March Madness

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Round 2 GO:
Miami (FL) (8) > South Carolina (1). Hurricanes, blow those 'Cocks .
What could be worse than a 49 by an elite MM team? O Really's Miami's 33.
Iowa St. (3) > Georgia (6). Sweet.
Iowa (2) > Creighton (10). Yep.
Stanford (1) > Kansas (8). Stomped 'em!
Maryland (4) > Fla Gulf Coast (12). Of course. Terps rule, 89-65.
Texas (2) > Utah (7). Nice.
South Dakota (10) > Baylor (2). God willing.
God has spoken, twice. 61-47

6 for 7 today, including 1 upset. I'll take it.

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Round 2 GO:
N. Carolina (5) > Arizona (4). An upset STOMP! UNC is rolling through both MMs.
Tennessee (4) > Belmont (12). , barely.
Villanova (11) > Michigan (3). Yeah, right. Ugh .
N.C. State (1) > Kansas St. (9). STOMPED them, 89-57.
Notre Dame (5) > Oklahoma (4). 60-25 ND at the half . NBA vs high school.
Edit: 108-64.
Princeton (11) > Indiana (3). Yeah, right. Awww, so close.

4-2, including 2 upsets .

Upset, but I didn't have a preference:
Ohio St (6) 79, LSU (3) 64

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The women's seeders are better, only 4 outliers and 2 of them are 5s.

Round 3, GO:
N. Carolina (5) > South Carolina (1), of course.
Iowa St. (3) > Creighton (10)
Maryland (4) > Stanford (1). Go Terps!
Texas (2) > Ohio St. (6)
Louisville (1) > Tennessee (4)
N.C. State (1) > Notre Dame (5)
Connecticut (2) > Indiana (3)

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Round 3, GO:
N. Carolina (5) > South Carolina (1), of course. Crap, UNC had a shot.
Iowa St. (3) > Creighton (10) Ugh.
Maryland (4) > Stanford (1). Go Terps! Ugh.
Texas (2) > Ohio St. (6) Whew, almost choked.

1-3.

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The women's seeders are better, only 4 outliers and 2 of them are 5s.

Round 3, GO:
Louisville (1) > Tennessee (4) Stomped 'em.
N.C. State (1) > Notre Dame (5) Yes, 66-63!
5' 4" Sr G Raina Perez is the heroine at the end - steal, 2/3 court dribble and a layup to take the lead, defensive rebound and 2 foul shots to ice it. N.C. State to the Elite 8 for only the 2nd time ever, last in 1998.
Connecticut (2) > Indiana (3) Stomped 'em.
16 Elite 8s in a row. Nice, but now go NC State!

3-0 Yippie.
Also, Michigan (3) barely beat South Dakota (10).

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Elite 8
Texas (2) vs Stanford (1). Go basketball.

GO:
Creighton (10) > South Carolina (1). Cinderella.
N.C. State (1) > Connecticut (2). All the way!
Louisville (1) > Michigan (3).

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Elite 8
Texas (2) vs Stanford (1). Go basketball. Stanford.

GO:
Creighton (10) > South Carolina (1). Cinderella. Crap, stomped em'.
N.C. State (1) > Connecticut (2). All the way!
Louisville (1) > Michigan (3).

Could end up with four #1s, rare I'd guess.

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Elite 8
Texas (2) vs Stanford (1). Go basketball. Stanford.

GO:
Creighton (10) > South Carolina (1). Cinderella. Crap, stomped em'.
N.C. State (1) > Connecticut (2). All the way! Crap, but it took 2OT!
14 straight Final 4s!
Louisville (1) > Michigan (3). Yippee!

Could end up with four #1s, rare I'd guess.

Or not.

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Elite 8
Texas (2) vs Stanford (1). Go basketball. Stanford.

GO:
Creighton (10) > South Carolina (1). Cinderella. Crap, stomped em'.
N.C. State (1) > Connecticut (2). All the way! Crap, but it took 2OT!
14 straight Final 4s!
Louisville (1) > Michigan (3). Yippee!

Could end up with four #1s, rare I'd guess.

Or not.

Three #1s and a #2 says something for the seeders.

Final 4, GO:
Stanford (1) > Connecticut (2)
Louisville (1) > South Carolina (1)

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Champ preference, descending order:

Stanford (1)
Louisville (1)
Connecticut (2)
South Carolina (1)

Ordering them by increasing numbers of letters is purely accidental.

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Three #1s and a #2 says something for the seeders.

Final 4, GO:
Stanford (1) > Connecticut (2) Crap. Close though.
Louisville (1) > South Carolina (1) Crap.

Champ preference, descending order:

Stanford (1)
Louisville (1)
Connecticut (2)
South Carolina (1)

Ordering them by increasing numbers of letters is purely accidental.

Go Connecticut (2) > South Carolina (1) on Sunday.

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Go Connecticut (2) > South Carolina (1) on Sunday.

I try to be tolerant, but a bunch of 'Cocks playing for the Women's Championship is going too far. Call me a traditionalist, but the winning women should be dogs.

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UConn broke its recent semifinal jinx this year, but it had never been beaten in the final before. Amazing.

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Don't be mad, be happy.

Besides, it's already April.

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(signature: obsessed butthurt )

Awww. , Useless. So much for "Ignored". You fail again. Plus, Useless, you've been busted too many times for anyone to believe you're not reading my posts, anyhow. It's just your excuse for cowering. Awww.

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May not last, but:

Halftime
8 Loyola Chicago 33
1 Illinois 24
Illinois has never led and the last tie was 2-2.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... =401310888

Damn.

Go Sister Jean.

Loyola won this 2021 MM 2nd round game , then lost to 12 Oregon State in the Sweet 16.
In 2022 10 Loyola lost to 7 Ohio State in the 1st Round.

Sister Jean turned 103 yesterday! Her mind still seems sharp and she attributes her longevity to good food, "hopefully" good prayer and hanging out with youth.

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Idle thought - Do booths selling jerseys and other gear inside basketball tournament venues get renamed 'Merch Madness'?

Aha, still might be happening in the tourney, but I'm not original: Link

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Idle thought - Do booths selling jerseys and other gear inside basketball tournament venues get renamed 'Merch Madness'?

Aha, still might be happening in the tourney, but I'm not original: Link

Can you say, "$".