# 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Pool **URL:** \ **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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/41 "2017-03-20T15:02:05Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Well, I’m pretty well busted. Best I can hope for at this point is for UCLA to make the finals and lose. My PPR is down to 600. Thing is, I’m still second in my pool at work by total points, though others still have much higher PPR. I’m nearly in the opposite situation in the SDMB Bracketeers pool. I’m still lingering near the bottom, but I have the highest PPR of anyone. All my Final Four teams are alive. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/42 "2017-03-20T16:08:02Z")
Don’t think I’ve ever been alone in 1st going into the Sweet 16 before. 27/32 in the 1st round was a personal record to for my annual ESPN bracket. 93%tile is still only good for 1.4M place though! I’m sure picking against my Badgers will haunt me in the end though, as I had Villanova as the champ. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/43 "2017-03-20T17:51:56Z")
22/32 for the first round and 9/16 correct in the sweet 16 (3 of my final 4 are still in) Tied for 54th place at work. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/44 "2017-03-20T19:57:13Z")
Tyler Dorsey with 27 points on 90% shooting last night, only the third guy to do that in the tournament in the last 25 years. The other two were Blake Griffin in a 28 point win over Morgan State in 2009 (28 pts, .917), and, perhaps more memorably, Christian Laettner in the 1992 final 31 pts, 1.000).:eek: So I’m in second place, and the first and third place players had Villanova winning it all.🙂 The fourth through sixth place players all have Gonzaga, who I thought Northwestern was going to beat. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/45 "2017-03-20T20:09:07Z")
I have 11 of the Sweet 16 right, which I thought was pretty good until I noticed you could have gone 12-4 just by picking all the top four seeds. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/46 "2017-03-21T11:46:25Z")
The only hope I have to crawl out of the basement is for UCLA and Gonzaga to meet in the title game. If so, and if Gonzaga wins, I might finish somewhere in the middle of the pack. Best I can hope for. I did find it interesting that out of the nine ACC teams to make the tourney, eight did not make it past the first weekend. Has there \*ever \*been such a total conference flop? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/47 "2017-03-24T02:13:41Z")
Great two games to start off the Sweet 16. Let’s hope they keep it up. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/48 "2017-03-24T04:48:55Z")
#11 Xavier knocks off #2 Arizona? Wha??!? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/49 "2017-03-24T05:28:36Z")
> [@little\_pig](#): > > #11 xavier knocks off #2 arizona? Wha??!? go cincinnati! Go uk! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/50 "2017-03-24T16:38:50Z")
Kansas has won by 38, 20 and 32 - how much do they beat Oregon by? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/51 "2017-03-24T17:02:54Z")
Arizona is the first one of my Final Four teams to get eliminated. What a bunch of idiots! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/52 "2017-03-24T17:12:50Z")
One thing you can count on: the 'Cats will choke in the Sweet Sixteen. This has been going on since the Lute Olson era. I say this as a long-time Wildcats fan. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/53 "2017-03-24T18:31:35Z")
Can someone explain the end of the Gonzaga - WVa game to me? WVa was down three, seconds left, and it looked like the dude was just dribbling around in circles, not even trying to get a shot off. My wife thought maybe he didn’t know how much time was left on the clock, but jeez, how could you not? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/54 "2017-03-24T20:09:15Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Can someone explain the end of the Gonzaga - WVa game to me? WVa was down three, seconds left, and it looked like the dude was just dribbling around in circles, not even trying to get a shot off. My wife thought maybe he didn’t know how much time was left on the clock, but jeez, how could you not? He couldn’t find a shot or an open man. Now, if someone could explain the previous 3 minutes… ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/55 "2017-03-24T23:28:23Z")
It looks like there are a lot of empty seats for the Carolina-Butler game, I wonder why? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/56 "2017-03-25T01:11:08Z")
Never mind, now I know why. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/57 "2017-03-25T12:27:03Z")
Baylor is gone. I’m screwed. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/58 "2017-03-25T13:29:00Z")
D’Arin Fox, a men amongst boys…on to UNC! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/59 "2017-03-25T23:22:12Z")
GO XAVIER! Come back and win this thing! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001/60 "2017-03-26T00:53:38Z")
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