# It's March Madness, Baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336 "2005-03-13T15:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/1 "2005-03-13T15:57:55Z")
So the bracket is going to be announced in just under 7 hours. Is your team going to make it in? Where do you think they’re going to be seeded? If anyone remembers people tearing my a new one last year, it was because I think I’m the only Duke fan on the boards. The big question for me is can the rest of the team pick up the slack when Redick eventually has one of his brutal games. Losing Dockery really hurt them and I just don’t know if they can overcome a bad shooting game by Redick unfortuantely. If they beat Georgia Tech today, I think they strongly have to be considered for a 1 seed with the loss by Wake Forest in the ACC tournament. If they lose I think Oklahoma State might grab the 4th 1 seed if they can win today. I also created a pick 'em pool over on Yahoo for anyone who’s interested. id: 37580 pw: cecil And in my mind, there’s no point in even trying to guess who’s going to win the whole thing without seeing the bracket first. I’ll wait until I predict my winner. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/2 "2005-03-13T16:49:48Z")
I’m in. Also going to hold off on a pick until I see who gets the loaded bracket and who gets the cakewalk. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/3 "2005-03-13T17:42:58Z")
I’m in…that makes 4. Wisconsin all the way! who’s Cecil?? ---
**Author:** ![IKinSpelGud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@IKinSpelGud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IKinSpelGud)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/4 "2005-03-13T19:03:56Z")
I’m definitely in. My teams are Oregon (we’re not going to talk about that) and Nevada. Nevada lost the first game of the WAC tournament but they still have like 24 or 25 wins. I predict between an 8 and a 10 seed for them. I really hope they either get lower or higher than that though, because I would hate to see them face a 1 or a 2 in the second round. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/5 "2005-03-13T20:05:18Z")
> [@The Big Cheese](#): > > who’s Cecil?? How long you been here, anyway? 🙂 I’m in, and my tossin’ coin is ready. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/6 "2005-03-14T02:09:42Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_AIf anyone remembers people tearing my a new one last year, it was because I think I’m the only Duke fan on the boards.[/quote] No, you’re not. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/7 "2005-03-14T03:05:35Z")
Illinois goes to Chicago…the Heels go to Syracuse. WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/8 "2005-03-14T03:16:55Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Illinois goes to Chicago…the Heels go to Syracuse. > > WTF??? Would Austin or Albuquerque be better? These sites are chosen years in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/9 "2005-03-14T03:18:49Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > Would Austin or Albuquerque be better? These sites are chosen years in advance. But the teams that go where aren’t. Why give a #1 seed a home court advantage? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/10 "2005-03-14T03:24:14Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Why give a #1 seed a home court advantage? CBS stated the committee tries to place teams close to ‘home.’ They didn’t just do that with the #1s, although there were some obvious exceptions. If they didn’t care about that, Illinois would be playing in Syracuse, since the top team overall us usually put in the East. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/11 "2005-03-14T03:27:05Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > But the teams that go where aren’t. > > Why give a #1 seed a home court advantage? For the last few years this has been the policy of the NCAA. They try to keep teams as close to home as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/12 "2005-03-14T06:43:07Z")
Pix help #15: Rule of thumb— Cincinnati and Wake Forest will both choke early. ---
**Author:** ![IKinSpelGud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@IKinSpelGud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IKinSpelGud)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/13 "2005-03-14T07:48:45Z")
Why’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/14 "2005-03-14T12:47:34Z")
Every year its the same. Wake and Cincinnati get in…Wake and Cincinnati go out. Usually fast. I will not let either spoil my bracket again. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/15 "2005-03-14T12:58:12Z")
I’m in. [Link for the lazy.](http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/16 "2005-03-14T14:51:01Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If they didn’t care about that, Illinois would be playing in Syracuse, since the top team overall us usually put in the East. Um, huh? When did they ever decide to put the top seed in the east? Even before the “pod” system and the NCAA preference towards regionalization they have always put the top #1 in the region closest to home. The only reason the “east” would seem to have the top overall seed would be cause for a long time the east always had the best teams (UConn, Duke, UNC, Georgetown, etc.). > [@Reeder](#): > > But the teams that go where aren’t. > > Why give a #1 seed a home court advantage? Perhaps because they _are_ the #1 team? Or perhaps you think it unfair for a #1 to play a #16 too… Not that Duke, UNC and Wake haven’t been frequently helped by Charolette and Raliegh/Durham placements in years past either… ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/17 "2005-03-14T16:03:23Z")
I’m in! Hehe, I was looking for this thread at 6:59 EST last night, but I didn’t find it until this morning because I forgot to look in MPSIMS :smack: Go Wildcats! (of 'Zona, of course. Screw Kentucky.) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/18 "2005-03-14T18:01:55Z")
Yep, Georgia Tech drew a #5 seed in a not-so-easy bracket. Looks like our road to St. Louis goes through George Washington, Louisville, Washington, and either Wake or Gonzaga. Not an easy trip, but doable. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/19 "2005-03-14T18:16:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Every year its the same. Wake and Cincinnati get in…Wake and Cincinnati go out. Usually fast. I will not let either spoil my bracket again. Seems like Florida should be in that club. Didn’t they lose to Manhattan last year (probably the college and not the ex-Mod, but who knows for sure)? I’m going to get a piece of this and kick all your butts. Because I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing, without all of the data to distract me I’m a lock, baby. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336/20 "2005-03-14T18:41:37Z")
I’m in. I didn’t jump on the dark horse bandwagon like I normally do, so hopefully I won’t bite the dust early my surprise team doesn’t surprise anybody. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-march-madness-baby/294336.md?page=2)