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NeedfulKings
03-12-2016, 04:04 PM
I'll post the group link tomorrow afternoon. BE READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Randall Flagg
03-13-2016, 12:14 PM
Woo Hoo!

NeedfulKings
03-13-2016, 03:21 PM
Get in the game!!! Link Below:

http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2016/en/group?groupID=14700


One entry per person
Dt.org members only
Two trophies awarded (1st and 2nd places)
Password - roland


:)

Merlin1958
03-13-2016, 08:32 PM
I'm in

ELazansky
03-14-2016, 03:07 AM
I'm in.

NeedfulKings
03-14-2016, 07:19 PM
We're up to 7 players! My odds are decreasing!!! Games start Thursday (minus the play-in games).

Merlin1958
03-14-2016, 07:23 PM
Could this finally be my year???????? LOL LOL

NeedfulKings
03-14-2016, 08:51 PM
Could this finally be my year???????? LOL LOL

I'm pulling for you, buddy. :)

I'm pulling for me too!!!! :cool:

Mattrick
03-15-2016, 02:53 AM
Student atholetes you say?

Randall Flagg
03-15-2016, 11:31 AM
I'm in.

NeedfulKings
03-16-2016, 07:43 PM
13 players so far. Who's gonna get lucky!!??!!

BedOfRoses
03-16-2016, 07:43 PM
I'm in! :biggrin:

RUBE
03-17-2016, 06:12 AM
I am debating whether I should be a homer. I rarely do well anyway so why not.

Merlin1958
03-17-2016, 06:34 PM
Cautiously optimistic at this time!!! LOL LOL LOL

NeedfulKings
03-17-2016, 07:01 PM
I am debating whether I should be a homer. I rarely do well anyway so why not.

A&M? I've got 'em into the Final 4.

Merlin1958
03-17-2016, 07:03 PM
I am debating whether I should be a homer. I rarely do well anyway so why not.

A&M? I've got 'em into the Final 4.

LOL Well, things are looking up!!! LOL

RUBE
03-17-2016, 08:22 PM
Yeah, A&M. You haven't had them let you down as much as I have. I still went with them though, partly because I don't trust Oregon or Oklahoma.


I need to take a picture of the standings because this will probably be the last time I am in the lead. Every year I seem to do pretty good with round one and then collapse afterwards.

divemaster
03-18-2016, 12:36 AM
I also have Texas A&M in the Final Four.

From day 1...

The Good: I picked AR-Little Rock to beat Purdue
The Bad: I picked Iona to beat Iowa State (and to make the Sweet 16)
The Ugly: FU Arizona! FU Seton Hall! Sweet 16 my ass!

NeedfulKings
03-18-2016, 12:58 PM
Sh!t.

Brackets have just imploded......

And my (not-so) mighty Oregon State is heading for the couch too.

Randall Flagg
03-18-2016, 01:13 PM
A few people just had their bracket busted.

divemaster
03-18-2016, 01:17 PM
Yep. Michigan State was my "champion." Right into the shitter.

Merlin1958
03-18-2016, 01:48 PM
LOL Izzo's fucks me when I don't pick him and now when I do!!! LOL Fortunately I only had then going to the Elite Eight.

Jon
03-18-2016, 01:51 PM
I don't understand. The ball is round and not egg shaped. How do they know where the line of scrimmage is without yard markers?

Merlin1958
03-18-2016, 03:06 PM
It's madness I tell you, Madness!!! LOL LOL LOL

RUBE
03-18-2016, 08:54 PM
My bracket is dead in the water unless everyone else's national champ pick loses as well. So yeah, I'm tied for the lead and still done.

At least this craziness is fun to watch.

divemaster
03-19-2016, 12:35 PM
For me, it's a tale of two brackets:

EXCELLENT
EAST: I went perfect in the first round, picking 8/8 winners (including a good call on 14 SF Austin over 3 W. Virginia)
WEST: I went 7/8 (only loss was Baylor), with good calls on Northern Illinois and VCU

DUMPSTER FIRE
SOUTH: Only 3 winners (the 1, 2, and 3 seeds--how hard was that?); everything else was a loss
MIDWEST: I went 4 for 8, including a good call on AR-Little Rock, but lost 3 Sweet 16 teams and of course Michigan St., who I had winning it all. The Midwest is a sea of red marks for me :(

Randall Flagg
03-20-2016, 10:14 AM
I'm pretty much screwed. I had Kansas vs. Kentucky as the final. Half my bracket is dead.

