March Madness Draft 2015 (Bracket is up)

[drew24]

The draft is on!


Draft order determined by this thinghere (https://www.random.org/lists/).

Draft order is snaking due to an outcry.

Trades welcome any time, including multiple-for-one trades. If you trade during the tournament, you lose all the points that the team has accumulated for you thus far.

After selection day, we'll throw all the teams that made the tournament selection but weren't drafted by any of us back into the draft, and you can replace your teams that didn't get selected with some that did. So, for example, if you picked a team that didn't get selected, the team is removed from your roster and next time your pick comes around, you can fill it with a team that did make the tournament.

Last year we reversed the draft order for the make-up picks. We'll do that again this year.

In the event that the draft isn't finished by the day before the tournament, we'll have a last minute 'feeding frenzy' round where you can fill out your roster without worrying about draft order.

"First 4" games won't count. Don't hesitate to pick a 12/13 seed though. You'll just have to fill out your team with a 15 or 16 seed on the Wednesday if they are eliminated in the play-in games. Same rules as last time for bubble teams. Feel free to pick Kentucky in the 5th round based on their talent even though they might not make it. Just fill out your team with a team that actually made it after Selection Sunday.

Scoring is now just 1 point for every game regardless of round.

If you have any questions about how this works, please feel free to ask.

Draft Order:

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:


Trojan97
Cheerio
Senator Clay Davis
drew24
Tilley
Joborule
Drake
Displaced Flames Fan

Timestamp: 2015-03-10 04:24:43 UTC

You're up Trojan97!
Asskicks are set at twelve hours, starting at noon Tuesday.

Draft Results:


Trojan97 - Kentucky Wildcats
Cheerio - Duke Blue Devils
Senator Clay Davis - Arizona Wildcats
drew24 - Wisconsin Badgers
Tilley - Virginia Cavaliers
Joborule - Gonzaga Bulldogs
Drake - Villanova Wildcats
Displaced Flames Fan - Wichita State Shockers
Displaced Flames Fan - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Drake - Kansas Jayhawks
Joborule - Baylor Bears
Tilley - Louisville Cardinals
drew24 - Northern Iowa Panthers
Senator Clay Davis - Maryland Terrapins
Cheerio - Oklahoma Sooners
Trojan97 - West Virginia Mountaineers
Trojan97 - Iowa State Cyclones
Cheerio - Utah Utes
Senator Clay Davis - SMU Mustangs
drew24 - North Carolina Tar Heels
Tilley - Arkansas Razorbacks
Joborule - Georgetown Hoyas
Drake - San Diego State Aztecs
Displaced Flames Fan - Ohio State Buckeyes
Displaced Flames Fan - Michigan State Spartans
Drake - Iowa Hawkeyes
Joborule - Boise State Broncos
Tilley - Butler Bulldogs
drew24 - Providence Friars
Senator Clay Davis - VCU Rams
Cheerio - Oregon Ducks
Trojan97 - Cincinnati Bearcats
Trojan97 - NC State Wolfpack
Cheerio - Indiana Hoosiers
Senator Clay Davis - St. Johns Red Storm
drew24 - BYU Cougars (Lafayette)
Tilley - Xavier Musketeers
Joborule - Dayton Flyers
Drake - Oklahoma State Cowboys
Displaced Flames Fan - UCLA Bruins
Displaced Flames Fan - Harvard Crimson
Drake - Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks
Joborule - Purdue Boilermakers
Tilley - Davidson Wildcats
drew24 - Texas Longhorns
Senator Clay Davis - Wofford
Cheerio - Buffalo Bulls
Trojan97 - Georgia Bulldogs
Trojan97 - Wyoming
Cheerio - LSU Tigers
Senator Clay Davis - Eastern Washington
drew24 - Valparaiso
Tilley - Ole Miss Rebels
Joborule - Albany
Drake - Northeastern
Displaced Flames Fan - UC Irvine Anteaters
Displaced Flames Fan - Georgia State
Drake - North Dakota State Bison
Joborule - Texas Southern
Tilley - Belmont Bruins
drew24 - New Mexico State Aggies
Senator Clay Davis - Coastal Carolina Chaunticleers
Cheerio - UAB
Trojan97 - Robert Morris

[Trojan97]

Well... as much as I'd like to be gutsy and go off the board here I just can't.

