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Trailcatfever said:
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?
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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!
 
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
 
THE HCP said:
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
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Come on, man--Deep South vs New York? You know who to root for, FAMS!
 
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.
 
THE HCP said:
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.
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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.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
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.
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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.
 
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!
 
Strenuus said:
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!
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My bracket is a joke. It's funny because I have 6 other brackets which are all doing much better.
 
BonesJones said:
And that's why you include an upset bonus
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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.
 
theprunetang said:
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.
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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.
 
BonesJones said:
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.
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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..
 
BonesJones said:
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.
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Why should I pick the teams that aren't going to win?
 
KingSpeed said:
Why should I pick the teams that aren't going to win?
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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?
 
BonesJones said:
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.
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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. :devilwink:
 
PtldPlatypus said:
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. :devilwink:
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So then they pick all chalk and pick one 9 instead of an 8. If that 9 seed wins, then they win...
 
BonesJones said:
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?
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Nope but I have a better chance of winning the whole thing overall if I pick the favorites.
 
KingSpeed said:
Nope but I have a better chance of winning the whole thing overall if I pick the favorites.
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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.
 
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