💥 Contest 💥 March Madness 2024

[mal3volent]

I missed filling out my bracket earlier this week, went today and either it wouldn't let me or I was too stupid to figure it out. Doesn't matter, nearly all my picks have already exited. SEC going one-fer (TN breaking the trend) has really wrecked me.

And, I'm sitting here significantly bummed UF lost to CO. I have nothing against CO. They played their best, probably their best all year, and took what the refs and our defense gave them. Which, by the box score, was 63% shooting, 60% from 3, and 85% on FT. Hard to beat ANY team hitting at that level. Now, I know gator fans spent a good bit of this season pointing to our defense and how every team seemed to have their best night of 3pt shooting whenever they played us, but this was a complete game by CO.

For UF, we couldn't overcome several bad calls by the refs (I won't list them, because every loser says the refs screwed them...I'll leave it for unbiased persons to point it out). In my book, bad calls happen - play well enough they don't matter. We didn't. Furthermore, we simply didn't play well enough. The end.

So, I'm sad - not angry - because our boys deserved better. But they out performed everyone's expectations, so I look ahead to next year. For the rest of this year's basketball games, I may peek once in awhile at a decent game, for a few minutes, but overall IDGAF anymore. Kudos to all the underdog upsets. Other than that, sports are dead to me. Staring at UF football to get me through the fall is like a man on death row knowing he has a ride awaiting him in old sparky....no point in anything else anymore, it's all shit.

fuck you... but I love you at the same time...

 

[TheLoveBandit]

fuck you... but I love you at the same time...

It's mutual, asshole.

 

[neversickanymore]

In my book, bad calls happen - play well enough they don't matter.

This is is true, but so incredibly hard to do. If your play can influence a game to a degree that you take out any possible official influence.. the team starts to sparkle on that magic champion echelon. Unstoppable.. miracle on ice teams.

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

I'm kinda doing ok

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

I had Grand Canyon lol

 

[ions]

I still have the most picks correct at 24. Then krink at 22.

But this upset shit is dumb. Just sayin’

 

[Jabberwocky]

Oh damn you missed my 22 too. Must be upset

 

[Jabberwocky]

@mal3volent please remove my cheating bracket if you have the ability to do so

 

[mal3volent]

@mal3volent please remove my cheating bracket if you have the ability to do so

cheating bracket ?

 

[mal3volent]

It's not cheating. I asked about the upset rules ahead of time and everyone either said nothing or were ok with it. Ions just likes to complain. He's ok when he's winning then complains when shit doesn't go as well.

 

[ions]

yeah, no your fine @Madness
I'm just getting old and miss the ways of my younger days.

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

i like the upset thing

so what did you do pick all upsets and that's why you're in 1st?

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

that's a pretty busted bracket tho and yea it's off to a good start but that won't sustain the rest of the way

i don't think there's anything wrong with doing that because it actually makes it interesting on how it will do

 

[Electrum1]

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

I got Tennessee beating UConn in the final

Tennessee is pretty good

 

[mal3volent]

wow I didn't know they could do that, that's pretty cool

 

[mal3volent]

I got Tennessee beating UConn in the final

Tennessee is pretty good

yeah they are
I used to like making fun of them because they've never been to a final four
but I can't anymore because we suck now worse than they do

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

wow I didn't know they could do that, that's pretty cool

makes sense tho because it all goes through the state

 

[ions]

this is a very tight match.