Str8Hoosiers

First Day of the Sweet Sixteen! Will have at least 1 elimination as a couple people picked against each other. If Oregon State & Houston both win then we will crown a CHAMPION Today

Just a friendly reminder to @Josh & @LamarCheeks that your pick must be submitted before tipoff of the first game tomorrow (and again on Sunday if you survive).

All I know is when Brad gets back in the home state his first priority (before talking to players or recruiting new ones) is to renounce the foul words he stated at that press conference... I will have NO Patriots fan running our storied program... I will boo him at every game with no mercy... he will think the Celtics tweets were baby fodder..... or wish somebody took off his head (or at least his ears). Now Brad I want you to come home... but being a Patriots fan will be a deal-breaker! #BILLSMAFIA

WOW, I expected to be in the minority here but it seems overwhelming... I want to WIN and I want to WIN RIGHT.... I am NOT ok with paying the players in any way, keep the duffle bags, shoe companies, strippers, gold/diamond chains, cars, away! I don't want IU to be in the news every week about player A being accused of Sexual assault, I don't want constant 3 game suspensions for Drug problems, I don't want APR issues.... I get that kids will be kids, and I am ok with an occasional issue with a Fake ID, a failed class, or even a 1 time Weed Suspension... but I expect consequences for those actions to be taken by the coach and not have repeat offenders.

Only 5 people made it out of the 1st weekend... they get a few days to catch their collective breath and then see if anybody can get past the 2nd weekend? Nobody has ever made it all the way (although in 2019 1 person made it to the Championship game but had no team available to pick in that game)

Mine is still perfect!!! Am I the only one?

It's not even through the 1st weekend and we are already down to 6 remaining Survivors.

Sorry Bleed, after not making a pick you are eliminated from the Survivor.

Technically picks are supposed to be in before any games tipoff.... but if you want to pick ASAP the winner of a game that hasnt tipped I will count it... I believe there is only 1 game that hasn't tipped

Waiting on 3 more picks for today (before Noon) BleedCubbieBlue, trc1969, and iusafety

All picks for Day #2 have been submitted

I sent that list to you in a PM. But if you want to give me your email address I can send it that way... or your phone number and I will add you to a GroupMe (Group Chat App) with all the participants and the list of all the picks.

No this is your picks.... As I mentioned in the PM... WV and USC are your pics in the MONEY version.

2 missed FT, then no foul, giving up the open look for the tie! Splash... then can't cleanly inbound for even a heave opportunity... VT has all the momentum going into OT.

Alright... the Tournament has begun and therefore this contest is LOCKED.... here are the participants and the Picks for Day #1 NAME Friday, March 19, 2021 maharkn #12 Winthrop Jesus Shuttlesworth #10 Rutgers DWB #10 Rutgers BleedCubbieBlue #10 Rutgers Ghost of Rick Majerus #9 Wisconsin Str8Hoosiers #8 UNC LamarCheeks #8 Loyola Chicago billingsley #6 Texas Tech mamasa #6 Texas Tech Naturalhoosier #6 Texas Tech goldie wilson #6 San Diego St trc1969 #6 Texas Tech Class of '66 Old Fart #5 Tennessee Bobman1 #5 Villanova HoosierKnight #5 Tennessee mjez106 #4 Purdue Stuhoo #4 Oklahoma State BtownBanner6 #4 Purdue Uspshoosier #4 Purdue WayneFleekHoosier #4 Purdue HoosierAloha #4 Purdue tyappleg #3 Arkansas LIHoosier #3 Arkansas Iusafety #3 Arkansas Alaska Hoosier #3 West Virginia Josh #3 Arkansas Rico #2 Houston johnsoniu #2 Houston yogisballin # 2 Ohio State

If anybody is interested in participating in a Tourney Survivor Contest post your picks in here and I will track and update. RULES: You try to correctly pick 1 winner for each day that games are played. There are a total of 10 days of games during the Tournament. If at any time the team you pick loses, you're out of the pool. The catch is you can only use each team 1 time. Last one Standing is the winner! Picks must be submitted before that particular game begins. TIEBREAKER: I will add the seeds of the winning teams selected and the person with the highest total wins.

Nice... going directly against me on day 1.... (and day 2 but 1 of us will be eliminated before then)

Friday - UNC

Just a reminder... No Play in Games.... Picks start Tomorrow (Friday 3/19/21) Picks need to be submitted before Tipoff of the 1st Game of the day! If you want to submit future picks ahead of time that is fine..

I had been thinking about starting a similar thread for months but wasn't sure it would get any response.... I use FanDuel & my wife uses Draft kings... both are great apps and neither of us have had any issues with privacy, information sharing, or anything like that. She really loves betting Over/Unders and I like to do small 5 game parlays... and of course 90% of the time betting the UNDER on a BIG TEN basketball game is a winner (unless Michigan, Illinois, OSU, or Iowa play each other)…. NFL is my favorite to bet on, but I am ready for some action these next few weeks with the tourney going on. On the App I don't think you can get the random bets like +5000 on Stevens being the next IU coach.

I honestly can't even keep up... by the time I read 5 posts I have a notification that there are 7 new posts.... If I go to lunch there are 7 new pages, and at some point if it says the last post I read was 20 hours ago and there are 69 new pages I just have to skip to the end.... The new posts climbed to 10+ just while typing this message!

No, it starts with Friday's games No, you didn't.... all the cool kids did!

You've never made it past the first day... just sayin'..... but last year NOBODY did!

Yes, we will not include the Play In games... the first day of the Survivor is Friday March 19th. Each DAY (not round) a pick must be made. Each team can be used 1 time throughout the Tourney