# Tourney Bracket Challenge
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 14, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460 "2009-03-14T23:18:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@The\_Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Superhero)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/61 "2009-03-22T14:51:01Z")
I’m amazed. This is the first time in many years that I’ve had all but one of my Elite Eight picks are still alive going into the Sweet 16. I’ve usually lost one of my Final Four picks by this point.
Still, even though I feel like I’ve got a pretty good bracket this year, I’m nearly dead last in the group. Weird.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/62 "2009-03-22T15:50:05Z")
Typical results for me. Flying high for the first day and a half and then a complete nosedive. Still, I’ve got seven of my Elite Eight teams still in it, so I guess there’s hope…
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/63 "2009-03-22T15:53:00Z")
> [@rexnervous](#):
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> Anyone else wish CBS would stagger these games a little more carefully? Second night in a row two fantastic games come down to the last minute, simultaneously. How hard would it be to stagger all the games on a half-hour basis?
Not only that, I wish CBS would adjust their audio mix too. The crowd noise, squeaking shoes and clanging rims are loud and clear, but half the time I can barely hear the play-by-play announcers.
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### Author:  [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/64 "2009-03-22T16:13:06Z")
> [@Shoeless](#):
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> Not only that, I wish CBS would adjust their audio mix too. The crowd noise, squeaking shoes and clanging rims are loud and clear, but half the time I can barely hear the play-by-play announcers.
It’s even worse if you’re streaming the games online. If you crank up the volume, you can hear the play-by-play (which is critical if you’re in another window), but then you’ll find yourself deafened by the commercials. Especially that damned Pontiac one – so loud!
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### Author:  [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/65 "2009-03-22T20:26:53Z")
Let the record reflect that at 4pm EST, I was tied for 1st.
I won’t be in 1st again: I had Wake going to the Final Four.
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### Author:  [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/66 "2009-03-22T23:50:56Z")
I haven’t checked my standings, but I must be well back in the pack. I’ve got 12 of the 16 left, but all are among the top seeds that I’m sure everyone else has as well. My dark horse Final 4 team, LSU, is gone, which hurts. I was surprised they gave that game away–I thought halfway through the second half they were going to run away with it. LSU was making shots, getting steals, up by 5 and and had a 31-17 rebounding edge on UNC. The were running circles around the 'heels. Then they went about 6 minutes with 0 points and I think 0 rebounds and they let UNC back in it. Bad time to go cold.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/67 "2009-03-22T23:56:36Z")
I was next to last after the first day. Now up to 4th.
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/68 "2009-03-23T03:16:32Z")
Woohoo! First page! (Bo Knows Basketball) Pittsburgh isn’t giving me a lot of confidence though.
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### Author:  [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/69 "2009-03-23T06:04:19Z")
15/16 thats not bad…
Let’s see if i can go 8/8 🙂
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/70 "2009-03-27T13:37:48Z")
Knocked out some favorites last night.
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### Author:  [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/71 "2009-03-27T14:21:49Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#):
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> Woohoo! First page! (Bo Knows Basketball) Pittsburgh isn’t giving me a lot of confidence though.
They aren’t blowing out teams, but they are finding ways to win. This speaks volumes.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/72 "2009-03-31T18:10:03Z")
We did not tear up the pools. It was a tough tourney this year.
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### Author:  [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/73 "2009-04-06T22:04:52Z")
Whooooooooooooo!
I think I won even w/ the last game left to be contended. Yay! My first victory in one of these pool things, and hopefully I’ll be back to defend my title next year! 😃
Good games all, and t’was def. fun. So what’s my prize?
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/74 "2009-04-07T03:19:02Z")
My [espn.com](http://espn.com) bracket was ranked in the top 10,000 after the Connecticut/Missouri Elite 8 game and I was in the top 1000 on Facebook, but I went 0 for the rest of the tournament (settling in for a slot somewhere in the 1,000,000th place at espn). Nuts. My Yahoo! bracket was nowhere near as good as my ESPN & Facebook brackets. Damn Ty Lawson’s healthy toe! 😉
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/75 "2009-04-07T03:46:06Z")
Ok, lets just get to one shining moment already.
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### Author:  [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/76 "2009-04-07T04:02:53Z")
😃
Whooooo!
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### Author:  [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/77 "2009-04-07T16:57:47Z")
Nice job.
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### Author:  [@The\_Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Superhero)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/78 "2009-04-07T23:44:53Z")
7th place is probably the best I’ve ever done in a pool this large, so I’m pretty pleased. Also, I think it’s the first time since Michigan State in 2000 that I accurately predicted the ultimate National Champ on my original bracket.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourney-bracket-challenge/489460/79 "2009-04-08T12:02:47Z")
Woohoo! I successfully predicted the national champ, despite having little to no knowledge of college ball!
Too bad the rest of my bracket sucked rocks.
Nicely done, **Ro0sh** …
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