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[cadillacflow]

I'm down for a bracket, but how will that work? Someone hold the money in a paypal account? Hopefully everyone who said Louisville's out in the firstround pick's it that way.

And I was googling some Louisville pics and came across this one... I almost forgot about us playing OU in the tourney (and winning by 30) last year.

 

[downtown43]

Originally Posted by dreClark

So, word is that Ian Miller gave John Wall work and they ended up beating Word of God and Wall on a buzzer beater.

apparently Wall dribbled the ball off his foot and it went out of bounds with 2.5 seconds left, and the other team hit a gamewinning 40-footerFTW...

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by DOWNTOWN43

Originally Posted by dreClark

So, word is that Ian Miller gave John Wall work and they ended up beating Word of God and Wall on a buzzer beater.

apparently Wall dribbled the ball off his foot and it went out of bounds with 2.5 seconds left, and the other team hit a gamewinning 40-footer FTW...

Hey... even a garbage can gets a steak

I would have loved to see them go at it tho

I refuse to believe that he is a legit 6-10... NO WAY

 

[gangsta207therevolution]

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

Originally Posted by DOWNTOWN43

Originally Posted by dreClark

So, word is that Ian Miller gave John Wall work and they ended up beating Word of God and Wall on a buzzer beater.

apparently Wall dribbled the ball off his foot and it went out of bounds with 2.5 seconds left, and the other team hit a gamewinning 40-footer FTW...

Hey... even a garbage can gets a steak

I would have loved to see them go at it tho

I refuse to believe that he is a legit 6-10... NO WAY

Hes like 6'9" in shoes.......

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Yeah, Miller is FSU C/0 2010

Hamilton is pulling some nice recruits.

Bad thing about it, the Game was in Charlotte and I didn't even know

My dude hit me up, but it was right after the game. He didn't even let me know

Last minute of the game: http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/899/763448.wmv

Here's the actual GW shot.

Did he get it off?

 

[al3xis]

Gooooooo Nova..

 

[al3xis]

Anyone of you SJU people goin tomorrow night?

I would if didn't have work till 8, see they're basically giving away tickets...buy 1 get one 1 free on ticketmaster

..using code STJBBALL

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by gangsta207therevolution

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

Originally Posted by DOWNTOWN43

Originally Posted by dreClark

So, word is that Ian Miller gave John Wall work and they ended up beating Word of God and Wall on a buzzer beater.

apparently Wall dribbled the ball off his foot and it went out of bounds with 2.5 seconds left, and the other team hit a gamewinning 40-footer FTW...

Hey... even a garbage can gets a steak

I would have loved to see them go at it tho

I refuse to believe that he is a legit 6-10... NO WAY

Hes like 6'9" in shoes.......

See... that means he's more Lebron's height than amare/bosh, which makes him a less talented more athletic version of Beasley

 

[N41D]

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

See... that means he's more Lebron's height than amare/bosh, which makes him a less talented more athletic version of Beasley

Or it makes him a more athletic, more physically imposing Carlos Boozer... He ain't anything like Beasley, I don't understand why peoplekeep making that comparison...

At worst he's 6'9", and I really don't see how that's a problem...

 

[seymore cake]

dreClark wrote:

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Yeah, Miller is FSU C/0 2010

Hamilton is pulling some nice recruits.

Bad thing about it, the Game was in Charlotte and I didn't even know

My dude hit me up, but it was right after the game. He didn't even let me know

Last minute of the game: http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/899/763448.wmv

Here's the actual GW shot.

Did he get it off?

Oh wow... They jerked them, he definitely didn't get that $%!# off

Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

See... that means he's more Lebron's height than amare/bosh, which makes him a less talented more athletic version of Beasley

Or it makes him a more athletic, more physically imposing Carlos Boozer... He ain't anything like Beasley, I don't understand why people keep making that comparison...

At worst he's 6'9", and I really don't see how that's a problem...

Thats a very good comparison... I should've thought of that considering he was a duke guy

 

[al3xis]

It's crazy that a few conference tournaments get underway tomorrow.

The Big South, Horizon and Ohio Valley all begin Tuesday.

BIG SOUTH

No. 7 Coastal Carolina at No. 2 VMI
No. 6 Gardner-Webb at No. 3 Liberty
No. 8 High Point at No. 1 Radford
No. 5 Winthrop at No. 4 UNC Asheville

HORIZON

No. 10 Detroit at No. 3 Cleveland State
No. 7 UIC at No. 6 Youngstown State
No. 9 Valparaiso at No. 4 Wright State
No. 8 Loyola at No. 5 UW-Milwaukee

No. 1 Butler and No. 2 Green Bay both get first-round byes

OHIO VALLEY

No. 8 Tennessee Tech at No. 1 UT Martin
No. 5 Eastern Kentucky at No. 4 Morehead State
No. 6 Tennessee State at No. 3 Murray State
No. 7 Eastern Illinois at No. 2 Austin Peay

NEPSAC CLASS A PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

Wednesday at Endicott College

10 a.m. - No. 4 Winchendon vs. No. 5 Worcester Academy
12 p.m. - No. 1 South Kent vs. No. 8 Northfield Mount Hermon
2 p.m. - No. 2 Bridgton vs. No. 7 St. Thomas More
4 p.m. - No. 3 Brewster vs. No. 6 Maine Central Institute

Friday - Semifinals at Endicott at 6 and 8 p.m.
Sunday - Championship Game at Endicott at 4 p.m.

RANDOM NOTES: Eric Maynor became the all-time leading scorer in VCU history in a rout against Georgia State over the weekend. Maynor also had his No 3 jersey retired prior to his final regular-season game. … Davidson junior Stephen Curry also set his school's scoring mark with 34 points in a win against Georgia Southern. … Notre Dame's Zach Hillesland is doubtful for the team's biggest game of the year tonight against Villanova with a severely bruised sternum he suffered against UConn. … Northern Iowa claimed a share of the Missouri Valley - its first-ever MVC title. … UT Martin won its first-ever Ohio Valley Conference title after a win against Morehead State. … Western Kentucky won the Sun Belt after a victory against Middle Tennessee. … Jacksonville won its first regular season title in league history after knocking off Belmont. … Hofstra sophomore guard Charles Jenkins scored 35 points in an overtime win against UNC Wilmington and becae just the second sophomore in school history to crack the 1,000-point barrier - joining Antoine Agudio. … East Tennessee State's Courtney Pigram set the school record with 10 3-pointers in a win against Mercer over the weekend.

 

[downtown43]

Originally Posted by dreClark

Yeah, Miller is FSU C/0 2010

Hamilton is pulling some nice recruits.

Bad thing about it, the Game was in Charlotte and I didn't even know

My dude hit me up, but it was right after the game. He didn't even let me know

Last minute of the game: http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/899/763448.wmv

Here's the actual GW shot.

Did he get it off?

damn... that boy #$@%%! up the game

but that GW shot definitely wasn't good.

 

[philballa09]

 

[al3xis]

Latavious Williams will be visiting this weekend

 

[downtown43]

Allen, how come that kid doesn't have the Hoyas as a school of interest on either Rivals or Scout?

i honestly have never heard of a Latavious Williams, is he supposed to be the real deal?

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by Al3xis

Anyone of you SJU people goin tomorrow night?

I would if didn't have work till 8, see they're basically giving away tickets...buy 1 get one 1 free on ticketmaster

..using code STJBBALL

Nobody will still buy them

I might go if the weather clears up a little.

 

[cadillacflow]

There's no way that shot should have counted.

 

[5am6oody72]

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by DOWNTOWN43

i honestly have never heard of a Latavious Williams, is he supposed to be the real deal?

That's probably 'cause he's been assumed to be off the market for a while to Baylor.

But, he's definitely a great talent. And his HS team is unfair.

They played Sir Lancelot on ESPN last year.

 

[al3xis]

As since...forever...Georgetown just keeps things quiet. I try to follow things as much as I can, and it gets frustrating. on the flip side recruiting servicestry to make Terrell Vinson and Ryan Kelly's big Hoya targets -- when they never are/were and kids like this and others get no mention.....

It's strange.

Williams athleticism borders on the freaky side..but he's raw...I've read PE JR/Tyrus Thomas comparisons with more upside offensively if he works atit.

