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The Science Of Filling Out Your Bracket Like A Girl Without Admitting It To Yourself

Storming the Floor — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:17:37 EDT

Over at STF, we're playing against a bracket filled out by my five-year-old son based on which mascot would win in a fight.

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Like Tek, I love Barenaked Ladies — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:49:00 EDT

I'd be insulted by this if I'd ever entered a bracket in a pool. And if I hadn't purchased a stuffed BU terrier this afternoon.

Like Tek, I love Barenaked Ladies

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suntastic — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:04:24 EDT

That picture makes me want to pick Kentucky to win it all, even though they've already lost.

suntastic

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A Pimp Named DaveR — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:31:21 EDT

@HugsFromHarold: Manfredo didn't win.

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HugsFromHarold — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:12:41 EDT

@RedLightGreenLight: hey didn't the guy who win the first season of "The Contender" from Rhode Island?
And there'salways Rocco Baldelli!

HugsFromHarold

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UncouthSloth — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:50:56 EDT

@the sieve: I'd try to stick tha biscuit in the five-hole

UncouthSloth

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In Flagrante Delicto — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:46:55 EDT

On just one or two days every other year, I get to experience something that alums of big-time sports schools are familiar with - pride. Today is one of those days. Today, BDD wrote that he "inexplicably" likes Davidson.

In Flagrante Delicto

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Illegal Immigrant — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:31:38 EDT

I won't lie, I picked one real bracket and then I picked two where all I did was flip a coin for every game (except the 1 vs 16 games. I'm not stupid). Well, I'm perfect in one coin flip bracket and all but in the other. The one I actually took time to pick is somewhere in between.

Illegal Immigrant

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thetaxman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:24:44 EDT

Mmm Laetitia Casta. Sorry, what were you saying?

thetaxman

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bizzo5000 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:21:48 EDT

I have a hard time with my anti-homerism. Pitt could very well be a final four team but I refuse to accused of being a homer so I have them going out in the Sweet 16 every year. It's worked out pretty well so far.

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metroville — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:19:44 EDT

Arbitrarily-selected long shots are the key to bracket victory.

For example, if Oral Roberts closes their measly 30-point deficit then wins another game to make it to the Sweet Sixteen, I'm sitting pretty.

metroville

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Bullet_Tooth_Tony — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:10:01 EDT

And WHO is hummin' on basketball players? The chicks or the dudes? And you wonder why they are good at picking the brackets... That "girl in payroll" got more tips from the players themselves than you know.

/that would be my inner chauvanist talking

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The Legend of Vincent Tremblay — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:09:35 EDT

@Afino: Ashley Jedd wouldn't try to block a 180' bouncing puck with her arm, that's for damn sure.

The Legend of Vincent Tremblay

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Secret Identity — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:09:19 EDT

@Afino:

Toskala has been pretty good this year. You'll wish he was your goalie after Ryan Miller signs with the Red Wings in a year or so.

Secret Identity

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Jen P — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:01:22 EDT

Well, I couldn't totally fuck up my bracket this year because Syracuse did me the favor of missing the tournament entirely. And my traditional Big East bias is now shot, because I have no idea who the hell is even in the Big East anymore. Ugh.

Jen P

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Cinnamon Girl — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:58:59 EDT

Great post.

I was in a rush to pick my work bracket this year, so I just went with whichever team had the shorter name - less writing that way ... and since I'm a girl, I don't have to feel bad about it.

Cinnamon Girl

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Afino — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:58:37 EDT

@the sieve:

That was my first thought too...

She'd be better than Toskala.

Afino

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Im a people person. Who drinks. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:53:46 EDT

I was training a girl at the office when all the office pool brackets were distributed. I stopped training to focus on making fun of them, since I also selected my bracket like a man. When one of the brackets had the same Final 4 as mine, I didn't check the name on the bracket - instead going straight to insults. You see where this is going. So either the girl I'm training picks like a man or I pick like a chic.

Fuck it - I'm going to the bar....

Im a people person. Who drinks.

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Evgeni Merkin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:45:58 EDT

I mean Judds....

/Freudian

Evgeni Merkin

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Evgeni Merkin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:45:21 EDT

Less words, more "Jugs" please.

