NCAA Men’s Hoops update

Posted on March 10, 2012 by msjs0315

I may not have access to the internet on Sunday so I’m posting this now.

Here are the logistics for the ATiM group pool. It’s out on Yahoo! Just follow this link to the Tourney Pick’em portal. Click on “Join a Group”. Our group particulars are:

Group number: 18465
Group password: moderation
Group name: ATiM Rocks

Once in, you’ll be able to create up to five brackets under a single email address. Your family members are free to use their own email addresses to log in and create their brackets, but this makes it easier for those lacking email, such as DogJS, to participate.

The pool is technically open only to ATiM’ers and their families. If someone else reeeeeally wants to join s/he won’t be stopped, but seeing as no money’s involved and the prize is a nifty ATiM plaque or tchotchke I doubt too many will be that inclined.

You only need concern yourself with ‘the final 64’. The four play-in games prior to March 15 aren’t included.

The scoring system is intentionally skewed to reward risk. And you’re picking outright winners without regard to the point spread. There are two components to scoring.

The first component is the points awarded for making the correct picks. The number of points awarded doubles each round.

1^st round: 1 point per correct pick
2^nd round: 2 points per correct pick
Regional semis: 4 points
Regional finals: 8 points
National semis: 16 points
National finals: 32 points

The second component is the seed differential bonus. It comes into play only if you correctly pick an upset, meaning the winner’s seed has a greater numerical value than the loser’s. The formula for the seed differential bonus is:

(winner’s seed – loser’s seed) x multiplier

The multiplier for each round has been set at three (3). So if you correctly pick a #10 seed to beat a #7 seed, your seed differential bonus is (10 – 7) x 3 = 9 points.

If you have questions, you may post a message, either on the group message board or here at ATiM.

Have fun!

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markinaustin, on March 10, 2012 at 9:28 pm said:

Thanx.

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Michigoose, on March 11, 2012 at 4:13 am said:

WooHoo! The entire Chez Michigoose may enter, since that would be five of us, but Mandy isn’t sure he wants to pick a bracket yet. Being a Boy Cat, he just wishes we all would get along. 🙂

I don’t know how many of you have owned cats over the years, but that is my overweening observation about the difference between boy and girl cats–boy cats are either the ultimate Libertarians or Socialists, I’m not sure which. They just want all of us to get along, feed them, and leave them to take their naps in peace. The one thing I’m sure of. . .boy cats are not your ultimate Social Conservatives! 😀

Full Disclosure: All of my animals have always been spayed/neutered. Doesn’t seem to alter the social structure much. As one of my vets, who knew all four of my pets, put it once, “Dogs are dogs and so are male cats. Girl cats are, well, cats.“

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Michigoose, on March 11, 2012 at 4:45 pm said:

OSU 64 MSU 68

WEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Michigoose, on March 11, 2012 at 9:35 pm said:

MSU–#1 seed in their bracket. . . I’m telling you, this is their year!!

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Fairlington Blade, on March 13, 2012 at 5:50 am said:

Final Four: Missouri over Wichita State (after all, they are the Shockers)
Syracuse over Michigan

NCS: Missouri over Syracuse

The Tigers leave the Big Whatever on a high note.

BB

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- ScottC, on March 13, 2012 at 7:09 am said:
  
  Final Four: Kentucky, Mizzou, North Carolina, Florida State
  Champion, Kentucky over NC, 72-65
  
  Notable upsets: Belmont over Georgetown, Long Beach State over both New Mexico and Louisville, Memphis over Mich State, and Vandy over Syracuse in the sweet 16. All Big East teams, save Syracuse, out by the end of the first weekend.
  
  *****UPDATE*****
  
  Syracuse 7 foot center Fab Melo ineligible for tournament. I will be updating my bracket to have the Orange losing not to Vandy, but to Kansas State.
  
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  - ScottC, on March 13, 2012 at 1:00 pm said:
    
    BREAKING NEWS
    
    Syracuse center Fab Melo apparently ineligible for the tournament. FB, you may want to re-do your bracket.
    
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    - markinaustin, on March 13, 2012 at 4:19 pm said:
      
      Holy smoke! Redoing all my brackets…
      
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ScottC, on March 13, 2012 at 5:37 pm said:

FB:

Sports Center on ESPN just did their top ten countdown of the biggest first round upsets in tourney history. Two teams appeared twice, both times as losers. Your Jayhawks and my Orange. Ugh.

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markinaustin, on March 14, 2012 at 9:03 pm said:

Cannot get in at the website.

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Fairlington Blade, on March 14, 2012 at 9:14 pm said:

I remember the two losses, Bradley and Bucknell. VCU last year hurt. I wasn’t surprised by UNI as that school is used to the tournament and matched up well against KU.

My office mate has a license plate that reads Cuse03. Still remember watching that game at Buck Mulligan’s in West Roxbury in 2003.

BB

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ScottC, on March 15, 2012 at 5:02 am said:

FB:

I remember the two losses, Bradley and Bucknell.

The SU losses were Richmond and Vermont. The Richmond loss was particularly bad, the first #2 seed loss to a #15 seed in tournament history. Without Melo, the Orange are poised to make dubious tourney history again this year, becoming the first ever #1 seed to lose in the first round. Today at 3pm.

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ScottC, on March 15, 2012 at 5:06 am said:

BTW…only 6 brackets in the pool so far. Not a lot of hoops fans at ATiM I guess.

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- markinaustin, on March 15, 2012 at 7:48 am said:
  
  I was not able to get in at the web site last night. If I cannot this morning, I will ask for explicit help.
  
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  - ScottC, on March 15, 2012 at 8:44 am said:
    
    Mark…sent you an e-mail. Let me know if you want me to enter a bracket for you under my log-in. Jsut e-mail me the picks. Alternatively, I think you may need to create a yahoo account in order to log-in. (?) Have you done that?
    
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ashot, on March 15, 2012 at 6:26 am said:

Thanks to Scott’s pessimistic views on Syracuse I already had them being upset early on, so I did not have to redo any of my brackets. Thanks Scott…at least until Syracuse goes on a run dedicated to Fab Melo and wins the tournament at which time I will hunt you down like the dog that you are.

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yellojkt, on March 15, 2012 at 6:58 am said:

Somehow I’m in there twice. My only sentimental pick was to let the Sun Bulls (nee Golden Brahmans) of South Florida win their first game. Let the tourney begin!

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msjs0315, on March 15, 2012 at 8:44 am said:

Mark: I’m in and can enter your selections if needed.

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- markinaustin, on March 15, 2012 at 9:33 am said:
  
  Thank you, Scott and MSJs. I hope one of you can read my supposedly printable ESPN brackets. I posted 5 at ESPN, one for each team I thought had a chance to win: UNC, MO, MichSt, KY, and Kansas. I picked Cincy over UT in 3/5.
  
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Michigoose, on March 15, 2012 at 10:20 am said:

Dang it! Didn’t get my bracket filled out in time–been too busy at work. 😦

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