10-03-2002 21:25									#31
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Clicking on the PLAYERS tab shows there are 19 people signed-up. We still have 5 days to get people invited. Thursday noon will (presumably) be the deadline.

I'll send invitations to my 2 friends.

	11-03-2002 02:16									#32
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Hmmm... 19... not bad for starters. More than last year

Only a few more hours to go before we get the brackets.

	11-03-2002 06:44									#33
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cursed thing won't let me make my WAGs for the East bracket

	11-03-2002 06:52									#34
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I too am having problems with the East bracket. After loading, the bottom left of IE says "Done, but with errors"

Joy.

	11-03-2002 07:02									#35
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quote: Originally posted by Ming I think that most years... and I am usually disappointed I can't believe they lost to OSU yesterday... sigh... Well... It's selection Sunday... Who is going to make it into the big dance. Which of the "bubble" teams that don't make it will complain about the selection process... Let March Madness begin

What I can't believe is the Buckeyes kicked Illinois but twice this year and they get put out in the hardest bracket in the tourny. The Bucks should be in the Midwest and Illinois should be in the west.

Oh well the Buckeyes will still make the final four

	11-03-2002 08:06									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Peacemaker Oh well the Buckeyes will still make the final four

Hmmmm... after taking a look at the Western Region...
Do you want to make a bet on that... and for how much

	11-03-2002 08:21									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Ming Hmmmm... after taking a look at the Western Region... Do you want to make a bet on that... and for how much

I'll bet all the money I have in my wallet.

*checks wallet*

Yep it's empty

	11-03-2002 10:12									#38
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I'm still having trouble picking the East bracket - anybody else having this problem?

I'm told there is a missing ";" on line 487 (or something) - could I just add it to the source code and make it work?

	11-03-2002 11:05									#39
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quote: cursed thing won't let me make my WAGs for the East bracket

I think it is because there still is a 'TBD' (To be decided) game... for the honor of facing Maryland.

	11-03-2002 11:09									#40
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when do we have to have this finished by?

	11-03-2002 19:21									#41
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Thursday morning.

I don't know about the rest of you... but I am extremely ticked off by some of the decisions the NCAA made. The one decision though that pisses me off to no end is the decision to make Gonzaga a #6 seed. A #6 SEED?!? HELLO??? They've been Top Ten for WEEKS and they're put behind teams like Indiana and on par with California that they could wipe the floor with easily?? The mid-majors get no respect.

On a personal note though, Gonzaga and Arizona, my two favorite teams, are slated to meet in the second round. That's both good and bad since I'll probably get to actually see it but it's going to make picking the West my personal hell...

	11-03-2002 19:49									#42
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The Tournament has almost no balance this year. The West is positively murderous, while Duke gets a red carpet on the way to the Final Four. (Of course, that always happens, and probably has more to do with Duke being in a league of their own.) Three of the "Big Six" conferences sent their champs to the West--Big 12, Big 10, Pac 10. Plus, you've got Cincy, and Gonzaga.

As to Gonzaga's #6 seed... on the one hand, at least they're not slotted #10 or #12 anymore. On the other, there is no way in hell that there are 20 teams in the country that are better than the Zags. #4 seed, at least. Oh well... I'm rooting for 'em, hope it's their year.

	11-03-2002 21:41									#43
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I gotten through all for regions, but when I click on "Save Picks and Proceed to Final Four" it gives me that ever-so-popular "Cannot find server" message. Why is Sportsline such crap? Is it just residual crap runoff from CBS?

	11-03-2002 21:57									#44
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First the site wouldn't let me make selections in the East Bracket.Now it won't let me open the East Bracket.I'm also in 5 other pools on Sportsline.None had this problem.

	11-03-2002 22:01									#45
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CNNSI uses the same bracket system (looks identical), and it just FLEW through. Sportsline is crap.

	11-03-2002 22:28									#46
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i made my east bracket picks, but now it won't let me pick a national champion

	12-03-2002 00:59									#47
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What browsers are you guys using? I had tons of problems using Netscape, but it just went through easily with IE... also, since it's the first day after the bracket picks, the server's probably really top-heavy. Tomorrow will probably be easier.

