year.

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That's a real low bar

[Mike296]

Idk what it is with me and upset picks this year but I've called 4 Upsets this year. I called the UALR upset on Selection Sunday. Hawaii I thought had a good shot. MTSU I had as a sleeper pick. I had Wichita State pulling an upset given their recent tournament success. Wow i'm getting lucky this year.


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[BisonFan02]

Idk what it is with me and upset picks this year but I've called 4 Upsets this year. I called the UALR upset on Selection Sunday. Hawaii I thought had a good shot. MTSU I had as a sleeper pick. I had Wichita State pulling an upset given their recent tournament success. Wow i'm getting lucky this year.


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Where's ya bracket Killa? I had MTSU in my imaginary one too. :D

[BisonFan02]

That's a real low bar

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a118/Claypool1/rick4.jpg

[Mike296]

Where's ya bracket Killa? I had MTSU in my imaginary one too. :D

Lol I didn't fill one out online. I did mine the old fashioned way: Pen and Paper I wasn't home during the bracket filling period so I did mine on Pen and Paper the morning of the first games of the tournament


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[BisonFan02]

Lol I didn't fill one out online. I did mine the old fashioned way: Pen and Paper I wasn't home during the bracket filling period so I did mine on Pen and Paper the morning of the first games of the tournament


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:D

[Mike296]

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/yeah_sure_jon_hamm.gif

:D

Lol 🙈


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[Lehigh Football Nation]

Stephen F. Awesome, amirite

[Smitty]

This is madness!

[BisonFan02]

Throw my bracket in the trash......... xlolx I seriously think this is the worst first round I've EVER picked.

[bulldog10jw]

Stephen F. Awesome, amirite

I'm loving this tournament

[IBleedYellow]

That was the most Jackrabbit way of losing ever.

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[BisonFan02]

That was the most Jackrabbit way of losing ever.

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Jackrabbiting....the art of losing big games (see Montana...and various NDSU football games....today....etc.)

Its hard to watch.

[superman7515]

I hope some non-P5 team wins the tourney. If my bracket is going to be screwed, I should at least get some pleasure at the end.

[Smitty]

http://i.imgur.com/aNzSK5b.png

[JSUSoutherner]

Throw my bracket in the trash......... xlolx I seriously think this is the worst first round I've EVER picked.
At least your champion survived the first round.

Half of my Final Four didn't make it to the next round.

[BisonFan02]

Holy........balls.....UNI xlolx

Just so its known....I have UNI in the Sweet 16.....clenz doesn't. :D

[Lehigh Football Nation]

I picked 27/32 games right in the first round. Which is absolutely and utterly insane.

I picked 7 out of 8 of the 8/9 and 7/10 games right. Which is insane! I've never done that before!

The teams I had that lost.... were....

Dayton (Round of 32)
Seton Hall (Sweet 16)
Baylor (Elite 8)
West Virginia (Elite 8)

and...

Michigan State (National Champion)

I can't even. Three Elite 8 teams gone, and my NC. Despite what has to be my best-ever 1st round.

[clenz]

Holy........balls.....UNI xlolx

Just so its known....I have UNI in the Sweet 16.....clenz doesn't. :D

DEGAF



Holy ****ing ****balls. What the ****?

I sprinted around my house like a maniac for the second time in 2 weeks. Just holy ****

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[JSUSoutherner]

DEGAF



Holy ****ing ****balls. What the ****?

I sprinted around my house like a maniac for the second time in 2 weeks. Just holy ****

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Must be nice, being excited about your school winning at basketball. I wouldn't know what that's like.

[Bisonator]

But did call the bank? :D

[bulldog10jw]

Basketball Primer for Yalies, From a Dukie

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/sports/ncaabasketball/basketball-primer-for-yale-from-duke-its-a-lot-like-squash.html?ref=sports&_r=0

On the other hand, how cool to play a team from a university perceived as more privileged, full of itself, entitled and snooty (and white) than we are. xbowx

[clenz]

Must be nice, being excited about your school winning at basketball. I wouldn't know what that's like.

Basketball is pretty damn fun for UNI fans over the last 13 years.

[chattownmocs]

Damn. First place and apparently I didn't pick a champion somehow. FML

[TheRevSFA]

I'm hoping to see UNI handle the cult from college station

also I'm scouting plane tickets to Philly for SFA in the sweet sixteen if we can keep this going

[chattownmocs]

Stephen f austin is going to the regional final

[IBleedYellow]

Stephen f austin is going to the regional final
How are you in first....especially with out picking a champion?

Just lol

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[chattownmocs]

How are you in first....especially with out picking a champion?

Just lol

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Because picking a champion has absolutely nothing to do with being in 1st right now.

[BisonFan02]

Because picking a champion has absolutely nothing to do with being in 1st right now.

This.

[AshevilleApp2]

****

[Bisonator]

Wow an epic collapse by UNI in the final minute of regulation. Pissed away a 12 point lead and lose in double OT. Panthernation must be in full meltdown.

Xavier loses to Wisconsin on a buzzer beater.xsmhx

[BisonFan02]

Yup.......trash can with my bracket.

[Drblankstare]

I fear for our UNI bretherns safety tonight. That was unreal.

[BEAR]

Wow. I'm next to last place and I still have more points available than the first place person. Interesting. Guess all my points will come on the back end of the game. xlolx

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Prayers for all the UNI fans. I'm still in shock.

[Mayville Bison]

Wow. I'm next to last place and I still have more points available than the first place person. Interesting. Guess all my points will come on the back end of the game. xlolx

Remember, it's points remaining, not total possible, so my 164 > your 163 xlolx

[BEAR]

Remember, it's points remaining, not total possible, so my 164 > your 163 xlolx

Oh I didn't expect to win it. I just chose the favorites throughout it for the most part. As soon as the first round was over...I was finished. Maybe I should "think" about my picks next time. xlolx

[IBleedYellow]

UNI Jackrabbited that one.

[clenz]

Senior guard Matt Bohannon tore his ACL in the last minutes of the game....then went back out and played 2 OT's trying to get the win for his team.

None of you are around this area to know the kind of impact these players have off the court. I can say how great they are and it will sound like typical speak about a player. Those three seniors...what they meant to the program, the university, and the community of Cedar Falls can't be overstated. The class in which they carried themselves is impossible to put into words.

Damn, I'm going to miss them.

[BisonTru]

Senior guard Matt Bohannon tore his ACL in the last minutes of the game....then went back out and played 2 OT's trying to get the win for his team.

.

Wow! I've never tore my ACL but that seems insane. Hope his recovery goes well.

Any interest in furthering his career?

[clenz]

Wow! I've never tore my ACL but that seems insane. Hope his recovery goes well.

Any interest in furthering his career?
Thankfully news has come out that he didn't tear it. High ankle sprain and I guess a ACL sprain.

Early reports of looking for a torn ACL turned into a torn ACL I guess.

Glad to hear that isn't the case...even still, a high ankle and ACL sprain being played on minutes after it happened...holy ****.

I don't know about if he has future plans to play. He could bounce around Europe for a few years and make bank just launching threes - like Ali Farokhmanesh and Marc Sonnen (previous UNI sharp shooters of the same mold) - then come back and coach did/are doing. Ali is a GA at Nebraska right now and Sonnen is involved with the Minnesota School of basketball/Apple Valley basketball camps.

UNI has quite a few players that spent a couple years overseas making money and are now in coaching - two players from the S16 team are on the staff right now - Jake Koch and Johnny Moran. Former UNI player Erik Crawford is an assistant at UNI as well. Brooks McKowen was the PG on the NCAA teams of the mid 00s and is the head coach at D2 Upper Iowa after spending time at UNI as an assistant. UND's HC is a former UNI player. There are others but I think all in all there are probably 15-20 players from UNI teams between 2004-20013 that are coaching at the D2/D1 level right now.

As smart as Matty Bo is, I won't be shocked to see him coaching somewhere

[Bisonator]

Senior guard Matt Bohannon tore his ACL in the last minutes of the game....then went back out and played 2 OT's trying to get the win for his team.

None of you are around this area to know the kind of impact these players have off the court. I can say how great they are and it will sound like typical speak about a player. Those three seniors...what they meant to the program, the university, and the community of Cedar Falls can't be overstated. The class in which they carried themselves is impossible to put into words.

Damn, I'm going to miss them.
Watched the press conference and thought Jake and the players were very classy. Definitely a tough one to take but they handled it very well I thought. xthumbsupx

[BisonFan02]

Watched the press conference and thought Jake and the players were very classy. Definitely a tough one to take but they handled it very well I thought. xthumbsupx

Agree.

[andthehomeofthe-BIZON-]

Thankfully news has come out that he didn't tear it. High ankle sprain and I guess a ACL sprain.


Glad to hear that isn't the case...even still, a high ankle and ACL sprain being played on minutes after it happened...holy ****.


Still bad A** as a sprain is a partial tear of the ligaments. Especially not knowing how bad the sprain is. Just adding as a lot of people laugh off a sprain as no big deal when it can be a very big deal.

[superman7515]

Tonight's games:
South -
#2 Villanova vs #3 Miami
#5 Maryland vs #1 Kansas

West -
#1 Oregon vs #4 Duke
#2 Oklahoma vs #3 Texas A&M


Friday night:
East -
#1 North Carolina vs #5 Indiana
#6 Notre Dame vs #7 Wisconsin

Midwest -
#1 Virginia vs #4 Iowa State
#10 Syracuse vs #11 Gonzaga

Which team do you think has the better chance of getting knocked off by the lower seed in this round?

[BisonFan02]

Tonight's games:
South -
#2 Villanova vs #3 Miami
#5 Maryland vs #1 Kansas

West -
#1 Oregon vs #4 Duke
#2 Oklahoma vs #3 Texas A&M


Friday night:
East -
#1 North Carolina vs #5 Indiana
#6 Notre Dame vs #7 Wisconsin

Midwest -
#1 Virginia vs #4 Iowa State
#10 Syracuse vs #11 Gonzaga

Which team do you think has the better chance of getting knocked off by the lower seed in this round?

Oregon and North Carolina...Nova,. Notre Dame, and Syracuse are all "higher" seeds that could be in trouble as well (only one spot...not exactly an upset).

[clenz]

This facebook post from a Cedar Rapids news anchor perfectly sums up what happened with UNI and why almost no UNI fan will focus or let that game dictate who UNI is.

https://www.facebook.com/chrisearlkcrg/photos/a.390082591047287.93809.100688233320059/988409687881238/?type=3&theater


Four Days Later... Thanks, Northern Iowa.

* * *

I locked eyes with John Campbell, the legendary former sports anchor here at KCRG-TV 9, who in his "retirement" is still here quite often.

"I couldn't sleep Sunday night," he told me.

"Yeah, me neither."

We were reliving a little bit of the end of the Northern Iowa-Texas A&M game from Sunday night. The game where, yes, UNI led by 12 points in the final minute before losing in double overtime to the Aggies 92-88.

Yet we didn't go through too much of the collapse. We didn't have to.

I consume lots of sports talk radio, largely a result of my years as a sports anchor and also a radio gabber for a couple of our years in Duluth. It's decent background as I run errands or clean the house.

On Monday, I had to avoid it all because Northern Iowa's collapse was on everywhere. ESPN. Dan Patrick Show. FOX. KGYM, of course. Even WHB 810 out of Kansas City, where I usually go to get my Royals fix.

Every time the talk shifted to Northern Iowa, I moved to something else. I spotted articles online that detailed the collapse, one agonizing play at a time. Couldn't click on any of them. Didn't want to. Didn't need to.

When you've been in this business long enough, you think that you've seen just about everything that could happen -- in news, in sports, in life.

Northern Iowa's loss on Sunday tore my heart apart because of the student-athletes who have represented UNI with such class and dignity for so many years.

So many of those young men I had the opportunity to cover when I would call the play-by-play on high school basketball for KCRG 9.2.

Many of these players were never the first choice of a "big school" or they eventually had to find their way to Cedar Falls.

Wes Washpun - the Cedar Rapids Washington point guard who was in the show choir program before starting at Tennessee and then transferring for his last three years at UNI. His enthusiasm on the court was addicting to watch. Dunks against Wichita State. Jumpers at the buzzer to win conference titles.

Matt Bohannon - the Linn-Mar gunner who is one of the Fabulous Bohannon Brothers, the incredible shooters who have rained three-pointers all over college basketball (as a Wisconsin alum, I'd personally like to thank two of the FBB for their shooting range at my old school) for the past decade.

Jeremy Morgan - the Iowa City West guard who helped lead West to 2012 and 2013 state titles. On Sunday, Jeremy played a "man's game" as someone needed to do the scoring in the Texas A&M game. This picture of Jeremy and Wes in the locker room captures the heartbreak of a team that has given every ounce it had within.

