NCAAbbs

This is an NCAAbbs Cup game and is open to any person, representing any team.

The NCAA Baseball Tournament is a double elimination tournament. Your assignment is simple - pick the 16 teams (1 from each reigonal) that you think will make it to the super-reigonals. Next week, I'll have a game for the super-reigonals, for the right to go to the World Series, but for now all you need to do is pick your 16 teams.

POINT SYSTEM:
Every team you pick correctly worth 10 points. Every year there are one or two surprise teams that get to the 2nd round. If you go out on a limb and select a #4 seed, you will be awarded 5 bonus points (15 total) if they win their reigonal.

DEADLINE:
The deadline for this game is FRIDAY, MAY 31, @ 12:30 P.M.

NOTE: The date has been pushed back because of inaccurate info. I thought the reigonals started Thursday afternoon. Instead, they all start Friday afternoon.

As always, NO edited posts are allowed...If you see a mistake, delete your post and post it again. I'll be double-checking everyone's brackets...if I spot a mistake or an invalid bracket, I'll let you know.

Ok, those are the rules...If you have any questions, let me know. Good luck!

The schedule looks like this...

Game 1: #1 vs #4
Game 2: #2 vs #3
Game 3: Loser game 1 vs Loser game 2
Game 4: Winner game 1 vs Winner game 2
Game 5: Winner game 3 vs. Loser game 4
Game 6: Winner game 4 vs. Winner game 5 (1st possible championship game)
Game 7: Same teams (if necessary)

Reigonal Brackets (Host site in parentheses)

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">(Tallahassee, FL) | (South Bend, IN)
1. Florida St. (56-12) | 1. South Alabama (41-17)
2. Cent. Fla. (40-20) | 2. Notre Dame (44-15)
3. So. Florida (33-27) | 3. Ohio State (36-18-1)
4. Stetson (42-17) | 4. Kent State (37-20)
---------------------------|-------------------------------
(Los Angeles, CA) | (Palo Alto, CA)
1. Southern Cal (34-22) | 1. Stanford (40-16)
2. Cal St. N'ridge (40-15) | 2. Long Beach St. (37-19)
3. Maine (40-15) | 3. San Jose St. (45-15)
4. BYU (29-29-1) | 4. Cal St. Fullerton (36-20)
---------------------------|-------------------------------
(Austin, TX) | (Mesa, AZ)
1. Texas (48-14) | 1. Houston (44-15)
2. Baylor (34-24) | 2. Arizona St. (35-19)
3. Lamar (35-22) | 3. San Diego (38-21)
4. Cent. Conn. St.(34-21) | 4. New Mexico St. (37-23)
---------------------------|-------------------------------
(Baton Rouge, LA) | (Houston, TX)
1. LSU (40-19) | 1. Rice (47-11)
2. Louisiana (37-21) | 2. Texas Tech (41-18)
3. Tulane (35-25) | 3. Washington (30-25-1)
4. Southern U. (45-8) | 4. Harvard (20-24)
---------------------------|-------------------------------
(Clemson, SC) | (Wichita, KS)
1. Clemson (47-14) | 1. Wichita St. (46-15)
2. East Carolina (41-18-1) | 2. Oklahoma (35-25)
3. Elon (34-21) | 3. Arkansas (31-26)
4. Ga Southern (38-23) | 4. Oral Roberts (46-17)
---------------------------|-------------------------------
(Lincoln, NE) | (Winston-Salem, NC)
1. Nebraska (42-18) | 1. Wake Forest (44-11-1)
2. SW Missouri St. (41-19) | 2. Richmond (49-10)
3. Marist (40-12) | 3. Navy (22-23)
4. Wisc.-Milwaukee (36-18) | 4. George Washington (42-21)
---------------------------|-------------------------------
(Columbia, SC) | (Gainesville, FL)
1. So. Carolina (48-14) | 1. Florida (43-17)
2. No. Carolina (40-19) | 2. Fla. Int'l (41-18)
3. James Madison (43-14) | 3. Miami (30-26)
4. Va Commonwealth (38-25) | 4. Bethune-Cookman (38-20)
---------------------------|-------------------------------
(Atlanta, GA) | (Tuscaloosa, AL)
1. Georgia Tech (46-14) | 1. Alabama (48-13)
2. Georgia (30-27) | 2. Auburn (34-24)
3. Louisville (39-16) | 3. Fla. Atlantic (43-18)
4. Coastal Car. (43-17) | 4. SE Missouri St. (36-18)</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[EDIT: Corrected Southeast Missouri State in the Tuscaloosa reigonal...was Southwest Missouri State.

