108 replies to this topic

[cw68]

Watch for Memphis, baby.

I don't remember who took last year, but think I fell just short of the top prize.

I like the scoring system too.

[Steve Heard]

I had it all figured out; Georgetown losing to North Carolina and UCLA beating Memphis, then, North Carolina beats UCLA for the national championship.

What happened?

[cw68]

Memphis baby! UNC made it an interesting game towards the end, however.

If I understand the scoring correctly (and SacKen, I'm not complaining), if Memphis wins, I still don't win the tourney even though I'm the only one picking the Nat'l Champion, right? Just one point for each win times seed, regardless of "importance" of game.

That would make two years in a row at #2. sigh

[Darthvader]

I had it all figured out; Georgetown losing to North Carolina and UCLA beating Memphis, then, North Carolina beats UCLA for the national championship.

What happened?

They played the games. Kansas went at it and the game was basically over at half. Memphis and Kansas should make for a very good game. NC had the talent and everybody picked them to go all the way but they just couldn't get it done today!

[cw68]

They played the games. Kansas went at it and the game was basically over at half. Memphis and Kansas should make for a very good game. NC had the talent and everybody picked them to go all the way but they just couldn't get it done today!

It wasn't really over at half because UNC came within four not long after. Kansas pulled it together though, and stopped the mayhem.

[Darthvader]

WOW what a game, Memphis missing free throws will cost them! Clutch shot for that 3 to tie.

[Steve Heard]

WOW what a game, Memphis missing free throws will cost them! Clutch shot for that 3 to tie.

Man! That was crazy! Memphis choked big time! It has to be psychological at that point. The pressure was too great.

What a game!

[palango]

Can I make my victory speech now. Last year, I was near the bottom and this year, I am fortunate to have the 2008 crown and bragging rights for a whole 12 months. Congrats to kansas. What a great game. Memphis choked on freethrows.

Here is the final standings:

1 Palango 157 40 157 40 UCLA (126)
2 Steve Heard 153 46 153 46 North Carolina (144)
3 CW68 153 44 153 44 Memphis (165)
4 SacKen 138 43 138 43 UCLA (115)
5 N Hardy 132 44 132 44 North Carolina (125)
6 Erik Brown 124 40 124 40 UCLA (141)
7 DrKoz23 119 39 119 39 North Carolina (135)
8 Meredith Stanley 118 37 118 37 North Carolina (145)
9 Jen Marchek 117 36 117 36 UCLA (144)
10 John Gladding 111 38 111 38 UCLA (130)
11 scott petersen 110 42 110 42 Kansas (160)
12 John Gladding 107 37 107 37 UCLA (144)
13 jeff marchek 103 35 103 35 UCLA (159)
14 donny petersen 98 38 98 38 Kansas (157)

[cw68]

Urgh, so close. What a great game! Unfortunately for me, I only got to watch bits and pieces of it while out to dinner and putting the kids to bed. I taped it, only to have my son accidentally delete it this morning!

Memphis did choke. In good games, freethrows make or break you. Darn it, I really wanted Memphis to win. Love/Rose rock.

Congrats Kansas, and Palango, too.

[ChipShot]

Memphis choked big time!

That does rank up there in the choke dept. Maybe in the Top 5 of All Time?? Kinda like when a certain player, who will remain nameless, tried to call a time-out in the tournament when he played for Michigan....the only problem was MICHIGAN WAS OUT OF TIME-OUTS !!!!, but I digress bigtime.

[palango]

I am still deciding who had the BIGGER choke jobs. The Memphis players or the Memphis COACH and his staff who had TWO chances to Foul Mario Chalmers with 6 seconds and put him on the line in regulation ANd they did NOT call a timeout with 2 secs left after Super Mario's shot.

The Memphis players Freethrow shooting was to be expected and was overdue because they did fairly well through the tourney. It caught up to them at the wrong time.

So it all falls down to the coach and his staff. Man if I was a memphis fan, I was would be soooo p##D off because they were ahead by 9 points with about 2 minutres and the coaching down the stretch was horrible.

[SacKen]

Man! That was a tense game to watch. So many times someone was way down then they went on a run to take the lead. Good stuff...

BTW, I do see the value in having a round multiplier in the scoring. I think picking correctly in the later rounds should have some bonus applied so that it has compensating value over picking a couple good upset picks in rounds one and two but blowing the rest of the bracket.

Until next year...

[DrKoz23]

Great game. Nice choke-job by Memphis!

Memphis was trying to foul at the end there... but the refs weren't calling it.

[SacKen]

It's that time again! The bracket group is now active for the 2009 tourney. As discussed last year, I'll probably tweak the scoring to give some weight to later rounds. I think there was an option to add a round multiplier.

http://myfolsom.mayhem.cbssports.com

[palango]

It's that time again! The bracket group is now active for the 2009 tourney. As discussed last year, I'll probably tweak the scoring to give some weight to later rounds. I think there was an option to add a round multiplier.

http://myfolsom.mayhem.cbssports.com

As the undisputed 2008 MyFolsom.com champion, I predict that I will go from first place finish in 2008 to last place in 2009. I have not had the time to watch or follow much college basketball (such a shame, but life's too busy).

I really hope that you guys keep the SAME exact format as last year because it was exciting and very unpredictable. Its not about how many you predict right, but you get mucho points for each win in the latter rounds. So even if you guess the champion wroing, you have MORE wins (predictions or teams standing) in the final rounds that will propel you. This is to me is very exciting and VERY unpredictable.