Highbrow NCAA Tournament Discussion Thread

[Michchamp]

Well, the OTHER college basketball tournament has started.

I filled out a couple brackets. Have UCLA winning one, and Houston winning another. Feel like most people are picking other teams.

UConn is one team I think could go far, but I had trouble picking them over Kansas

 

[Michchamp]

Maryland starting out slow...

 

[Michchamp]

some of these teams you see in the tourney every other year, like Furman, Fairleigh Dickinson, any school with "Charleston" in the name... are they real places? Has anyone ever met someone who went to college at Furman?

I have a theory they're just like basketball clubs bookies set up. Get a PO Box, and mail in some NCAA dues, and if you're small enough, no one ever checks if you're a real school.

 

[byco42]

some of these teams you see in the tourney every other year, like Furman, Fairleigh Dickinson, any school with "Charleston" in the name... are they real places? Has anyone ever met someone who went to college at Furman?

I have a theory they're just like basketball clubs bookies set up. Get a PO Box, and mail in some NCAA dues, and if you're small enough, no one ever checks if you're a real school.

I've walked past College of Charleston. Many politicians graduated from Furman. FD is in NJ. EDIT: Whoever Furman is, it beat Virginia today.

 

[Michchamp]

I've walked past College of Charleston. Many politicians graduated from Furman. FD is in NJ.

Oh.

Well, what about this "Michigan State" place? You ever heard of that one?

 

[byco42]

Oh.

Well, what about this "Michigan State" place? You ever heard of that one?

I think they are called the "Trojans" and the campus is in Gladwin or Reed City. I think they are in the Mid-Michigan Conference of Glorified High Schools.

 

[biggunsbob]

Virginia Colossal mistake.

 

[biggunsbob]

In typical SDSU fashion they have no offense in the ncaa.

 

[biggunsbob]

Right on cue sdsu can?t score . Both teams playing great defense. Finally a little spurt. Sdsu up 5 late.
Illinois getting smoked.

 

[biggunsbob]

#5 Sdsu vs #13 Furman in the next round.

 

[Mitchrapp]

That Furman game reminds me why I don't do brackets any longer.

 

[biggunsbob]

Bye bye Arizona !

 

[Michchamp]

those Princeton chaps are full of surprises

 

[biggunsbob]

Big ten not looking great. Maryland was down 13 at one point. Before clamping down on defense.
And coming back and winning.

Illinois looked terrible and was never in that game.

Iowa trailing early.

 

[Michchamp]

Duke putting Oral Roberts in their place...

 

[Michchamp]

some of those ORU cheerleaders have a trailer trash vibe.

 

[byco42]

those Princeton chaps are full of surprises

Friend of mine texted me that Arizona must have "been back-doored to death."

"That's one way of putting it," I said.

EDIT: The Princeton offense is so basic it's out of the playbook of a junior high school. Yet it continues to give higher-seeded teams fits in the NCAA tournament.

 

[biggunsbob]

Big ten not off to a great start.

 

[biggunsbob]

Looks like Wildcats will even big ten up at 2-2 . Werid how we match up good against them.

 

[biggunsbob]

Looks like Psu will give the big ten a 3-2 mark on day one as long as they don?t blow a 20
Point lead.