Your March Madness Selection Sunday and Bracket Contest Open Thread

Boy, that was a long title, wasn’t it?  Anyhoo, our good buddy Upstate Underdog set up a Group for DFO over at the ESPN site for all of us to join and show our shortcomings.  The information is below:

Group name: DOOR FLIES OPEN!
Password: dfo2016

Everyone join the party and we may, JUST MAY, have prizes for the winner just like we did for the DFO Prediction Contests earlier this year.  Tell you what, since Moose traded in his booze winnings for a nice original drawing by entropy (a wise choice indeed), I will put that up for the winner of this contest.  Whoever wins will get a fine bottle of their choice of fine liquor shipped to them by me.  Good luck, y’all!

And now, feel free to discuss the shortcomings of the Selection Committee:

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King Hippo

Stony Brook could beat Kentucky, too.

herodotus450

Why are there two play-in games in the same region?

King Hippo

San Diego State really got fucked over.

SonOfSpam

Damn, they really did. Hopefully going to school in San Diego and fucking San Diego girls will give them some comfort.

Horatio Cornblower

Those poor bastards.

The San Diego beer scene sucks too.

SonOfSpam

Wife picked up a 24 pack of various Ballast Point beers at Costco a couple days ago. Haven’t even touched the Sculpins yet and I’ve still been in beer heaven.

Horatio Cornblower

I was disappointed in the Pineapple version but the Grapefruit is just fucking phenomenal.

SonOfSpam

Agree. I think expected mouthgasms from the pineapple, so being “pretty good” was disappointed. The grapefruit is really spectacular.

laserguru

If you get the chance try “Wipeout” IPA from Port Brewing in North County San Diego. Nice and hoppy but with a great level of carbonation.
Love it.

litre_cola

My soon to be father in law keeps saying EYEtalian, as we are headed to a restaurant this evening and I am doing my damndest not to laugh. He does always bring a case of wine when he comes over so there is that.

scotchnaut

CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/can’t believe it

Horatio Cornblower

Boeheim knows where too many bodies are buried.

Sill Bimmons

Damn, Gottlieb just went boobpoop all over your boys…

http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/quickfix/4/5/6/306456_v1.gif

scotchnaut

Why would he be shitting on a team that lost 5 of their last 6? smgdh…

SonOfSpam

Between this and the GOP primary, been a good year for OrangeMen.

Horatio Cornblower

I have to admit I’m enjoying Doug Gottlieb shitting on the committee.

Senor Weaselo

I agree, no team who lost to St. John’s should be in the Dance. Fuck Cuse.

WCS

Holy shit, Syracuse not only in, but in very safely.

King Hippo

Iowa St/Iona could be good.

UVA got Sparty in their region AGAIN.

WCS

That could be a 12-5 upset. Don’t trust anyone from Indiana.

Horatio Cornblower

One of the Red Raiders seems to be having trouble keeping his hands off his Little Red Raider.

Croooow

Really glad Texas Tech got in.

JustStopDude

FUcking insanely close finish for the Phoenix race. 0.01 sec difference between 1st and 2nd. Kevin Harvick with the win.

Horatio Cornblower

Deadspin has the whole bracket posted if anyone wants to skip the rest of this nonsense.

herodotus450

Skip nonsense by GOING to deadspin? Now I’ve heard everything!

WCS

Stephen F. Austin is coached by a former Huggs assistant, Michigan is coached by former WVU head man John Beilein, and Huggs and Calipari have coached against each other six times in the Tournament. I don’t know what any of that means, but it’s WEIRD. MAYBE.

King Hippo

Another Coach Cal/King of Track Suits regional final?

litre_cola

But have they played in Wichita?

Sill Bimmons

THE CRUCIBLE OF NEUTRALITY

Horatio Cornblower

I see Michigan and Tulsa double-teamed Monmouth.

SonOfSpam

Huh. Normally guys are double-teaming your MomsMouth.

Sill Bimmons

WHY CAN’T I BE THIS FUNNY

WCS

TIME TO KILL SOME LUMBERJACKS

King Hippo

Get your Dexter memes ready

Horatio Cornblower
Sill Bimmons
Sill Bimmons

10 seed.

Meh.

King Hippo

Xavier’s not so hot. Beats being opposite Sparty…

WCS

…and Sill goes nuclear.

entropy

Nah, Lehigh didn’t make it in.

Sill Bimmons

We already knew that.

Sill Bimmons

Don’t really care that much.

It’s only basketingball.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Sill don’t care. He’s already browsing eBay to buy a new racquetball bat.

Sill Bimmons

And some new golf sticks.

Croooow

Remember Hawkeyes, that could’ve been you playing less than two hours from your campus…

Senor Weaselo

Go Seawolvensorts!

King Hippo

Tough pod for the Holes. Me likey.

What the fuck is a Moc?

