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The 3rd Annual WhatsBev March Madness Throwdown
Topic Started: Mar 11 2008, 05:52 PM (1,997 Views)
whizzkidd
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It's that time of year, where fans unite then subsequently divide after your LOCK pick like Syracuse or Kansas bounce in the first round. Once the first game start, we'll have the infamous "Thread in which we talk smack" where I'll probably end up bitching to myself again, but hey... it's all for fun (and bragging rights)

Just follow this link:

http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/...4515&P=whatsbev

if your asked, the group id is 44515 and the password is whatsbev

You can make your picks after Selection Sunday and closes tip-off time for the first game next Thursday. Also, to make things easier, use your whatsbev username for your bracket name. And for those who gots to know, we'll be using this scoring system

# Round 1: 1 pt
# Round 2: 2 pts
# Round 3: 4 pts
# Round 4: 8 pts
# Round 5: 16 pts
# Championship: 32 pts

So you gots to go deep, thats where the money's at.
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Noel Edmonds
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Isn't this the 4th annual throwdown?
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whizzkidd
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You might be right, I couldn't remember if I started this in 05 or 06, I know I ran one in 05 somewhere else

I blame the lack of archived threads there :tongue
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Rock on I'm in!!

Go BADGERS
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Noel Edmonds
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whizzkidd
Mar 11 2008, 07:06 PM
You might be right, I couldn't remember if I started this in 05 or 06, I know I ran one in 05 somewhere else

I blame the lack of archived threads there :tongue

Yeah, I just checked and last year's was the 3rd.
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whizzkidd
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Remind me to make next years the 5th then
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Mike Kelly
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What do you do in this?
Miami Phoenix:
C Roy Hibbert
C Nikola Pekovic
F Rudy Gay
F Tobias Harris
F Tristan Thompson
F Taj Gibson
F Markieff Morris
CF Tiago Splitter
G Mike Conley
G Derrick Rose
G Darren Collison
GF Khris Middleton
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kellyms
Mar 11 2008, 11:04 PM
What do you do in this?

You have to predict the outcome of every game played in the NCAA tournament. The person with the closest results to the actual outcome is the winner.
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Inter Tatters
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I'm in. Just got to pick the infamous 5-12 game which is gonna go down this year.

For those that don't know, and I explain this every year so you must be a noob, a number 12 seed has beaten a number 5 seed every year for the past God knows how long. Team's must hate being drawn as a 5 seed, cos history has got it in for you! I picked the right upset 2 years ago, but got the wrong one last year completely obliterating 2 of my brackets in the 1st round. I did pick 3 of the Final 4 though last year, but then blew it when Ohio State beat Georgetown.
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CF Nikola Vucevic, Nerlens Noel, Frank Kaminsky
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Noel Edmonds
Mar 11 2008, 10:07 PM
kellyms
Mar 11 2008, 11:04 PM
What do you do in this?

You have to predict the outcome of every game played in the NCAA tournament. The person with the closest results to the actual outcome is the winner.

Cheers. :thumb

I think I might sign up.
Miami Phoenix:
C Roy Hibbert
C Nikola Pekovic
F Rudy Gay
F Tobias Harris
F Tristan Thompson
F Taj Gibson
F Markieff Morris
CF Tiago Splitter
G Mike Conley
G Derrick Rose
G Darren Collison
GF Khris Middleton
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whizzkidd
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Mar 12 2008, 04:50 AM
I'm in. Just got to pick the infamous 5-12 game which is gonna go down this year.

For those that don't know, and I explain this every year so you must be a noob, a number 12 seed has beaten a number 5 seed every year for the past God knows how long. Team's must hate being drawn as a 5 seed, cos history has got it in for you! I picked the right upset 2 years ago, but got the wrong one last year completely obliterating 2 of my brackets in the 1st round. I did pick 3 of the Final 4 though last year, but then blew it when Ohio State beat Georgetown.

Ahh yes, 2005, Alabama screwed you by losing to UW-Milwaukee, and wasn't it Syracuse in 06? Last year was tame...
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starman
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I'll be in. Did o.k. last year but had Ohio to go all the way.

One things for sure Florida wont threepeat!
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joined. as i've seen barely any college ball this year, i'm confident i'm going to do much better than years when i have.
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Noel Edmonds
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I'm looking for a better performance this year. Last year I pretty much went for all the higher seeds, and whilst it meant I was leading at the start, it cost me later on.
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Noel Edmonds
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Field is being announced right now.

