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Mar 20, 2011 8:33 PM
I do less worrying because I can check it after each round and usually have 3 or 4 in the 28 that are winning the pool :)

Would be more stressful if I have only 1, and then had to have that interfere with my rooting interests. Like this year, conventional wisdom is to pick OSU over UK, but my heart pulls me towards UK. I have UK advancing to the Elite 8 in 7 of 28 brackets, so if they were to somehow pull the upset, I'd win in brackets AND rooting interests.
Mar 20, 2011 8:33pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:34 PM
I fill one out, sometimes 2. I don't enter bracket pools anymore because, like ytown said, I was getting too pissed at games where I would have otherwise been happy at the result.

I do other games for money like the pick your players game...that way I can be excited about upsets
Mar 20, 2011 8:34pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:37 PM
Azubuike24;719099 wrote:I do less worrying because I can check it after each round and usually have 3 or 4 in the 28 that are winning the pool :)

Would be more stressful if I have only 1, and then had to have that interfere with my rooting interests. Like this year, conventional wisdom is to pick OSU over UK, but my heart pulls me towards UK. I have UK advancing to the Elite 8 in 7 of 28 brackets, so if they were to somehow pull the upset, I'd win in brackets AND rooting interests.

I can see your strategy as being successful at alleviating frustration, no question. I'm happier now that I don't bother though ;-)
Mar 20, 2011 8:37pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:40 PM
Certainly. I do gamble on sports pretty much nightly though, so I'd probably have to employ your strategy of just stopping all together to really enjoy the sport. It would either be hedge my bets with a ton of bets or don't bet at all. I couldn't put everything on the line for just a single game or pool, too much heartache, especially if it conflicts directly with my rooting interests.
Mar 20, 2011 8:40pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:42 PM
I'm going to try to get blackout drunk when I fill out brackets from now on so that I won't remember who I picked. Then I won't look at them again until at least after the first weekend is over. I hate being torn between pulling for an underdog and hoping to win $. Probably won't work, but it's worth a shot.

I'm not all that surprised VCU is winning. Never would guess they would be up double-digits, but I think the CAA was a pretty undervalued conference as a whole.
Mar 20, 2011 8:42pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:42 PM
VCU by 19!
Mar 20, 2011 8:42pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:44 PM
Thanks Jay Bilas for busting my bracket!!
Mar 20, 2011 8:44pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:46 PM
This is the best thing possible as a nd fan. Now just get past fla St. And have 5 days to prepare for vcu
Mar 20, 2011 8:46pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:57 PM
Dear Jay Bilas,
Fuck you.


Love, VCU
Mar 20, 2011 8:57pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:59 PM
Purdue trying to press, VCU just torching it. Cut it to 11 then VCU right back to 20. Rodriguez for VCU is a baller.
Mar 20, 2011 8:59pm
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Mar 20, 2011 8:59 PM
Why is Purdue still running a full court press? VCU is breaking it so easily and they are scoring practically uncontested baskets. Purdue just looks slow and unable to adjust on defense. It's like they're playing a throw away game in the middle of the season, not in the third round of the NCAA tournament.
Mar 20, 2011 8:59pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:00 PM
ts1227;719156 wrote:Dear Jay Bilas,
Fuck you.


Love, VCU

VCU should thank Bilas for the billboard material
Mar 20, 2011 9:00pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:01 PM
Painter is going to draw up the 14-0 run during this timeout
Mar 20, 2011 9:01pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:01 PM
Matt Painter, your Big Ten coach of the year.

Fail.
Mar 20, 2011 9:01pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:11 PM
Heartbreak city for the Boilers
Mar 20, 2011 9:11pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:13 PM
This would have fucked any of my brackets, now I'm just happy to see VCU bird flippin' Jay Bilas. LOL
Mar 20, 2011 9:13pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:13 PM
HAHA Big Ten team getting blasted by VCU. Love it!
Mar 20, 2011 9:13pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:17 PM
that picture of Robbie Hummel was hard to see. I feel so bad for that kid. I hope he goes on and wins 10 rings in the NBA. He got a raw deal for the last two years.
Mar 20, 2011 9:17pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:17 PM
wghfan;719191 wrote:HAHA Big Ten team getting blasted by VCU. Love it!

hater
Mar 20, 2011 9:17pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:18 PM
wghfan;719191 wrote:HAHA Big Ten team getting blasted by VCU. Love it!

Was it as fun as when the Big East team got blasted by VCU?
Mar 20, 2011 9:18pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:18 PM
wghfan;719191 wrote:HAHA Big Ten team getting blasted by VCU. Love it!

Also Big East and PAC 10.
Mar 20, 2011 9:18pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:23 PM
Tiger2003;719203 wrote:Also Big East and PAC 10.

sure, add them too
Mar 20, 2011 9:23pm
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Mar 20, 2011 9:39 PM
^^^

I was looking at that earlier. VCU has already taken down the PAC10, Big East, and Big 10. It looks like they could get the ACC in the next round if Florida St. upsets ND. In the regional final, it would appear that they would get the Big 12 in Kansas. Assuming they pull that upset, it would be entirely plausible that they could get the SEC with Florida in the Final Four. That would be Mid-Major Armageddon if VCU could take down a team from every BCS conference. I am rooting for it, because that side of my bracket looks terrible.
Mar 20, 2011 9:39pm
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Mar 20, 2011 11:29 PM
I'm glad Matt Painter is going home. He looks like a porcupine.
Mar 20, 2011 11:29pm
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Mar 20, 2011 11:41 PM
reclegend22;719455 wrote:I'm glad Matt Painter is going home. He looks like a porcupine.

nickname aint porkchop for nothing. I think hes put on 50 pounds in that dreadful city of West Laffayette.

ROFL at Purdue. That almost made me forget about IU sucking penis.
Mar 20, 2011 11:41pm