KU Buckets Bracket Challenge!
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Any time. I would assume most have KU winning the NC.
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@JayHawkFanToo Interesting, I’ve had the same thoughts. I’m not doing one at all, first time in like forever. Not sure why, but just a strange feeling I don’t need to waste the normal ten minutes I’d take to fill it out. This way I/we can tell people we haven’t gotten any games wrong so far.
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Sorry…I broke down and against my better judgement filled a couple of brackets on the KU Buckets group…I know, I am asking for stress…Dang March Madness.
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@JayHawkFanToo OK, I’ll join too because I still kind of want to do it. I’ve only done one bracket on the KU thing so I feel like it’s kind of unfair (and it matters not a bit) because some fill out 8. I guarantee if I filled out 8, I’d occupy the last 8 spots in the contest!
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So I watched the purple kitties win last night. Both teams were ranked as 11-seeds.
How does that happen? How are these teams ranked higher than other teams but in the play-in games?
Another thing… How come all the play-in teams are not stuck playing #1 seeds if they win?
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@drgnslayr agree it feels contradictory to how the bracket should work. But I guess a lot of the autobids aren’t as good as middle of the pack in the major conferences?
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They changed the rule awhile back to require the last 4 at-large teams to go to the play-in round. Everyone thought that it was unfair when 8 autobid teams had to go through Dayton after having earned their presence in the tournament. The seeding still represents the perceived strength of the at-large teams over the auto bid teams.
I like the idea of dropping at-large teams to #16, but doesn’t that punish the #1 seeds?
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I like filling out a bracket so I have somebody to root for in games I don’t really care about. As long as KU is still playing, I really don’t care how bad my bracket is doing. If it does well, that’s cool. Makes me look smart. Or just lucky. If my bracket does poorly, at least I participated. Seems collegial in a group like this. And since KU is still playing, that’s really all that matters.
If/when KU loses, I quit watching the tournament or paying attention to my bracket. I just sulk and pout. So I might as well pick KU to go all the way, every year. Rock Chalk!
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No bracket this year. First time since 1988. At least this year I am not already dejected about my chances of winning 3 hours into the tourney!
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All right @jayballer54 here’s your #1 ESPN bracket for Ya! Hurry up and look before it gets messed up! Haha
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@dylans lol, hell ya. - -I’ve got like 7 entries into the ESPN challenge - -I got 100% on one of them & 93 % on another and the others are pile do doo lol - -good job my friend. - - Thank goodness I didn’t spend any money on any of these lol…- - One thing I’ll say so far is - -I hope The guys, And coach is making sure, that they pay attention - -a lot of these lower seeds are playing tough -we better be ready, as you can see. - -Just look at Villanova , up 1 at half – Norte Dame wins by two and then others - -Good luck my friend hope your luck continues lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Me too! I think you’d be happy with the outcome!!!
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Good luck! Hope you both win!
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@drgnslayr If I end up in the top 50K I’ll be happy. I usually have one land there. Top 10K estatic, I’ve not done that yet.
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@approxinfinity Hey, I just realized you have 2 groups in the Tournament Challenge: KU Buckets and KUBuckets. One with a space and one without.
Couldn’t figure out why my entry wasn’t listed and had to add it again - to the second one. I’m doing equally poorly in both!
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@tundrahok Ah yeah sorry about that. I noticed last year’s this morning (the one without a space). Well hope things pick up for you, unless you picked Miami over KU.
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@approxinfinity KU all the way, always!
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Whoops I’m in last years group. Less entries by far this season. Bummer.
@approxinfinity Is there a way to combine the groups?
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@dylans sheeeeit, no, the groups are locked. guess we got the Western Conference and Eastern Conference.
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Well I’m in the west lol
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@HawkInMizery congrats on the perfect bracket after day 1!
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@approxinfinity Looks like the East is locked now, but the West says:
Locking Rules: Unlocked - Brackets may leave/join group at any time
So maybe people can still join the Western Conference?
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@approxinfinity he’s had a good 2 weeks!
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@Crimsonorblue22 Yes i have!!! @approxinfinity thank you my friend. I still have two perfect brackets and a few less than perfect. I;ve never had a perfect bracket after a date. im sure im going to have my bracket burned in flames tomorrow
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Two of my brackets had not been assigned to a group. I just joined the West group and so far looking good.
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@tundrahok Ok I’ll unlock the East as well.
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@drgnslayr Thanks appreciated - but since mine got blown out of the water . The best bracket I got out of all my entries I have one that I am 15-1 - that’s in my CBS bracket challenge but even being 15-1 there my ranking is like 93871 ranked - -how crazy is that one loss and your ranked 93,000 lol. - -Got several withl a couple of 14-2 , and some 13-3 but it’s still fun. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Texas-Hawk-10 very similar to my own picks
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@jayballer54 Still perfect on CBS, but not ESPN. Hopefully our champion pulls the point total up!
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I have one perfect bracket left. That Michigan game made me sweat and this Arkansas game is too.
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Jesus said “the last shall be first and the first last” so I got that going for me.
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@dylans awesome, had to kind of laugh I am 15-1 in one bracket and my rank is like 9,378 - -JUMPIN - - -GEE - - HOSSA - -FATS lmao - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@wissox My gym teacher said, “And the last shall be last” when I puffed across the finish line once. Just sayin’…
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Perfect no more. SMU burned me
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@well done! Yeah, SMU burned me too. So did Okie state, so did Xavier
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@HawkInMizery Dah. flippin SMU.
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@Lulufulu They are the only ones who have burned me so far sitting pretty at 23-1 still in the 100th percentile.
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@HawkInMizery well done! Next year, I’ll pick my brackets with your advice
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@Lulufulu haaha i got lucky. I’ve never had a streak of 21 straight and had SMU not pooped the bed i would have been perfect up until the ksucks loss a few moments ago
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@HawkInMizery Yep, Kstate bit the dust…dammit
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@Lulufulu jerks!
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@Lulufulu did they play hard though?
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@Crimsonorblue22 idk, didn’t watch that game
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Well, barring an epic meltdown, it looks like we draw Sparty on Sunday. They are good but I think KU is better, faster, more athletic, more experienced. Lets go!
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How do the matchups work on Sunday vs MSU?
Does Jackson guard McQuaid? Do we go two bigs?
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No. We play our game. Make them guard 4 perimeter players.
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Tonight was probably the best game Michigan St. has played all year. There were only 2 categories where they had a significant advantage tonight and that was FG% and rebounding. 57% from the field and +13 on rebounds are the only categories where Sparty had a significant advantage so I think KU should be able to handle them. There’s a reason why Sparty lost 14 games this season and it’s because they’re a shell of their normal selves. If KU plays their normal game and MSU plays their normal game, KU will win. It would take a repeat of tonight’s performance for Sparty for them to win.
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Damm, did anyone hear that unbelievable BOOM? - - Well if you did, not to worry, it was just my brackets just bottoming out, crash landing like one of my worst nightmares - -OOOPS oh well it is what it is,. just like playing Russian Roulette, in one of my brackets I was 12-4 in the first 16, and ranked like are you ready? - -138548, roflmao, but finished up the round 25-7 jumped up from 138548 to 94,150- -hey got them on the run lol - - BUT on my other where I was 15-1 after the 1st 16 I finished the round at 27 -5 - - even with just one miss I was ranked 13,431 - -but NOW I am ranked 89,486. – NOW you al see why I do not bet lol. - -HEY the one that maters is still there OUR HAWKS. that’s all that really matters. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Out of the almost 14 million brackets on espn only a few hundred are still perfect. Looking at those brackets the popular picks to win it all are Gonzaga, Kentucky, Arizona, and Kansas. Duke, UCLA and even WVU got a little love, but those four are the favorites by the people with current perfect brackets.
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The Dark Side has joined the party.
I was a little late moving my bracket into the group. Today was the first time since last Sunday that I even looked at it.
Needless to say- pleasantly surprised at 98.6% - sorry @JRyman for knocking you off the top line!
Picked the Big 12 perfectly so far. Missed 3 teams with Maryland being the toughest hit since I had them going two more I think. Then SMU who I had going 1 more. But could really kick myself for not picking WI who I normally pull for now that they don’t play God-awful slowdown offense (sorry @wissox).
Will see from here. Rock Chalk.
