*** Cyclone Fanatic Sports Movie Tournament: Selection Show ***

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Welcome to the Cyclone Fanatic Sports Movie Tournament Selection Show.

This bracket was developed by a committee of 6 posters, and was informed in part by many other posters who contributed to the "Sports movies nominations" thread.

Even with all the great input from everyone, the committee had a challenging time narrowing the field to just 64 sports movies. Well over 150+ movies were nominated and considered.

Selections and seedings are based less on each committee member's personal preferences/favorites, and more on the movie's overall popularity among the public, historical significance, and critical acclaim.

Because there were so many feature sports films to consider, the committee made the decision to not include sports documentaries in this tournament.

Tournament voting will begin starting tomorrow. Instead of having a separate thread and poll for every "game," each round will have a separate thread. Additional details about the process will be included with each round's thread.

And now, on the the bracket reveal...
 

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Greg Gumbel Rulzzz here, we will start off with announcing the 4 #1 seeds from top overall to 4th overall and then go region by region starting with the top overall seed. Each 1 seed's region name will be where the sport takes place.


The top overall seed is Rocky and is 1 seed in the Ring region. The next #1 is Hoosiers in the Hardcourt Region. Field of Dreams is the next #1 in the Diamond Region and rounding out the 1 seeds is Rudy in the Gridiron region
 

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Now we start out with the Ring region.

The following matchups take place in Philadelphia.

1. Rocky vs. 16. The Iron Claw

8. 42 vs. 9. The Program
 
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The following matchups take place in Santa Fe, N.M.

5. North Dallas Forty vs 12. Rocky II

4. The Longest Yard vs 13. Bend it Like Beckham
 
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The following matchups take place in Chicago.

6. Moneyball vs 11. Foxcatcher

3. A League of Their Own vs 14. Cool Runnings
 
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Now onto the Hardcourt region.

The following matchups take place in Hickory, Indiana

1. Hoosiers vs. 16. Long Gone

8. Seabiscuit vs. 9. Miracle
 
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The following matchups take place in San Fernando Valley, Calif.

6. The Bad News Bears vs 11. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

3. The Sandlot vs 14. The Waterboy
 
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Now onto the Diamond region.

The following matchups take place in Dyersville, Iowa

1. Field of Dreams vs. 16. Vision Quest

8. Chariots of Fire vs. 9. White Men Can't Jump
 
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The following matchups take place in Reseda, California.

5. We Are Marshall vs 12. The Wrestler

4. The Karate Kid vs 13. The Replacements
 
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We round things out with the Gridiron Region.

The following matchups take place in South Bend, Ind.

1. Rudy vs. 16. Lords of Dogtown

8. Happy Gilmore vs. 9. Varsity Blues
 
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The following matchups take place in Alexandria, Va.

5. Brian's Song vs 12. The Hustler

4. Remember the Titans vs 13. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
 
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Rounding out the tournament,

The following matchups take place in Durham, N.C.

7. The Mighty Ducks vs 10. Invincible

2. Bull Durham vs 15. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
 
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