***NCAA Tourney Bracket Group***

[MacabreMob]

Champs picked:

10 Florida
7 Ohio St
6 Georgetown
4 Texas
2 SIU
2 UCLA
1 Kansas
1 North Carolina
1 Texas AM
1 Wisconsin

[bravesonly]

games finished through 4pm friday...i only have 1 wrong, i thought butler would lose to odu...in summary: i am awesome, give me my prizes now, thanks...go braves

[houstontxbrave]

games finished through 4pm friday...i only have 1 wrong, i thought butler would lose to odu...in summary: i am awesome, give me my prizes now, thanks...go braves

Are you Bravesonly or Eric Cartman?

[bravesonly]

haha yeah i totally jinxed myself...including creighton so i apologize to the bluejays and their fans...oh well just thought it would be fun to talk some smack about the brackets

[MacabreMob]

IHeartBU is currently in the lead.

I am curious... How does everyone like the "scoring system" used?

[IheartBU]

IHeartBU is currently in the lead.

I am curious... How does everyone like the "scoring system" used?

I can't figure out how I'm in the lead, therefore I can't figure out the scoring...

Bein' edumicated and all at good ol' BU, I can deduce that each round is increasingly weighted. It's better than the other (Facebook) pools I'm in ... mostly 'cause I'm winning ...

Then again, I picked a midmajor from the Valley to win it all, so I'm probably screwed up in the end.

[MacabreMob]

IHeartBU is currently in the lead.

I am curious... How does everyone like the "scoring system" used?

I can't figure out how I'm in the lead, therefore I can't figure out the scoring...

Bein' edumicated and all at good ol' BU, I can deduce that each round is increasingly weighted. It's better than the other (Facebook) pools I'm in ... mostly 'cause I'm winning ...

Then again, I picked a midmajor from the Valley to win it all, so I'm probably screwed up in the end.

Each round is weighted twice more than the one before it. Each round is multiplied by the seed value.

I have always liked this kinda scoring system because it rewads someone that has the knowledge and mostly courage to pick a worse seeded team.

Everyone can pick the favorites with an every now and then upset (like a 9 over an 8, a 5 over a 4, a 3 over a 2) and be in it almost every year.

So, those taking VCU in R1 get 11 X 2 = 22 (vs Duke 6 X 2 = 12).

Bottom line, you still gotta get enough of those picks right to carry you into contention as well as picking enough of the correct favorites to carry you down the stretch.

[Dubl R 1]

IHeartBU is currently in the lead.

I am curious... How does everyone like the "scoring system" used?

I do like it, but being the fool I am didn't read about it till after I made my picks and the tourney was under way. Maybe would have picked a little different knowing the picks were weighted according to round and seed, but like I said that's my own fault.

I do like the system though, as it's a little different than some of the others.

[georgethedog]

IHeartBU is currently in the lead.

I am curious... How does everyone like the "scoring system" used?

I'll let you know after I win!

[Braves4Life]

IHeartBU is currently in the lead.

I am curious... How does everyone like the "scoring system" used?

I'll let you know after I win!

Greatest scoring system I've ever seen!

[MacabreMob]

Current Top 11 after games played through 3-24:

1 mike whalen 474 (Georgetown)
2 Braves4Life 458 (Georgetown)
3 bravesonly 454 (Florida)
4 john duncan 450 (Florida)
5 Erik Gibson 446 (Florida)
6 Sharon Schmitt 444 (Ohio St)
7 Brian Spicklemire 442 (Georgetown)
8 Shaun Guthrie 434 (North Carolina)
9 IheartBU 432 (Southern Ill)
10 Ryan Roos 426 (Georgetown)
11 Patrick O'Brian 418 (Florida)

[patrick_o'brian]

I'm toast though I had texas going into the title game

[MacabreMob]

I'm toast though I had texas going into the title game

So you are the Texas Toast.





I am the Kansas Kan't. (along with my Winthrop Won't and Louisville Lame)

[bravesonly]

is this where i claim my $1,000,000 payout for winning?

i mean that is the prize we agreed on right?

[MacabreMob]

Congrats BravesOnly!

Close:

J Duncan
E Gibson
K Schmitt
D Tealbey

Thanks for playing everyone!