Paul Jesperson will forever have a soft spot in UNI basketball lore, a Farohkmanesh-like legacy with his half-court shot to beat Texas back on Friday night. The central Wisconsin native who transferred to UNI after starting at Virginia provided outside shooting range and veteran leadership.

We're supposed to be somewhat neutral in this business yet I've always been an unabashed Northern Iowa men's basketball "homer" since we moved here eight years ago. It's a program that doesn't get $32 million a year from its conference yet UNI has been committed to offering a winning product in the sport, where the best players of Eastern Iowa (and we do produce some excellent players) often play for four years, earn their degrees and start out in life on a positive path.

For 2016-17, the good part is that UNI only loses three players - Wes, Matt and Paul. Jeremy Morgan has one more year, Wyatt Lohaus two more years. Klint Carlson, the Waverly-Shell Rock power forward who turned into a version of Seth Tuttle, has two more years. Bennett Koch, the youngest of the highly influential "Koch Brothers" from Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, has two more years.

Yet I'll never forget this team. I'll never forget these young men. I'll never forget their victories, even as so many will remember those final 44 seconds from Sunday night.

They deserved a better ending.

I just hope, more than anything else, that whenever a college basketball team is up by 10 points, for years to come, that the announcers won't constantly reference the Panthers' collapse.

When I think of Northern Iowa, I'll think of beating Wichita State in three different arenas over the past two years. I'll think of the North Carolina upset. I'll think of this mid-major taking down Iowa State this year and Iowa two winters ago.

I'll think of Wes Washpun's million-watt smile as he would feed off the crowd.

Or simply hit another game winner in St. Louis.

Thanks, Panthers, for an incredible ride. Now I know why play-by-play announcer Gary Rima says what he says after every last-second win. I don't blame him. I love this team, too.

I have yet to turn on sports in any way this week, and I won't for a while. Not because I can't handle the loss. I was "over" the loss within an hour and moved on to this exact line of thinking - **** you not, check my twitter feed. This program is so much more than that 40 seconds. If you want to remember UNI as "that program" then so be it. That's a real shortsided way to view the program.

[clenz]

One more article that is well worth the few minutes to read it

http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/596075/UNI-fight.html?nav=5017

The Northern Iowa men's basketball team did this to themselves.

By "this," I mean reaching the NCAA Tournament the year after losing their All-American forward and three of the team's top four scorers to graduation.

By "this," I mean emerging from the shadows of what was once a 2-6 Missouri Valley Conference record to win the league's tournament championship.

By "this," I mean defeating the likes of Top-25 heavyweights North Carolina, Iowa State and Wichita State -- in Wichita -- during the regular season.

By "this," I mean winning consecutive last-second postseason games on improbable buzzer-beating shots that will be included in every March Madness highlight reel for years to come.

Sunday's unprecedented -- I use that word literally, because according to NCAA research, we've never seen anything like it in the history of college basketball -- loss to Texas A&M in the second round of the Big Dance was a painful, emotional, dysfunctional mess. Fans were perplexed. Coaches were bewildered. Players were despondent.
There's no way to sugarcoat losing a 12-point lead in 35 seconds. I watched it live, I re-watched the recording, I saw the highlights over and over again, I combed through the play-by-play, and I'm still trying to convince myself -- or better yet, deny -- that it actually happened.

I'd rather not dwell on the gory details now. We could armchair quarterback this thing to death, asking why head coach Ben Jacobson did this or why star point guard Wes Washpun did that. I'm sure they're asking themselves the same questions today times a thousand.

It's always easy to speak with the benefit of retrospect, especially from the comforts of our own living rooms. We're not making physical, split-second decisions in real time. And trust me, no one would like a do-over more than the Panther players and staff. They'd gladly trade all of the disappointment and the frustration and the "teachable moments" in for one more minute on the court.

Here's what I do know in the aftermath of this monumental moment: the world was introduced to the character and class of Matt Bohannon, Paul Jesperson and Washpun in the postgame press conference. Jacobson went against the wishes of the media, who had requested underclassmen Jeremy Morgan and Klint Carlson. The three seniors -- who all had a hand in the chain of events that led to the devastating outcome -- calmly, quietly and professionally answered questions with their coach instead.

Locally speaking, most of us have known all along that Jacobson runs a first-class program led by quality student-athletes. The rest of the country got to see it up close and personal under the most challenging of circumstances.