With the 1st pick in the 2015 CP March Madness Draft..... I will select....

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Graphics/Teams/2014-15.jpg

[drew24]

That's 12 hours. Senator you are up.

[Tilley]

Has anyone PMed the Senator?

[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm gonna take Arizona.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/University_of_Arizona_Block_A.svg/500px-University_of_Arizona_Block_A.svg.png

[drew24]

Hoping they can win the Big 10 and get a 1 seed and avoid an elite 8 matchup with Kentucky. I'll take Wisconsin.

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[Tilley]

Justin Anderson returns and the stifling defense takes the Cavaliers to the title game. I'll take Virginia.

[Cheerio]

Sorry guys was in class all day and my laptop died.. will pick shortly


I'll take Duke!

[Joborule]

With the six overall pick, I'll produly select Gonzaga Bulldogs.

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/31/691/full/pxl1fzxrw8lbt04ci2mo4kk0p.png

[Drake]

Villanova Wildcats

[Displaced Flames fan]

Wow, I think the top 7 were obvious and the rest of the field is crap. This is so stupid and dangerous, but I do think the next two best teams might be the MVC teams. So, I'll take the one with the best guards.

So, I'll take Wichita State and Notre Dame.

[Drake]

Kansas Jayhawks

[Joborule]

I'll pick the Baylor Bears

http://blog.chron.com/sportsjustice/files/2011/12/Baylor_logo3.png

[Tilley]

I will continue with the ACC theme with the Louisville Cardinals.

[drew24]

I'll take Northern Iowa. Let's all fall in love with senior Seth Tuttle this month.

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/wcfcourier.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/77/f77d1c14-da6e-5e42-aeca-0f431be2f71d/54054f8c14ce1.preview-620.jpg

[Senator Clay Davis]

Fear the Turtle, I'll take Maryland

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Maryland_M_Bar_Primary_Athletic_Logo.png

[Cheerio]

I'll take Oklahoma!

[Trojan97]

I'll take Iowa St and West Virginia

[Cheerio]

I'll grab the Utah Utes

[Senator Clay Davis]

The Stamps logo in red, SMU

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/SMU_Mustang_Logo.svg/534px-SMU_Mustang_Logo.svg.png

[drew24]

Was hoping to get Press Virginia here but I'll take North Carolina.

http://www.officialpsds.com/images/thumbs/UNC-TARHEELS-LOGO-psd12408.png

[Tilley]

Being a Tar Heel alum, I was REALLY hoping they would fall to me. Thanks for nothing drew24! I'll take ArKANSAS.

[Joborule]

Georgetown Hoyas, I choose you!

http://pictures.replayphotos.com/images/GTN/md/georgetown-university-replay-peels-georgetown-logo-peel-gtn-peel-x-00002md.png

[drew24]

Being a Tar Heel alum, I was REALLY hoping they would fall to me. Thanks for nothing drew24! I'll take ArKANSAS.
I don't even have the chance to draft the Dinos. Count your blessings!

[Drake]

Maryland

[Displaced Flames fan]

Somebody nabbed Maryland earlier Drake.

[drew24]

That's an AK. You're at bat now Dis.

[Displaced Flames fan]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/ncaa/500/194.png&w=80&h=80&transparent=true (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/194/ohio-state-buckeyes) Ohio State


(23-9, 11-7 Big Ten)

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/ncaa/500/127.png&w=80&h=80&transparent=true (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/127/michigan-st-spartans) Michigan State


(21-10, 12-6 Big Ten)

[Joborule]

Just because I love their blue turf for another sport, I'll select Boise State!

https://sportsqandadotcom1.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/boise-state-field.jpg

[Drake]

San Diego St
Iowa

[Tilley]

I'll take Butler as my fourth selection.

Virginia
Louisville
Arkansas
Butler

[drew24]

Kris Dunn and the Providence Friars.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_7D6G0UcAAptXQ.png

[Senator Clay Davis]

VCU it is

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/New_VCU_Rams_Logo.png

[Cheerio]

Oregon Ducks!

