Saturday, March 18, 2006
E.K. Nation's NCAA Bracket Pinata
The score box on the CBS screen during Sunday's game between #5 Pittsburgh and #13 Bradley will say "BRAD PITT".
Just so you know.
Now on to our picks for the NCAA tournament, which is already one round old. We wrote down all our picks for a posting here but the computer locked up before we could actually post them, and when we rebooted we simply forgot to put them back up. Wondering if we are going to say "we would have gotten all 32 games right, we swear!"? You'll know we're not lying about our picks when you see these absolute nuggets:
ATLANTA: We had Duke, George Washington, Texas A&M, LSU, Iowa, Southern Illinois, N.C. State and Texas, with Duke beating LSU and N.C. State beating Iowa in the regional semis. Duke over N.C. State in the final. That's one Final Four team that can still make it. We are sad to say we correctly got our pick of the Wolf Pack beating our favorite team, the Cal Bears, in the first draw. Booooo.
OAKLAND: Memphis, Arkansas, Pittsburgh, Kansas, San Diego State, Gonzaga, Marquette and UCLA winning, with Kansas beating Memphis and UCLA beating Gonzaga. Kansas, in a perfect world, would have beaten UCLA, and eventually gone to the title game. We were the first people to pick Kansas to go the Final Four that we had heard about. After we submitted this bracket to various pools, we noticed that everyone had Kansas. Thanks, guys, we are sure you jinxed it for us.
WASHINGTON: Connecticut, UAB, Washington, Illinois, Michigan State, North Carolina, Seton Hall and Tennessee were our winners here, followed by Connecticut beating Washington and Michigan State beating Seton Hall. The nice work continues, E.K. Nation. The Huskies of Connecticut can still beat the Huskies of Washington but Seton Hall will not be beating the Spartans. Connecticut will have to find someone other than Michigan State to beat to advance to the Final Four.
MINNEAPOLIS: Villanova, Wisconsin, Nevada, Boston College, Oklahoma, Florida, Northern Iowa and Ohio State would have been the winners in a perfect world. Villanova can still beat Boston College but Ohio State will need to find someone other than the Sooners to knock off in the regional semis. Ohio State can still beat Villanova to move on the Indianapolis.
As is tradition, we lost a Final Four team in the first round -- and actually a title game team this year -- when the Jayhawks fell to Bradley last night. Duke, UConn and Ohio State can still make it. But once our bracket pinata has been busted up like this and candy is all over the floor, we stop caring, really, because we're not going to be winning any pools. We just want to sit back and continue to watch what is year-in and year-out the best sporting event on the planet.
Just so you know.
Now on to our picks for the NCAA tournament, which is already one round old. We wrote down all our picks for a posting here but the computer locked up before we could actually post them, and when we rebooted we simply forgot to put them back up. Wondering if we are going to say "we would have gotten all 32 games right, we swear!"? You'll know we're not lying about our picks when you see these absolute nuggets:
ATLANTA: We had Duke, George Washington, Texas A&M, LSU, Iowa, Southern Illinois, N.C. State and Texas, with Duke beating LSU and N.C. State beating Iowa in the regional semis. Duke over N.C. State in the final. That's one Final Four team that can still make it. We are sad to say we correctly got our pick of the Wolf Pack beating our favorite team, the Cal Bears, in the first draw. Booooo.
OAKLAND: Memphis, Arkansas, Pittsburgh, Kansas, San Diego State, Gonzaga, Marquette and UCLA winning, with Kansas beating Memphis and UCLA beating Gonzaga. Kansas, in a perfect world, would have beaten UCLA, and eventually gone to the title game. We were the first people to pick Kansas to go the Final Four that we had heard about. After we submitted this bracket to various pools, we noticed that everyone had Kansas. Thanks, guys, we are sure you jinxed it for us.
WASHINGTON: Connecticut, UAB, Washington, Illinois, Michigan State, North Carolina, Seton Hall and Tennessee were our winners here, followed by Connecticut beating Washington and Michigan State beating Seton Hall. The nice work continues, E.K. Nation. The Huskies of Connecticut can still beat the Huskies of Washington but Seton Hall will not be beating the Spartans. Connecticut will have to find someone other than Michigan State to beat to advance to the Final Four.
MINNEAPOLIS: Villanova, Wisconsin, Nevada, Boston College, Oklahoma, Florida, Northern Iowa and Ohio State would have been the winners in a perfect world. Villanova can still beat Boston College but Ohio State will need to find someone other than the Sooners to knock off in the regional semis. Ohio State can still beat Villanova to move on the Indianapolis.
As is tradition, we lost a Final Four team in the first round -- and actually a title game team this year -- when the Jayhawks fell to Bradley last night. Duke, UConn and Ohio State can still make it. But once our bracket pinata has been busted up like this and candy is all over the floor, we stop caring, really, because we're not going to be winning any pools. We just want to sit back and continue to watch what is year-in and year-out the best sporting event on the planet.
