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ESPN is letting you fill out 10 brackets again so while we contemplate our actual bracket, we decided to yet again fill out a bracket based on theoretical 1 on 1 matchups. Unlike last years bracket , we decided to amp it up and go with historical players. Check Out All the Brackets: West , East , South , Midwest , Final Four Final Four Magic Johnson (Michigan St.) over Dwyane Wade (Marquette), Magic's got too much size to hold down Wade who while holding the edge in quickness likely wouldn't be able to get to the rack with complete ease. Michael Jordan (North Carolina) over Lew Alcindor (UCLA), my biggest question would be how can Alcindor get the ball into paint. I don't know if he could back down MJ, considering he's was never very thick. And I don't know he could be able to dribble around the court without having MJ steal it from him. For this main reason, I'm giving it to MJ. Obviously if Alcindor could just get the ball in the post every single posses...

ESPN is letting you fill out 10 brackets again so while we contemplate our actual bracket, we decided to yet again fill out a bracket based on theoretical 1 on 1 matchups. Unlike last years bracket , we decided to amp it up and go with historical players. Check Out All the Brackets: West , East , South , Midwest , Final Four 1st Round Wes Unseld (Louisville) over Nobody (TBD), Wes Unseld eats nobody. John Havlicek (Ohio St.) over Nobody (Siena), back to back nobodies. Gilbert Arenas (Arizona) over Keith Van Horn (Utah), how many broken ankles would Van Horn end up with. Tim Duncan (Wake Forest) over Franklin Edwards(Cleveland St.), don't think Franklin would have a chance. Jerry West (West Virginia) over Jim Paxson (Dayton), its not even John Paxson. Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas) over Nobody (North Dakota St.), Wilt has sex with Nobody's mother and sister. Bill Sharman (USC) over Dana Barros (BC), is Dana Barros seriously the best BC pro? Seriously? Magic Johnson (Michigan ...

ESPN is letting you fill out 10 brackets again so while we contemplate our actual bracket, we decided to yet again fill out a bracket based on theoretical 1 on 1 matchups. Unlike last years bracket , we decided to amp it up and go with historical players. Check Out All the Brackets: West , East , South , Midwest , Final Four 1st Round Michael Jordan (North Carolina) over Nobody (Radford), is MJ getting a bye really fair? Shaq (LSU) over Billy Shephard (Butler), Shaq could probably score at will against the entire current Butler team. Deron Williams (Illinois) over Greg Smith (Western Kentucky), can't say I know who Greg Smith is. Adam Morrison (Gonzaga) over Bill Turner (Akron), can't say I know who Bill Turner is either. Eddie Jones (Temple) over Byron Scott (Arizona St.), Similar players but Eddie always had more of a knack to score the basketball. Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) over James Silas (S F Austin), Melo easily beats someone I've never heard of. Chris Webber (M...

ESPN is letting you fill out 10 brackets again so while we contemplate our actual bracket, we decided to yet again fill out a bracket based on theoretical 1 on 1 matchups. Unlike last years bracket , we decided to amp it up and go with historical players. Check Out All the Brackets: West , East , South , Midwest , Final Four 1st Round Billy Knight (Pittsburgh) over Skeeter Swift (E Tenn St.), Skeeter Swift wins the name battle but not the basketball battle. Bernard King (Tennessee) over John Starks (Oklahoma St.), two former Knicks go at it, but Starks is just to little to handle King in the post. Michael Finley (Wisconsin) over Dave Cowens (Florida St.), Finley too superior and athlete to Cowens to get held down. David West (Xavier) over Freeman Williams (Portland St.), not sure who Freeman WIlliams is. Lew Alcindor (UCLA) over Gerald Henderson (VCU), and the sky hook from start to finish. Paul Arizin (Villanova) over Kermit Washington (American), unless Kermit decided to jack A...

ESPN is letting you fill out 10 brackets again so while we contemplate our actual bracket, we decided to yet again fill out a bracket based on theoretical 1 on 1 matchups. Unlike last years bracket , we decided to amp it up and go with historical players. Check Out All the Brackets: West , East , South , Midwest , Final Four 1st Round Ray Allen (Uconn) over Gerald Wilkins (UT Chattanooga), Jesus Shuttleworth has too smooth a jumper. Danny Ainge (BYU) over Antoine Wright (Texas A&M), Antoine's got better athleticism but Danny is cagey and would bite off his ankles. Glenn Robinson (Purdon't) over Nobody (Northern Iowa), the big dog barely sneaks past nobody. Brandon Roy (Washington) over Bailey Howell (Miss St.), not quite sure who Bailey Howell is. Dwyane Wade (Marquette) over Nate Williams (Utah St.), must he spell his name Dwyane? Can we get that edited? Anthony Peeler (Missouri) over Ed Peterson (Cornell), no idea who Ed Peterson is. Jason Kidd (California) over St...

