Late Friday Games: Picks and Open Thread

by awiggo on Mar 21, 2008 5:27 PM CDT in Basketball Comment 15 comments

PB is at O'Hare hoping the snow doesn't ground his late afternoon flight to Vegas. I am in sunny Austin already looking forward to the next set of games. So far, Friday trumps Thursday. We've already seen #10 Davidson, #13 San Diego, and #12 Western Kentucky move on. I think we will see at least one more double digit seed win a game this evening.

In the standings, things tighten some but not much as most of our picks were the same.

AGAINST THE SPREAD: PB [13-11] / AW [11-13]

STRAIGHT UP: PB [19-5] / AW [20-4]

OVER/UNDER: PB [14-9-1] / AW [15-8-1]

Friday Late Picks
Match Up	Line / Over	PB	AW	Time/Result
#1 North Carolina vs #16 Mt. St. Mary's	UNC (-31) / 152	North Carolina 90 Mt. St. Mary's 55	North Carolina 86 Mt. St. Mary's 54	UNC 113-74 (F)
#6 Oklahoma vs #11 St. Joseph's	OU (-2) / 125	St. Joseph's 63 Oklahoma 61	St. Joseph's 63 Oklahoma 60	OU 72-64 (F)
#4 Vanderbilt vs #13 Siena	Vandy (-8) / 153	Vanderbilt 80 Siena 79	Vanderbilt 76 Siena 70	Sie 83-62 (F)
#8 Mississippi St vs #9 Oregon	MSU (-2.5) / 143	Mississippi St 74 Oregon 65	Mississippi St 74 Oregon 70	MSU 76-69 (F)
#8 Indiana vs #9 Arkansas	Indiana (-1) / 140	Indiana 66 Arkansas 63	Indiana 66 Arkansas 61	Ark 86-72 (F)
#3 Louisville vs #14 Boise St	Louisville (-13) / 145	Louisville 74 Boise St 56	Louisville 77 Boise St 62	Lou 79-61 (F)
#5 Clemson vs #12 Villanova	Clemson (-5) / 144	Clemson 81 Villanova 80	Clemson 74 Villanova 66	Nova 75-69 (F)
#1 Memphis vs #16 UT-Arlington	Memphis (-25) / 141	Memphis 91 UT-Arlington 69	Memphis 87 UT-Arlington 55	Mem 87-63 (F)

Post your comments here.

--AW--

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Doubting the Big 12 again huh?

Yeah... so did I. I had St. Joe's winning and going further than that as well. After seeing KSU/A&M win yesterday, wouldn't be surprised if OU wins too.

by goingforthecorner on Mar 21, 2008 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Crazy

They said on ESPN that 3.5 million brackets were entered into their contest, and only 27 are still perfect as of right now.

by goingforthecorner on Mar 21, 2008 6:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

At least 27 people thought Drake and UConn...

... would go down? I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are guys with like a hundred brackets with all of the semi-likely scenarios picked out. How many brackets can you have?

Go boom, mothers. Please, just go boom.

by Horn Brain on Mar 21, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I picked...

Uconn going down to San Diego. I'm not, however, one of those lucky 27.

/at least I'm still in first place on the Fark bracket challenge.

by afaeguy on Mar 21, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's nice to know there's that much luck

in our immediate part of the universe. /s

by whills on Mar 21, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't see a limit.

by whills on Mar 21, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think there was 10

I filled out like 5 of them. This is the first year you can make 10. Before, 5 was the max.

by goingforthecorner on Mar 21, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indiana - Arkansas

Watching this on TV - I think #2 for Indiana needs to go on the Dex-a-trim diet.

Thank God (or actually Rick) for Todd Wright

by Longhorn in Canada on Mar 21, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

my bracket is done...

TEXAS LONGHORNS #16 Jermichael Finley 36 rec 500 yards 2 td

by clra2 on Mar 21, 2008 10:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Embarrassing

In today's games, I only correctly predicted 7 out of 16 games!

by goingforthecorner on Mar 21, 2008 11:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

haha

That's a sign of an awesome night. Loved today games. CBS coverage was also great.

Get your ass going! You ain't hurt!

by Cyrus on Mar 22, 2008 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank God

We weren't playing in Tampa.

I'll take a bunch of Horn-hating Hogs fans over the mojo in Tampa anyday.

by Longhorn in Canada on Mar 22, 2008 12:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

where is the PB hookers and blow update?

Some wanna know what is happening in Vegas. :)

by Beergut on Mar 22, 2008 1:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

nearly owed my bracket

to coach Jay Wright's boneheaded technical in the final minutes of Clemson's collapse. Thought for a minute that would give Tigers the boost they needed. I guess I'll get to enjoy pulling for Kansas the next couple of rounds to bail me out... Props to the Sooners for battling their tradition of 1st round jitters and earning the W against St. Joes...

...mizell99, an Aggie in Austin

by mizell99 on Mar 22, 2008 9:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

10 brackets

is the max allowed per username on ESPN... I made one for pride (in the BON group) and 6 others for hopes of the $10k. So far my "gut feel" bracket is dominating the others... we'll see what they look like in another 8 days.

...mizell99, an Aggie in Austin

by mizell99 on Mar 22, 2008 9:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs