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It's that time of the year again, folks. It's almost March Madness -- March 14th marks Selection Sunday when the 65 teams for the NCAA tournament will be set. In order to get as many people in the CoN pool as possible, I went ahead and made the group early. All you'll need to join in the madness is a Yahoo ID.

To join the group, go here: http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/men

Group Name: Caves of Narshe
Group ID: 1088
Password: conrox

Let me know if anyone needs anything more, or if there's a more accurate link to the join page.

I have joined as Poque.

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The prize is a custom title, lasting two months, and the CoN reserves the right to not accept titles that contain foul language, intolerant behaviour or anything against the CoN rules. Since there are staff members competing in this competition, the highest-scoring non-staff member will win the custom title, provided there are at least 8 non-staff participants.

This post has been edited by Neal on 5th March 2004 19:32

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Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

I'm in, my team name is "Let the webmaster win."

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

I'll probably get torn to tiny bits what with knowing nothing about basketball, but...

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I'm in now. The Eldar Basketcases is the team i've taken.
Come on, Caz and Thou! Lets show our North American friends that us Europeans know (not) a thing or two about ... what sport is it again?

This post has been edited by Del S on 6th March 2004 10:34

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"Only the dead have seen the end of their quotes being misattributed to Plato."
-George Santayana

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..."
-Abraham Lincoln, prior to the discovery of Irony.

hmm im in.
team: ScotchMist

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Failure is not an option. its an art form

Even though I don't know squat about college basketball, I joined in.
My team is "Power of the French Mojo".
Fear my luck.

this is just one of 8 different pools I'm partaking in, however only 3 are for money... but a custom title is better than cash

I am the funk monkey....

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"When I turn the page
The corner bends into the perfect dog ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again
But at the time, I didn't see it."

~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear

im in this looks cool.

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One thing / I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
In the End by Linkin park

I know nothing about college basketball either but tournaments are cool. Well I'm "Pyro-GX Pilots of the Highway". Fear my luck.

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FFXI (Siren server)
Tauu the Windurstian Tarutaru!
White Mage & Paladin

Just wtf is "basketball"?
[/pitifuljoke]

Seriously, I know next to nothing about basketball, but I'm in anyway. My luck is a dangerous ally.

My name reflects my av.

I'm The Laughing King

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

I have to be in. Let the trash talking commence!

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"Hit hard, hit first, hit often."

--Adm. William "Bull" Halsey, USN

Quote (Gerad @ 7th March 2004 18:43)

Let the trash talking commence!

Don't have to tell me twice

I'm not only going to call the field right next Sunday when the bracket comes out, I'm going to call who's going to be in the bracket:
*=already in

ACC-
Duke
Wake Forest
North Carolina
NC State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Virginia

Big East-
UConn
Pitt
Providence
Syracuse
Boston College
Seton Hall

A10-
St. Joes
Dayton

Big 10-
Michigan State
Illinois
Wisconsin
Purdue

Pac 10-
Stanford
Arizona
Washington

SEC-
Kentucky
Miss. St.
South Carolina
Florida
Vanderbilt
Alabama

Big 12-
Texas
OK St.
Kansas
Texas Tech
Mizzou
Colorado

Conf USA-
Louisville
Cincinatti
Memphis
Charlotte
UAB
Depaul

MAC-
Kent State
Western Mich.

MWC-
Air Force
BYU

WCC-
Gonzaga

Missouri Valley-
Southern Illi

Big West-
Utah State

Horizon-
UIC

America East-
Vermont

Big Sky-
Eastern Washington

Colonial Athletic-
George Mason

MAA-
Manhattan

MCC-
Valpo

MEC-
Coppin State

Northeast-
Monmouth

Patriot-
American U.

Southland-
Stephen F. Austin

SWAC-
Miss. Valley State

Sunbelt-
LA Lafeyette

WAC-
Texas El-Paso

Ivy-
Princeton*

Southern-
East Tenn St.*

Big South-
Liberty*

Atlantic Sun-
Cent. Florida*

Ohio Valley-
Murray State*

Anyone else wish to partake? Come on, Neal, Sabs, bring it!






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Hip-Hop QOTW:

"Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that
Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack
It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack
Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac"

"Game Theory"
The Roots

Well, I'm in but I've only paid limited attention to College Basketball this year.

*puts on sunshine coat*


GO St. Joe's! Yeah Baby! I always knew we'd take it!

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

Just wanted to point out that UIC locked up the Horizon league automatic berth last night. We're 24-7, and I have to think we'll be a 12-13 seed on selection Sunday. I'm hoping for a 12 seed, we've all seen the damage they've been able to do recently (Butler in the sweet 16 last year, Mizzou in the elite 8 two years ago, Temple in the elite 8 three years ago.) Hopefully if the selection Gods are on my side this year, I'll be able to go watch it in person (last time we made it, we were a 15 seed playing Oklahoma down in Texas )

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Hip-Hop QOTW:

"Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that
Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack
It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack
Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac"

"Game Theory"
The Roots

We have room for more people, guys! You can start making your picks tomorrow, so hurry up and sign up!

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

I'm in as Phoenix Dark, my other online moniker. Go ACC (because UGA didn't make it)!

Ok, I'm in.
Yahoo ID: cid0080
Team name: Flatware Minstrels

gogo Illinois-Chicago
(Don't believe me, I just used to live there)

Please, PLEASE, everyone quit the CoN team now! That's the only way I can win!
*Figaro gets down on his knees and begs.
No? Fine. Then, watch out. My buddy Luck just might have to come over there a pummel you.



Only a few days left people! JOIN NOW!

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

Perhaps I'm crazy dense, but what's a title and why do I want it customized? Is that the thing that usually reads like Cactuar, Magitek Soldier, Returner, and the like?

Yes, it is. The only reason you'd want it personalized is as a status symbol.
So everyone JOIN NOW.Oh, and I wish a sprained ankle on the legs of all non Illinos-Chicago player...(I have my title already picked )

Sweet. I will humbly accept the offered status symbol after I beat all of you mercilessly by the second round. That is all.

Thanks for folding like a cheap suit MSU... I think a drop-kick squa in the nuts would feel good right about now.

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"Hit hard, hit first, hit often."

--Adm. William "Bull" Halsey, USN

Yeah, I had Michigan State taking out Gonzaga. That hurts. And Illinois-Chicago pulled your standard 4 vs. 13 seed. Hats off to Pacific...jerks.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

I also had Michigan State taking out Gonzaga. I also had Providence taking out Kansas...oh well, 14 of my sweet 16 still have a shot...

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Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

My tournament luck: I get all the 5-12 games right (including the two 12 seed upsets) but get all the 8-9 games wrong. For the second year in a row . And my national champion pick had trouble beating UCF in the first round.
As for UIC, I could have told you there was no way we could handle them inside. Our best big man is friggin' 6-4. Ya can't win when you're getting outrebounded by a 3-1 margin.

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Hip-Hop QOTW:

"Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that
Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack
It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack
Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac"

"Game Theory"
The Roots

Brackets aside, what upsets does everyone see happening in round two? I think the St. Louis bracket is going to be clean and go 1-2-3-4, and the same with the Phoenix bracket. However...in East Rutherford, I see Pittsburgh losing to Wisconsin, and I can definitely see Manhattan beating Wake Forest. In Atlanta, I think North Carolina will beat Texas. Other than those three games, I think it's going to be pretty clean until the sweet sixteen.. then things get ugly.

Yes, the games have already started, but be honest and say who you thought when the day began.

This post has been edited by Neal on 20th March 2004 20:29

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Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

Really the only upset I called was UNC over texas, but it's possible that (aside from Gonzaga, if they keep playing like they are - 15 back at the half) St. Joes will be another one to fall today. If there are any crazy upsets that no one sees coming, I think this one will be it. Except...I guess I see it coming. Oh well.

Also, none of my sweet 16 teams have lost yet. Woo!

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Holy crap. Could I have been more wrong? There were only 3 teams that WEREN'T upset, and two of them I called upset against. What a horrible day. Ah well, Duke's still poised to win it all. And then I will win. And all of you will lose.

This post has been edited by io_rage on 21st March 2004 04:39

Stanford. WTF were you thinking when you decided to go ahead and lose. North Carolina, same goes to you. I predicted the Gonzaga loss, just with the wrong team. Everything else went smooth. Now then, tomorrow:

Wisconsin over Pitt (gotta go home state)
and
Illinois over Cincinatti (gotta go my 5 minute walk across the border state)

All my others are High Seed.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

cant believe gonzaga got beat by a 7th seat, and Xavier beat a 2nd seat..... Those are two huge upsets... its going to be good....

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"Isn't ramza a girls name?" -me

i havent changed my avatar or anything in a long time! time for a change yall!

Quote (Tidu-who @ 20th March 2004 23:39)

Stanford. WTF were you thinking when you decided to go ahead and lose. North Carolina, same goes to you.

Same goes to Kentucky, Miss. St, and NC State. Wow.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

Yeah, there seems to be a need to make up for the lack of first-round upsets in the second round. Lot of people got crazy messed up yesterday and today. For me, today totally makes up for yesterday as Miss. State, Kentucky, and Wisconsin all lost, and also Tech won. Boo yah. Once UConn loses to Duke in the Final Four, I'll be home free.

I do hate Phoenix, though. I'll go ahead and put that out there.