ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge
 

Here's the link to ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge bracket game.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!

I'm in ( this is added because my post was too short:D )

I'm in. <iiiiiiiiii>

Hey, I'm in 2nd place. :)

hey how can you do this. I tried and it said not enough characters? Did you just put alot of spaces after it?

Isn't it illegal for us officials to participate in such event? :)

No.

Peace

Thanks for setting up, BBR. There's only one way it could have been better: the password being Diebler! :D

I'm in...twice apparently.:o

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I'm in. I'm in last place too, which is likely where I'll stay.

I know how he did it! :D
 

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Like any other troubleshooting endeavour: investigate! :eek:

Count me in.

<10? <iiiiiiiiii>

1<b><b><b>

is all you need.

I'm in too!:D

EZ!<iiiiiiiiiiiii>

..I am In.

I'm in. BTW, it says I need at least 10 characters in my reply.

im in as Swanson1...same name as last year. Cannont figure out how to change it

I think edit entry, or something along those lines.

Edit Entry Settings

1) Name Your Entry: Your entry name has a maximum length of 25 characters.

Submit Entry Settings

Yay! <iiiiiiiiiiiii>

w00t! I figured it out!!!

Seems to me the opening of a tag counting towards a message minimum is a design bug in vBulletin.

Although this comes from a betting website, I'm only posting this because they have posted the brackets for many conference tournaments. I thought that some might find the brackets useful.

http://www.madduxsports.com/college-...urnaments.html

I am in
 

I am in there, and it appears I won't have to worry about picking with my heart vs my head where my beloved Wyoming Cowboys are concerned LOL...

Oh no...stick around for a couple of weeks. You'll beat me...

I would love to play but the website won't allow it or I am an idiot. I just keep getting error on page when I click "submit registration" with no detail to help. Has anyone else had trouble registering today.
I guess I have a few more days to figure this out.

I'm In
 

Good luck to all

Try this
 

Mux,

I just had that problem as well. I opened ESPN.com in a different window and started from the begining. Worked just fine. Don't know what's going on.

For some reason I keep creating an account it keeps me on the same page. I think something is wrong. Can someone help me out?

I wonder if you've blocked cookies from the site that hosts the online tournament.

We gotta get a live chat function going, kinda like what is at refstripes.com.

The fb refs were on it during the bowl games. It was a great time, especially during the Boise State game.

I know the feeling. I'm in the same boat with the Hawkeyes. Junker, what kind of seed are the Cyclones looking at getting this year?

I had the same problem. I opened an account from the home page of ESPN. Then joined the group.

Attention
 

Hey guys, please limit yourself to ONE entry in our group. There's a limit to the number of entries allowed in a group. We want everyone to be able to get in if possible. Your entry will still be counted by ESPN, even if you don't join a group.

This should be interesting....let the games begin!

I am in as well.
Dave G.

just got in, I'm hoping to go higher than my last place finish last year.

No where to go but up.

Wow, I'm in last place. I see the people who seed these things are spot on :D

Along these lines....I teach 5th graders. Every day we start with a "word of the day" to help build vocabulary. Today's word was Bracketology and following that we spent about 15 minutes explaining how to make picks. I do this every year with my kids. Some years they get more into it than others. I guess I enjoy it and that's all that really counts. Just like on the court, it's all about me. :D

Ok, I'm in.

Yoohoo, Dan...oh, Dan?

Where do I collect my M&M's? (Yea, I know - you'll e-mail them to me.)

Whachewtalkinboutwillis??

You have to win first!

Oh.

I thought it was like Publishers Clearing House, where I may already be a winner.

More like Publisher's Clearing House, where you know you lost before you open the envelope.

Then it's a good thing I didn't put my entry in an envelope.

Im In - feel free to view my picks for your other pools as they will be the winning combination! :D

Last minute entry from me.

I'll be in the lower half of the bracket, I'm sure. My wife joined one at work and she picked all the higher seeds in the first 3 rounds. Safe strategy that doesn't interest me (since there's no real money involved).

**********

I hope no one will respond to W&S idiotic post. I've already reported it as race-baiting.

Oh, so ya kick me outta the pool just cause I was tied for first after the first 3 games? Nice.

If Texas A&M holds on, I'll be 7 for 7. :)

That's my best start ever! I've never gone perfect for the first day. Actually, I've never gone perfect for the first eight games in the morning session.

I have Vandy over GW for number 8.

Trust me, from experience I know if I have a great morning first round, the evening will go down the proverbial crapper.

Just trying to keep you cheered up. :)

So you're 8 for 8, with all higher seeds winning.

My wife, who knows NOTHING about basketball, is also 8-for-8.

Of course, she says I'm just jealous cause I'm 6-2 (I picked ODU and Texas Tech).

This could be my worst year ever. I'm holding down the floor all by myself.
I'm 4 for 8 and I've lost two sweet 16 teams and an Elite 8 team. Texas is my only hope for a decent bracket. Hook 'em Horns!

I'm 6 for 8, even though BktBallRef deeleted me from the group page.

Well, look at that - Duke loses in the 1st round.

I wonder who called that? ;)

Ya know, I came *that* close to picking VCU, but didn't. Oh well, I had them out next round so it was fun watching the dookies get bounced.

Geeze. Don't you have ANY self respect?

:rolleyes:

I suck....
 

Last time i let my wife make the picks based on mascots...

Girly pick
 

My wife, her sister and M&M.
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Might not care but I will mention anyways.

The company I work for is called Harris Corporation. This is the same Harris that has a plug at the beginning of each tournament game, and many RS games as well.

In fact, my job is to design new graphics systems used in the television industry.

