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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2002 11:02 am
by Bloodstalker
I would just like to submit that my beloved Kentucky Wildcats are kicking ass..............
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2002 11:03 am
by Nippy
Originally posted by T'lainya
Nippy, how they pick teams is a mystery to everyone but the selection committee
Seriously, the top schools in the country are split into various leagues depending on geographic location, school population etc.
Most of these leagues have a championship tournament. Those winners are automatically sent to the playoffs. Other schools are picked by various criteria; strength of schedule, wins and quality of play. The selection committee then takes the 64 chosen teams and seeds them according to some arcane formula and places them in one of 4 regions. Each region plays off in single game elimination until they have the"final 4"
I hope that helped
So basically they just match teams on strength and let them duke it out? Seems pretty fair to me...
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2002 11:05 am
by T'lainya
Lucky you BS
My 'Cats are squeaking by
Nippy it seems that way but there's always teams that should have made it in and some that people can't figure out
Oh well I guess it gives everyone something to talk about
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 12:57 pm
by Gwalchmai
I have it on good authority that the AZ Wildcats will *probably* beat OK tomorrow.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 1:39 pm
by Ned Flanders
betting on experience vs. talent Crosby...uh, I mean Gwally?
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:30 pm
by Gwalchmai
Alas, I missed out on the office pool, so no betting for me!
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:32 pm
by Ned Flanders
It was just an expression. Why do think Arizona's experience will be out the athletics of Okie?
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:36 pm
by T'lainya
The Zona team isn't all that experienced. We lost too many people. Olson is a very experienced coach for guiding teams into the playoffs and he'll do his best to have them ready. gardner and Walton are the only two upperclassmen with significant playoff time.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:47 pm
by Gwalchmai
Our office manager is an avid fan. I don't pay any attention to the Wildcats, except when talking about them makes her happy. She is going to make us all wear red tomorrow. We will, too, because we're all scared of her.....
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:49 pm
by T'lainya
LOL Gwally, it becomes similar to a religion here
Even my stuffy hospital allows Wildcat gear
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:51 pm
by Gwalchmai
Update: she says that AZ and OK are evenly matched except for the revenge factor: OK beat AZ last time around. Therefore AZ will 'bear down'!
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:53 pm
by T'lainya
They are pretty even, Az needs to play a good game, none of this standing around the first half
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:57 pm
by Ned Flanders
By experience, I did mean Lute specifically. No matter how first and second exits he makes, he always gets back the next year. smilie; forgot to put it in before moving on. Let the record show my good natured sarcasm and jostling (boy, I wished I just remembered the damn smilie)
Note: i brought a shield with me
Note: Props to Lute for lots of success in recent years. A title four years ago and a championship appearance last year or two years ago. How soon we forget.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:57 pm
by Gwalchmai
Our office manager is never wrong. If she is, we don't point it out. We've lost more people that way....
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 6:02 pm
by T'lainya
Originally posted by Ned Flanders
By experience, I did mean Lute specifically. No matter how first and second exits he makes, he always gets back the next year. smilie; forgot to put it in before moving on. Let the record show my good natured sarcasm and jostling (boy, I wished I just remembered the damn smilie)
Note: i brought a shield with me
Note: Props to Lute for lots of success in recent years. A title four years ago and a championship appearance last year or two years ago. How soon we forget.
I took it as a friendly discussion Ned
I was just unclear as to who you meant by experience since our players aren't
And a style that's fairly low key
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 6:19 pm
by Ned Flanders
T,
your new avatar is way better than Taz, but not as good as the pink panther. variety is good though. I'm kinda locked down on the avatar thing so I change me sig. often.
No worries on the AZ discussion, I wasn't very clear. It should be a good game. I will watch it unbiased even though I picked OK on my sheet. I never let the office pool dictate my passion for watching the NCAA march madness tourney. The only sporting events better are the olympics and the world cup.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 6:27 pm
by T'lainya
Ned, Thanks about the avatar
I was going to have a frowning Daphne, but I already snarled as Taz
(not at you )
The tournament is always great
Seeing the experts overthrown and hard work paying off for these guys is great
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 6:30 pm
by Ned Flanders
@T
agreed. gotta go.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 6:31 pm
by T'lainya
See ya Ned
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2002 9:08 pm
by T'lainya
At least Duke got beat too!
Another tournament another early exit
Oh well, my 'cats did better than I expected, and better than all the experts predictions.