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For the second straight year, an eternity for most people, I will be hosting an NCAA Tournament contest here on the Griddle through Yahoo! The group will be called "The Griddle" and will be group #38980 and the password to join will be "griddle". I like simplicity.
There will be prizes, including:
Having your name on the sidebar (unless it's something obscene or profane) until the next tournament. Right now, last year's champ Suffering Bruin has his name on the sidebar. Suffering Bruin's key to victory last year, of course, was picking UCLA to lose to Florida. Remember, pick winners with your head, not your heart.
Also, you can win a copy of Sayonara Home Run! : The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card by John Gall and Gary Engel.
I'll bump up this thread as we get closer to the start of the tournament next Thursday.
Added prize! The winner can also opt to receive an OFFICIAL Pac-10 Tournament Oregon State t-shirt, XXL only. You may cover over the k and t in basketball if you wish.
The server will likely be busy the first few hours. But you have until right before the first game tips off Thursday morning to fill out a bracket.
UPDATE - There are 66 entries in the contest as of 1:30 pm today. There were over 100 last year and it came down to the final game. Time to go find your favorite algorithm to pick winners. Is there wisdom in crowds? What counts for more: RPI, SOS, W-L?
UPDATE 2 - There are 78 entries as of 7:30. Let's make it 100! That way if you have a C in your name, you can make it a different color.
What you need to do is direct people to the Pick 'Em main page rather than the Griddle group page. They'll need to know your group number as well as the password. (The group number is 38980, which I was able to figure out because it's embedded in the URL you posted above.)
Make a case why I should root for YOUR team.
The last time I went to an NCAA tournament game in person, St. John's was playing in one of the two games and they were a #1 seed.
I haven't found the CBI field yet.
http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/index_main.htm
I will root for George Mason, but I don't think they'll win.
I spent exactly seventy-five seconds making my choices, so I expect to go far.
I look forward to fitting myself, my bride, and my spawn, all at the same time, into the Oregon State XXL T-Shirt. There should also be enough room inside the shirt to knit something, or perhaps put a kettle on for tea. I am very small and my spawn is even smaller.
More the merrier.
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