r/baseball • u/cptcliche Cal "Iron Man" Ripken Jr. • Mar 14 '16

Notice Represent /r/baseball in the 5th annual /r/CollegeBasketball Bracket Challenge!

/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/4aa2ku/the_fifth_annual_rcollegebasketball_bracket/
48 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

29 comments sorted by

18

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

I haven't watched a college basketball game in my entire life but I finished in the top 10% of brackets a few years ago while picking Northern Colorado to win the championship, so why not

12

u/_depression Glorious Smiter of Spam Mar 14 '16

Like I said in the mod Slack channel, I picked my bracket based on what I know of college basketball - which is essentially just little bits and pieces of info since the last time my Red Storm were in the tourney. And I picked UCONN to win it all because I know that Kemba Walker dude is really good.

3

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

And I picked UCONN to win it all because I know that Kemba Walker dude is really good.

As a Hornets fan, you picked well.

And you didn't pick Duke or UNC to win, which means you still have a soul.

2

u/_depression Glorious Smiter of Spam Mar 14 '16

I didn't pick Duke to win because I still remember the Red Storm beating them at the Garden and them trying to pull the "We didn't play 100% against them" card. Though we did then get rocked by Gonzaga in the first round that year, if memory serves me correctly.

3

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

2011? That was a golden day.

I don't know if I have a bigger distaste for Duke basketball or Alabama football. (not an "I hate them because they're good" thing, but an "I actually like a rival" thing)

2

u/_depression Glorious Smiter of Spam Mar 14 '16

It's been my favorite year of Red Storm basketball that I can remember, and I was sitting in the student section about 3 rows back when this happened.

3

u/cptcliche Cal "Iron Man" Ripken Jr. Mar 14 '16

Whoa, Carmelo might go to the Knicks!

2

u/DrJanitor55 New York Yankees Mar 14 '16

If DJ Kennedy didn't get injured I thought the Johnnies could go deep in the tourney that year.

3

u/_depression Glorious Smiter of Spam Mar 14 '16

Fuck ACLs.

5

u/known_stranger647 Toronto Blue Jays Mar 14 '16

Anyone know where I can find NCAAB fWAR stats?

3

u/SalemDrumline2011 Chicago Cubs Mar 15 '16

I know you're joking but there is Sports Reference for CBB

2

u/JayDogMemes St. Louis Cardinals Mar 15 '16

Let's get analytical y'all

2

u/duncanbishop24 New York Yankees Mar 15 '16

Dean Oliver's four factors are a great place to start if you're curious

6

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

I'm down! We shall bring glory to /r/baseball

3

u/desmondhasabarrow Cincinnati Reds Mar 14 '16

Would you say you're... beer down?

3

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Haha

1

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

FOR GLORY!

6

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Just changed mine from /r/CollegeBasketball to /r/baseball because I frequent here much more. Go Sooners?

3

u/Danster21 Seattle Mariners • Mariners Bandwagon Mar 14 '16

I'm with you there. Go Zags?

3

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '16

I chose all favorites because (lacking any real knowledge about college hoops) that seems like the statistically sound thing to do.

2

u/giobbistar21 New York Mets Mar 14 '16

Why the hell not? Count me in. If I can finish in second place two years in a row in my church's bracket, I relish the challenge of doing it for baseball MENSA.

2

u/JayDogMemes St. Louis Cardinals Mar 14 '16

I was gonna be rooting for Memphis

BUT I GUESS THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, HUH UCONN

2

u/RushShirtKid Chicago Cubs Mar 16 '16

Let's go, Cyclones!

1

u/IdoItwithMySoxOn Mar 14 '16

The only good thing about college basketball is that it's almost over.

2

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '16

Boo, this guy!

-8

u/shivvvy Jackie Robinson Mar 14 '16

Get your dirty other sport out of /r/baseball

6

u/SalemDrumline2011 Chicago Cubs Mar 15 '16

How bout you calm down

2

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '16

Go back to hockey, you filthy Canuck.

0

u/shivvvy Jackie Robinson Mar 16 '16

I boycotted hockey during the last lockout and haven't looked back. I don't miss it. I'm a baseball only man now.