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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

Buddy, it all came together with that final subpart.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

It is my sincere hope that Coach K combusts into a pile of ash and hair dye after Duke is bounced from the tournament in... lets say the Sweet 16.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

It is my sincere hope that I can locate a version of the Duke speedo guy GIF that isn't blocked by my company's filter so that I can respond to this comment appropriately.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

Let us pray your company's filter holds strong.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

This. This is what I pay good money for.

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Tell all your friends

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

Nah. I'm just gonna gift a few for upcoming birthdays and whatnot. Why tell them when I can force them???

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I enthusiastically support this approach.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

Maybe you turned the door knob one way to get bar and the other way to get bakery.

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I mean, you saved the best for last, so good work Cookbook!

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

CSU Fullerton being Coach K's final loss would be icing on the cake after watching him see his farewell party trashed by his rival UNC. I may have a tin foil hat but all these one and dones at Duke and not a single transgression. Watching Coach K get bounced in the first game would be cosmic justice for all of us having to listen to ESPN fawn over the man.

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As a Hokie I thoroughly enjoyed watching VT destroy Coach K's last chance at an ACC Tournament Championship.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

Go Dons imo

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

I don't follow college basketball, and I'm not even sure what brackets are, but I, too, would love to visit the East Carolina Village and Farm Museum. USC all the way.

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Mar 16, 2022·edited Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

I highly recommend NOT picking a bracket (or, at minimum, picking one that you immediately forget about and do not actively check on). The best way to enjoy the Tournament (in my humble opinion as a fan of Northwestern, who has only managed to play in it once) is to just root for crazy upsets/finishes at all times, and having a bracket you even remotely care about or track really hampers your ability to do that when/if a 14 seed has a 4 point lead with 5 minutes to play.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

treat the bracket like a bingo card. Just keep dabbing numbers as they are called, no need to get excited until either you're set or someone else hollers.

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There is definitely some merit to this approach.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

I had to google Alexandra of Bavaria to make sure you weren't just screwing with us. Nope, that shit happened.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

Thank you, Elliott, for doing that so I didn't have to.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

I was once perfect through 30 games and didn't win my pool. All is vanity. And amen about dook

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

arch can have a little light numerology, as a treat.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

If you have HBOMax I highly recommend Bomani Jones' new show Game Theory, specifically the part of the first episode where he talks about Duke basketball.

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An episode about Duke basketball is enough reason for me to cancel HBO max

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Oh no, hahaha, you should definitely watch it then. It is not *pro*-Duke basketball by any stretch of the imagination

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Scott Hines

Forwarded this to my family bracket pool in the hopes they take all suggestions to heart and we have a competitive pool this season.

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Because a 12 seed beats a 5 seed almost every year, the real winning move is to pick ALL the 12 seeds.

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