# Pick the 2012 NCAA Basketball Champion

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 20, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347 "2012-03-20T20:33:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/1 "2012-03-20T20:33:32Z")

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Who do you have winning it all?

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**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/2 "2012-03-20T21:04:45Z")

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North Carolina, really? With their PG having a broken wrist?

I went with Ohio State, not because they’re playing better than anyone else but because I have them in my pool and I’m doubling down on "I told you so"s. My brain is telling me Kentucky.

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**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/3 "2012-03-20T21:07:14Z")

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UK. That’s who I picked in my bracket, but some top contenders picked up problems, too, making it even likelier. I’m pulling for Marquette, though.

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/4 "2012-03-20T22:02:20Z")

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I went for Kansas for sentimental reasons. But I could see any of UK, UNC (even with the injury), or Syracuse winning.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/5 "2012-03-20T22:33:42Z")

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I don’t care as long as the school starts with a “N” or a “North”.

ACC all the Way!

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**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/6 "2012-03-21T01:12:30Z")

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Kentucky, bitchez!!

GO CATS!

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/7 "2012-03-21T06:36:56Z")

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Why do people have so much trouble spelling Cincinnati?

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**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/8 "2012-03-21T16:23:44Z")

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burp? bump?

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**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-2012-ncaa-basketball-champion/616347/9 "2012-03-21T16:26:31Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Why do people have so much trouble spelling Cincinnati?

It doesn’t have enough letters.