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March Madness Survivor Pool- First Round

9440 sats \ 60 comments \ @StackerSports 19 Mar Stacker_Sports

The following stackers have committed to joining the pool: @grayruby @siggy47 @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears @Turdinthepunchbowl @kr @Wumbo @Undisciplined @tnuts420 @Bell_curve @stacksatstoday @pj @gnilma

Here are the first round matchups: Thursday, March 21 (Round of 64) (8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Michigan State | 12:15 p.m. | CBS (6) BYU vs. (11) Duquesne | 12:40 p.m. | truTV (3) Creighton vs. (14) Akron | 1:30 p.m. | TNT (2) Arizona vs. (15) Long Beach State | 2 p.m. | TBS (1) North Carolina vs. (16) Howard/(16) Wagner | 2:45 p.m. | CBS (3) Illinois vs. (14) Morehead State | 3:10 p.m. | truTV (6) South Carolina vs. (11) Oregon | 4 p.m. | TNT (7) Dayton vs. (10) Nevada | 4:30 p.m. | TBS (7) Texas vs. (10) Colorado State/(10) Virginia | 6:50 p.m. | TNT (3) Kentucky vs. (14) Oakland | 7:10 p.m. | CBS (5) Gonzaga vs. (12) McNeese | 7:25 p.m. | TBS (2) Iowa State vs. (15) South Dakota State | 7:35 p.m. | truTV (2) Tennessee vs. (15) Saint Peter's | 9:20 p.m. | TNT (6) Texas Tech vs. (11) NC State | 9:40 p.m. | CBS (4) Kansas vs. (13) Samford | 9:55 p.m. | TBS (7) Washington State vs. (10) Drake | 10:05 p.m. | truTV

Friday, March 22 (Round of 64) (8) Florida Atlantic vs. (9) Northwestern | 12:15 p.m. | CBS (3) Baylor vs. (14) Colgate | 12:40 p.m. | truTV (5) San Diego State vs. (12) UAB | 1:45 p.m. | TNT (2) Marquette vs. (15) Western Kentucky | 2 p.m. | TBS (1) UConn vs. (16) Stetson | 2:45 p.m. | CBS (6) Clemson vs. (11) New Mexico | 3:10 p.m. | truTV (4) Auburn vs. (13) Yale | 4:15 p.m. | TNT (7) Florida vs. (10) Colorado/(10) Boise State | 4:30 p.m. | TBS (8) Nebraska vs. (9) Texas A&M | 6:50 p.m. | TNT (4) Duke vs. (13) Vermont | 7:10 p.m. | CBS (1) Purdue vs. (16) Grambling/Montana State | 7:25 p.m. | TBS (4) Alabama vs. (13) College of Charleston | 7:35 pm. | truTV (1) Houston vs. (16) Longwood | 9:20 p.m. | TNT (5) Wisconsin vs. (12) James Madison | 9:40 p.m. | CBS (8) Utah State vs. (9) TCU | 9:55 p.m. | TBS (5) Saint Mary's vs. (12) Grand Canyon | 10:05 p.m. | truTV

Bracket if you prefer:

https://m.stacker.news/21792

Reply to this post with your first round picks. Remember you can only pick a team once and the seedings will impact the tiebreaker if one is needed to determine a winner.

Good Luck!

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107 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

Still waiting on picks from @siggy47 @kr @tnuts420 @stacksatstoday @gnilma.

Pick deadline is 11:15 am est Thursday.

30 sats \ 4 replies \ @kr 20 Mar

will get my picks in tonight

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

Just a friendly reminder sir

30 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 20 Mar

i’m now realizing i misunderstood the contest, thought i needed to fill out an entire bracket hah

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 20 Mar

Survivor , single elimination

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

Nope just one pick per round.

62 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar

Remember to zap the pool: it's win-win-win

Bigger pool means bigger prize.

Higher zapped post means more MSM rewards, which means bigger prize.

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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @tnuts420 20 Mar

mississippi state

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

8 seed. Bold

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 20 Mar

Kansas

30 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

BYU

86 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Mar

I can’t believe Steve Young did this to you.

86 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

It's not football and Steve Young hasn't played there since '83.

20 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

Is a basketball that round thing, like brownish looking?

76 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

Not sure, but I hear it was invented by a Canadian so how good could it be?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 Mar

He coached at Kansas. Losing record lol

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

Hey, yesterday they had a space shuttle display that had Canadian flags all over it. Do you know the connection?

76 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

Maybe something to do with this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadarm

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 20 Mar

Possible. It just seemed like a lot of fanfare for a couple of robotic arms. I thought they were going to make us sing O Canada

86 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

Good thing you are an avid hockey fan and thus know all the words. Just don't forget we changed "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command". Big priority for Trudeau.

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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 20 Mar

The only pool I ever won was in 1988, when our high school gym coach ran a definitely illegal one, so I've got to pick that year's champ -- Kansas -- to start things off.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

Hopefully you won't be feeling Blue after this pick. Sorry I had to do it.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 20 Mar

https://theathletic.com/5354999/2024/03/19/kevin-mccullar-jr-miss-ncaa-tournament-injury/?source=user_shared_article

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 20 Mar

And this is the problem with only following pro sports. :-)

(Seriously, I knew about the injury, but still have faith. Also, I'm a terrible sports prognosticator, which is why I don't bet on games for real.)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 20 Mar

Danny Manning and Larry Brown

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo 20 Mar

I will take Kentucky

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Turdinthepunchbowl 20 Mar

I'll take 3 Illinois as I know you can't trust them beyond the round of 64 anyhow. Hell, history tells me not to trust them here either.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @pj 20 Mar

I will take Gonzaga!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

@kr’s team.

20 sats \ 21 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar

After perhaps too little deliberation, I am choosing the 6th seeded BYU in round 1.

22 sats \ 20 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

The first pick is in

30 sats \ 19 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Mar

I feel surprisingly good about it.

32 sats \ 15 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

I considered them. I took Auburn. My logic was stay in the 4-6 seed range for first round and on UConn’s bracket since those teams won’t likely make a miraculous run to final four and leave me in a tight spot. You already took BYU and it’s lame to have the same pick in the first round when so many teams are available. San Diego State sounded like a place people go to school to enjoy nice weather and meet hot girls not play basketball and Auburn was playing Yale so I went Auburn.

Highly scientific strategy.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 Mar

Auburn is ranked 4 in Ken Pom

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 22 Mar

Where was Kentucky ranked?

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 22 Mar

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 22 Mar

Still a big upset.

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20 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Mar

I didn't give any thought to what was down-bracket. If I survive to the next round I should probably do that.

22 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

It could get interesting if we have a lot of players reach final four or championship game.

20 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Mar

I almost went TCU to really build up those tie-breaker points. They're pretty heavy favorites as a lower seeded team.

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

The horned frogs. They are a big thing where my wife’s dad and sister live.

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31 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 20 Mar

On another note. The field is not looking good for me in the MVP wager. Jokic 35 points and 16 rebounds against the TWolves last night. Ant Man had a great game but Joker still outplayed him. Ugh,

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