[drew24]

Yikes. I just thought it was my pick. That was weird.

[Trojan97]

I will taaake NC State annnnd Cincinnati

[Cheerio]

I'll take Indiana Hoosiers

[Senator Clay Davis]

St. John's

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Stjo-lg.png

[drew24]

I'll take BYU. Might not make it but if they do they could be trouble. Looked great in the WCC Finals. Fingers crossed.

http://www.byutrack.com/various/Special/Meet_Info/2003-4/Cougar/BYU%20Logo%20color1.gif

[Tilley]

I'll take Xavier with my fifth selection.

[Joborule]

I'll select the Dayton Flyers.

[Drake]

Oklahoma St

[drew24]

25 picks left so AKs will have to be at a pretty quick pace. We'll do 5 hour AKs with an AK freeze from midnight to 7. This will start once DFF makes his pick.
I think this is a complete list of remaining teams for easy reference.

LSU--------9
Purdue-----9
Davidson--10
Georgia----10
Texas------11
UCLA-------11
Ole Miss---11
SF Austin---12
Wyoming---12
Buffalo-----12
Wofford----12
Harvard----13
Valparaiso-13
UC Irvine--13
Georgia State 14
Eastern Washington 13
Albany-----14
Northeastern-14
UAB--------14
Belmont---15
New Mexico State 15
North Dakota State 15
Texas Southern 15
Coastal Carolina 16
Manhattan----16
North Florida-16
Robert Morris-16
Lafayette-----16
Hampton-----16

[Displaced Flames fan]

UCLA and Harvard

[Drake]

SF Austin

[Joborule]

Purdue, come on down! You're the next selection on Jobo's team!

[Tilley]

Going with Davidson. Pickins' are getting slim.

[drew24]

Happy to be getting a favourite in their first game at this point of the draft. Not to mention a preseason top 15 team. Texas Longhorns.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Wofford.

[Cheerio]

Buffalo Bulls!

[drew24]

Trojan is away today and he gave me his picks last night. Trojan is taking Georgia and Wyoming.

[Cheerio]

Louisiana State University

[Senator Clay Davis]

Eastern Washington.

[troutman]

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[drew24]

I'll take Valparaiso.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Too soon I guess...

[drew24]

Oops that's Tilley's turn Senator.

[Tilley]

I'll go with Ole Miss.

[Joborule]

I'll roll with Albany.

[Drake]

Northeastern

[Displaced Flames fan]

UC Irvine and Georgia State

[Drake]

North Dakota St

[Joborule]

Texas Southern

[Tilley]

Hurray Belmont!

[drew24]

Self is afraid to play Wichita State so they intentionally lose to New Mexico State. I'll take the New Mexico State Aggies.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Coastal Carolina I guess.

[Cheerio]

Uab?

[Trojan97]

I'll go with Robert Morris

[drew24]

There's no makeup round because nobody picked a team that didn't get invited to the dance.

Pick up a remaining 16 seed once your team gets knocked out of the first 4 games today and tomorrow.

I'll post the bracket and predictions from 538 and kenpom later today.

[Displaced Flames fan]

If anyone is interested in a full bracket pool see below. So far it's just me and drew so we could use a few more to make it interesting!


It's late, but I thought it might be fun to go beyond our team draft pool and do a full bracket pool as well.

Link to join is here: http://mayhem1426115801.mayhem.cbssp...5_paste_cbsinv (http://mayhem1426115801.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=BPM15_paste_cbsinv)


Password is : playangry

Maybe we can make this an annual event.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[drew24]

Bracket is up! Hopefully everyone can read it.

Here are some predictive standings. I don't think they have been close in the past, but I have fun getting them together.

Kenpom standings:

Drew= 9.364
Trojan = 9.110
Cheerio= 8.504
Tilley= 8.009
Drake=7.786
Senator=7.019
Jobo=6.760
Displaced=6.326


538 (Nate Silver):

Trojan = 9.869
Drew= 8.707
Cheerio= 8.610
Drake=8.070
Tilley= 7.791
Senator=6.943
Jobo=6.557
Displaced=6.406

[Tilley]

Bracket is up! Hopefully everyone can read it.

Kenpom standings:

Drew= 9.364
Trojan = 9.110
Cheerio= 8.504
Tilley= 8.009
Drake=7.786
Senator=7.019
Jobo=6.760
Displaced=6.326


538 (Adam Silver):

Trojan = 9.869
Drew= 8.707
Cheerio= 8.610
Drake=8.070
Tilley= 7.791
Senator=6.943
Jobo=6.557
Displaced=6.406


Suspiciously similar to the draft order. We'll have to see when the upsets begin and my first and second choices go up in smoke in the 2nd round.

[drew24]

Suspiciously similar to the draft order.

Here's a decent opportunity to post this humblebrag from last year.
Was surprised to have 2 final four teams, while picking eighth.

I wouldn't read too much into these rankings. I thought Silver's predictions for the World Cup last year were pretty lousy.

[Tilley]

I wouldn't read too much into these rankings. I thought Silver's predictions for the World Cup last year were pretty lousy.

I would expect the order of selection to roughly follow the rankings. I wasn't going to take Hampton or UC Irvine with my 2nd or 3rd pick and I would have given some grief to someone that would have really gone off the board. There will be some variation due to preferences (my ACC preference), but it should be pretty close.

[drew24]

There's a lazy river at the North Florida dorms so out of jealousy I will draft them.

[drew24]

There's a lazy river at the North Florida dorms so out of jealousy I will draft them.
This worked out poorly. I'll go for Lafayette now.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Notre Dame escapes Northeastern and the other two 3 seeds playing are in tight battles against the 14 seeds. Welcome back March Madness.

[Trojan97]

Second game and my bracket is busted. Sweet!

[Senator Clay Davis]

I had Iowa State out in the next round anyways so no harm, no foul. It's pretty much a given now that at least one 2 or 3 seed is going to lose in the opening round now. Seems to happen almost every year.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Wow what a nightmare for the Big XII, Baylor as a 3 seed goes down to Georgia State on a deep 3 for the win. Georgia State closes the game on a 13-0 run. What a collapse.

[drew24]

Wow what a nightmare for the Big XII, Baylor as a 3 seed goes down to Georgia State on a deep 3 for the win. Georgia State closes the game on a 13-0 run. What a collapse.
That ending was soooo Baylor. Ron Hunter falling off his chair was amazing. March!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Yeah this one pretty much goes right to the top of the March Madness hierarchy of great moments.

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[Weitz]

After 3 games only 0.7% of ESPN brackets are still correct. March Madness indeed.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Another big collapse as SMU blows a 7 point lead with just over a minute left, plus a slightly controversial call to boot. Tons of heartbreak early on.

[ResAlien]

Too funny. CSU fans have been bitching and moaning nonstop about getting the "biggest snub in tourney history" and whining that UCLA made it instead. So of course #1 seed CSU promptly loses to South Dakota State in the NIT and UCLA wins to advance.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Crazy! I am 2-4 in my bracket, but 4-0 in this little game!

[Trojan97]

At this rate, I probably could have done a better job picking an NIT bracket this year.

[Bobblehead]

I can't imagine how many entries there are in the ESPN pool. With 7 games in the books there are still 8,718 perfect brackets.

[Senator Clay Davis]

How is Harvard still in this game? March is so awesome.

[Trojan97]

Quick rough standings after day 1. Might have missed something as i breezed thru this. Obviously some people have fewer teams play than others so we will see what it looks like after Friday.



Cheerio-9 (lost 7)
Dis-13 (lost 7)
Drew-7 (lost 7)
Trojan-9 (lost 7)
-----------------------
Tilley-8 (lost 8)
Senator-5 (lost 8)
Jobo-5 (lost 8)
Drake-4 (lost 8)

Trojan97 - Kentucky Wildcats (4)
Cheerio - Duke Blue Devils (4)
Senator Clay Davis - Arizona Wildcats (3)
drew24 - Wisconsin Badgers (4)
Tilley - Virginia Cavaliers (1)
Joborule - Gonzaga Bulldogs (3)
Drake - Villanova Wildcats (1)
Displaced Flames Fan - Wichita State Shockers (2)
Displaced Flames Fan - Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3)
Drake - Kansas Jayhawks (1)
Joborule - Baylor Bears
Tilley - Louisville Cardinals (3)
drew24 - Northern Iowa Panthers (1)
Senator Clay Davis - Maryland Terrapins (1)
Cheerio - Oklahoma Sooners (2)
Trojan97 - West Virginia Mountaineers (2)
Trojan97 - Iowa State Cyclones
Cheerio - Utah Utes (2)
Senator Clay Davis - SMU Mustangs
drew24 - North Carolina Tar Heels (2)
Tilley - Arkansas Razorbacks (1)
Joborule - Georgetown Hoyas (1)
Drake - San Diego State Aztecs (1)
Displaced Flames Fan - Ohio State Buckeyes (1)
Displaced Flames Fan - Michigan State Spartans (4)
Drake - Iowa Hawkeyes (1)
Joborule - Boise State Broncos
Tilley - Butler Bulldogs (1)
drew24 - Providence Friars
Senator Clay Davis - VCU Rams
Cheerio - Oregon Ducks (1)
Trojan97 - Cincinnati Bearcats (1)
Trojan97 - NC State Wolfpack (2)
Cheerio - Indiana Hoosiers
Senator Clay Davis - St. Johns Red Storm
drew24 - BYU Cougars (Lafayette)
Tilley - Xavier Musketeers (2)
Joborule - Dayton Flyers (1)
Drake - Oklahoma State Cowboys
Displaced Flames Fan - UCLA Bruins (2)
Displaced Flames Fan - Harvard Crimson
Drake - Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks
Joborule - Purdue Boilermakers
Tilley - Davidson Wildcats
drew24 - Texas Longhorns
Senator Clay Davis - Wofford
Cheerio - Buffalo Bulls
Trojan97 - Georgia Bulldogs
Trojan97 - Wyoming
Cheerio - LSU Tigers
Senator Clay Davis - Eastern Washington
drew24 - Valparaiso
Tilley - Ole Miss Rebels
Joborule - Albany
Drake - Northeastern
Displaced Flames Fan - UC Irvine Anteaters
Displaced Flames Fan - Georgia State (1)
Drake - North Dakota State Bison
Joborule - Texas Southern
Tilley - Belmont Bruins
drew24 - New Mexico State Aggies
Senator Clay Davis - Coastal Carolina Chaunticleers
Cheerio - UAB (1)
Trojan97 - Robert Morris

[Senator Clay Davis]

I hope we didn't use up all our drama yesterday because today has been pretty boring so far. It also appears for the first time in a while a 12 seed will not beat a 5.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Solid win for Wichita State. Had some trouble early, but found some depth in Zach Brown and Fred Van Vleet just took over offensively. A little soft on the boards. That will be addressed.

I think the way Indiana plays is moronic. They speed up so much, they are out of control half the time. They have some athletes though and Yogi is fearless. I know who the better point guard is though.

On to the Jayhawks. SO PUMPED!

[Trojan97]

What a boring day. Very few close games, let alone upsets.

[drew24]

Round of 32 Standings
Displaced - 6
Cheerio - 5
Tilley - 5
Drake - 4
Trojan - 4
Drew - 3
Jobo - 3
Senator - 2

[killer_carlson]

watched the Dayton Providence game last night. I don't know how that one Providence "star" wasn't punched out by his teammates for his shooting performance, which, if you didn't see was Rudy Gay-esque. 7 for 26, and that includes a couple of late 3s in the final 2 minutes when the game was out of reach.

In any event the crazy thing was that one of the commontators said that of the 11+ Million espn brackets which were filled out, there was 1 left that was perfect.

[drew24]

watched the Dayton Providence game last night. I don't know how that one Providence "star" wasn't punched out by his teammates for his shooting performance, which, if you didn't see was Rudy Gay-esque. 7 for 26, and that includes a couple of late 3s in the final 2 minutes when the game was out of reach.

I feel bad for Providence. Cooley was the easiest to root for last year. Had to play an away game against a team seeded 5 seeds lower. The selection committee really screwed Boise State and Providence with their bracketing and seeding here. Providence got a bad whistle all night starting with an awful flagrant in the first minute and an absolutely ridiculous technical. Foul shots were 30-7.

