Does anyone here get in the office NCAA basketball pools?
Who is your pick?
I'm going to fill out my bracket at work today...don't really follow the game too close but it will give me something to follow for a few weeks.
Maybe I'll go with Villanova.
Levi

 

Not only do I get in the pool, I run it like I have been doing for the past 20 years or so. Even though I'm now retired, I have the pool set up on-line and get over 50 players each year. I don't follow pro sports at all, but having attended N.C. State and being from North Carolina where ACC basketball is king, I have always loved college basketball and to some extent, football. I think it's one of those things that if you don't understand, it can't be explained!

I have gone out on a limb and picked Duke to go all the way.

 

I sort of lost interest when Mississippi State lost to Kentucky with .1 seconds to go in the SEC final. Now they're in the NIT.

 

That was still a great game, though I believe the last second shot sent the game into overtime where they lost.

 

Very true. But State only has seven real players. The point guard has no backup. The team is a shadow of itself without Vernardo on the court. So when it went to overtime, I figured it was over as the MSU guys were absolutely spent. And their strongest senior leader and best 3 point shooter fowled out on the play that set up the regulation time finish. I was surprised they put up as much of a fight in OT as they did...but the fatigue showed in their shooting from the floor and the charity stripe.

And by the way, turns out Ky got away with a lane violation on that intentionally missed free-throw. Had it been called MSU could have inbounded the length of the court and that would have run off those 4 seconds.

 

Wow, they almost didn't get past the first round!

 

I'm sure that Jerry (paS2K) is oblivious to the fact that his alma-mater beat Temple today in the first round, but congrats, never-the-less! It was a very good game.

 

Cornell is pretty good this year, too bad their bench wasn't a little stronger.

 

Kansas for the men and Texas A&M on the womens side. I feel that UConn is ripe for an upset.

 

Don't be too sure! Northern Iowa is showing them a good game at the moment: Northern Iowa-49 Kansas-39 with 10 minutes left!

EDIT: Final: Northern Iowa 69 Kansas 67! Quite an upset~