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March Madness
« on: March 11, 2007, 07:52:54 PM »
So, anyone interested in joining a march madness bracket competition?  If so I can set something up.

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2007, 08:18:53 PM »
I'd play.

My Spartans are going to beat Marquette but then get raped by UNC.

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2007, 08:50:34 PM »
Yes.

I will get 3rd place.

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2007, 11:54:21 AM »
Okay, since we should all have Yahoo logins already I just started a competition there.  Heres the message to get started:

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You have been invited to join pjyelton's Private Group in Yahoo! Sports Tournament Pick'em.

In order to join the group, follow the link above, or go to the game front page and click on the "Join Group" button. When prompted, enter the following information:

Group ID#: 104574
Password: sink

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2007, 12:52:34 PM »
I like Yahoo's setup this year, but I'm not sure how I feel about the info link. I get the distinct impression that actually knowing something about the teams in the field will make my prognostications skills worsen.

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2007, 01:33:08 PM »
I'm in... and yeah, the brackets are much better this year.  We need more people!

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2007, 01:54:02 PM »
We need at least one more team, or I'll end up in last place!

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2007, 02:39:11 PM »
I'm in.  I'll make picks later

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2007, 02:46:46 PM »
Go MSU!

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2007, 03:03:46 PM »
Knuck, you are my favorite person here.

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2007, 03:33:25 PM »
yeah, i'm out on this one.
we all know how bad i sucked at Fantasy Football and I actually WATCH football.

despite my proximity to UCONN, i don't follow the NCAA enough to waste my time on any brackets.

in fact, i'm not even sure why i'm posting this message.
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Re: March Madness
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2007, 03:39:12 PM »
What are you talking about? You don't need to know anything about NCAA basketball to fill out a bracket. That's the beauty of it!

Just follow the seeds. Pick a few upsets in every round. Make sure you pick at least one #12 seed to win one game, seeds lower than that you can pick at your own risk. I tend to pick teams based on how much I like their team name, or colors, or location, or whatever.

So c'mon and fill out a bracket. You only have to do it once and more people is always more fun. Besides, if you end up in last place it won't be because you suck, it will be because of random luck.

(Caveat: If you get last place every year for more than three consecutive years, then you suck.)

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2007, 04:05:41 PM »
>You don't need to know anything about NCAA basketball to fill out a bracket.

Exactly!  That's why you always hear stories about secretaries winning the office pool after picking based on who has the cutest uniforms and shit like that.

Plus, after you spend the 15 minutes it takes to fill in your bracket, you're done.  No more input required at all.

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2007, 04:18:49 PM »
Yeah... so Knuck needs to fill one out too!  You lazy bastard!  ;)

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Re: March Madness
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2007, 04:50:32 PM »
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You don't need to know anything about NCAA basketball to fill out a bracket.
Yeah, the only thing you need to remember is the higher the seed number the better, so a #16 seed is 16 times stronger than a #1 seed.  Approximate of course.