[Tilley]

More than happy to lose Arkansas. At times it wasn't pretty, but the Heels are still kickin'. Hopefully Meeks' knee isn't too bad.

[killer_carlson]

i'll admit i don't watch March Madness every year but I do tend to catch at least a handful of games each year. Some year's i follow it very closely.

But I cannot recall the refereeing ever being this questionable, game after game. I'm not married to any team and just want to see good basketball so it isn't like ive got an agenda on this.

Even the commontaters are openly questioning the calls which is so rare to hear/see.

Brutal.

[Johnny199r]

Imdont understand why fans and players of the bench shout "De De De Defence" football players do it too sometimes, it's stupid. Players know they're playing defence.

Also, timeouts, get rid of them. The only reason for timeouts in sports is that the coach thinks his players are so stupid that he has to draw up a play for them every time. Soccer has it's drawbacks, but at least I don't have to put up with timeouts in that sport.

[drew24]

Sweet 16 Standings
Displaced - 10(4)
Cheerio - 8(3)
Trojan - 7(3)
Tilley - 7(2)
Drew - 5(2)
Jobo - 4(1)
Drake - 4(0)
Senator - 3(1)

[drew24]

@vgregorian: Marshall on solution to KU scheduling series: "I'd love to play them in the (NCAA) tournament every year.
Ooooof. Not holding back. Dis, any sense on how this game changes Self's refusal to schedule Wichita?

WVU is in the Sweet 16! Bob has done such a great job with this group. 17-16 last year and we lost >40% of our scoring from last year. Hope the national media gives him the credit he deserves this week for this year after a couple years of really rough results.

Second weekend!

[Displaced Flames fan]

I really don't see Self becoming any more open to playing Wichita State in Wichita, and that's what it boils down to.
Self doesn't want to risk losing in the largest city in the state. That's not good for recruiting.

Marshall did a fantastic job of getting these guys ready to play yesterday. They were fearless, poised and knew they were the better team. No small feat with the way the team has been playing in recent weeks.

Notre Dame will be tough.

[drew24]

Sweet 16 projections:
Displaced =12.448
Cheerio = 11.141
Trojan = 10.147
Tilley = 8.244
Drew = 6.698
Jobo = 5.479
Senator = 4.845
Drake = 4

Hopefully it's not decided until the Final 4 unlike last year.

[Displaced Flames fan]

My first two picks are going at it in just over 3 hours. Arthur Fonzarelli likes....

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[Senator Clay Davis]

Sorry to say DFF but Notre Dame is playing outstanding offensive basketball. Beautiful passing and movement, they look like the Spurs right now.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Sorry to say DFF but Notre Dame is playing outstanding offensive basketball. Beautiful passing and movement, they look like the Spurs right now.

They were phenomenal. I hope Kentucky wins. I think that Notre Dame would give them a huge test.

Another great season for the Shocks. Nothing to hang their heads,over.

[Displaced Flames fan]

If ever there was a lesson learned from poking the bear, West Virginia learned it last night. WOW.

Can't wait for the Kentucky/Notre Dame game. I think Notre Dame might be the last team in the tournament that has a "favorable" match up with Kentucky. I think it will be a great game.

[drew24]

If ever there was a lesson learned from poking the bear, West Virginia learned it last night. WOW.

Can't wait for the Kentucky/Notre Dame game. I think Notre Dame might be the last team in the tournament that has a "favorable" match up with Kentucky. I think it will be a great game.

Might be tough to convince anyone that we had a great season after last night, but I'm really happy with this past year. Bob was a deserving B12 coach of the year.

I've heard that coaches think that Wisconsin has the best matchup against UK. Not sure they get past Arizona in Staples though.

[Sainters7]

Can't believe Gonzaga finally isn't pulling a "Gonzaga" and choking this year. About damn time


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[Senator Clay Davis]

Great game...can Notre Dame close the deal?

[killer_carlson]

Gonzaga with 11 turnovers to Duke's 2 with 9 minutes left in the game. Duke up by 6.

[drew24]

Gonzaga with 11 turnovers to Duke's 2 with 9 minutes left in the game. Duke up by 6.

