# NCAA Tournament Predictions/Picks **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 15, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571 "2010-03-15T18:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/41 "2010-03-19T01:36:55Z")
Down goes Georgetown. #3 Seed loses to #14 seed Ohio. We need to change the Georgetown chant of “Lets Go Hoyas” to “O-VER RAT-ED” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/42 "2010-03-19T01:38:41Z")
Congrats to UK for their first NCAA win since 2005. You bought a good team. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/43 "2010-03-19T01:44:39Z")
Are you _sure_ you’re not from Mensa? ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/44 "2010-03-19T01:47:38Z")
Wow… Came in to say I couldn’t have been more wrong. What an absolutely pathetic performance. Gtown, Notre Dame, Villanova… what an embarassment. ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/45 "2010-03-19T01:52:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Congrats to UK for their first NCAA win since 2005. You bought a good team. What kind of nonsense is that? Jesus Christ dude. Bought? Get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/46 "2010-03-19T02:02:51Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Notre Dame loses!! Big East…BFD! > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Robert Morris #2 Seed makes Villanova go to OT. Big East OVER RATED > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Gosh I hate living near Kentucky. They are blowing out ETSU and my affiliate is sticking with this game. We got another BIG EAST team getting beat and I am stuck with this blow-out. I would much rather see Georgetown lose to Ohio University. > > And yet another Big East team is on the ropes. Marquette is only leading the Washington (and the hapless PAC10) by 3 points. > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Down goes Georgetown. #3 Seed loses to #14 seed Ohio. > > We need to change the Georgetown chant of “Lets Go Hoyas” to “O-VER RAT-ED” > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Congrats to UK for their first NCAA win since 2005. You bought a good team. It’s nice to see a fan of small college athletics. How’s Trinity Christian College doing anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/47 "2010-03-19T02:04:31Z")
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if a million brackets cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.” In my main bracket I had Georgetown losing to Kansas in the regional final. In my other “upset special” bracket I had them losing to OSU in the sweet 16. But that’s what I love about this tournament. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/48 "2010-03-19T02:06:04Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > Wow.. Came in to say I couldn’t have been more wrong. What an absolutely pathetic performance. Gtown, Notre Dame, Villanova… what an embarassment. **And Marquette. LMAO** I am loving this tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/49 "2010-03-19T02:06:50Z")
Hell yeah. This is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/50 "2010-03-19T02:08:27Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > It’s nice to see a fan of small college athletics. How’s Trinity Christian College doing anyway? Just sick of the Big East Braggarts. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/51 "2010-03-19T02:12:18Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > What kind of nonsense is that? Jesus Christ dude. Bought? Get a grip. Just a commentary on the way Calipari runs his programs. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/52 "2010-03-19T02:13:38Z")
Do a Control-F on the phrase Big East in this thread. Nobody home. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/53 "2010-03-19T02:14:59Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Just sick of the Big East Braggarts. Well, after a tough year of playing quality opponents, game in and game out, it is easy to have a let down and look past these chump teams that shouldn’t even be here. I kid. I kid. But do you really think that Robert Morris matches up evenly with Nova? Or that Ohio is better than Georgetown? It happens and that’s what makes this tourney great. Big East is still the best conference hands down. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/54 "2010-03-19T02:15:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Just sick of the Big East Braggarts. So you come in to…brag? Interesting ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/55 "2010-03-19T02:19:28Z")
Man, the power conferences are really making an argument for why we need to expand the field and add even more mediocre, eighth-place-in-the-conference also-rans as at-large bids. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/56 "2010-03-19T02:20:16Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > I kid. I kid. But do you really think that Robert Morris matches up evenly with Nova? Or that Ohio is better than Georgetown? It happens and that’s what makes this tourney great. Big East is still the best conference hands down. I take it you didn’t watch the regular season. The Big East was mediocre out of conference from the beginning of the year to the end. I believe they were the fourth best conference head to head in the regular season. And certainly they look even worse now. Anyone who thought Notre Dame would beat Old Dominion (the same ODU which went into Georgetown and smacked them down in the regular season) after Notre Dame lost to Loyola Marymount and Northwestern… is blinded by bias. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/57 "2010-03-19T02:30:22Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > So you come in to…brag? Interesting More like gloating, rather than bragging. [QUOTE=jtgain] Big East is still the best conference hands down. [/QUOTE] Sagarin does not rank them #1. It has both the Big 12 and the ACC ahead of the Big East. Big 12 got 7 out of 12 teams (58.3%) in the tournament, Big East got 8 out 16 (50%). As of this post, The Big East is 3-6 thus far in the B-Ball post season including the NIT. Their wins: Robert Morris, Northeastern, and Weber State, while losing to Ohio, Washington, Old Dominion, NC State, Memphis, and Texas Tech. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/58 "2010-03-19T02:35:06Z")
… and who’s that? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/59 "2010-03-19T02:37:16Z")
Here is Colley Matrix of Conference vs conference. ACC is 8-5 against the Big East SEC is 8-7 Big 10 is 5-2 Big 12 is 2-2 [http://www.colleyrankings.com/hcurconf.html](http://www.colleyrankings.com/hcurconf.html) ---
**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 19, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571/60 "2010-03-19T02:58:05Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Just a commentary on the way Calipari runs his programs. He wins? Gotcha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-tournament-predictions-picks/532571.md?page=4)