# SDMB 2015 NCAA Tournament Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 15, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043 "2015-03-15T14:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/61 "2015-03-30T00:35:11Z")
I actually noticed that last weekend when I was doing the data entry, but I’d forgotten it. LuckyNumber did the same thing with the “This is Sharpie” bracket, except they picked Villanova over Duke in the national semifinals (as they should have, since Villanova was the #2 national seed and Duke the #3). You two even picked the same total number of points in the final, although Sharpie has a 69-66 final instead of boring’s 70-65. ```auto Pomeroy Probabilities Percent --------------------- ------- Thing Fish boring 43.405 Retrovertigo 25.200 russianheel 2 21.400 This is Sharpie 9.995 FiveThirtyEight Probabilities Percent ----------------------------- ------- Thing Fish boring 47.585 Retrovertigo 21.580 russianheel 2 18.660 This is Sharpie 12.175 ``` **Duke** wins -\> \*\*Retrovertigo \*\*wins **Wisconsin** wins -\> **russianheel 2** wins **Michigan St.** wins -\> **Thing Fish boring** and **This is Sharpie** tie **Kentucky** beats **Duke** -\> **Thing Fish boring** and **This is Sharpie** tie **Kentucky** beats **Michigan St.** -\> **Thing Fish boring** wins ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/62 "2015-03-30T01:04:50Z")
I think I speak for everyone when I say, “Go Duke!”. ---
**Author:** ![LuckyNumber85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@LuckyNumber85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyNumber85)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/63 "2015-03-30T02:00:31Z")
I can’t believe my boring by the books bracket now relies on Duke making it to the finals even to pull off a tie, they never fail to bust my brackets, win or lose. But I’ll back Retrovertigo for one more round. Go Duke! Sort of. A little ways. ---
**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 30, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/64 "2015-03-30T02:23:59Z")
All I can say is, a Kentucky vs Duke national championship game is a game I have absolutely no interest in watching. Go Spartans! Go Badgers! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/65 "2015-04-05T03:51:15Z")
Can’t believe I didn’t have enough faith in my alma mater to pick them to beat Kentucky. Unless I’m reading the standings and point possibilities wrong, Thing Fish’s “Boring” bracket has clinched the title for the year with my bracket coming in 2nd (or tied for 2nd if Duke wins Monday). I guess I won the single entry subdivision. 🙂 Go Badgers! ETA: Yeah, I read that wrong. 🙂 Retrovertigo wins if Duke wins. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/66 "2015-04-06T12:44:04Z")
I’ve got last place LOCKED UP! Woo! (for **SDMB Bracketeers** ). I did much better in **Straight Dope** – second to last place. And, yes, I did put some effort into it. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/67 "2015-04-07T03:25:25Z")
We are all Bluedevils tonight, boys! ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/68 "2015-04-07T04:43:25Z")
Holy shit I had no idea I was even alive in this thing. Good work by you Vertigo! ---
**Author:** ![LuckyNumber85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@LuckyNumber85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyNumber85)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/69 "2015-04-07T15:13:00Z")
Congrats to Retrovertigo! Wasn’t sure going in to this thing if it would be all that interesting…but there were a heck of a lot of good games this season. As usual, this really was the most wonderful time of the year. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/70 "2015-04-07T16:14:38Z")
Congratulations to RetroVertigo! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/71 "2015-04-07T16:21:46Z")
Thing Fish wins the Yahoo! pool here: [Yahoo Fantasy Men's Tourney Pick'em](https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/82805) Bracket Correct Picks Points Thing Fish 35 108 Bo Knows Basketball 42 103 Purdue Pete 43 96 Oakbrow’s Remarkable Bracket 40 91 My Great Bracket 37 86 Rhodes’s meh Bracket 44 86 Knorf’s Pointless Picks 43 81 Crean in '16 39 78 mtrg’s Wondrous Bracket 40 71 Nate’s Yumbelievable Bracket 39 67 Full Court Press 36 65 Purple Passion 27 41 ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043/72 "2015-04-07T17:12:07Z")
Wow, I had completely forgotten about that one! Guess I should take the day off work and guzzle champagne! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2015-ncaa-tournament-pool/715043.md?page=3)