2009 NCAA LoT Bracket Challenge

[Strangler Lewis]

I like the idea of the tournament, but that first game was ugly. New York Knick scrub time ugly. Traditional USA amateur men's hockey ugly.

NC will win handily, and then Hansbrough will finally be able to take his rightful place in the shadows of some NBA team.

[Moonliner]

Player/Rank/Points/Possible Points/Correct Games/Upset Risk %/Possible Game
Seeding 1 84 94 46 1.6 47

Beating back the demon from across the ocean
Scaeagles 2 76 76 46 5.6 46

The Rest of the pack
Lashbear 3 73 73 42 1.1 42
Moon Liner 4 72 82 41 12.9 42
Obama Picks 5 71 81 40 4.9 41
Ghoulish Delight 6 70 70 42 14.3 42
Deebs 7 65 65 36 24.3 36
SacTown 8 60 60 39 12.4 39
BDBopper 9 59 59 38 18.0 38
Drince88 10 51 51 37 30.7 37


Numerically it's over. Congratulation to Scaegales! Winner!

The battle is on for second place, Moonliner Mono E Mono vs the Bear.

[scaeagles]

Wow. I thought I sucked this year. You guys REALLY suck!

[Moonliner]

That's what we like around here. A gracious winner.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to play some poker.

[scaeagles]

I'm not a winner, just less of a loser.

[Alex]

I'm just to see that those people creating the bracket in the first place do seem to know what they're doing. In the future I will just go with seeding.

[blueerica]

While the rest of my bracket was somewhat of a wash, I got Michigan State right. Woo!

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Alex

I'm just to see that those people creating the bracket in the first place do seem to know what they're doing. In the future I will just go with seeding.

I don't know....for the most part, the 1, 2, and 3 seeds can pretty much all beat each other. The fun is trying to figure out the early upsets, and I think I was better than the seeding (or tied with it) after the first round.

I think when it gets to the sweet 16 it's a crap shoot for the most part. I had 2 number one seeds going to the final four, same as the seeding. I just picked the other upsets incorrectly. I would bet there is a high percentage of bracket fillers around the country that got at least 2 to the final four.

[Alex]

I'm sure. And if you did just as well in the late rounds and better in the early rounds, then why are you behind the official bracket?

[scaeagles]

No, no, no....I'm not trying to say I was better. Those guys are professionals but I think for the most part they are guessing in the later rounds as much as the average joe. I had them tied in the early rounds (I realize I said I was either better or had them tied - I looked a little more deeply - the first round I had 26 and so did the bracket makers), but certainly picked incorrectly in the later rounds.

I misspoke when I earlier said I had only two #1 seeds in the final four. I had 3. I had UNC, Pitt, and Louisville going, with UConn losing to Memphis.

I'm not trying to say I did better than the bracket pickers at all. I have in the past, and I'm sure there are many who did this year as well. I would be interested in some kind of percentage in say, the ESPN 5 million person online pool to know how many were better.