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RamblinRed

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How will Duke do today?
In 2012 #2 seed Duke lost to #15 seed Leheigh
In 2014 #3 seed Duke lost to #14 seed Mercer
Will 2016 be a bad even year for Duke?
 
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.

In just under 3 hours my bracket will start looking ugly... death, taxes, CuseJacket's 8/9 selections are wrong

I'm surprised only 7 out of 32 in our group picked Kansas. I almost picked someone else thinking most would go Rock Chalk.
  • 9 for UNC
  • 9 for Mich St.
  • 7 for Kansas
  • 5 for UVA
  • 1 Villanova - @DuckGT
  • 1 Xavier - @Youngjacket
 
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I think there is a good case to be made for UNC and Mich. State, but I was one of the KU people. I thought the bracket was very easy in the first round, with only a couple of games I worried about, but the rest of it has the potential for chaos. Of course, as I check the scores right now, Duke is down at the half to UNCW.
 
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Two teams I'll always hesitate to trust in the tourney are KU and Villanova.

ETA: Also, whoever picked Cal is probably pissed at Martin right now. Just announced their starting PG will miss the tourney with broken hand. Their leading scorer, btw.
 
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kg01 said:
Two teams I'll always hesitate to trust in the tourney are KU and Villanova.

ETA: Also, whoever picked Cal is probably pissed at Martin right now. Just announced their starting PG will miss the tourney with broken hand. Their leading scorer, btw.
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Saw it and forgot to update this bracket. At least I did it in my $ pools. Thanks for making my heart skip a beat though.
 
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CuseJacket said:
Saw it and forgot to update this bracket. At least I did it in my $ pools. Thanks for making my heart skip a beat though.
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Glad I was able to make your heart skip a beat, CJ. :love:

I picked Cal to get out of the 1st round, lose to MD so hopefully Brown and his mates can get it together ... but not too together.

ETA: Also, poor UNCW. If this gamecast I'm looking at is any indication, they've run into the patented 2nd half Duke foul attack whereby the refs assume any stern look in a Blue Devil player's direction warrants a whistle.
 
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I actually thought it was fairly officiated. The commentators, especially Len Elmore, were half-openly cheering for Wilmington. I could have gone tit-for-tat with them while they mostly highlighted slights toward the Seahawks.

Duke winning means another $100K toward GT's buyout fund athletics P&L :whistle:
 
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I actually thought it was fairly officiated. The commentators, especially Len Elmore, were half-openly cheering for Wilmington. I could have gone tit-for-tat with them while they mostly highlighted slights toward the Seahawks.

Duke winning means another $100K toward GT's buyout fund athletics P&L :whistle:
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That last blocking foul against unc-w (wilmington guy fouled out) was crap, imo. I thought it was a pretty classic charge and was glad that Elmore called it.
 
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AE 87 said:
That last blocking foul against unc-w (wilmington guy fouled out) was crap, imo. I thought it was a pretty classic charge and was glad that Elmore called it.
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And Marshall Plumlee's 5th foul was a Wilmington player pulling on his arm.

Like I said, I can go tit for tat. Chris Webber (I'm assuming that's who the 3rd guy was) was the only one to acknowledge it.
 
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