DU 2011 NCAA Pool

[Hokie]

I set up a Yahoo pool for DU again this year. If you participated in 2010 you should have received an email inviting you. You can also use following link to enter:
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=69075&P=dupool2011 If you need the password it is "dupool2011"

The scoring system is the same as in previous years: 1-3-5-8-11-15 for each winner in rounds 1 through 6 respectively. The brackets will be open after the parings are announced tonight. The pool does not include the "play-in" games. You have until the first tipoff Thursday to complete your brackets. I set the maximum number of brackets to 3 this year.

Good luck everyone.

[joeybee12]

1. This year I am flipping a coin for each pick...

That way I can't do worse than last year!

[Ptah]

2. Thanks.

:thumbsup:

[brendan120678]

3. I'm in.

While my team (St. John's) is likely going to be upset by Gonzaga in the first round, I'm still hoping they'll at least get to the second, where they will be promptly trounced by BYU.

[chollybocker]

4. Kick.

In.

Just for kicks, I added a 2nd bracket, StraightUp; i.e., every favorite by seeding wins, with Ohio/Kansas in the finals.

Good luck to all bracketeers.

[joeybee12]

5. Sorry Hokie, my work computer was blocking me today...

I waited until the last minute and couldn't get in!

[El Supremo]

6. You've got 'till 12:15 PM (EDT) Thursday

These play-in games don't count. Or not exactly.

[Condem]

7. One bullet, wussies.

The losers who enter two, three or four brackets are gutless. "Yeah, I won the pool. With bracket # 7!!"

[El Supremo]

9. I agree!

Hokie is allowing only 3 brackets this year, but still...

I will try to enter President Gutless' Obama's bracket tomorrow.

[Condem]

10. Hey, every bunny.

TruTV is in HD!!!!!! UNC-Asheville.

[El Supremo]

11. I Jesse Ventura announcing?

I'm watching the NIT on ESPN2. UNM is ahead of UTEP.

[joeybee12]

15. Really? Thanks...I'll do it today!!!!

I knew you'd be good for something...some day!

[Kingofalldems]

8. I'm the defending champion--Mr Clean

I didn't get an email.

[El Supremo]

12. Winners have to figure it out themselves.

:evilgrin:

[Kingofalldems]

13. As Charlie Sheen says: Winner!

I think I can do this.

[Hokie]

35. Not sure why you didn't get the email

yahoo should have notified everyone who was in the group last year. I am glad you got entered. If Notre Dame wins you will win again!

[JonLP24]

14. Finished my bracket

I really have no clue and I went upset crazy with it. I know there are going to be upsets, I have no clue which ones.

[El Supremo]

16. Like your Cactus League Rockies logo!

[JonLP24]

17. Thanks!

I saw it on a billboard advertising Talking Stick yesterday and figured I had to have it. Had to get a little creative as I could only find one image online and it was blurry.

[El Supremo]

18. President Obama's bracket is entered.

After getting shellacked last year he is being conservative this year. (Pun intended)

His biggest upset is Richmond over Vanderbilt.


See the video here: http://espn.go.com/

[charlie and algernon]

19. noticed he has very few decent upsets

all the 1 seeds making the final four.

[Cant trust em]

20. There are just too many DU pools.

I'm in one that LynneSin started.

[WolverineDG]

21. Don't laugh at my "Flip a Coin" bracket

because that's what I did to pick teams for this one. :) How do you enter more than 1? I want to enter my much more serious bracket here too. :)

dg

[get the red out]

22. Great! I didn't know about this!

Fun stuff.

GO BIG BLUE!!!!!! (There has to be some benefit to being a Kentuckian)

[Kingofalldems]

23. I'm in as Mr. Clean

[joeybee12]

24. And my pick for National Champ is.....St. Peter's!!!

I said I was going to flip a coin...heads the higher ranked team would win, tails the lower-ranked...kept to it and this was the result...should be interesting.

Oh, and I called myself dupool2011 because I put that in thinking they wanted the group name, not what I wanted to call myself...couldn't figure out how to change that.

[WolverineDG]

25. Don't feel too bad

I flipped a coin to make this bracket too, before adding my more serious one. I have NC Asheville making it to the Final Four & Akron upending Notre Dame. :rofl:

dg

[joeybee12]

26. I should add a serious one, but, like you, last year I did so badly...

I figured flipping a coin would be better!

[WolverineDG]

27. A lot of it is good guess work, with a little luck thrown in

Last year, I found a really neat site that helped me fill out my brackets & did a lot better, even than a friend who actually follows college basket ball. :) I couldn't find it this year, though. :( I do better each year, strangely enough. Give it a shot. You still have a few more hours. :)

dg

[Renew Deal]

29. I hope they do well

But I don't think it's going to happen. I hope all the NY based teams do well. St. Johns, St. Peters, and LIU. LIU is playing UNC. I'm not sure that's going to go anywhere. ;)

[joeybee12]

30. My coin picked UNC...

for the most part I have upsets all over the place.

[Renew Deal]

31. Mine picked Duke but,

I had a Duke, Princeton, Louisville, Utah St. Final 4.

Duke over Louisville. At least that's plausible.

[joeybee12]

32. OSU is the only #1 that made it to the final four...they lose to SDSU

who loses to St Pete's.

[Renew Deal]

33. A dream come true.

That would be amazing. lol

[Renew Deal]

28. I'm in

:bounce:

[Hokie]

34. NCAA Pool standings after opening round

http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/69075/standings

1 El Supremo 29
2 President Barack Obama 28
3 Renew Deal 26

I believe President Obama's was filled out incorrectly and he should be tied with 29. (Compared with the official White House version)

(Hokie doesn't look very good at this point.)

[El Supremo]

36. Which one did I get wrong?

UCLA/Michigan?

Damn, just delete the bracket.

[Hokie]

37. Obama picked Marquette.

You had Xavier on the bracket. It is no big deal. I only found it because I had President Obama's picks in another pool. It just adds one point and since he picked Syracuse in the next game that is all it will matter is one point.

[Hokie]

38. Standings after 2nd Round

#'s are correct picks - total picks - points - maximum possible points

1 President Barack Obama* El Supremo 38 of 48 58 149
2 Real Bracket EC 35 of 48 57 143
3 Renew Deal Renew Deal 36 of 48 56 147
3 El Supremo El Supremo 38 of 48 56 123
5 StraightUp chase0x 35 of 48 55 146
6 NoGOPZone McClatchey 33 of 48 53 144
6 ccjlld Jenifer Baker 33 of 48 53 139
8 ASU Jonathan Priddy 34 of 48 52 138
8 BBB2 Brendan 32 of 48 52 138
10 MIA-UMD2 sogol13 32 of 48 50 102

Sorry about the formatting.

* Barack Obama actually has 59 points.

[Hokie]

39. NCAA Pool Standings Going into the Final Weekend

Here are the standings after the regional finals. I all comes down to the Kentucky - UConn game. If Kentucky wins then get the red out's bracket wins. If UConn wins then President Obama wins.

[chollybocker]

40. Yeah. Thanks.

:eyes:

I suck. Yet, I can still get another point! (??)

Congrats to get the red out for picking Butler and KU. Whoa.

[Hokie]

41. Final Standings

President Obama won the pool this year even without picking any of the final 4. thanks everyone for playing. It was a tough year to pick.

Rank

1 President Barack Obama (Kansas) 78
2 Real Bracket (Kansas) 77
3 get the red out's bracket (Kentucky) 77
4 ccjlld (Kansas) 76
5 NoGOPZone (Ohio St.) 73
6 Renew Deal (Kansas) 71
7 littlewing (Kansas) 70
8 StraightUp (Ohio St.) 70
9 Condem (Pittsburgh) 68
10 El Supremo (Kansas) 66
11 MIA-UMD2 (Syracuse) 65
12 Ptah (Kentucky) 63
13 Pickin and Grinnin (Ohio St.) 62
14 BBB2 (Kansas) 62
15 Charlie and Algernon (Ohio St.) 61
16 Flip a Coin (Kentucky) 60
17 ASU (Ohio St.) 57
18 Hokie-1 (Duke) 53
19 Mr. Clean (Notre Dame) 53
20 chollybuckets (Ohio St.) 47
21 happyiowan (Pittsburgh) 42
22 dupool2011 (St. Peter's) 34
23 Redbear's Rebounds (Kansas) 31