NCAA Men's Tournament Pool?

[Betts]

Is anyone interested in this? I've done it before on a different website, and it was a lot of fun. How it works:

You sign up here saying you're interesting in playing. When the brackets are announced, everyone who signs up here gets at least one team (depending on the number of people who sign up). Teams are drawn and assigned at random. If your team gets to the final four, you win one of the new (not quite done, but should be available by the end of the tournament) website t-shirts. If your team wins the tournament, you get your choice of a shooting shirt or a swingman jersey (or other gear of comparable price - your choice).

It made some of the less interesting games more interesting for me. So, if you're interested, post your screenname or a comment here.

[Rod4soonrs]

I'm in!!!!!!!!!

[HotRocNRol]

Count me IN.

[bbingham05]

count me in

[StormFan93]

I'm in too.

[Saberman]

I can do that....

[Thunderhead]

I wanna play!

[AD]

I'm in too...

[Rod4soonrs]

come on guys, it's free, and Betts has put up some nice prizes! Thanks Betts, you may want to sticky this.

[Choda Boy]

Didn't see this till now. I'm in!

[El Gato Pollo Loco!!!]

Oh sure why not...in.

[Thunderstruck83]

I'm in! So if we only get say 32 entries do we all get 2 teams? Or 4 teams if only 16 wanna play?

[Rod4soonrs]

selections are tomorrow, so if you want in, you better hurry!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thunderstruck83]

Maybe, just for tomorrow, this could be moved to the Team Thunder forum where everyone most frequently visits. Maybe then we could get alot more entries. I just find it hard to believe that of all the regular members we have, that only ten or so would be interested in playing the game! Maybe the mods could move it for one day!

[Rod4soonrs]

maybe when people log on to the forum, they could hit "new posts" and see all that was posted since their last visit, that way they wouldn't miss these things.

[HotRocNRol]

Actually, New Posts is all I ever look at when I log on...if I were to focus on one or two threads/topics would miss out on WAY too much Excellent content from this Forum.

Some of posters here are really well versed, knowledgable and can write their views that is succinct enough that even a pea-brain like me can understand.

New Posts lets me see everything & I usually read every new post.

Good Idea Rod.

Go THUNDER !!!

[Rod4soonrs]

Ok, who's ready? Let's get it on! Good luck to everyone that's playing, Betts, hook me up with some winners;)

[Clangus]

Am I too late? Count me in if there is still time!

[lloyd]

If it is not too late, I would like to join as well.

[Betts]

I'll move this. It's not really too late until the games have begun, so let's give it a couple more days.

[RicanThunder]

In like Flynn. Where do I sign up?

[Lebron>God]

I would love to play

[Trueblood]

Great idea. I'm in.

[ThunderCover]

Count me in...

[Plainsman]

I'm in ........... also .

[Mr. Thunderhead]

Count me in.

[Dio]

I'm in

[Durantula]

I'll play, too.

[Rod4soonrs]

If you guys are seeing this for the first time today, then you're missing out on a lot of content on the board, you should always hit new posts when you log on, it will show everything that was posted since your last visit.

[thunderfan315]

Count me in!!! OHHH, I love March!!!

[OKCDrummer77]

Sounds good. I'm in.

[todd311]

I am in!

[RedDirt717]

I'll play.

[Betts]

I'm going to leave this open until Wednesday at 7 p.m. Then, I'll announce who's got which team. If we don't get more than 32 registrants, everyone will get one 1 to 8th seed, and everyone will get one seed below 8th.

[#1Thunderfan]

Betts!! Count me in!!!

[Thunderstorm]

Count me in too.

[Thunderstruck83]

Maybe, just for tomorrow, this could be moved to the Team Thunder forum where everyone most frequently visits. Maybe then we could get alot more entries. I just find it hard to believe that of all the regular members we have, that only ten or so would be interested in playing the game! Maybe the mods could move it for one day!

Told ya so... ;) Haha can't wait til the Madness begins! Betts, if somehow I could get Louisville, I dunno, maybe you get some delicious Ford Center concession delivered to your seat at the Jazz game. :cool: Good luck to everyone playing!

[Rod4soonrs]

anyone else? think we have 25?

[rtucker47]

Hell sign me up what is 1 more thing to follow? I already run a decent paying bracket I will be watching intently anyway!

[Thunderstruck83]

Looks like as of this post we have 28 if Betts is playing, 27 if not...So we only need 4 or 5 more to get to 32! Come on people!!

[JWil]

I'm in.

[Lebron>God]

when do we get our teams? tourney starts tomorrow.

