# 2013 SDMB March Madness Tournament Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 17, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178 "2013-03-17T15:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/1 "2013-03-17T15:57:10Z")
The SDMB group has been renewed for another year in the NCAA Tournament pool on **Yahoo!** Link: [Yahoo Fantasy Men's Tourney Pick'em](http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1) Group Name: SDMB Bracketeers Group ID: 62527 Password: cecil123 You can sign in with either a Yahoo, gmail, or Facebook account. Brackets must be completed before the round of 64 begins on Thursday 3/21. Multiple brackets (up to three) are allowed. (Note, you can create a bracket now and complete it once the pairings have been announced on Sunday afternoon 3/17.) Scoring: I would like to try something different with the scoring system this year. In the past I’ve always used the default scoring system, which awards 1-2-4-8-16-32 points per round. This year I’m looking at using the “progressive” scoring system (1-2-3-4-5-6 pts per round) which is not so heavily weighted towards the later games. I’ve also added the “Upset Bonus” option which awards one extra point for each upset pick (lower seed beats higher seed). Let the madness begin! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/2 "2013-03-17T17:52:42Z")
Excellent! I’m in! Set up my account. Will fill it out after 7pm ET. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/3 "2013-03-18T01:07:47Z")
Bracket submitted, the rest of you can fight for second place. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/4 "2013-03-18T02:27:19Z")
Other than Northeastern, did and RS champs miss the tourney? ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/5 "2013-03-18T03:10:27Z")
“F kansas” is in. I’m looking forward to the different scoring this year. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/6 "2013-03-18T12:54:25Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/7 "2013-03-18T13:40:46Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/8 "2013-03-18T15:10:29Z")
I’m in too. Let’s go upsets! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/9 "2013-03-18T16:23:23Z")
Brackets set. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/10 "2013-03-18T17:09:25Z")
In, still need to set my bracket. The rest of you can fight for second from last place. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/11 "2013-03-18T18:40:34Z")
Just did my picks! Wish we could see each other’s brackets! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/12 "2013-03-18T19:09:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Just did my picks! Wish we could see each other’s brackets! ☹ Once the tournament starts you will be able to. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/13 "2013-03-18T19:12:52Z")
That’s what I figured **GO**! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/14 "2013-03-18T20:41:28Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Just did my picks! Wish we could see each other’s brackets! ☹ I wish you could see mine too. It would have been a moving experience, I’m sure. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/15 "2013-03-18T20:57:20Z")
I titled my bracket : Early Exit ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/16 "2013-03-19T00:56:25Z")
Just for fun, I added a second bracket named “Shoeless’s Blind Bracket”, based on the picks I made here. [The Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial & Economic News, World News and Video](http://projects.wsj.com/blindfold-brackets-2013/) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/17 "2013-03-19T02:29:37Z")
I’m in. Go Gators! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/18 "2013-03-19T02:55:06Z")
In. Go GT! ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/19 "2013-03-19T05:08:47Z")
I went out on a limb as usual! Rock Chalk Jayhawk! $10,000? I want my million for my perfect bracket! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178/20 "2013-03-19T14:53:37Z")
I’m in. My bracket is ready to make everyone else feel pretty damn good about their own choices. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool/653178.md?page=2)