NCAA Basketball 2014-2015 (This may help ease the pain)

[PDH]

Wyoming Wins It All is in the pool.

[citizen k]

I have Gonzaga winning it all. 

[Ed Anger]

I have Calipari being raped by a space lizard.

[dps]

I have Calipari being raped by a space lizard.

Whatever turns you on.

[Valmy]

Ok last time until the next game that I post an article from a national pundit making fun of Rick Barnes.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/ncaa-tournament-selection-sunday-winners-and-losers-duke-virginia-kentucky-arizona-kansas/

NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday Winners and Losers

Loser: Whatever Texas Fans Still Exist

I was courtside for Texas's collapse against Iowa State in the Big 12 tournament. It was beautiful. I mean, it was awful and the Longhorns should still be beating themselves up for coming away empty after playing their best game of the season. But that's what made it so beautiful — the crown jewel in Rick Barnes's 17 years of Barnesing at Texas might have come in his last meaningful game for the Longhorns. There was something poetic about it. Barnes didn't just shoot himself in the foot. He shot himself in the foot, and the kickback from the gun hit him in the face. Then, disoriented from the blow, he shot his other foot, fell down a flight of stairs, and got pantsed by Fred Hoiberg when he tried to stand back up. Texas was up 10 with 3:40 left and the ball in its possession. It lost in regulation. It was the perfect way for Barnes to go out.

But now Texas is in the NCAA tournament, meaning Texas fans have to endure at least one more game of Barnes Barnesing at a level that won't even register on the Barnesometer. If Texas had been relegated to the NIT, Longhorns fans could've skipped the game, looked up the score later, and said, "Sounds about right," when they saw that Texas choked in the first round. But with Texas technically in the running for a national title, fans have to watch. And it's a shame they do. That Iowa State game would've been a great swan song for Barnes. Of course, this is assuming Barnes doesn't sign a five-year extension this summer, which is an assumption we probably shouldn't be making.

Sad but true

[jimmy olsen]

In my Bengals pool given the large number of YEWW KAYY fans I'm guessing 90-95% of the pool will have them winning.  So it makes sense to go with a different team to have a shorter list of people to compete against, should UK lose.  So I'm putting my money and hopes on The Fighting Berkuts.

Big mistake IMO.  Everyone is really playing for 2nd place.  KU is untouchable this year.

I tend to agree. They are ridiculous.

However, every team has an off night, or bad matchups, or whatever. Ketucky wins 7/10 games against any of the rest of the current top ten, I suspect. But they only get one chance...

Plus, Kentucky has karma working against them. If there is a god and he cares at all about college basketball, Kentucky should lose in the first round.

The SEC isn't exactly the ACC, they've been beating down a lot of weak competition. I wouldn't be surprised if a battle tested team knocks them off. Picked Notre Dame to do it in my bracket.

EDIT: My ESPN bracket

[Valmy]

The SEC isn't exactly the ACC, they've been beating down a lot of weak competition. I wouldn't be surprised if a battle tested team knocks them off. Picked Notre Dame to do it in my bracket.

The weaksauce SEC is my only reason to doubt Kentucky. But they showed during the OOC season they can beat up on Big 12 teams as well. We will see.

[derspiess]

It would be an early birthday present for me if WVU made it to the Sweet 16 and then beat UK.  The UK fans on my Facebook feed are getting annoying, particularly the bandwagoners.  Hell, I'd settle for Maryland doing it.

[Ed Anger]

It would be an early birthday present for me if WVU made it to the Sweet 16 and then beat UK.  The UK fans on my Facebook feed are getting annoying, particularly the bandwagoners.  Hell, I'd settle for Maryland doing it.

YEW KAY

[sbr]

I'll lay 2-1 KU wins the whole shebang if anyone wants to make it interesting.

So if bet $20 and took the other 63 teams you would pay me $40 when UK loses?  Is that right?

[Berkut]

I'll lay 2-1 KU wins the whole shebang if anyone wants to make it interesting.

So if bet $20 and took the other 63 teams you would pay me $40 when UK loses?  Is that right?

I am assuming he meant the other way around...

[Admiral Yi]

So if bet $20 and took the other 63 teams you would pay me $40 when UK loses?  Is that right?

Yup.

[Admiral Yi]

My balls retracted a little bit so I'm dropping the odds to 3/2.

[Berkut]

So if bet $20 and took the other 63 teams you would pay me $40 when UK loses?  Is that right?

Yup.

I'll take that action!

[Admiral Yi]

All the way up in the abdomen now.  Even money!  Who wants to take the field for even money?