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CoNCAA 2023: Ugh, more forum awards?!

Posted: 28th February 2023 17:16

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The weather outside is frightful (if you live in the North... it's 80 today at my house), but Spring is just around the corner. That means it's time for basketball.

https://narshe.me/CoNCAA2023

Group Name: CoNCAA
Password: flanitor

Here's more info, stolen liberally as usual from prior years:
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We want people to play even if they don't care about sports. So spare me your posts about "what game is this? Does it have a ball?" it doesn't matter. The fun is in the guessing. Our provider, ESPN, will let you create an account with social media, and it will help you make picks any time you want, so you can put in as much or as little work as you feel like. If you run into problems, feel free to ask questions in here or in Discord.

You can make automatic picks any time, though they will be boring picks. So you can sign up now, click a button, and forget about it if you want. Or you can click the button and come back later to make "better" picks. We will know what teams are in the bracket on March 12, at around 7pm Eastern time. The games that fully matter start this year on March 16, and brackets tend to lock right before noon Eastern on March 16.

Again, the best time to make picks is between the evening on March 12 and the morning of March 16, so plan on doing it within that window. If you sign up ASAP, I'll remind you via email, social media posts, and in this thread.

Hope to see you playing!


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  • B1G Out By S16 - R51
  • Totally Clueless - AltheaValara
  • Giant Teen Baby - Neal
  • Alabama PR Department - Kappa
  • Washington CoNmanders - Cefca
  • LOL MD 14 - LOL Willard - Super Moogle
  • Vasectomy Season - EvilEye
  • This is the way... out - Stiltzkin
  • Me? Gonzaga. - Harlequin/c_calculus
  • Failure is inevitable - LeviathanMist


This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 16th March 2023 14:00

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Posted: 1st March 2023 01:04

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My annual pop-in to catch CoNCAA worked perfectly this year, and as soon as ESPN .com stops being ridiculous and lets me sign in again, I'll set up my bracket even though I'm only knowledgeable enough to try beating the guessing strategy.
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Posted: 13th March 2023 14:48

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Well, I'm in again with my "Totally Clueless" bracket. This time I picked based on college names that sounded more pleasing to me, haha. We'll see how well I do!

Thanks for running this - right now I need all the distractions I can get.

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Posted: 13th March 2023 18:41

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Quote (AltheaValara @ 13th March 2023 08:48)
Well, I'm in again with my "Totally Clueless" bracket. This time I picked based on college names that sounded more pleasing to me, haha. We'll see how well I do!

Thanks for running this - right now I need all the distractions I can get.

All I do is click links and harass people to sign up, but I'll take whatever credit you want to give. biggrin.gif

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Posted: 19th March 2023 00:00

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I'm sad that ESPN's website never cooperated with me, but with all the upsets so far, I feel like I'd already be out of contention.
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Posted: 21st March 2023 19:37
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Quote (Kane @ 19th March 2023 00:00)
I'm sad that ESPN's website never cooperated with me, but with all the upsets so far, I feel like I'd already be out of contention.

Is it possible to actually contact the ESPN website as I failed to do this myself last year?
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Posted: 25th March 2023 04:21

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Time to retire.
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Posted: 26th March 2023 02:31

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aww darn, i missed this

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Posted: 26th March 2023 23:29

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Well folks, that's a wrap. The tournament isn't over, but every single position in CoNCAA 2023 is now locked in. Congrats to this year's top three!
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Posted: 27th March 2023 19:10

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Quote (LeviathanMist @ 26th March 2023 17:29)
Well folks, that's a wrap. The tournament isn't over, but every single position in CoNCAA 2023 is now locked in. Congrats to this year's top three!

I hadn't caught that, that's amazing. What an absolute trainwreck of a tournament, it's been one of the most fun in years.

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Posted: 10th April 2023 13:35

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For posterity:

1. Stiltzkin
2. Neal
3. Super Moogle

Yay congrats etc.

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Posted: 12th April 2023 23:40

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I belatedly heard about how insane the results were this year.

I definitely missed A Thing.

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