AFC Championship #5 Florida at #3 Southern Cal in Los Angeles Florida Key Wins: Miami, LSU, UGA (n), @FSU, South Carolina Florida Losses: Ole Miss Florida Wildcard Win Over Georgia Tech (72%) Florida Divisional Win Over Utah (91%) Southern Cal Key Wins: tOSU, Oregon, Cal Southern Cal Losses: @Oregon St. Southern Cal Wildcard Win Over TCU (85%) Southern Cal Divisional Win Over Alabama (55%) Storyline: The National Championship game that I would have liked to see would happen in the AFC Title game, can USC's dominant defense slow down Tim Tebow in the LA Coliseum. NFC Championship #5 Texas Tech at #2 Oklahoma in Norman Texas Tech Key Wins: Nebraska, Texas, Okie State, @Kansas Texas Tech Losses: Oklahoma Texas Tech Wildcard Win Over Cincy (89%) Texas Tech Divisional Win Over Boise St. (74%) Oklahoma Key Wins: Nebraska, Texas Tech, @Okie State, Cincy, TCU Oklahoma Losses: Texas(n) Oklahoma Divisional Win Over Texas (51%) Storyline: The Sooners got their revenge in the Divisional round,...

AFC #5 Florida at #4 Utah in Salt Lake City Florida Key Wins: Miami, LSU, UGA (n), @FSU, South Carolina Florida Losses: Ole Miss Florida Wildcard Win Over Georgia Tech (72%) Utah Key Wins: BYU, TCU, @Air Force, @Michigan Utah Losses: None Storyline: Can Urban return to Utah and dominate his former school? #3 Southern Cal at #2 Alabama in Tuscaloosa Southern Cal Key Wins: tOSU, Oregon, Cal Southern Cal Losses: @Oregon St. Southern Cal Wildcard Win Over TCU (85%) Alabama Key Wins: @Clemson, @Georgia, @LSU Alabama Bad Losses: None Storyline: Can Pete Carroll lead his Trojans to a massive victory on the road against Nick Saban? Online Surveys & Market Research Online Surveys & Market Research NFC #6 Texas at #2 Oklahoma in Norman Texas Key Wins: OU(n), Mizzou, Okie St., @Kansas Texas Losses: @TT Texas Wildcard Win Over Penn State (66%) Oklahoma Key Wins: Nebraska, Texas Tech, @Okie State, Cincy, TCU Oklahoma Losses: Texas(n) Storyline: Can the Sooners enact revenge on their homef...

AFC #5 Florida at #4 Georgia Tech in Atlanta Florida Key Wins: Miami, LSU, UGA (n), @FSU, South Carolina Florida Losses: Ole Miss Georgia Tech Key Wins: @BC, @Clemson, Miami, @UGA, Georgia Tech Losses: @VT, UVA, @UNC #6 TCU at #3 Southern Cal in Los Angeles TCU Key Wins: BYU TCU Bad Losses: @OU, @Utah Southern Cal Key Wins: tOSU, Oregon, Cal Southern Cal Losses: @Oregon St. Online Surveys  &  Market Research Online Surveys  &  Market Research NFC #6 Texas at #3 Penn St. in Happy Valley Texas Key Wins: OU(n), Mizzou, Okie St., @Kansas Texas Losses: @TT Penn St. Key Wins: Oregon St., @tOSU, Michigan St. Penn St. Bad Losses: @Iowa #5 Texas Tech at #4 Cincinnati in Cincy Cincy Key Wins: USF, @WVU, Pitt Cincy Bad Losses: @Oklahoma, @UConn Texas Tech Key Wins: Nebraska, @Kansas, Texas, Okie St. Texas Tech Bad Losses: @Oklahoma Online Surveys  &  Market Research Online Surveys  &  Market Research

We've all seen a post or two about what would happen if the BCS ran the NFL. But like last year I will again be taking the opposite view and looking at what would an NCAA Playoff Look Like if it built like the NFL's post season. First step is figuring out what to do with the divisions. The NFL has 8 divisions and 12 playoff teams while the NCAA has 11 conferences so you have to make some sort of move there. So I'm going with 3 conferences getting the axe and the remainder will be associated with an NFL Division. I decided to eliminate the Sun Belt, Conference USA and the MAC. I've aligned the divisions as such. NFC East: Big East, NFC North: Big Ten, NFC South: Big 12, NFC West: WAC AFC East: ACC, AFC North: Mountain West, AFC South: SEC, AFC West: PAC 10 Next the playoffs are set the exact same way as the NFL. 6 teams per conference, 4 division winners and 2 wildcards. The seeding will be done using NFL tie breaker rules. Conference championship games will be ignored a...