	12-03-2002 01:06									#48
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finally got all my picks (guesses) in. i'm using IE6, i figured all the page not found messages were from them being busy but i don't know why it wouldn't let me pick the champion (must've been an error like the one for the East bracket).

	12-03-2002 09:50									#49
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My picks are in, and I had no problems.

You boys can hang it up now, I've correctly picked Kansas over Duke for the National Championship.

	12-03-2002 10:21									#50
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quote: Originally posted by MBloomIII My picks are in, and I had no problems. You boys can hang it up now, I've correctly picked Kansas over Duke for the National Championship.

@ MBloomIII

My picks are in too... Oklahoma beats Connecticut to win it all. That's a bit more unlikely than your scenario, but we're not playing for money here, thank God. We'll save that for the office pool.

Has anybody here ever won a NCAA pool with over 10 players? I did once, back when Kentucky won the year that Tubby Smith took over. Pocketed $85 too.

	12-03-2002 19:19									#51
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I've run a few pools that had over $300, but, alas, I've never won.

Closest I came was when Florida gaytors made run to Final Four. I usually fill out 2 brackets , a likely and an unlikely. The unlikely bracket had the gaytors making the run. Came in 2nd with that one.

	12-03-2002 22:38									#52
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Has anybody here ever won a NCAA pool with over 10 players? I did once, back when Kentucky won the year that Tubby Smith took over. Pocketed $85 too.

Over the years, I've won our office pool 2 times, and finished in the money a bunch of times. We usually have 75 to 150 people.
I won 400 one year.

However, the last few years, I've sucked

So just a question... the deadline is noon on thursday?

	12-03-2002 22:52									#53
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deadline is 11am EST, thursday

	12-03-2002 22:52									#54
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11 AM, not noon.

I've made my picks, everybody. Here's the short form; let's see who's willing to follow my path to darkness

East Regional
1st Round upset specials: St. John's, Michigan St., Valparaiso
Sweet 16 bids: Maryland, Connecticut, Marquette, Texas Tech
Winner: Maryland over Connecticut

South Regional
1st Round upset specials: Kent St., Pennsylvania, Utah
Sweet 16 bids: Duke, Pittsburgh, USC, Kent St.
Winner: Duke over Pittsburgh

Midwest Regional
1st Round upset specials: Western Kentucky, Pepperdine
Sweet 16 bids: Kansas, Illinois, Texas, Pepperdine
Winner: Illinois over Texas

West Regional
1st Round upset specials: Mississippi, Missouri
Sweet 16 bids: Cincinnati, Oklahoma, Ohio St., Gonzaga
Winner: Oklahoma over Ohio St.

Final Four
Maryland over Illinois
Oklahoma over Duke
Maryland over Oklahoma for the championship

	12-03-2002 22:55									#55
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Oklahoma over Ohio State?

I got Gonzaga coming from that conference . But they lose to Duke

	12-03-2002 22:58									#56
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Oklahoma over Ohio State? I got Gonzaga coming from that conference . But they lose to Duke

I SO wanted to do that... put Gonzaga in the Final Four... but I think the Sooners will be too much for them. That's more of a "brain" pick than a "heart" pick... My two favorite teams will play each other in Round 2 (Gonzaga and Arizona) and I'll be rooting for whoever wins to run the table

	13-03-2002 08:34									#57
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My Final Four are Oklahoma (Gonzaga got so screwed), Duke, Kansas, and Maryland.

You can usually count on at least two or three double-digit seeds making it to the Sweet 16; I've got Providence and McNeese State and Penn for mine.

	14-03-2002 11:11									#58
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Last chance for people to sign up. Games start on Thursday.

I guess I really should make my selections. I've made them all for the money pools... now, I can make the "heart" picks, since no money is on the line

	14-03-2002 18:50									#59
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Only a few hours left before the games begin

	14-03-2002 18:51									#60
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Two hours left for people to make picks.

(Adam, Ming, orange, MacTBone... THIS MEANS YOU)