Thanks I had already changed channel

dave;1120912 wrote:wife's bracket http://wwjdd.mayhem.cbssports.com/brackets/shared-bracket/1/12/1/3c233c3eafd36b5eb3ca0c7018a15ed3

Nice. I have 12 in the Chatter pool.

reclegend22;1120891 wrote:Hard to believe the state of North Carolina, the capital of college basketball, has never produced four Sweet 16 teams in a tourney. Major props to Ohio for doing it first. That deserves mad respect.

Cincy-Ohio State is going to be a whale of a game.

Definitely an accomplishment for any state, but I would have guessed Ohio would have done it before NC (but not before California due to number of 1-A schools in Cali). Ohio has an advantage in having a bunch of I-A schools playing in 4 conferences that are capable of going to the sweet 16, plus some smaller schools like Wright St., Cleveland St. and Youngstown.

NC would either need the 4 ACC schools to make it (and how often do they all make the tourney?) or UNC-Wilmington, Charlotte or ECU to have a strong run.

reclegend22;1120891 wrote:Hard to believe the state of North Carolina, the capital of college basketball

you are such a creep.

If you picked straight chalk you would have hit 11/16. Cream is slowly rising to the top.

Some of these Sweet 16 match-ups are dreams. IU-UK and OSU-Cincy leading the way.

I thought Indiana did this before, but obviously not.

Ironically, I think its cause IU sucked and didnt make the S16.

Butler, ND, Purdue and IU are the big names. Plus Valpo, Evansville, Indiana State and Ball St (am I missing any) all would be capable of doing it.

You could have some interesting match-ups in Regional Finals too.

Florida/Michigan State - rematch of the 2000 Title game
Marquette/Louisville - conference rematch
Kansas/North Carolina - Roy vs KU, rematch of 2008 Final Four beatdown
North Carolina State/North Carolina - Very interesting
Indiana/Baylor - IU vs Scott Drew?
Ohio State/Wisconsin - conference rematch
Cincinnati/Syracuse - conference rematch

Some great story lines this year already. It's only going to continue in the next 2 rounds...

Laley23;1120935 wrote:I thought Indiana did this before, but obviously not.

Ironically, I think its cause IU sucked and didnt make the S16.

Butler, ND, Purdue and IU are the big names. Plus Valpo, Evansville, Indiana State and Ball St (am I missing any) all would be capable of doing it.

IUPUI

Manhattan Buckeye;1120922 wrote:Definitely an accomplishment for any state, but I would have guessed Ohio would have done it before NC (but not before California due to number of 1-A schools in Cali). Ohio has an advantage in having a bunch of I-A schools playing in 4 conferences that are capable of going to the sweet 16, plus some smaller schools like Wright St., Cleveland St. and Youngstown.

NC would either need the 4 ACC schools to make it (and how often do they all make the tourney?) or UNC-Wilmington, Charlotte or ECU to have a strong run.

Also add in Davidson on that list as mid-major with good basketball history in North Carolina. It definitely would have been very possible for the state to accomplish this feat in the 1980s, when Duke, UNC and N.C. State were all national championship caliber programs from the ACC and routinely reaching the Sweet 16 throughout the decade. Wake Forest even made a Sweet 16 or two in that period. Then all it would have taken is for a surprise mid-major run from any of the teams mentioned above.

Indiana, as Laley said, is obviously another basketball-rabid state that's surprising to find out never had accomplished this triumph.

Agree with your points about Ohio and Cali, though.

IPFW hater.

In my other pool I have 13 of 16 teams left (missed on Ohio, Cinci, Xavier)

karen lotz;1120948 wrote:IUPUI

Good call.

Azubuike24;1120955 wrote:IPFW hater.

Fife left. Otherwise, clear cut.