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NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/04/06 03:13 PM
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Men's Tournament Challenge http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage Women's Tournament Challenge http://games.espn.go.com/tcwomen/frontpage Group: Gangster BB Passw: Corleone "Predict the winner of each matchup in this year's tournament and you could win the cash prizes!" You can create up to 5 brackets, but only one counts for BB entry for each game -- please mark your BB entries with an asterisk (*) or numeral one (1) Locktime: Morning of 3/16 for Men's, 3/18 for Women's
Last edited by Don Sicilia; 11/15/07 11:26 AM.
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/06/06 09:59 AM
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I'm in. Where are your other four entries, JG? Hiding from us? 
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/13/06 10:43 AM
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/13/06 03:34 PM
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I've added the link for the Women's Challenge in the initial post...
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/15/06 12:47 PM
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We're in!
"yotonyb1" is the entry that counts.
tony b.
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"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/16/06 05:17 AM
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For the sake of simplicity in figuring out and posting the daily scores and mathematically possible outcomes every day as the tourney progessess, it would be appreciated if everyone removed their four entries that don't count from the group.
This can be done by clicking on "Group Info" on our home page (the one that lists all the entries), and the then "Leave Your Group".
You can use the little drop-down box in the left-hand corner of the page to remove the entries that you want to.
When you sign back in, you will see that your entries still exist (so you can still win a prize), but they are no longer members of the Gangster BB group.
Thank you.
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 04:41 AM
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It's just bad LUCK that I'm not winning, of course...  :p
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 05:52 AM
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Actually, I consider this game to have a significant skill factor.
Since there are no point spreads involved, the winner is usually the person who can correctly pick the greatest number of upsets, which generally involves a knowledge of the game as opposed to simply luck.
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 09:45 AM
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Tony's two axioms of the NCAA Tunamint...
1) The cream always rises to the top.
2) It's Midnight for Cinderella by the second weekend.
16's are winless.
15's are 4-80 in the first round and 0-4 in the second round since 1985.
14's are 14-70 in the first round, 2-12 in the second round and 0-2 in the third round.
13's are 17-67 in the first round, 3-14 in the second round and 0-3 in the third round.
12's are 27-57 in the first round, 14-13 in the second round, 1-13 in the third round and 0-1 in the Regional Finals.
11's are 25-59 in the first round, 10-15 in the second round, 3-7 in the third round and 1-2 in the Regional Finals. Only LSU's 1985 team reached the Final Four as an 11th seed having beaten the #3, #2 AND #1 seeds IN ORDER in the tunamint that year.
10's are 33-51 in the first round, 17-16 in the second round, 6-11 in the third round and 0-6 in the Regional Finals.
Only 11 teams lower than a 4th seed have reached the Final Four since the inception of the 64-team format in 1985.
Kansas as the sixth seed in 1988 and Villanova as the eighth seed in 1985...and I'll stop right there...
It would be nice to be rewarded a little better for correctly picking the early round upsets. But statistically, the top axiom prevails -- The cream always rises to the top.
tony b.
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"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 09:55 AM
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I've seen some of these bracket games that give you extra points for successfully predicting a first round upset, like 10 extra if you pick a 16 over a 1, 9 extra for picking a 15 or a 2, etc.
But not this game.
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 10:48 AM
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First Half of First RoundJB 140 (Jimmy Buffer)
TB 130 (YoTonyB)
RB 130 (raggingBull2003)
IM 120 (The Ice Man)
PL 120 (plawrence)
DB 110 (Don Sicilia)
JG 110 (JGeoff)
JL 110 (Just Lou)
TL 100 (Tony Love)
PG 100 (Partagas)
MC 100 (MaryCas) Hurt the most yesterday were MC and (Syracuse & Marquette) and PG (Syracuse & Oklahoma), who lost two teams that they had winning their next round games, and JB, JG, JL, and TL who all lost one (Syracuse).
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 11:09 AM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year...and I feel like telling a story...
I'll be parked in front of a television or two starting around noon and won't move except for meals and bathroom breaks until Sunday evening.
In addition to the NCAA tourney, Illinois' Class AA (larger enrollments) high school basketball tournament concludes this weekend in Peoria. Brackets were changed this year and two Chicago Public League schools (Simeon and Marshall) are among the elite eight with all games televised. The marquee match-up tonight has Duke recruit Jon Scheyer from Glenbrook North facing Simeon's junior tandem of Derrick Rose and Tim Flowers. Marshall has a kid named Patrick Beverley that's had an exceptional senior season.
Simeon has a been a power over the past 20 years with it's most noted alum being former Illinois and NBA star Nick Anderson. Anderson wasn't even it's best player. Simeon was also the high school of Ben Wilson, one of the country's top players going into the 1984-85 season, his senior year. He never played a game that season. He was shot and killed the week before Thanksgiving.
He wore #25.
Illinois had a virtual pipeline to Simeon from the mid-'80's through today. For the longest time, all the Simeon players at Illinois starting with Nick Anderson wore #25 in memory of Ben Wilson. Deon Thomas, Bryant Notree, Kevin Turner, and currently Calvin Brock are #25 on the roster. I saw Wilson play his sophomore and junior years and got a closer look during the state tournament while I was living Downstate. Nobody knows for certain where Wison would have played college ball, but every year around this time, particularly when I see Simeon making another run at a state title, I'm sorry that Wilson never got a chance to play college ball, or, more importantly, never got a chance to simply live the rest of his life however he wanted.
Wilson was with his girlfriend when he was shot. She was pregnant...with his child. His name is Brandon Wilson and he played a little college ball at Maryland-Eastern Shore.
He wore #25.
tony b.
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"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 01:14 PM
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A sad story.
Was it a random shooting or was there a motive or what?
Was the killer ever found?
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 01:47 PM
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Fixed  Seton Hall is my "home team", as they play most of their games in the Meadowlands Being from NY/NJ, so I naturally follow the Big East pretty closely. I figured after four games in four days and the emotional letdown that had to follow, not to mention a road trip, there was no way 'Cuse was gonna get another win.
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 02:25 PM
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Seton Hall...coaches with beards aren't a good bet to make it to the Final Four. Only one has done it since 1985.
Plaw...Ben Wilson was shot just a block or two from the high school when two kids (ages 15 and 16) tried to rob him on the street. They were caught, tried as adults, and received sentences on the order of 40 years. I believe they are both still attending one of our fine "charm schools" in Illinois. One shot hit Wilson in the leg severing the femoral artery. He bled profusely and had virtually no chance for survival from that particular wound.
tony b.
"Kid, these are my f**kin' work clothes."
"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/17/06 05:10 PM
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P.J. was the guy! I can't think of any other head coach that reached the Final Four with a beard since 1985, can you?
Louis Orr -- thumbs up or thumbs down? I think it was either Seth Davis or Grant Wahl on si.com that had a very favorable column on-line about Orr and his efforts at Seton Hall.
tony b.
"Kid, these are my f**kin' work clothes."
"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/18/06 08:02 AM
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End Of First RoundPTS -- Your score now PPR -- Possible points remaining HTPS -- Highest total possible score Why -- What happened to you
PTS PPR HTPS WHY
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RB 260 1360 1620 Lost no teams of significance
JB 240 1140 1380 Lost Iowa and Kansas
DB 230 1340 1570 Lost no teams of significance
PL 230 1300 1530 Lost Iowa
JL 220 1300 1520 Lost Iowa
TB 220 1260 1480 Lost Kansas and Michigan State
IM 220 1200 1420 Lost Iowa and Kansas
MC 210 1260 1470 Lost Iowa and Marquette
TL 210 840 1050 Lost Syracuse, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma
JG 190 1300 1490 Lost Syracuse and Southern Illinois
PG 190 1240 1430 Lost Syracuse, South Ill, Kansas, and Oklahoma
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/19/06 08:58 AM
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Halfway Through Second Round PTS PPR HTPS Who he Has In The Finals
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RB 380 1200 1580 UConn over Duke
DB 380 1180 1560 UConn over Duke
TL 350 700 1050 Iowa (eliminated) over Ohio State
TB 340 1060 1400 Duke over Ohio State
IM 340 1040 1380 UConn over Duke
JB 340 1000 1340 UConn over Duke
PL 330 1020 1350 Memphis over Villanova
JL 320 1160 1480 UConn over Duke
JG 310 1160 1470 Duke over Florida
MC 290 1140 1430 Duke over UConn
PG 270 1120 1390 Duke over UConn I didn't do the math here or work out any of the certainly thousands of different scenarios, so I'm just guessing here. But I'm gonna say that.... If UConn beats Duke in the finals, the only two who can beat RB are DB, and maybe JL, depending on how other games turn out. Anyone else who doesn't have UConn over Duke in the finals and nails all of the Final Four teams and gets the results right will proabaly win the whole thing, with the exception of MC and PG, who, if Duke beats UConn in the finals, will probably have their result determined by what happens in the other games.
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/20/06 02:58 AM
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Brutal weekend for my brackets...but it was a GREAT weekend of college basketball in general. Plus we had Class AA state high school finals this weekend as well with an overtime win on a last second shot for state champ Simeon High School from the Chicago Public League.
And, sad to say, former DePaul coach Ray Meyer passed away. He coached his teams to two Final Fours including the one that might have been the best ever in 1979.
tony b.
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"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/20/06 02:13 PM
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Second Round Complete
PTS PPR HTPS Who he Has In The Finals
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RB 480 1000 1480 UConn over Duke
DB 470 1000 1470 UConn over Duke
TL 430 360 790 Iowa (out) over Ohio State (out)
IM 420 880 1300 UConn over Duke
JB 420 720 1140 UConn over Duke
TB 420 720 1140 Duke over Ohio State (out)
PL 410 800 1210 Memphis over Villanova
JL 400 960 1360 UConn over Duke
JG 390 920 1310 Duke over Florida
MC 390 840 1230 Duke over UConn
PG 350 840 1190 Duke over UConnI still didn't do the math here or work out any of the certainly thousands of different scenarios, so I'm just guessing here. But I'm still gonna say that.... If UConn beats Duke in the finals, the only one who can beat RB is DB, depending on how other games turn out. I doubt if anyone else who has UConn over Duke has enough different picks to make up the points that they're already behind. Anyone else who doesn't have UConn over Duke in the finals and nails all of the Final Four teams and gets the results right will probably win the whole thing, with the exception of MC and PG, who, if Duke beats UConn in the finals, will probably have their result determined by what happens in the other games.
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/21/06 02:47 AM
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Schaumburg lost to Thornwood 40-35 in the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon. I know that Schaumburg had a couple of the Pancratz boys go through the program these last few years. Their dad, Andy Pancratz, was a starter at DePaul in the 1970's and he was a pretty good ballplayer.
tony b.
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"You look good in them golf shoes. You should buy 'em"
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Re: NCAA Tournament Challenges (2 GAMES)
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03/23/06 11:38 PM
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Duke is out  ....that's a biggie.
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