http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9298350Oh my.
Atman (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 10:14 PM
PEDRO PICASSO, #11 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
Original message
I don't know squat about college basketball...can you help me fill in my brackets?
Gotta get my picks into the company pool by noon tomorrow. Last year I actually did pretty well just by blindly picking names for no apparent reason, but got shot down in the final rounds. So can anyone help? Where can I find info? or does someone want to help me out...if I win, I'll put the money towards a favorite DU charity (like Network for Good/National Association of Free Clinics). Anyone care to help a clueless brother out?
One imagines Pedro Picasso's pissed; some moderator on Skins's island moved this campfire out of "General Discussion," where all the hip, cool, trendy, with-it primitives hang out, and put it into the "Lounge," full of all these uncool primitives with a much lesser socioeconomic status.
Pedro Picasso doesn't like hanging with the
hoi polloi.
givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 10:19 PM
Response to Original message
1. Go look up President Obama's bracket and roll with that.
It's better than picking blind and all in all, he's got what I got.
LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 10:20 PM
Response to Original message
2. Pick the higher seed in each pairing.
pokerfan (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-18-10 12:00 AM
Response to Reply #2
8. And in case the OP is unfamiliar with seeding
9 > 8. 10 > 7, 13 > 4, etc.
Yeah, Pedro Picasso's unfamiliar with "seeding."
He probably thinks it has something to do with agriculture, and Pedro Picasso's too good to deal with dirty ragged farmers.
MadBadger (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 10:20 PM
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3. Go with Purdue to Win it all
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 10:22 PM
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4. For the women's bracket
Nebraska takes it all.
Probably.
Rhythm (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-18-10 07:12 AM
Response to Reply #4
11. Nope... probably UConn... again.
Though i'm pulling for my Mountaineers!
JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 10:28 PM
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5. Stick with mostly higher picks and try a guess with a upset here and there. Me and Obama have #13 seed Murray St winning the first round. Oh hell Obama seems to know a lot more about CBasketball than me but I do think he went a little overboard with upset picks in the early rounds however the title game and final 4 looks pretty good.
after which a chart showing the primitive's selections
brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-18-10 09:23 AM
Response to Reply #5
12. Is that Bracket printed out from a Northern Iowa-area newspaper?
Why the hell is UNI the only team shown as their team name, rather than their school name?
rurallib (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 10:30 PM
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6. Use science - flip a coin!
KamaAina (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 11:32 PM
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7. Pick Duke to lose in the Sweet 16
Puke as a 1 seed, along with the collapses of UConn and UNC, show what a down year this is for college hoops overall.
ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-18-10 01:04 AM
Response to Reply #7
10. I sure would like to see UAPB upset Duke...
I'm sure they won't, but I can dream, can't I?
Zavulon (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-18-10 12:52 AM
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9. Basic strategies to make you competitive
http://www.thesportsbrewery.com/basketball/ncaa-basketb...
Step 1: Skip past the first two round and immediately put all #1 seeds into the elite 8. #1 seeds are 20 for their last 20 in making the elite 8.
Step 2: Pick either a #2 or #3 seed to face off against the #1s in the elite 8. While this is not nearly the lock that the #1’s are, it still is a good way to collect some points. Remember, you are not smart enough to know what random #6 seed is going to make a run into the elite 8.
Step 3: Have all your #1, #2, #3 and #4 seeds winning the first round. A #1 seed has never lost in first round. Only 4 #2s have lost in the first round and #3s and #4s win at an 80% clip. Again, don’t try to outsmart the selection committee.
Step 4: Better pick a #12 seed to win or else the bracket nazi in your pool will hammer you for not doing it. Sure a #12 usually picks off a #5. But if I were to tell you I had a coin that produced tails 66% of the time, why would you ever pick heads? Anyhow, same can be said for the #11 vs. #6 matchups and the #10 vs. # 7 matchups.
Step 5: #8 vs. #9 is a legitimate coin flip. Pick who you want to see win.
Step #6: By now you have your final 8 teams; this is where it gets tough. At this point pick your winner first. I advise to pick a #1 seed since a #1 seed has won 15 of the last 20 tournaments. After that fill in the rest of the teams as you see fit.
Note from me: Step 4 means that every year there's at least one #12 seed that beats a #5. If you're going to try one this year, I suggest you make it UTEP over Butler.
The "basic strategies" as outlined above seem like the "basic strategy" franksolich uses when picking Powerball numbers. It's a good system, a great system, but only one problem.....franksolich hasn't won the Powerball yet.
