RedsZone NCAA tourney pick 'em contest

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Hey gang,

I set up a contest on Yahoo! for us RedsZoners. Thought it would be fun to crown a RedsZone bracketville champ.

Here's how it works:

Go to http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/and sign up. It's free, fun, and easy.

Here's the league information you'll be asked for:

Group ID#: 70507
Group Name: RedsZone
Group Password: gapper

When you sign up, use your RedsZone name, that way we'll know it's you when we see your picks. Plus, we want you to be recognized in this forum as the champ. :thumbup:

What do you guys think?

Post here letting us know that you've signed up. Yahoo! allows for up to 50 participants. Good luck!

[TeamSelig]

I signed up. Looks like fun. What do I win? ;)

[max venable]

5 people in so far. Room for 45 more. Should be fun. What do you win? RedsZone Bragging rights. ;)

[TeamCasey]

(Did you see the stickied one?)

http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43714

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(Did you see the stickied one?)

http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43714
Nope. I don't pay attention to stickies because they usually don't change. I figure: what's the point of stickies anyway? If it's really that imporant, it'll stay near the top on its own.

Guess I should pay more attention but I usually don't.

[max venable]

BTW...10 people are in. 40 slots left (don't get shut out like UC did :evil: )

[Rychian]

It is very difficult to pick the upsets. Right now, before i start messing with it ( i have till thursday) my final four looks like Duke vs. Gonzaga and Villanova vs. Mich St. (I know <-- The crazy pick). I just dont see uconn as the lock everyone else does, and so i dont know if i will stick with mich st, but that is the fun of this time of year. We could always have a team in the years past that screw everyone up (maryland, gonzaga, kent st. ) Ill have my wife look at it, she is fantastic at snap decisions based upon the mascots.


Tom

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It is very difficult to pick the upsets. Right now, before i start messing with it ( i have till thursday) my final four looks like Duke vs. Gonzaga and Villanova vs. Mich St. (I know <-- The crazy pick). I just dont see uconn as the lock everyone else does, and so i dont know if i will stick with mich st, but that is the fun of this time of year. We could always have a team in the years past that screw everyone up (maryland, gonzaga, kent st. ) Ill have my wife look at it, she is fantastic at snap decisions based upon the mascots.


Tom
I like the MSU pick. I think they could be a real force in this year's tourney

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12 in...38 spots left.

[OldRightHander]

Ok, I'm in. I spent a whole three minutes making my picks, so we'll see how that turns out. I haven't watched a lot of different teams this year.

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15 in, 35 spots left.

[bucksfan]

I'm in.

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21 in...29 spots left!

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Here are the standings after day one:

1 Caseyfan21 14
2 BuckeyeRed27 13
3 NJReds 12
3 OldRightHander 12
3 Rychian's Certain Victory 12
3 goDuke! 12
3 gitrdunn44's great gambles 12
3 LincolnparkRed 12
3 Gainesville Red 12
3 Yachtzee's MAC Attack 12
3 Danny Serafini 12
3 bucksfan 12
3 SurfBurns 12
14 Johnny's Jayhawks 11
14 redsfan30 11
14 BRM 11
14 Max Venable 11
14 OnBaseMachine 11
14 Cuse Juice 11
14 TeamSelig 11
21 E2BGDO2BG 10
21 Chicoruiz 10

[Red Leader]

I thought I joined this group, but I guess I signed up for the other Redszone group...I have joined, but it started me at 0 points, so I missed scoring from day 1. Hopefully, I still have time to make a run.

FYI, I scored 11 points in rd 1 in my other groups, so I would have been tied for 14th with the others.

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Standings after day two...

1 Caseyfan21 25
2 goDuke! 24
2 OldRightHander 24
2 BuckeyeRed27 24
5 Danny Serafini 23
5 bucksfan 23
5 Rychian's Certain Victory 23
5 Max Venable 23
5 SurfBurns 23
5 gitrdunn44's great gambles 23
5 Gainesville Red 23
5 Cuse Juice 23
13 NJReds 22
13 E2BGDO2BG 22
13 LincolnparkRed 22
13 Red Leader 22
13 OnBaseMachine 22
13 BRM 22
13 TeamSelig 22
20 Yachtzee's MAC Attack 20
20 redsfan30 20
22 Johnny's Jayhawks 19
23 Chicoruiz 18

[OldRightHander]

How many of us would have more points if Kansas hadn't lost last night? I'm in that boat.

[BuckeyeRed27]

Yeah I had Kansas in the finals. That hurt a lot. Frickin Bradley.

[OldRightHander]

Yeah I had Kansas in the finals. That hurt a lot. Frickin Bradley.

I have Duke and UConn in the final game, and that was almost screwed up last night. It would have been something to see a 16 seed win one though.

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The standings as of today...

1 Caseyfan21 47
2 bucksfan 45
3 NJReds 44
3 goDuke! 44
3 OnBaseMachine 44
6 Rychian's Certain Victory 43
6 SurfBurns 43
8 OldRightHander 42
8 Red Leader 42
8 BuckeyeRed27 42
8 TeamSelig 42
12 Max Venable 41
12 gitrdunn44's great gambles 41
12 Gainesville Red 41
15 E2BGDO2BG 40
15 LincolnparkRed 40
17 Cuse Juice 39
18 BRM 38
19 Danny Serafini 37
19 Johnny's Jayhawks 37
21 redsfan30 34
21 Yachtzee's MAC Attack 34
23 Chicoruiz 30

[OnBaseMachine]

I'm catching up!

If West Virginia beats Texas then I will be in great shape.

[OldRightHander]

Sentimentality did me in this time around. I picked Xavier to win a couple games. Where would I be if I had gone with my head instead of my heart?

[max venable]

I like the MSU pick. I think they could be a real force in this year's tourney
Or...not.

[MWM]

What do i get for last place? :)

I've only got 4 teams left. That's no easy feat. But I'm usually feast or famine in these things. I pick too many upsets of big name teams. I remember winning a pool of about 30 people at my first job twice out of four years and coming in third one other time. But for about 5 straight years I've finished in the lower half of just about every pool I've been in.

[smith288]

My winners are already out...im sceeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeewed.

[Red Leader]

Why is it that no matter what I compete in, I look at the standings and see NJReds ahead of me? :angry:

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The standings as we head to the Elite Eight:

1 SurfBurns 63
2 Red Leader 62
3 goDuke! 60
4 Rychian's Certain Victory 59
4 Cuse Juice 59
6 OldRightHander 58
7 Gainesville Red 57
8 NJReds 56
9 Caseyfan21 55
10 BuckeyeRed27 54
11 Danny Serafini 53
11 gitrdunn44's great gambles 53
11 bucksfan 53
11 Max Venable 53
15 E2BGDO2BG 52
15 LincolnparkRed 52
15 OnBaseMachine 52
18 Yachtzee's MAC Attack 50
18 BRM 50
20 Johnny's Jayhawks 49
21 Chicoruiz 46
21 TeamSelig 46
23 redsfan30 38

[redsfan30]

The standings as we head to the Elite Eight:

23 redsfan30 38
:angry:

[deltachi8]

How in the name of all that is good did I land in first place going into the final 4?

[TheBurn]

1 Cuse Juice 75
2 SurfBurns 71
3 Red Leader 70
4 goDuke! 68
5 OldRightHander 66
6 Caseyfan21 63
7 BuckeyeRed27 62
8 Max Venable 61
9 Rychian's Certain Victory 59
10 Yachtzee's MAC Attack 58
11 Gainesville Red 57
12 NJReds 56
13 Chicoruiz 54
14 gitrdunn44's great gambles 53
14 Danny Serafini 53
14 bucksfan 53
17 LincolnparkRed 52
17 E2BGDO2BG 52
17 OnBaseMachine 52
20 BRM 50
21 Johnny's Jayhawks 49
22 TeamSelig 46
23 redsfan30 38

[TheBurn]

Final Results

1 SurfBurns 119
2 Panther Nation 85
3 Yachtzee's MAC Attack 74
4 Red Leader 70
5 Chicoruiz 70
6 goDuke! 68
7 Reds Fanatic 68
8 Roy Tucker 67
9 EmtyRedsFan 67
10 Larkin 4 HOF 65
11 Hello Kitties 63
12 Team Morris 63
13 TCs Picks 63
14 BuckeyeRed27 62
15 smith288 61
16 traderumor 61
17 Doook 60
18 Shrimp Shack Shooters 60
19 puffy 59
20 Rychian's Certain Victory 59
21 Reds4Life 59
22 Rudy's Flyers are not in 58
23 UKFlounder 58
24 Gainesville Red 57
25 Rosie's picks 57
26 NJReds 56
27 Dwight Shrute 55
28 Desert Vultures 55
29 Danny Serafini 53
30 bucksfan 53
31 OnBaseMachine 52
32 LincolnparkRed 52
33 cumberlandreds 52
34 Caveat Emperor 52
35 kbrake 51
36 BRM 50
37 the Oldsmobiles 50
38 Johnny's Jayhawks 49
39 Savafan 47
40 TeamSelig 46
41 Sava's Gal 46
42 WindyBadger 46
43 Human Amusements 44
44 redsrookie 42
45 Marvin's Marauders 41
46 Blimpie 40
47 redsfan30 38
48 ochre 35
49 MWM 32


And...

1 SurfBurns 119
2 Cuse Juice 75
3 Yachtzee's MAC Attack 74
4 Red Leader 70
5 Chicoruiz 70
6 goDuke! 68
7 OldRightHander 66
8 Caseyfan21 63
9 BuckeyeRed27 62
10 Max Venable 61
11 Rychian's Certain Victory 59
12 Gainesville Red 57
13 NJReds 56
14 gitrdunn44's great gambles 53
15 Danny Serafini 53
16 bucksfan 53
17 E2BGDO2BG 52
18 OnBaseMachine 52
19 LincolnparkRed 52
20 BRM 50
21 Johnny's Jayhawks 49
22 TeamSelig 46
23 redsfan30 38

Thank you... thank you very much!

:D

[Red Leader]

Tied for 4th. I'll take that, considering the only college basketball I watched this whole year was the last 10 minutes of the first UNC-Duke game. :lol: