GRB Bracket Challenge 2014

[ThatGuy]

I'm probably going to kick a small child (not really) if I hear any more of this "HAHA THE SEC IS WAY BETTER AT BASKETBALL THAN THE HATERS THOUGHT" stuff. SEC fans are annoying to begin with, but now they're acting like the conference is a basketball powerhouse. Getting three teams to the Sweet Sixteen is cool, and possibly having a few in the Elite Eight is impressive, but it says nothing about the conference as a whole. This year, there has been one consistently great team (Florida), and two extremely talented but frustratingly inconsistent teams that are seemingly playing up to their abilities at the right time (Kentucky and Tennessee). Teams like Missouri and Arkansas were pretty good as well, but everybody else was basically a different flavor of suck. Heck, sometimes I wonder if schools in the SEC West even care about basketball at all.

[go birds]

I am an SEC fanboy and i will readily admit it sucked--which is why i dont think Florida going undefeated in the SEC was that much of an accomplishment.

But, i will say that had Tenn and KY been playing like this all year, it would have been a pretty decent conference

[cardsfansince82]

Michigan is playing unbelievably good. I'm somewhat amazed Tennessee is only down 11.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I would be rather surprised to hear sec fans beating their chests about sec bball, unless that b stands for base instead of basket.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Oh my.

[JL21]

Since UConn [expletive] up my bracket by beating Villanova, I'm pulling for them to [expletive] up everyone else's bracket and make it to the Final Four.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Kinda bull [expletive] how close these games are staggered together. Can't keep up with both.

Same thing tonight. Rwo nailbiters ending at the same time (the pre-free throw ending)

[slide_into_first]

Record by conference[edit]

Conference Bids Record Win % R64 R32 S16 E8 F4 CG NC
Big Ten 6 9–3 .750 5 3 3 3
SEC 3 9–1 .900 3 3 3 2
American 4 6–3 .667 4 3 2 1 – – –
Pac-12 6 8–5 .615 6 4 3 1
Atlantic 10 6 4–5 .444 6 2 1 1
ACC 6 6–6 .500 6 4 1 – – – –
Big 12 7 6–7 .462 7 4 2 – – – –
Mountain West 2 2–2 .500 2 1 1 – – – –
Big East 4 2–4 .333 3 2 – – – – –
WCC 2 1–2 .333 2 1 – – – – –
Atlantic Sun 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Ivy 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
MVC 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Southland 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Summit 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
America East 1 1–1 .500 1 – – – – – –
Big West 1 1–1 .500 1 – – – – – –

[go birds]

well my bracket is shot to [expletive].....help me mich st youre my only hope

[ThatGuy]

That game was such a kick to the nuts. I was impressed with how they fought back, but the charge call is gonna stick with me for a long time.