Gonzaga's 13 TO doesn't seem like too bad of a number for today's college game but both teams were so tired that they were really slowing the game down. 13 TO on 59 possessions is a pretty ugly TO% of 22%. That is bad.

Before the tournament if I were to pick 3 teams for UK to face in their last 3 games it would be ND, Wisconsin and Duke. What an amazing final few games this could be.

[drew24]

Final 4 Standings
Displaced - 13(1)
Cheerio - 10(1)
Trojan - 9(1)
Tilley - 8(0)
Drew - 7(1)
Jobo - 5(0)
Senator - 4(0)
Drake - 4(0)

It's over. Congrats Displaced Flames Fan!

[Trojan97]

Dis ran away with it this year. Extremely impressive job with his selections. Congrats!

[drew24]

Barnes to Tennessee
Shaka to Texas looks likely
Shockers trying to keep Marshall away from Alabama. EDIT: and they do! I guess Richard Pitino is next?

Fun coaching carousel going on right now.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Barnes to Tennessee
Shaka to Texas looks likely
Shockers trying to keep Marshall away from Alabama. EDIT: and they do! I guess Richard Pitino is next?

Fun coaching carousel going on right now.

Wichita State nearly doubled Marshall's salary. $3.3 Million. I don't know where that puts him but I gotta believe he's right around the Top 10.

Fantastic job by the University of being proactive and especially of being aware of just how great this guy is and what he means to Shocker basketball.

Could have his best team next year......:whistle:

The best part about this though, for me anyway, is reading all the stunned comments from Alabama fans and some of the talking heads who were just certain that not only would Marshall jump at the job (not sure it isn't a step-down in reality) but that Wichita State couldn't afford to pay him much more than the $1.85 M he made this year. It feels so good when the spoiled don't get what they want.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Well that terrible call that cost Wisconsin that 3 may end up being the game changer. And then the refs confirm it with a total non-call on a flagrant. Yuck.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Really tense final ten minutes but Wisconsin overcomes some bad calls to make it 38-1 for Kentucky. Might be the best look we'll ever get to see an undefeated season but nice to see Calipari go down.

[GirlySports]

And they still won!

Must suck to go 38-0 then lose to a bunch of white guys.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Kentucky fans decide to get their Canucks fan on.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBz1oBrUoAA3c_U.jpg

And then Andrew Harrison decides to drop a "#### that n****" on Frank Kominski. I really do believe losing to the primarily white Wisconsin infuriates several Kentucky players more than saying losing to Duke would have pissed them off.

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/video--andrew-harrison-appears-to-direct-expletive--slur-at-kaminsky-055802601.html

I mean you don't expect class from a Callipari coached team. Most of their guys walked off the floor without shaking hands too. Thank God they lost.

[Displaced Flames fan]

I so wish VanVleet had hit that shot last year when they played Kentucky. They played their best game of the season to beat Wichita State.

So happy they lost!

[Tilley]

GTHD! I'm a badger fan tonight.

Congrats on the win DFF!

[Displaced Flames fan]

Thanks everyone, especially drew for running g the draft. One of my favorite times of the year. I love college basketball!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Duke in a lot of trouble right now. Offense has gone ice cold.

[MRCboicgy]

Duke getting all the calls. Elbows flying.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Wisconsin has had to overcome a lot of bad calls these last two games. Probably not going to win this one though.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Wow that is atrocious to not overturn it. Not even close.

[Johnny199r]

More timeouts, the end of this game needs more timeouts.

[Acey]

Glad I didn't bet on that game. It could have gone either way.

[Trojan97]

That's a tough one for Wisconsin to swallow. One of those games that will haunt the players for years to come. They had Duke on the ropes with 9 to go and just couldn't get the knockout blow they needed.

Great game, really fun March Madness overall this year.

[drew24]

Final Standings
Displaced - 13
Cheerio - 12
Trojan - 9
Drew - 8
Tilley - 8
Jobo - 5
Senator - 4
Drake - 4

Thanks for a fun draft everyone. Feel bad for the Badgers. They've been pretty easy to cheer for. Thanks for beating Kentucky, guys.