Big update below. Final Four update below that. 
It's that time of year again. March Madness.
For the uninitiated, the NCAA men's college basketball championship is decided by a 68 team, single elimination tournament. There are pools run in offices and homes around the country where everyone fills out a bracket and hopes that they will get the most correct picks. While most of these are played for money, here on GAF, we play for NOTHING. That's right, absolutely nothing. Still fun, though. Also, most office pools are generally won by secretaries who know nothing about college basketball and pick winners via favorite color, so don't be afraid to enter!
The tournament will be on Yahoo sports.
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=77277&P=12345
GAF bracket challenge thingy - Group ID# 77277
Pwd: 12345
Your top seeds!
THE Ohio State University, Kansas, Duke and Pittsburgh! (Bracket hint: a #1 seed has never lost a first round game)
The bracket.
I'll update this postwith a bracket and maybe some fancier graphics when they become available.
WEEK 1 UPDATE:
The first week of the tournament has finished. Before we get to the standings of the challenge, let's give the NCAA bball selection committee some pointers.
If the team you're thinking about has 14 losses, they suck. DO NOT PUT THEM IN THE FIELD! That's a warning, otherwise, I will immortalize their ineptitude in a jpg.
USC (11 seed, 19-14) 46-59 VCU (11)
Penn St (10 seed, 19-14) 64-66 Temple (7)
Tenn (9 seed, 19-14) 45-75 Michigan (8)
Mich St (10 seed, 19-14) 78-76 UCLA (7)
Let Charles Barkley be your guide.
Marquette Golden Eagles Seed: No. 11
Villanova Wildcats Seed: No. 9
St. John's Red Storm Seed: No. 6
West Virginia Mountaineers Seed: No. 5
Georgetown Hoyas Seed: No. 6
Cincinnati Bearcats Seed: No. 6
Louisville Cardinals Seed: No. 4
Connecticut Huskies Seed: No. 3
Syracuse Orange Seed: No. 3
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Seed: No. 2
Pittsburgh Panthers Seed: No. 1
When the bracket expanded to 68, the NCAA said it was to allow more 'mid-majors' in, yet we all knew it was to get more big 6 teams into the money.
Perhaps we could even some of this out.
Rk Conf in remain record
1 Big East 11 2 9-9
2 Big Ten 7 2 7-5
3 Big 12 5 1 4-4
4 Mountain West 3 2 4-1
5 Atlantic Coast 4 3 7-1
6 Southeastern 5 2 4-3
7 Pacific-10 4 1 4-3
8 CUSA 2 0 0-2
9 Atlantic 10 3 1 3-2
10 Colonial 3 1 4-2
11 Horizon 1 1 2-0
...
There are 37 at-large bids for the tournament. 7 went to mid-majors, 10 went to the Big East. I heard a lot of bluster about letting "people who know basketball" pick the teams for the tourney. I agree, just not the talking heads at ESPN or whatever. They don't know basketball, either.
Onto other business.
A shoutout for Cinderella! Richmond, VCU and Butler!
First one to place these schools on a map wins a prize!
Jimmermania!
Updated GAF standings:
Pos Name #correct/rd 1 2 Projected Winner Points Possible Pts
1 Carr Kurupts 27 22 Syracuse 49 101
2 Wheels Against The World 24 24 Ohio St. 48 172
3 SamuraiX- 25 22 Ohio St. 47 131
4 OJ Mayo's paper lunch 28 18 Ohio St. 46 154
5 8 way tie
Final Four Update
The Final Four is set!
Congratulations to (8)Butler
(11)Virginia Commonwealth
(3)Connecticut
and (4)Kentucky
Dumb post of theweek thread forever.
Updated GAF standings:
Pos Name --- Points Possible Pts
1 The Winna! 69 69
2 One Million Dollars 67 67
2 KingBrave 67 67
2 The Yellowcard Reunion Tour 67 83
Still plenty of people alive to overtake the above. I'm not one of them. :sadface
Hall of shamefulness
122 UtahJazzDomination
It appears that this is wrapped up, but for some reason, yahoo says he can still earn one more point...
Hall of shame - unfilled/partial brackets
BigNasty's Big Picks (Heels!)
dantehemi
The descent
It's that time of year again. March Madness.
For the uninitiated, the NCAA men's college basketball championship is decided by a 68 team, single elimination tournament. There are pools run in offices and homes around the country where everyone fills out a bracket and hopes that they will get the most correct picks. While most of these are played for money, here on GAF, we play for NOTHING. That's right, absolutely nothing. Still fun, though. Also, most office pools are generally won by secretaries who know nothing about college basketball and pick winners via favorite color, so don't be afraid to enter!
The tournament will be on Yahoo sports.
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=77277&P=12345
GAF bracket challenge thingy - Group ID# 77277
Pwd: 12345
Your top seeds!
THE Ohio State University, Kansas, Duke and Pittsburgh! (Bracket hint: a #1 seed has never lost a first round game)
The bracket.
I'll update this post
WEEK 1 UPDATE:
The first week of the tournament has finished. Before we get to the standings of the challenge, let's give the NCAA bball selection committee some pointers.
If the team you're thinking about has 14 losses, they suck. DO NOT PUT THEM IN THE FIELD! That's a warning, otherwise, I will immortalize their ineptitude in a jpg.
USC (11 seed, 19-14) 46-59 VCU (11)
Penn St (10 seed, 19-14) 64-66 Temple (7)
Tenn (9 seed, 19-14) 45-75 Michigan (8)
Mich St (10 seed, 19-14) 78-76 UCLA (7)
Let Charles Barkley be your guide.
Marquette Golden Eagles Seed: No. 11
Connecticut Huskies Seed: No. 3
When the bracket expanded to 68, the NCAA said it was to allow more 'mid-majors' in, yet we all knew it was to get more big 6 teams into the money.
Perhaps we could even some of this out.
Rk Conf in remain record
1 Big East 11 2 9-9
2 Big Ten 7 2 7-5
3 Big 12 5 1 4-4
4 Mountain West 3 2 4-1
5 Atlantic Coast 4 3 7-1
6 Southeastern 5 2 4-3
7 Pacific-10 4 1 4-3
8 CUSA 2 0 0-2
9 Atlantic 10 3 1 3-2
10 Colonial 3 1 4-2
11 Horizon 1 1 2-0
...
There are 37 at-large bids for the tournament. 7 went to mid-majors, 10 went to the Big East. I heard a lot of bluster about letting "people who know basketball" pick the teams for the tourney. I agree, just not the talking heads at ESPN or whatever. They don't know basketball, either.
Onto other business.
A shoutout for Cinderella! Richmond, VCU and Butler!
First one to place these schools on a map wins a prize!
Actual prize does not exist.
Jimmermania!
Updated GAF standings:
Pos Name #correct/rd 1 2 Projected Winner Points Possible Pts
1 Carr Kurupts 27 22 Syracuse 49 101
2 Wheels Against The World 24 24 Ohio St. 48 172
3 SamuraiX- 25 22 Ohio St. 47 131
4 OJ Mayo's paper lunch 28 18 Ohio St. 46 154
5 8 way tie
Final Four Update
The Final Four is set!
Congratulations to (8)Butler
(11)Virginia Commonwealth
(3)Connecticut
and (4)Kentucky
Dumb post of the
Brettison said:
Updated GAF standings:
Pos Name --- Points Possible Pts
1 The Winna! 69 69
2 One Million Dollars 67 67
2 KingBrave 67 67
2 The Yellowcard Reunion Tour 67 83
Still plenty of people alive to overtake the above. I'm not one of them. :sadface
Hall of shamefulness
122 UtahJazzDomination
It appears that this is wrapped up, but for some reason, yahoo says he can still earn one more point...
Hall of shame - unfilled/partial brackets
BigNasty's Big Picks (Heels!)
dantehemi
The descent