<small>[ May 30, 2002, 12:43 AM: Message edited by: JoltinJacket ]</small>

1. Florida St.
2. Notre Dame
3. Southern Cal
4. Cal St. Fullerton (#4 seed)
5. Baylor
6. Arizona St.
7. LSU
8. Rice
9. Clemson
10. Wichita St.
11. Nebraska
12. Wake Forest
13. South Carolina
14. Florida Int'l
15. Georgia Tech
16. Auburn

1) FSU
2) Ohio St
3) Cal St NRidge
4) Long Beach
5) Texas
6) Houston
7) LSU
8)TTech
9) Elon College
10) Wichita
11) Nebraska
12) Wake F
13) North Carolina
14) Gators
15) GTech
16) Alabama

<img border="0" alt="[Drinky]" title="" src="graemlins/drinky.gif" />

1) Florida State
2) Notre Dame
3) Southern Cal
4) Stanford
5) Texas
6) Houston
7) LSU
8) Texas Tech
9) Clemson
10) Arkansas
11) Nebraska
12) Wake Forest
13) South Carolina
14) Florida
15) Georgia Tech
16) Alabama

Florida State
Notre Dame
Cal State Northridge
Cal State Fullerton
Texas
Arizona State
LSU
Rice
Clemson
Witchita State
Nebraska
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Miami
Georgia Tech
Auburn

1. Florida State
2. Northridge
3. Texas
4. LSU
5. Clemson
6. Nebraska
7. South Carolina
8. Georgia Tech
9. South Alabama
10. Stanford
11. Arizona State
12. Rice
13. Wichita State
14. Wake Forest
15. FIU
16. Alabama

1. UCF
2. South Alabama
3. Cal St. Northridge
4. Stanford
5. Texas
6. Arizona State
7. LSU
8. Rice
9. Clemson
10. Wichita St.
11. Nebraska
12. Wake Forest
13. South Carolina
14. FIU
15. Georgia Tech
16. Alabama

1. FSU
2. Southern Cal
3. Texas
4. LSU
5. Clemson
6. Nebraska
7. UNC
8. Georgia Tech
9. Notre Dame
10. Sanford
11. Houston
12. Rice
13. Oklahoma
14. Wake Forest
15. Florida
16. Alabama

-JD

1. Florida St.
2. Notre Dame
3. Cal St. N'ridge
4. San Jose St.
5. Texas
6. Houston
7. LSU
8. Texas Tech
9. Clemson
10. Witchita State
11. SW Missouri State
12. Wake Forest
13. James Madison (for Sarah <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> )
14. Florida
15. Georgia Tech
16. Alabama

Florida St
USC
Texas
LSU
Clemson
NEb
S. Carolina
C. Carolina
Notre Dame
Stanford
ASU
Rice
WSU
WAke
Miami
Alabama

1) Florida St.
2)Notre Dame
3)So. Cal
4) San Jose St.
5) Texas
6)San Diego
7) LSU
8) Texas Tech
9) Clemson
10) Oklahoma
11) Nebraska
12) GW
13) So. Carolina
14) Miami
15)GA Tech
16) Alabama

1. Florida State
2. South Alabama
3. Cal St. Northridge
4. Long Beach State
5. Texas
6. Houston
7. LSU
8. Rice
9. Clemson
10. Oklahoma
11. SW Missouri St.
12. Wake Forest
13. South Carolina
14. Florida
15. Coastal Carolina
16. Alabama

BTTT

1.Texas
2.Southern Cal
3.Texas
4.LSU
5.Clemson
6.Nebraska
7.No. Carolina
8.Georgia Tech
9.Notre Dame
10.Cal St Fullerton
11.Arizona
12.Rice
13.Wichita
14.Wake Forrest
15.Miami
16.Alabama

1. Florida State
2. South Alabama
3. Cal St Northridge
4. Long Beach State
5. Texas
6. Houston
7. LSU
8. Rice
9. Clemson
10. Wichita State
11. Nebraska
12. Wake Forest
13. South Carolina
14. Florida
15. Georgia Tech
16. Alabama

Florida State
Southern Cal
Texas
LSU
East Carolina
Nebraska
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Stanford
Arizona State
Rice
Arkansas
Wake Forest
Florida
Alabama

PS. Noley Arizona is not in the tourney! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

1. Florida St.
2. South Alabama
3. Southern Cal
4. Long Beach
5. Texas
6. Arizona St.
7. LSU
8. Rice
9. Clemson
10. Oklahoma
11. Nebraska
12. Wake Forest
13. North Carolina
14. Florida
15. Georgia Tech
16. Alabama

1. Florida St.
2. South Alabama
3. Cal St. N'ridge
4. Stanford
5. Texas
6. Arizona St.
7. LSU
8. Rice
9. Clemson
10. Wichita St.
11. Nebraska
12. Wake Forest
13. South Carolina
14. Florida
15. Georgia Tech
16. Alabama

BTTT. Still a day and a half to enter.

