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2019 NCAA Basketball Tournament Discussion (Official Thread)

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DZ83CK said:
I believe TCU, Alabama, Texas, Clemson and NC State are all probably better than Belmont. I think they are all better than Temple, too.
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I guess you could make that claim. However I would not put any of those teams as anywhere near a lock to win a 1 game situation against Belmont or Temple.

The bubble this year was just a cluster of mediocrity at best. Probably the last 8 in and the last 8 left out are all about interchangeable
 
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Some bets have been created in Sportsbook.

Each region, overall Winner, and my own creations for first #1 seed to lose and the total seeds of the Final 4 teams.

Also added bets for the number of ACC teams in the final 4, and for the total number of tournament wins for the 3 PAC-12 teams.

I'll be creating several individual game bets for the tournament, but not for every game.
 
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Thanks for setting up the bets, '73.

I crack up every year at people who think the only thing wrong with the NCAA tournament is teams like 16-16 Texas and 17-15 Indiana got left out and some mid-majors *GASP* got bids instead. Then we have, it's cool mid-majors get in but dammit don't give them credit for winning a tournament game when they actually win a tournament game.

Mid-majors didn't create this goofy "first four" format. The NCAA did, and it was to get more at-large big boys in without taking away auto bids from the little guys. So they make them play an extra game, play a game 2 days later if they win, but let's not give them credit for it in the record books because what...we're upset Fairleigh Dickinson and Belmont can now claim an NCAA tournament win?

I'd get rid of the "first four" altogether and keep it at 64. But if you play a game there's a winner and a loser. You don't pretend it didn't happen.
 
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So...which team in the B1G do people think is most likely to surprise, and which is most likely to shit the bed? I think Minnesota can beat Louisville, and since I’m one of the 6 people in the world it seems who thinks Wisconsin will beat Oregon, I’ll take Maryland for the bed shitting.
 
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