With Purdue taking the Big Ten tournament title, that means all 32 automatic bids have been claimed for this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

And shortly, we'll find out the 36 other teams that will join them.

And this year's field will be more wide open than ever, with no clear favorite to win it.  A slight lean may go towards either Alabama or Purdue, with either having a chance at the overall #1 seed.

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN!!!

I'll set up a bracket if people are actually willing to join this time tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/mens-basketball-bracket/group/44443/

SOUTH

#1 - Alabama (Overall #1)
#16 - Texas A&M Corpus Christi/Southeast Missouri State

#8 - Maryland
#9 - West Virginia

#5 - San Diego State
#12 - Charleston

#4 - Virginia
#13 - Furman

#6 - Creighton
#11 - North Carolina State

#3 - Baylor
#14 - UC Santa Barbara

#7 - Missouri
#10 - Utah State

#2 - Arizona
#15 - Princeton

MIDWEST

#1 - Houston
#16 - Northern Kentucky

#8 - Iowa
#9 - Auburn

#5 - Miami (FL)
#12 - Drake

#4 - Indiana
#13 - Kent State

#6 - Iowa State
#11 - Mississippi State/Pittsburgh

#3 - Xavier
#14 - Kennesaw State

#7 - Texas A&M
#10 - Penn State

#2 - Texas
#15 - Colgate

WEST

#1 - Kansas
#16 - Howard

#8 - Arkansas
#9 - Illinois

#5 - Saint Mary's
#12 - VCU

#4 - UConn
#13 - Iona

#6 - TCU
#11 - Arizona State/Nevada

#3 - Gonzaga
#14 - Grand Canyon

#7 - Northwestern
#10 - Boise State

#2 - UCLA
#15 - UNC Asheville

EAST

#1 - Purdue
#16 - Texas Southern/Fairleigh Dickinson

#8 - Memphis
#9 - Florida Atlantic

#5 - Duke
#12 - Oral Roberts

#4 - Tennessee
#13 - Louisiana

#6 - Kentucky
#11 - Providence

#3 - Kansas State
#14 - Montana State

#7 - Michigan State
#10 - USC

#2 - Marquette
#15 - Vermont

Some history UNC becomes first preseason #1 to miss the tourney since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Fuck Houston for fucking up my perfect parlay for the day. I hit Princeton ML as dogs and even hit Penn State covering the 7.5 spread. Houston ML of all things fucks me out of $1700.

Mar 12, 2023 23:05:44 GMT DanTheMan said:

Some history UNC becomes first preseason #1 to miss the tourney since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Total embarrassment but they really didn’t belong in the Finals last year either. They got hot at the end and were even gifted St. Peter’s during the run. Their collapse started in the 2nd half of that championship game and continued into this season. 

The fuck? UNC isn't in at all?

I never pay attention to college basketball until around now so I guess that's why I'm surprised. :lol:

I made three brackets so far.

I got:
Kansas def. Texas
Duke def. Arizona
KANSAS beating Duke in Finals

Kansas goes back to back by beating the two blue bloods in North Carolina and Duke to do so. This is my #1 pick.


My other two both have Arizona beating UCLA in the Finals but happening in different Final Four scenarios. One has UCLA knocking off Gonzaga one more time and one has Gonzaga losing to Grand Canyon in the first round. Either way Arizona vs UCLA have put on three thrillers this year and I’m down for a fourth.

Mar 13, 2023 0:53:23 GMT KING KID said:

I made three brackets so far.

I got:
Kansas def. Texas
Duke def. Arizona
KANSAS beating Duke in Finals

Kansas goes back to back by beating the two blue bloods in North Carolina and Duke to do so. This is my #1 pick.


My other two both have Arizona beating UCLA in the Finals but happening in different Final Four scenarios. One has UCLA knocking off Gonzaga one more time and one has Gonzaga losing to Grand Canyon in the first round. Either way Arizona vs UCLA have put on three thrillers this year and I’m down for a fourth.

Fill it out in my link, I want a good turnout this time.

Mar 12, 2023 21:48:56 GMT DanTheMan said:

I'll set up a bracket if people are actually willing to join this time tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/mens-basketball-bracket/group/44443/

Anyone else want to join anyone

I joined.

I’m also 2-0 so far.

www.theonion.com/retired-coach-k-spends-afternoon-screaming-at-ducks-to-1850193580

Rooting for maryland to upset Alabama in the 2nd round even though I have Alabama winning it all.

What a dumb play by Virginia! They just needed to hold for the foul. And instead, they threw a Hail Mary that got picked by Furman. And a three pointer later, Furman leads by one, with 2.4 left in the game.

First major upset of the tourney.

Welp. West Virginia and Virginia both fucked me to start off the Madness. I literally went 4-0 in the First Four games and then boom. Madness.

For those who arent watching it was basically the basketball version of this in the Virgina game 

Virginia is making a tradition out of choking in the first round.

Mar 16, 2023 19:09:25 GMT Leper Messiah said:

Virginia is making a tradition out of choking in the first round.

I think alot of teams would rather have 1 national title and 3 chokes then 4 deep tourney runs with no title, just read that 90% of brackets are already not perfect.

Alabama +22.5 bettors look away

Is your bracket busted

I never had my bracket get destroyed this badly this soon EVER.

Arizona was one of my biggest plays in the bracket and wow.

I had Arizona in the final four. Holy fuck.

I don’t know how Arizona goes from winning the PAC 12 tournament to losing round 1.

I still can’t believe how Virginia lost.

Well the internet has already crowned Princeton as this years St. Peters. That would be fun.

Man, I'm better off getting Youtube TV for a month. My firestick doesn't like CBB. :lol:

MADNESS FDU holds on.

ONE AND DONE!!!

PURDUE'S DONE!!!

FAIR DICK MOVES ON!!!