• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

NCAA Bracket Challenge

#22
Atoz said:
Dang... I was rooting hard for Belmont. :atoz:

On a positive note, BYU (whom I hate with a passion) lost to A&M, and my K-State upset pick was correct. :)
Click to expand...

Since I went to grad school at UNC; I too was rooting hard for Belmont. Even though I don't like Duke, I do respect them at tournament time and tend to have them go deep in the tourney. That said, I'd happily sacrifice my bracket for a one-and-done by the Dookies.

Nice job on K-State - a truly convincing victory.
 
#28
I want to join this bracket group thing, I know its a little late, but I don't pay attention to this **** and don't know any of the outcomes yet, what makes it harder is I was looking around ESPN for this stuff, trying my best to avoid actually reading any headlines so I didn't know what happened, lol. I did it successfully though.
 
#29
The good news is that 6 out of 7 TB's are in the top 33% of hoop prognosticators in the country led by Brad and Fontaine who are in tied at the top of our group with 25 of 32 games correct. :hyper:

Those two are in the 94.7th percentile. For context, the best brackets submitted to ESPN (from over 2,400,000 brackets) were picking 30 games correctly.

The bad news is that I am holding down the low end (Wait, this is TB - isn't that a good thing?) :hiding: at the 17.7 percentile - the bottom quintile. :help:

I took a look at a few of the overall leaders' brackets - one of them had a pretty strange final four but the others all looked plausible. Of their misses - they usually missed an 8-9 game (often UNLV over Kent State) or called one too many upsets or missed one. I don't care how many brackets you fill out, anytime you pick two 13s and two 12s and get them right, I gotta tip my cap to you. One cool thing is that there will be 2 12 v 13 games in the second round so there will be at least 2 Cinderella teams in the Sweet Sixteen.
 
#30
Sir Edward V said:
I want to join this bracket group thing, I know its a little late, but I don't pay attention to this **** and don't know any of the outcomes yet, what makes it harder is I was looking around ESPN for this stuff, trying my best to avoid actually reading any headlines so I didn't know what happened, lol. I did it successfully though.
Click to expand...

I would imagine that the ESPN tourney is locked, but why don't you throw out your picks for the Elite 8, Final Four, Finals and champion. At least you get in on the trash talk that is the essence of the Final Four experience.

You have a little more information that we did but only 2 4 seeds and 2 5 seeds have bitten the proverbial dust. Duke looks like a soft 2 but lots of folks thought that before the tournament started. Pitt and Washington State look like strong 4's; but again that is not a huge surprise (ask Pilgrim ;))
 
#32
dangnewt said:
The good news is that 6 out of 7 TB's are in the top 33% of hoop prognosticators in the country led by Brad and Fontaine who are in tied at the top of our group with 25 of 32 games correct. :hyper:

Those two are in the 94.7th percentile. For context, the best brackets submitted to ESPN (from over 2,400,000 brackets) were picking 30 games correctly.
Click to expand...

well when you're good, you're good:D
 
#34
dangnewt said:
The good news is that 6 out of 7 TB's are in the top 33% of hoop prognosticators in the country led by Brad and Fontaine who are in tied at the top of our group with 25 of 32 games correct. :hyper:

Those two are in the 94.7th percentile. For context, the best brackets submitted to ESPN (from over 2,400,000 brackets) were picking 30 games correctly.

The bad news is that I am holding down the low end (Wait, this is TB - isn't that a good thing?) :hiding: at the 17.7 percentile - the bottom quintile. :help:

I took a look at a few of the overall leaders' brackets - one of them had a pretty strange final four but the others all looked plausible. Of their misses - they usually missed an 8-9 game (often UNLV over Kent State) or called one too many upsets or missed one. I don't care how many brackets you fill out, anytime you pick two 13s and two 12s and get them right, I gotta tip my cap to you. One cool thing is that there will be 2 12 v 13 games in the second round so there will be at least 2 Cinderella teams in the Sweet Sixteen.
Click to expand...

When I looked at it last, the number 2 guy on ESPN had Villanova winning it all.
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back