[Rod4soonrs]

After 7:00

[Betts]

Here are your teams. There are a couple of duplicates in the lower seeds, but if your team wins, both will get a prize. If I left someone out, let me know:

Rod4Sooners: Connecticut/Binghamton

HotRocNRol: Arizona State/Cornell

bbingham05: Michigan State/S.F. Austin

StormFan93: Missouri/Akron

Saberman: Marquette/Minnesota

Thunderhead: Utah/Temple

AD: Clemson/Siena

ChodaBoy: Duke/Cornell

El Gato Pollo Loco: Illinois/Dayton

Thunderstruck83: Kansas/Western Kentucky

Clangus: Pitt/CS Northridge

lloyd: Washington/Wisconsin

ricanhornet: Ohio State/Butler

Lebron>God: Syracuse/Arizona

Trueblood: Villanova/Northern Iowa

ThunderCover: Memphis/American

Plainsman: Oklahoma (these were really random drawings)/N Dakota State

Mr. Thunderhead: Xavier/Utah St.

Dio: Boston College/Michigan

Durantula: University of North Carolina/Robert Morris

thunderfan315: Florida State/Maryland

rtucker47: UCLA/Utah State

JWil: Oklahoma State(no, this is not rigged)/Texas A&M

OKCDrummer77: Louisville/Morgan St

todd311: Wake Forest/Western Kentucky

RedDirt717: Gonzaga/Cleveland St.

#1Thunderfan: West Virginia/Temple

Thunderstorm: Brigham Young University/Tennessee

[Thunderstruck83]

I guess now I have a little incentive to root for Kansas, thanks alot Betts! ;) But really, you're awesome, thanks for all you do to make the forum great!!

[Clangus]

did I just get the number 1 east seed Pittsburgh? I asume thats what Pitt means?

YAY that cant be bad?!

[Durantula]

I must admit that I haven't seen Robert Morris play yet, but I'm not very confident that this guy can beat Michigan State. I wish him luck, though.

[Lebron>God]

while my teams are solid teams, not sure either has a chance. Syracuse has to go through ASU, OU, NC just to get to the final 4 and while I picked Arizona as a sleeper team to make it interesting they have to fight it out with Wake in the 2nd round. Wake is my sleeper to make it to the NC game.

[Choda Boy]

Damn! Duke is soft, and I really doubt that they can hit 3 pointers all tourny long. Oh well, GO CORNELL!!!!

[RicanThunder]

Haha, Butler is already out. Go Buckeyes!!!!!

[Rod4soonrs]

Villanova is in trouble, down 12 in the second half.

[OKCDrummer77]

I hope Morgan State doesn't win, but I like my chances with Louisville.

[Rod4soonrs]

I like my chances with UCONN.

[Rod4soonrs]

few upsets today.

[StormFan93]

My bracket is not looking so hot, at 21-11. At least I predicted Cleveland State and Siena right!

[OKCDrummer77]

My bracket is not looking so hot, at 21-11. At least I predicted Cleveland State and Siena right!

Nicely done. My best upset pick was Arizona over Utah.

I also pick Siena over Ohio State and USC over Boston College. I can't complain about picking 3 upsets in the same day.

26-6 after round 1.

[Rod4soonrs]

25-7 for me, had siena, 3 10 seeds and 12 w.ky.

[Betts]

Following the first round, here are the matchups. Several of you (Thunderstorm, #1Thunderfan, AD, Thunderhead, ricanhornet)
were eliminated entirely in this round, but we happened to have precisely the same number of unassigned teams, so they were randomly assigned to you for another chance to win. Good luck to everyone, and let me know if I've made a mistake in listing your team!

Rod4Sooners: Connecticut versus Texas A&M: JWil

HotRocNRol: Arizona State versus Syracuse: Lebron>God

bbingham05: Michigan State versus USC: Thunderhead

Saberman: Marquette versus Missouri: StormFan93

ChodaBoy: Duke versus Texas: #1Thunderfan

El Gato Pollo Loco: Dayton versus Kansas: Thunderstruck83

Clangus: Pitt versus Oklahoma State: JWil

lloyd: Washington versus Purdue: ricanhornet

ThunderCover: Memphis versus Maryland: thunderfan315

Plainsman: Oklahoma versus Michigan: Dio

Mr. Thunderhead: Xavier versus Wisconsin: lloyd

Durantula: University of North Carolina versus LSU: AD

rtucker47: UCLA versus Villanova: Trueblood

OKCDrummer77: Louisville versus Siena: Thunderstorm

todd311 and Thunderstruck83: Western Kentucky versus Gonzaga: RedDirt717

RedDirt717: Cleveland St. versus Arizona: Lebron>God

[Thunderstruck83]

Here are your teams. There are a couple of duplicates in the lower seeds, but if your team wins, both will get a prize. If I left someone out, let me know:

Rod4Sooners: Connecticut/Binghamton

HotRocNRol: Arizona State/Cornell

bbingham05: Michigan State/S.F. Austin

StormFan93: Missouri/Akron

Saberman: Marquette/Minnesota

Thunderhead: Utah/Temple

AD: Clemson/Siena

ChodaBoy: Duke/Cornell

El Gato Pollo Loco: Illinois/Dayton

Thunderstruck83: Kansas/Western Kentucky

Clangus: Pitt/CS Northridge

lloyd: Washington/Wisconsin

ricanhornet: Ohio State/Butler

Lebron>God: Syracuse/Arizona

Trueblood: Villanova/Northern Iowa

ThunderCover: Memphis/American

Plainsman: Oklahoma (these were really random drawings)/N Dakota State

Mr. Thunderhead: Xavier/Utah St.

Dio: Boston College/Michigan

Durantula: University of North Carolina/Robert Morris

thunderfan315: Florida State/Maryland

rtucker47: UCLA/Utah State

JWil: Oklahoma State(no, this is not rigged)/Texas A&M

OKCDrummer77: Louisville/Morgan St

todd311: Wake Forest/Western Kentucky

RedDirt717: Gonzaga/Cleveland St.

#1Thunderfan: West Virginia/Temple

Thunderstorm: Brigham Young University/Tennessee



I guess todd311 and I are sharing Western Kentucky. Don't forget about me! :)

[Betts]

I guess todd311 and I are sharing Western Kentucky. Don't forget about me! :)

Fixed that. Thanks!

[Rod4soonrs]

rod4soonrs Stats


rod4soonrs

Stats

Picks Score Citadel OKC
High Score National
High Score
Round 1 25/32 (78%) 50 out of 64 56 pts. 60 pts.
Round 2 0/0 (0%) 0 out of 0 0 pts. 0 pts.
Round 3 0/0 (0%) 0 out of 0 0 pts. 0 pts.
Round 4 0/0 (0%) 0 out of 0 0 pts. 0 pts.
Round 5 0/0 (0%) 0 out of 0 0 pts. 0 pts.
Round 6 0/0 (0%) 0 out of 0 0 pts. 0 pts.
Overall 25/32 (78%) 50 out of 64 56 pts. 60 pts.

Ranking

My Ranking Percentile
Citadel OKC 62 out of 401 84%
National 8,956 out of 110,560 91%

[Rod4soonrs]

6 more go down.

[Betts]

Good luck to all our Sweet Sixteen players:

ricanhornet: Purdue vs. UConn: Rod4Sooners

Durantula: UNC vs. Gonzaga: RedDirt717

Trueblood: Villanova vs. Duke: ChodaBoy

Plainsman: Oklahoma vs Syracuse: Lebron>God

Clangus: Pitt vs Xavier: Mr. Thunderhead

OKCDrummer77: Louisville vs Arizona: LeBron>God

ThunderCover: Memphis vs Missouri: StormFan

Thunderstruck83: Kansas versus Michigan State: bbingham

[RicanThunder]

I'm going to update this as the day progresses, but so far we've got the following games scheduled for the Sweet Sixteen round:

ricanhornet: Purdue vs. UConn: Rod4Sooners

Durantula: UNC vs. Gonzaga: RedDirt717

Trueblood: Villanova vs. Duke: ChodaBoy

Plainsman: Oklahoma vs Syracuse: Lebron>God


I know I sold you some tickets Rod, but this means war!!!!!!

[Rod4soonrs]

lol, i like my chances, good luck though.

[Clangus]

WOOT I am still going!

[Rod4soonrs]

Tournament resumes tomorrow night! Look out Ricanhornet LOL.

[Rod4soonrs]

UCONN advances, sorry Ricanhornet. Next up Memphis (Thundercover), or Mizzou (Stormfan)

[RicanThunder]

Good night my friends.

[Clangus]

Woot past Xavier!

Im still in this!

[Rod4soonrs]

Good Luck Stormfan, one of us will be in the final 4.

[Rod4soonrs]

games tomorrow: Uconn(Rod4soonrs) vs Mizzou(Stormfan93)

Pitt(Clangus) vs. VIllanova(Trueblood)

Sunday: Louisville(okcdrummer77) vs. Michigan St(bbingham05)

OU(plainsman) vs. UNC(Durantula)

[bbingham05]

I think Louisville looks like a team on a mission right now, so I don't like my chances but I will still be cheering for Michigan St.

[Rod4soonrs]

Final Four Baby!!!

[StormFan93]

Final Four Baby!!!

Fricken UConn...

[Rod4soonrs]

Congrats to Trueblood, what a game!

[Mr. Thunderhead]

I am across the street from the Pitt/ VIll game in Boston. The Vill fans came out celebrating pretty loud. It's really cool to be here even if I had Pitt over all. Zorgon tried to get in, but didn't.

[Betts]

Have a great time at the game! We'll be watching!

[Rod4soonrs]

MSU and bbingham05 advance to the Final Four!

[Rod4soonrs]

UNC (Durantula) rounds out the Final Four!

[Thunderstruck83]

Good luck to bbingham05 and Durantula tonight!!

[bbingham05]

Thanks Thunderstruck83...hoping for a MICHIGAN STATE MIRACLE.