does anyone want to do this? if more than three people want to play we can work up the official rules, but it would be like the NFL survivor where you can only pick a team once in the whole tournament. what needs to be decided is how many picks you have to make each round.

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OKAY HERE ARE THE OFFICIAL RULES:

you have to pick two winners per day for the first two rounds, and then pick one winner per round from there on out. you can only pick a team to win once in the tournament. the last person to advance wins. in the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will go to the person that has the highest average seeded pick for all rounds.

picks for each day must be posted before the first game of that day.

3/16/2011 10:44:59 PM

i'll roll.

3/16/2011 10:46:02 PM

I wanna see rules and shit

3/16/2011 10:46:13 PM

Why not? I'm in.

(if you're taking suggestions I'd do 10 picks, 6 picks, 4 picks, 2 picks, 1 pick, 1 pick)

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 10:49 PM. Reason : 10 picks in the first round might be too much. maybe 8, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1?]

3/16/2011 10:47:13 PM

i'm in.

3/16/2011 10:52:51 PM

holy shit that's a ton of picks isn't it?

i stole this idea from the BS report, and they said that they did two picks per day, so four per round, in the first two rounds.

but you know, we have to finalize this tonight.

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 10:53 PM. Reason : .]

3/16/2011 10:52:52 PM

Hmmm.. but the thing is two per day is for the first round is two 1's over two 16's.. I mean that's a lock.

Your call though.. need a tiebreaker for sure.

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 10:54 PM. Reason : but you're right though.. the deeper we get the more one-off upsets will happen]

3/16/2011 10:54:00 PM

^but then you can't pick them again so you won't want to use them so fast

3/16/2011 10:54:42 PM

no no, it's a suicide, so you can only pick a team once for the entire tournament.

3/16/2011 10:54:52 PM

Yeah, that's a good call. Maybe this will work.

3/16/2011 10:55:12 PM

I like the two per day. That makes the most sense. At least to me.

3/16/2011 10:55:57 PM

2 per day is good by me

3/16/2011 10:58:50 PM

2 per day it is...at MOST 3.

Im in.

3/16/2011 11:05:15 PM

i will play but you need to start soon

3/16/2011 11:05:43 PM

Why not?

Im in

3/16/2011 11:06:10 PM

3/16/2011 11:07:49 PM

OKAY HERE ARE THE OFFICIAL RULES:

you have to pick two winners per day for the first two rounds, and then pick one winner per round from there on out. you can only pick a team to win once in the tournament. the last person to advance wins. in the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will go to the person that has the highest average seeded pick for all rounds.

picks for each day must be posted before the first game of that day.

3/16/2011 11:08:04 PM

BYU and Wiscy

3/16/2011 11:09:28 PM

Games tomorrow:

12:15 PM (12) Clemson vs. (5) West Virginia
12:40 PM (9) Old Dominion vs. (8) Butler
1:40 PM (13) Morehead State vs. (4) Louisville
2:10 PM (10) Penn State vs. (7) Temple
2:45 PM (13) Princeton vs. (4) Kentucky
3:10 PM (16) North Carolina-Asheville vs. (1) Pittsburgh
4:10 PM (12) Richmond vs. (5) Vanderbilt
4:40 PM (15) Northern Colorado vs. (2) San Diego State
6:50 PM (15) UC Santa Barbara vs. (2) Florida
7:15 PM (14) Wofford vs. (3) Brigham Young
7:20 PM (14) Bucknell vs. (3) Connecticut
7:27 PM (13) Belmont vs. (4) Wisconsin
9:20 PM (10) Michigan State vs. (7) UCLA
9:45 PM (11) Gonzaga vs. (6) St. John's
9:50 PM (11) Missouri vs. (6) Cincinnati
9:57 PM (12) Utah State vs. (5) Kansas State

3/16/2011 11:09:34 PM

do we post pics or pm?

I guess post.

In that case Ill go with Clemson and UConn

3/16/2011 11:10:10 PM

let's go ahead and set the format that for each day post your picks for that day AND who you've already picked, just to keep it easy to see how everyone's doing.

3/16/2011 11:11:25 PM

Thursday
St. John's
BYU

3/16/2011 11:11:36 PM

Thursday
W Virginia
Cincy

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 11:18 PM. Reason : conformity!]

3/16/2011 11:13:33 PM

Thursday
WVU
Richmond

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 11:15 PM. Reason : .]

3/16/2011 11:14:41 PM

How do winners advance? If there is a split?

3/16/2011 11:16:40 PM

what?

3/16/2011 11:18:22 PM

we pick two games a day. Say I go 1-1. Do I advance?

