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NCAA Tournament bracket contest???
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NIT Projections:

UC #2
KSU #4
UCF #8
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(02-28-2024 06:22 PM)doss2 Wrote:  NIT Projections:

UC #2
KSU #4
UCF #8

does that mean you are interesting in entering a bracket if someone starts one?
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Why wouldn't we do one on ESPN?
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(02-29-2024 03:28 AM)C2__ Wrote:  Why wouldn't we do one on ESPN?

ESPN is fine, are you starting it for us?
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I may, we'll see. My only problem is I usually never have all of my brackets ready until Wednesday at the earliest and that's during/after the First Four.
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(03-01-2024 03:59 AM)C2__ Wrote:  I may, we'll see. My only problem is I usually never have all of my brackets ready until Wednesday at the earliest and that's during/after the First Four.

"all of my brackets"? How many do you fill out, one for every possible outcome?

setting up a group code and sending out invites does not involve filling out a bracket.
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I'll play if someone starts it
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(03-01-2024 08:52 AM)CaliforniaCowboy Wrote:  
(03-01-2024 03:59 AM)C2__ Wrote:  I may, we'll see. My only problem is I usually never have all of my brackets ready until Wednesday at the earliest and that's during/after the First Four.

"all of my brackets"? How many do you fill out, one for every possible outcome?

setting up a group code and sending out invites does not involve filling out a bracket.

It's impossible to fill a bracket for every outcome.

"the number of possible outcomes for a bracket is 2^63, or 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. That’s 9.2 quintillion. In case you were wondering, one quintillion is one billion billions."

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men...0billions.
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(03-01-2024 09:24 AM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  It's impossible to fill a bracket for every outcome.

"the number of possible outcomes for a bracket is 2^63, or 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. That’s 9.2 quintillion. In case you were wondering, one quintillion is one billion billions."

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(03-01-2024 08:52 AM)CaliforniaCowboy Wrote:  
(03-01-2024 03:59 AM)C2__ Wrote:  I may, we'll see. My only problem is I usually never have all of my brackets ready until Wednesday at the earliest and that's during/after the First Four.

"all of my brackets"? How many do you fill out, one for every possible outcome?

setting up a group code and sending out invites does not involve filling out a bracket.

ESPN allows 25 different brackets, so I usually do that many, although many of mine are random/logically generated, so they take 5 minutes or even far less to fill out. But my "real" (i.e. predictive) bracket? I'm always going back and forth and it usually takes days.
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(03-01-2024 08:27 PM)C2__ Wrote:  ESPN allows 25 different brackets, so I usually do that many, although many of mine are random/logically generated, so they take 5 minutes or even far less to fill out. But my "real" (i.e. predictive) bracket? I'm always going back and forth and it usually takes days.

all righty then... makes no sense to me, but whatever floats your boat.

"let's see... if I can't predict accurately for fun, then maybe I can splatter the field with other ballots hoping to get lucky"?

that pretty much removes skill and analysis from the excitement, doesn't it?
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Yeah but it gives you a second chance when your logical/predictive bracket inevitably fails.
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