Official 2010 NCAA tournament thread...

[miguelcabrera]

MY BRACKET IS LOOKING NICE


money pool too snithces

 

[P_Manning 18]

Horrible first half..... great second half.

4-4 in the early games. 7-1 (Georgetown) in the late games.... And Georgetown was my only big loss... the first 4 losses were not moving on but Georgetown was an Elite 8 team.

 

[Bornagaincollector]

I have 13/16 so far,Vandy/ND,Georgetown screwed me.I had Georgetown going to the Elite 8! ::facepalm::

 

[gt2590]

C'mon Utah State!

I have them winning today and beating Siena, who is almost a "push" with Purdue on the Vegas lines.

And it might be time to at least think about how much time Barnes has left in Austin. It might be one of those "change is needed" things. His teams have under-achieved for a little while, their FT% has gone down, if that's possible and the rest of the Big 12 has gotten better. He can recruit for sure, I just wonder if the 'Horns fans are getting a little tired of him...

 

[miguelcabrera]

i had the horns to win it all a couple years ago

ill give u some details on the year w/o giving the actual year as my memory is fading along with it


it was the year after durant left texas
dj augustine assumed star power on the team
they were a number 2 seed
they lost to memphis

i was yelling and screaming the whole memphis game but cmon dj augustine kevin durant pittman others

barnes stays

 

[sdsportsfan1214]

13 outta 16 right here too, Gtown, ND and my SDSU aztecs lost

 

[fengzhang]

And Cornell pulls off the upset we all thought they would.

I love it! Not only as an alumnus but also because I know how hard it is for Ivy League teams to compete due to league rules. As a matter of principle, none of the Ivy League teams offer athletic scholarships in any sport. That's in addition to the rigorous academic standards.

The men's hockey team is currently ranked #7 in the country. Can't wait to see what they do in the NCAA hockey tourney.

 

[EricInCT]

Huge lock tonight ~ miss state.

 

[EricInCT]

Huge lock tonight ~ miss state.

too much margaritas....Mich st.

 

[bigpapiMA32]

I'm 21/29 so far, I hope Louisville has another run in them to overcome Cal.

 

[nborton]

And Cornell pulls off the upset we all thought they would.

I love it! Not only as an alumnus but also because I know how hard it is for Ivy League teams to compete due to league rules. As a matter of principle, none of the Ivy League teams offer athletic scholarships in any sport. That's in addition to the rigorous academic standards.

The men's hockey team is currently ranked #7 in the country. Can't wait to see what they do in the NCAA hockey tourney.

I always thought that's what made teams either division 1 or 2. Interesting.

What division a school is in seems to be entirely arbitrary. There are some REALLY big DIII schools, and some really small DI schools. I find the direction a school chooses to be quite interesting.

EDIT: I just looked up the rules on NCAA.org. According to their table every school that's at least DI has to give out $964,700 in scholarships (BCS schools have to pay out 4 mil). Even DII schools are required to give $250,000 in scholarships. However, it is also true that the Ivy League doesn't offer athletic scholarships. So I guess they must be grandfathered in or something.

 

[fengzhang]

And Cornell pulls off the upset we all thought they would.

I love it! Not only as an alumnus but also because I know how hard it is for Ivy League teams to compete due to league rules. As a matter of principle, none of the Ivy League teams offer athletic scholarships in any sport. That's in addition to the rigorous academic standards.

The men's hockey team is currently ranked #7 in the country. Can't wait to see what they do in the NCAA hockey tourney.

I always thought that's what made teams either division 1 or 2. Interesting.

What division a school is in seems to be entirely arbitrary. There are some REALLY big DIII schools, and some really small DI schools. I find the direction a school chooses to be quite interesting.

EDIT: I just looked up the rules on NCAA.org. According to their table every school that's at least DI has to give out $964,700 in scholarships (BCS schools have to pay out 4 mil). Even DII schools are required to give $250,000 in scholarships. However, it is also true that the Ivy League doesn't offer athletic scholarships. So I guess they must be grandfathered in or something.

Do those amounts have to be athletic scholarships or can they be scholarships given to athletes? While Ivy League universities don't give out merit scholarships for athletics or academics, they do give out need-based scholarships generously. Ivy League universities are among the most wealthy universities in the world. Cornell's endowment alone is $6 billion.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov ... Boost.html

Cornell's financial aid policy is that if your family makes below $60,000, your parents don't have to contribute anything to your education and you will have no educational loans. This is not a merit scholarship. This is guaranteed solely based on your family's income. If your family makes b/w $60,000 - $120,000 per year, you will be guaranteed to have to take out only $3000 in loans per year to attend one of the elite universities in the world.

So, while there are no scholarships specifically for athletes, Cornell's athletes (and students in general) are receiving a lot of grants/scholarships.

 

[Bornagaincollector]

23/32 so far...Georgetown and Temple really messed me up.I had both picked for the elite 8.

 

[EricInCT]

On ESPN.com 57 people are still perfect through the first round.

5 million+ entered :shock:

 

[fengzhang]

On ESPN.com 57 people are still perfect through the first round.

5 million+ entered :shock:

I think the Georgetown loss alone probably took a lot of brackets out of play.

 

[gt2590]

Another slow start for 'Nova, especially Reynolds.

The freshman Wains has been their best player and seemed to add some fire to them, but they still are down 7 at the break...

Ugh.

 

[sffanmike25]

'Nova checks out early. Glad I didn't have them going too far.

 

[jeff550]

this year has been insane

 

[gt2590]

Kansas down at the half. It's probably still a win, but they have shown alot of inconsistent play in these 1st 2 Rounds.

 

[jeff550]

damn these 3 games are goin bad for me. almost all good from the 1st round except or a few, but i need nm and kansas to win badly