# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![YoungGotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c2a13f/32.png) [@YoungGotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoungGotti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/21 "2001-03-14T19:32:53Z")
I’m in!!! The Madness starts tomorrow… Good luck to all! Gotti ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/22 "2001-03-14T21:30:05Z")
I’M IN BABY!!! Something about College Basketball makes me say Baby after every sentence. \ But THATS OK BABY! I did some research, but it all comes down to blind luck. Who knows where the upsets will be? NOBODY BABY! My friend joined a league and did a coin toss for every game. He ended up with UNC Greensboro taking it all!! 🙂 ---
**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 14, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/23 "2001-03-14T22:10:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biotop \* > \*\* > 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. > \*\* Rip on Kansas and Winthrop all you want but please Cincinnati? Come on we are cursed by something. Last year the natons #1 player broke his leg days before the tournament, this year we were having troubles out the wazoo. Give is a chance though next year next year (damn I’m already making for excuses when they lose in the Sweet 16). ---
**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 15, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/24 "2001-03-15T15:42:50Z")
I picked AZ over Duke. I will be rooting for the UW Badgers, though. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/25 "2001-03-15T23:29:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curious george \* > \*\*I picked AZ over Duke. I will be rooting for the UW Badgers, though. \*\* Well, that sucks… If I hadn’t gone to Illinois, I’d really hate the Big Ten. They’ve already screwed up my bracket. Bastards. To summarize: Picked Wisconsin to win. they didn’t. Picked Ohio State to win. Ditto. Picked Iowa to lose. They didn’t. As soon as Indiana loses and Penn State wins, they’ll have killed my bracket completely. Of course, Michigan State and Illinois have to win at least one game each, right? Hello? ---
**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 16, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/26 "2001-03-16T14:25:34Z")
Rank Pick Set Name Points 1 Milo picks knows 12 1 Mighty Tiki God 12 3 YoungGotti23 Picks 11 3 Cheese Heads 11 3 El Kabongs 11 3 weirddave 11 3 ScottK 11 8 The Idiot Boys 10 8 Ridiculous Prop 10 8 xizor 10 8 Island of Misfit Toys 10 8 Improbable Probables 10 8 Garfield’s Boys 10 8 Juan Valdez Love Machine 10 15 Curious Badgers 9 15 UncleBill’s Dukies 9 15 The Renobs 9 15 AET417 9 15 DaHoopsters 9 20 Dyno’s Clueless Picks 7 20 biotop 7 22 ITR Champion 6 23 Drunken Munkee’s 0 ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/27 "2001-03-16T16:23:57Z")
Hampton… Hampton? **HAMPTON**?!? You gotta be kidding, right? Well, at least _now_ my CS-Northridge upset doesn’t look so horrendous! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/28 "2001-03-16T16:37:46Z")
I just hate it when one of my final four teams gets knocked out in the first game. Stupid Iowa State. I have a feeling Michigan State is going to get upset in the early rounds too. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/29 "2001-03-16T16:52:42Z")
What a night! A ton of upsets, and a WHOLE lot of NEAR upsets. Had me squirming on my barstool. We had three channels on three TVs, the only blowouts I saw were Duke, USC, Stanford, and Cinci. And to have two 9s, a 10, 11, 12, 13 and a **15** seed advance? Seven upsets in 16 games? I love March! ---
**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 16, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/30 "2001-03-16T17:33:18Z")
All I can say is, I hope the majority of the upsets are done, or the El Kabongs (Los Kabongs?) are gonna drop like stones in the rankings… Faint hope, that. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/31 "2001-03-16T20:12:17Z")
turns out i should have used the second bracket that i filled out for work…actually got 10 right there, as opposed to 7… of course, my bracket is screwed up either way. at least my final four is still alive… ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/32 "2001-03-17T05:45:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curious george \* > \*\* > 15 The Renobs 9 > \*\* I guess I’m only 3 points off the lead but I thought I would do better. ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/33 "2001-03-17T06:45:32Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* \*\* > [@](#): > > If I hadn’t gone to Illinois… > \*\* Hey, I’m an Illinois graduate too! Where did you live? How cool. Anyway, what’s with all this ncaaa nonsense. My sister is driving me nuts with updates every day. Since I’m not following it, I don’t know what she’s talking about and I keep asking her, ‘So?’ Her answer to “so?” is that she bet $7 on Gonzaga because she likes to say Gonzaga. She insists that I should support her and root for her. Over $7. What a goof! -L ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/34 "2001-03-17T16:00:39Z")
… so I show up Saturday morning, expecting all kinds of respect, love, envy and admiration at my first-round mastery. Nada. Remember that 13 seed that I had in the Elite Eight? They’ve completed Step One. (Kent State) Their star player, Trevor Huffman, is from up where I live, middle-of-nowhere northwest Lower Michigan. He was the last Division I NCAA player in the nation to be given a scholarship when he signed with Kent. I bet there are now a few schools wishing they’d paid better attention to us Up-Northians. ---
**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 19, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/35 "2001-03-19T05:18:37Z")
Obviously Kent State wasn’t that good… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/36 "2001-03-19T05:25:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > \*\*As soon as Indiana loses and Penn State wins, they’ll have killed my bracket completely. > \*\* R.I.P., DynoSaur. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/37 "2001-03-19T05:36:50Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by SexyWriter \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > If I hadn’t gone to Illinois… > > \*\* > > Hey, I’m an Illinois graduate too! Where did you live? How cool. > > \*\* I moved way away from our beloved alma mater when I graduated. Way over to Springfield, IL. At least until I decide to head back for grad school. Where’d you wind up? Down with the Jayhawks… ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/38 "2001-03-19T05:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > > \*\*As soon as Indiana loses and Penn State wins, they’ll have killed my bracket completely. > > \*\* > > R.I.P., DynoSaur. \*\* No joke. I could have dealt with PSU’s first-round crap, but them beating North Carolina really screws up my bracket. Goodbye, Final Four team from the South… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/39 "2001-03-19T05:55:25Z")
If it makes you feel any better, I lost Syracuse. Serves me right for not doing moderate research into my picks. However, I think we should have been allowed to make championship picks based on the elite eight or something. I’m willing to bet there’s at least one person among us whose winner has already been eliminated. ---
**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 19, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648/40 "2001-03-19T13:42:06Z")
Rank Pick Set Name Points 1 Mighty Tiki God 46 1 Milo picks knows 46 3 weirddave 45 4 ScottK 43 5 The Idiot Boys 42 6 The Renobs 41 6 El Kabongs 41 8 YoungGotti23 Picks 40 8 Improbable Probables 40 10 Juan Valdez Love Machine 39 10 Curious Badgers 39 10 Ridiculous Prop 39 13 xizor 38 13 Cheese Heads 38 13 UncleBill’s Dukies 38 13 Garfield’s Boys 38 17 biotop 36 18 Island of Misfit Toys 35 18 DaHoopsters 35 20 AET417 34 21 Dyno’s Clueless Picks 32 22 ITR Champion 12 23 Drunken Munkee’s 0 I guess the Munkees were too Drunk to make any picks. I still like AZ over Duke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-basketball-contest/57648.md?page=3)