Beat my Bracket Challenge

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Skewer

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I've been wondering if a bracket pool would surface on the IAP, and I haven't seen one, so decided to start one of my own - Go register at ESPN and fill out a bracket:
Skewer's IAP Bracket Challenge

Group password is:
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I'll pony up for a prize if you can 'beat my bracket.' - I haven't decided what the prize will be yet, but it will be $40 of value or more in honor of UKs 40-0 Season :wink:

No cost to enter - So jump in!
 
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Also - if create an entry, please PM me your ESPN account name so i can keep track of who is who.
 
Just got in from work and no entries yet? You will only have until Thursday to fill out your bracket!
 
A professor takes a crack at the odds of filling out a perfect bracket:
The odds of getting a perfect NCAA bracket

There are stories of people who know nothing about the teams and game doing random picks and getting a perfect bracket. This means you have a chance! There are prizes from ESPN for the 'perfect bracket,' but all you have to do is beat out the group here!!

To be clear: There will only be one winner! and it won't be you if you don't enter!
 
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Last day to enter is tomorrow - you will not be able to enter a bracket after the round of 64 starts. We only have 4 entries right now, I'd like to see at least 10!
 
Not a whole lot of time left to get in your picks. Once the games start tomorrow, no more entries will be accepted!
 
So I've been going back and forth on what to do for the prize, I think i'm just going to do an electronic gift certificate from CSUSA. So as it stands - $40 gift certificate for the best bracket!
 
Approaching last call - You'll have until about noon (eastern time) tomorrow to complete a bracket.
 
Skewer said:
So I've been going back and forth on what to do for the prize, I think i'm just going to do an electronic gift certificate from CSUSA. So as it stands - $40 gift certificate for the best bracket!
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Can I send you my address now, or do I have to wait until the tournament is over? :wink:
 
edohmann said:
Skewer said:
So I've been going back and forth on what to do for the prize, I think i'm just going to do an electronic gift certificate from CSUSA. So as it stands - $40 gift certificate for the best bracket!
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Can I send you my address now, or do I have to wait until the tournament is over? :wink:
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Sorry Ed! I just discovered this link... You will have to wait. Now if I had only watched some of these teams play...
 
Last call! Procrastinators Unite! Dyslexic Procrastinators Untie!

You only have a couple hours left to enter!

It seems like trash talking has begun, so let me help: Since we have more than 10 entries now, and my confidence is so high in my bracket...I'm upping the ante to a $50 CSUSA Gift Certificate and a consolation letter to Edgar.
 
You all can be confident in your "research" and "knowledge of the game", but there was a story on the news about animals at the zoo picking the bracket and that is what I went with, mother nature is rarely wrong. Ha.
 
Sataro said:
Amazing....mention a consolation letter to Edgar & Warren is the first one to sign up after that. Will that consolation letter be the best prize of all.
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What can I say, Edgar needs all the help he can get!:biggrin:

I didn't know until this am that UGA was even in the tournament. Considering I haven't watched a game the last two years I should have a pretty good shot!
 
Sataro said:
edohmann said:
Skewer said:
So I've been going back and forth on what to do for the prize, I think i'm just going to do an electronic gift certificate from CSUSA. So as it stands - $40 gift certificate for the best bracket!
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Can I send you my address now, or do I have to wait until the tournament is over? :wink:
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Sorry Ed! I just discovered this link... You will have to wait. Now if I had only watched some of these teams play...
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Hey - who let Billy in????
I thought he was on a 10-year ban from all IAP sports activities :mad:
 
Don't know how the scoring works, but Ed was the only one in this challenge NOT to pick Baylor!

Way to go Ed.

We'll see how the games turn out this weekend!

Steve
 
SMJ1957 said:
Don't know how the scoring works, but Ed was the only one in this challenge NOT to pick Baylor!

Way to go Ed.

We'll see how the games turn out this weekend!

Steve
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Seems like I should get extra points for that :wink:
 
You get 10 points for each correct pick in a round. The PPR stands for "Possible Points Remaining" and is calculated based on all of your remaining picks in the tournament being correct.
 
KCW said:
Did anyone happen to see who was in first place...that's right, the zoo animals.
Boom.
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Yeah, but you picked that overrated Kentucky team to win it all, so it's just a matter of time before you crash back down to earth :wink:
 
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I'm kind of surprised no one has Wisconsin winning. There are a couple of brackets pretty close to mine. Unless things get weird, it doesn't look like i'll be keeping my gift certificate. :biggrin:
 
Scoring update - points per correct picks double each round. So the 2 final four games are each worth 160 pts & the championship game is worth 320 points.

Go Duke!
 
Sataro said:
edohmann said:
Hey - who let Billy in????
I thought he was on a 10-year ban from all IAP sports activities :mad:
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Hey Ed,

You see my score...that's why it may be another 10 years before I sign up for another bracket challenge! :biggrin:
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You did have a rough first round pal, and from the outset, Baylor didn't seem like an unreasonable pick.

If Houston had gotten into the tournament, I'd have probably picked them to win it all and also picked every lower seeded team throughout because that would've been their only hope to advance. :smile:
 
That Villanova loss is gonna be a killer though[/quote]

That one certainly hurts. Good teams went down early this year, which I guess shows that there are many good programs out there.
 
MillerTurnings said:
That Villanova loss is gonna be a killer though
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That one certainly hurts. Good teams went down early this year, which I guess shows that there are many good programs out there.[/quote]

The college game has definitely changed over the last 30 years. Back then, there were only a half dozen or so truly elite programs
 
Thursday is almost here! I've been having March Madness withdraws and had to resort to pen turning to occupy my mind!
 
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