Hey there Domenico... Nice to finally know who Pizzo Entry is!

As for your question, I've set the league up so we're locked meaning you can't take picks out or put a new set of picks in once the tournament starts. I am limiting our group to one entry per person, so go with your favorite bracket in our group.

THANKS DS ,im gonna switch my best one in now.

I consulted with my contacts in Vegas. Here are the odds for our league:

MaryCas, 4-1: Has demonstrated the greatest interest in college basketball so far this season. Also won the Pro pick 'em league.
Don Sicilia, 9-2: He organized the league, so maybe he knows something
plawrence, 5-1: Has a good fantasy history, but college BB is not his strongest game
J Geoff, 6-1: Would probably rate him lower, but you gotta give the Don some respect
badguytony, 7-1: Seems to know a little, could be dangerous. But that's what I said about him in our Pro game.
Don Marco, 9-1: No fantasy history to go by. Only rated this high because of his age
Partagas, 10-1: No fantasy history either. He's from Missouri, he's gotta show me. Besides, I don't trust Boy Scouts
Ragging Bull, 12-1: Youth and inexperience could work against him. But I have a feeling he knows his sports. We'll see.
Pizzo Entry, 15-1: I have no idea
Spike, 20-1: Doesn't follow the college game at all. Made his picks with a dart board.
Fathersson, 25-1: Quitters never win
CrabCakes, 50-1: She's a chick. What can she know?

My money's on Crab Cakes!

By the way, I went to a Division 3 school. I don't follow college basketball at all - until March, that is!

REMINDER: PICKS MUST BE COMPLETED BY 12:20 PM ET, TODAY, MARCH 18

First pee-lawrence tries to steal the name "crabby", now he puts me at the bottom of the barrel. What have I ever done to you to make you treat me so disrespectfully?

I would tell him what "chicks know", but he might have a stroke. :p (Waiting for FS to continue with that theme).

Bethie, what can you expect from a guy like
Pee-Lawrence. He is passed his prime. He would rather play with numbers then play with women. Then again ????

Some things are not working very good or not at all. He has trouble making and keeping friends
("crabby") and his contacts in Vegas are giving him bad information!

No wonder they love him, so they can take his money!


That is all OK, as we would rather party in the basement. We really don't need someone having a stroke down there and having to haul his ass up those stairs.

By the way I understand Geoff was in a leather website looking for some new things! Bethie what have you two been keeping from US?

Geoff is shopping for leather? If you tell me he's getting satin sheets and pink, lacy curtains I'm moving out.

What am I keeping from you FS? A lady never kisses and tells. :p

This is the NCAA thread isn't it? Any first round upset predictions other than nipple squeezing, bondage and underwear preferences?

Manhattan over Florida.
Air Force over North Carolina.

Very astute Ace Lawrencestien. But you overlooked my last place finish last year in a Bracket Pick'em on another site. Also my strategy of one Catholic school, one short guy, one feline and one sweater. I've got 10 cents on my pony. I'm putting my money on the girl with Old Bay Seasoning on her lips.

No, but I did see him banging on the ceiling and saying to himself: " I wonder where the cross beams are?" I couldn't tell if they were eye hooks in his hands or handcuffs?

By the way Satin sheets and pink anything has no place in our basement apartment. Bethie, you know satin doesn't hold up well and can be a bitch to clean.

Then again as Martha Stewart would say: a sheet set with a hight thread count will last thru all kinds of workouts! By the way Egyptian Cotton has a nice feel against your skin. That way you can stay in bed alot longer without geting restless.

FS. I just wanna know how you know what Martha Steward says. :p

Here are the offficial odds from my off-shore sports book (The "+" number after the team's name indicates how much you win per $100 wagered):

Which team will win the 2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship?

