2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[Gray Fox]

If you are truly worried about your karma, you should A.) find a new hobby B.) work on your self esteem C.) Log on as a different user, and give yourself karma points every 24 hours or whatever it allows you. 

I don't really care about it obviously.  I am at -9.  I am going to say what I am going to say no matter what.  I am very opinionated. 

Old School-
I thought about being a stand-up comic.  I haven't put all my material together yet.  If I have to stop posting on here....well put it this way this hobby is a little easier.

Ok First Round Upsets? Who is it gonna be?

You don't have to stop posting because of negative karma.  If you don't get too personal in your attacks you will be fine.  Positive posts are appreciated by all.

[Raptormania!]

I think PrideSportBBallGuy has done alot for d3basketball.  Give me a few years I will have some karma to throw around.  I'd like to donate to PrideSportBBallGuy.

[tigerphil]

What is KARMA? How is it measured?

Thanks for the info

[kiltedbryan]

Karma explained; from the site FAQ.

[tigerphil]

Can you find out which posts got applauded or smited?

[ILive4This]

How many stars do you need before you can start giving people Karma

[kiltedbryan]

I don't believe so; nor can you find out which posters are doing the applauding or smiting.  At least, I've never found any way to do this.

[tigerphil]

Oh well, just curious. It would be nice to see which post gets the applause or smite so you know what gave you the Karma.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Can you find out which posts got applauded or smited?

Alas, no (which makes it rather less useful as a means of 'civilizing' boors).

How many stars do you need before you can start giving people Karma

Don't know how it translates to stars, but it comes with 200 posts.

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

If there is one thing I do well, it is to keep a board active.


Although, I still would like to know which teams have the possibility of being "upset" in first round.  I already have my bracket turned in on pick'em and have several upsets.

I believe Villa Julie will beat John Hopkins.  That is one of my "upsets."

As some of you know I run my own power rankings, but some will say it is about as accurate as the QOWI but there are a set of numbers that I calcuate that I use to determine "team efficiency" (How well they do on offense and defense) that has been very affective in determining winners of games all year I have used it in spreads.  If you would like I can post the 59 tournament teams in terms of efficiency.  I will then explain what efficiency is with that post.

[tigerphil]

Not really sure if this is an upset, but I have Stevens winning in the first round. It could be an upset since Stevens wasn't projected to get a bid by d3hoops. But again i am not sure about seeding and supposed favorites. I just picked and had fun with it, picking Hope to come out of thier Section

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

I also have Stevens winning the first round.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

According to the NCAA handbook, teams on the bottom of the pairing are the underdog.

I think Loras over St. John's has a good chance of happening as does Guilford over Manhattanville and Hampden-Syndney over Hood.

There's certainly a lot of other upset possibilities, but those are the ones than intrigue me the most.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

By the way.  The trend I've noticed is that when people bring up karma, they usually lose karma.  See we can do a little test.  I was at 21 when I wrote this post.

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

According to the NCAA handbook, teams on the bottom of the pairing are the underdog.

I think Loras over St. John's has a good chance of happening as does Guilford over Manhattanville and Hampden-Syndney over Hood.

There's certainly a lot of other upset possibilities, but those are the ones than intrigue me the most.

If that is the case then I have 10 scheduled upsets in the first round.