March Madness picks thread
 

G/L one and all.

William & Mary +9
55/50

Shouts to Pants for letting me blatantly swagger jack his posting style.

Fairfield +9
110/100

+50
1-0

If Schneider had come to play like Sumner did, W&M would be dancing.

Nice call!!! I have been watching them all year. Did you bet Wofford? App st looked tough yesterday.

Nah W&M was my only bet for the night and I got a little lucky to get the cover. They missed a lot of open threes, Schneider especially. It makes more sense to wait for a team like Wofford in the tourney and bet them on the money line IMO. Almost took SMC to win tonight but they gotta prove they can beat Gonzaga before I put any money on them.

Easy money
+100

I hope somebody bet on Nebraska.
How Mizzou has given up 39 points in one half to that team I'll never know. The Tigers better show up in the 2nd half.

Notre Dame -2 1/2
55/50

Weber St -4.5 110/100

how do you have a 3pt-line in D1 basketball and have a 59-49 game? :zz:

40-minute game and 35-second shot clock?

Louisville -6
55/50

Iowa St +9
33/30

+100
2-0

Iowa State +8 1/2
55/50

I was gonna play Montana until I realized it was at Weber instead of on a neutral court. Can't think of anything more difficult in college hoops than winning a conference tourney final on the road in a one-bid league.

Like Robert Morris just did. Quinnipiac was 15-0 at home this year.

I cant believe I made it through that game without falling asleep or throwing up. I know these are 16 seeds but those teams stink. Plus I thought Quinnipiac was a team from Canada.

It was ugly, but the ND was keeping Seton Hall at bay and once I realized Quinnipiac was undefeated at home this year, the second half became compelling to me.

I loved Quin's late game offensive strategy of shooting off balance 20 footers with no one in position to rebound. I know they never make the call but it looked like the Q guard got nailed on the half court shot at the buzzer.

Neither of the Big Sky teams have any shot at winning a game in the tourney, either. And Weber could be as high as a 13 seed.

You should have... what a brutal meltdown by Weber. They were up 15 with 10 to play!

0-1 -110

Eff, sorry Phil, I figured you were safe up 20 at half. Anthony Johnson just took over that game. He outscored Weber 34-25 in the 2nd half by himself.

I talked to my bro today about the Louisville game. We pretty much agreed that Louisville has been horribly inconsistent all season and the line indicated they were vulnerable. He took the points for two bills. Me? Not a damn cent.

The problem for me was Cincinnati's inability to beat anyone above them in the standings. They had no quality wins in conference. Not a one. But they got it done today. They've got the athleticism to get to the final but don't shoot the ball well enough. Lance would be unstoppable if he settled down a little bit and worked harder at getting in shape. But yeah, Louisville lost to Western Carolina, Charlotte, St. John's by 19 and Marquette by 21 but beat Syracuse twice and Syracuse takes nights off. I wouldn't be too keen on Louisville's tournament chances.

+75


Louisville should be a lot better than they are. It is like they have 8 guys with a basketball IQ of 17

ACC tourney starts today. Thankfully the olympics are over, or I'd probably be watching Curling instead. Conference is beyond pitiful this year and I just don't see any team making to the sweet 16 this year.

fsu son

ftfy

whats up ..fsu is gonna kill md fri nite..

your just a happy cuz di niro is gonna play king cheeze head in a movie

http://www.newsinfilm.com/2010/03/10...idnight-run-2/

more like, players in the game today CAN"T shoot! 3-pointers have ruined the game. JMO.

+150
3-0

Boston College -5
110/100

I dont think that is true. The main reason is that there is a breakdown in the traditional high school/college development years. AAU is a complete cluster **** which has not only further corrupted the recruiting process but lessened the importance of high school coaches. Many of the AAU coaches are strictly hustlers who are looking to make a buck off the players by packaging them to a school or riding their coattails. The residual issue is that the recruiting process that AAU teams use starts early and many of these kids become deluded into thinking that they are better than they already are and they dont work on things that will make them better team players.

That and the fact that the NBA allows players in after 1 year after years of having no age restriction has thinned out the talent at the higher levels. You see the list of guys every year that declare for the draft that either dont get drafted or wind up in the D league or overseas because they thought they were much better players than they really are. Those players would be polished players if they stayed the 4 years. But very few of the better teams have seniors or even many juniors as key players which leads to mistakes via inexperience or the fact that these guys in many examples have just been so much more talented than the competition that they never really learned how to play.

South Carolina +2
110/100 L
-35

Wake Forest -3.5 L
110/100

-145

Stanford +250 ml W

+115

Remind me again why Al Skinner still has a job?

+40
3-1

He is a sharp dresser

Wake Forest -3 1/2
110/100

He won the danny glover look alike contest?

Nova -5

for 50

Darrin Horn went into a coma for about 10 minutes. they basically tried to run out the clock up 15 with 12 minutes to go. Then as bama chipped away they didnt force the action and kept using up 30 seconds a possession but getting terrible shots. Terrible job

Nice first half effort by Wake. Aminu is so overrated it's ridiculous.