Duke +500
Stanford +370
Kentucky +350
St Josephs +1250
Mississippi St +1400
Connecticut +700
Oklahoma St +850
Gonzaga +1400
Texas +1700
NC State +2200
Pittsburgh +1200
Georgia Tech +2500
Cincinnati +4500
Maryland +3500
Wake Forest +2500
Kansas +4200
Illinois +7000
Syracuse +5000
Florida +6000
Providence +7000
North Carolina +1500
Vanderbilt +15000
Wisconsin +4000
Boston College +15000
Xavier +15000
DePaul +15000
Memphis +15000
Michigan St +5000
Seton Hall +15000
Alabama +7000
Texas Tech +15000
Washington +5000
Arizona +4000
Southern Illinois +15000
NC Charlotte +15000
Alabama Birmingham +15000
Louisville +5000
Dayton +15000
S Carolina +15000
Nevada +15000

Field (Everyone else) +7500

I made a small wager on Kentucky a couple of weeks ago, when they were 8-1. Now they're 7-2, so I got a good deal on that.

Today I made small wagers on St. Joe's, UConn, and Okla St.

Make sure you wet raggingbull's beak if you win -- he told you they were gonna go all the way

I made 5 brackets, with 5 different strategies. I picked one randomly to use in our competition. No doubt, I'll have picked the wrong one. :rolleyes: Make that 600-1.

How hard of a "workout" can you have by yourself? :p

FS seems to know all about decorating, so I'll leave it up to him. Weren't you next-in-line to be the interior design guy with the Fab 5?

Here are our picks. Sheesh, I sure picked a doozy. Yup, the wrong one of the five... :rolleyes:



Go Pirates! (My upset pick over Duke )

(Real names not otherwise known here on the UBB have been smeared)

How hard of a "workout" can you have by yourself? :p

FS seems to know all about decorating, so I'll leave it up to him. Weren't you next-in-line to be the interior design guy with the Fab 5? [/b][/quote]Geoff you know, you don't have to work out by yourself anymore. Didn't you leave that kind of stuff back in the grade school years, before your voice changed and got deeper!

Hell, even when you think you find a good lady for a workout partner, you better check out the place. After all some of those dorm beds just don't make the grade anymore. Maybe they have seen to many workouts or maybe it is just so many cutbacks by the university. Ever wondere why there are so many cinderblocks under dorm beds!

And guys, let me tell you something. Take the girlfriend and do some sheet shopping. They will just love you that much more. Tell them you have to pick up some new ones for yourself and you need their help. Then let them show you all about the dam things. They will show so much interest and they will think you are the best guy around and I know for a fact that you will be breaking in those new sheets in no time flat. Ladies love a guy who shows some interest and that wants them to be involved! They will even come over and do the wash for you!


By the way Geoff I have heard of the Fab 4- (Beatles) who the hell is the Fab five? Is that a Jersey thing?

The fab 5 are the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" fellas. You gotta stop watching "Martha Stewart Living".

Yeah, FS - Martha is so "yesterday". :p Get with the times!

Hell, No Martha is a hot item. Just pick up the papers! Ever notice how much she looks like a guy in some of those photos that they are using in the paper. She will be very popular where she is going!

Oh, those guys. I have to say that I have seen them on TV shows, but I have never seen their show itself. Oh, so you trying to say that I'm gay hu! Well, I'm man enough not to worry about crap like that. People are people.

Hey Bethie, how about some help, I think I need some new bed sheets!

Sorry, FS. I'm not the interior decorator of the group. My house screams, "White Trash R US". :p The only thing a man needs to worry about chosing for me his Heinekin or Mikelob.

What, no wine?

No choice between red and sparkling?

Beer goes with chicken wings and burgers. Fine dining calls for vino.

Well I love juicy bar-b-cue chicken wings. :p I don't know what vino is. But to answer the questoin I will go with Sparkling. Are you happy?

There'll be plenty of that in this thread in the coming days... Oh, wrong whine.

The first final is in, and it's an upset. Manhattan (12) beat Florida (5).

Today is a gambler's dream. 12 hours of action.

One step closer: I have Manhattan to win it all (over Mississippi St) in one of my brackets.

Besides Seton Hall, the other three are Stanford (2x) and Pittsburgh (over Stanford)...

If Manhattan or Seton Hall goes all the way, I would classify it as one of the greatest upsets in the history of all sports.

Let's hear it for a great upset! (I never claimed to know anything about NCAA ball :p )

Must be that it was to cold for Florida!

Geoff if Seton Hall goes all the way it will be history in the making. I love the Big East as always. It being the home of Syracuse and all.