March Madness 2008

[MedicCook]

Is anyone interested in doing the March Madness brackets?

FYI - Siena is currently placed to be a #14 seed.

[sws4420]

I blow at those things, but I'd give it a whirl.

[MedicCook]

I suck at them too but that is beacause I do not really follow college basketball other than out local teams.

[Bob]

I'm down.

[Donna]

closest thread to what I wanna say.........

good riddens Shaq.........he was nothing but a pain in the ass down here, and a big disapointment, old fart.......may he dry up in arizona. :whistle:

[LLL]

FYI, ESPN has a good site where you can do the brackets and also sign up to win, if say you were to get really lucky.

[MedicCook]

Maybe we will use that one then and keep track of us in here.

[LLL]

I haven't looked at it since last year, but I think you can set up your own group there and compete against each other as well as the world. You can play 5 sets of brackets each if I recall right.

[brattychickjess]

I'm game.

Go Duke! :wings:

[MedicCook]

I have found a site that looks like it will work for a free pool. As soon as they have the 2008 set up I will post the info on the pool.

[LLL]

MC, FYI, this is what I was talking about. If you click on "How To Play" it shows how a private group can be set up and they'll keep track of everything for you.

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage?campaign=tc07&source=email_08112007

And of course it would be great if one of us won $10,000.................a one in about 3 million chance.

[MedicCook]

I will check it out. I know the other day it was not set up for 2008.

[MedicCook]

ESPN.com has their registration set up for the Men's NCAA March Madness. The brackets are not set up yet as teams are still playing but you can register now. If you get all rounds correct you can win $10,000 from ESPN and a free 1 year membership for s0lidgr0und.

[trojanmiro]

i wanna do a bracket, we doing one here or no?

[MedicCook]

I figured we could use the ESPN one and post our picks in here. That way our bracket may win us $10,000.

[trojanmiro]

ok

[MedicCook]

There is another site that I can create a league just for us but there is no chance at winning that $10,000.

[Bob]

I'd like to go head to head with everyone on here. Study my picks and then get beat by a woman who picked the team cause the uniforms were cute.

[MedicCook]

Bob that is always how is works. Just like woman always win at the race track. I will pick this horse because the name is cute.

[Bob]

That should be a well funded scientific study performed by the s0lid peeps.

[MedicCook]

Just submitted my first bracket picks on ESPN.com. You can submit up to 10 brackets.

[MedicCook]

Get you picks in ASAP.

[trojanmiro]

i have 3 brackets in already. whens the first tip off? im glad they did away with the play in game this year.

[LLL]

I have three of ten in so far. I always have my wife do one just with her own way of doing it. Historically, it has been horrible, but you never know. :rolleye:

[MedicCook]

I just did my second one. I think it might be tomorrow.
There is 1 play in game this year.

[LLL]

There is still a play-in game. The winner gets to play NC.

[MedicCook]

Just got my 3rd one in. I picked Siena to win it all with that one.
I am putting all mine under the Siena grouping.

[LLL]

The first one I do every year picks every better seed, no matter whether I agree or not. I use that one to judge all my others against the so-called seeding experts.

[MedicCook]

I am doing multiple variations. I did all the top seeds, then I did a random one, this time I rotated between top and bottom. I am up to 4 now with 6 to go.

[LLL]

I just did number 4. I don't agonize over them, just make the picks, leaning toward the top four making it to the final four. It's pretty much luck anyway.

[MedicCook]

I don't follow college basketball enough to agonize over them so I just wing it.

[trojanmiro]

There is still a play-in game. The winner gets to play NC.

i didnt see that on any of the brackets.

[MedicCook]

It was tonight it looks like. Mount Sy. Mary's won it and will be playing NC.

[trojanmiro]

i got 5 made. think thats all im gonna do.

[sws4420]

good riddens Shaq.........he was nothing but a pain in the ass down here, and a big disapointment, old fart.......may he dry up in arizona. :whistle::huh:

[Bob]

I only filled out one. I, as well, don't watch it enough, anymore to really know whats going on. Had a chance to get in one with my super from work but $10 is alot these days. So I got NC over UCLA by like 7 i think.

[MedicCook]

I will probably fill a couple more random ones today to max out at 10 brackets.

[LLL]

I have 8 done and my wife the other 2. Even if you don't follow NCAA basketball put in all 10. It's worth a longshot for $10,000 for the few minutes it takes to do the brackets.

[MedicCook]

I just made a private group for us within the ESPN Fantasy if you want to move your brackets into it.

Group - s0lidgr0und
Password - s0lidgr0und

[LLL]

Don't forget if you want to take your shot at the 10 grand picks need to be in before the tipoff of the 1st game -- 12:20PM today. That's like noon. :yapyapyapf:

[MedicCook]

Don't forget if you want to take your shot at the 10 grand picks need to be in before the tipoff of the 1st game -- 12:20PM today. That's like noon. :yapyapyapf:

No it is noon plus 20. :cuckoo:

[LLL]

No it is noon plus 20. :cuckoo:

Well, we're at noon plus 40 now, sooooooooooooooooooooooooo IT'S TOO LATE TO JOIN! :crying:

[MedicCook]

I'm in 1st place!!

[LLL]

Decided at the last minute to sign up for the Channel 6 bracket, too.

Enjoy that 1st Place feeling. You have about another hour and a half to feel like a winner. :whoopdedoo:

[MedicCook]

I know.

The first upset is in the works already.

(14)Georgia (17-16, 4-12 SEC) 35
(3)Xavier (27-6, 14-2 A 10) 26
Halftime

[Mikey]

yeah i had georgia in one of my pools, didn't happen though. Xavier won. So that's ok, i had xavier in another.

[MedicCook]

I have a 100% so far in one of my brackets.

[LLL]

I have a 100% so far in one of my brackets.


So do I................the one where I picked all better seeds.

[MedicCook]

one bracket 7/7 so far. Right now Stanford has a 9 point lead which can make me 8/8.

[MedicCook]

Stanford is handeling Cornell easily 38-17 at halftime.

[MedicCook]

Stanford wins that makes me a perfect 8/8 so far.

[MedicCook]

There are 4 games playing during this 7pm hour.

(11)Kansas State (20-11, 10-6 Big 12)
(6)USC (21-11, 11-7 Pac-10)

(15)Belmont (25-8, 14-2 A-Sun)
(2)Duke (27-5, 13-3 ACC)

(13)Winthrop (22-11, 10-4 B. South)
(4)Washington State (24-8, 11-7 Pac-10)

(9)Texas A&M (24-10, 8-8 Big 12)
(8)Brigham Young (27-7, 14-2 MWC)

[MedicCook]

My perfect bracket is in limbo with USC down by 10 at the half.

[LLL]

Holy crap, Duke is being taken to the woodshed by unknown Belmont. If Duke loses that'll wipe a lot of brackets out for sure.

[MedicCook]

You are telling me. They went into halftime having no problem.

[MedicCook]

I am down 3 of the 4 current games. USC made a comeback early in the 2nd half and now is blowing chunks all over the court.

Washington State just won making me 9/9 with 3 games in limbo right now.

Duke pulls it out making me 10/10.

USC kills my perfect bracket. 10/11 now.

After 12 games I am 10/12. Not too bad.

Luckily my 2 loses so far I did not have making it past the next round so they should not hurt me long term.

[LLL]

What a Duke game.

I'm 10 of 12, too.

USC and BYU losses. Jimmer Fredette (GF kid) had 10 for BYU.

[MedicCook]

The final 4 games of the night have started.

[trojanmiro]

of my 5 brackets 3 have 100 points and 2 have 90

[brattychickjess]

of my 5 brackets 3 have 100 points and 2 have 90

I'm perfect in my bracket for work...

My Blue Devils almost lost it...

[MedicCook]

They better kick it up a notch for the next game.

