2011 Final Four

[diehardfan]

Hey, I'll be looking forward to seeing everyone there... I'm only  staying one night. (Red eye on Thurs to place me in DC on Friday at 5am, then leaving Sat early enough after the games to make it possible for me to be at 8am communion at my old church) thus... I will definitely be out partying (in the wheaton girl sense) after the semis to make up for my short stay. I'd volunteer to hang out with you Dave McHugh, but after tuesday I'm not so sure that's a good idea.

Definitely hoping to put names to some new faces this year, so if you're going to be around, PLEASE drop me a line.

Alas, I fear Coach C will perpetually be the only bb HOFer I've never met, because I am not that special.  *sniff*

David Collinge... hit me up with a Pm about your arrival and departure details so we can figure out a rendez-vous time!

[diehardfan]

Surely someone is willin to take a stab at the final four now? 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Lawrence- VA Wesleyan

Amherst-Hope

[iwumichigander]

Surely someone is willin to take a stab at the final four now? 

OK - I will throw this one out just to get the discussion going:Illinois Wesleyan, Virginia Wesleyan, Amherst and Wooster

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Surely someone is willin to take a stab at the final four now? 

OK - I will throw this one out just to get the discussion going:Illinois Wesleyan, Virginia Wesleyan, Amherst and Wooster

Honestly, if IWU can play well enough to get by Carroll, I think they have as good a shot as anyone.  I'm just not convinced they are going to show up.  They haven't been playing their best ball of late.  It would certainly be a great story if these seniors can come back and get to Salem after all the expectations.

[David Collinge]

Whitewater -- Tufts -- Va. Wesleyan -- Hope

[Knightstalker]

York, DePauw, Bridgewater and Wisc. Luth. 

[David Collinge]

York, DePauw, Bridgewater and Wisc. Luth. 

Oh, come on, stalker, that's a joke, right?  I mean, I know you know better than to leave us hanging as to which York you mean! 

Actually, the York v. York (sounds like a divorce case) matchup make me think of a little tune...that goes something...like this:
[sings] York, York, a town.   8)

[Knightstalker]

I said it before, my money is on York in the first round matchup.  I figured if everyone is going with the favorites, I need to go with the underdogs.  I get the feeling that the consensus is that York will have a fairly easy path out of their portion of the bracket and I contend that they may not make it past the winner of the Widener/Catholic game.  If they do that they have to win against the winner of the Baruch bracket.  While not nationally ranked powers I know that Baruch, WPU and Scranton can play with the best teams in the Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic regions.  The other half of that bracket is tough too.

[devossed]

York, DePauw, Bridgewater and Wisc. Luth. 

Oh, come on, stalker, that's a joke, right?  I mean, I know you know better than to leave us hanging as to which York you mean! 

Actually, the York v. York (sounds like a divorce case) matchup make me think of a little tune...that goes something...like this:
[sings] York, York, a town.   8)

If I could only give Karma...

My picks are pretty close to iwumichigander's: IWU, Va Wesleyan, Amherst, Hope.

There's just something about those schools with Christian roots that seem to be winners.

Plus the hope of seeing Dennie Bridges on a NYT bestseller list someday swayed me.

Or the fact that there's a "Ton Ton Balenga" on a roster somewhere.

Not to mention a $1 billion endowment, fueled by the early sales of Noah Webster's dictionaries.

Or even the inherent ludicrousness of an aviator/squirrel mascot debate...

[larry_u]

Lets keep it three for 3 in Wisconsin...

Lawrence, VA Wes, Amherst, Wooster

[gordonmann]

I'm awful at pick ems, though I'm better at individual games if that makes sense.  So I usually do my bracket as fast as possible, using a coin flip whenever I had to stop and think about a game.

And the coin says Hope beats UWW in the finals, with Amherst and York (Pa.) watching in the stands.

Last year the coin was way off.  But it still will be better than me alone.

[woosterbooster]

Devossed -

Bring in some pizza and beer, or a pint of bourbon like an old-time scribe.  You're only 17 posts away! 

[Jukebox Hero]

As long as Fisher doesn't lay an egg in Amherst's gym again like last year, I say they have a shot

[Greek Tragedy]

York, DePauw, Bridgewater and Wisc. Luth. 

If Wisconsin Lutheran loses to Hope by less than 20, I'll put them in the Final Four.

Because I'm a WIAC homer...Whitewater, Virginia Wes., Amherst and La Crosse!