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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-15/t ... tion=sport

Commonwealth Games set to follow a familiar Australia-heavy script on Gold Coast . . .

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If this were to be the Commonwealth Games' swansong on the Gold Coast in a few weeks, would we really care?

Some see it as an outdated symbol of British imperialism, or just a training run for the Olympics.

In saying that, it is a training run that Australia traditionally dominates, although England did finish on top at Glasgow in 2014 off the back of its heavy investment into Olympic sports in the lead-up to London.

But overall, Australia leads the all-time medal tally with 852 gold medals, England has won 669 and Canada 469. It drops away dramatically after that.

Without the USA, China or Russia, Australia will dominate the swimming. England was more competitive at Glasgow but it is hard to mount an argument that it is a world-class field.

Australia goes well too in athletics. The likes of Jamaica add interest in the sprint events, but there will be no Usain Bolt on the Gold Coast. Kenya is always formidable in middle and long-distance running.

Cycling? It looks like Australia will be strong again, having won 96 of the 180 gold medals on offer since cycling was introduced at London in 1934. England will again be the main rival in the velodrome and on the road.

Overall, the Commonwealth Games are basically Australia versus England with a bit of competition from Canada and some other countries strong in specific disciplines.

There is no doubt all this winning is good for the morale of the country, but is it worth the huge investment for a few key moments and fair portion of mediocre competition?

The men's basketball will have just one team ranked in the world's top 20 — Australia.

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Mar 15th, 2018, 5:12 pm
DAY ONE UPSETS IS NOW CLOSED
The first of MANY GAMES will be starting shortly.
The last game should end in around 11 hours... so I'll do the recap then.
I'll provide updates during the day since I will also be pointing out the March Madness Squares winners.

And since one contest closes... Wait for it...
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Mar 15th, 2018, 5:17 pm
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SPORTS CENTER CONTEST #18

MARCH MADNESS

DAY TWO UPSETS



THE CONTEST
There will be 16 games played on Friday, Day TWO of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. We just have the same simple question for you. Will there be more or less upsets on the day two than usual?

INFORMATION
Over the years, we have seen many classic upsets on the first two days of the tournament. Historically, out of the 16 games per day, an average of 5 upsets has occurred. The question for you is, will it be more than 5 or will it be 5 or less. It’s that simple. And as a bonus, we want you to guess the number of upsets you think will happen. If you are correct, you will get a 50 WRZ$ Bonus.
NOTE: For purposes of this contest, we consider any lower seed beating a higher seed (A number 11 seed betting a 6 seed or a 15 seed beating a 2 seed) an upset.

Now, for those who actually want to look at the research and make an educated guess, here is the information on the 16 Thursday games. The “No” represents their seed, and the number in parenthesis is what bookies think the number of points the favorite will win by. So in our first listing, the experts think the favorite, No 1 seed Virginia, will kill the No. 16 seed UMBC by 22 points.

FRIDAY GAMES

FRIDAY GAMES
South Region
No. 1 Virginia (-22) vs. No. 16 UMBC
No. 2 Cincinnati (-14) vs. No. 15 Georgia State
No. 7 Nevada (pick ’em) vs. No. 10 Texas
No. 9 Creighton (-1½) vs. No 8 Kansas State

East Region
No. 2 Purdue (-20½) vs. No. 15 Cal-State Fullerton
No. 4 Wichita State (-12) vs. No. 13 Marshall
No. 5 West Virginia (-10) vs. No. 12 Murray State
No. 10 Butler (-1½) vs. No. 7 Arkansas

Midwest Region
No. 3 Michigan State (-14) vs. No. 14 Bucknell
No. 4 Auburn (-10½) vs. No. 13 College Of Charleston
No. 5 Clemson (-5) vs. No. 12 New Mexico State
No. 6 TCU vs. (NA) No. 11 Syracuse

West Region
No. 1 Xavier (NA) vs No. 16 Texas Southern
No. 2 North Carolina (-19½) vs. No. 15 Lipscomb
No. 7 Texas A&M (-3½) vs. No. 10 Providence
No. 8 Missouri (-1) vs. No. 9 Florida State

What is it?
Post either Higher (More than 5) or Lower (5 or less)
And for a chance for a bonus, predict exactly how many.

How do you play?
To enter this contest, you will need to post the following:
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Predict the number of upsets

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Rules:
Make a prediction.
Only 1 post per person for this specific contest, anymore and all of your posts will be disallowed.

ALL PICKS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO THE FOLLOWING TIMES:
Fri 10:30 AM Chicago (UTC -5)
Fri 3:30 AM GMT UTC +0)
Or - About 23 hours from the time of this post.
Any picks made after this deadline will simply be ignored.
Any edits after this deadline, and your post will be disallowed.

Reward:
Correctly pick whether the number of upsets will be higher or lower and share the 1000 WRZ$ pool.
Guess the exact number and win 50 WRZ$

You don’t have a lot of time to make your picks.
So start making your picks.

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