WINNER: overlander — 2013-14 NCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL

by **iAmCaffeine** on Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:45 am

Sooo being second in CUSA with a fairly decent lead over third, and the only person apart from Toledo with a positive record against the Top 20 in CUSA gets me nowhere.

by **biscuit boy** on Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:57 am

iAmCaffeine wrote:Sooo being second in CUSA with a fairly decent lead over third, and the only person apart from Toledo with a positive record against the Top 20 in CUSA gets me nowhere.

Of course it does...The conference tournament is for the automatic qualifiers. You will get an at-large bid with your record.

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:28 pm

Yes, the main tournament (championship event) follows these smaller conference tourneys. If you're in the top 2-3 in your league you should be pretty safe for getting an at-large bid into that.

The winner of each conference tourney gets into the NCAA bracket (9 spots)
The remaining 47 spots will be granted as at-large bids based on record, strength of schedule, etc. A "Selection Show" will go live online announcing the NCAA bracket and those at-large berths.

by **iAmCaffeine** on Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:09 am

Oh. My bad. I really need to read things thoroughly.

by **flexmaster33** on Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:20 am

tourney brackets updated ... new games sent out.

by **Culs De Sac** on Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:27 am

Colombia wins. Bring on the other big cats... Here we come Princeton!

by **flexmaster33** on Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:43 am

tourney brackets updated...new matchups sent out.

by **TheCrown** on Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:16 pm

I eat Columbia students for breakfast... :twisted:

by **flexmaster33** on Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:51 am

tourney brackets are updated...most tourneys are into the semifinals, so we should be able to start filling in some of the automatic bids soon. Good luck all

by **flexmaster33** on Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:49 am

Most tourneys are into the semifinals...here's a push to try to wrap these up quickly. Hoping to get the NCAA bracket going by August 1.

by **flexmaster33** on Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:49 am

brackets updated...we are into title games in several of the conference tourneys now.

by **flexmaster33** on Mon Jul 21, 2014 3:41 am

tourney brackets updated...we're into title games in about half of the leagues, so it should just be a matter of days before we start handing out the first batch of automatic bids

by **danervinsucks** on Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:22 pm

Iowa Hawkeyes the first to punch their ticket???

by **flexmaster33** on Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:55 pm

yes indeed...the Iowa Hawkeyes are the first team officially into the championship tournament...congrats danervinsucks =D>

by **jon_snow** on Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:57 pm

The University of Georgia wins the SEC tourney, knocking off a couple of Top 25 teams along the way.

by **flexmaster33** on Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:06 am

Georgia wins the SEC and is the 2nd team to punch a ticket to the Big Dance...Congrats jon_snow =D>

by **flexmaster33** on Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:38 am

UConn wins the American tourney and is the third team to reach the NCAA championship tournament. Congrats osujacket =D>

by **flexmaster33** on Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:43 am

SELECTION DAY ANNOUNCEMENT —

I will be running the live Selection Show to announce the NCAA and NIT brackets at 9 a.m. PST/12 p.m. EST on Friday, Aug. 1. Find us in the Conquer Club chat room to see the bracket revealed one region at a time and to join the commentary. Time to find our if your bubble has burst

by **iAmCaffeine** on Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:09 am

Toledo are going to beat Evansville with a similar result to last time.

What time is that GMT please?

by **flexmaster33** on Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:00 am

Looks like that would be 5 p.m. GMT

by **iAmCaffeine** on Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:22 pm

Thanks mate.

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:26 pm

Hi all...I got called into a meeting in the morning that is going to conflict with our Selection Show, so moving that back half-an-hour to a 9:30 PST/12:30 p.m. EST start. See you then, and may your bubble not burst

by **flexmaster33** on Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:38 am

All right...brackets are uploaded, I will be making contact with coaches shortly and getting out the NIT invites.
Notice I decided to go with a full 64-team championship bracket to bring better balance, while shrinking the NIT to 16 teams.

If your bubble got burst, thanks for playing and I hope to see you back next season.

I will be starting the 2014-15 rendition on time with sign-ups beginning in late October, so look for the link then.

by **flexmaster33** on Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:58 pm

Sent out all tourney matchups for ones that I've heard back on power-ups.

Coaches have until Saturday night to get me their power-up requests. At that point I will use defaults to designate spots and send out the remainder of the matchups.

Good luck as we get under way with the Madness