Kansas State vs USC :party
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whizzkidd
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Yeah, Kansas St/USC is a make or break game
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Which bloody 5-12 game do I go for? They all look like potential upsets!

#5 Drake vs #12 W. Kentucky
#5 Clemson vs #12 Villanova :eek
#5 Michigan State vs #12 Temple
#5 Notre Dame vs #12 George Mason

Michigan State look the weakest of those #5 teams with a poor end to the season, W. Kentucky are on a serious roll, we all know about George Mason's history and Villanova are a seriously good team that had a 9-9 reocrd in the Big East. I really am struggling to pick which one of those to go for...

Just another snippet of advice for those doing this for the 1st time - NEVER in the history of the NCAA Tourney have all 4 #1 seeds made it to the Final 4, despite Clark Kellogg picking all 4 #1s every year, the closest we ever got to that was 1993, when 3 #1s and 1 #2 made it. :wink

BTW, why are our brackets still locked? Has anyone else been able to enter their selections? :dunno
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C Omer Asik
CF Nikola Vucevic, Nerlens Noel, Frank Kaminsky
F Kawhi Leonard, Jabari Parker, Montrezl Harrell
GF Justise Winslow
G Michael Carter-Williams, Klay Thompson, Kevin Martin, Elfrid Payton

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Noel Edmonds
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Mar 17 2008, 10:26 AM
Which bloody 5-12 game do I go for? They all look like potential upsets!

#5 Drake vs #12 W. Kentucky
#5 Clemson vs #12 Villanova :eek
#5 Michigan State vs #12 Temple
#5 Notre Dame vs #12 George Mason

Michigan State look the weakest of those #5 teams with a poor end to the season, W. Kentucky are on a serious roll, we all know about George Mason's history and Villanova are a seriously good team that had a 9-9 reocrd in the Big East. I really am struggling to pick which one of those to go for...

Just another snippet of advice for those doing this for the 1st time - NEVER in the history of the NCAA Tourney have all 4 #1 seeds made it to the Final 4, despite Clark Kellogg picking all 4 #1s every year, the closest we ever got to that was 1993, when 3 #1s and 1 #2 made it. :wink

BTW, why are our brackets still locked? Has anyone else been able to enter their selections? :dunno

I did mine last night, mate.

I've got Memphis winning it all, btw.
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Yeah, it's working now and I've set my bracket too.

UCLA all the way for me. Just a hunch... :wink
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C Omer Asik
CF Nikola Vucevic, Nerlens Noel, Frank Kaminsky
F Kawhi Leonard, Jabari Parker, Montrezl Harrell
GF Justise Winslow
G Michael Carter-Williams, Klay Thompson, Kevin Martin, Elfrid Payton

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whizzkidd
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I have Memphis bouncing to Texas, a UNC/UCLA final, and I'm being a homer and picking UNC to win

Final Four:

UNC
Kansas
Texas
UCLA
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Noel Edmonds
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I'm proper being tempted by an Indiana upset of UNC.
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I've gone against everything I've said all through the regular season and gone with...

Tennessee
Kansas
Texas
UCLA
With UCLA beating Tennessee in the Championship game.

However in another bracket, I've got UCLA beating USC in the Championship game, with UNC and Texas making the Final 4, so who knows? :dunno

After all, the person who usually wins the Bracket Buster, is someone that has never watched a minute of College all season and guesses! Like my ex-GF a few years ago, who guessed all the teams based on 'How nice their team nicknames were' and picked the whole Final 4 and Championship game, to win the Challenge!
Chesterfield Chunderers Late Night Drinking Squad
C Omer Asik
CF Nikola Vucevic, Nerlens Noel, Frank Kaminsky
F Kawhi Leonard, Jabari Parker, Montrezl Harrell
GF Justise Winslow
G Michael Carter-Williams, Klay Thompson, Kevin Martin, Elfrid Payton

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Haha well I haven't had NASN so beyond a few bleary eyed and low-quality Sopcast streams and reading up on things, I shouldn't have a clue...

I've gone for Louisville, Georgetown, Texas and Duke for my final four, with Georgetown beating Duke in the final.
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Noel Edmonds
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Where is everyone? Surely a few more people need to try their luck?
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whizzkidd
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Yeah, only a few hours remain... c'mon people!
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