CoN 25th Anniversary: 1997-2022
CoNCAA 2022: I Two-Two-Twoose You

Posted: 5th March 2022 18:34

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Oh, yes, the Earth still exists, and so does basketball, and so does March. So it's time to play.

https://narshe.me/CoNCAA2022

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 13, at around 5pm Eastern time. The games that fully matter start this year on March 17, but brackets may not lock until just before noon on March 17 - we're still waiting on confirmation from ESPN on that.

Again, the best time to make picks is between the evening on March 13 and midday on March 17, 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!


Player List:

Illini to NOLA Confirmed - R51
March Sadness - Stiltzkin
Another PurBlue March - Neal
20 Years of This Madness - Tidu
The Barbados Slims - EvilEye
tingus pingus - Kappa
Totally Clueless - AltheaValara
CoNzaga - Cefca
The Villanova Bard - Harlequin/Calc
Sally's Sillies - Salamando
Alex's Uninformed Picks - Death_Penalty
Don't let me forget again - LeviathanMist
Its Always Gabe Kansas - Gabe
LOL MD 13 - LOL Turgeon - Super_Moogle

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 17th March 2022 13:58

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Posted: 7th March 2022 17:10

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20 Years of This Madness reporting for duty.


Confirming that yes, those throw-away emails still work!

This post has been edited by Tidu-who on 7th March 2022 17:12

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Posted: 14th March 2022 12:30

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Brackets are now available for picks, for anyone who might have seen this but not yet signed up.

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Posted: 14th March 2022 22:31

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Brackets are now available for picks, for anyone who might have seen this but not yet signed up.

Oh, fine. I expect to do terribly.

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Posted: 15th March 2022 01:35

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Brackets are now available for picks, for anyone who might have seen this but not yet signed up.

Oh, fine. I expect to do terribly.

I say it every year, but I almost always do terribly. And I still feel like I should actually... know something.

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Posted: 16th March 2022 20:17

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This is the first year I have entered in which my usual champion pick is out from the get-go. Do better next year, Oregon.
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Posted: 17th March 2022 18:45

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I saw my email reminder with just enough time left to pick a generic bracket (based on "the people's bracket"). I immediately attempted to edit it with some thoughtful picks, but the first game had started and I was locked out.

So here's my bracket for this year, the Last Minute Returners. Go Gonzaga!?
https://fantasy.espn.com/tournament-challen...ntryID=71948168
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Posted: 5th April 2022 03:47

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YO LETS GOOOOOO

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Posted: 5th April 2022 15:06

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As usual, my randomly picked brackets did better than the one I actually tried with. laugh.gif

Still, I'm happy with joint 6th!
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Posted: 6th April 2022 00:08

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I want to call out Althea, who had a pretty good run to finish middle of the pack for her first time out! I think that joint fourth is the highest I've done in quite a while myself.

Edit: since ESPN won't keep these forever:

1. Gabe
2. Stiltzkin
3. Kappa

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 10th April 2023 18:38

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