# 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Pool
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 12, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001 "2017-03-12T15:03:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/1 "2017-03-12T15:03:33Z")
Hey Doper basketball fans, it’s tournament time once again!
As I have for the last several years, I will be hosting a tournament pool on [ESPN.com](http://ESPN.com). Here is the link to this year’s tournament pool web page:
[http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2017/en/bracket](http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2017/en/bracket)
Group Name: **SDMB Bracketeers**
Password: **cecil123**
Up to 3 entries per player allowed.
Brackets to be announced later this afternoon.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/2 "2017-03-13T00:23:59Z")
Thanks Shoeless. I have little [Winthrop](http://www.winthrop.edu/) going all…The…WAY!
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/3 "2017-03-14T11:58:17Z")
Bumping… Get your picks in before the start of Thursday’s first game!
Is it just me, or is this year’s bracket harder to pick than usual?
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### Author:  [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/4 "2017-03-14T16:58:43Z")
> [@Shoeless](#):
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> Bumping… Get your picks in before the start of Thursday’s first game!
> Is it just me, or is this year’s bracket harder to pick than usual?
The brackets looks well balanced. Expect upsets.
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/5 "2017-03-14T19:28:54Z")
I entered my picks. Go Gators!
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### Author:  [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/6 "2017-03-15T22:13:28Z")
Baylor Bears. Sorry Winthrop Eagles.
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### Author:  [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/7 "2017-03-15T23:56:42Z")
I’ll throw mine in, even though I’m pretty sure it won’t do well (as an alum had to pick UCLA all the way, don’t think they’ll get past the Steve 16)
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### Author:  [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/8 "2017-03-16T00:45:13Z")
Pigs Fly! UC Davis Aggies beat NC Central, 67 - 63!
Next up, Kansas. Yessssssssssss!
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/9 "2017-03-16T00:55:18Z")
I’m “ThatBuckyGuy”. Always fun to see how bad I can do.
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### Author:  [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/10 "2017-03-16T00:57:58Z")
i’m in! go zags!
mc
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### Author:  [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/11 "2017-03-16T07:17:14Z")
I am in as Hubzilla82, I’ll stick around until my Jayhawks’ inevitable Rock Choke Jayhawk.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/12 "2017-03-16T08:34:56Z")
> [@HubZilla](#):
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> I am in as Hubzilla82, I’ll stick around until my Jayhawks’ inevitable Rock Choke Jayhawk.
Hey, Miracle Mario’s shot in '08 made up for a lot of early exits.
At least we shouldn’t have trouble getting by a bunch of oenophiles…but you never know!
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/13 "2017-03-16T13:23:14Z")
Last call! Brackets are locked in when the first game starts this morning.
> [@HubZilla](#):
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> I am in as Hubzilla82, I’ll stick around until my Jayhawks’ inevitable Rock Choke Jayhawk.
I’ve learned my lesson. Don’t pick Kansas. Don’t pick Baylor. Don’t pick Michigan State. They always bust my brackets.
So what do I wind up with? A second round matchup with KU and MSU. 😛
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### Author:  [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/14 "2017-03-16T14:01:27Z")
And I’m in!
Picking mostly chalk and also mostly randomly since I barely follow college basketball outside of the Big Ten and Xavier. So let’s see how this goes!
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### Author:  [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/15 "2017-03-16T15:02:28Z")
its a pussy heavy tourney this year; with 5 wildcats, 2 tigers, a catmount, and a bearcat! if #13 vermont can get its act together in the midwest, we can have an all big cat final 4!
here kitty kitty kitty
mc
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/16 "2017-03-17T01:31:46Z")
Looks like I picked the wrong 12-over-5 upset. Thanks Gophers! :mad:
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/17 "2017-03-17T14:00:29Z")
After a day’s worth of games, I’m dead-ass last among SDMB Bracketeers. I only picked half of the games correctly. Fortunately the Gators advanced, and I’ll be the SDMB champion when Florida wins it all.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/18 "2017-03-17T14:06:02Z")
Aaand Maryland shits the bed. I knew it was going to happen but I picked them anyways.
So much for that bracket. Honestly, it wasn’t going that great until then anyways.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/19 "2017-03-18T00:56:23Z")
Kansas’s ball with 20 seconds left on the clock. Kansas doesn’t run out the clock, rather they shoot a three pointer and the crowd and announcers go wild.
Final score: #1 Kansas 100, #16 UC Davis 62
Real classy, guys.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/20 "2017-03-18T01:31:23Z")
It was the coach’s kid, who is a senior and usually doesn’t get to play until they put the scrubs in. It’s probably the only chance he’ll get to play in the tournament.
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