# SDMB College Basketball contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557 "2000-03-13T16:42:00Z")\ **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 13, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/1 "2000-03-13T16:42:00Z")
There is an SDMB College Basketball Tournament contest started at [www.sandbox.net.](http://www.sandbox.net.) Here is the original thread by Omniscient called “March Madness 2000!!!”: [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005916.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005916.html)[/url I am starting this new thread because the first one was getting full and had a lot of talk not directly related to our SDMB contest. So, if you want to join our contest: -go to [http://rivals.itsmadness.com](http://rivals.itsmadness.com) -Register your self and then choose ‘join group’. -Type in ‘Straight Dope’ for the group name When you’re asked for the password, it’s cecil (in all lower-case) I picked MSU to beat Duke in the final. ---
**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 14, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/2 "2000-03-14T14:01:00Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005916.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005916.html) is the other thread. So far, our contest pool has 7 members. Still plenty of time to join. Go to [http://rivals.itsmadness.com](http://rivals.itsmadness.com) ---
**Author:** ![TheUnforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TheUnforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUnforgiven)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/3 "2000-03-15T00:03:00Z")
This is pissing me off!! I can get through the first part of resgistration, but then when I’m supposed to choose an affiliate team, my login always fails. I also can’t login on the main page. I _can_, however, go to the change my information page and look at my profile. What am I doing wrong? I tried registering a second time under a different name, but the same thing happens. ---
**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, 2000, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/4 "2000-03-15T13:36:00Z")
I don’t know. Wish I could help. We are up to 9 members so far. ---
**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, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/5 "2000-03-16T16:45:00Z")
We are up to 9 members. I think you have until tip off in an hour or two if you still want to get in. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/6 "2000-03-17T12:02:00Z")
Well damn, tied for Fifth. Just wait, tommorrow I’ll be at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/7 "2000-03-17T12:16:00Z")
I agree with “Curious George”. Michigan State is very solid up and down the lineup, and they are also a veteran team with excellent “chemistry”. They certainly destroyed my Illinois team, which had been playing well, in the Big Ten title game. I’m a big “Coach K” fan, but I think his “Blue Devils” are not quite seasoned enough to take it all :). * * * “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.” –Daniel J Boorstin ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/8 "2000-03-18T06:10:00Z")
Well folks, the results of day one are in. \\code:\\\ Current Score Rank Username Score Possible Score 1 theunforgivn 29 189 2 monona 28 188 2 hardcore-2000 28 186 4 bacchus1976 27 183 5 mrknow 26 186 5 cbphelan 26 186 5 flyp 26 186 5 enright3 26 176 9 divemaster 24 170 10 funneefarmer 22 176 10 milossarian 22 174 12 punditok 21 175 ```auto Sorry about the formatting. It's the only way I could think of doing a table. ------------------ *God is my co-pilot. Blame Him.* ``` ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/9 "2000-03-18T06:12:00Z")
Um. Round one, not day one. ---
**Author:** ![TheUnforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TheUnforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUnforgiven)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/10 "2000-03-18T19:37:00Z")
_Stands up and raises hand to overwhelming applause_ “Thank you! Thank you!” Just call me the flukemeister. ---
**Author:** ![TheUnforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TheUnforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUnforgiven)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/11 "2000-03-19T01:51:00Z")
Well, scratch that. Thank you, Arizona, for playing like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/12 "2000-03-20T06:02:00Z")
I am faltering. * * * “Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known” - Michel Gyquem de Montaigne ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/13 "2000-03-20T02:03:00Z")
The standings after the second round: \\code:\\\ Current Score Rank Username Score Possible Score 1 bacchus1976 45 125 2 divemaster 42 162 2 monona 42 134 4 theunforgivn 41 133 5 hardcore-2000 40 144 5 enright3 40 132 5 flyp 40 116 8 mrknow 38 70 8 cbphelan 38 58 10 milossarian 34 102 11 funneefarmer 32 64 12 punditok 31 123 ```auto I'm not as bad off as I figured I'd be after Kentucky got knocked off. Bacchus is leading, but Divemaster seems to be in the best position, having a significantly higher "possible score" than anyone else. ------------------ *God is my co-pilot. Blame Him.* ``` ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/14 "2000-03-20T02:16:00Z")
FYI…Bacchus is yours truely. I feel good about where I’m at considering I thought I’d be in last after todays blowups. I am going to gloat about picking those Purdue and Wisconsin victories. I am however completely out of the East…damn clusterfuck of a region. The committee really ate the flaccid one when they loaded that region up with all the talent. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/15 "2000-03-20T02:35:00Z")
It’s been a very frustrating tourney for me - as far as this contest goes. I’ve picked some of the upsets (Gonzaga and Pepperdine in the first round), but I also picked a lot of other upsets, and the higher seeds have won more than I can ever remember. Not to mention my picks always seem to lose by one point in overtime. Probably five of my losses have come by a combined total of 10 points. Cool games to watch, though. All I can hope for now is to stay out of the Straight Dope cellar and hope the Spartans can cut down the nets in Indy. * * * “Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known” - Michel Gyquem de Montaigne ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/16 "2000-03-20T02:46:00Z")
Thanks, Omni. I wasn’t really sure which one you were. Good job on the picks. Lessee, “cbphelan” is Mullinator, and “monona” is curious george. That leaves “divemaster”, who I’m guessing is Jasmine. Everyone else is pretty obvious. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/17 "2000-03-20T03:41:00Z")
divemaster is divemaster–no tricks. I’m in good shape b/c of predicting LSU, Tulsa, Tenn., UCLA, and Fla., among higher seeds. (I figured the SEC to show up really well). And I didn’t jump on several of the highly overrated teams (Maryland???). So, I’m feelin’ pretty good. However, the way these pools are set up, it is almost impossible to win if you don’t pick the eventual tournament winner in the title game, unless everyone’s pick craps out too. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/18 "2000-03-20T13:09:00Z")
Hoping that Syracuse wins it all and pulls my butt out of the basement. (Yeah, like there’s a snowball’s chance in he!! of that happening) ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/19 "2000-03-20T22:58:00Z")
Well, this has gone to hell in a handbasket in a major way. My only hope is to not finish too far in last place. I should have stuck with my ESPN picks. I’d be doing a whole lot better at this point. * * * We went right out there and refused to do accoustical versions of the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557/20 "2000-03-23T01:11:00Z")
Just a quick bump in preparation for tomorrow. (Can you tell I’m excited?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-basketball-contest/15557.md?page=2)