Florida State
South Alabama
Southern Cal
Long Beach St.
Texas
Arizona St.
LSU
Rice
Clemson
Oral Roberts
SW Missouri St.
Wake Forest
South Carolina
Fla. Intl
Louisville
Alabama

FSU
NOTRE DAME
CAL ST NRIDGE
LBS
TEXAS
HOUSTON
LSU
TEXAS TECH
CLEMSON
WICH ST
SW MISS
WF
JMU
FLA INT
GT
ALA

Gotta pick some upsets......+

auburnfan71's picks, from the SEC forum...

Disclaimer: I am not a big time college baseball fan so this is pure luck and mostly guessing.

Florida State
Notre Dame
Cal St. Northridge
Long Beach State
Texas
Arizona State
LSU
Texas Tech
Clemson
Wichita State
Sw. Missouri St
Richmond
James Madison
Florida
Georgia Tech
Alabama

How bad am I doing?

-JD

Sou Cal and BYU play this afternoon (Monday)

Miami
FSU
ND
Texas
Houston
LSU
Rice
Clemson
Arkansas
Nebraska
Richmond
S Carolina
GT
Stanford
Fla Atlantic

Well, I'll be 12 for 16 if Southern Cal wins today....

-JD

Standings on the way...

The regional winners:

Florida State
Notre Dame
Stanford
Texas
Houston
LSU
Rice
Clemson
Arkansas
Nebraska
Richmond
South Carolina
Miami
Georgia Tech
Fla Atlantic
USC/BYU (To be determined)

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;"> correct/total Points
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1. calling_the_hogs 11/15 110
2. JD Heel 10/15 100
SDSundevil 10/15 100
pac10 10/15 100
5. Paul 9/15 90
Noley 9/15 90
BigBiscuit 9/15 90
whos_your_dawgy 9/15 90
BLAKESGIRL 9/15 90
DamascusTerp2 9/15 90
11.Knight Prowler 8/15 80
JoltinJacket 8/15 80
Lucy 8/15 80
14.Terpy 7/15 70
RickHeel 7/15 70
auburnfan71 7/15 70
CollegeFight 7/15 70
18.SlvrSprng_JrTrp 6/15 60
UpperDeckChevy 6/15 60</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Even though 4 contestants are within 10 points of the lead with one game left, calling_the_hogs has clinched the win because all of the top 4 chose Southern Cal to win the remaining regional.

After today's USC/BYU game is over, I'll begin a super reigonal game. The super reigonals start Friday night.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
14.Terpy
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

Yeah, I lied -- I thought I'd picked Miami instead of Florida. <img border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" title="" src="graemlins/banghead.gif" />

-JD

I win by one, and it seems like it was my own Razorbacks who led me to glory. <img border="0" alt="[Drinky]" title="" src="graemlins/drinky.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Drinky]" title="" src="graemlins/drinky.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Drinky]" title="" src="graemlins/drinky.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Drinky]" title="" src="graemlins/drinky.gif" />

Don't know if I'll pick Arkansas in the super-regionals, but I might again. As the story goes, a reporter once asked ex-Alabama track coach Doug Williamson about who'd win the SEC. Williamson said quickly "In any sport, any time, never bet against Arkansas." <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />

WPS, this was fun guys. Thanks JJ.

6??? I suck! There's a reasonable chance that I could've done better picking randomly! (Though I practically did just that)

<small>[ June 05, 2002, 02:07 AM: Message edited by: Upper Deck Chevy ]</small>

I underestimated Miami, Houston, and Rice. Houston overpowered the Devils proving to be the better team twice. GO DEVILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img border="0" alt="[Cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/cheers.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/cheers.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by JoltinJacket:
After today's USC/BYU game is over, I'll begin a super reigonal game. The super reigonals start Friday night.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Did I miss the super regional game? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" />

-JD