msuroo Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Come one, come all! It's time for the Second Annual Official* Nerd Fitness NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge!*I guess it's technically un-official, but until Steve decides to put one together I'm calling mine official.For those unfamiliar with the concept, the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship is a 68 team, single elimination tournament held over three weeks to determine the collegiate national champion for the 2012-2013 season. Many of us enjoy predicting the outcome of this tournament (for entertainment purposes only, of course), and to that end, I am hosting another pool for NF this year. Free to enter for all who want to play, and just like last year I'll put up a NF tee-shirt (or shield tee or tank top) for the winner. Note: you do not need to be an avid college hoops fan to participate. In fact, I'm convinced that the more basketball you watch, the worse you do at these things. I've done more office pools than I can count, and the winner is never a fan. Spezzy watched a grand total of zero games last year, and came within one game of winning it all. tl;dr - sign up! It's fun!Here's what to do:Go here and join the group, using the password "squatpocalypse". (If you prefer, you can go to the ESPN Tournament Challenge frontpage here and find the group by the name "Nerd Fitness".)Pick your bracket. As I mentioned before, this is a 68 team tournament, but the first four games, which will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19-20, will not be part of the contest. Picks can be made up until the first "round of 64" game tips off on Thursday afternoon, after which all brackets will be locked.Follow along and root for your teams! Every game will be televised on some combination of CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV, and you can also watch live online here.A couple of added notes.Just one bracket per person please. Unlike a money pool where I normally wouldn't mind if someone paid for 2 or 3 entries, we're just doing this for fun. So pick one bracket and run with it.Use your forum handle for your bracket name, if possible. This makes it a lot easier to follow the action and keeps it generally more interesting. If you're generally a "blog only" reader, or are just a forum lurker and thus don't have a handle, that's fine too (all rebels are welcome - the more the merrier!), but if you have one, please use it.I think that's it, but if there are questions, or anything else I missed, just let me know! Thanks, and good luck everyone! Challenge thread Link to comment
Jakob Kopfeld Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 What is this about? Please explain what NCAA means? What kind of tournament? Level 4 Human RangerThe only Way to accomplish greatness is to set your goals even higher.STR: 15 || DEX: 9 || STA: 10CON: 12 || WIS: 9 || CHA: 6Check out my challange Thread (4) Link to comment
msuroo Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 The NCAA is the governing body for collegiate athletics in the US. The NCAA Tournament most commonly (and most certainly, in this context), refers to the Division 1 basketball championship, in which 68 teams are selected to compete in a single-elimination tournament to crown the national champion for the season.Predicting the winners and losers of all of the games of said tournament is something of a national pastime - billions of dollars annually are wagered in "office pools" across the country. It's a fun event because you don't have to be an active fan of college basketball to participate. There's so many games that nobody is going to get them all right. There's countless stories of secretaries winning the pool after picking by mascots, or team colors, or what have you. Spezzy was actually one game from winning the NF pool last year.Anyway, there won't be any money involved in this one - free to sign up for everyone who wants to play. Once the tournament field is announced on Sunday, you predict the winners of all of the games (don't worry, there will be a website to log your picks and track everyone's scores). Three weeks later when the dust settles, the winner gets a free t-shirt! Challenge thread Link to comment
Jakob Kopfeld Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 So it's betting on basketball games without an idea of who plays/what the teams are capable of? Sounds fun! Is it possible to watch the games on livestream somehow? Level 4 Human RangerThe only Way to accomplish greatness is to set your goals even higher.STR: 15 || DEX: 9 || STA: 10CON: 12 || WIS: 9 || CHA: 6Check out my challange Thread (4) Link to comment
msuroo Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 So it's betting on basketball games without an idea of who plays/what the teams are capable of? Sounds fun! Is it possible to watch the games on livestream somehow? Yep, games will stream here. Challenge thread Link to comment
msuroo Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 OP has been updated with details. Anyone else excited yet?! Challenge thread Link to comment
Blueberries Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 In. Last night, I think it was Musberger who was saying that you should all be looking very carefully at Kansas as you start pushing teams through your bracket to the Final Four and was raving about what a really great team they are. As sad as it makes me to say this, I'm a longtime Jayhawk, and I know what that means. Allow me to translate: We'll be out by the second round. Workout Log | Current Challenge: Blueberries and the Quest for 101 Ways to Eat Eggs Last Challenge: Blueberries 102 Link to comment
msuroo Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Still just me and Blueberries - no one wants a free t-shirt? Challenge thread Link to comment
zybthranger Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I've joined with the bracket I made with a random number generator. It'll be interesting to see how it goes. Link to comment
PrincessHeather Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm in, though I don't follow college basketball as close as I should... my picks are based solely on Alumni status (UCLA, go Bruins!) and being from California "On Wednesdays we SQUAT"www.healthyprincessblog.wordpress.comCurrent Challenge | Coconut Oil is Magic | My Fitness Origins | My Epic Quest for Happily Ever After Link to comment
tenaciousglee Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm in and MSU better beat up on Dook! Level 32 Minifig Jedi Assassin Current Challenge | Battle Log | "Epic" Quest Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11.5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 "A man who wants to do something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." -Stephan Dolley, Jr. "You don't get stronger by skipping workouts." - me, to myself, about 3 times a week Link to comment
msuroo Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Four hours left for anyone who wants to join! Happy madness everyone! Challenge thread Link to comment
This is Seth Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Just finished up my bracket. Couple more upsets in this setup... as I want to geek gloat. You ever see those guys who look like they totally used to be in shape? I'm working to get back to that... Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Got mine picked. I have georgetown winning it. I also don't pay attention to basketball and randomly chose. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
Strawberry Squatcake Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 I never posted that I'm in. I picked Lou-uh-vuhl and Indiana both as 1-16 upsets, only because I talked smack the second half of the season that this was the year. Common sense says it's going to be Kansas, but I couldn't do it. I had to right my ship and filled the FF with one 1 seed, the rest 2s. No, the one 1 wasn't Kansas.My bracket will be busted by Friday. I can't wait! Shape-Shifting Ginger Current Battle Log 2" washers for smaller weight increases Link to comment
BopGun Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Just entered! I have felt for a while now that Miami and Indiana were the two best teams in the country this season, and I have Miami winning it all. I believe that if they meet in a regional final, as I believe they will, it'll be the best game of the tournament. Link to comment
guest439437484421 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 i'm in. Lvl 5 Penguin Warrior: 10 Str, 3.5 Dex, 6.5 STA, 23.5 CON, 12.25 WIS, 5.75 CHAIntro | Current Challenge Thread | Character sheetMy Personal Blog | My Food Blog There are no failures, only learning pains Link to comment
guest439437484421 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Well I was going to flaunt that i was in last place, but now I currently am not.... :-( Lvl 5 Penguin Warrior: 10 Str, 3.5 Dex, 6.5 STA, 23.5 CON, 12.25 WIS, 5.75 CHAIntro | Current Challenge Thread | Character sheetMy Personal Blog | My Food Blog There are no failures, only learning pains Link to comment
This is Seth Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 My random choosings are proving fruitful. You ever see those guys who look like they totally used to be in shape? I'm working to get back to that... Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Jeebus, your final 4 are still alive. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
Blueberries Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 My random choosings are proving fruitful. Wow, you're not kidding! Do you offer consultations? You know, for next year. Workout Log | Current Challenge: Blueberries and the Quest for 101 Ways to Eat Eggs Last Challenge: Blueberries 102 Link to comment
BopGun Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 My most definitely non-random choosings have blown up in my face, as the two teams that I believed were the two best teams in the country entering the tournament both got bounced last night. Ouch. Link to comment
This is Seth Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 I can tell you that I'm doing a whole lot better in this bracket than in the one where I chose things based on calculations and math and what not. Random picks for the win! You ever see those guys who look like they totally used to be in shape? I'm working to get back to that... Link to comment
guest439437484421 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Sports: now with 50% more random. Lvl 5 Penguin Warrior: 10 Str, 3.5 Dex, 6.5 STA, 23.5 CON, 12.25 WIS, 5.75 CHAIntro | Current Challenge Thread | Character sheetMy Personal Blog | My Food Blog There are no failures, only learning pains Link to comment
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