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First round games of FCS teams in the Dance:
Tuesday
Alabama State (First Four, Dayton) vs. UTSA (For #16, winner will face Ohio State on Friday)

Thursday
8 Butler vs. 9 Old Dominion (Washington, D.C.)
13 Princeton vs. 4 Kentucky (Tampa, FL)
14 Bucknell vs. 3 UConn (Washington, D.C.)
13 Morehead State vs. 4 Louisville (Denver)
14 Wofford vs. 3 BYU (Denver)
12 Richmond vs 5 Vanderbilt (Denver)
15 Northern Colorado vs. 2 San Diego State (Tucson)

Friday
14 Indiana State vs. 3 Syracuse (Cleveland)
16 Hampton vs. 1 Duke (Charlotte)
6 Georgetown vs Winner of USC/VCU (Chicago)
9 Villanova vs 8 George Mason (Cleveland)

there are other first four games on Tuesday and Wednesday...

i think that ODU/Butler game may be the best first round game.

upset calls
VCU beats USC and then Georgetown
Richmond over Vandy

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:i think that ODU/Butler game may be the best first round game.

It should be a good one!



GO DAWGS!

other upsets i'm calling

oakland over texas
gonzaga over st. johns
belmont over wisconsin
utah st over k-state
richmond over vandy

Around here people sure are pissed that CU didn't get in, and I can't really blame them. Buffs had a strong season, swept Kansas State, beat Texas, Mizzou.

And you let a team like UAB in over them

DuckDuckGriz wrote:Around here people sure are pissed that CU didn't get in, and I can't really blame them. Buffs had a strong season, swept Kansas State, beat Texas, Mizzou.

And you let a team like UAB in over them

people can be pissed if they'd like - but fact is... if this was the old 64-bid tournament... they wouldn't have been near it.

(my bet is next year we'll see all 4 "first four" games feature 16 seeds)

DuckDuckGriz wrote:Around here people sure are pissed that CU didn't get in, and I can't really blame them. Buffs had a strong season, swept Kansas State, beat Texas, Mizzou.

And you let a team like UAB in over them

I don't see how a team can be too upset if they lost 13 times

The first first half is now in the books. UALR leads over UNC Asheville, 37-33.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

DuckDuckGriz wrote:Around here people sure are pissed that CU didn't get in, and I can't really blame them. Buffs had a strong season, swept Kansas State, beat Texas, Mizzou.

And you let a team like UAB in over them

people can be pissed if they'd like - but fact is... if this was the old 64-bid tournament... they wouldn't have been near it.

(my bet is next year we'll see all 4 "first four" games feature 16 seeds)

Hopefully not - that would just push more mid majors down the seeding bracket. This is the perfect compromise - 3 more at large teams, but they have a play in game. They can't complain, because in the old scenario, they would not even be IN the tourney.

dbackjon wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
people can be pissed if they'd like - but fact is... if this was the old 64-bid tournament... they wouldn't have been near it.

(my bet is next year we'll see all 4 "first four" games feature 16 seeds)

Hopefully not - that would just push more mid majors down the seeding bracket. This is the perfect compromise - 3 more at large teams, but they have a play in game. They can't complain, because in the old scenario, they would not even be IN the tourney.

yeah - but when USC/VCU beats Georgetown, and all the pundits go on and on about how unfair it is that they had "momentum" heading in to the game...

(btw - has anyone noticed that ESPN is being incredibly bitchy about the tournament? something tells me losing out on the broadcast rights really got their knickers in a twist)

The field of 64 is finally set! First game at 12 nn EDT.

I have a question by the way: Last year and in years past, international fans were allowed to watch MMOD. This year, I'm rather on whether we can still watch MMOD internationally. Does any foreign-based CS'ers (like me) have tried watching MMOD successfully, or has Turner blocked access internationally?

Butler and ODU playing in what has been a great game thusfar...

Clemson blew a ten point lead and now trails by eight to WVU

well i lose an elite 8 team in the second game of the damn day...

butler at the buzzer in a great one 60-58

Goodbye ODU. Now we don't have to listen to their fans anymore!

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:well i lose an elite 8 team in the second game of the damn day...

butler at the buzzer in a great one 60-58

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:well i lose an elite 8 team in the second game of the damn day...

butler at the buzzer in a great one 60-58

Picking 8-9 teams to do anything is such folly. I forced myself to stop doing it long ago. Right off the bat you're looking at 50/50 for getting even a single point and the odds only drop from there

Silenoz wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:well i lose an elite 8 team in the second game of the damn day...

butler at the buzzer in a great one 60-58

Picking 8-9 teams to do anything is such folly. I forced myself to stop doing it long ago. Right off the bat you're looking at 50/50 for getting even a single point and the odds only drop from there

i get all of that - but i was playing odds of a couple things

- the ODU team I saw in the CAA tournament and regular season should have beaten Butler (they didn't show up)
- Pitt will choke. early. I still think Butler gets them next round.
- I committed to busting the shit out of the southwest regional anyway... and was left with no obvious choice for the elite 8...

Louisville is having a nightmare of a time with Faried and Morehead St...

every time i think the ville is about to stand on their throat, they let them up... not seeing a killer instinct in them (which is exactly what they showed in the Big East Tournament)

wow... morehead hits a dagger three with 4 left

louisville gets blocked at the buzzer... upset city.

We all get Morehead on Saturday!

Hard to believe UNI beat Morehead St by 20+ earlier this year.

So far every game has been great, nice to be sitting at home taking it all in.

FargoBison wrote:So far every game has been great, nice to be sitting at home taking it all in.

Temple and Penn St coming down to last shot...

and temple gets the job done

princeton can't get the final shot off and kentucky survives - 59-57 over Princeton... wow.