NCAA Tourney Pool!!!!!!!!11111111!!!!!!!!!

[taterguy]

Wouldn't it be more of a challenge to make your picks before the pairings are announced on Sunday. I'd do it if I had more time on my hands.

Here's my Final Four:
Air Force Academy
Louisville
Carnegie Mellon
University of North Carolina

[Strawman]

1. I have Case Western Reserve U. beating Carnegie Mellon in the Elite 8

[taterguy]

2. And then losing to Warren Wilson College right?

[SmileyBoy]

3. Right now, I got the following in my Sweet 16:

UCLA
Trinity Bible College
Whittier
Kansas
Humboldt State
Northland Community College (WI)
Florida
North Dakota State College of Science
Puget Sound
Centenary
North Carolina
Southeast Oklahoma State
DOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!
Dubuque
St. Luke's
Ron Zook

[tigereye]

4. scuse me?

Carnegie Mellon? (you must be an alum, right?) ;)


I wanna see Wright State, or Southern Illinois or some other underdog or bubble team win if it can't be Pitt.

(go Panthers!) :hi:

[taterguy]

5. Carnegie Mellon is due

The beauty of the NCAA Tourney is anyone can win right?
Just for the record I attended the same school as Paul Wellstone, the school that won in 1957, 1982, 1993 and 2005.

[tigereye]

8. cool!

I don't know anything about CMU's college b-ball record... I guess I should though. There are certainly plenty of articles about Robert Morris and Duquesne, though.

I dunno, think RMU might have more of a shot than CMU, but I could be wrong.


I entertain myself trying to decipher all the complex and obscure Conference names...

[taterguy]

9. I picked Carnegie Mellon because of a recent conversation

An alum said all the alumni publications mention them beating Notre Dame in football 70 years ago, their foremost and only athletic achievement. I guess they have done a few worthwhile things for mankind with their engineering department though.

[tigereye]

10. it's really interesting

my son has all these sports stat books, and in the early days of college football, it was always the Ivy League and the Milit. Academies that won all the time. LIke Penn, Harvard, Dartmouth, etc.

That was neat to see. I suspect that had something to do with there being many, many fewer colleges then.

It certainly isn't true now!

CMU has amazing robotics and computer departments. Lots of brilliant folks.

[taterguy]

12. Well there is the fact that college sports became a business

And once that happened schools that were known for high standards and integrity had less success. Imagine that.

[CatholicEdHead]

6. Final Four for me

Wisconsin
Ohio State
Florida
Marquette

Final either Wisconsin vs Ohio State or Wisconsin vs Marquette

[taterguy]

7. Marquette doesn't have enough aircraft carriers

I miss Al McGuire

[SmileyBoy]

11. NDSU beat Marquette.

:D

I'm cheering for any team NDSU played this year. Marquette mostly.

[a kennedy]

15. Woohoo thanks CatholicEdHead......huge Wisconsin fan here.

Go Bucky......win it all!! :toast: :bounce: :thumbsup: :woohoo: :applause:

[Broken_Hero]

13. Jayhawks,

all the way....



But in reality, I see NC doing some serious damage.

[taterguy]

14. KU would still have Roy Williams if there were better golf courses there

Sorry about stealing him. Geography's a bitch.