Beat the Barkers 2012 NCAA Tourney Bracket
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There's no individual group for the Barkers, it's one big free-for-all-toss-your-keys-in-the-bowl-wife-swapping melee. Lil Wayne might end up with yours, but you could score Kate Upton. Worth a shot, yes? This is a celebrity bracket and Drew Brees feels honored to be in our presence.
We'll probably set up another BC-only bracket at some point but you're going to need a few 12 of them to nail the Final Four. This Yahoo! bracket pays out $10 million for a clean sheet. The winner of ours will get an hour with the one and only tethered Laotian prostitute and a tote bag signed by Dave Bliss.
BC's GUIDE TO A PERFECT BRACKET
We set the bar fairly low around here, so by perfect we mean having at least four teams alive in the Elite Eight, three out of the Final Four, and correctly guessing the national champion with a coin flip.
If you get stuck on a certain matchup, here's a cheat sheet:
Peaking at the right time
CIncinnatti
FSU
Michigan State
Vandy
Mizzou
Louisville
New Mexico
Georgetown
Marquette
Whatever happens, it's been a good season!
Texas
Colorado
VCU
Iona (wtf?)
UConn
Memphis
Virginia
South Florida
Gonzaga
Toughest Region: East
Easiest Draws: Sparty / Syracuse
First #1 seed to fall: North Carolina
Sucker 12/5 bet: Harvard over Vandy (blame Jeremy Lin)
Wild ass upsets you don't have the balls to pick: Iowa State over Kentucky, SDSU over Georgetown, Ohio over Michigan, Purdue over Kansas, Montana over Wiscy. WE GUARANTEE ONE OF THESE HAPPENS.
The next George Mason: Wichita State
National Champion Pick: Probably not Lehigh or Loyola, most likely Kentucky, but maybe Michigan State or Syracuse.
If you don't have nightmares between now and Friday about Cincy's 6'8 260 lb bounty hunting power forward, you need to rethink your commitment to March Madness. The hoops artist formerly known as Trips Right put it thusly:
"We're about to get our shit pushed in".
In J'Covan We Trust.
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Lil Wayne?
What about Lil Red?
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Good stuff, Vash. As always, looking forward to the madness.
by Sailor Ripley on Mar 12, 2026 12:46 AM CDT reply actions
Speaking of Cincy's beast . . .
wish we still had Wangmene’s 5 fouls to spend on him
by Cirque Du Salado on Mar 12, 2026 5:21 AM CDT reply actions
Does it make me lazy if I don’t feel like making a yahoo account?
by UT_BKC on Mar 12, 2026 12:36 PM CDT reply actions
No
Lazy is running under a screen against a good 3 point shooter.
by Cirque Du Salado on Mar 12, 2026 1:00 PM CDT reply actions
How do you access your saved bracket to edit it.
by boorad on Mar 12, 2026 1:03 PM CDT reply actions
I must really hate the Big East....
They all seem to have tough 11-14 seeds in the first round match ups, and I like KSU to kill ‘Cuse on the boards. That’s a bad matchup for Syracuse, it seems.
Here’s the Rathskeller’s take: http://rathskeller.fantake.com/2012/03/12/the-rathskellers-ncaa-tournament-analysis/
by A-Tex Devil on Mar 12, 2026 1:24 PM CDT reply actions
Watch out for #13 seed Davidson vs. #4 seed Louisville
Although I come from a long family line of Longhorns, I’m a ‘01 Davidson graduate and I follow the team closely. Steph Curry ain’t walking through that door but Davidson has a very deep, balanced squad and they beat Kansas in St. Louis, lost to Vandy by 2, and they were beating Duke at Cameron at halftime (the Wildcats also got blown out by 18 at home against Wichita State in the Bracketbuster matchup). Of all the #4 seeds, Louisville was arguably the best draw and although I doubt the Wildcats will win, I would not be surprised if Davidson pulls up the upset if they nail their 3’s and keep their co-POY big men Brooks and Cohen out of foul trouble. Having seen Wichita State in person…they are the real deal and they were as impressive of an opponent as I saw all year. I would have the Shockers going far in your bracket. Let’s hope the Horns make some noise as well.
by TexcatNC on Mar 12, 2026 2:21 PM CDT reply actions
I am riding the Shockers deep.
Yes, I realize I typed that.
by Sailor Ripley on Mar 12, 2026 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I have had
the Shockers fingered for quite some time. I’m ready to watch them make some noise when the pressure is applied.
by nordberg on Mar 12, 2026 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
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