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  • Z Zombo

    @tour2ma said:

    Naples, FL... happiest city in the USA two years running.

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Zombo

    Zombo said:

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Soooooo..... if they hate Florida, they really hate Naples?

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
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  • Z Zombo

    @tour2ma said:

    Naples, FL... happiest city in the USA two years running.

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Zombo

    Zombo said:

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Zombo

    It IS the one place in FLA that we want to go sometime. But it is on my wife's list...so not sure when we get there.

  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    Zombo said:

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Soooooo..... if they hate Florida, they really hate Naples?

    @tour2ma said:

    Soooooo..... if they hate Florida, they really hate Naples?

    Hopefully if they hate Florida they never make it to Naples. We're full.

    (Unless you want to buy a house from me, then by all means ...)

    Zombo

  • lol...

    I'll go this far.... if I ever did buy a house in Naples...

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
  • Z Zombo

    @tour2ma said:

    Naples, FL... happiest city in the USA two years running.

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Zombo

    Zombo said:

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Zombo

    Sanibel is nice to visit but Naples/Marco Island is where it's nice to stay.

    And I'm in brackets here baby.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
  • mjp28M mjp28

    Zombo said:

    Getting happier by the minute. People who hate florida never spent any time in Naples.

    Zombo

    Sanibel is nice to visit but Naples/Marco Island is where it's nice to stay.

    And I'm in brackets here baby.

    @mjp28 said:

    Sanibel is nice to visit but Naples/Marco Island is where it's nice to stay.

    And I'm in brackets here baby.

    The timeshare I own in Las Vegas is at the Polo Towers....so someday I may trade my Polo for Marco. I look forward to my time in the pool there and to play the game.

    Suites-at-Polo-Towers-Exterior1.jpg

  • I'm in

    gumby73G mjp28M 2 Replies
  • Mark OM Mark O

    I'm in

    @mark-o said:

    I'm in

    would you like the confidence pick bracket?

    Browns & Buffett: Got to go fishin, Down to rock bottom again, with just a few Friends
  • Mark OM Mark O

    I'm in

    @mark-o said:

    I'm in

    15 players in so far in The BROWNS BOARD Tournament with the deadline before game 1 Thursday March 16, 2017.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!

  • I don't get these "First Four" play-in games for anything, but a 16th seed. Having two teams play for an 11 doesn't seem right.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
    The GipperT mjp28M 2 Replies
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    I don't get these "First Four" play-in games for anything, but a 16th seed. Having two teams play for an 11 doesn't seem right.

    @tour2ma said:

    I don't get these "First Four" play-in games for anything, but a 16th seed. Having two teams play for an 11 doesn't seem right.

    Actually...it makes great sense. You have 4 "Play-in" games involving 8 teams. The committee actually designates 6 "16 seeds". These are Automatic Qualifiers from the smaller conferences. The lowest 4 of those 6 play off to see which two move on to play the #1 seeds.

    Then....after all the Automatic Qualifiers are designated, you know that the Committee then selects like 36 "At Large teams", teams that have not won their conference tourneys. So then what they do is they take the "Last Four in" of these teams and they have them play off. They are really the last teams picked to play in the tourney....and they have no real cause to complain because they are just lucky to have been selected to participate. Ergo, these 4 "play in" as well. Usually they end up with like an 11 seed.

    So...to me, it does seem right that the last 4 team selected have to undergo a bit more of a challenge.

  • If the objective is to end up with the best 64 in the country, having two 11's play for the right to be one of those 64 guarantees that you will fail to meet your objective.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    If the objective is to end up with the best 64 in the country, having two 11's play for the right to be one of those 64 guarantees that you will fail to meet your objective.

    @tour2ma said:

    If the objective is to end up with the best 64 in the country, having two 11's play for the right to be one of those 64 guarantees that you will fail to meet your objective.

    That is NOT the objective. The objective is to have 36 leagues with their automatic qualifiers participate where then that is whittled down to 34 with two of them eliminated in the "First Four" round; then to select the next 32 best at large teams and to eliminate 2 of them in that First round. Thus...the objective is to have 34 AQ's plus 30 at large teams make up the Round of 64.

    If they wanted the best 64...then about 15-20 leagues would have no participants in the tourney. And that is not what they want.

  • Princeton gave Notre Dame all it can handle. Lost by only 60-58.

    UNC Wilmington giving Virginia all it can handle. Only a 3 pt. game with about 5 minutes left.

  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    I don't get these "First Four" play-in games for anything, but a 16th seed. Having two teams play for an 11 doesn't seem right.

    @tour2ma said:

    I don't get these "First Four" play-in games for anything, but a 16th seed. Having two teams play for an 11 doesn't seem right.

    I agree it's like adding extra wild card games, 64 should be enough.

    (and there's always the NIT)

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
  • mjp28M mjp28

    @tour2ma said:

    I don't get these "First Four" play-in games for anything, but a 16th seed. Having two teams play for an 11 doesn't seem right.

    I agree it's like adding extra wild card games, 64 should be enough.

    (and there's always the NIT)

    @mjp28 said:

    I agree it's like adding extra wild card games, 64 should be enough.

    (and there's always the NIT)

    lol... Is the NIT still a thing? 😉 Sigh... I can remember when it was a big thing.

    As for the NCAA... all about the $$$. First it was one, play-in game... now four... and there was talk of more.

    "When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196
    mjp28M The GipperT 2 Replies
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @mjp28 said:

    I agree it's like adding extra wild card games, 64 should be enough.

    (and there's always the NIT)

    lol... Is the NIT still a thing? 😉 Sigh... I can remember when it was a big thing.

    As for the NCAA... all about the $$$. First it was one, play-in game... now four... and there was talk of more.

    @tour2ma said:

    lol... Is the NIT still a thing? 😉 Sigh... I can remember when it was a big thing.

    As for the NCAA... all about the $$$. First it was one, play-in game... now four... and there was talk of more.

    Some people must want to kill this now NCAA "cash cow" I've heard talk of up to 128 teams....that should eliminate a lot of casual fans and pick 'ems.

    Oh yeah the NIT used to be the big tournament at one time.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!

  • Check out some of these NIT names:

    FIRST ROUND

    DATE TIME (ET) TV MATCHUP

    March 14 7 p.m. ESPN No. 2 Illinois 82, No. 7 Valparaiso 57

    March 14 7:15 p.m. ESPN2 No. 5 Mississippi 91, No. 4 Monmouth 83

    March 14 8 p.m. ESPNU No. 7 Oakland 74, No. 2 Clemson 69

    March 14 9 p.m. ESPN3 No. 4 Colorado State 81, No. 5 Charleston 74

    March 14 9 p.m. ESPN No. 6 Georgia Tech 75, No. 3 Indiana 63

    March 14 9:15 p.m. ESPN2 No. 6 Richmond 71, No. 3 Alabama 64

    March 14 10 p.m. ESPNU No. 6 Boise State 73, No. 3 Utah 68

    March 14 11:15 p.m. ESPN2 No. 8 CSU Bakersfield 73, No. 1 California 66

    March 15 7 p.m. ESPN2 No. 1 Syracuse 90, No. 8 UNCG 77

    March 15 7 p.m. ESPN3 No. 7 Belmont 78, No. 2 Georgia 69

    March 15 7 p.m. ESPN3 No. 4 UCF 79, No. 5 Colorado 74

    March 15 7:30 p.m. ESPNU No. 7 Akron 78, No. 2 Houston 75

    March 15 8 p.m. ESPN3 No. 4 TCU 66, No. 5 Fresno State 59

    March 15 9 p.m. ESPN2 No. 1 Iowa 87, No. 8 South Dakota 75

    March 15 9:30 p.m. ESPNU No. 1 Illinois State 85, No. 8 UC Irvine 71

    March 15 11 p.m. ESPN2 No. 6 UT Arlington 105, No. 3 BYU 85

    SECOND ROUND

    DATE TIME (ET) TV MATCHUP

    March 18 11 a.m. ESPN No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 5 Mississippi

    March 19 Noon ESPN No. 6 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Belmont

    March 19 5 p.m. ESPN2 No. 1 Iowa vs. No. 4 TCU

    March 19 7:30 p.m. ESPNU No. 6 Richmond vs. No. 7 Oakland

    March 20 7 p.m. ESPN No. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 4 UCF

    March 20 8 p.m. ESPNU No. 6 UT Arlington vs. No. 7 Akron

    March 20 9 p.m. ESPN No. 2 Illinois vs. No. 6 Boise State

    March 20 11 p.m. ESPN2 No. 4 Colorado State vs. No. 8 CSU Bakersfield

    FINAL (AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN)

    DATE TIME (ET) TV MATCHUP

    March 30 TBA TBA TBA

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @mjp28 said:

    I agree it's like adding extra wild card games, 64 should be enough.

    (and there's always the NIT)

    lol... Is the NIT still a thing? 😉 Sigh... I can remember when it was a big thing.

    As for the NCAA... all about the $$$. First it was one, play-in game... now four... and there was talk of more.

    @tour2ma said:

    lol... Is the NIT still a thing? 😉 Sigh... I can remember when it was a big thing.

    As for the NCAA... all about the $$$. First it was one, play-in game... now four... and there was talk of more.

    Akron U beat Houston in the NIT last night....in Texas. Now they have to stay in Texas to play UT-Arlington.

    mjp28M 1 Reply

  • Butler beats Winthrop

    Gonzaga beats South Dakota St.

    Both games won handily.

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