TR March Madness 2010

[Captain Ned]

Group is set up and invites have been sent from Yahoo! to all of last year's participants. If Yahoo forgot where you are or you weren't part of last year, PM me for details. Brackets close early afternoon Eastern Time 18 March 2010.

That is all.

EDIT: I can haz sticky s'il vous plaît?

[lex-ington]

Accepted and setup. Thank you.

[derFunkenstein]

Well I won this thing last year, I have to defend my honor. I have accepted your challenge and throw down my gauntlet.

[Rolling20s]

I will allow myself to be embarrassed once again. Thanks for setting this up, Ned. =)

[Looking for Knowledge]

Thanks Ned!

[idchafee]

EDIT: I can haz sticky s'il vous plaît?

Da.

I'll sign up tonight

[Captain Ned]

Brackets are open and ready for picking.

[derFunkenstein]

Made my picks, probably be eliminated after round 1.

[JustAnEngineer]

Standings after day one (16 games played):
min/max
11/185 snapper trapper
10/184 Brick Layers
11/183 Rolling20 Picks of Doom
10/182 OnTheRebound
10/182 DR FUNKENSTEIN I PRESUME
11/181 JustGuesses
9/181 Villanova in the Hunt
8/180 Teh Stiffie
9/171 Captain's RimClangers
8/160 SlyFerret
13/159 Lickety's All Stars

[derFunkenstein]

Man I really crapped the bed there. Bleh.

[Captain Ned]

Ugliness as far as the eye can see.

[JustAnEngineer]

Standings after the 1st round (32 games played):
Min/ Max
25 / 181 Rolling20 Picks of Doom
23 / 179 DR FUNKENSTEIN I PRESUME
23 / 179 Brick Layers
22 / 178 Villanova in the Hunt
23 / 177 JustGuesses
21 / 175 Teh Stiffie
20 / 174 OnTheRebound
23 / 173 snapper trapper
17 / 161 Captain's RimClangers
27 / 153 Lickety's All Stars
21 / 151 SlyFerret

[Captain Ned]

Yahoo is offering the ability for established groups to play a second chance game starting with the Sweet 16. I've got 5 days to tell Yahoo yes/no and am wondering if anyone's interested.

[themattman]

Yahoo is offering the ability for established groups to play a second chance game starting with the Sweet 16. I've got 5 days to tell Yahoo yes/no and am wondering if anyone's interested.

I would be interested.

...and Villanova losing really hurts me. Oh well. Go Kansas!

[mattsteg]

A second chance might be interesting.

[Captain Ned]

Y'all got Yahoo invites for a second chance. You'll need to rename your team for this bracket.

[mattsteg]

In...and amazed that my terrible picks in the main event still leave me with a chance at victory there.

[derFunkenstein]

Yeah I'm there.

[JustAnEngineer]

1 Samuel 17: A champion named Goliath, who was from Kansas, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall....Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Northern Iowa in Judah.... Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.....As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

This stuff never gets old, does it?

[Captain Ned]

Sorta makes the second chance bracket a whole lot more appealing, eh?

[mattsteg]

Sorta makes the second chance bracket a whole lot more appealing, eh?

I'm always amazed when my bracket gets shot to hell...yet remains in fairly strong contention (if the champion doesn't come out of the top seeds in the East).

[Captain Ned]

There's a Yahoo bracket out there with a possible 187 of 192. Given the upsets in this tournament, someone needs to shut down that guy's TARDIS.

[JustAnEngineer]

Standings after day three (48 points possible so far):
Min/ Max
35 / 143 Lickety's All Stars
31 / 139 snapper trapper
31 / 135 JustGuesses
28 / 110 OnTheRebound
29 / 109 DR FUNKENSTEIN I PRESUME
28 / 108 Villanova in the Hunt
31 / 105 Brick Layers
29 / 99 Teh Stiffie
23 / 93 Captain's RimClangers
31 / 83 Rolling20 Picks of Doom
25 / 59 SlyFerret

[Captain Ned]

OK, I'm going to save what little honor I have remaining in the second chance brackets.

[JustAnEngineer]

Standings after the second round (64/192 points possible so far):
Min/Max
39 /135 snapper trapper
43 /131 JustGuesses
39 /115 Lickety's All Stars
39 /106 OnTheRebound
43 /103 Brick Layers
39 /103 DR FUNKENSTEIN I PRESUME
38 /102 Villanova in the Hunt
37 / 93 Teh Stiffie
33 / 89 Captain's RimClangers
41 / 65 Rolling20 Picks of Doom
33 / 41 SlyFerret

Since everyone's brackets are in shambles, we'll all do better in the second-chance contest, right?

[Captain Ned]

So, does anyone know the cute girl from Accounting?

[SecretMaster]

Screw Butler. Ah well, we had a good run I suppose

[JustAnEngineer]

I'm left to root for Kentucky, Kansas State and Duke to help my bracket out.

[JustAnEngineer]

Standings after 2½ rounds (80/192 points possible so far):
Min/ Max
51 /135 snapper trapper
51 /131 JustGuesses
43 /111 Lickety's All Stars
50 / 94 OnTheRebound
53 / 93 Teh Stiffie
51 / 91 DR FUNKENSTEIN I PRESUME
51 / 91 Brick Layers
50 / 90 Villanova in the Hunt
41 / 89 Captain's RimClangers
45 / 61 Rolling20 Picks of Doom
37 / 41 SlyFerret


Second-chance brackets (16/128 points possible so far):
12 /124 Just Guess
8 /120 Captain's Seconds
12 /100 Brick Layers 2
12 /100 B*Funk
12 /100 MyOtherPicksStillHaveAChance!?
12 / 68 Let's Try This Again
12 / 68 Rolling20 Picks of Doom 2

[derFunkenstein]

what the hell. This tournament has been CRAZY upsetting this year.

I lost a national championship game team - again - but fortunately I did not lose my winner. Yet. I did lose my winner in the original bracket, though, so I'm pretty well hosed. Still, Yahoo says I'm in the 78th percentile on the first bracket so I can hold my head high. Or something.