KU Buckets Tournament Challenge!
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@DanR
sweet revenge fantasy bro.
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Dammit you guys. Im really having an existential crisis here. I just cannot pick KU to get past the elite 8 or sweet 16. I just cant. I want to but I keep having flashbacks of the last 5 seasons.
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Is Keenan Evans back? Is Bamba back? Is Doke back?
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Just saw that UVA lost one of their major players to injuryā¦ that changes things a bit
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@Lulufulu - sportsinteraction.com says Evans is likely a Saturday.
Mo Bamba says heās 100% but nothing from the team.
Doke?
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Our boys arenāt going to come into the tournament big dicks swingin just because of how well weāve played recently. Even as 1 seed we are underdogs and will play every game proving we really do belong among the elite. That talk by Dtae during his senior speech about the hate they received early in the season by the doubters is still fresh on their minds, despite the conference titles and accolades. They arenāt done heat, they have a lot to prove still. They WILL beat this Penn team by double digits. Do not take the emotional toll of 2 consecutive Elite 8 losses lightly. Only embrace the desire to make it back by an experienced team thatās truly seen it all. RCJH.
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I even picked the Jayhawks to win it in 1989 so you know who Iāve got.
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SkinnyKansasDude said:
Our boys arenāt going to come into the tournament big dicks swingin just because of how well weāve played recently. Even as 1 seed we are underdogs and will play every game proving we really do belong among the elite. That talk by Dtae during his senior speech about the hate they received early in the season by the doubters is still fresh on their minds, despite the conference titles and accolades. They arenāt done heat, they have a lot to prove still. They WILL beat this Penn team by double digits. Do not take the emotional toll of 2 consecutive Elite 8 losses lightly. Only embrace the desire to make it back by an experienced team thatās truly seen it all. RCJH.
I hope that is the case, we can ill afford to come out slow and not respect the opponent.
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T minus 29:22
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What I like about the bracket is all the blowhards that have been trying to sell everyone their position as fact (and are more than happy to tell you how wrong you are) are getting ready to have their brackets destroyed by someone choosing teams by mascot/ team color. Or a layman whom doesnāt tell everyone how bad their picks are, just silently lets his bracket do the talking.
I love a good natured ribbing, a fun competition, and maybe a little gloating (very little) afterwards. All the bracket experts crack me up with their predictions. Unfortunately I havenāt watched enough college basketball this season to be a bracket expert for you, so look for advice elsewhere!!!
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wissox said:
I even picked the Jayhawks to win it in 1989 so you know who Iāve got.
We would have won if theyād let us in!
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Gunman said:
wissox said:
I even picked the Jayhawks to win it in 1989 so you know who Iāve got.
We would have won if theyād let us in!
Actually that was probably about the weakest KU team that I remember since I came to KU in 85!
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@DanR If you use the ESPN tournament challenge app you can go to your brackets and change or join a group for new brackets or ones where you were not able to join. You might have to search for the group name, then click on join group when it is displayed. KU Buckets, with a space.
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Bump, 2+ hours to go until brackets are locked.
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Looks like only 37 brackets so far. Some unusual names out there!
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Iām going to follow Dr Rec and fill out the bracket after the games. Less stress and way more accurate.
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Canāt fill bracket anymore. I had family in town for the last week visiting for my fatherās 93rd birthday and I have not been able to do much. By the time I got around to get to ESPN it was tool late.
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@JayHawkFanToo Congrats to your Dad!
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Locked and loaded. Good luck all!
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Thanks.
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MISSED IT THIS YEAR. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
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Are any of the 6000 perfect brackets left from the Buckets crew? I know the one I entered had AZ in the final four (most of my brackets had VA in the final four - poor guess on which bracket to use) and all of them had Miami winning the first game. āBoth reasons why I donāt give betting advice.
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Looking at the leaderboard no perfect brackets left in the buckets group.
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I am oh so briefly in first place, please send me a trophy before the cookie crumbles.
