<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Six hours ago, there were 4,728 perfect brackets on <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523TournamentChallenge">#TournamentChallenge</a>. Now? Zip. Zero. Nada. NONE.</p>— ESPN (@espn) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn/status/180824373039595521" data-datetime="2012-03-17T01:14:24+00:00">March 17, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 6.5 million brackets submitted
Thats not surprising. Like 2% of people had Duke or Mizzou going down, much less both. My bracket still looks solid long term all considered, all but 1 of my elite 8 is alive. And 14 of my 16.
Duke , Michigan and Memphis really screwed me for the sweet 16. Duke, I gave them the proverbial duke credit. Michigan, just going off standings. And Memphis , being a UA alumn homer but I thought their athleticism would win a couple games.
I was in the 4,728, riding high. Man, we went down hard. The #1 ESPN bracket lost on Mizzou, but had them losing to Florida next round and actually picked Lehigh to beat Duke. lucky b*stard.
Temple shot the ball 13 times in the first half of that USF-Temple game. 20 minutes, 13 shots.... I don't even know how that's possible.
that luke harangody clone almost blocked that but that was a pretty good shot. i have no idea who i picked in this game so i guess i'll just root for a buzzer beater.
a lane violation? are you f'ing serious? to decide a tournament game? i'll say it again, college refs get themselves into the game at times when a ref has no business being part of the game. no one cares if you make that call, let it go. and the fact it wasn't even a lane violation makes it 10 times worse. just like they'll call someone's 4th foul with 15 minutes to go 30 feet from the basket on a touch foul even after allowing all sorts of contact at other parts of the game. knowing what not to call is sometimes as important as knowing what to call in such a subjective sport as basketball. and college refs are so much worse about it than nba refs. we could have had an exciting end, but some ref got excited and screwed it all up. edit: having said all that, what's the actual rule? kellogg said you can't go before the release and it didn't look like he did. if it has to hit the rim then he did go early, although i still wouldn't call it. the way they let fouls go in the final few seconds in the tourney it's not like they can claim they always stick to the letter of the law or anything. edit edit: i had xavier winning, so i take it all back, great call.
Xavier comes back against Notre Dame. Fk yeah. Although a questionable call at the end, I'll take it.
