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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 7, 2017 16:12:50 GMT -5
I feel like we need some sort of humorous stakes for our pick 'em pool this year.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 10, 2017 21:39:46 GMT -5
The UofA v UCLA game is at 9:30pm local? Are you kidding, schedulers? This is the type of scheduling that keeps the #Pac12AfterDark hashtag going strong.
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Post by Hawkguy on Mar 11, 2017 20:05:21 GMT -5
Woooo owl!
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 11, 2017 21:51:11 GMT -5
UofA vs. Oregon is at 9pm tonight. Aw, it's almost not a ridiculous tip-off time! Adorable!
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Post by Hawkguy on Mar 12, 2017 18:29:14 GMT -5
And we're somehow a 7 seed in Greenville!!!
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 12, 2017 18:31:30 GMT -5
And we're somehow a 7 seed in Greenville!!! Oh man, who is your 2 seed? I'd be pissed |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 12, 2017 18:39:07 GMT -5
And we're somehow a 7 seed in Greenville!!! Oh man, who is your 2 seed? I'd be pissed Ha! It's Duke. Who cares if they're mad? |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 12, 2017 18:45:22 GMT -5
Oh man, who is your 2 seed? I'd be pissed Ha! It's Duke. Who cares if they're mad? Oh, that's ok then |
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Mar 12, 2017 21:08:04 GMT -5
SMU grabbed a 6 seed! One of the very few times I can root for the alma mater.
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Post by ganews on Mar 12, 2017 22:24:30 GMT -5
Bumping to this page for our 2017 brackets: Group password is avclub2013. |
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Post by Hawkguy on Mar 12, 2017 22:31:10 GMT -5
AND we're the late game on Friday so I don't have to fake work or stay up late before a workday! Now I just gotta find a way to get a cheap ticket...
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Mar 12, 2017 23:05:55 GMT -5
Bumping to this page for our 2017 brackets: Group password is avclub2013. All in! Actually haven't done an ESPN-hosted league in some time so I'll create a new account. |
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Post by Hawkguy on Mar 14, 2017 7:57:53 GMT -5
yall I HIGHLY suggest watching the latest Pretty Good
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Post by MarkInTexas on Mar 14, 2017 11:02:15 GMT -5
If anyone is interested, I'm about halfway through writing up a Mascot Fight bracket, including the First Four. I'm going to post it on my FB page, but if there's some interest, I'll post it here as well.
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Mar 14, 2017 14:11:49 GMT -5
yall I HIGHLY suggest watching the latest Pretty Good This is why I am patient with Jon Bois pieces even though they are increasingly far and few between. Can't believe SB Nation's letting him get this weird nowadays. I would kill for more Breaking Madden but I see how that met its logical conclusion. |
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Post by Jimmy James on Mar 14, 2017 18:54:14 GMT -5
I feel like we need some sort of humorous stakes for our pick 'em pool this year. First thought is that the winner can choose what avatar or username other people in the pool have, for a month or week after. I'll try and fill one out tonight or tomorrow. In the office pool at the Office I No Longer Work At But Evidently Still Gamble With, I picked Kentucky vs. Duke in the final, with Kentucky winning, acknowledging that we truly live in the darkest timeline. |
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Mar 15, 2017 0:09:07 GMT -5
I thought the darkest timeline was always Duke. When I ran the office pools (way too busy this year, someone else has taken up the burden) I always made sure to highlight which spineless weakling(s) chose Duke. You just don't choose Duke if you have a conscience. It's against the sportsmanship of it all.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 15, 2017 1:37:57 GMT -5
I thought the darkest timeline was always Duke. When I ran the office pools (way too busy this year, someone else has taken up the burden) I always made sure to highlight which spineless weakling(s) chose Duke. You just don't choose Duke if you have a conscience. It's against the sportsmanship of it all. This is definitely correct. Because of the way elections and sporting events have been going lately, I did actually fill out a bracket with Duke winning. Because, at this point, that would feel consistent. I am definitely not submitting that one for the office pool, though. Picking Arizona to win would earn you fewer dirty looks than picking Duke. |
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Post by MarkInTexas on Mar 16, 2017 10:53:40 GMT -5
So my alma mater backed up the money truck and poured $21 million over 7 years onto Cal coach Cuonzo Martin. I'm a bit wary about giving that much cash to a guy who in 8 years of being a head coach, has only two NCAA tourney appearances and one Sweet 16 run to show for it. But he is a good coach and a great recruiter, and given that Mizzou basketball has been a nuclear waste site for the last three years, things couldn't get any worse (at least, for all of Kim Anderson's basketball coaching sins, he was honest, so I'm not worried about anyone uncovering any potential violations). To be honest, I'm OK if it takes a few years for us to go dancing again. At this point, being good enough to make the NIT would be just fine.
