WEEKEND EDITION - 3.13.10 March Madness Time



It's that time again... MARCH MADNESS! If you live on another planet, I'm referring to the NCAA Basketball Tournament...  Round 1 of the Tournament begins next Thursday (with a "play in" game being held the day before)... This Tournament (after the Super Bowl) is probably one of the most hyped sporting events in America each year... One of the favorite pastimes of Americans is to become involved in filling out the BRACKETS for the teams advancing through the rounds based on their Tournament seeds (much like tennis)... There are countless "office pools" and parlor games devoted to this...


Survivor Capital is no different... CV has set up, on YAHOO SPORTS, an NCAA Tournament Bracket selection group (which is free to play)... This is simply for "bragging rights"... Who, this year, will be top dog in picking the right teams to move towards to the National Championship... I'll be adding to this thread as the weekend goes by, but if you're interested in participating, follow the link to get yourself signed up... First, go to http://sports.yahoo.com/


Many already know these steps, but I'll walk you thru the pages.


At this point, you may have to set up a YAHOO MAIL ID (which is profile for all FANTASY games).

GROUP ID# 26140
PASSWORD: p3isamyth


"Selection Sunday" (where the final brackets and Tournament schedule will be determined, is tomorrow)... After that, you'll have until Wednesday to fill out your picks at the YAHOO FANTASY SPORTS site that I gave you...


If you're "new" to this, I'll provide you with a "starter kit" of ideas on how to go about selecting your teams... This also may be beneficial to those of you who are involved in your local office brackets, or those among friends...


CV's 10 rules (in selecting teams to advance):



1. Avoid the FROSH (Point Guards): Even a very talented player will run into trouble sooner or later at this level of play. Point Guards are squad commanders, go with EXPERIENCE.

2. Heroes mean ZEROES: Teams that battled through a tough Conference Tourney schedule are too exhausted to go deep in the NCAA's


3. Coaches that lack the MOJO: Some coaches always make a quick exit from the NCAA Tournament. They can't seem to handle the March Madness pressure & their teams never do better than their potential. Examples in recent years include: Jamie Dixon (Pittsburgh), Bob Huggins (West Virginia), Mark Few (Gonzaga) and Al Skinner (Boston College).


4. Road "Worriers": If you can't win on the road during the regular season, you have hardly a chance to make it through the NCAA Tournament.


5. Crop the Slop: Sloppy teams, those that have trouble scoring are always among the first to lose in the NCAA Tournament.


6. Beware the One Eyed Monster: Teams that have only one great player never go deep into the NCAA Tournament.


7. Dr. Chokenstein: Certain players choke every year. (same idea as "choking" coaches).


8. Automatic Outs for 16s and 15s: Don't even think about advancing a 16 or a 15 seed into the second round of your bracket. EVER!


9. Who let the Dogs IN?: Dog conferences lead to dog performances by the teams from that conference.


10. You've got the "Look": Seventeen of the past 18 teams that have won the NCAA Tournament have shared these traits:


- Had a head coach who was with the team the year before.
- Scored 76 points per game.
- Out-scored their opponents by an average of at least 10 points.
- Had been seeded 1-4.
- Participated in the NCAA Tournament the year before.

9 comments:

CV said...

I got the "starter kit" going for the Fantasy NCAA Basketball Tournament going on the thread...

Many of you have probably been involved in Fantasy leagues before (whether they were hosted by YAHOO, ESPN, CBSSPORTS, or whoever)... If so, you're likely familiar with the process...

I got started doing fantasy games with YAHOO a few years back and so it's easy to get in there as my profile is already established... If you have a YAHOO e-mail account, just click through as described above and it's easy...

Even if you DON'T have a Yahoo e-mail, just set up a free dummy account in the process and you'll be in...

Right now, I've noticed that myself, McF(ben), and I-Man have already registered...

I expect ahab, Andy T, Mannwich, or perhaps some of the other guys who were in CV's Fantasy Football League (like James, & TGCNBCS) to show up as well...

bob, I think you said you're in...

karen? (at minimum, you need to have some 'represent' your household - so you can get your son to fill out your entry if need be)...

LB? you need to get in here so we can BEAT UP on you, because when it comes to the WORLD CUP Fantasy Tournament we know you'll beat up on us...

onlooker, qqqq, prashant (don't worry, I'm working on Fantasy Cricket), any "anons" or lurkers out there...

Come on in and play... IT'S ALL FOR FUN.

In fact, that;s the League Slogan...

SURVIVOR CAPITAL
“Markets Are Dull So We Got Nothing Better To Do”

CV said...

BTW

The Conference Tournaments are finishing up today & tomorrow...

Tomorrow is what they call "Selection Sunday" (when the final field is set for the NCAA Tournaments brackets)...

So you can "SIGN UP" here at your leisure, but of course you won't be able to fill out your bracket entries until after that field is set...

You have all the way until next Thursday's "tip off" to get your team registered...

McFearless said...

C.

Did you see Nova lost again. They have looked awful coming into the dance, think they have dropped 5 of 7.

But hey, at least they are in, more than I can say for my heels.

CV said...

@ben

Yeah but 3 out of the 4 Big East teams lost in the first round of the Tourney...

I don't make too much of it... Most of the teams who are already "in" would probably prefer the rest...

CV said...

If you all are just catching up on your reading this weekend...

The Implications of Velocity - March 12, 2010 - By John Mauldin

Anonymous said...

I'm in, just have to jump through the hoop.

The big east tournament losers were making some sort of political statement, IMHO. All of the big teams lost. I heard rumors that the league asked all of the coaches to vote on the set up this year, they all did, and then the league decided to do something different.

Onto the dance.

bob

Anonymous said...

Happy Pi day! Did you see Google icon this morning? Neat.

Anonymous said...

www.wikipedia.or/wiki/pi_day

3, 1 and 4 are pi digits and also March 14, birthday of Albert Einstein.

MIT and U of Waterloo celebrate this day, free pies.

I thought Ben would like this, since he is into this wave theory so much.

CV said...

@anon

That's totally cool!

Thanks for that catch... :-)

I guess we wait for June 18th for PHI day...

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