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Moving on to today, you may not know this by the TV coverage, but there's a really interesting story line building. I've been hearing a lot about this really good player named Zion. Apparently he can really slam dunk the basketball even though he's about 280 lbs. I hope CBS makes it a point to cover him today.
 

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Still in shock that NM State managed to miss 2 of 3 FTs and a wide open baseline 3 in the last 3 seconds. Auburn was cooked and somehow managed to win despite their desperate attempts to give the game away (foul a 3 point shooter, miss a rebound and knock it out of bounds, fail to cover a shooter on baseline OOB)
 
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MidtownJacket said:
I think we should get a group together next year for a survivor pool or some other variant. I would definitely be down.
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I'm down for that and the other alternatives mentioned in this thread.

I also like upset brackets i.e., points for picking the winning team + points for seed differential when there's an "upset". Ex: Murray State beating Marquette is worth 10 points (1 point for picking the winning team + 9 points for seed difference).
 
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mstranahan said:
Still in shock that NM State managed to miss 2 of 3 FTs and a wide open baseline 3 in the last 3 seconds. Auburn was cooked and somehow managed to win despite their desperate attempts to give the game away (foul a 3 point shooter, miss a rebound and knock it out of bounds, fail to cover a shooter on baseline OOB)
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And NM State was given 3 free throws because, down 1 with 3 seconds to go, their PG had an open lay-up and instead kicked it out for the 3-point attempt. This was also after NM State wasted 10 seconds on the other end before fouling.

Comedy of errors on both sides in the last minute.
 
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CuseJacket said:
Curious about the uglier/grittier comment. I thought the Baylor/Syracuse game was one of the most entertaining games of the day and looked more like a 4/5 match-up based on how they played yesterday. The teams combined to convert 2 shy of an NCAAT record for 3's made in a game. Only 31 fouls called the whole game (which included end of game situation) and not a lot of turnovers.
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I must have caught the bulk of the turnovers (mostly by Baylor) when I switched back and forth. They threw a bunch of passes that got deflected when I was watching.
 
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CuseJacket said:
Moving on to today, you may not know this by the TV coverage, but there's a really interesting story line building. I've been hearing a lot about this really good player named Zion. Apparently he can really slam dunk the basketball even though he's about 280 lbs. I hope CBS makes it a point to cover him today.
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Yeah I hear that Zion kid likes slam dunks that take him to the hoop and that his favorite play is the alley-oop.
 

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Everyone hang on until dinner. Around 6pm tonight we'll learn if a Pac-12 team can win a game. There are only 3 total. But hey, that's 50% better than last year, and 1 of the 3 had to win a play-in game to even earn the right to get to the first round, LOL. Man how far that conference has fallen. A 9 seed, 11, and 12 LOL. Sad.
 

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Doubt this holds up but gw 15 uva 8. I'd be so happy if the past repeated itself & uva loses to another 16.
 
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