2024 March Madness Bracket Pools - Page 5 - Sporting Events and Fantasy Sports

yeah you gotta factor into those public polls that >90% of the brackets submitted are put up by people who spent less than 5 minutes on it, have not watched a single game of regular season basketball, and asked their colleague in the cubicle next to them who will win and they said their brother in law talks a lot about uconn being so good

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03-24-2024 , 02:29 PM

#102

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Rickroll, I think it was you but you're good.

All entries were accounted for as of payouts being listed.

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03-24-2024 , 02:38 PM

#103

rickroll

oddly catty

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 22,760

thanks, i'm waiting for the results to tell my dad I entered him into a $75 contest, he was already not happy about me "wasting $5 on a bracket of his" and he now has decent equity to win it

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03-25-2024 , 06:04 AM

#104

TJ Eckleburg12

Only Gives Out Winners

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15,148

Well, I might be in 104th place in the $75, but I still think I have a victory scenario!

I have UNC as my champion… there are only three other UNC backers ahead of me. All three have Tennessee in the F4 or title game… I have Creighton in the F4.

So this Creighton/Tennessee matchup is HUGE for me! Too bad I won’t even be able to watch it Friday night, gotta work.

…And, obviously, I need UNC to title. But I already knew going in that any victory scenario for me required that.

All 1’s and 2’s in the Sweet 16?!? I was told there’d be MADNESS.

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03-25-2024 , 09:02 AM

#105

Zimmer4141

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Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Scenario Generator is almost useless at this point. With so many top seeds still live, every game will involve a lot of brackets picking up points.

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03-25-2024 , 10:22 AM

#106

housenuts

1st Quartiled the 500

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 49,746

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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141

Scenario Generator is almost useless at this point. With so many top seeds still live, every game will involve a lot of brackets picking up points.

So long as you're still "live" that's all that matters. Obviously having more paths is better.

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03-25-2024 , 10:39 AM

#107

LimpDitka

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,024

The good:
I have the most potential points in the $75

The bad:

I have Creighton vs Alabama in the final

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03-25-2024 , 11:31 AM

#108

Zimmer4141

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Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

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Originally Posted by housenuts

So long as you're still "live" that's all that matters. Obviously having more paths is better.

I guess what I'm saying is that this year a lot more of the field is still in it.

There are just so few games left that are zero consequence games in the sense that someone will be getting points on every outcome.

Last year by the time we got to the E8 (FAU vs Kansas St, SDSU vs Creighton) there are a few people with KSU or Creighton that can gain points, but largely it's going to be a zero.

This year unless we get a surprise win from SDSU, Clemson, or NCST, it's very likely that a lot of the field will be gaining points on every result.

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03-25-2024 , 02:59 PM

#109

StoppedRainingMen

Player Hater of the Year

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 53,705

Houston/Dook and Illinois/ISU are 2 games with a lot of divergence in the pools

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03-25-2024 , 03:52 PM

#110

CowboyCold

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,934

Just took Illinois +2500 for a small wager to win it all. No expert but they seem like they could be 'that team' this year.

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03-25-2024 , 04:33 PM

#111

GusJohnsonGOAT

SESwamiGOAT

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15,813

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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141

Scenario Generator is almost useless at this point. With so many top seeds still live, every game will involve a lot of brackets picking up points.

Nah, it's still helpful. I wanted to see if my Kentucky winning bracket could somehow win, and it is possible. But yeah, we are finding out after Friday where we actually are.

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03-25-2024 , 04:45 PM

#112

AnyAce

grinder

Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 408

Agreed. It's useful to know which of my brackets are live and identify those that are most similar. Obviously everything much clearer by Friday night.

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04-08-2024 , 08:06 AM

#113

Zimmer4141

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Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Payouts if UConn Wins:

$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser/Dicebo
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001

$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo

Payouts if Purdue wins:

$75 Pool
1st - $4,500 - AllinLoser
2nd - $2,600 - kingof299s
3rd - $1,350 - Gs3737
4th - $800 - AnyAce
5th - $600 - dabutterman
6th - $500 - younguns87

$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - CabreraEra2
2nd - $6,200 - bhk2m
3rd - $3,250 - dabutterman

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04-09-2024 , 07:33 AM

#114

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Official Payouts:

$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser/Dicebo
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001

$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo

Congrats to all the winners!

Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.

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04-09-2024 , 08:51 AM

#115

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Official Payouts:

$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001

$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo

Congrats to all the winners!

Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.

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04-09-2024 , 09:48 AM

#116

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Official Payouts:

$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo - PAID
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001

$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo - PAID

Congrats to all the winners!

Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.

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04-09-2024 , 12:52 PM

#117

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Official Payouts:

$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo - PAID
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001

$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3 - Payments Processing
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall - PAID
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo - PAID

Congrats to all the winners!

Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.

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04-09-2024 , 04:31 PM

#118

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Official Payouts:

$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo - PAID
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001 - PAID

$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3 - Payments Processing
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall - PAID
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo - PAID

Congrats to all the winners!

Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.

Everyone has been paid except for GJ Brackets and Dean due to Zelle limits.

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04-09-2024 , 09:32 PM

#119

housenuts

1st Quartiled the 500

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 49,746

Thanks for running zimmer!

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04-10-2024 , 11:32 AM

#120

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

All Payments have been sent (except full payments to Dean due to Zelle limits)

Congrats to all our winners, thanks so much for playing and we'll see you next year!