Ugh and double Ugh

[SWC75]

I had Purdue in the Final Four.

They were up 13 with 3:19 to go in regulation and lose in double OT.

Four losses in one game because I had them winning this and three more.

I hate upsets! (Unless I predicted them.)

 

[NineOneSeven]

Me too.

 

[skurey]

I love upsets. Odds are you aren't winning your bracket anyway. Might as well have fun cheering on the underdog. As long as it's not Yale.

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

I picked both Yale and Little Rock. Unfortunately I also picked Texas Tech and Colorado. My two losses of the day.

 

[Orangemen]

4 days ago Purdue was playing for the big ten title.

Today, their season is over.

Talk about a quick comedown.

 

[CorduroyG]

I didnt have purdue in my f4 but right before their game i texted my friends "purdue my sleeper f4"

Doh!

 

[Dave85]

4 days ago Purdue was playing for the big ten title.

Today, their season is over.

Talk about a quick comedown.

We had just the opposite. Our season was over and now we play tomorrow!

 

[Briancuse]

I had them in the elite 8 and changed it this morning lol

 

[orangehomer]

you had purdue in the final four? didn't you read my post about how bad the big ten is?

 

[690West]

The ONLY thing I hate more than ISIS are people that cheer for their bracket over monumental upsets

 

[Shark58]

I had Purdue going down in round 1

I also had Baylor in the EE and Iona winning 2

 

[NorSyr66]

I picked both Yale and Little Rock. Unfortunately I also picked Texas Tech and Colorado. My two losses of the day.

Live by the sword.....die by the sword. Lots of moxie picking two major upsets.

 

[Madbiker]

You can always count on Baylor to go out early.

 

[MSOrange]

You can always count on Baylor to go out early.

I almost pulled the trigger on Yale but couldn't quite do it. Stupid me!

 

[Alsacs]

Purdue has never made the Final Four. I had them losing this game. Short turnaround and in altitude.

 

[SWC75]

The three reasons I don't like upsets:

1) We are SU. And we are typically favored in the early rounds, (obviously I'll be rooting for an upset this time). But after so many games where we have had to avoid upsets, some of which we didn't avoid and others where we barely hung on, I find I can relate to the favored team trying to hold on more than the underdog trying to catch them. I remember all the tension those games produced and the heartbreak and depression the losses produced.

2) I don't see the tournament as being about upsets. I see it as being about confrontations. I want to see the teams we've been following all year go up against each other. The heartwarming upsets prevent those delicious confrontations.

3) And yes, I would prefer that my bracket sheet look fairly pristine at the end of the evening. When you see one of your final four teams go down in the first round, it really ruins your evening, (and I've had a pretty good one otherwise).