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One Shining Moment: Casual Bracket Contest WINNER Announcement!

Well, the college hoops season is now over with Duke emerging as your National Champion.  Before you jump off a cliff, please take the time to offer your congratulations to Old Balls for winning the inaugural Casual Hoya Bracket Contest.

Old Balls crushed a field of 185 contenders in the weakest bracket competition of all-time (not a single entry had Duke winning) and now must choose his prize.  He can either have 1) an Old Balls Award for (insert whatever) during every Awards post next season, or 2) the chance to pick against yours truly and prove his clairvoyance in his own Vegas Perspective before each game next season.

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The penitent man shall pass.

We look forward to Old Balls' choice and thank all of you for participating.  The 184 souls who finished as the first losers will all get the chance to pour a beer on Lordnick's head during next season's Casual Extravaganza.

Complete and final standings after The Jump:

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Only One Team Beat Both Butler and Duke: Your Georgetown Hoyas

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By the transitive property of beating teams: GEORGETOWN IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION

Georgetown beat both teams in the 2010 NCAA Tournament National Championship game.  Not only that, after losing to the Hoyas, both Butler and Duke collectively amassed a 44-2 record.  After losing to Georgetown, both teams fighting for the NCAA Tournament Title lost only one game each.  Run through the scenarios in your head...if Georgetown beat Ohio, Tennessee, Ohio State, Michigan State, Butler (again) and Duke (again)... we would be... STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.

Pour yourself a tall drink in a short glass.  Smile, laugh, cry.  Only half a year until Midnight Madness.

Here is your forum to vent:

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Casual Hoya Bracket Contest Update!

Despite the absolute carnage that has rendered most brackets useless heading into the 2nd weekend of the NCAA Tournament, here are the updated standings in the Inaugural Casual Hoya Bracket Contest.  For now, we are looking at a "FreeForThree" Award next season in honor of the current leader, while the next 186 of you will get to pour a Coors Light on Lordnick's head.

Rank
Bracket
Correct Picks
Points
Possible Pts
1 FreeForThree  Beth and Chris 35 of 48 45 109
2 Duck Fuke  James 34 of 48 44 124
2 Jerrelle Benimon's Socks  evansm12 33 of 48 44 108
2 cuse swallows  tankshitter 33 of 48 44 104
2 FortuneFavorsDaBold  Kimani L 34 of 48 44 100
2 DMonico  danmonico 34 of 48 44 76
2 QuitTheBlogForLent  durktown 35 of 48 44 72
8 MassHoya  margaret_cosentino 34 of 48 43 123
8 Scheyer luvs Singler  kefferd 33 of 48 43 111
8 hoyamarlin  jp_6287 34 of 48 43 103

With the Lady Hoyas now eliminated and the prospect of my daughter being named Sugar Rodgers Casualhoya out the window, we have nothing else to live for.

Casually.

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NCAA Tournament Day 2 Open Thread: All Games

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Come'on.  You know you want to.  Frankly, you may have to.

Quick Link to In-Game CommentaryOnline / Mobile

TV: CBS
OnlineNCAA® March Madness on Demand®
Time: All f'in day
Why: Predict how many more Big East teams will lose in the first round

www.CasualHoya.com: Proudly Destroying Office Productivity Since 2009.

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NCAA Tournament Day 1: All Games Except for Georgetown - Open Thread

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Come'on.  You know you want to.

Quick Link to In-Game CommentaryOnline / Mobile

TV: CBS
OnlineNCAA® March Madness on Demand®
Time: All f'in day
Why: Cause your work sucks anway

www.CasualHoya.com: Proudly Destroying Office Productivity Since 2009.

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Final Four Redux!!!! #2 Georgetown Hoyas (30-6) vs. #1 Ohio State Buckeyes (34-3) Game Thread

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Quick Link to In-Game Commentary: Online / Mobile

TV: CBS
Radio: ESPN980
Online: Hoyas vs Buckeyes
Time: 6:07 PM EST
Location: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA

(Perspectives After the Jump)

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Georgetown Hoyas v. Ohio State in the Final Four: See It Again, For The First Time

Three years ago, because of forces beyond my control, I was stuck on a plane from Houston to New York during Georgetown's Final Four game against Ohio State.  Crushed upon learning the game's outcome after landing, I refused to seek out replays, refused to even watch highlights.  I have never seen the contest that ended the magical run of the Hoyas, never witnessed Jeff Green's final college game... UNTIL NOW.

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Thanks to the NCAA Vault, in an UNPRECEDENTED EVENT that is sure to be EMOTIONALLY WRENCHING for it's sole participant, TONIGHT at 6:07pm eastern, ONLY ON THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON, I will watch that ill-fated game in its entirety.  AND LIVE BLOG IT!

On this the day before the Hoyas embark on what we all hope will be a lengthy journey through March, we'll have a live Game Thread set up that you can join and chip in with some of your memories during that fateful Final Four game, and help me move forward by allowing me to come to peace with the past.

DO.  NOT.  MISS this revolutionary and heartbreaking EXTRAVAGANZA of thrills, chills and Greg Oden's knees.

ONE NIGHT ONLY!  6:07PM.  6:07PM.  6:07PM.  6:07PM!  The CasualHoya.com trip down memory lane into the nether-regions OF EXISTENCE! 

YOUR GEORGETOWN HOYAS!
THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES!
A THREE-YEAR TAPE DELAY FROM THE GEORGIA DOME!
JIM NANTZ IN ATLANTA LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE!


BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you at 6:07.

Casually


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Play the SoBe Lifewaterâ„¢ Zero Inhibitions Bracket Challenge!

This post is sponsored by SOBE.

Admit it. Now that the college basketball tournament bracket's been set, you and millions of other fans will attempt to prove to friends, family, co-workers, and any stranger who will listen without punching you in the face that they are all idiots and that you can pick a better bracket than they can. Whether you fill out your bracket by crunching numbers, hurling darts, imagining cage matches to the death between rival mascots, or consulting your clueless teenage daughter who picks teams based on how cute the uniforms are, enter this year's bracket in the SoBe Lifewater™ Zero Inhibitions Bracket Challenge for a chance to win up to $10,000,000.

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  • The chance to win $9,000,000* if you pick a perfect bracket (all 63 games, excluding the play-in game).
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  • The chance to meet a celebrity if your bracket beats a celebrity bracket.  You can choose to play against E!’s “Kendra” star Kendra Wilkinson; former NBA player and TNT analyst Kenny Smith; former NFL great and Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Rice; and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model Brooklyn Decker. 

* Paid out as a 40 year annuity or adjusted lump sum.

So why limit yourself to bragging rights over colleagues and neighbors? Aim for the prize money. After all, this is your year, right?

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