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    Yahoo March Madness 2016

    Group Name: TSP Talk March Madness
    Group ID:
    37290
    Password: tsptalk99


    Click Here to Get Started-
    If you don't have a Yahoo! account, you'll need to create one (it's free).

    1) "Create a new bracket"
    2) Name your Bracket (ie: "Dragons", "Bob's Picks"...)
    3) Fill in your bracket after teams are announced

    The deadline is Thursday March 17th at 12:00 noon ET. You can make as many updates as you need up until that point.

    Prizes will be awarded to the TOP 5

    ....
    1st Place - TSP Talk T-shirt AND 16oz Stainless Steel Rubber Gripped Travel Mug

    2nd Place - Choice of TSP Talk T-shirt OR
    16oz Stainless Steel Rubber Gripped Travel Mug

    3rd - 5th - 16 oz. GoCup Travel Tumblers


    IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING SCORING:
    Winning teams get 1 point times the round number, for each win, except for the final game (round 6) which is worth 10-points.

    For example:
    Round 1 = 1-point per win
    Round 2 = 2-points per win
    Round 3 = 3-points per win
    Round 4 = 4-points per win
    Round 5 = 5-points per win
    Round 6 = 10-points

    Upset Pick Bonus:
    Upset pick bonus gives you 1 extra point for picking lower-seeded teams correctly. You will be awarded the extra bonus point for each upset (lower seed beating a higher seed) you correctly predict.

    - Get Started

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    https://tournament.fantasysports.yah...t1/group/37290
    Tom
    Market Commentary | My Blog | TSP Talk Plus | |

    I am not a Registered Investment Advisor and this is not investment advice. Please do your own due diligence.


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    https://www.kaggle.com/c/march-machi...ing-mania-2016

    Predict the 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament

    "... You're provided data covering three decades of historical NCAA games and freely encouraged to use other sources of data to gain a winning edge."

    30 Years of data free data for you use. (I personally don't have the time to build a model.) Good luck!
    [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=comic sans ms][I]"In the land of idiots, the moron is King."--Unknown[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]

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    Don't forget about the underdog bonus points.
    Tom
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    Did everybody get their picks in? You have about an hour.
    Tom
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    I am not a Registered Investment Advisor and this is not investment advice. Please do your own due diligence.

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    "You are not a member of this group."
    "Don't gamble. Take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it." -Will Rogers

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    You have to login to the site.

    Or try this link... https://yho.com/tourney?g=37290&k=01...01&soc_trk=lnk
    Tom
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    I am not a Registered Investment Advisor and this is not investment advice. Please do your own due diligence.

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    In!
    "Don't gamble. Take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it." -Will Rogers

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    These first 2 days are the best. Thats where all the upsets take place. There are 16 games each day! Doesn't get any better.
    100 G
    RSI - Relative Strength Indicator DMA - day moving average

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    Agree. It's like Christmas morning for basketball fans.
    Tom
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    I am not a Registered Investment Advisor and this is not investment advice. Please do your own due diligence.


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    It's a 23-way tie for 1st place right now!
    "Don't gamble. Take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it." -Will Rogers

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    A few upsets already. I doubt that there are many perfect brackets already

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    No perfection, but 8 people got 7 out of 8 right.
    Tom
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