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I just had a gal text me her bracket for a pool at work, wanting me to help her fill it out. I guess she trusts me making better picks than she does having here husband do to it. 
. Basketball types they are not.
. Basketball types they are not.
I filled out my first womens bracket. I have no idea who is good or not good. So basically ill win that one for sure.
I haven't done much research. I was trying to remember if anyone lower than a 2 seed has ever won the whole thing. I feel like there's a lot more chalk in the women's tournament.
Somehow ended up with two PAC 12 teams in the Final Four. RIP my bracket
Yeah I don't think teams in the women's tourney are as close as the mens. I don't believe many 14, 13, and 12 seeds win in the women's tourney. So I didn't pick that many upsets. I also decided that teams like UConn, Tenn, Stanford, South Carolina are always neer the top so I picked them.
@ChrisMWilliams I did not listen to instructions very well. I made my email address [email protected]
I probably won't win anyway but that is, in fact, not my real email address
I probably won't win anyway but that is, in fact, not my real email address
My time-honored strategy:
1) Devalue the PAC 12 when filling out my bracket
2) Regret
3) Tell myself not to make the same mistake next year
4) Repeat process
May be a couple years ago Arizona had the only bid and was out of it by Thursday afternoon so before the first day of the tourney was even over the PAC was out. LOL.
We did brackets as a family a few years ago, including our mini-dachshund. Put names of competing teams in plastic eggs, along with dog treat bits, rolled them on the floor, and gave him the dog treat from the one he picked. Went all the way through the entire tournament bracket. He made some strange picks, including an outlier to go far.
And yes, it came through, and he finished far ahead of me!
And yes, it came through, and he finished far ahead of me!
Would like to see seed point bonus's in the future. No value in picking upsets with this format.
I ran a tournament pool at work for quite a few years, and I usually used a seed-weighted format. I think it motivates/rewards people for going chalk-heavy. It's common for people to go gung-ho for a R64 home-run, but not so much picking some major upsets throughout each round. I'm not sure if it actually DID motivate anyone (beyond me) to pick differently, but I like it. It can come back to bite you at times, of course, but only if you go overboard w/ upsets (usually).
