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Old Sun Mar 19, 2006, 08:31am
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Is next-to-last a good thing?
Many pools that I enter have a get-your-money-back prize if you are last.

So, you'd almost get your money back.
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Old Sun Mar 19, 2006, 08:45am
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Is next-to-last a good thing?
Well, if only 2 are playing, it ain't bad.
YU.P., yU.P.
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Old Sun Mar 19, 2006, 11:56am
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Woohooo!

I've moved up to #32 in the group!

And I'm now ranked 607320 overall!

Life is good.

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Old Mon Mar 27, 2006, 12:41pm
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Woohooo!

I've moved up to #32 in the group!

And I'm now ranked 607320 overall!

Life is good.

I'm #14 in the group - current rank is 296189!! Better than lst year!
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Old Mon Mar 27, 2006, 12:44pm
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I'm #14 in the group - current rank is 296189!! Better than lst year!
Today my rank is like 1575888.

That's a lot of people to be after!
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Old Mon Mar 27, 2006, 05:39pm
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One of the ESPN radio shows aid there are 4 brackets left out of 3 million with all of the Final Four participants picked correctly. [Mine is not one of them. Just thought I would let you know.]
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Old Tue Mar 28, 2006, 10:35am
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One of the ESPN radio shows aid there are 4 brackets left out of 3 million with all of the Final Four participants picked correctly. [Mine is not one of them. Just thought I would let you know.]
One of those brackets if from a guy in Nebraska. He thought he was picking George Washington LOL
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Old Sun Mar 19, 2006, 12:27pm
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Woohooo!

I've moved up to #32 in the group!

And I'm now ranked 607320 overall!

Life is good.

We must be tied as that rank looks familiar.

After today I'll feel pretty good if I have all my elite 8 teams remaining. The first two rounds are rarely the ones that win the tourney, although they can make it hard to win.
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Old Mon Mar 27, 2006, 12:03am
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Update before the Final Four

Ok heading into the Final Four:
R. Gaudreau sits in 1st place with 790 points.
He wins if LSU beats UCLA.

However, he has no more possible points. Only four entrants have possible points remaining.

a. LongIslandZebra wins it, if George Mason beats UCLA for the national title.

b. Nevadaref can't win it. 3rd is best possible finish.

c. Whistles & Stripes can't win it. Only top 20 finish is possible.

d. s. hardage is the wild card. Has UCLA vs. Florida in the championship game. He wins if both teams get there no matter which one wins. If George Mason beats Florida, then he needs UCLA to win the championship to claim the top spot.
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Old Mon Mar 27, 2006, 12:32pm
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Talking Wow

I've been so concerned with my one money pool, that I haven't looked at this one since the 2nd day of the Tourney...and now I see that I'm in second place! How sweet it is! BTW, was anyone in the 440 people on ESPN that picked GM to win the NC?
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Old Mon Mar 27, 2006, 12:39pm
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Ok heading into the Final Four:
R. Gaudreau sits in 1st place with 790 points.
He wins if LSU beats UCLA.

However, he has no more possible points. Only four entrants have possible points remaining.

a. LongIslandZebra wins it, if George Mason beats UCLA for the national title.

b. Nevadaref can't win it. 3rd is best possible finish.

c. Whistles & Stripes can't win it. Only top 20 finish is possible.

d. s. hardage is the wild card. Has UCLA vs. Florida in the championship game. He wins if both teams get there no matter which one wins. If George Mason beats Florida, then he needs UCLA to win the championship to claim the top spot.
As miserable as my bracket has been, I'll take whatever I can scrape together at this point. I was just happy to see that I had moved up to Page 1 yesterday.
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Old Wed Mar 29, 2006, 12:22pm
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I had Duke, UNC and BC in the Final Four. Three ACC teams in the Final Four. Wait a minute. . . I just filled out the wrong bracket!! I meant to fill out the Women's bracket!! Three ACC teams in the Final Four? I'm on a roll, baby!!
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Old Wed Mar 29, 2006, 12:52pm
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I filled out 2 ESPN Brackets. One was with this group which I have 700 points.
My other braket has 840 points and has 2 final four teams (UCLA & Florida). I had 6 of 8 in the Elite Eight (I had N.Carolina & Duke). Can I trade in that bracket?
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Old Wed Mar 29, 2006, 01:58pm
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OK, I Admit it, I filled out a WOMEN's bracket too. Got 3 of 4 correct. I picked all the #1 seeds to make it to the FF. 7948th place, in the 95th percentile. I should stick to picking women's games.
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Old Wed Mar 29, 2006, 08:08pm
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I filled out 2 ESPN Brackets. One was with this group which I have 700 points.
My other braket has 840 points and has 2 final four teams (UCLA & Florida). I had 6 of 8 in the Elite Eight (I had N.Carolina & Duke). Can I trade in that bracket?
Actually, you can. As far as I know you are allowed to leave or join groups as you please and you can have more than one bracket in the same group if you like.
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