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Mar 20, 2011 7:55 PM
Purdue is digging themselves quite the hole here in the first half.
Mar 20, 2011 7:55pm
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Mar 20, 2011 7:56 PM
Gotta love it. VCU laying the wood on the most over-seeded team in the Tournament (Florida might have a claim to that crown as well).
Mar 20, 2011 7:56pm
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Mar 20, 2011 7:57 PM
Moore is having an off game at the wrong time, the same time Cinderella is playing over their heads. It happens.
Mar 20, 2011 7:57pm
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Mar 20, 2011 7:57 PM
Purdue be alright in the 2nd half. VCU isn't running them out of the gym with JaJuan Johnson on the floor.
Mar 20, 2011 7:57pm
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Mar 20, 2011 7:59 PM
How is Purdue as a 4 seed overseeded?
Mar 20, 2011 7:59pm
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Mar 20, 2011 7:59 PM
VCU basically pounded USC and Georgetown, but I'm actually surprised by how well they're playing today. Purdue has definitely been regressing since they beat OSU, but I thought they'd still win this game. VCU has definitely used the "they don't deserve to be in" talk as motivation to annihilate everything in their path.
Mar 20, 2011 7:59pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:00 PM
Purdue is a 3 seed, and they had the resume to be there. They aren't as overseeded as some of the Big East teams were.
Mar 20, 2011 8:00pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:02 PM
Purdue is a 3-seed.

Oh, and I'd probably rank them outside the top 20 if I was ranking teams prior to the NCAA Tournament.

They lost to Iowa and got crushed by Michigan State in the final week of the season.
Mar 20, 2011 8:02pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:03 PM
Florida will be in the Final Four. Over-seeded?
Mar 20, 2011 8:03pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:09 PM
Azubuike24;719048 wrote:Purdue is a 3-seed.

Oh, and I'd probably rank them outside the top 20 if I was ranking teams prior to the NCAA Tournament.

They lost to Iowa and got crushed by Michigan State in the final week of the season.

Outside the top 20? You gotta be kidding.
Mar 20, 2011 8:09pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:09 PM
Definitely. I even picked Florida to cut down the nets, so it's not saying they aren't capable. I loved their bracket and match-ups. They were still over-seeded. Deserved a 3.
Mar 20, 2011 8:09pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:11 PM
Still disagree with them being overseeded. A team's seed is their entire body of work, not how they ended the season. They were what? 6 in the polls the 2nd to last poll of the regular season? You could maybe argue they should be a 4 seed, but I think a 3 is good for them.
Mar 20, 2011 8:11pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:13 PM
Definitely not seeing Purdue outside the top 20 despite the losses in the final week. That would have been what, a 8-10 spot drop? No way.
Mar 20, 2011 8:13pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:14 PM
gerb131;719055 wrote:Outside the top 20? You gotta be kidding.

Ohio State
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Florida
Duke
North Carolina
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Notre Dame
Kansas
Texas
Kansas State
Brigham Young
San Diego State
Washington
Arizona

Could argue all of these teams were better coming in than Purdue. Much of their influence had to do with what they COULD have been coming into the season. I never thought they were among the NCAA's elite. Now, not saying all of these teams are, but it's very conceivable that Purdue was only a top 20 team and not a "top 12" team as their seed would indicate.

Did you like their chances going into the Tournament as much as Texas, Kentucky, Wisconsin and others who had similar resumes. I didn't. Maybe I'm biased there but I just was not high on Purdue.
Mar 20, 2011 8:14pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:17 PM
Then again, I filled out 28 total brackets. Had Purdue bounced by tonight in 21 of the 28. Had Georgetown in 17 of them, VCU in 4 of them, Purdue in the other 7. So I guess that's an indicator of how I saw them as a 3-seed, and also saw Georgetown as a more capable 6-seed with Wright back (and I was clearly WAY wrong on that too).
Mar 20, 2011 8:17pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:18 PM
28 brackets? What's the point? lol
Mar 20, 2011 8:18pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:18 PM
Regardless if VCU wins or loses this game will the ESPN talking heads get in line to apologize?
Mar 20, 2011 8:18pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:20 PM
Azubuike24;719070 wrote:Then again, I filled out 28 total brackets. Had Purdue bounced by tonight in 21 of the 28. Had Georgetown in 17 of them, VCU in 4 of them, Purdue in the other 7. So I guess that's an indicator of how I saw them as a 3-seed, and also saw Georgetown as a more capable 6-seed with Wright back (and I was clearly WAY wrong on that too).

28??? That's pathetic.
Mar 20, 2011 8:20pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:23 PM
SportsAndLady;719072 wrote:28 brackets? What's the point? lol

Making money. Get in pools with a lot of people, pick different combos and you're bound to place in a few of them. Come out ahead almost every year, sometimes HUGE if I strike it right in some $20-25 entry fee pools. Had Florida in the Final Four (the year of their first title, nobody else had them past 2 wins or so) and LSU in the Elite 8. Lots of upsets that year with Connecticut (about 80% of people's winner) getting bounced and took home about 3 grand with those 2 picks. $20 to enter and over 200 entries is a nice pot.

Clearly I have my "first couple brackets" that are very conservative and my honest take on how I think it plays out. Then I usually fill out 1 or 2 other brackets in each league with a ton of upsets and long shot Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final 4 picks.
Mar 20, 2011 8:23pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:23 PM
Come on VCU!!!!
Mar 20, 2011 8:23pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:24 PM
I'm surprised at some of your responses. Everyone knows someone who does a random $5 entry pool with 3 or 4 max entries. Get into a couple of those and that's 12-15 sheets right there. I work for a huge company and in my building alone there are 3 or 4 different pools. Then you have outside friends, relatives, other companies, etc...it adds up fast.
Mar 20, 2011 8:24pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:27 PM
Gotcha azu. I don't have an issue when someone does a lot of brackets for money purposes...but when someone does 20 brackets just to do it, it's kinda lame.
Mar 20, 2011 8:27pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:29 PM
No, it's well-calculated for 4 days (going through odds, combos of winners, spreading out who advances when, etc...) with the sole purpose of making money haha.

BTW, VCU is really pounding Purdue to start the 2nd half as well.
Mar 20, 2011 8:29pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:31 PM
look at vcu, wow...talk about shutting people up lol
Mar 20, 2011 8:31pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:31 PM
I used to fill out a bunch, a bunch as in 4/5, but have since given it up. I have found that by not filling them out I enjoy the games soooo much more not worrying about effing up my brackets.
Mar 20, 2011 8:31pm