Octopus Overlords

I did a search and didn't see an existing OO tourney bracket thread. If someone else wanted to post one and I'm getting in the way, apologies. If not, join up! Password is oo2013cthulhu. Please use your forum name on your bracket so that it's obvious who's who.

I am curious what good teams failed to make the cut. I think Alabama missed out based on some late season losses.

In!

In and Bracket complete.

THE HOOSIERS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rip wrote:In and Bracket complete.

THE HOOSIERS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Psst--I may have them winning, too.

7 of us have brackets going now. Woot.

I must say I was surprised so see my Illini get a #7 seed. They had some quality wins but also some awful losses. I was expecting 10-12.

I am in.

I'm in.

I'm in, but picking with very little research. Seeya basement dwellers after the first round!

In!

In! I need the distraction.

Oh, and Butler redeems itself, winning the national championship. Because F--- it, that's why.

I'm in!

Baroquen wrote:I'm in, but picking with very little research. Seeya basement dwellers after the first round!

Racing you to the basement!

I'm thinking about Miami. They have a lot of experience and a great backcourt. Ohio state is looking pretty good to me, too. I don't know the Louisville team at all. Anyone have any impressions of them?

I just auto-seeded with the popular picks to get it locked in. I'll go back in tonight and put in my upsets.

The CBS Sportsline bracket page is working - the one a lot of us have been using for a couple of years now. No idea who is running it or any of the details, though.

I decided to give it a shot this year, and surprisingly, I don't pick Michigan to win it all! (At least, not on this bracket. )

Finished mine. I don't have enough upsets but then again I tried picking more upsets last year and it destroyed by bracket when it didn't happen. SO playing it a little safer this year.

I just went ahead and picked all the teams that will win.

Zaxxon wrote:I just went ahead and picked all the teams that will win.

Dammit! Why didn't I think of that?!

I'm in with my WSJ blind picks.

In with mainly chalk & homer bracket.

*bumpity*

Tomorrow begins the Big Dance, so if you're considering submitting a bracket, get thee to the site and do so today!

I read an interesting article about how filling out a bracket (particularly when competing in an office pool) should be treated as a hedge fund. You shouldn't worry about picking all the correct games, but instead finding teams that are "bargains." A bargain is a team that few people pick, but has a relatively decent chance of pulling an upset. A couple of correct bargain picks will push you out to a lead vs getting a bunch of correct popular picks that everybody else also chose.

I didn't have the energy to research and do mine that way though, so yeah. Fail.

Sheet of Integrity submitted.

YellowKing wrote:I read an interesting article about how filling out a bracket (particularly when competing in an office pool) should be treated as a hedge fund. You shouldn't worry about picking all the correct games, but instead finding teams that are "bargains." A bargain is a team that few people pick, but has a relatively decent chance of pulling an upset. A couple of correct bargain picks will push you out to a lead vs getting a bunch of correct popular picks that everybody else also chose.

I didn't have the energy to research and do mine that way though, so yeah. Fail.

I used to put much more energy into my bracket analysis, now I just pick the results I'd like to see, to hell with the rest.

I'm gonna look really smart when I win this thing.

Too bad I won't.

I'm in. Have watched a grand total of 10 minutes of college b-ball this year, so everything is a complete guess.

We're up to 23 in the competition. T-2 hours to game time!

Skinypupy wrote:I'm in. Have watched a grand total of 10 minutes of college b-ball this year, so everything is a complete guess.

You've watched 10 more minutes than I have. Anyone I beat should be banned from the board until the start of next season.

stessier wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:I'm in. Have watched a grand total of 10 minutes of college b-ball this year, so everything is a complete guess.

You've watched 10 more minutes than I have. Anyone I beat should be banned from the board until the start of next season.

I would like to place a $50 bet on stessier's bracket.

First game starts in 30 min at 12:15 Eastern. Last call to add your bracket!

I'm in...now it's time to see if my Remarkable Bracket is better than Rip's Remarkable Bracket.

And we are off - tied 2-2 with MSU and Valpo. This one has overtime written all over it!

Yeah, tight so far at 8-8. How many picked Valpo?

Zaxxon wrote:Yeah, tight so far at 8-8. How many picked Valpo?

Not so close anymore. 49-22 Sparty

Yeah, but Bucknell is keeping it close and Wichita is all tied up at 7 - so there is something to watch/constantly refresh for.

When was this stealth moved to Forum Games? I thought I was going crazy once when I responded and clicked the forum link at the bottom and didn't end up in EBG?

Bucknell still up on Butler. Hate to lose one of my sweet 16s during the first games of the tourney. Had Butler upsetting Marquette in the next round.

Lassr wrote:Bucknell still up on Butler. Hate to lose one of my sweet 16s during the first games of the tourney. Had Butler upsetting Marquette in the next round.

D'oh. Me too. Butler by 2 with about 8 left.

PLW wrote:

stessier wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:I'm in. Have watched a grand total of 10 minutes of college b-ball this year, so everything is a complete guess.

You've watched 10 more minutes than I have. Anyone I beat should be banned from the board until the start of next season.

I would like to place a $50 bet on stessier's bracket.

I picked Bucknell.

butler pulling away.