# Doper NCAA Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451 "2002-03-11T03:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/1 "2002-03-11T03:06:37Z")
Just want to see who’d be interested. We could set it up tonight. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/2 "2002-03-11T03:30:49Z")
Yeah, sure, what the hell. How do you envision setting it up? ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/3 "2002-03-11T03:34:27Z")
I’m sure Yahoo! will have something set up that we could use, instead of forcing someone to keep track of all that crap. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/4 "2002-03-11T03:35:11Z")
Yahoo, ESPN and CNN/SI, just to name 3, have NCAA tournament pools. We could create an SDMB user only [private] account and put the password in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/5 "2002-03-11T03:44:01Z")
I’d be in. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/6 "2002-03-11T03:44:30Z")
OK, on Yahoo: Group ID#: 22259 password: ceciladams ---
**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 11, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/7 "2002-03-11T04:22:55Z")
Count me in! Last year’s poor showing was the result of too much pilsner prior to picking. However, this year…I’m bringing out the good stuff. Beware! ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/8 "2002-03-11T07:20:08Z")
I’m in. My **Renobs** had a good showing last year, but we are looking to move up. Got a pretty risky bracket though. Got #2 Oregon gone in the second round, Gonzaga going to the **Elite 8**. Speaking of which…Should the Zags have been a #6 seed? They are #6 in the freaking NATION. How much ass do you want them to beat before they get some freaking respect! ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/9 "2002-03-11T07:29:41Z")
Do we really need a pool? We already know that Duke’s gonna win. Of course that’s not a native, born and bred North Carolina girl posting this either. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/10 "2002-03-11T13:52:52Z")
Does anyone know if you can sign up for two or more pools on Yahoo, or should I just use another account? ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/11 "2002-03-11T13:52:54Z")
I’ll just have to show everyone up like I did last year (up until the final 2 rounds…) Anyways I’m Tiki. And yes Gonzaga should have been at the very least a #3 or #4 seed but it isn’t going to bother them any. Seems like it’s never really bothered them what they were seeded that last couple of years they just like to show people up. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/12 "2002-03-11T15:06:35Z")
I’m even…even if Syracuse ain’t! ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/13 "2002-03-11T15:08:59Z")
I’m even??? What the hell does that mean? I’m “in”, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![tachyon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@tachyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tachyon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/14 "2002-03-11T18:36:42Z")
I am sort of a newbie/lurker but I hope you don’t mind me joining in. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/15 "2002-03-11T19:35:12Z")
Now you guys are in for it. My ability to pick winners during March Madness is only surpassed by my ability to do confidence picks in NFL football. Oh Crap, I finished 7th in the NFL Pick 'Em… Oh Well. I just have to add: Ring out a hoya for M.U. rah rah… M.U. Rah Rah!!! We Are Marquette!!! ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/16 "2002-03-11T20:33:36Z")
Well, I’m in. Nothing like having to pick a team you hate to win it all, but I did. Damn it. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/17 "2002-03-11T20:54:36Z")
I’ve got some interesting early-round upsets (UCLA making Elite Eight after zonking Cincy and OSU, for example), but my Final Four is pretty boring–1 Seeds Kansas, Maryland, and Duke, and 2 Seed Oklahoma. Kansas all the way! You can’t stop that scoring juggernaut (unless you’re Oklahoma, but you can’t do it TWICE in one _month_). I’ve also entered the Kinko’s $10,000,000 challenge at [cbs.sportsline.com](http://cbs.sportsline.com). Once I win that, I’ll be sure to kick a little back to you peons. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/18 "2002-03-11T23:28:57Z")
I’m still trying to decide whether McNeese State is capable of taking out Kansas in the Elite Eight, though I think Maryland would be too much for the McNeese Cowboys to handle in the Final Four. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/19 "2002-03-12T01:15:32Z")
Hey, y’all. I don’t like Yahoo’s method of scoring the brackets (1-2-4-8-16-32) because it places too much emphasis on the later rounds, so I’ve gone ahead and created another pool that people are welcome to join. This way you can hedge your bets on those upset specials. 🙂 It’s at [Tourney Time](http://www.tourneytime.com) , and the scoring is 1-2-3-4-5-6. The group name is SDMB, and the password is “ceciladams.” Hope to see everyone there! ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451/20 "2002-03-12T02:25:16Z")
I’m in. Hopfully, I can get three wins in a row on three different acounts. Two years ago, I won on a pool at CnnSI, last year, a pool at ESPN, and now Yahoo!, maybe. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ncaa-pool/97451.md?page=2)