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Post by Hawkguy on Mar 16, 2017 11:04:22 GMT -5
So my alma mater backed up the money truck and poured $21 million over 7 years onto Cal coach Cuonzo Martin. I'm a bit wary about giving that much cash to a guy who in 8 years of being a head coach, has only two NCAA tourney appearances and one Sweet 16 run to show for it. But he is a good coach and a great recruiter, and given that Mizzou basketball has been a nuclear waste site for the last three years, things couldn't get any worse (at least, for all of Kim Anderson's basketball coaching sins, he was honest, so I'm not worried about anyone uncovering any potential violations). To be honest, I'm OK if it takes a few years for us to go dancing again. At this point, being good enough to make the NIT would be just fine. I also read yall have a shot at the nation's top recruit so that'd certainly help get things rolling |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 16, 2017 11:11:55 GMT -5
So my alma mater backed up the money truck and poured $21 million over 7 years onto Cal coach Cuonzo Martin. I'm a bit wary about giving that much cash to a guy who in 8 years of being a head coach, has only two NCAA tourney appearances and one Sweet 16 run to show for it. But he is a good coach and a great recruiter, and given that Mizzou basketball has been a nuclear waste site for the last three years, things couldn't get any worse (at least, for all of Kim Anderson's basketball coaching sins, he was honest, so I'm not worried about anyone uncovering any potential violations). To be honest, I'm OK if it takes a few years for us to go dancing again. At this point, being good enough to make the NIT would be just fine. And a rousing sweet sixteen run it was! -Thrill as he wins a play-in game over an Iowa team whose coach spent the whole week dealing with his son's cancer diagnosis! -Gasp as he beats a UMass coming off an 8 point loss to GW in the A-10 quarterfinals! -Be amazed as he knocks off a true blue blood #14 MERCER!!! |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 16, 2017 11:12:35 GMT -5
So my alma mater backed up the money truck and poured $21 million over 7 years onto Cal coach Cuonzo Martin. I'm a bit wary about giving that much cash to a guy who in 8 years of being a head coach, has only two NCAA tourney appearances and one Sweet 16 run to show for it. But he is a good coach and a great recruiter, and given that Mizzou basketball has been a nuclear waste site for the last three years, things couldn't get any worse (at least, for all of Kim Anderson's basketball coaching sins, he was honest, so I'm not worried about anyone uncovering any potential violations). To be honest, I'm OK if it takes a few years for us to go dancing again. At this point, being good enough to make the NIT would be just fine. I also read yall have a shot at the nation's top recruit so that'd certainly help get things rolling That is a weird situation if you read about it. I think it's 50-50 the kid plays college hoops at all at this point. |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 16, 2017 23:07:27 GMT -5
Woo, basketball is still good!!!
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Mar 16, 2017 23:11:25 GMT -5
I have never done that well on the opening night of March Madness before - this bodes poorly for me.
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 17, 2017 10:56:23 GMT -5
For the next two day's I am going to want to call Purdue's star big man Caleb swagonion , but I'm pretty sure I am the only Iowa State fan that will find that funny in any way. |
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Mar 17, 2017 18:24:57 GMT -5
T-thanks SMU, y-you too.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 18, 2017 17:37:28 GMT -5
Ha ha ha ha! A lot of Tucson residents on my Twitter feed are laughing over Wisconsin bouncing another school for a change.
Additionally: My "Darkest Timeline" bracket with Duke winning is still doing pretty good! Though, hoping South Carolina can implode that one tomorrow.
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Mar 18, 2017 18:07:44 GMT -5
Ha ha ha ha! A lot of Tucson residents on my Twitter feed are laughing over Wisconsin bouncing another school for a change. Additionally: My "Darkest Timeline" bracket with Duke winning is still doing pretty good! Though, hoping South Carolina can implode that one tomorrow. You'd think they'd be worried about St Mary's tonight... |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 18, 2017 18:21:28 GMT -5
Ha ha ha ha! A lot of Tucson residents on my Twitter feed are laughing over Wisconsin bouncing another school for a change. Additionally: My "Darkest Timeline" bracket with Duke winning is still doing pretty good! Though, hoping South Carolina can implode that one tomorrow. You'd think they'd be worried about St Mary's tonight... I haven't seen any chatter about St Mary's yet. I'm sure it will come. But, Arizona was bounced by Wisconsin two years in a row. My friends are feeling happy (for now) that it wasn't them this time. |
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Post by ganews on Mar 18, 2017 20:39:43 GMT -5
My TI/AVC bracket continues to tank hard (Wifemate is up there tied for third), and my alternate bracket for a prize from my old realtor has been tanking since Villanova lost.
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