yes, ftw, I know there's a Tournament thread....but this is threadworthy bc it could turn into a good discussion


I gotta go with Radford though. not just because I hate UNC, but I saw RU's conference tourney game and they looked damn good. solid, huge big man too (though I'm sure Hansblo will get him fouled out by halftime)

3/17/2009 9:40:49 PM

should've used this hour for a countdown to the penn sate game thread.

3/17/2009 9:47:30 PM

that would be a waste, now wouldn't it?

3/17/2009 9:50:41 PM

gotta be prepared.

3/17/2009 9:52:00 PM

this is threadworthy considering a #16 has NEVER beaten a #1?

3/17/2009 9:52:30 PM

This is almost as good as your thread for the Iowa game that isn't being played

3/17/2009 9:53:37 PM

if lawson doesn't play, radford could definitely catch them off guard

3/17/2009 9:54:40 PM

NO PUN INTENDED

3/17/2009 9:55:53 PM

it'll eventually happen

why can't this be the year?

15 has already beaten 2

3/17/2009 9:56:14 PM

Meesta... you no call this thread "16 most likely to beat 1"... you call it "shithead"

3/17/2009 10:01:23 PM

http://www.cracked.com/article_17142_5-ways-common-sense-lies-you-everyday.html

This thread is #3.

3/17/2009 10:02:59 PM

Quote :

"this is threadworthy considering a #16 has NEVER beaten a #1?"

i dont have any upsets after round two, but streaks are meant to be broken

3/17/2009 10:35:00 PM

FWIW, it's not really an upset if a 9 beats a 8, or a 5 beats a 4

3/17/2009 10:40:19 PM

ou are correct. but you got to know that a 1 isnt playing a 2 and a 3 isnt playing a 4 in all the brackets. i threw my shit away last year after the first round and just watched the championship game.

[Edited on March 18, 2009 at 1:44 AM. Reason : lol]

3/18/2009 1:43:46 AM

Quote :

"but this is threadworthy "

not really

3/18/2009 8:15:31 AM

You really think the "equal number of bad calls/no-calls for both teams" scales wouldn't start to tip in UNCs favor should the game start getting close.

3/18/2009 9:05:56 AM

^ I dunno. The ACC refs won't be there to blow the whistle if he's breathed on wrong

3/18/2009 10:29:01 AM

Depends on whether the NCAA thinks they'll get more ratings from UNC or from the Cinderella team that will probably just lose in the next round anyway, thus removing that angle for any potential ratings boost from that point forward.

3/18/2009 10:36:55 AM

ETSU. Been to a few of their games this year including the conference championship. Granted they are playing what many people, including myself, believe to be the best team in the nation, they were playing really well at the end of the year. That being said, I give the odds at 100,000:1

[Edited on March 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM. Reason : .]

3/18/2009 10:38:45 PM

on the mike & mike show this morning seth davis of espn said that he thought, in his lifetime, that a 16 seed will beat a 1. part of me wants to agree with him but i'm not sure

3/19/2009 10:43:19 AM

it seems like one should there can't be that much separation between all the ones and twos and all the fifteens and sixteens, so if the fifteens can beat twos why wouldn't a sixteen eventually beat a one. I guess it may not be in my lifetime though.

heres hoping its today

[Edited on March 19, 2009 at 1:57 PM. Reason : GO HIGHLANDERS!]

3/19/2009 1:57:11 PM

well

guess its down to two chances

3/20/2009 1:40:05 AM

i think it will happen in my lifetime

the first one ever will inevitably happen whenever we get a 1-seed

nc state shit.

3/20/2009 7:36:11 AM

We could go undefeated, win every game by double digits, and have a top 10 RPI in the country, and they'd find a way to 2-seed us

3/20/2009 9:35:01 AM

... maybe?

3/20/2009 3:58:31 PM

i picked e tenn st.

3/20/2009 4:00:18 PM

26-23 Pitt vs E Tennesee St.... could be interesting

Closest team to ever get to beating a 1 seed @16.... E Tennesee St (vs Oklahoma, by 1pt)

3/20/2009 4:00:58 PM

it is written!

3/20/2009 4:03:31 PM

Well at least it was close. GG Bucs.

3/20/2009 5:18:35 PM

free throws

3/20/2009 5:20:58 PM

Morehead!

3/20/2009 7:46:43 PM