The Tourney Challenge has come down to two people, and if it weren’t for that rascal Jeremy Parks, I’d be one of the them!
The front-runner in the bracket challenge is “Adam G in NC” who has 1170 points, a substantial lead (130 points) on second place (DisneyDavisClan). Both of these entrants have selected the evil and despicable Duke Blue Satans as the National Champions, so if the Dookies win, Adam is our tourney champ. The next six spots in the standings are taken by folks who went over to the dark side and chose “Tom Riddle” Calipari as their champion. They are done scoring points and have no chance to win. In 9th place is “killer toenails” who probably needs both psychiatric care and bracket help, since he (she?) also chose Duke and can at best finish 3rd if evil prevails and Duke wins.
In 10th place is Jeremy Parks, who is behind by 230 points, but who chose the champions of the only conference with TWO Final Four teams (and, I might add, the victors of the Football National Championship Tournament in 2014), the Big 10. If Wisconsin wins (and all people of good will and sound mind hope that they do), Jeremy will gain 320 points which will put him in first place. After the 11th place person (Daniel Harding, another victim of Kentucky hype), I stand in 12th place, having also selected the Big 10’s champions to beat Kentucky in the semi and win it all. Being 280 points behind, I will vault into second place with a Wisconsin win. So, if my good buddy Jeremy had just picked someone else, I’d be in contention for the W!
Oh, well.
Jeremy and I were the only people with the wisdom to pick Wisconsin to win it all. Over half the contestants failed to realize the overall weakness of the SEC and bought into the Kentucky hype (yes, I’m purposefully trying to be offensive here, to drum up discussion and get an argument going – I actually greatly feared a Big Blue victory). Only 3 people picked Duke, and we can all hope they walk away disappointed, right?
Todd Benkert picked Louisville, which might have worked had they not been forced to play a middle-of-the-pack Big 10 team to go to the Final 4. Mike Leake picked Virginia to win it all, but unfortunately, they also had to play that middling Big 10 school and couldn’t handle it. Doug Hibbard chose Arkansas to win it all (really?) which lost to UNC (chosen by Jim Shaver) which also lost to a Big 10 school in the elite 8.
Seems like the ACC did pretty well until they had to play the Big 10, eh? Hope that trend carries through to the final game and 3-0 becomes 4-0 on Monday night.
On Wisconsin!
It seems a little weird on Easter Sunday to be trash-talking about basketball. But this is a weird year with the Final Four and Easter falling on the same weekend.
So, we do what we have to do.
Of course, my trash-talk is always meant in the sweet, sweet Spirit of Christian love…really…it is…no kidding…well…okay, I don’t like Kentucky, but there are some Kentucky fans I like….a few anyway.
Hey, fun fact: The SEC has not won a SINGLE game in the Final Four in EITHER football or basketball this school year.
Sad when a conference is that inferior, isn’t it?
(I should probably save some of this for AFTER Monday night, but whatever)
Wait a minute. If I’m looking at this correctly. I’m in 3rd with Wisconsin winning. On Wisconsin!..which was also my High Schools fight song many years ago.
…or am I in the wrong Tourney Challenge group.
I am afraid you may have joined the wrong tourney challenge group. Your name does not show up on our list.
Anyone who chose Wisconsin would have added class to this SEC/ACC heavy bunch.
What is the name of your group?
Or it’s also possible you have some kind of privacy settings where I can’t see it.
As the Disney Davis Clan, I gladly gave up first place for a Kentucky loss, but as a NC State fan I have to go with the ACC. Go Duke
That could be considered a moral failing – to cheer for Duke.
Tobacco Road!!! Us NC State fans have had to live vicariously through Duke for a couple of decades now.
You’ll be reading about us next year…and not because of fake any af-am major (like some other tobacco road team who will remain nameless). Sweet Sixteen this year and erybody should be back and hungry next year.
Hey!
Come on, man.
That “other Tobacco Road” team has beaten the woofs like 24 of the last 26 times – so yea.
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And – that “unnamed Tobacco Road team” – a sweet 16 team – shall have everyone back and a few new ones all of whom promise to be quite hungry.
Haha! We know this. We also know the woofs beat the heels in the Dean Dome this year…which is even rarer. A sign of good things to come!
Yeah – I would rather forget that game altogether – it seems that the players on both teams were determined to lose – and it just turned out that the Tar Heels wanted to lose more than the Wolfpack – it was embarrassing.
You’re beginning to sound like a State fan.
I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
Our son still doesn’t care about a Duke win (he’s a grad of UNC-CH) even if it means the ACC triumphs again, proving that it is the superior of all basketball conferences. I pick Duke, because old age and cunning (Coach K), and because the ACC will prove to be top dogs again. (Now I really don’t care too much for any of them, having attended 10 institutions of higher learning. Like everything else such schools are merely human and there for sinful. You all should have seen Mary Willingham who exposed the cheating scandal at UNC, causing heads to… Read more »
Mary Willingham was on C-Span reviewing her book (co-authored, I think) which revealed the depths of the scandal at UNC-Ch. It cost her her job, but at least UNC is making some semblance of an attempt to clean up the mess (paper over it I suppose, razzle dazzle so they can continue.
I think we should have a do-over.
ahem…
Adam G,
I take it you won?
That’ll teach people for bracketing against the ACC!
Yep. Brought it back home to tobacco road.
Finished in the 99.3 percentile. The 80,285th ranked bracketeer in the world. Imma get my title shot one day!
Like I said, “Old age and cunning (Coach K) will prevail.” And the ACC has once again demonstrated that it is the basketball conference.
For the record, something happened and there were actually TWO SBC Voices BB challenges (I didn’t know it.) Last year’s challenge renewed and a few people joined that one. (SBCVoicesBB). Then, I set up the new one for this year which most of you were in. The winner of the rogue renewal group was “killer toenails” who finished 3rd in the overall group. His score in the overall group where he finished 3rd was actually better than the other group which he won. The winner (though honestly, can you call it a winner if you picked Duke? – c’mon man)… Read more »
I’ll just settle for a good, controversial article on calvinism.
Lol.
That or one on…
“The Christian and moderate consumption of alcohol.”
Take a deep breath and hold it till those articles come.
Dear Tar Heel: I will be happy to oblige about the article, if you will call it by a biblical name, e.g., sovereign grace (i.e., reign of grace, Roms.5:20,21),
JW,
I would love to read such an article however – our moderator has laid the smack down on any possibity of these articles.
Don’t blame him really. Peeps around here get cray cray where those topics are concerned. Lol.
Dear Tar Heel: I know! I know. It is a heavy burden to carry for those would be theologs who want to get the world into conformity with their own perceptions of reality. This raises an interesting question: How do we get beyond the mere clash to getting on the same side to resolve theological wrangles? One way, I think, is for individuals to recount their experiences with the issues and how they dealt with them or how the issues altered them. Never could understand why folks get all bent out of shape over a basketball subject, when the really… Read more »
Well played, Dr. JW, well played indeed!
Not bad for a bunch of semi-pro freshmen who will never get a college education. Too bad that we don’t have a “one-and-done” policy in politics!
See, there we go. I was in last year’s bracket and still couldn’t win. But for the record…Die Hard Heel, here. Just knew better than to pick them over the Badgers this year.
Shhhh…..don’t tell anyone Matt…..but my bracket had the TarHeels losing against Wisconsin as well. shhhhhh.
Shame on you, TarHeel! Dean is looking on you from wherever Binkley Memorial church member go in horrible disappointment.
Ken – how did you know about this it was supposed to be a secret between me and Matt!
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I am in unabashed North Carolina Tar Heel fan – however I am also a realist – Wisconsin was the best all around basketball team in the country this year.