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That's right, Selection Sunday is on 13 March. So, it's time for that annual rite of Spring, the CoN NCAA Tournament Pool. March Madness is on, and I want to see how many of you guys pick my alma mater to fall in the first round. We've gotten a lot bigger over the past year, so I'd like to see a TON of people in this. I think we had 12 or 13 last year, how about 20 this time around?

To join, just go to http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/men and have a Yahoo ID ready (or sign up for one while you're there - it's a requirement to participate).

Here's the info you need to sign up.

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Group ID#   10554
Group Name  CoN
Group Password  iheartcon

Let us all know what your team name is when you get signed up, so we know who's who. Mine is currently "CoN" because I put the wrong thing in the wrong box. Oops.

We'll figure out what the prize is later.

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 4th March 2005 20:08

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Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Totally in. Nobody stands a chance.

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This is the year of the Bobbo. I smell a CoN NCAA Tournament win this year.

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im there, and i already got my final four set! lets go 'cuse!

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- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

Returning (wannabe) champ has to enter this dealy. Lemme hear a "repeat!"

Except Neal entered again which means I'll win by technicality at best.

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I find your lack of faith disturbing...

I had fun watching my points going up for no reason last year, so yeah, I'm there.

Power of the French Mojo...

Tough call this year, but I'm up for it. Count me in.

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Best. Idea. Ever.

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im there, and i already got my final four set! lets go 'cuse!

..before the conference tourneys? Or for that matter, SELECTION SUNDAY?? Pretty bold. Or irrational, but it's your call.

Too bad the SEC blooows this year, guess I have to root for Kentucky and "Bama". Which coming from an Auburn guy, says a lot.

Come on, the ACC's the place to be...

Even if my Wahoos are seventh in it. Stupid being better than every other conference....

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Oh, and count me in, and pray that there isn't money invovled

This post has been edited by laszlow on 5th March 2005 03:35

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I'm definitely in. I'm going against 90% of the world and cheering for the Pac 10! Zona and Washington will make some noise and earn a little respect. Although my favorite team is Oregon...but anyways, don't call me a Homer, cuz I don't even live near Pac 10 territory.

I'm in. I usually suck at picking brackets, but it's fun nonetheless.

I'm in as Kharmic Strike.

And though I'm a UGA Bulldawg, I still have a special place in my heart for ACC basketball. Go Heels!

I had it in the bag until stupid Duke collapsed in the last 3 minutes last year... time to finally win a pool in my favorite sport.

I'm The New Danger.

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Quote (Gears @ 8th March 2005 18:00)

I had it in the bag until stupid Duke collapsed in the last 3 minutes last year... time to finally win a pool in my favorite sport.

I'm The New Danger.

I don't think it would be the same if it didn't bring some of the oldbies out of the woodwork.

I think I'll IM Gerad.

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Ahh, Selection Sunday. It should be a national holiday. Though, it's Sunday and you're not at work anyway I guess....

Ehh, I think this is the year the downtrodden 16s knock off a 1. Sorrry Illinoiz!

Holy crap... my Wolfpack made it in. Charlotte, beware.

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Don't forget, you have until Thursday morning to sign up and get your picks in, and picks can be done anytime between now and the tipoff of the first game.

Even if you don't know basketball, you should get in. People who have been here a few years will no doubt remember the year Elena99 won it having never really watched a game in her life.

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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?

It seems that way here at work, too. We have a company wide pool that pays 250 bucks for first place, and last year a girl won. Not that that's unusual or anything, but the method of her picking the teams that she did was that she liked the mascot of one over the other.

This post has been edited by Hamedo on 14th March 2005 14:02

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Quote (Hamedo @ 14th March 2005 08:20)

Holy crap... my Wolfpack made it in.  Charlotte, beware.

UNR or NC State?

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Forget I asked. I'm an idiot for not noticing the last two words of Hamedo's post.

This post has been edited by laszlow on 14th March 2005 15:32

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io, Gerad, and Super Moogle, get your stuff together. You have under a day left now to get picks in!

Last chance to sign up too!

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

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I'm in! The Brett Favres will reign supreme! I don't follow the NCAA so much, but I'd like to see how my picks go. Gotta root for the team close to my college, Syracuse baby! Stop laughing.

I have joined as well. I belive my picks are cleverly named Tourney1.

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oh dammit...well my bracket has nearly been destroyed this year. with GaTech and Cuse down, thats 2 of my final four. oh well, good luck to everyone else tho!

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- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

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oh dammit...well my bracket has nearly been destroyed this year.

I think there are very few out there who couldn't say the same.


Now I'm routing for everyone's else's hopes and dreams to be destroyed. I hope Louisville, Duke, and OK ST all choke.

Go Illinois!

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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"

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Go Illinois!

Hey, Bandwagon Boy, if all the teams you mentioned choke and Illinois wins the tournament, you still may not 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?

My brackets are in the toilet, but NC State and Mich. State are still in it.... so I'll gladly swap out winning the picks for one of those two making the final four. NCSU has to beat Wisconsin, then UNC or Villanova in the elite 8.... *whew*

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Well, somehow my sleeper pick of LSU was bogus, and Utah wasn't. This year has been really insane, I still have half of my elite eight and three of my final four (ACC's the place to be, mofo) and I seem to be better off than alot of people.

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And Shiite, Rangers still has all four of in the semis, and they all seem to be intelligent choices based on what's happened thus far. I'm scared.

The only surefire way I can win is if ALL FOUR top seeds advance and UNC beats Illinois in the final. That'll make me the highest-scoring bettor with six out of seven final spots correct. So I'm screwed.

This post has been edited by laszlow on 22nd March 2005 19:17

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Quote (Rangers51 @ 22nd March 2005 06:37)

Quote (Tidu-who @ 22nd March 2005 03:27)

Go Illinois!

Hey, Bandwagon Boy, if all the teams you mentioned choke and Illinois wins the tournament, you still may not win.

I'm an Illinois guy always, I don't go to any of their games or anything, but I always root for them. I'm definitely not bandwagon. I had them going to the Elite Eight last year beating Duke, man if that had happened how great would that have been.

If Illinois beats UNC, I think I'll win with those team chokes. I don't think anyone else in contention has Illinois over UNC, and we have pretty much the same picks for everything else and I'm two points up, which is always nice.



Hmm...I just found a difference between this and my money pool. I picked OK ST over Zona on here....now I'm extremely torn.

This post has been edited by Tidu-who on 22nd March 2005 18:42

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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"

Illinois has been playing like trash until the final 7 minutes of every game. Whoever wins between Ok. St. and Zona will beat Illinois, and I hope it's Zona. I would love to see Washington and Zona make the final 4 and get the East Coast people crying...and this is coming from a Michigan resident.