💥 Contest 💥 March Madness 2024

[Jabberwocky]

OSU has as much chance this year as I have a chance of marrying timothee chalamet and getting rank 1 in marvel snap

In other words @Electrum1 don't get too excited

But by all means pop off otherwise

 

[Electrum1]

OSU has as much chance this year as I have a chance of marrying timothee chalamet and getting rank 1 in marvel snap

That article made it sound like they have a chance. So it's just a cope article?

 

[mal3volent]

Oh you mean just making the tournament

yeah they have a shot of that since they play in one of the most overrated conferences

 

[ions]

that's a dicktrap

 

[Jabberwocky]

It's not fun though if you don't root for your homies

 

[Jabberwocky]

Let me check the seeds and see who I want to pop off

 

[mal3volent]

Anybody could win the big 10 tournament if Zach Edey stubs his toe before the game

 

[Jabberwocky]

Oh yeah your Purdue deep value dark horse sleep giant. He can block most points guards with his arm pit

 

[Electrum1]

I don't know wtf is going on. I'll read what the structure of March Madness is later then decide. What day do I have to do something by?

 

[ions]

It's a lot of fun @Electrum1 especially opening weekend.
Then it gets serious toward the finals.

 

[mal3volent]

I don't know wtf is going on. I'll read what the structure of March Madness is later then decide. What day do I have to do something by?

You just pick the team you think will win. The first round there are 64 teams = 32 games. Next round 16 games, and so on.

You are a stats guy, try looking up all the stats on seeding. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, 3 vs 14 , etc. Then look up which seeds have historically made it to the final four.

The smart way to go about it is to pick your final four first then build your bracket based on that. Do your research , look at teams who consistently underperform.

Also remember you get escalating points as the rounds progress. In other words, don't take a chance on a high seed in the first round unless you are confident and think they can progress further than that. Because you want the reward to outweigh the risk.

 

[mal3volent]

What day do I have to do something by?

you can't even do anything until Sunday night (March 17). Then you'll have until Thursday (March 21) to finalize everything.

 

[mal3volent]

Duke got beat last night
Tennessee down 20 with 8 minutes to go right now...

 

[Jabberwocky]

@mal3volent is upset scoring only for 1st round?

 

[mal3volent]

I'm not sure, but probably the whole thing

i might switch it back to traditional

 

[Jabberwocky]

7 points for an upset is a lot id probably just pick mostly all upsets

 

[mal3volent]

7 points for an upset is a lot id probably just pick mostly all upsets

it isn't always 7 points , it is the difference between the seed numbers
so if a 12 seed beats a 5, you get 1 point + 7 upset bonus points

but if it's just a 3 beating a 2 or something, it would only net you 1 extra point.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Sounds interesting

 

[mal3volent]

Sounds interesting

it might seem tempting to pick a bunch of crazy upsets in the first round, but if you do that and most of them don't pan out, your maximum points remaining will go way down.

im definitely gonna pick a few but they'll be informed choices , and only teams I think could advance past the second round.

 

[ions]

I don't like it.
I'll fill out a bracket.
but I don't like upset scoring.