# 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 17, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275 "2019-03-17T20:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 7, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/21 "2019-04-07T19:23:37Z")
OK… nobody picked Texas Tech to go all the way, so the only brackets that still have points left to win are the folks who picked Virginia, including the top two brackets. If Virginia loses then the rankings will stay as they are right now. If Virginia wins then four brackets will move up in the rankings. But either way, it looks like **YorkHound 2** is our winner for this year. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/22 "2019-04-08T03:35:36Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Man, I think Auburn got thieved on the double dribble no-call and then the REALLY ticky tack foul called on a 3-ball with a second left. You just don’t make that call at that point in the game unless it’s a very clear violation. The UVA player initiated the (brief and slight) contact during the act of shooting the ball. As was pointed out on the post-game show last night, the double-dribble was immediately preceded by a jersey grab that also went uncalled. That’s a wash in my book, but who knows what would have happened if VA had to inbound it instead of continuing a moving play. Either way, a dozen things like that are missed in the course of a game. And the final foul was rather clearly a foul. The shooter was going pretty much straight up\* and the defender was jumping forward and made contact while the ball was in the shooter’s hands. Textbook blocking foul. It’s notable to me that the ref’s hand went up immediately. This wasn’t one he had to think about. - Note that it doesn’t matter all that much since the defender was moving and not planted. It could still be called blocking even if the shooter initiated the contact. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/23 "2019-04-08T18:51:51Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Man, I think Auburn got thieved on the double dribble no-call and then the REALLY ticky tack foul called on a 3-ball with a second left. **You just don’t make that call at that point in the game** unless it’s a very clear violation. The UVA player initiated the (brief and slight) contact during the act of shooting the ball. That’s one of my “triggers,” as it were. If you make it in the first five seconds of a game, you make it in the last five - in fact, in the last five is when you are _supposed to_ make it, if at all. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/24 "2019-04-09T11:56:02Z")
It looks like I need to correct my earlier post. We have a tie for first between **YorkHound 2** and **Pleonast’s Favorites**. And since there was no tie-breaker entered on YorkHound’s bracket, it looks our winner this year is \*\* Pleonast’s Favorites.\*\* Congratulations and apologies for calling this early and incorrectly! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/25 "2019-04-09T12:04:15Z")
Congratulations, PF! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/26 "2019-04-09T12:22:30Z")
Texas Tech really fell apart there in those last couple of minutes. They seemed to have zero margin for error and as soon as they started chucking up pull-up 3’s, it was over. Congrats Virginia. Although you’re celebrating wrong; I haven’t seen a single police car turned over or even _anything_ on fire. 😛 (I’m from Maryland) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/27 "2019-04-09T13:45:36Z")
Thank you! I’d like to thank the little people like [538.com](http://538.com) and Google for helping me assemble the winning bracket. 😛 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/28 "2019-04-09T17:21:03Z")
I got second place on teh work pool (had Virginia lost, I would have tied for 5th) Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 27th, 43rd, and 52nd (I won a $25 Texas Roiadhouse gift certificate) Brian ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275/29 "2019-04-09T17:37:12Z")
7th percentile for me on ESPN’s tournament challenge! Nearly 1000 points behind first place in SDMB Bracketeers, and 50 points behind even the second-to-last place entry! About the only way I could have done worse this year is if I picked the 16th seeds to go all the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/831275.md?page=1)