Let The Madness Begin!

30 thoughts on “Let The Madness Begin!”

1. I am assuming since this is not a “pitch in $5” that we are expected to enter only one bracket, yes?Report

   1. It should be set up to prevent you from entering more than one.Report

      1. Can it be set up to make me not look like an idiot after the first two rounds?Report

2. When do we need to have our picks in?Report

   1. Good catch. I added that to the post.Report

3. I love this time of year.  Basketball tournaments, glimpses of spring weather, Opening Day creeping closer by the day….Report

   1. The snowdrops in our backyard have sprung.  The crocuses will be appearing soon.  It’s one of the most special moments of any year.Report

      1. Hmm, what happened to my gravatar?  I don’t look like a hat.Report

         1. Ah, that’s better.Report

   2. It’s been spring here since the middle of January.Report

4. I follow other sports much more closely than college basketball. My Gauchos got knocked out of the tournament yesterday by Long Beach State. (But the NIT is gonna be our bitch!) So I’m not making any particular claim to any expertise.

   When I didn’t feel confident in a guess I asked Mrs. Likko where she’d rather go for vacation, and when she couldn’t pick, her favorite team mascot name.Report

   1. I like your bracket.  I hope you win!  Rock Chalk!!Report

5. Let no ass be unkicked!  Let the ground tremble!  Let the lucky fear Vegas and the Reckoning!Report

6. Despite the lurking “team who’s name starts with a B” in their bracket (Belmont), I like Kansas’ draw.  I’d love to see a Kansas/North Carolina matchup in the Final Four.Report

7. I’m in. I confess to knowing next to nothing about college basketball, but that hasn’t stopped my husband, the Russian, who knows and cares even less about basketball than I do, from winning his office pool in the past. My previous prediction attempts have generally been laughable, which should make Tod look like less of an idiot after the first couple of rounds.Report

8. I went crazy.  3 of the final 4 are #1 seeds, so not that crazy, but my last one is crazy.Report

9. Count me in. Go Crimson Devils.Report

   1. Just so long as the Devils you root for aren’t blue, we’re good.Report

      1. I was a blue-covered moron the winter of ’06/’07. The Gods did not deliver.Report

10. I have joined and foreseen the hour of disappointment for my Badgers.Report

    1. Oh, ye of little faith.Report

       1. As have I. May it come late in the tourney.Report

11. We should ask Erik if we can make this post sticky for a few hours tomorrow afternoon/evening, for those that missed it last week.  (I haven’t gone back to yahoo to see how many folks are signed up.)Report

    1. It’s not many, so keep it down here. I like my odds of owning Mark’s gravatar for the year.Report

12. I’m in, and already hating myself for my national champion pick.Report

13. I filled this out in about 2 minutes. If I win, you should all be ashamed.Report

    1. I filled mine out in about two minutes too, but I don’t know if there’s any statistical advantage to be gained from actually doing research in these things, especially since there is a multiplier (which means that we all should have all twelves beating all fives in the first round).Report

       1. Crap, I didn’t notice the multiplier. Ah well, too late since I can’t access my bracket from the office!Report

       2. Me too. I realized this morning that the games were this afternoon and am pretty sure that what I input this morning isn’t the same as what I picked yesterday – I’m just in it to try to win Mark’s gravatar. Somehow I don’t think I’m the only one.Report

          1. Clearly, that is the greatest prize.Report

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