msuroo Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Come one, come all! It's time for the Third 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 2013-2014 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 (and the year before) 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. Pick your favorite team colors! Pick your favorite mascots! Flip coins! 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 18-19, will not be part of the contest. Picks can be made and edited 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! Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
msuroo Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 No one else wants a free tee shirt? (Maybe a mod should add that to the title?) I know that there aren't a ton of college hoops fans among the NF audience, but we've typically gotten at least 12-15 to play. Anyway, brackets will be open until noon tomorrow if anyone is interested. Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I just saw this. It probably got buried. I would have submitted a bracket, did a whole statistical model this year to chose my teams and all instead of just my blind guessing. Quote 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
sheltiechick Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Aww, I woulda joined if I'd seen it too! My bracket is already busted anyway. Flipping Buckeyes. Quote Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Aww, I woulda joined if I'd seen it too! My bracket is already busted anyway. Flipping Buckeyes. You're not going to be perfect, but that's ok. The Harvard win just jumped me to 8th place in a 86 person league.We've still got 3 perfect brackets so far. Quote 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
Raev Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Buckeyes just wrecked a LOT of people. Quote level 4 Gnoll warrior STR 6|DEX 5|STA 4|CON 5|WIS 5|CHA 2 Building a better Raev, part 1. Goal: working set of 350# squat, 235# bench, 370# deadlift, 15% or lower BF% Fix slight pelvic tilt, reinforce lower back to help disc issue Link to comment
sea.bee Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 is it wrong that I want Deleware to beat Michigan State just to annihilate all remaining brackets? Quote Level 1-2ish Assassin Str: 2.2 Dex: 1.9 Sta: -0.49 Con:1.3 Wis: 2.8 Cha: 1.7 http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/43281-a-single-step/ Link to comment
sea.bee Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I want them to wreck the brackets so bad that I posted twice! Quote Level 1-2ish Assassin Str: 2.2 Dex: 1.9 Sta: -0.49 Con:1.3 Wis: 2.8 Cha: 1.7 http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/43281-a-single-step/ Link to comment
msuroo Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Well that was the best first day in a long time! Bummer we didn't get better participation, but I'll still make good on a tee-shirt for the 4 of us that are in. Good luck! Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
sheltiechick Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 There goes my Midwest bracket thanks to Duke LOL.*sets bracket on fire* 1 Quote Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 There goes my Midwest bracket thanks to Duke LOL.*sets bracket on fire* Yeah, my midwest bracket just got very red. At least they weren't in my final 4. Quote 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
sheltiechick Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 HA! I had Duke losing to Michigan, anyway I flipped a coin on that one and had them beating Michigan, then going down in the Elite 8. WELP Meanwhile, this happened: FANTASTIC. Quote Link to comment
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