2010 Net54 NCAA Tournament bracket contest

[Scott T]

I am not anti-Duke, nor have I understood the hatred of the Blue Devils (not on this board per se, but in general), but I will be rooting for Butler because as a native Hoosier, it is my duty.

That being said...

Duke 73
Butler 58

I am also dreading the pre-game and the inevitable "David vs. Goliath" and "Hoosier II" comments from the announcers.

[martin neal]

Scott,

You have to grow up in North Carolina. In my neighborhood, the pickup games were always between groups of kids who had an affinity with either Wake Forest, N. C. State, Duke or Carolina. I remember the heated rivalry between Frank McGuire (later Dean Smith) and Vic Bubas. My best friends were Duke and Wake Forest fans. Of course, I don't really hate Duke, I have just gotten used to saying that for 50 years.

Edited to add I do despise that weasel headed coach of theirs.

Just kidding

[rc4157]

I'm just happy to still be on the first page of the rankings for Net54. Unfortunately there are over 1.6 million brackets ahead of me overall, but who's counting?

It's been a great tournament though, Go Butler!

RC

[tbob]

This is looking like the last year of the 64 team tourney so I hope everyone enjoyed it. With the 96 team tourney next year there will be 32 teams getting a bye and at least 32 teams which don't deserve a bid. Why not just let everybody in as long as you are going to take 6-12 Big East teams next year?
I do like the idea of rewarding regular season conference champs with an automatic bid as well as the tournament champs if you are opening it up to 96 teams. I also like the elimination of the "play-in" game.

[JP]

Incredible game, almost a storybook finish.

Congrats, stonegrasmere!

[Rob D.]

Congrats to stonegrasmere (W. Stone), the winner of the 2010 Net54 NCAA Tournament pool with 1,240 points.

theskyisblue23 (m. neal) finished second with 1,160 points.

LA.Lakers. (J. Garner) and Scott T (S. Opottamus) tied for third place with 1,020 points.

For purposes of the awarding of prizes, which can be seen on the first post of this thread, LA.Lakers. (J. Garner) takes third place. A fourth card will be added to the prize pool later today when I get home, and I'll be in contact with the four winners. W. Stone will have his choice of the four cards, m. neal will pick next, then J. Garner, with S. Opottamus getting the card that's remaining. W. Stone also will receive the traveling Hal Chase trophy card to hold for one year. Rhett Yeakley, last year's winner and current holder of the card, will be in touch with the winner.

Click here for final standings of the pool.

[calvindog]

Has anyone seen Brian W around?