Knockout Game: NCAA Tournament Knockout Pool

[DrumNFeather]

I came really close to picking the Zags over Syrause today, because I really don't think much of Syracuse. But then I realized that I really don't know much about this year's Syracuse team, and that I really shouldn't put too much stock into a team blowing out Utah.

I don't have a feel for the ND-Wisconsin game at all.

I sure wish I'd followed this counsel.

[smokymountainrain]

For the games that don't feature the 1-seed, which way are people on here leaning today?

I say Notre Dame and the Zags, with more conviction in the latter because I'm not sure which Irish team shows up.

Saturday is going to be a killer. I feel pretty good about Oregon over Oklahoma, but I've used Oregon. The Villanova v Kansas game is a coin flip. Villanova hits from three, they probably win, if not, Kansas is too good and will take it.

[Clark Addison]

I sure wish I'd followed this counsel.

Ha. I admit that when I saw your pick, that was the first thing that came to my mind.

[Clark Addison]

Saturday is going to be a killer. I feel pretty good about Oregon over Oklahoma, but I've used Oregon. The Villanova v Kansas game is a coin flip.

I am hoping the 10 of you others all pick ND or Syracuse and I don't have to worry about Saturday.

[smokymountainrain]

I am hoping the 10 of you others all pick ND or Syracuse and I don't have to worry about Saturday.

I was thinking something similar.

[DrumNFeather]

Ha. I admit that when I saw your pick, that was the first thing that came to my mind.

For me it was a combo of Miami looking really good in the blowout win vs. Utah and Villanova historically bowing out in the tournament. I had no idea that Archigicocomo would not miss.

[Joe Public]

The Villanova v Kansas game is a coin flip.

Going into selection Sunday, I was hoping for this as a potential Final Four or championship match-up. It should be a good game.

[MartyFunkhouser]

So - not to climb back into the weeds...

But I'm curious now.

Fried chicken is a racism symbol because Black people eat fried chicken more frequently than non-Black people? (allegedly)

Does that mean that burritos, Navajo tacos, curry, and other ethnic foods are all symbols of racism as well?

No it isn't a symbol of racism because black people allegedly eat fried chicken than other other ethnic groups. It is racist because of its use in the historical depiction of blacks.
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswit...type-come-from

[old_gregg]

can we ban funk from shitting on every thread? maybe just ban him in general?

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Going into selection Sunday, I was hoping for this as a potential Final Four or championship match-up. It should be a good game.

At the start of the tourney, I thought the Final Four was going to be Oklahoma, Kansas, UNC and Michigan State with Kansas playing Michigan State for the championship. I didn't really know who I was going to pick between the two.

Oregon looked really good yesterday, so that OK v. OR game is going to be interesting. But that happens with Duke teams sometimes. Coach K sometimes has the athletes like he had last year and those late 90s-early 00s teams with Maggette, Brand, Battier, Williams etc, but then he has those teams that lacks athletes like this year and Oregon exposed them last night. I think Ingram is a really good player, however.

[Eddie]

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswit...type-come-from

No it isn't a symbol of racism because black people allegedly eat fried chicken than other other ethnic groups. It is racist because of its use in the historical depiction of blacks.
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswit...type-come-from

Gotcha. I knew about Fuzzy what's-his-butt's swipe at Tiger about fried chicken, watermelon, and collard greens (or whatever the hell they eat). I wasn't aware of the historical depictions.

I still think it's silly. The reality is that if you look hard enough and far enough, it's really easy to find something to be offended about. Time to just let it pass. Not worth the energy.

I was talking to a Black dude not too long ago. Somehow the subject got to food, and after discussing a few restaurants and favorite dishes he decided he was hungry. He told me he was going to go pick up some Chicken. I mentioned liking the sandwiches at Chick-fil-A. His response was "I'm Black. We don't eat that stuff. We like our chicken fried."

I don't see how taking offense at stuff like that helps. Some folks are naive. Others are downright rude. Some will be offended for a small thing. Other's won't be offended though the slight is much larger. And some folks who offend may not know to what degree they do so. It isn't worth the energy.

[creekster]

Gotcha. I knew about Fuzzy what's-his-butt's swipe at Tiger about fried chicken, watermelon, and collard greens (or whatever the hell they eat). I wasn't aware of the historical depictions.

I still think it's silly. The reality is that if you look hard enough and far enough, it's really easy to find something to be offended about. Time to just let it pass. Not worth the energy.

I was talking to a Black dude not too long ago. Somehow the subject got to food, and after discussing a few restaurants and favorite dishes he decided he was hungry. He told me he was going to go pick up some Chicken. I mentioned liking the sandwiches at Chick-fil-A. His response was "I'm Black. We don't eat that stuff. We like our chicken fried."

I don't see how taking offense at stuff like that helps. Some folks are naive. Others are downright rude. Some will be offended for a small thing. Other's won't be offended though the slight is much larger. And some folks who offend may not know to what degree they do so. It isn't worth the energy.

This was neither the point nor the basis for the earlier discussion. I agree with OG's implicit suggestion that we stick with bball in this thread.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This was neither the point nor the basis for the earlier discussion. I agree with OG's implicit suggestion that we stick with bball in this thread.

Good grief. Time for an update:

Oh my. Such irony. You are the king of digging in your heels.

BTW, I just went back through the last few pages of this thread. Since the Utah loss on Friday night, here are the post counts for this thread:

Funk commenting on the Utah game: 2
Funk calling old_gregg an asshole: 3
Funk whining about CJ's post on Jordan Loveridge: 12 13
Other posters responding to funk's whining about CJ's post: 38 48

[Donuthole]

Day 6 picks:

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If Iowa State and Syracuse both won tonight, there would be a 11-way tie. Also, while Syracuse is a pretty huge underdog, if you were actually calculating the probabilities of winning the knockout challenge at this point, I'd be curious to know if picking Syracuse tonight wouldn't have been a more statistically-sound choice by anyone who picked Gonzaga (since a Syracuse win would knock out 6 people). I wish we knew a statistical guy who could figure that out.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Day 6 picks:

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If Iowa State and Syracuse both won tonight, there would be a 11-way tie. Also, while Syracuse is a pretty huge underdog, if you were actually calculating the probabilities of winning the knockout challenge at this point, I'd be curious to know if picking Syracuse tonight wouldn't have been a more statistically-sound choice by anyone who picked Gonzaga (since a Syracuse win would knock out 6 people). I wish we knew a statistical guy who could figure that out.

What are you going to do if they both lose?