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FDS March Madness
« on: March 20, 2013, 01:42:25 pm »
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Not sure how many people do March Madness on here, but I was filling out my multiple brackets and figured it might be fun to have a forum-based group. Feel free to join, obviously the more the merrier. No sports knowledge actually needed - if it was I'd certainly do a lot better on these things. And this isn't for money, just bragging rights.

The link below should take you there. Password is "dominion" if needed. You'll need a CBS Sports login to do it. Bracket name is FDS March Madness. Deadline for submission is Thursday, March 21st at 11 AM EDT.

http://forumds.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=13_cbsinv

Please let me know if you have trouble accessing and you'd like to join.

Good luck!

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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2013, 03:12:46 pm »
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In!
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2013, 04:13:16 pm »
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Just submitted mine!
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2013, 01:04:59 am »
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me too, haha.
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2013, 02:32:25 am »
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2013, 09:38:54 am »
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Pretty much the last call here - games tip off in about 2.5 hours, but I believe brackets lock in less than 90 minutes.
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2013, 09:45:53 am »
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Done i think
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2013, 09:47:27 am »
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Did anyone else not know what sport it was until I had to look it up for the Tie breaker?
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2013, 09:48:41 am »
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It's hockey.
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2013, 09:54:28 am »
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Crap, then my combined score is going to be waaaaaaay out....
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2013, 10:31:24 am »
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Damn, trying to enter at the last minute, but site is sooooooo slow. Not sure if I'll make it.
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2013, 11:01:22 am »
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I'm seeing your name listed under the "players" section, so hopefully it went through. I can see what you mean about the site though. It's been fast in years past so I hope it's not slow throughout the tourney.

Anyway, 7 people isn't too shabby considering the late notice. Best of luck to everyone. I am not especially confident in my picks this year!
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2013, 12:54:26 pm »
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My picks are going to be awful. Apparently when your team is banned from postseason play for academic violations, your overall interest in the sport drops considerably for the whole season.
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2013, 12:56:15 pm »
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UConn fan?

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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2013, 02:23:23 pm »
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im not a fan of the scoring system where the points double each round. you get 32 points if you pick the winner correctly, buy you also get 32 points if you pick all the first round games correct, which is much harder. [not complaining, still looking forward to competing against you guys in the MM brackets! :) ]
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2013, 02:31:16 pm »
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Ozle, don't like to pick upsets? You picked the higher seeded team for all 63 games hahaha
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2013, 02:33:13 pm »
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im not a fan of the scoring system where the points double each round. you get 32 points if you pick the winner correctly, buy you also get 32 points if you pick all the first round games correct, which is much harder. [not complaining, still looking forward to competing against you guys in the MM brackets! :) ]

Yeah, I like the extra weighting and that was the default, but that might actually be a bit too much. Maybe I should've changed it to like 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. I didn't really think much of it at the time, but that could make things interesting at the end!
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2013, 02:39:13 pm »
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im not a fan of the scoring system where the points double each round. you get 32 points if you pick the winner correctly, buy you also get 32 points if you pick all the first round games correct, which is much harder. [not complaining, still looking forward to competing against you guys in the MM brackets! :) ]

Yeah, I like the extra weighting and that was the default, but that might actually be a bit too much. Maybe I should've changed it to like 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. I didn't really think much of it at the time, but that could make things interesting at the end!

Actually by picking the champ you get 63 points, since you picked them every round. So that's 1/3 of the possible points just by picking the champ. I've played 1-2-4-8-12-16, and that seemed a little better.
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2013, 02:45:47 pm »
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Ozle, don't like to pick upsets? You picked the higher seeded team for all 63 games hahaha

Pure coincidence!
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2013, 02:53:01 pm »
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1-1-2-4-8-16.  So you get a cumulative 2 points for each 2nd round pick, cumulative 4 for each 3rd, etc.  I still prefer a more linear system like HME's.

I've also played a system where I get bonus points for a team's seed after the 2nd round.  This gives some more chances to players who picked the correct upsets, and not a "can't win without picking the winner" situation.
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2013, 05:54:38 pm »
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2013, 05:58:22 pm »
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HAR!

Winner! (So far)
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Re: FDS March Madness
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2013, 06:02:40 pm »
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol

Yeah that was brutal. Marquette played a flawless comeback there.
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« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2013, 06:03:36 pm »
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i had davidson over marquette in my bracket...tough to watch the last minute of that game lol

Yeah that was brutal. Marquette played a flawless comeback there.

Man, you mean you guys couldnt see that coming?
No wonder im miles ahead!
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