So here are the breakdowns of the bracket from yesterday. As you may have expected it was just as chalky as my original bracket. Yay. West Regional East Regional South Regional Midwest Regional Yep the same final 4...

Every year when the bracket is complete there seems to only be about 5 teams thazt actually play in there region. Then with the new system opening week games for the 'East' somehow could end up being played in California or Colorado. All in all it seems like a lot of efforting to simply make the tournament seeded appropriately. So my question is is it truly worth it? Is all this maneuvering and reorganizing of seeds and where opening games are played worth it? What would the bracket have looked like if they had truly organized teams within their region, rather than by the so called 'snake' ranking system. So let me just quickly run through how the regions were organized. I ran through and grouped all schools first by there state location. This way I could pool all teams from a given state in a given region. Next I organized the states into their associated region as closely as possible. For instance Connecticut in the East, California in the West, etc. The fol...

Some random Philly station made Rock and Roll field of 64 which you can fill out with a chance to win a tv . I was bored so I filled it out. Click on the pick to make it bigger, in case you want to see my picks. Anyway, I had a final four of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were in a bracket similar to that of UCLAs bracket, Rage Against the Machine, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. In the end I had Pink Floyd pulling off the upset over Led Zeppelin. I'm probably wrong. But I don't care.

ESPN is giving you the opportunity to make 10 brackets, so while I concentrate on figuring out my final 'true' bracket I figured out a way to stupidly decide the games. The move was to pit the best NBA representative from each team against each other. If the team does not have an NBA rep than they used their leading scorer from their tournament team. Check out the breakdown: Final Four , East Regional , West Regional , South Regional , Midwest Regional Semifinals Allen Iverson (Georgetown) over Joe Johnson (Arkansas) I struggled over this decision for a little bit mostly due to the big height advantage held by Joe Johnson over AI. In the end AI just has too much speed. Too much explosiveness. Dwyane Wade (Marquette) over Baron Davis (UCLA) Baron Davis does not have the size to match Wade and his quickness is not light years better than Wade either. Finals Allen Iverson (Georgetown) over Dwyane Wade (Marquette) Two Big East teams making the finals. Wade has the strength ...

ESPN is giving you the opportunity to make 10 brackets, so while I concentrate on figuring out my final 'true' bracket I figured out a way to stupidly decide the games. The move was to pit the best NBA representative from each team against each other. If the team does not have an NBA rep than they used their leading scorer from their tournament team. Check out the breakdown: Final Four , East Regional , West Regional , South Regional , Midwest Regional 1st Round Rodney Carney (Memphis) over Anthony Vereen* (Texas Arlington) Carney is holds a marginal role with the 76ers this year. Fred Jones (Oregon) over Erick Dampier (Miss St.) Erick Dampier is a 6-11 stiff, while Fred Jones at the very least can dunk well. Zach Randolph (Mich St.) over Eddie Jones (Temple) Eddie Jones is way past his prime. Mark Blount (Pitt) over Robert Jarvis* (Oral Roberts) Boo to Mark Blount not playing an NBA player. Dwyane Wade (Marquette) over Tayshaun Prince (Kentucky) Arguably the most intrig...

ESPN is giving you the opportunity to make 10 brackets, so while I concentrate on figuring out my final 'true' bracket I figured out a way to stupidly decide the games. The move was to pit the best NBA representative from each team against each other. If the team does not have an NBA rep than they used their leading scorer from their tournament team. Check out the breakdown: Final Four , East Regional , West Regional , South Regional , Midwest Regional 1st Round Baron Davis (UCLA) over Carl Lucas* (Missippi Valley St.) BD handles college kids with ease. Acie Law IV (Texas A&M) over Lee Cummard* (BYU) Acie Law is essentially a College All American. Courtney Lee* (Western Kentucky) over Josh Young* (Drake) In an all college matchup the edge goes to the higher scoring Lee. Ray Allen (UConn) over Brandon Johnson* (San Diego) Ray Allen certainly wouldn't have a problem here. Brad Miller (Purdon't) over Brian Skinner (Baylor) Both are now past their primes, but Mil...

ESPN is giving you the opportunity to make 10 brackets, so while I concentrate on figuring out my final 'true' bracket I figured out a way to stupidly decide the games. The move was to pit the best NBA representative from each team against each other. If the team does not have an NBA rep than they used their leading scorer from their tournament team. Check out the breakdown: Final Four , East Regional , West Regional , South Regional , Midwest Regional 1st Round Paul Pierce (Kansas) over Ime Udoka (Portland St.) Pauly P would easily take down the underrated Udoka. Shawn Marion (UNLV) over Al Fisher*(Kent St.) Marion shouldn't have any problems against a kid from Kent St. Randy Foye (Villanova) over Greg Buckner (Clemson) Two tough players, but the edge goes to Foye's quickness. Shan Foster*(Vandy) over Edwin Ubiles*(Siena) Foster is a very under-hyped player in the SEC. Michael Beasley* (K State) over Nick Young (USC) Young is having some success in the NBA but B...

