March Madness Contest 2013

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Yahoo March Madness 2013

Group Name: TSP Talk March Madness
Group ID: 77899
Password: tsptalk99

Click Here to Get Started (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=72668&P=tsptalk99)- 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 when you are ready

The deadline is Thursday March 21st 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

Choice of TSP Talk T-shirt (http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/autotracker-monthly-contest/3278-monthly-prizes.html) or Travel Mug (http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/autotracker-monthly-contest/3278-monthly-prizes.html)

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 (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=72668&P=tsptalk99)| Already registered? Go here to login: College Basketball Tournament Pick'em - Yahoo! Sports (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1)

[uscfanhawaii]

OOPS! The tourney will not let me in with the group and password combo you listed. :blink:

I get :
There was a problemThe password is incorrect. (Error #109)


Is it too early to sign up?!

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Thanks. I corrected the links.

Click Here to Get Started (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=72668&P=tsptalk99)

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Reminder - The official deadline is Thursday at 12:15 ET.

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Well? How's everybody doing? I don't recognize a lot of the team names.

[grandma]

:o...less than half right, moved from #80 this morning up to somewhere in 60's this evening ( from 7% to 9%) LOL ;
but, have 6 bonus points, :cool: whatever that means...

[uscfanhawaii]

Are you going to sponsor a 'second chance' tourney group? :rolleyes:

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Yesterday hurt!

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I realize Cyprus citizens with 100K euro in their bank accounts may have 30% to 70% of their assets seized, but I have a bigger problem...

I lost 2 of my final four teams this weekend. Oh the humanity! :eek: :D


Can you imagine? ... The first one, not the second one. :sick:

[uscfanhawaii]

Ouch!! I also lost 2 of my final 4........and who woulda thot I would LOSE the Ohio St / Witchita St pick!! :sick:
THAT seemed like a shoe-in! Well, that's March Madness for you!!

Now I gotta get my last 2 in, cause they are also my final 2! Go Louisville and Michigan!! :nuts:

[grandma]

I lost Oregon first round, Having 8 oo 10 correct picks doesn't help - I had Oregon thru to be the National Camps. :embarrest:
Still have three of my final four, but, w/o Oregon I am dashed...
What of the others from TSP?

My hope is that my sudden Johnnie-come-late(ly) increase in the S fund doesn't bomb out Monday & for several following days like the Basketball brackets I picked... :worried:

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Ouch!! I also lost 2 of my final 4........and who woulda thot I would LOSE the Ohio St / Witchita St pick!! :sick:
THAT seemed like a shoe-in! Well, that's March Madness for you!!

Now I gotta get my last 2 in, cause they are also my final 2! Go Louisville and Michigan!! :nuts:
You're in pretty good shape!

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I lost Oregon first round, Having 8 oo 10 correct picks doesn't help - I had Oregon thru to be the National Camps. :embarrest:
Still have three of my final four, but, w/o Oregon I am dashed...

Did you get in our pool, grandma? I did a quick scan but I don't see any of the players in our pool taking Oregon to win it all.

My new goal this year is to not come in last place. :)

[grandma]

Yes, in TSP's pool, cuz when I would check link for others in there, I saw USCfanhawaii, and Tom1Tom1.
.. at least I supposed that is where I was. :notrust:

I was called Pat's Pleasant Bracket, then Pat's 2nd Pleasant Bracket.:laugh:

[uscfanhawaii]

Yes, in TSP's pool, cuz when I would check link for others in there, I saw USCfanhawaii, and Tom1Tom1.
.. at least I supposed that is where I was. :notrust:

I was called Pat's Pleasant Bracket, then Pat's 2nd Pleasant Bracket.:laugh:

Oh yeah, I see you in there under Pat's Pleasant Bracket....but your final pick is NC State, not Oregon. :confused:

Unfortunately, it looks like both you and Uncle Tom are done.....no more points available..... :(

[uscfanhawaii]

You're in pretty good shape!

THANKS!! :D

You may have just given me the final push over the top that I needed!! Michigan is IN...and Louisville is leading at the half (no jinxing!!). :worried:

Me and DB WINS are tied at the hip. How I go, he goes, and vice versa! (But I think it is still too early to ask how the tie-breaker score works!) :rolleyes:

[grandma]

yes, that was in the original, which was an operator error on my part, I had intended Gonzaga, not that it made any diffrence..Quite Aparently!! :D

When the note came open for Second chance picks, on Tuesday or Wednesday, I think it was, I went with Oregon.
Somewhere there you should be able to get into that...I thought I had seen you listed, along with Tom1tom1 .....

So what sport is next? Do hockey teams get to go thru this? How about the Corpus Christie Ice Rays - all teenagers...they were doing well in their
regional playoffs yesterday...

[grandma]

THANKS!! :D

You may have just given me the final push over the top that I needed!! Michigan is IN...and Louisville is leading at the half (no jinxing!!). :worried:
Me and DB WINS are tied at the hip. How I go, he goes, and vice versa! (But I think it is still too early to ask how the tie-breaker score works!) :rolleyes:
Good for you, uscfanhawaii !!
Here is where my 2nd chance bracket is...Yahoo! Sports Second Chance Tournament Pick'em - Pat's 2nd Pleasant Bracket (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t2/59598)

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Yes, in TSP's pool, cuz when I would check link for others in there, I saw USCfanhawaii, and Tom1Tom1.
.. at least I supposed that is where I was. :notrust:

FYI, I'm not Tom1Tom1. I was TSP Talkers.

[grandma]

Yes, I knew that, but for some reason I thought we had a `tom1tom1' in our group - or did I just get used to seeing the name in the
football contests. :o

Also, I noted above that the IceRays are all teenagers, actually, ages range 17-21.

[uscfanhawaii]

Good for you, uscfanhawaii !!
Here is where my 2nd chance bracket is...Yahoo! Sports Second Chance Tournament Pick'em - Pat's 2nd Pleasant Bracket (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t2/59598)

Thanks again!! :D

I started to enter the second chance tournament, but backed out when Tom did not sponsor a TSPTalk second chance. :toung:

And now me and DBWins have to wait a whole week for Atlanta!! Maybe Ware will be healed up by then!?! :nuts:

[uscfanhawaii]

Woo Hoo!! Go Cards!! :D

Both my picks WON today!! Looks like it will come down to the tie-breaker score between me and DBWins!!

But even cooler....I moved up to #5200 out of 3.3 Million who originally posted brackets on the Yahoo Sports Pick'em!! :cool:

Now if I could use those skills at predicting the S&P, THEN I would have something! :blink:

College Basketball Tournament Pick'em - Yahoo! Sports (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/all?tid=592711)

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Way to go, uscfanhawaii!

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And the top 5 winners are...

Congratulations!

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[uscfanhawaii]

Yahoo! (Pun Intended :nuts: ) Thanks so much! And I will PM you post haste!

It's been an unbelievable run....I finished the overall bracket at 3,400 out of 3.3 Million! And to think, this was the first year in many when I did NOT place a bet on the NCAA tournament! :sick:

Yahoo!!

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And to think, this was the first year in many when I did NOT place a bet on the NCAA tournament! :sick:

Yahoo!!
Of course. That's the way it works. :rolleyes:

[grandma]

congratulations to you top five ! From ... number.....85 !!!:rolleyes: