March Madness Contest 2016

[tsptalk]

Yahoo March Madness 2016

Group Name: TSP Talk March Madness
Group ID: 37290
Password: tsptalk99

Click Here to Get Started- If you don't have a Yahoo! account, you'll need to create one (it's free).

1) "Create a new bracket"
2) Name your Bracket (ie: "Dragons", "Bob's Picks"...)
3) Fill in your bracket after teams are announced

The deadline is Thursday March 17th at 12:00 noon ET. You can make as many updates as you need up until that point.

Prizes will be awarded to the TOP 5

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1st Place - TSP Talk T-shirt AND 16oz Stainless Steel Rubber Gripped Travel Mug

2nd Place - Choice of TSP Talk T-shirt OR 16oz Stainless Steel Rubber Gripped Travel Mug

3rd - 5th - 16 oz. GoCup Travel Tumblers


IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING SCORING: Winning teams get 1 point times the round number, for each win, except for the final game (round 6) which is worth 10-points.

For example:
Round 1 = 1-point per win
Round 2 = 2-points per win
Round 3 = 3-points per win
Round 4 = 4-points per win
Round 5 = 5-points per win
Round 6 = 10-points

Upset Pick Bonus: Upset pick bonus gives you 1 extra point for picking lower-seeded teams correctly. You will be awarded the extra bonus point for each upset (lower seed beating a higher seed) you correctly predict.

- Get Started

- Already registered? Go here to login: https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/37290

 

[userque]

https://www.kaggle.com/c/march-machine-learning-mania-2016

Predict the 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament

"... You're provided data covering three decades of historical NCAA games and freely encouraged to use other sources of data to gain a winning edge."

30 Years of data free data for you use. (I personally don't have the time to build a model.) Good luck!

 

[tsptalk]

Don't forget about the underdog bonus points. :35:

 

[tsptalk]

Did everybody get their picks in? You have about an hour.

 

[Rogue]

"You are not a member of this group."

 

[tsptalk]

You have to login to the site.

Or try this link... https://yho.com/tourney?g=37290&k=01cbc2c270423701&soc_trk=lnk

 

[Rogue]

In!

 

[clester]

These first 2 days are the best. Thats where all the upsets take place. There are 16 games each day! Doesn't get any better.

 

[tsptalk]

Agree. It's like Christmas morning for basketball fans.

 

[Rogue]

It's a 23-way tie for 1st place right now!

 

[MrBowl]

A few upsets already. I doubt that there are many perfect brackets already

 

[tsptalk]

No perfection, but 8 people got 7 out of 8 right.

 

[Rogue]

Congrats to Tom who is all alone in 1st place right now.

 

[tsptalk]

I'll enjoy my 15 minutes. :1244::1244:

 

[tsptalk]

Ouch! 19 people (35% of the field) had Michigan State going the whole way. :chairfall:

 

[tsptalk]

Did anybody see the Texas A&M / Northern Iowa game? As dramatically as UNI won on Friday with a half court last second basket, they lost in more dramatic fashion on Sunday. I have watched a lot of basketball in my life, and that was the biggest comeback I have ever seen. Down by 12 with 44 seconds left and 10 with about 25 seconds left, A&M came back to win. Epic.

 

[MrBowl]

It was fantastic (I'm an alum)! NIU beat the snot out of them for over 39 minutes but then got flustered as A&M swarmed at the end. A&M finally got an edge at the end of the 2nd OT. Those MVC teams always prove to be better than the seed they get.

At the same time Wisconsin was winning a thriller with 2 late 3s vs Xavier. It takes a quick remote trigger to get the best out of March Madness.

 

[clester]

I felt sorry for them. Played a great game and made 3 or 4 bad plays in a row in about 60 seconds to let them come back to tie (11-2 run). Just gave it away. A&M can't feel that great about it if they think about it. They didn't win, UNI lost.

 

[MrBowl]

A&M knows they were dominated for more than 39 minutes of the game. The key was that A&M has lots of experienced upperclassmen and had lots of experience in turning close games into wins. They had a plan, and took at least 4 inbound steals in those last 44 seconds! They avoided fouling and instead used a smothering defense to force turnovers. That was smart. I've seen it work in the NBA, too. Everything A&M tried in those final seconds worked.

I feel bad for NIU as well. Great team. Just one less mistake and they'd be in the sweet 16.

 

[tsptalk]

Well, it was fun while it lasted. I took a shot with Oregon and I see only one other person had the Ducks going the whole way. The way they played yesterday, I see why. If they made the final game and the final winner was anybody but Virginia, I would have won.

I have a lot of opportunities to come in the top 3 but now I believe I have only one slim chance to tie for first (and go to the tie-breaker) and that would be if OK wins it all against NC. But Syracuse would also have to beat VA in today's 3/27 game.

:Flush:


Do you guys see the Scenario Generator? https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/scenariogenerator?tid=&gid