14-15 College Basketball Thread

[Fat_Bulldog]

I like talking sports. But, I [expletive] hate our office during March Madness. We do an office pool and the overreactions (I had a guy tell me his bracket was done, literally, 2 minutes into the Iowa State game -which was the 2nd game of the day) combined with the repetition of information (hey did you see IA ST lost? IA State lost? IA STATE LOST! MY BRACKET IS SO BUSTED *18 times* WHO DIDN'T HAVE IA STATE? EVERYONE HAD IA STATE WINNING THAT GAME!!1 HEY DID YOU SEE BAYLOR LOST? BAYLOR LOST? BAYLOR LOST! MY BRACKET IS SO BUSTED *18 times* WHO DIDN'T HAVE BAYLOR? EVERYONE EXCEPT TIMMY HAD BAYLOR WINNING THAT GAME. OMG, TIMMY!!!!1 TIMMY, YOU'RE SO SMART!!!11ONE.)

Oh my [expletive] god. Shoot me in the head.

lmao

Yeah, I don't care enough about it to make a big deal about it. I had Iowa St. going to the Championship Game though (kind of as an upset). So, my bracket is done.

[cardinalkarp]

I like talking sports. But, I [expletive] hate our office during March Madness. We do an office pool and the overreactions (I had a guy tell me his bracket was done, literally, 2 minutes into the Iowa State game -which was the 2nd game of the day) combined with the repetition of information (hey did you see IA ST lost? IA State lost? IA STATE LOST! MY BRACKET IS SO BUSTED *18 times* WHO DIDN'T HAVE IA STATE? EVERYONE HAD IA STATE WINNING THAT GAME!!1 HEY DID YOU SEE BAYLOR LOST? BAYLOR LOST? BAYLOR LOST! MY BRACKET IS SO BUSTED *18 times* WHO DIDN'T HAVE BAYLOR? EVERYONE EXCEPT TIMMY HAD BAYLOR WINNING THAT GAME. OMG, TIMMY!!!!1 TIMMY, YOU'RE SO SMART!!!11ONE.)

Oh my [expletive] god. Shoot me in the head.

lmao

Yeah, I don't care enough about it to make a big deal about it. I had Iowa St. going to the Championship Game though (kind of as an upset). So, my bracket is done.

Yeah, having one of the championship teams knocked out in the first round kinda sucks

[Schlich]

i heard something on the radio as far as "measures" one should take when filling out a bracket. i remember two of them...there were maybe like, 4-5

1) don't let personal bias play into it
2) look at teams last 10-15 games, how they've played, etc


so theres that

for the first round games, the vegas spread is usually the most consistent measure.

this year i went by seed matchup records. i.e. if historically 4 seeds have won 80% of their games against 12 seeds, i'd flip a virtual coin biased at 80% heads. Heads goes to the favorite and tails goes to the 'dog. so far it's not doing terrible, and it gave me a fair amount of 'upset' picks without going overboard.

[Jocephus]

KU looking good/sharp

[MrSaigon]

Listen a little a bit on radio at work. It's impossible, because I have no idea what any of the names mean, WHICH GODDAM TEAM?!

[Jocephus]

well luckily, for me, WSU is only down 3. IU has looked good and WSU not

[Freed Roger]

Listen a little a bit on radio at work. It's impossible, because I have no idea what any of the names mean, WHICH GODDAM TEAM?!

Yeah, basketball on the radio sucks. And when you have former Georgetown coach John Thompson helping with the call, it's even worse.

[MrSaigon]

Listen a little a bit on radio at work. It's impossible, because I have no idea what any of the names mean, WHICH GODDAM TEAM?!

Yeah, basketball on the radio sucks. And when you have former Georgetown coach John Thompson helping with the call, it's even worse.

If it's NBA I know all the names and it's fine. I'd be hard-pressed to name three college basketball players.

[Jocephus]

phew....though if wsu plays like that again we wont win

man that was rough

[Socnorb11]

i heard something on the radio as far as "measures" one should take when filling out a bracket. i remember two of them...there were maybe like, 4-5

1) don't let personal bias play into it
2) look at teams last 10-15 games, how they've played, etc


so theres that

for the first round games, the vegas spread is usually the most consistent measure.

this year i went by seed matchup records. i.e. if historically 4 seeds have won 80% of their games against 12 seeds, i'd flip a virtual coin biased at 80% heads. Heads goes to the favorite and tails goes to the 'dog. so far it's not doing terrible, and it gave me a fair amount of 'upset' picks without going overboard.

Pretty cool, actually. Will be interesting to see how it works out.