3/16/2011 11:19:05 PM

[no]

3/16/2011 11:19:16 PM

Thursday
BYU
Michigan State

3/16/2011 11:19:38 PM

Thursday
BYU
Florida

3/16/2011 11:23:51 PM

Thursday
Louisville
BYU

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 11:27 PM. Reason : To bold and underline]

3/16/2011 11:26:36 PM

Thursday
kentucky
byu

3/16/2011 11:38:26 PM

looks like Wofford could just about kill this thread.

3/16/2011 11:40:03 PM

Thursday
San Diego State
Wisconsin

3/16/2011 11:41:39 PM

^^lol. don't say that!

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 11:42 PM. Reason : ajds]

3/16/2011 11:41:50 PM

Thursday
Kentucky and SDSU

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 11:43 PM. Reason : x]

3/16/2011 11:42:17 PM

picks so far:

BanjoMan - Clemson, UConn
d7freestyler - BYU, St. John's
dmspack - BYU, Louisville
macoo2 - Cincinnati, West Virginia
mizzo - BYU - Michigan State
ncsuapex - Richmond, West Virginia
ndmetcal - BYU, Florida
NyM410 - BYU, Wisconsin
packboozie - San Diego State, Wisconsin
PinkandBlack - Kentucky, San Diego State
simonn - BYU, Kentucky

3/16/2011 11:44:04 PM

Quote :

"in the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will go to the person that has the highest average seeded pick for all rounds."

Shouldn't it be for whoever has the lower seeded picks? It's harder to pick an upset or the winner of an 8-9 game than to pick a high seed, obviously.

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 11:47 PM. Reason : x]

3/16/2011 11:47:09 PM

ALLOW ME TO CLARIFY:

the tiebreaker is the highest numerical value of the average seed. or sum of the seeds, if you'd rather. so for tiebreaker purposes, picking a 16 seed is worth more than picking a 1 seed.

3/16/2011 11:49:08 PM

thursday
[b]BYU and Kentucky

BanjoMan - Clemson, UConn
d7freestyler - BYU, St. John's
dmspack - BYU, Louisville
macoo2 - Cincinnati, West Virginia
mizzo - BYU - Michigan State
ncsuapex - Richmond, West Virginia
ndmetcal - BYU, Florida
NyM410 - BYU, Wisconsin
packboozie - San Diego State, Wisconsin
PinkandBlack - Kentucky, San Diego State
simonn - BYU, Kentucky
JT3bucky BYU, Kentucky

3/16/2011 11:51:42 PM

Thursday
Kentucky
BYU

3/17/2011 12:08:52 AM

listen guys, this isn't the "tww steal's simonn's pick as soon as he makes it" thread.

3/17/2011 12:16:40 AM

Thursday
Michigan State
ODU

3/17/2011 12:19:26 AM

2009ncsu - BYU, Kentucky
BanjoMan - Clemson, UConn
d7freestyler - BYU, St. John's
dmspack - BYU, Louisville
gvegaswolf - Michigan State, Old Dominion
JT3bucky BYU, Kentucky
macoo2 - Cincinnati, West Virginia
mizzo - BYU - Michigan State
ncsuapex - Richmond, West Virginia
ndmetcal - BYU, Florida
NyM410 - BYU, Wisconsin
packboozie - San Diego State, Wisconsin
PinkandBlack - Kentucky, San Diego State
simonn - BYU, Kentucky

3/17/2011 12:22:44 AM

Thursday
San Diego State and Temple

3/17/2011 12:34:22 AM

Thursday
Temple
Michigan St.

3/17/2011 12:58:55 AM

Kentucky and St. Johns.

3/17/2011 1:01:09 AM

A lot of BYU and KY being picked. Over half the field would be eliminated if they both lose...but I really don't see either losing.

3/17/2011 1:22:43 AM

i'm changing my pick to Florida and Kentucky. totally allowed before gametime, for future reference.

2009ncsu - BYU, Kentucky
BanjoMan - Clemson, UConn
Capt Insano - San Diego State, Temple
d7freestyler - BYU, St. John's
dmspack - BYU, Louisville
gvegaswolf - Michigan State, Old Dominion
JT3bucky BYU, Kentucky
macoo2 - Cincinnati, West Virginia
mizzo - BYU - Michigan State
MOODY - Kentucky, St. John's
ncsuapex - Richmond, West Virginia
ndmetcal - BYU, Florida
NyM410 - BYU, Wisconsin
packboozie - San Diego State, Wisconsin
PinkandBlack - Kentucky, San Diego State
simonn - Florida, Kentucky
Turnip - Michigan State, Temple

3/17/2011 1:32:15 AM

Thursday
UCONN
Florida

3/17/2011 1:53:49 AM