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Iām in a 3-way tie for 5th after the 3-way tie for 1st.
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Iām in first for now but my bracket is insane and Iāll probably end up closer to last when it is all said and done lol.
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I only entered my first bracket on here, I didnāt want to flood the place with brackets!
My best bracket has only AZ and WSU wrong (for nowā¦). I mustāve accidentally picked KSU. Itās still ranked 12,000th on ESPN. There are some really amazing brackets out there!
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@dylans thatās pretty good, the best I ever did was 2012. I had 6 of 8 elite 8 teams, 3 of 4 FF teams right to go with the title game and NC. I believe I finished in 800s of the millions of brackets on ESPN. I usually fill out 4 brackets, 2 of which for money. I have won one 4 of the past 5 years. I fill everyone out night and day different, last year I won my wifeās pool at work. It had nearly 300 people in it and it was for a gift card
but was free to compete.
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@dylans et al. if you have better brackets you can still add them to the group; please do! Iād rather see everyoneās best than limiting it to one broken bracket.
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@approxinfinity Eh, Iāll wait until the sweet sixteen and see if I even care at that point.
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Didnāt predict Virginia becoming the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 in any of my brackets. Tough way to pick up your third loss.
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I am sure lots of brackets busted.
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The crash of the bracket- now I can focus on the KU game!
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No perfect brackets left on ESPN out of 17 million. 4 with 1 loss, 86 with 2.
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KU Buckets:
Fans of KU:
KU Buckets (East):
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None of my brackets are going to be worth a crap after Saturday. A couple in the 100th percentile for now though at 280 points. They are currently ranked #1329 on ESPN , #4 on fans of Kansasā¦, but soon to be in the multi millions.
17,300,000 brackets and none of them perfect after the first round. No one could even predict 32 games correctly. Wow!
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The line for KU is now -5, up from 4 1/2.
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ā¢ Of the 17.3 million brackets, four have correctly predicted 31 of 32 games ā¦ and everyone has at least two right.
ā¢ Some 96.6 percent whiffed on UMBC over No. Virginia, but 29.1 percent called No. 11 Syracuseās upset of No. 6 TCU.
ā¢ The teams picked most to win the title now that Virginia (18.5 percent) is out of the way: Villanova (16.3 percent), Duke (9.8 percent), Michigan State (8.6 percent), Kansas (7.9 percent), North Carolina (6.9 percent).
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ESPN bracket shows only one game scheduled in the Seet 16, next Friday. Looks like Duke and Syracuse will have to get up really early!
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Must suck for the Hawaii team to travel to all those NCAA gamesā¦oh wait.
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Wow, I have 3 entries and they are tied for 6th! (Thing2 is mine.) Best I have ever done by this stageāusually in the toilet by now!
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@approxinfinity You wanna hear something crazy? - -Iāve entered ESPN Bracket Challenge like 11 times this year - -well thatās not the crazy thing lol - -But anyways two of my Brackets Iām at a 92.1 % - prediction right - and I am ranked 1,363094- - lmao - -WOW - -and that is with getting 92% right lol -I have a 3rd at a 85.6 % being correct and Iām at 2,486,938 thats just crazy lmao- good thing Iām not betting money lol
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@jayballer73 I think the percentages are where you stand in the tournament, not your correct picks. 92% means you are in the top 8%.
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Bell curve does not apply on the ESPN Bracket Challenge. 92.1% = Loser
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I have lost 5 straight games today. Wow, glad I am not in LV.
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Lol I appreciate that someone out there had only 2 right the first round. That is someone that should look in the mirror and say āwhatever I am thinking I should do the exact oppositeā easy fix!
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@jayballer73 a lot better than me man! All that poking around other teams message boards paid off looks like!
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@approxinfinity LOL wish it did lol - -I just checked - I have ONE bracket right now that has a 94% accuracy - -guess where that puts me - -sitting in 963,000 position with a - 94% of picks correct - -I give uplol
