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60% of the time, Northern Iowa wins every time. MMOD!








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(11) Whiny McLoserFace
@ (3) New Mexico Lobos

Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, 2:50 PM PDT
NCAA Tournament - East Region - Second Round - HP Pavilion - San Jose, CA

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EDIT NUSS: I'm going to add the last two games of the night here, too.

Here we go. KANSAS STATE GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO.





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NCAA TOURNAMENT OPEN THREAD: Day 3, Session 1

Finally, Saturday has arrived, and we get what we all want: more Murray (State):


Next Game

(10) St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels
@ (2) Villanova Wildcats

Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, 10:05 AM PDT
NCAA Tournament - South Region - Second Round - Dunkin Donuts Center - Providence, RI

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Kenpom says: Nova 82-79


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(13) Murray St. Racers
@ (5) Butler Bulldogs

Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, 12:20 PM PDT
NCAA Tournament - West Region - Second Round - HP Pavilion - San Jose, CA

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Kenpom says: Butler 66-61


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(14) Ohio Bobcats
@ (6) Tennessee Volunteers

Saturday, Mar 20, 2010, 12:35 PM PDT
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Kenpom says: Tenn 74-67

Who likes double-digit seeds?

On the surface it looks like we may not get any close games out of the morning/early afternoon games. But if you check the kenpom projections, things are closer than they seem. The only one that really should be a comfortable win is Tennessee over Ohio; but then again we all thought Georgetown was going to wipe the floor with the green and white. The fun thing is there's a very realistic chance one or two of these low seeds makes it to the Sweet Sixteen. My money would be on Saint Mary's, if I had to choose one.

This morning is really just to get you primed and ready to go for the Huskies cakewalk to the Sweet Sixteen this evening. Wooo! Gooooo Dawgs!*

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BRACKET CHALLENGE: Round 1 Standings

I won't dive too much into analysis here, since there's still so much basketball to be played. But I will point out a few things before posting the top 10:

  • So far, we authors don't look stupid. Craig is in that big tie for sixth, while Grady and I are just behind in a tie for 15th.
  • How are we in a tie for 15th when the site says it's a tie for 16th? Because WSUScottie didn't adhere to the one bracket per person rule. I'm only going to count his first bracket.
  • Defending champ Pman is showing that perhaps bracket skill is not repeatable, hanging out in a tie for 58th.

Here are the top 10 (and ties). PPR is potential points.

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1 Bucherbp, B. Bucher 280 Kansas 1520 280 100
2 WSUScottie 1, S. Moore 270 Duke 1440 270 99.8
2 Roy Weaver Stuckey, c. singh 270 Kansas 1600 270 99.8
4 couginthepink, D. Rogers 260 Kansas 1560 260 99.1
4 coug2828, S. Heineman 260 Kansas 1540 260 99.1
6 hitking69 1, M. Bylsma 250 Kansas 1500 250 96.6
6 ConnorOSU, C. Pelton 250 Kentucky 1540 250 96.6
6 Cougar999, J. Hodge 250 Kentucky 1540 250 96.6
6 spencer peaty, S. Peaty 250 Duke 1540 250 96.6
6 02Coug, J. Norris 250 Kansas 1560 250 96.6
6 Dancing Football, C. Powers 250 Kansas 1560 250 96.6
6 jj_fekl, E. Owers 250 Kentucky 1580 250 96.6
6 dflynnwsu, D. Flynn 250 Kansas 1580 250 96.6
6 SoCalCoug, J. Malstrom 250 Kentucky 1540 250 96.6

Full standings after the jump.

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NCAA Tourney Day Three Preview

EDIT NUSS: Seriously, I think Grady, Craig and I are wondering if we're ever going to have to write anything again, you guys are doing such a good job. Sheesh. Way to go.

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Welcome to the second round!  I don't have much to say, other than there will be 8 games on Saturday.  After the jump comes the matchups, sites, times, and to appease cougfan, the announcer pairings.  Also, what games we will see on the west coast.  We all know who Nuss will be watching.  In the CougCenter bracket challenge, BucherBP comes into the day with the outright lead, 10 points ahead of second.

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NCAA Day Two Recap

First things first: go here and read about the SBN survey.  Then take the 10 minutes or less to do the survey.  It's for a good cause.

If you missed out on today's "action", you should be proud of yourself.  The weather was nice and the tournament was the complete opposite of yesterday.

After the jump, you'll get a bullet point rundown of the day.  Don't expect much analysis this time, because it really wasn't needed today.  Instead, you'll find some fun observations from the day that kept me entertained.

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SB Nation Survey + Chance to donate $500 to a charity of this community's choice

EDIT NUSS: Take or don't take. Up to you. But it'd be cool to give $500 to the rebuild effort in Haiti or something ...

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By next Thursday (3/25) at 11:59pm PST the site that has the highest percentage of their community filling out the attached survey about their sports interests and consumption will win $500 to donate to a charity of their choice. We will leave it up to the discretion of the community manager(s) of the winning blog to decide how to choose the particular charity.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT OPEN THREAD: Day 2, Session 4

Too much.... TV.... Internet....

Session 4

(16) Vermont vs. (1) Syracuse
(9) Louisville vs. (8) California
(13) Houston vs. (4) Maryland

Pac-10, represent!

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NCAA TOURNAMENT OPEN THREAD: Day 2, Session 3

Cornell wins the morning. Who will come up big in the evening?

Cornell wins the morning. Who will come up big in the evening?

I'm going to take up a little less space this time.

Right Now

(12) Utah State vs. (5) Texas A&M

Session 3

(9) Florida State vs. (8) Gonzaga

(10) Georgia Tech vs. (7) Oklahoma State

(16) Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. (1) Duke

(12) New Mexico State vs. (5) Michigan State

Enjoy.

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