KU Buckets Bracket Challenge!
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@Blown I usually fill out a few. In one I remove KU as an option and arbitrarily have them lose a game to see how I would pick withou KUs influence. I hate that bracket…
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I heard somebody talking about brackets the other day and they said they never fill one out. It adds unnecessary stress to the event and disallowed him from simply enjoying each game as they were in happening in that moment.
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@HighEliteMajor 2014 UConn Huskies? Villanova last year? Those three are pretty similar to our team. I still won’t pick them to win it all, but this team isnt really physically different.
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@Blown Interesting, I don’t too stress over my brackets unless like last year if UNC won I won $500 but I fill out several brackets, none of which are the same (I maybe sucking it up in one but doing good in the other). That’s one other mistake people make when they enter in several, they pick mostly the same exact teams. I have brackets that could be busted tonight, others that play it pretty safe. I’ve won contests picking both ways, half of it is just picking the right upset.
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@dylans I don’t think he was referring to ribbing from friends. I think he was referring to just being at peace while he watched the games for what they are and not worrying about whether or not he got his bracket picks correct. Kind of an Eckhart Tolle approach, maybe.
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I entered the group. My FF is Zona, Nova, Louisville, UK. Got Nova over UK for the ship.
Got us going out to Miami second game. ISU/UL EE game in our region.
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@BShark Thanks for sharing.
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I am considering not doing any bracket this year, it takes away some of the fun but a lot of stress as well.
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Been watch ESPN most of the day - -NINE AND A HALF MILLON entries as of right now - - crazy. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 half million are yours?
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@Crimsonorblue22 lmao, well quite a few anyways lol. - - So does that mean I win 1/2 million dollars lol. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Any time. I would assume most have KU winning the NC.
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@JayHawkFanToo Interesting, I’ve had the same thoughts. I’m not doing one at all, first time in like forever. Not sure why, but just a strange feeling I don’t need to waste the normal ten minutes I’d take to fill it out. This way I/we can tell people we haven’t gotten any games wrong so far.
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Sorry…I broke down and against my better judgement filled a couple of brackets on the KU Buckets group…I know, I am asking for stress…Dang March Madness.
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@JayHawkFanToo OK, I’ll join too because I still kind of want to do it. I’ve only done one bracket on the KU thing so I feel like it’s kind of unfair (and it matters not a bit) because some fill out 8. I guarantee if I filled out 8, I’d occupy the last 8 spots in the contest!
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So I watched the purple kitties win last night. Both teams were ranked as 11-seeds.
How does that happen? How are these teams ranked higher than other teams but in the play-in games?
Another thing… How come all the play-in teams are not stuck playing #1 seeds if they win?
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@drgnslayr agree it feels contradictory to how the bracket should work. But I guess a lot of the autobids aren’t as good as middle of the pack in the major conferences?
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They changed the rule awhile back to require the last 4 at-large teams to go to the play-in round. Everyone thought that it was unfair when 8 autobid teams had to go through Dayton after having earned their presence in the tournament. The seeding still represents the perceived strength of the at-large teams over the auto bid teams.
I like the idea of dropping at-large teams to #16, but doesn’t that punish the #1 seeds?
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I like filling out a bracket so I have somebody to root for in games I don’t really care about. As long as KU is still playing, I really don’t care how bad my bracket is doing. If it does well, that’s cool. Makes me look smart. Or just lucky. If my bracket does poorly, at least I participated. Seems collegial in a group like this. And since KU is still playing, that’s really all that matters.
If/when KU loses, I quit watching the tournament or paying attention to my bracket. I just sulk and pout. So I might as well pick KU to go all the way, every year. Rock Chalk!
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No bracket this year. First time since 1988. At least this year I am not already dejected about my chances of winning 3 hours into the tourney!
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All right @jayballer54 here’s your #1 ESPN bracket for Ya! Hurry up and look before it gets messed up! Haha
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@dylans lol, hell ya. - -I’ve got like 7 entries into the ESPN challenge - -I got 100% on one of them & 93 % on another and the others are pile do doo lol - -good job my friend. - - Thank goodness I didn’t spend any money on any of these lol…- - One thing I’ll say so far is - -I hope The guys, And coach is making sure, that they pay attention - -a lot of these lower seeds are playing tough -we better be ready, as you can see. - -Just look at Villanova , up 1 at half – Norte Dame wins by two and then others - -Good luck my friend hope your luck continues lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Me too! I think you’d be happy with the outcome!!!
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Good luck! Hope you both win!
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@drgnslayr If I end up in the top 50K I’ll be happy. I usually have one land there. Top 10K estatic, I’ve not done that yet.
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@approxinfinity Hey, I just realized you have 2 groups in the Tournament Challenge: KU Buckets and KUBuckets. One with a space and one without.
Couldn’t figure out why my entry wasn’t listed and had to add it again - to the second one. I’m doing equally poorly in both!
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@tundrahok Ah yeah sorry about that. I noticed last year’s this morning (the one without a space). Well hope things pick up for you, unless you picked Miami over KU.
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@approxinfinity KU all the way, always!
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Whoops I’m in last years group. Less entries by far this season. Bummer.
@approxinfinity Is there a way to combine the groups?
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@dylans sheeeeit, no, the groups are locked. guess we got the Western Conference and Eastern Conference.
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Well I’m in the west lol
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@HawkInMizery congrats on the perfect bracket after day 1!
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@approxinfinity Looks like the East is locked now, but the West says:
Locking Rules: Unlocked - Brackets may leave/join group at any time
So maybe people can still join the Western Conference?
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@approxinfinity he’s had a good 2 weeks!
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@Crimsonorblue22 Yes i have!!! @approxinfinity thank you my friend. I still have two perfect brackets and a few less than perfect. I;ve never had a perfect bracket after a date. im sure im going to have my bracket burned in flames tomorrow
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Two of my brackets had not been assigned to a group. I just joined the West group and so far looking good.
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@tundrahok Ok I’ll unlock the East as well.
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@drgnslayr Thanks appreciated - but since mine got blown out of the water . The best bracket I got out of all my entries I have one that I am 15-1 - that’s in my CBS bracket challenge but even being 15-1 there my ranking is like 93871 ranked - -how crazy is that one loss and your ranked 93,000 lol. - -Got several withl a couple of 14-2 , and some 13-3 but it’s still fun. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Texas-Hawk-10 very similar to my own picks
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@jayballer54 Still perfect on CBS, but not ESPN. Hopefully our champion pulls the point total up!
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I have one perfect bracket left. That Michigan game made me sweat and this Arkansas game is too.
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Jesus said “the last shall be first and the first last” so I got that going for me.
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@dylans awesome, had to kind of laugh I am 15-1 in one bracket and my rank is like 9,378 - -JUMPIN - - -GEE - - HOSSA - -FATS lmao - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@wissox My gym teacher said, “And the last shall be last” when I puffed across the finish line once. Just sayin’…
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Perfect no more. SMU burned me
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@well done! Yeah, SMU burned me too. So did Okie state, so did Xavier
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@HawkInMizery Dah. flippin SMU.
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@Lulufulu They are the only ones who have burned me so far sitting pretty at 23-1 still in the 100th percentile.
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@HawkInMizery well done! Next year, I’ll pick my brackets with your advice
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@Lulufulu haaha i got lucky. I’ve never had a streak of 21 straight and had SMU not pooped the bed i would have been perfect up until the ksucks loss a few moments ago
