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Further....I am all in favor of a change to the rules.   The one and done specifically.   Now, to be sure, this is not an NCAA rule, but an NBA/NBA players association rule.  They need to go to more of the system they have in baseball:

If you want to go pro out of high school...then you should be able to.  Even if that means you go to the D League...or whatever their minor league is called.  Some kids just don't belong in college...including many of the top basketball players coming out of High School.

BUT...if you do sign to play for a college...you are in it for a minimum 3 years.  As noted, they do this in baseball....and of course the NFL rule is this (except that football players have no minor league to go play in.....so they are stuck offering their talents to colleges).

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4 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

March Madness. My second favorite event of year right after Beanie Baby collecting.

:lol:

WSS

I watch virtually no hoops of any kind now except some lead in conference  championship games and of course the most unique tournament in all of sports MARCH MADNESS.

Normally not nearly as wild as this year but definitely better than beanie babies or other stuffed animal collecting.

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1 hour ago, The Gipper said:

It will end April 2d.     Its not college basketball that takes so long, it is the NBA playoffs that go on forever and ever, Amen.

Yeah maybe the NBA should be "one and done" to speed things along.....so we can get to the 162 game MLB regular season!  :o

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On 3/18/2018 at 11:15 PM, mjp28 said:

Xoly crap, the best seed left in the West is......#3 Michigan?  Are you kidding me? Who'd pick them?  :lol:

 

........and Michigan marches on together with Purdue representing the BIG TEN! Really?

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53 minutes ago, Zombo said:

Wow, two 9's and an 11 advance ... this is one crazy-butt tournament.

Zombo

Does anybody want to win this thing?

I thought you had a solid Final Two meanwhile Tour will go as far as those Wolverines will take him......and no Cavaliers,  Zags or Buckeyes in the way.

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It's a Cinderella Story 

  Sweet Home Loyola,Chicago..They share the ball well.Shoot the ball well.Free Throws are free points.Not much they don't do well. With Sister Jean, they on to Icky-gan..

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53 minutes ago, Tour2ma said:

This is weird, but I think if my two picks tonite, Nova and Duke, lose... then I win.

Yeah how anticlimactic is that. (or are the rest of us just a bunch of weenies?)  :lol:

GO BIG TEN!

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11. Loyola/ 3. Michigan and 1. Villanova/ 1. Kansas  exciting?

Oh my very last change was knocking out Villanova for Purdue, some year, huh.

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12 hours ago, mjp28 said:

Yeah how anticlimactic is that. (or are the rest of us just a bunch of weenies?)  :lol:

Upon further review I did need another Wolverine win... I think...

But now I do for sure... I think... ;)

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7 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

Upon further review I did need another Wolverine win... I think...

But now I do for sure... I think... ;)

Yeah I need 'em to win so that when my one and done Texas fan friends give me a hard time I can say, "If we hadn't run into the National Champs we might have gone further than the Sweet Sixteen you losers.":D

BTW our soph phenom Robert Williams declared for the draft. He is playing at a much higher level that DeAndre Jordan was when he left after one year. We were lucky he stayed for two. Two time SEC defender of the year.

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11 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

Upon further review I did need another Wolverine win... I think...

But now I do for sure... I think... ;)

Right now there are nine "locked in losers" of the 14 players that is they can not gain any more points. Several are a point or two ahead of you.

If Tour gets -0- more points you should end up between 3rd and 6th place depending on how and who else wins, if Loyola runs the table were all screwed. :blink:

If I were a betting man, which I've been known to be from time-to-time Tour is the odds on favorite right now. 

-OR- wait and see if Michigan can blow away Loyola which they should with their rugged BIG TEN experience and you're a step closer depending on how the #1 seeds do.

.........I liked it so much better last year. :lol:

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Here's your FINAL FOUR ladies and gentlemen as of March 29, 2018.....

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/futures/

ODDS TO WIN 2018 NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT (4/2/18)
Team Odds
Villanova 10/11
Michigan 13/5
Kansas 16/5
Loyola Chicago 10/1
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Whew...

Loyola put up a great fight, but as fatigue sets in superior athleticism will overcome superior teamwork. That Loy-Chi zone was awesome for about 30 minutes.

It's simple now... if Nova loses, I win. If they don't, bigelow wins.

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5 minutes ago, Tour2ma said:

Whew...

Loyola put up a great fight, but as fatigue sets in superior athleticism will overcome superior teamwork. That Loy-Chi zone was awesome for about 30 minutes.

It's simple now... if Nova loses, I win.

Michigan needs to win one, Villanova needs to win two.

........just please don't go out and buy a bunch of maize and blue sh*t.

GO BIG TEN, sorry Michael nothing personal. ;)

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13 minutes ago, Tour2ma said:

Nah... no such inclination here, but Blue needs to win this one for Luke Witte... :ph34r:

Yeah go blue but in one other tournament I've got M vs Nova, Nova winning, 130 points. Eh.

My personal tiebreaker GO BIG TEN!

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The 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, consensus is Villanova by 6 1/2, O/U 145.

NCAA BASKETBALL SPREAD
freeodds_hdr_vegas1_bkc.gif
04/02 9:20 PM
601 Michigan
602 Villanova
 
145u-05
-7 -02
 
145u-10
-6½ -10
 
145u-10
-6½ -10
 
 
 
 
145½u-10
-6½ -10
 
145u-10
-7 -10
 
145u-10
-7 -05
 
146u-10
-7 -10
 
145o-15
-6½ -15
Picks
TV: TBS, DTV: 247
 
Updated: Sun, Apr 1 10:54 PM EDT
NOTES:
  • Open Line: Consists of the first betting line received from one of our Las Vegas or Online sportsbooks.
  • VI Consensus: Consists of the current betting line which occurs most frequently among our list of Las Vegas and Online sportsbooks.
  • All Game Times are Eastern Standard Time.
ODDS TO WIN 2018 NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT (4/2/18)
Team Odds
Villanova 5/16
Michigan 13/5
 

How To Bet College Basketball Futures

The “Odds to Win” wager in pro baseball is also commonly referred to as a future wager. Bettors must correctly select a team to win an event that takes place a later time. The money wagered will be tied up until there is an outcome and bettors will receive fixed odds when they place the wager. The future odds are normally updated on a weekly basis and wagers can be placed throughout the season.

So there you go......

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Well congratulations to Michael and Bigelow80 in coming from behind to win it by 3 points!

And thanks to all of us losers for making it all possible. 

Standings

Rank
Owner
Bracket
Correct Picks
Points
Possible Pts
1
32
98
98
2
39361574426_98028a_16sq.jpgB
35
95
95
3
38
77
77
4
35
65
65
5
38
64
64
6
32
55
55
7
32
55
55
8
39361574426_98028a_16sq.jpgmjp
34
51
51
9
31
51
51
10
31
51
51
11
31
51
51
12
30
48
48
13
28
41
41
14
30
39
39
15
0
-
0
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8 hours ago, mjp28 said:

Well congratulations to Michael and Bigelow80 in coming from behind to win it by 3 points!

And thanks to all of us losers for making it all possible. 

Standings

Rank
Owner
Bracket
Correct Picks
Points
Possible Pts
1
32
98
98
2
39361574426_98028a_16sq.jpgB
35
95
95
3
38
77
77
4
35
65
65
5
38
64
64
6
32
55
55
7
32
55
55
8
39361574426_98028a_16sq.jpgmjp
34
51
51
9
31
51
51
10
31
51
51
11
31
51
51
12
30
48
48
13
28
41
41
14
30
39
39
15
0
-
0

Nice job, Michael! Congratulations to everyone who finished in the Top Dozen!

I think 98 has to be the all-time low high score ... wild tourney!

Zombo

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