Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Mar 21, 2014 4:49pm
Tharpe is so god damn bad.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Mar 21, 2014 4:49pm
No.gut;1594559 wrote:Have you looked at their bracket? Not very good/consistent this year, but the talent & tournament experience to put something together. I said they were about as likely to lose R1 as they were to make the Elite 8.
They were WAY more likely to lose to Dayton than making a deep run. There "run" was ending in Buffalo.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Mar 21, 2014 4:51pm
Ohio State's pairing with Syracuse in a foursome was possibly the worst possible 3/6 game OSU could've gotten. Normally a 3/6, 4/5 advancement is fairly split on brackets, at least like 65/35. A neutral evaluation of OSU vs Cuse really was pretty simple...OSU getting rolled.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Mar 21, 2014 4:52pm
Losing Creighton would definitely hurt me pretty bad, although I think they're probably a pretty popular pick to sail thru to the Elite 8.Terry_Tate;1594558 wrote:I'm so upset I didn't take ULL over Creighton in any of my brackets and took David Brown over Elfrid Payton. Not my best year.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 21, 2014 4:53pm
It's 23-14 lol.Terry_Tate;1594563 wrote:Kansas is about to go down. I can't believe this.
But it'd brighten my day. I hope all the top teams lose. I'm in Cinderella mode now.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Mar 21, 2014 4:54pm
Degenerate gambler update: The Billion Dollar Bracket has 16 perfect entries as of this post. Won't last the weekend.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Mar 21, 2014 4:54pm
Exactly. There was basically no chance of them beating Cuse.Azubuike24;1594567 wrote:Ohio State's pairing with Syracuse in a foursome was possibly the worst possible 3/6 game OSU could've gotten. Normally a 3/6, 4/5 advancement is fairly split on brackets, at least like 65/35. A neutral evaluation of OSU vs Cuse really was pretty simple...OSU getting rolled.
And yes, I realize stranger things have happened. But this OSU team had no chance at making a run, especially after drawing Cuse.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Mar 21, 2014 4:54pm
WTF is Tharpe out there?
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Mar 21, 2014 4:55pm
Have you not watched Syracuse play the past 2 months? Not good enough offensively to roll OSU. Would have been a first to 40 wins type of game.Azubuike24;1594567 wrote:Ohio State's pairing with Syracuse in a foursome was possibly the worst possible 3/6 game OSU could've gotten. Normally a 3/6, 4/5 advancement is fairly split on brackets, at least like 65/35. A neutral evaluation of OSU vs Cuse really was pretty simple...OSU getting rolled.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 21, 2014 4:56pm
Yeah, I need Creighton to survive. I had Duke in the national semis, so not sure I can survive under huge upset this early on. I have Arizona winning it all over Iowa State so there is still hope, since there are very few brackets favoring the Cyclones in my pool.gut;1594568 wrote:Losing Creighton would definitely hurt me pretty bad, although I think they're probably a pretty popular pick to sail thru to the Elite 8.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Mar 21, 2014 4:57pm
OSU would've needed a miracle game from behind the arc. Cuse did score 77 yesterday too...
Maybe I'm wrong, but I never had OSU going past the first weekend once. Just a terrible match-up for them.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I never had OSU going past the first weekend once. Just a terrible match-up for them.
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KB0938
Posts: 900
Mar 21, 2014 4:58pm
Syracuse's 2-3 would of ate OSU up. Ohio state has next to no outside shooting. And nobody to put in the high post who could facilitate.Mulva;1594574 wrote:Have you not watched Syracuse play the past 2 months? Not good enough offensively to roll OSU. Would have been a first to 40 wins type of game.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Mar 21, 2014 4:58pm
HOLY SHIT
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Mar 21, 2014 4:58pm
Exactly. Their zone is a terrible draw for OSU, but 'Cuse has not been playing well.Mulva;1594574 wrote:Have you not watched Syracuse play the past 2 months? Not good enough offensively to roll OSU. Would have been a first to 40 wins type of game.
And Kansas looks like they have all they can handle with EKY. My saying OSU could go on a deep run had more to do with the teams in their bracket then thinking OSU was some sort of sleeping juggernaut.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Mar 21, 2014 4:58pm
lol ok Wiggins
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Mar 21, 2014 4:58pm
Holy Wiggins. I think I saw a cape fluttering behind him on that one.
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Mar 21, 2014 5:01pm
Syracuse is 3-5 in their past 8 games, and their average margin of victory since February started is 8 points. And that includes a 24 point win yesterday. You do the math on what they've done against legitimate opponents.KB0938;1594578 wrote:Syracuse's 2-3 would of ate OSU up. Ohio state has next to no outside shooting. And nobody to put in the high post who could facilitate.
There would not have been any kind of "rolling".
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Mar 21, 2014 5:03pm
That's the tough part. I usually stay away from picking too many of the popular favorites if I can to create some margin of error. Nothing worse than being basically eliminated after the first weekend.reclegend22;1594575 wrote:Yeah, I need Creighton to survive. I had Duke in the national semis, so not sure I can survive under huge upset this early on. I have Arizona winning it all over Iowa State so there is still hope, since there are very few brackets favoring the Cyclones in my pool.
You got lucky not many picked ARI, especially with an easier region than others.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Mar 21, 2014 5:03pm
This is hyperbole but I want Self fired if he doesn't get Tharpe off the fucking court
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KB0938
Posts: 900
Mar 21, 2014 5:04pm
Maybe not a rolling, but Cuse would of won by 8-10 I believe without much worry. But the game will never happen, so it doesnt really matter
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Mar 21, 2014 5:10pm
Keep with the underclassmen, plus Ellis.
Keep Tharpe off the fucking court
Keep Tharpe off the fucking court
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Mar 21, 2014 5:12pm
Jesus Wiggins can leap, not that we didn't already know that
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Mar 21, 2014 5:13pm
Youv'e gotta be shitting me Traylor
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Mar 21, 2014 5:14pm
What a dumb foul. Not even his guy, either.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Mar 21, 2014 5:16pm