Ripcitytwo March Madness bracket

[theprunetang]

Just like I was with your sister! #BAM

You can have my sisters too. My bracket is toast.










Still meeting your wife tomorrow though. Met her on Tinder.

 

[Shaboid]

Just like I was with your sister! #BAM

I have four brothers, so I will just assume you are talking about the youngest and most feminine of them.

 

[PDXFonz]

Hell yes, can't stand Duke and I have Duke and UNC in the finals. By the way Doug, thanks for the welcome. I've been a life time Oregonian and a Blazer fan since the Clyde and Terry days and really enjoyed your sense of humor as you have engaged the board! I've been a lurker for almost a decade now. Really enjoy reading everyone's perspectives. Can't decide if I want to see the team in playoffs or with a better lottery pick this year. I guess I'm a fip-flopper this season. One question for the group: I haven't managed to read the post with Eric having sex with an NBA player even through I've seen it referred to often. Where do I find it?

Glad to have you joining in on the action.

Good luck and welcome to posting. I can't imagine lurking for years reading some of the nonsense that pops up here and not weighing in on it!

 

[Dougnsalem]

My bracket, as always, is screwed after day one.

Still a long way to go though....

 

[THE HCP]

My Ducks aren't looking bad. Some close games today. I keep forgetting who I picked to win games. Not sure who to root for in this Arkansas/SH game

 

[PtldPlatypus]

My Ducks aren't looking bad. Some close games today. I keep forgetting who I picked to win games. Not sure who to root for in this Arkansas/SH game

Come on, man--Deep South vs New York? You know who to root for, FAMS!

 

[THE HCP]

Problem is, I filled my bracket out with my heart when it came to my Ducks. And as far as the rest, I went with my knowledge of the schools and their history, instead of how they played this season. Not a smart way to pick if you want to win.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Problem is, I filled my bracket out with my heart when it came to my Ducks. And as far as the rest, I went with my knowledge of the schools and their history, instead of how they played this season. Not a smart way to pick if you want to win.

But really, who knows anything about how any of these teams really played this season? Your guesses are really as good as any of ours.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

But really, who knows anything about how any of these teams really played this season? Your guesses are really as good as any of ours.

So far I'm tied for first, but all I did was read some predictions on a few websites and then watched about 4-5 videos of prognosticators prognosticating. I only watched about three or four college basketball games this year.

 

[PDXFonz]

Kentucky is now my Obi Wan

 

[Strenuus]

I'll take a top 5 start after 2 days, even though I had nova going to the championship.

Got Xavier going to the sweet 16 right. I am so smart!

 

[theprunetang]

I'll take a top 5 start after 2 days, even though I had nova going to the championship.

Got Xavier going to the sweet 16 right. I am so smart!

My bracket is a joke. It's funny because I have 6 other brackets which are all doing much better.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yay! I'm killing it. All you guys have to do is pick the favorites. It's pretty simple.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

My bracket is a joke. It's funny because I have 6 other brackets which are all doing much better.

Uh huh.

 

[BonesJones]

Yay! I'm killing it. All you guys have to do is pick the favorites. It's pretty simple.

And that's why you include an upset bonus

 

[theprunetang]

And that's why you include an upset bonus

No worries Bones. How about you run it next year? And then I don't have to worry about whether I'm doing things right. I'll just concentrate on making the worst bracket possible.

 

[BonesJones]

No worries Bones. How about you run it next year? And then I don't have to worry about whether I'm doing things right. I'll just concentrate on making the worst bracket possible.

If you took that as a shot at you, well, it wasn't a shot at you at all. Don't take that comment personally. I didn't mean it in a complaining way haha.

Just don't like those people who try to win bracket pools by simply picking favorites. That's all.

 

[theprunetang]

If you took that as a shot at you, well, it wasn't a shot at you at all. Don't take that comment personally. I didn't mean it in a complaining way haha.

Just don't like those people who try to win bracket pools by simply picking favorites. That's all.

I get that. And no worries sir. I guess I have always played the traditional yahoo bracket and I have always tried to play fun upsets. Of course, I lose every time. It's still a really fun thing to do. I did really well in a bracket last year actually for 100,000 dollars and finished in the top 10. That would have been fun..

 

[KingSpeed]

If you took that as a shot at you, well, it wasn't a shot at you at all. Don't take that comment personally. I didn't mean it in a complaining way haha.

Just don't like those people who try to win bracket pools by simply picking favorites. That's all.

Why should I pick the teams that aren't going to win?

 

[BonesJones]

Why should I pick the teams that aren't going to win?

An 11 seed wins every year. A 12 seed wins almost every single year.

So there no reason to think that what you filled out was what was exactly going to happen. Instead, because predicting which upsets will happen, it's easiest to pick none.

Did you really think no 9, 10, 11, or 12 seeds would win this year?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

RIP bracket.

I had Duke winning it all.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

If you took that as a shot at you, well, it wasn't a shot at you at all. Don't take that comment personally. I didn't mean it in a complaining way haha.

Just don't like those people who try to win bracket pools by simply picking favorites. That's all.

Easy fix. First bracket you submit should be all chalk. Mandate that you can't win a prize if you can't beat the all chalk bracket. If all chalk comes in first, you keep everything.

 

[BonesJones]

Easy fix. First bracket you submit should be all chalk. Mandate that you can't win a prize if you can't beat the all chalk bracket. If all chalk comes in first, you keep everything.

So then they pick all chalk and pick one 9 instead of an 8. If that 9 seed wins, then they win...

 

[THE HCP]

Why should I pick the teams that aren't going to win?

You always pick the Blazers! #64Wins

 

[SlyPokerDog]

RIP bracket.

I had Duke winning it all.

 

[KingSpeed]

An 11 seed wins every year. A 12 seed wins almost every single year.

So there no reason to think that what you filled out was what was exactly going to happen. Instead, because predicting which upsets will happen, it's easiest to pick none.

Did you really think no 9, 10, 11, or 12 seeds would win this year?

Nope but I have a better chance of winning the whole thing overall if I pick the favorites.

 

[KingSpeed]

You always pick the Blazers! #64Wins

And I picked my alma mater Michigan to win every series until they faced my home town Oregon which I had going all the way.

 

[KingSpeed]

By the way, HCP, you can stop with the #64wins needling. I'm putting you on ignore.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

By the way, HCP, you can stop with the #64wins needling. I'm putting you on ignore.

Just remind him that he thought CJ wasn't good enough to be a starter in the NBA.

 

[BonesJones]

Nope but I have a better chance of winning the whole thing overall if I pick the favorites.

Exactly. So instead of trying to get your bracket right, you put no thought into it and pick a completely vanilla bracket to try to win.

That's no fun. If everyone did that there'd be no point. But you then win at the expense of the people that don't.