Merlin1958
03-20-2016, 02:39 PM
I think I'm still in this thing. I have Kansas vs UNC in the final. Let's hear it for Notre Dame as well though, I have them losing to Xavier.

NeedfulKings
03-20-2016, 03:11 PM
I think I'm still in this thing. I have Kansas vs UNC in the final. Let's hear it for Notre Dame as well though, I have them losing to Xavier.

I've got Kansas/UNC with UNC winning....that would be epic. :evil:

Merlin1958
03-20-2016, 03:40 PM
I think I'm still in this thing. I have Kansas vs UNC in the final. Let's hear it for Notre Dame as well though, I have them losing to Xavier.

I've got Kansas/UNC with UNC winning....that would be epic. :evil:

I have Kansas, let the madness ensue!!! LOL

RUBE
03-20-2016, 08:30 PM
I may be done but at least A&M pulled off the shocking comeback to make the sweet sixteen.

Joe315
03-20-2016, 08:35 PM
The A&M game was crazy. Any of you Aggies fans turn the tv off too soon?

RUBE
03-20-2016, 08:42 PM
I was watching to the end no matter what and was rewarded for it.

thegunslinger41
03-21-2016, 06:10 AM
Not only did I change the channel on the aggie game, I went ahead and deleted the game from my dvr!!!!! .... obly to find out layet that they had somehow won the game. ..and worst is all, I had deleted it. So crazy.

ELazansky
03-21-2016, 06:40 AM
How about this statistic from ESPN:

After a wild day of games that included some upsets and some near-shockers, just 17 of the 13 million-plus brackets in Tournament Challenge correctly picked the entire Sweet 16.

Merlin1958
03-24-2016, 05:34 PM
Amazing!!!

NeedfulKings
03-24-2016, 06:08 PM
How about this statistic from ESPN:

After a wild day of games that included some upsets and some near-shockers, just 17 of the 13 million-plus brackets in Tournament Challenge correctly picked the entire Sweet 16.

I would have guessed a lower number, lol. Madness I tell ya!

Merlin1958
03-26-2016, 03:12 PM
Oregon, you're killing me!!! LOL

NeedfulKings
03-27-2016, 08:01 AM
Wow - only two teams left in our contest. It would be an epic game if OK and UNC made the finals. That said, 2 number twos left the tourney yesterday. Let's see what happens today!

Kingfan24
03-28-2016, 09:52 AM
Wow! Went from worst to first, literally.

RUBE
03-28-2016, 05:57 PM
This is officially the worst I have ever picked. Oh well. The NFL draft is soon so its back to football (with a brief pause to watch the Spurs versus the Warriors in the NBA playoffs if it happens.)

Lurker
04-02-2016, 11:20 PM
DAMN!

divemaster
04-03-2016, 12:34 PM
So I guess if Villanova wins, then Bill (merlin) wins; but if UNC wins, then the honors go to Joe315.

Do I have that right?

Joe315
04-03-2016, 01:44 PM
Yep. That's how I see it.

Good luck Bill!

RUBE
04-04-2016, 08:11 PM
After a few boring rounds, that was a great game to end the season on. Congratulaions to Merlin.

NeedfulKings
04-04-2016, 09:44 PM
Great contest! We're going through some family issues, so I'll get in later to make a bigger to-do. But congrats to the winners!!!!!

Merlin1958
04-04-2016, 11:29 PM
Hot Damn!!!!

Ben Staad
04-05-2016, 04:10 AM
Sounds like you won...Is that correct? If so congrats!


Hot Damn!!!!

NeedfulKings
04-08-2016, 08:49 PM
Congratulations to Merlin and Joe!!! Thanks to NC, the trophies were taken right from under my nose!

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/bookking/IMG_5381.jpg (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/bookking/media/IMG_5381.jpg.html)

I'll try to get these in the mail soon. As I eluded to earlier, we are having a pretty serious family health issue with my brother. He's not a Stephen King fan, or a fan of NCAA basketball, but I will hold neither of those against him. He needs major prayers.

Thanks for playing everyone! It was a great tournament and shows just how important those pesky little 1st and 2nd round points can be.

Joe315
04-08-2016, 10:56 PM
Thanks! And don't rush. Take care of your family first, the trophies can wait.

Merlin1958
02-14-2017, 06:11 PM
Am I the only one cranked about this year's tournament already? BTW we need a thread title change!!!!! I'm a Duke fan, but I've been keeping an eye on the Zag's this year and though they don't play anyone, they have an awesome looking team this year!!!

NeedfulKings
02-14-2017, 08:59 PM
Oh yes....I'll get a new thread up once the Madness begins! I like the Zags as well, but am not sure they can pull their weight in the big dance. That said...they may find their way to the top of my bracket. Who knows!

Merlin1958
02-25-2017, 02:28 PM
I'll offer a $20 donation for the winner to the HF. The Zags look very good, Karnowski and Goss, but they never play anyone!!!! lol

NeedfulKings
02-26-2017, 07:41 AM
I'll offer a $20 donation for the winner to the HF. The Zags look very good, Karnowski and Goss, but they never play anyone!!!! lol

Agreed.

Thanks for the HF donation. You are the man!!!

Ben Staad
02-26-2017, 10:02 AM
They played BYU!



I'll offer a $20 donation for the winner to the HF. The Zags look very good, Karnowski and Goss, but they never play anyone!!!! lol

Agreed.

Thanks for the HF donation. You are the man!!!

Merlin1958
02-26-2017, 04:19 PM
They played BYU!



I'll offer a $20 donation for the winner to the HF. The Zags look very good, Karnowski and Goss, but they never play anyone!!!! lol



Agreed.

Thanks for the HF donation. You are the man!!!


Yeah, and they beat them. I just meant it ain't like in the ACC. Those guys are duking it out almost daily. I actually think its a good thing the Zags lost. I'd hate to see them carry an unbeaten streak like that into the dance.

Ben Staad
02-27-2017, 05:34 AM
I agree with that. There are much tougher schedules out there but the Zags obviously have a solid team.



They played BYU!



I'll offer a $20 donation for the winner to the HF. The Zags look very good, Karnowski and Goss, but they never play anyone!!!! lol



Agreed.

Thanks for the HF donation. You are the man!!!


Yeah, and they beat them. I just meant it ain't like in the ACC. Those guys are duking it out almost daily. I actually think its a good thing the Zags lost. I'd hate to see them carry an unbeaten streak like that into the dance.

Merlin1958
02-28-2017, 03:27 PM
I agree with that. There are much tougher schedules out there but the Zags obviously have a solid team.



They played BYU!



I'll offer a $20 donation for the winner to the HF. The Zags look very good, Karnowski and Goss, but they never play anyone!!!! lol



Agreed.

Thanks for the HF donation. You are the man!!!


Yeah, and they beat them. I just meant it ain't like in the ACC. Those guys are duking it out almost daily. I actually think its a good thing the Zags lost. I'd hate to see them carry an unbeaten streak like that into the dance.


I really want to like the, Zags. They are my kinda team, with 2-7 footers and an all around guy like, Goss. I'll probably have them going to the elite eight at least. I still love, Duke, but NC is a monster. Not to mention, Kansas, Louisville and just about anyone else in the ACC that gets "hot"!!! Bring on the corned beef and nacho's!!! It's about to get "crazy up in here"!!! lol Conference Tournaments begin shortly!!!

Merlin1958
03-04-2017, 02:35 PM
Great slate of games today!!! We're almost there!!!

Randall Flagg
03-08-2017, 12:08 PM
Are we having a tournament this year?

NeedfulKings
03-08-2017, 02:55 PM
Yes. I'm traveling but will get the thread up Friday in preparation for selection Sunday.