The pools are, as always, free to enter. Winners will get a t-shirt*, and eternal glory. Complete rules here. Entry links below. Good luck!
Men’s NCAA Tournament Pool:
Current standings here.
Scoring system: 3-4-7-10-16-24-33.
Women’s NCAA Tournament Pool:
Current standings here.
Scoring system: 4-7-11-17-24-33.
NIT Pool:
Current standings here.
Scoring system: 7-10-15-20-25.
*As I’ve mentioned before, I’m two years behind on championship t-shirts. 🙂 Hoping to get caught up this week, and actually be on the ball with that this year!
P.S. As you can see, based on feedback on my logo thread, as well as my own judgment, I decided to go with one of Tom Greca’s logos. Many thanks, though, to Bonnie Stone’s class at Newington High School for all of their submissions! One of the students’ logos remains the pool’s “Facebook logo,” and whoever wins this year’s t-shirts can select one of the “alternative” logos for their shirt, if they like.
[Originally posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:51 PM; bumped to top. -ed.]
I’m in baby!
Penn State is going further then Pitt! Because I’m INSANE!
Penn State’s 24-21 win over Temple is going to be thrilling. 🙂
(says the guy who followed the Denver Pioneers all season…)
Can we put money on whether the PSU/Temple football game had more points then the basketball game will?
Not likely. It was 22-13 PSU last year. But still . . .
Heh. On another note, your Nittany Lions could end up playing the Northern Colorado Bears, after, of course, the Bears stun SDSU in the first round. 🙂
Oh, I should have done that. Because I would have been able to justify them going further, rather then my taking Pitt out at the earliest opportunity. (I’m really stretching it as is anyway, this would have made the ludicrousness seem slightly less ludicrous.)
Game on.
I’ll often pick a #15 or #14 if I know I’m going to pick the #7 or #6 team in the second round anyway, so why not take the chance at getting those extra points and bragging rights by picking the colossal first-round upset too?
This almost never pays off. 🙂
All right, I’m in. Is my bracket broken yet?
First of all, it is totally racist to have different entry times for different time zones.
Secondly, aren’t we all winners in some way? Shouldn’t we all get t-shirts?
And lastly, I don’t want a t-shirt anyways. I don’t want to look like a filthy Portugee.
Is it just me or does the basketball in this logo remind anyone of those weird shaped macaroni in themed mac and cheese boxes?
Also, though I do appreciate that the two column lay out is a bit cleaner, I dislike that recent comments is so far down because of the MarchMadness widget. I think comments should be above that, they would still be visible and it would encourage more comment interaction.
Where’s the first pool update? There should be standings for the people who entered allready even if you can’t link to individual brackets for competitiveness reasons!
Eighty bajillion people tied with 6 points.
Eighty bajillion people tied with 3 points.
Twenty bajillion people tied with 0 points.
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🙂
That addresses ONE of my comments, how about the other two???
FYI, just want to confirm you got my email at 6pm ET yesterday and I am getting credit for both of yesterday’s picks. 🙂
Well I guess it won’t matter. If USC loses this game (and I don’t see how they possibly come back), I’ll need to redo my bracket significantly in the SW region.
AML, I did receive your email and you’re getting credit for both picks. But as you suggest, if you go in and change your picks now because of USC’s loss, you lose that credit for all four of the First 4 games (or rather for whichever ones you got right).
David, I’m ridiculously busy today & tomorrow but I’ll look at tweaking the column layout this weekend. And yyes, the logo reminds me of those macaroni thingies too. 🙂
The NCAA renaming of the 1st and 2nd rounds to 2nd and 3rd rounds ranks right up there with FBS/FCS and Legends/Leaders in terms of asinine naming schemes. I don’t care if Clemson played already, this 5/12 is a first-round game. First Four, First Round, Second Round, Sweet 16. It’s not that hard.
Also, given the number of universities that use “NCAA First Round” and “Second Round” banners to mark their participation, this puts them in a weird position too.
You know who cares that Clemson played allready though? Clemson, who got absolutely shafted with the turn around time.
It appears my bracket is destined to crumble far faster and more thoroughly than in any year previous to this. Bah humbug.
So is there a reason people who picked NC-Ashville to win the PIG are getting that marked as a loss?
They aren’t getting it marked as a loss, they’re still getting the points, it’s just crossed out now that UNC Asheville has been eliminated, for some reason – likely a display bug in OfficePool that’ll be fixed in due course. But look, for instance, at second-place contestant David Matheus’s bracket. He went 4-for-4 in the First Four games, hence his 12 points in that round. Yet Clemson and Ashville (which lost today) are shown as crossed out, while Texas-San Santonio and VCM (which did not play todya) are not.
I see, I was confused by other games markings, thanks for clearing it up.
I know you’ve got better things to do, so please read this as genuine curiosity, not a complaint: is there an ETA of when the women’s brackets will be posted?
Just posted them. 🙂