So... basically there's a very high chance that some of the hardware that is being used to televise the broadcast was designed by yours truly. :)

Keep in mind that a broadcast is very intense and much equipment is found in the broadcast path.

For the ladies...
 

East Bracket

South Bracket

West Bracket

Midwest Bracket

That's funny ! :)

Good God, I managed to get 5 wrong today.

Of course, my know-nothing-about hoops wife was 14-2 (missing VCU and Xavier).

Oh well, you rarely win in the first round anyway (although I have LOST there in the past).

I know the feeling. My wife went 16. :(

Did you notice ?
 

Virginia Commonwealth's Eric Maynor grew up in Fayetteville, N.C., wanting to play for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Thursday, he beat their biggest rival with 22 points, six in the last 1:21.

I actually ran a pool last year with my high school students. No money involved. The prize for beating me was a few extra points on the next exam.

Doesn't matter. If my screen goes blank, I know who I'm blaming!

As an aside, I went 15/16 for the first day (KNEW I shouldn't have picked my own Colonials!). Getting ready for the rest of my brackets to go down the toilet today.

It's good to be included in the same list with other smart people. ;)

Let's see how smart I am after today.

My 13 year old son was perfect for the day yesterday...I asked him how he picked VCU to upset Duke and he said he's been listening to Colin Cowherd on the drive to school every morning...little smart-a$$ is kicking my butt...

*****

As I told the chatroom group last night, he was a 4 year starter in HS that I worked throughout his career. Good kid, always kept something going on the court. Glad to see him doing well. His picture is on the front page of a lot of sports sections today.

Stephen Curry, the freshman from Davidson, was practically begging to get into Virginia Tech, his dad's (Dell) school. They showed no interest. So he goes to Davidson, leads the Southern Conference in scoring as a freshman, then drops 30 points on an ACC power (Maryland) in the NCAA tournament.

74th?<iiiiiiiiiii> :(

Helluva bracket you got there, Snaq! :)

I should have let my wife pick 'em.

Prettiest uniforms or nicest mascots sometimes works best!

I could have gone with hottest cheerleaders.

Good grief, I only picked 25 right in the first round, the easiest first round I can remember. My wife picked 28 right.

Both of us have all possible points still on the table as all of our bad picks were picked to disappear in the second round. I'm sure many people are in the same position.

As bad as my first round has been, I'm not sitting too poorly for the next few rounds. I've only lost about 3 Sweet Sixteen picks and one Elite 8. This is by far my worst first round in memory. Just a bad year, I guess.

Standing After Round 1
 

I guess I shouldn't feel so bad. 14/16 yesterday wasn't bad, but I still can't get over the lousy 11/16 on Thursday or maybe it's the fact my wife got 14/16 BOTH days.

And the 4 picks she lost on weren't bad picks, either. Maybe I need to stop following college hoops.

Don't do it, Rich. Take one year off, and you end up 21/32 in the first round.

Repeat after me, Snaqs...

<i>"I'm #73, I'm #73...."</i>

Again.

<i>"I'm #73, I'm #73.."</i>

I all over Snaqs.
I will retain my customary spot !

"It ain't about 73."
"It ain't about 73."

...(wheez)...air...thin...way up here...hard to...breath...

Wow, the last time I looked up and saw no one ahead of me, I had entered the NCAA pool in July. I was able to stay in front for quite a few months...

:)

Enjoy the view.
Kansas and Wisconsin do not have three more games. ;)

I plan on it, at least for another hour or two.

I kinda feel like the kid who accidentally slipped into the Playboy Mansion. I <B>know</B> I'm not supposed to be here, but I'll enjoy the view until someone rightfully kicks me out. ;)

Putting too much faith in Bobby Knight will do that to ya

Yeah, i won't make that mistake again.

I suck!!! None of my upsets happened, some I thought about but didn't pick did happen, and I suck. Oregon is my only hope for redemption.

Well I haven't picked any of the upsets, and Duke and Wisconsin really let me down...geez, I wonder why I am in last place???

Winthrop killed me too, I had them going out first round, and I doubt too many people outside of a few had Duke going bye bye first round..

Well, thanks to Tim Floyd, methinks Snaqwells is officially done this year.

Although I have climbed the ranks to 70th. Woo Hoo!

Is now a good time to note that I'm in 1st place in our group and 779th overall with 560 points. :D

I somehow managed to hit 14 of the Sweet 16 and ALL of my Elite Eight teams are still alive. Thus I have the maximum amount of possible points remaining.

My best pick this tournament is a tie between selecting UNLV to beat Wisconsin in the 2nd round and using my head instead of my heart in picking Nevada to lose to Memphis. Of course taking Winthrop and VCU in the first round wasn't bad either.

My wife learned that you can't win it the first weekend, but you sure can lose.

She had Wisconsin and Texas in the Final Four.

Just goes to show that knowing basketball counts for something once in a while. I knew Wisconsin wouldn't get that far after the Butch injury, but I did think they'd get by UNLV/Georgia Tech.

I've lost 2 Elite 8 teams, so I know I have no hope of winning, but if things fall into place I could still finish pretty high in the group.

And screw the brackets, I'm just rooting for Tennessee (my first graduate school) now.

Ya, Nevada, you sure are kicking some tail. I'll give myself a pat on the back too for picking UNLV over Wisconsin. I'm just hoping that luck parlays into getting the Ducks into the Final Four. You gotta pick an upset into the Final Four most years to have a shot at winning it all. My only worry is that this year has been very unconventional from the upset standpoint. No double-digit seeds in the Sweet 16. I hope that trend ends this weekend.

Oh, and me picking Maryland and Texas to the Elite 8 hasn't helped, either. Go USC/Butler!!