Until that point in time, Washpun was recognized for his late heroics on the court. Jesperson banked in the buzzer-beating half-court shot to sink Texas. They were on a relatively long list of talented players who had magical moments in a postseason full of them.

The unexpected, inexplicable adversity -- and how the program handled it -- suddenly became the story. Not only did it put a face to the names, but a heart, too.

To some, UNI's legacy will forever be defined by what happened on Sunday night in Oklahoma City. To others, they'll be remembered just as much for the thrilling MVC tourney title run and the opening-round Texas miracle.

I will always picture Jacobson, Bohannon, Jesperson and Washpun in that press room, fielding questions they didn't want to answer and trying to explain emotions that words simply couldn't capture.

Yes, the Northern Iowa men's basketball team did this to themselves. They reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see.

Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define.

[superman7515]

Villanova walks all over Miami en route to the Elite 8, while Oklahoma erases the memory of their VCU struggle with a 14-point victory over Texas A&M.

[BisonFan02]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4

[BEAR]

Well I got 6 of the elite eight and my final four is still intact!

[Bisonator]

Well I'm done. KU choked another one away. The refs did them no favors either. Smh

[BisonFan02]

Well I'm done. KU choked another one away. The refs did them no favors either. Smh

Ditto.

[BEAR]

lWell that elite eight went as good as my first round.... I'm done! xlolx

[OhioHen]

I'll participate - historically, I will either be in it at the end or eliminated before the first Saturday.

Called it!

Saturday night could decide this thing - wins by Villanova and Syracuse would wrap it up in my favor.

Any other combination of results on Saturday makes the championship game matter.

Others with a shot to win - KPSUL and mmiller_34

[superman7515]

BisonTru can still win the pool with predicted champion eliminated in the first round if Syracuse beats Oklahoma in the final.

If Oklahoma makes it to the championship game, KPSUL would get the points for their Final Four win and pass BT.

[OhioHen]

If Oklahoma makes it to the championship game, KPSUL would get the points for their Final Four win and pass BT.

Corrected my error at the same time you were typing your response.

[BisonTru]

If Oklahoma makes it to the championship game, KPSUL would get the points for their Final Four win and pass BT.

So I'm screwed correct? I really need Syracuse to lose in another pool I'm in. So if I'm out it would really help clarify who I need to be rooting for.

[superman7515]

So I'm screwed correct? I really need Syracuse to lose in another pool I'm in. So if I'm out it would really help clarify who I need to be rooting for.

Yeah, I think you're out either way, so it's safe to root for UNC.

[BisonTru]

Yeah, I think you're out either way, so it's safe to root for UNC.

I actually initially had UNC winning it and then I saw my name would have to sit next to the ugly shade of blue and changed it. Oh, well, maybe I'll get a participation ribbon.

[KPSUL]

I actually initially had UNC winning it and then I saw my name would have to sit next to the ugly shade of blue and changed it. Oh, well, maybe I'll get a participation ribbon.

Yeh, but it must have been cool to see that 99 percentile next to you name for so many rounds! I was disappointed to see two of my final four teams lose in the elite 8 matchups until I realized UVA made no difference and Kansas losing actually increased my chances of winning. I couldn't watch the UNC vs ND game since I'm really a Notre Dame B-Ball fan.

[TheKingpin28]

Unless they give points for the correct score guess, the best I can do is 2nd. That sucks. Oh well I knew close to nothing about college basketball and I could get a top 2 finish to go along with my top5 finish for the FCS bracket. I'm pretty stoked about that

[IBleedYellow]

I can't win, can I?

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[IBleedYellow]

I can't win, can I?

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Best I can do is second i believe. :(

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[superman7515]

Either KPSUL or OhioHen, it all comes down to tonight. Which is kinda nice, at least it actually went down to the final game this year, haha.

[clenz]

Well, I won 2 of the 3 brackets I was in.

I got 48 games correct in one and 53 correct in the other.

No idea on this one. Haven't looked.

Had MSU for my champion in all of them.

[superman7515]

Congratulations OhioHen on the 2016 AGS March Madness victory. Only three users correctly picked Villanova to win the title; OhioHen, Wapiti, and ST_Lawson, so congrats to you all.

Shoot me a PM with the address where you want your trophy shipped and whether you want your AGS username or your actual name on there OH.