Obviously on this team, somebody like that would be a plus.

 

[blazinjkid]

you gotta be kidding me...

ACC tourney tickets went on sale today and they were cheaper beforehand on Stubhub, etc. from resellers. So much for me making that trip to the ATL

 

[tmay407]

Originally Posted by Al3xis

Latavious Williams will be visiting this weekend

Good...keep him away from Baylor for me

 

[al3xis]

[table][tr][td]ESPN/USA Today Poll[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 1. Connecticut (27) 27-2 769[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 2. North Carolina 25-3 711[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 3. Memphis (4) 26-3 698[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 4. Pittsburgh 26-3 667[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 5. Oklahoma 26-3 653[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 6. Louisville 23-5 630[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 7. Duke 24-5 597[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 8. Michigan State 23-5 557[/td] [/tr][tr][td] 9. Kansas 24-5 509[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10. Wake Forest 22-5 480[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11. LSU 25-4 420[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12. Missouri 24-5 377[/td] [/tr][tr][td]13. Washington 22-7 346[/td] [/tr][tr][td]14. Gonzaga 23-5 339[/td] [/tr][tr][td]15. Marquette 23-6 327[/td] [/tr][tr][td]16. Villanova 23-6 324[/td] [/tr][tr][td]17. UCLA 22-7 295[/td] [/tr][tr][td]18. Xavier 23-5 260[/td] [/tr][tr][td]19. Clemson 22-6 219[/td] [/tr][tr][td]20. Purdue 22-7 211[/td] [/tr][tr][td]21. Arizona State 21-7 189[/td] [/tr][tr][td]22. Butler 25-4 168[/td] [/tr][tr][td]23. Illinois 23-7 107[/td] [/tr][tr][td]24. Florida State 22-7 67[/td] [/tr][tr][td]25. Syracuse 21-8 37[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
Others Receiving Votes
Saint Mary's 26, Utah State 17, Texas 15, Creighton 13, Brigham Young 12, Utah 10, Dayton 9, California 6, Providence 4, Boston College 4, West Virginia 2. [/td] [/tr][/table]

 

[tmay407]

This website has some pretty cool stuff to mess around with:
http://bracketproject.50webs.com/
Check out the Bracket Matrix if you get a chance...it lists the seeds for each team (the ones still at least on the bubble) based on a ton of different bracketpredictions.

Using the final results from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 matrices, each site was graded based on a scoring system made by Paymon at PHSports. This rubric awards 3 points for each teamcorrectly picked, 2 points for each team correctly seeded, and 1 point for each team correctly seeded within one seed line. With 65 teams, a perfect score is390. The variance section of the data table below lists the absolute deviation between each score and the mean forthat particular year. Thus, a 10 point variance means that site's bracket scored 10 points higher than the average bracket that year.

The sites have been separated by the number of years each has appeared in the matrix. The average score in 2006 was 284.4. The average score in 2007 was285.9. The average score in 2008 was 309.1.

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[/td] [td]VARIANCE
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[/td] [td]3 YEARS
[/td] [td]2006[/td] [td]2007[/td] [td]2008[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]2006[/td] [td]2007[/td] [td]2008[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]VARIANCE
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]1[/td] [td]Bracketology 101[/td] [td] 298[/td] [td] 295[/td] [td] 332[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]13.6[/td] [td]9.1[/td] [td]22.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]15.2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2[/td] [td]Bracket Project[/td] [td] 291[/td] [td] 311[/td] [td] 313[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]6.6[/td] [td]25.1[/td] [td]3.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]11.9[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2
[/td] [td]March Madness All Season[/td] [td] 295[/td] [td] 287[/td] [td] 333[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]10.6[/td] [td]1.1[/td] [td]23.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]11.9[/td] [/tr][tr][td]4[/td] [td]Bubble Teams[/td] [td] 295[/td] [td] 294[/td] [td] 313[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]10.6[/td] [td]8.1[/td] [td]3.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]7.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5[/td] [td]NCAA Hoops Digest[/td] [td] 295[/td] [td] 283[/td] [td] 322[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]10.6[/td] [td]-2.9[/td] [td]12.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]6.9[/td] [/tr][tr][td]6[/td] [td]MAG[/td] [td] 293[/td] [td] 286[/td] [td] 314[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]8.6[/td] [td]0.1[/td] [td]4.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]4.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]6
[/td] [td]The Bracket Board[/td] [td] 289[/td] [td] 286[/td] [td] 318[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]4.6[/td] [td]0.1[/td] [td]8.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]4.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]8[/td] [td]Bracketography[/td] [td] 293[/td] [td] 277[/td] [td] 318[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]8.6[/td] [td]-8.9[/td] [td]8.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]2.9[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9[/td] [td]Bracket Predictions[/td] [td] 289[/td] [td] 280[/td] [td] 317[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]4.6[/td] [td]-5.9[/td] [td]7.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]2.2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10[/td] [td]FOX Sports (Lazarus)[/td] [td] 288[/td] [td] 290[/td] [td] 307[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]3.6[/td] [td]4.1[/td] [td]-2.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]1.9[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11[/td] [td]Warren Nolan[/td] [td] 297[/td] [td] 281[/td] [td] 304[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]12.6[/td] [td]-4.9[/td] [td]-5.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]0.9[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12[/td] [td]Schmolik 64[/td] [td] 291[/td] [td] 284[/td] [td] 303[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]6.6[/td] [td]-1.9[/td] [td]-6.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-0.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]12[/td] [td]ESPN Bracketology (Lunardi)
[/td] [td] 296[/td] [td] 275[/td] [td] 307[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]11.6[/td] [td]-10.9[/td] [td]-2.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-0.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]14[/td] [td]SI.com (Mandel)[/td] [td] 280[/td] [td] 282[/td] [td] 312[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-4.4[/td] [td]-3.9[/td] [td]2.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-1.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]15[/td] [td]Bracket Express[/td] [td] 270[/td] [td] 285[/td] [td] 310[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-14.4[/td] [td]-0.9[/td] [td]0.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-4.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]16[/td] [td]Bracket Watch[/td] [td] 272[/td] [td] 291[/td] [td] 300[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-12.4[/td] [td]5.1[/td] [td]-9.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-5.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]17[/td] [td]JCI Rankings[/td] [td] 263[/td] [td] 263[/td] [td] 286[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-21.4[/td] [td]-22.9[/td] [td]-23.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-22.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
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[/td] [td]2 YEARS
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[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]1[/td] [td]Bracket WAG[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 293[/td] [td] 326[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]7.1[/td] [td]16.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]12.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2[/td] [td]CBS Sportsline (Parrish)[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 296[/td] [td] 313[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]10.1[/td] [td]3.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]7.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3[/td] [td]Bracket Racket[/td] [td] 298[/td] [td] 286[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]13.6[/td] [td]0.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]6.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]4[/td] [td]PHSports[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 292[/td] [td] 303[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]6.1[/td] [td]-6.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5[/td] [td]NetWire (TMC)[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 294[/td] [td] 300[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]8.1[/td] [td]-9.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-0.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]6[/td] [td]Mr. Bracket[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 287[/td] [td] 305[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]1.1[/td] [td]-4.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-1.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]7[/td] [td]Beat the Experts[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 291[/td] [td] 298[/td] [td]
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[/td] [td]5.1[/td] [td]-11.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-3.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]8[/td] [td]Jerry Palm[/td] [td] 277[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 310[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-7.4[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]0.9[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-3.2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9[/td] [td]Basketball Predictions[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 287[/td] [td] 297[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]1.1[/td] [td]-12.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-5.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10[/td] [td]Crashing the Dance[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 273[/td] [td] 296[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-12.9[/td] [td]-13.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-13.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]11[/td] [td]March Madness '0x[/td] [td]
[/td] [td] 272[/td] [td] 295[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-13.9[/td] [td]-14.1[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]-14.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
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[craftsy21]

very cool tmay, thanks for sharing.


Big Monday isn't all that big tonight... first game is decent i guess, but i've gotta say Nova is a really boring team to watch, and ND isn't muchbetter. The second game? Meh... Texas can only hurt themselves there - could be fun to watch a meltdown i guess, but i don't anticipate that happening.