CC March Madness

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<p>I’m not sure why I keep doing this when I always end up in last place . . . </p>

<p>I’ve set up a CC pool with Yahoo! sports again. Sign up instructions:</p>

<p>First, you have to have a Yahoo! account (free). If you need an account, visit the main Yahoo! page. Once you’re signed in to your account, go to the Tournament Website.</p>

<p><a href=“http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/[/url]”>http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Click on “Join a Group”</p>

<p>Click on “Join Group” again</p>

<p>Type in your Group ID – 90931
Type in password – ccparents</p>

<p>Click on “create a new bracket”, then name your bracket. I suggest using your CC name.</p>

<p>Make your picks and submit, and that’s it.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Okay, there’s a problem with the password, let me work on it.</p>

<p>EDIT: THE GROUP ID THIS YEAR IS 98493. THE PASSCODE IS STILL ccparents. </p>

<p>This should be the direct link: <a href=“Yahoo Fantasy Men's Bracket Madness”>Yahoo Fantasy Men's Bracket Madness;

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<p>Thanks! I’m in but under a different name :).</p>

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<p>Are we chipping in anything?</p>

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<p>Thanks, I was hoping you would set this up again! I’m still mulling over my bracket and will get it in soon.</p>

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<p>Registered and contemplating my bracket choices.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Anyone have thoughts on who the upset team(s) might be this year?</p>

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<p>I’m in. I did my bracket fast, as I don’t think my pondering or analyzing will make any difference to my ultimate failure.</p>

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<p>In the West
Texas A&M (9) beating BYU (8)
Utah St (11) beating Marquette (6)
Missouri (3) beating Memphis (2) eventually</p>

<p>In the South
Michigan (10) beating Clemson (7)
Syracuse (3) beating Oklahoma (2) eventually</p>

<p>In the East
Wisconsin (12) beating Florida State (5)
Minnesota (10) beating Texas (7)
Also picked Minnesota to beat Duke (2) eventually
And I’ve got Villanova (3) picked to beat Pitt (1)</p>

<p>Really don’t have any logic behind any of this… just how I picked them ;)</p>

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<p>I’m in. (hopefully I won’t be as pathetic as last year’s tournament). Haha, I was thinking about you last night and hoping you’d set this up again. If I had any motivation, it would be interesting to fill out a bracket using USNW college rankings as the criteria. Hmmm. Who would be the final four?</p>

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<p>hops_ I would put fairly big money on Texas A&M not beating anyone.</p>

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<p>awwww…My next door neighbor here in NC (the one with the Texas A&M mailbox cover) would be devastated to hear you say that, momowc!!!</p>

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<p>They made it into the tournament. Anybody can win on any given day ;)</p>

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<p>We’ll see. I just don’t see them getting past the first round. Now, North Dakota State…pick them as a Cinderella.</p>

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<p>MOWC seems a little cocky about her predictive skills on her facebook page :slight_smile: , I’d like to listen to her, but I just can’t see it about NDSU. Cinderella is one thing, but a No. 13 against a well coached (if less talented than last year) Kansas team, and in their first year of Div. 1 play no less?</p>

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<p>Yeah- it’s hard to predict, as we all know. The pool I play works a little differently and you pick 16 teams. The lower seeded teams have higher point values and you score those points each time the team wins. So- a ND State is much more valuable if it wins even once than Duke winning once or twice. You want to come out with the final 2 or 3, but otherwise it is important to pick one or two upsets. Last year Western Kentucky helped me out a lot. And Davidson. At least this year I don’t have to worry about being disloyal to Indiana by not picking them!</p>

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<p>Unfortunately due to tumult at our company, terminations, relocations, etc. my favorite pool is kaput. It was a Sweet Sixteen pool where, once the tournament reached the Sweet 16, the 16 of us would gather at a local pizza place and pick the names out of a hat. And then trade portions of each team. So you might pick UConn, but end up with 1/8 of UNC, 1/4 of Texas, 1/2 of Memphis, etc. Lot of horse trading, and nearly impossible to keep track of after a few rounds of beer. I usually ended up picking the remaining cinderalla team, and begging people to trade with me.</p>

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<p>MOWC-Don’t go picking against my Jayhawks! Rock, Chalk…</p>

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<p>Thanks, lderochi!</p>

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<p>Believe it or not, there is an article in today’s Wall Street Journal that explains why N.Dakota State has such a good chance of beating Kansas! Now that I have gone so public with my views, it probably won’t happen! The WSJ also mentions a very possible Arizona over Utah and Miss. State over Washington.</p>