iluvtofly 0 #1 March 14, 2011 So I've never really payed attention to basketball in my life. Never could care less about March Madness. Well for $1 they're doing the brackets at work. I never knew how many there were! So what's your method of chosing who's going to win? Me? I'm just going by schools I recognize or if for some odd reason I like their name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #2 March 14, 2011 What's March Madness? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #3 March 14, 2011 QuoteWhat's March Madness? It's kinda like mad cow disease. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #4 March 14, 2011 It's the big playoff month for all the college basketball teams. Apparently it's a big deal...I myself have never paid attention to it really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #5 March 14, 2011 What's "brackets"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #6 March 14, 2011 You might just do better than anyone else. A few years back (2000) two 8-seeds made it to the Final Four. This doesn't happen (or at least, it hadn't happened till then). The woman who won the pool in my then-office was the one who picked one of those schools because she went there or knew someone who went there. General rules I follow (not that I've ever won one ): --Don't send more than 2 #1 seeds to the Final 4. --First round: Do not pick a 16/1 upset (never happens) or 15/2 upset (happens so rarely that picking it is not a good call), but pick one 14/3 upset (happens with surprising frequency, but the problem is figuring out which one). Also pick a 12/5 upset - again, seems to happen regularly, the problem is picking which one. --Flip a coin on the 8/9 and 7/10 games, or pick them based on equally arbitrary factors (I like their mascot! I know someone who lives near there!) --Send at least 2 teams with a 9 or lower seed to the Sweet 16, but don't send them any further than that. Cinderella's slipper usually falls off around then. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #7 March 14, 2011 Wow! You've impressed me many times but that fine analysis just pegged the needle on the respect-o-meter. We miss you guys. Any chance you'll be down in 'Snore this weekend? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #8 March 17, 2011 Quote --First round: Do not pick a 16/1 upset (never happens) or 15/2 upset (happens so rarely that picking it is not a good call), but pick one 14/3 upset (happens with surprising frequency, but the problem is figuring out which one). Also pick a 12/5 upset - again, seems to happen regularly, the problem is picking which one. Told you! http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310760097"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