I’m guessing it’s a moccasin but no one on the team could spell it.

WCS

Indiana with a five-seed? Under-seeded, but, Tom Crean molests Collies, so it’s a wash.

Horatio Cornblower

The Mocs?

Croooow

Go Fairleigh Dickinson?

laserguru

A quick gift from me to all of you:

VCU will beat Oregon State for the upset in their first round match-up.

You’re welcome.

Really struggling with the touch screen…

Sill Bimmons

This. Is. Agony.

scotchnaut

“This. Is. Samson. Agonistes.!”

-John Milton

theeWeeBabySeamus

You damned smart muddafukka.
Hey, I bet I know more about 18th century homoerotic court attire in Versailles than you tho.
/thanks Sill

Sill Bimmons

Always here to help.

King Hippo

Kenny Smith, forgets how to speak English,

GUESS WHERE HE WENT TO “COLLEGE?”

WCS

Emmitt and Kenny Smiff, long-lost twins?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Damn you….you beat me by two minutes.
/if I had a dollar for every woman who said this to me

litre_cola

Mayock is that you?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

UNC?

theeWeeBabySeamus

You misspelled Smiff.

Sill Bimmons
herodotus450

I’d Uzbek her stan, if you know what I mean.

Sill Bimmons

Yes. Yes, I do.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I checked, and Stan says he’s down with it.

entropy

If Sill wins the Bracket contest, we have to find a way to get him her number.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Strangely enough, I know someone that probably has it (her number, that is).

Sill Bimmons

I’d take a Twitter follow…

Sill Bimmons

RING! RING!

Lily: Hello?

Sill: /heavy breathing

Lily: Uh, hello?

Sill: Ugubah…fluh.

Lily: I’m reporting your number to the police. If you ever call this number again I’ll have you arrested.

Sill: Flugah…blart?

CLICK

entropy

Maybe we’ll just have her email you….

theeWeeBabySeamus

Better get him a spare keyboard then.
Mebbe two.

entropy

They shuold make a fuckin rhino lining for keyboards.

Croooow

Kevin Durant advertising Sonic is funny.

King Hippo

Serious…look at the South and look at the West. One of these regions is not like the other…

Senor Weaselo

Making fun of Barkley’s “jump-shooting teams” barb is amusing, I’ll give them that.

theeWeeBabySeamus

TV back on….finally.
Fuck you, weather!!!!!
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/8-27-2015/xuf9_2.gif

JustStopDude

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scotchnaut

Seriously? I know their RPI is really high but I’ll take the odds on Weather every time-they’re so unpredictable!

WCS

Texas could do some serious damage in this region.

King Hippo

I’m seeing Oklahoma/BayBay in the regional final.

JustStopDude

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Seems lots of damage happens in Ternader Alley!

JustStopDude

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Sill Bimmons

Strongest yet. Powerful.

WCS

I’d put all $45.29 of my life savings on VCU over Oregon State in a 10-7 upset right now.

WCS

Oregon is a one seed, and Oregon State is a seven?

PAC-12 BIAS

Sill Bimmons

PHIL KNIGHT BOHEMIAN GROVE FLERG

King Hippo

Man, I wish WVU had gotten in this candy-ass region.

King Hippo

WOW, the committee has a massive hard-on for the Pac 12.

scotchnaut

Read something about them gaming the RPI ratings.

ThePirateSloth

I just discovered Monophonics, this cooking Sunday has been filled with their music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyWHRC8A_uU

Senor Weaselo

Yale-Duke has the potential to be the whitest game of basketball since the baskets held peaches.

Horatio Cornblower

Oh Yale will not be playing Duke.

Senor Weaselo

All we’d need is a 5-12 upset and then to turn the brightness on our TVs all the way down lest we all want to be blinded. It’s not that convoluted!

scotchnaut

The “shenanigans” of Grayson Allen?”

theeWeeBabySeamus

o/u on Baylor players with shin bruises?
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Croooow

Go UNC Wilmington!

King Hippo

Sweet, BayBay will kick Dook’s fucking ass

Sill Bimmons

Baylor vs. Yale in a Title IX violation — off!

WCS

LET’S GO UNC-WILMINGTON

theeWeeBabySeamus

Geez…you’s guys sure talked a lot for a half hour.
tl:dr
Just tell me where NCSU gets seeded.
/crickets

Horatio Cornblower

Hmm, I see they’re glossing over Yale losing their star player to a rape allegation.

Sill Bimmons

Yale is just the worst place on earth.

Horatio Cornblower

Good pizza nearby.

...

I met a girl who went to school there because money. She was insufferable.

Sill Bimmons

Holy Cross: yay we’re a national joke!

Bloody Lethal

Hey hey, my Grandpa was a Crusader.

Sill Bimmons

So was Bill Simmons.

So…

Horatio Cornblower

My grandfather 30 times removed was a draft-dodger during the Crusades.