# March Madness Basketball contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648 "2001-03-12T14:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/1 "2001-03-12T14:36:29Z")
Sportsfans, I created a group for us in the Yahoo NCAA men’s bball contest. Go to the contest at yahoo, [http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/men](http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/men) log on with your Yahoo ID, and join this private group: Group ID#: 19662 Group Name: SDMB Group Password: cecil ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/2 "2001-03-12T14:57:58Z")
The Improbable Probables have joined your cause curiousgeorge. Not that they’ll do much of anything:) ---
**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 12, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/3 "2001-03-12T15:07:47Z")
I’m still doing my research, but I’ll be there tomorrow or Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/4 "2001-03-12T15:09:34Z")
**The Idiot Boys** signing in. A also have a Non-doper friend joining, after he complained to me that no one at his work is doing a pool and he feels left out… His name will be something along the lines of _Drunken Munkees_… Thanks! Go Bucks! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/5 "2001-03-12T15:58:46Z")
UncleBill’s Dukies over Michigan State by 3. After STOMPING a few teams [sub](ahem…UNC… ahem)[/sub]and gutting it out with MD, all WITHOUT the starting center in a team with “no” bench, these guys will be on a tear through the brackets with Boozer and Williams healthy, and Sanders making big noises on the court (noises of basketballs getting swatted), this is a MUCH better team than they were in November, December, January, OR February. All you anti-Dukies, please flame in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/6 "2001-03-12T16:09:13Z")
Winthrop all the way baybeeee… btw where the hell IS Winthrop, is it one of those Carribbean diploma mills? ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/7 "2001-03-12T16:09:25Z")
**Milo picks, knows** has entered the fray. As usual, I have picked numerous upsets (I have a 13 seed in the Elite Eight. Guh!). So I will either be exposed as a genius, or I will suck quickly and horrifically into oblivion. ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/8 "2001-03-12T16:51:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*Winthrop all the way baybeeee… > > btw where the hell IS Winthrop, is it one of those Carribbean diploma mills? \*\* Rock Hill, South Carolina. Consequently, ESPN’s Mark Kreidler wrote a [needlessly extensive article](http://espn.go.com/columns/kreidler/1136019.html) on the NCAA’s first ever #65 seed in the tourney. Like they really have a chance against the Illini…only considering they can make it past the monstrous **Northwestern State** first! _hands Milo a tissue_ **Milo Picks, Knows** - Dude…priceless!!! 😃 My Cinderella pick: _Cal St. Northridge_ ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/9 "2001-03-12T21:11:05Z")
…back to th’ top. Ya know…there’s alot less interest here than I thought there’d be! C’mon folks, this is _ **MARCH MADNESS** _ for cripe’s sakes!!! Where’s the love? ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/10 "2001-03-12T22:55:55Z")
**Garfield’s Boys** have joined the madness. Now watch me make a complete idiot out of myself. ---
**Author:** ![DonQuixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DonQuixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonQuixote)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/11 "2001-03-13T00:15:54Z")
Gonzaga going to the Sweet 16…oh yes. The Juan Valdez Love Machine will prevail! ---
**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 13, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/12 "2001-03-13T02:11:06Z")
I’ve joined this little rag tag group. In all likelihood I’m gonna lose and bad, but what the hell anyways. My name is Mighty Tiki God ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/13 "2001-03-13T02:22:18Z")
The El Kabongs, checking in. Anyone wanna beer? ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/14 "2001-03-14T00:20:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*All you anti-Dukies, please flame in the Pit. \*\* Is there a thread already set up for this? 😃 The **Ridiculous Prop** has recorded its picks. Don’t ask about the name, it’s just an old inside joke with non-Dopers… ---
**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 14, 2001, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/15 "2001-03-14T13:31:09Z")
Hurry! this is the last day to enter and fight for the second place behind Biotop! Seriously, join the fun unless you are mourning Winthrop. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/16 "2001-03-14T13:48:45Z")
I’m in as “ScottK.” Pretty original, huh? ---
**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 14, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/17 "2001-03-14T14:07:59Z")
Q. When Winthrop will win the tournament? A. On May 33rd, but only on a leap year. Q. When will Kansas or Cincinnati win the tournament? A. See above. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/18 "2001-03-14T14:42:10Z")
Oh, fun… **Dyno’s Clueless Picks** , here. Nothing quite like making a fool of yourself in public…and what better way to to that than by picking Maryland, Illinois, or Arizona to go deep into the tournament? Unfortunately, there’s something in the water at the university of Illinois that makes you believe they can actually accomplish something…_sigh_ Anyway, let the upsets begin. ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/19 "2001-03-14T15:24:08Z")
Alright…now that’s what I’m talkin’ 'bout! 😃 ---
**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 14, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/20 "2001-03-14T15:37:32Z")
**Island of Misfit Toys** signing in. By the way, last year, my friend just picked the first team listed on the bracket for the first round, the second team for the second, first for the third, second for the fourth, and so on. Got North Carolina into the Final Four that way. Thank goodness, he lost. To me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648.md?page=2)