2015 NCAA Tournament thread

We seem to be lacking one of these...

I got my SI today, and they picked no double-digit seeds to make the Sweet 16. It's the least imaginative "expert" bracket I think I've ever seen.

 

I think it's been folded into the college basketball thread. That one's been pretty active this week.

 

The ends of college basketball games have become excruciatingly unwatchable. On Sunday, entire holes of PGA Tour golf happened while less than a minute ran off the clock of one game I was scanning. In the tournament, it only gets worse. I would support rules halving the number of time outs allowed and allowing the team fouled to choose to maintain possession rather than shooting in the last two minutes.

 

10 years ago ...

 

Look how far we've come...

... another reminder that standard definition really sucked.

 

That last 3 was beyond extreme.

 

I just want at least two "Holy shit" upsets the first weekend, and a 12 beating a 5 is not a holy shit upset. I'm talking a No. 3 seed out in the Round of 64 and a No. 1 or No. 2 seed out in the Round of 32.

I did a pool ages ago that had rules that you had to follow. You had to have a top 4 seed lose in the first round, you had to pick a No. 1 and a No. 2 to lose in the Round of 32. You had to have two double-digit seeds in the Sweet 16. It was the best pool I was ever in.

I've been in others where you get extra points for upsets, but it was executed very poorly. Picking a No. 9 to beat a No. 8 would get you the same number of points as picking a No. 16 seed to win.

 

That's an excellent pool concept.

 

Prediction: Stephen F. Austin wins two games.

 

SFA is definitely the trendy upset pick this year, and most who picked them to win one game are picking them to win two. Which means I should probably bet against it.

 

Well, since they'll be playing Eastern Washington in the second one...