March Madness

[joncarlos]

Pitt is playing in the thing that they invite people who missed the NIT to. ugh.

[onejayhawk]

NIT for my boys

I picked Kentucky to win it all mainly to ensure marital bliss in my house

Wichita State, my hometown team, was NIT last year, and a #5 seed this year. Brutal draw though. Virginia Commonwealth in the first round is nice. That's a revenge game. VCU knocked them out in a cliffhanger last year.

Then Indiana
Then Kentucky
Then Duke/Baylor

J

[onejayhawk]

Show time.

Today:

Iowa State vs UConn
Gonzaga vs West Virginia

Plus lots more. Lots and lots more.

J

[Mithrandir]

If there was no such thing as the tournament polls how many people would care about the tournament?

[joncarlos]

If there was no such thing as the tournament polls how many people would care about the tournament?

Do you mean the bracket contests everyone does? Probably not nearly as many people.

I enjoy the sports aspect of it - I love having 4 or 5 games all going at once and constantly seeing some game coming down to the wire on TV. I miss the days when I could take off work and go to the bar for 8 hours and watch all the games with my friends.

[onejayhawk]

If there was no such thing as the tournament polls how many people would care about the tournament?

Only people with a pulse.

Do you mean the bracket contests everyone does? Probably not nearly as many people.

I enjoy the sports aspect of it - I love having 4 or 5 games all going at once and constantly seeing some game coming down to the wire on TV. I miss the days when I could take off work and go to the bar for 8 hours and watch all the games with my friends.

Ah, School Daze.

J

[Mithrandir]

Only people with a pulse.



Ah, School Daze.

J

Take away the contest pools and you have a very small crowd outside of those directly involved with their school giving a damn.

[onejayhawk]

March has already been maddening. I could not see any of the games I wanted to watch yesterday. Wichita State lost, but Baylor won. Jayhawks tonight, while we are out with some friends for Judith and Nancy's birthdays.

J

[dslaw]

Take away the contest pools and you have a very small crowd outside of those directly involved with their school giving a damn.

The tourney really started taking off in the '80s as they started televising on ESPN/CBS all day long. I don't think just those involved were watching or else it wouldn't be televised like that.

[onejayhawk]

The tourney really started taking off in the '80s as they started televising on ESPN/CBS all day long. I don't think just those involved were watching or else it wouldn't be televised like that.

The Bird/Magic duel in 1980 was also key. Huge TV audience, which carried over. In contrast, the long litany of UCLA Championship runs was, not dull, but less exciting. Of course I was watching even then.

J

[dslaw]

Down goes Missouri!!! 5th win ever by a 15 seed.

[revo]

Down goes Missouri!!! 5th win ever by a 15 seed.

and there goes my bracket's Champion.

[hacko]

Down goes Missouri!!! 5th win ever by a 15 seed.

And some where in China a billion people are praying for Tmac soul:beavis:

[Pauly]

wow Duke and Michigan on the brink...

[Pauly]

Michigan down.....duke- could two 15 seeds win on the same day? crazy