Evgeni Merkin

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LeagueofShadows — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:42:03 EDT

It's times like this, when Gawker IT is beating us down, that we turn to BDD in our desperation.

LeagueofShadows

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LeagueofShadows — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:31 EDT

That's pretty much what I did this morning with my bracket.

LeagueofShadows

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A Pimp Named DaveR — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:38:19 EDT

What does this have to do with Ashley Judd's awesome legs? STAY ON TARGET!

A Pimp Named DaveR

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Signal to Noise — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:37:16 EDT

Oh, and HELL YES.

Signal to Noise

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goathair — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:36:39 EDT

I like asking the waiter what the most popular dish is. Taste is too subjective.

goathair

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UpstateUnderdog — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:34:43 EDT

@RedLightGreenLight: And fuck that queer dancing tree Stanford has and Mike Montgomery. The bitterness from that Elite 8 loss will never die. However, I like to think coffee milk put RI on the map.

/URI grad

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stealofthedraft — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:34:30 EDT

@shea_guevara:
You beat me to it.
/fellow music nerd

stealofthedraft

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the sieve — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:34:12 EDT

I knew the Maple Leafs were desperate for a goalie, but Ashley Judd? Yeesh.

the sieve

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Clare — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:33:27 EDT

Drew, if you wanted column ideas, you could've just asked me.

@She Blinded Me With ONIONS!!!: I had such a difficult time deciding what I wanted for lunch today I said fuck it! and I got a manicure and pedicure instead of eating. Good decision. My ass thanks me.

Clare

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shea_guevara — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Fuck Arthur Lee? But "Forever Changes" is an amazing album!

/music nerd

shea_guevara

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Signal to Noise — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:28:03 EDT

I changed a bunch of match-ups because I couldn't envision having two #13 seeds going to the Sweet 16 like I had originally.

Now watch both Siena and Winthrop survive the first weekend.

Signal to Noise

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Babcocksure — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:25:57 EDT

I'm with you BDD fuck Vandy. Don't know why, haven't seen them play a game, but yeah LOSERS

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Kccal — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:24:25 EDT

Women are ringers in bracket pools. One time in a pool I participated in, the top 4 finishers were all female, and there were only like 6 female participants our of 30 people. Figures.

Kccal

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uwishunu — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:24:10 EDT

when i went to camp, the cute boys' cabin was called Gonzaga. Therefore they are always winning in my picks.

uwishunu

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Carlton_Whitfield — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:22:41 EDT

@RedLightGreenLight: I believe you're looking for "oldest operating carousel in the nation."
/not kidding

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Philadelphia Eagles of Death Metal — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:22:14 EDT

technical difficulties are the balls

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Jefferson Short Bus — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:20:51 EDT

@RedLightGreenLight: The nWo's mailing address was also in RI.

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SonofSpurrier — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:18:26 EDT

Davidson!

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44 in a Row — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:17:28 EDT

Needs less hockey jersey.

44 in a Row

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She Blinded Me With Violence — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:15:27 EDT

Deciding where to eat for lunch is easily the most difficult challenge I face every day. I fucking hate going to lunch.

She Blinded Me With Violence

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Steve Trachsel, Ace — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:15:16 EDT

Every year I match up my bracket with a female friend who bases her picks on schools shes heard of, mascots, and Kornheisers picks in the Post.

Ive yet to beat her

Steve Trachsel, Ace

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TheStarterWife — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:13:29 EDT

There's a joke to be made about "Cinderellas" and "Balls" in there somewhere, but I'm too busy to picking my bracket by cutest mascot to make the effort.

TheStarterWife

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MeSoHornsby — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:13:24 EDT

Such language. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

MeSoHornsby

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RedLightGreenLight — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:11:37 EDT

Fuck Arthur Lee is right, and fuck Mark Madsen too. URI in the Final Four could have put Rhode Island on the map for something other than...guys, a little help? Family Guy?

RedLightGreenLight

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Lindsay Lohans Left Boob — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:11:00 EDT

I thought we all agreed no more BDD until football season. And when that comes, less of BDD.

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Doyle McPoyle — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:07:32 EDT

Good stuff. But anyway, back to strippers...

Doyle McPoyle