[Contest] March Madness, bitches!

Dave · Mar 17, 2014

http://www.fantasyleaguemanager.com/madness/site85583/

Rules:

Pick your teams. Get points. Win.

Each correct pick gives you points equal to Seed * Round Points.

Round Points are:

1st Round = 1 point
2nd Round = 2 points
3rd Round = 4 points
4th Round = 8 points
5th Round = 16 points
Championship = 32 points

So if you have a 5th seed winning pick in the 3rd round, you get 20 points! See? Easy!

Most points win. Something.

jwhouk · Mar 17, 2014

I'm in.

General Specific · Mar 17, 2014

Also in!
Instead of going through like I normally do and trying to assess each team, I went with gut feelings. Probably do just as well.

Charlie Don't Surf · Mar 17, 2014

chomp chomp

Gared · Mar 17, 2014

Sure, why not? Joined the office pool, may as well join the forums pool too. I think I deviated a bit from my bracket for the office, but I don't really expect to win, so it doesn't matter, right?

Chad Sexington · Mar 17, 2014

Let me know if any of you become billionaires: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyph...-1-billion-for-perfect-march-madness-bracket/

blotsfan · Mar 17, 2014

Did you know, the odds of someone bringing up the statistics of winning the billion dollar bracket without being a total buzzkill are one in a quintillion?

Piotyr · Mar 20, 2014

I tossed an entry into the pool.

Charlie Don't Surf · Mar 20, 2014

Tennessee Elite 8 run lookin' good

Dave · Mar 20, 2014

Yeah, they had to go to overtime to beat Iowa. What a powerhouse.

Chad Sexington · Mar 20, 2014

blotsfan said:
Did you know, the odds of someone bringing up the statistics of winning the billion dollar bracket without being a total buzzkill are one in a quintillion?

It's better than that, when you account for a few variables, but it's still basically impossible:
Spoiled for size:

[DOUBLEPOST=1395337625,1395337251][/DOUBLEPOST]Also this infographic from the same guy is the coolest looking bracket: http://smartereveryday.tumblr.com/image/80162329981

Dave · Mar 20, 2014

Well, Ohio State, thanks for costing me my billion dollars you losers.

Gared · Mar 20, 2014

Damn you Cincinnati! I had them picked all the way through to the fourth round, and they lost to those damned egg-heads at Harvard.

Dave · Mar 21, 2014

Duke goes down in the first round. I had them in the final four. Guess I'm losing this contest.

DarkAudit · Mar 21, 2014

ESPN had 11 million entries to their bracket contest. After the first night, ~45K were left.

Gared · Mar 21, 2014

Well, luckily I didn't pick Duke to win it in this pool, but my work pool is well and truly fasterisked.

Charlie Don't Surf · Mar 21, 2014

ROCKY TOP

but, New Mexico losing hurts

ThatNickGuy · Mar 21, 2014

I predict a sports team will win!

jwhouk · Mar 21, 2014

Goooooo SPORTSTEAM!

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I really haven't had time to look, but I suspect I'm out of the perfect bracket business.

blotsfan · Mar 21, 2014

I think there are like 200 perfect brackets left on ESPN out of 11 million entered.

Dei · Mar 22, 2014

http://msn.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/ncaa-upsets-crush-perfect-bracket-hopes-032114

Aaaaaaand, the bid for $1B is over.

blotsfan · Mar 22, 2014

This guy did his bracket on Yahoo but didn't enter the contest...

Dave · Mar 22, 2014

Damn that's impressive.

redthirtyone · Mar 22, 2014

And Dayton torpedos THAT bracket too

DarkAudit · Mar 23, 2014

[Charlie mode]
Y'all notice no one's offering any prize for the women's bracket.
[/Charlie mode]

(WVU is the #2 seed in the Louisville region.)

jwhouk · Mar 23, 2014

Division III bracket looks mighty fine to me.

blotsfan · Mar 23, 2014

Dear kansas,
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

from,
blotsfan

P.S.
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General Specific · Mar 23, 2014

Well, UNC lost today, they were my pick for champ (a longshot, I know), so my bracket is now pretty well busted.

Covar · Mar 24, 2014

DarkAudit said:
[Charlie mode]
Y'all notice no one's offering any prize for the women's bracket.
[/Charlie mode]

(WVU is the #2 seed in the Louisville region.)

I would assume you just pick UCONN to win, and work backwards from there for the rest of the bracket.

Look I made a joke about women's basketball that makes it seem like I watch women's basketball!

jwhouk · Mar 24, 2014

I'm pretty sure my Final Four is intact.