[MedicCook]

The last 4 games tonight I am leading going into halftime.
UCLA is killing Mississippi Valley State.

[MedicCook]

14/16 after the 1st day. Not too bad.

[trojanmiro]

2 brackets im 14/16, 3 im 13/16

those 2 i got 140 pts and other 3 i have 130 points

[LLL]

I have one that has 14 of 16 correct picks. Hey, that's good enough for 258,016 place in the ESPN thingy. :rotflmao:

In the Channel 6 one I currently rank 73rd. That sounds a little better.

[MedicCook]

2 brackets with 140 pts, 1 bracket with 130 pts.

First game starts at 12:15pm.

[LLL]

I didn't pick Siena in any of my top brackets, but I'll be rooting for them tonight anyway.

[MedicCook]

I picked them in 2 of my lesser brakets I think. Now do you have to have a perfect bracket for the $10,000?

[LLL]

No, I believe it's just the best one at the end. That's why they had you select a final score as a tiebreaker.

I've since noticed Yahoo had one going where you could win a million bucks if you pick a perfecto. Didn't dig in to see what it all entailed though.

[MedicCook]

Next year.

[MedicCook]

Here are the 12pm hour games.

12:15 PM ET
(15)American University (21-11, 10-4 Patriot)
(2)Tennessee (29-4, 14-2 SEC)

12:25 PM ET
(10)Davidson (26-6, 20-0 Southern)
(7)Gonzaga (25-7, 13-1 WCC)

12:30 PM ET
(10)Saint Mary's (25-6, 12-2 WCC)
(7)Miami (FL) (22-10, 8-8 ACC)

12:30 PM ET
(12)Western Kentucky (27-6, 16-2 S. Belt)
(5)Drake (28-4, 15-3 MVC)

[MedicCook]

Possible 4 upsets in the works right now.

[MedicCook]

Gonzaga gets upset today.

[MedicCook]

Western Kentucky upsets Drake in OT.

[trojanmiro]

Western Kentucky upsets Drake in OT.

mother fucker. i had drake going to the sweet 16 in atleast one of em.

[Mikey]

yeah i had drake into round 2...and now uconn upset by 13 san diego...had them into the round of 32

[MedicCook]

My best bracket so far.

200 points 96.7%

Siena is up 5-0 early.

[MedicCook]

Siena is up 26-13 right now.
5/6 from 3 point land.

Siena is up 33-20.

Siena is up 36-24.

Siena leads 46-34 at halftime.

[MedicCook]

Siena is leading 48-38.

Siena up 60-47!!

Siena is lead 65-51!!

[MedicCook]

Siena leads 79-60!!

Siena wins 83-62 with a huge upset!!

[Mikey]

WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO SAINTS! LETS GO SAINTS!

[MedicCook]

Kills my bracket but Siena looks good enough to continue past the next round.

[Mikey]

yeah that part of my bracket only has 3 wrong....have a few wrong in the others.

[MedicCook]

UCONN fucked me big time.

[LLL]

UCONN fucked me big time.

And everybody else, too. I haven't even looked at my brackets yet (just got home), I am so happy Siena won. Damn, they looked great.

[MedicCook]

They had very few holes. They sputtered comming out in the 2nd half but so did Vanderbilt. That dread wearing football player was pissing me off. He is a pesky bastard.

[LLL]

As of right now I have 220 points in the ESPN Challenge - good for 92.9% and 226,690th place. :rotflmao:

On Channel 6 game I am ranked 98 compared to Doug Sherman at 234. :whoopdedoo:

[MedicCook]

If I win the last 4 tonight I think I will finish round 1 with 4 or 5 loses.

[MedicCook]

Villanova is in the process of making it 4/4 in Tampa upsets. Two 13 seeds and two 12 seeds.

[trojanmiro]

1 @ 250 and 4 @ 240

[MedicCook]

2 @ 240 and 1 @ 230 are my best so far.

[MedicCook]

Duke barely won yesterday and now they are about to get eliminated by West Virginia.

[trojanmiro]

stick a fork in em they got beat. i dont think i had em gettin past the next round anyways in most of my brackets.

[MedicCook]

Tomorrow will be an exciting game for Siena. I think they have a good chance at winning after watching them yesterday.

[brattychickjess]

I hate my brother...hate him hate him hate him :wub:

Fucker calls singing John Denvers "Take me home, country road" asshole.

Here's why....

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

He even set his ringback tone to it..said he is going to keep it that way for a while so I can be remembered of Duke's loss. Jerk.

[MedicCook]

Duke blows. I had them to win today in my primary bracket.

[trojanmiro]

i had them beatin wvu but not xavier. they always choke in the dance but i figured theyd be atleast a sweet 16.

primary 370, 2 @ 360, 2 @ 340

my 370 has me in like 101,000 place. lol

[trojanmiro]

i have 390 now and in 21,634th place

[MedicCook]

Siena sucked major ass today. If they hit half the shots they missed they would have blown them out.

[MedicCook]

My best two brackets are at 360 with plenty of room to increase still.

[LLL]

ESPN - 460pts (93.2%)

CBS6 - Rank 137 (Doug Sherman - Rank 633)

Too bad about Siena. They were colder than a dog turd in February in the 1st half, but played Villanova even the 2nd half.

[MedicCook]

My best braccket - 460 93.2%

Siena just had nothing especially at the 3 point line. They looked like they were forcing it.

[MedicCook]

Best bracket so far:
460 93.2%
I have a chance to still get 6 of 8 teams into the Elite Eight.

[trojanmiro]

490 23,030 place.
georgetown i had going into the final four. i also have stanford going to the final four but i dont think that will happen either. my bracket is about to shit the bed in the next couple days big time.

[MedicCook]

My final 4 is still intact.

[MedicCook]

4 games tonight

(7)West Virginia (26-10, 11-7 Big East)
(3)Xavier (29-6, 14-2 A 10)

(4)Washington State (26-8, 11-7 Pac-10)
(1)North Carolina (34-2, 14-2 ACC)

(12)W Kentucky (29-6, 16-2 S. Belt)
(1)UCLA (33-3, 16-2 Pac-10)

(3)Louisville (26-8, 14-4 Big East)
(2)Tennessee (31-4, 14-2 SEC

[trojanmiro]

610 66,928th place.
540
520
560
580

george town still upsets me. fuckers. had them going to the final 4 in my good bracket.

[MedicCook]

540 & 520 are my top two.

I still have my final 4 for both of them also.

[LLL]

I have a 550 and 540.

That 610 is damn good. Congrats.

[LLL]

Davidson - Holy shit!

Suppose anybody anywhere had them going this far?

[MedicCook]

They are really the Davidson in this Golith of a tourney

[trojanmiro]

stick a fork in my first bracket its done. 5 of 8 for the elite 8. 2 of my final 4 teams are out.

690
660
560
640
660
my second one though still has the final 4 intact. of course thats the bracket where i just picked all best seeds in.

[MedicCook]

660 is my best and the final 4 is still ok but like you Mike it has all 4 #1 teams in it.

[MedicCook]

Top ESPN Bracket
980 points
96.1%
Rank 122606

[Bob]

Top ESPN Bracket
920 points
85.0%
Rank 475940

FF all accounted for. NC over Memphis in finale (78-65)

[trojanmiro]

my bracket i was doing good in finally shit the bed as promised. its only at 850 points now. my second bracket is at 980. that puts me in 122606th place. my 5th bracket is at 900. the other two are funny, 640 and 720.

i have ucla over unc in the final.

[MedicCook]

I have NC over Memphis in the final.

[MedicCook]

1100pts 88.6% ESPN

No money for me.

[trojanmiro]

my best was 1100.

[LLL]

My best one was 1100, 88.6%. That was the one where I blindly picked every upper seed throughout the brackets. Of course when I got to the final four I had them all and had to pick on my own. That's where I really screwed it up. :rotflmao: