I have 4 of the Elite 8 teams remaining, including Villanova and Duke, who are my only FF candidates. Gonzaga was a big loss for me. I had them losing in the Finals. My left side of the bracket is gone, Michigan was the last winner that I could get. This tourney has been crazy. I was tied for first after 9 games, then went as low as 165th. Now I am back to 59th with last night's results. I am sure that I am out of the money this year.
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Same, my right side is totally intact and my left side is totally eliminated. I think I'm locked into 4th or 5th in my pool now, better than I thought but doesn't really count for anything when it's over.
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I take it back, I'm now in first place
Congrats!
The Duke loss killed me in the much smaller second pool (same picks as the big one). It is winner take all and I will come in second.
In the big pool I went down to 98th. I probably can't make the top 25. Most of the top 10 have Duke or Virginia winning, which is odd. I can only get points via Villanova, my only FF team and my projected winner. I had Michigan winning 3 games then losing to Gonzaga. I had Loyola winning one game and losing to TN, who would lose to Cincinnati. Virginia killed me, originally I had them winning it all, then cut them back to the FF with their #6 player out.
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Sounds like how I usually do for the Kentucky Derby
My son won his pool tonight and made $250
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remains to be seen. Two titles in three years is impressive but look at UConn.. it can all come apart
Blueblood programs have staying power beyond a single decade and most importantly beyond a single coach.
As badly as Duke always seems to play when coach K is out, Im very interested to see what becomes of Duke when he finally retires
I would Google but who knows what would come back in the return...
What is a blueblood program? I've been following college basketball for near 40 years and have never heard that term. Granted I stopped following quite as closely over the last decade or so as I despise the current one and done phenomenon. Maybe it's a term that has been around for a long time I never picked up on it?
What is a blueblood program? I've been following college basketball for near 40 years and have never heard that term. Granted I stopped following quite as closely over the last decade or so as I despise the current one and done phenomenon. Maybe it's a term that has been around for a long time I never picked up on it?
Teams that have had multiple championships and sustained success for many, many years.
Kentucky, Duke, UNC, UCLA, Kansas, etc.
But why is the term "blue blood"? Specifically because Kentucky/Duke/UNC... blue?
Blue blood is an English idiom recorded since 1834 for noble birth or descent; it is also known as a translation of the Spanish phrase sangre azul, which described the Spanish royal family and other high nobility who claimed to be of Visigothic descent,[12] in contrast to the Moors. The idiom originates from ancient and medieval societies of Europe and distinguishes an upper class (whose superficial veins appeared blue through their untanned skin) from a working class of the time. The latter consisted mainly of agricultural peasants who spent most of their time working outdoors and thus had tanned skin, through which superficial veins appear less prominently.
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I would argue UCLA hasn't been a blueblood since the 70s.(and really never was other than the amazing Wooden run)
UK, UNC, Duke, Kansas are the teams that have won multie titles over multiple decades and (Duke notwithstanding) with multiple coaches. There has also never been a prolonged period(at least not in about 40 years) when they were not good.
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Blueblood is a term used to describe royalty.
Edit... I see jumbo covered it much better than I did
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You guys seem to be overly familiar with this from a sports perspective so I'm now pretty annoyed that I have never really heard the term used in that context until recently.
I really don't remember anyone ever using the term before when I watched regularly through the 80/90s/00s. I'll just assume I never heard it or it didn't really catch on as a term used to describe our sporting programs until somewhat recently (within the last decade).
I really don't remember anyone ever using the term before when I watched regularly through the 80/90s/00s. I'll just assume I never heard it or it didn't really catch on as a term used to describe our sporting programs until somewhat recently (within the last decade).
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You guys seem to be overly familiar with this from a sports perspective so I'm now pretty annoyed that I have never really heard the term used in that context until recently.
I really don't remember anyone ever using the term before when I watched regularly through the 80/90s/00s. I'll just assume I never heard it or it didn't really catch on as a term used to describe our sporting programs until somewhat recently (within the last decade).
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Hah the oldest article I can find referencing the term is from 2009 so I stand by my decade comment.
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No I wouldn't put Nova in that category yet. A long way from it actually, they could easily slip back to mediocre, especially after Wright leaves. Of course being my home team (Delco!) I'd love to see them stay on top, and if the coach sticks around for a while then who knows.
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UCLA’s and Kansas’s primary color is also Blue BTW. No Blue is a color of royalty.
Villanova is a notch below the “blue blood” level like UConn and Florida all of those programs don’t have the history that the blue bloods have imo. When I think of a blue blood program I think of double digit final fours multiple NC’s over several decades.
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I actually liked them a lot more than I thought I would after seeing the leak. I bet they'll be nice in action!
Edit to add: I didn't like the leak at first because of the shoulders, but seeing the full set and realizing it's a sword on the shoulder is cool. I think the new helmet looks sleek and should definitely grow on people over time.
Edit to add: I didn't like the leak at first because of the shoulders, but seeing the full set and realizing it's a sword on the shoulder is cool. I think the new helmet looks sleek and should definitely grow on people over time.
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