ESPN is giving you the opportunity to make 10 brackets, so while I concentrate on figuring out my final 'true' bracket I figured out a way to stupidly decide the games. The move was to pit the best NBA representative from each team against each other. If the team does not have an NBA rep than they used their leading scorer from their tournament team. 1st Round Vince Carter (UNC) over Play In Vince Carter would certainly handle a college kid. Joe Johnson (Arkansas) over Jared Jeffries (Indiana) Joe Johnson is way to talented to be defeated by a Knick. Troy Murphy (Notre Dame) over Will Thomas* (George Mason) I'll give the edge to the person who puts up solid numbers in the NBA over the person who puts up solid numbers against mid majors. Derrick Low* (Washington St.) over Michael Jenkins*(Winthrop) My knowledge of both these players is limited. Jameer Nelson (St. Joe's) over Eduardo Najera (Oklahoma) Eduardo is a tough player, but he isn't that good. Francisco...

Super Bowl: AFC Champion USC vs. NFC Champion WVU at Phoenix Stadium After cruising through their first two victories the Trojans knocked off the Bulldogs at home with a split vote with the tie breaker given due to homefield advantage. Meanwhile West Virginia for some reason wiped the floor with Ohio St. to make it three consecutive easy victories. In real life both teams won their bowl games with ease and blew big regular season games against a shitty opponent, so who will take down this fake tournament? Tale of Two Journeys USC Wildcard Victory over Arizona St. 93.5% to 6.5% USC Divisional Victory over BYU 100% to 0% USC Conference Championship Victory 50% to 50% via executive decision. USC Key Wins: Arizona St., Oregon St. USC Bad Losses: Stanford WVU Wildcard Victory over Kansas 63.3% to 36.7% WVU Divisional Victory over Hawaii 75.0% to 25.0% WVU Conference Championship Victory of OSU 77.8% to 22.2% West Virginia Key Wins: Uconn, Miss St., Cincy, Rutgers West Virginia Bad Losses...

In a mildly surprising turn of events each top seed lost in the Divisional Round including LSU against Georgia. In a not so surprising turn of events, I am late on posting this. AFC Title Game: #6 Georgia at #4 USC in LA USC Wildcard Victory over Arizona St. 93.5% to 6.5% USC Divisional Victory over BYU 100% to 0% USC Key Wins: Arizona St., Oregon St. USC Bad Losses: Stanford UGA Wildcard Victory over VaTech 85.6% to 14.4% UGA Divisional Victory over LSU 58.3% to 41.7% UGA Key Wins: Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky UGA Bad Losses: South Carolina NFC Title Game: #West Virgina at #3 Ohio St. in Columbus Ohio St. Wildcard Victory over Boise St. 88.9% to 11.1% Ohio St. Divisional Victory over Mizzou 69.2% to 30.8% Ohio St. Key Wins: Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn St. Ohio St. Bad Losses: None WVU Wildcard Victory over Kansas 63.3% to 36.7% WVU Divisional Victory over Hawaii 25.0% to 75.0% West Virginia Key Wins: Uconn, Miss St., Cincy, Rutgers West Virginia Bad Losses: Pitt Opinion Polls ...

AFC #4 USC at #1 BYU in Provo USC Wildcard Victory over Arizona St. 93.5% to 6.5% USC Key Wins: Arizona St., Oregon St. USC Bad Losses: Stanford BYU Key Wins: Air Force, New Mexico BYU Bad Losses: Tulsa #6 Georgia at #2 LSU in Baton Rouge UGA Wildcard Victory over VaTech 85.6% to 14.4% UGA Key Wins: Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky UGA Bad Losses: South Carolina LSU Key Wins: VaTech, Florida, Arkansas, Auburn, Miss St. LSU Bad Losses: None Opinion Polls  &  Market Research Opinion Polls  &  Market Research NFC #3 Ohio St. at #2 Missouri in Columbia UGA Wildcard Victory over VaTech 88.9% to 11.1% Ohio St. Key Wins: Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn St. Ohio St. Bad Losses: None Missouri Key Wins: Kansas, A&M Missouri Bad Losses: None #4 West Virginia at #1 Hawaii in Hawaii WVU Wildcard Victory over Kansas 63.3% to 36.7% West Virginia Key Wins: Uconn, Miss St., Cincy, Rutgers West Virginia Bad Losses: Pitt Kansas Key Wins: Boise St. Kansas Bad Losses: None Opinion Po...