March Madness 2009

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  • Arcticangel
    Arcticangel Posts: 1,443
    The 10/7 games killed me yesterday. Let's hope today goes a little smoother..
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    EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    fanch75 wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Buddy of mine showed me this pool he enters for March Madness....

    They actually auction off each team. He bought Connecticut for $5500 (actual fucking money)

    There is over $50,000 in the pool....It may have been $70,000(just a crazy amount of money)

    If your team wins the first round game you win $750
    If they win the second game it was $1,200

    But if Connecticut doesnt make it to the elite eight....My buddy is going to lose money....

    As the rounds go on the payout obviously increases................

    That seems like one hell of a pool to get involved in....

    Obviously you can get some teams for bargain basement prices and the higher ranked teams go for big money....Louisville went for $6,000...Duke and N. Carolina went for big money too.....

    Gonzaga was bought for $1,100....which could be a bargain....they make the sweet 16 and your $1,200 wins you almost $2,000.....

    There were teams selling for $200-$500.............


    Very cool pool......and im glad im smart enough not to get involved in it....

    well that.....and my money is sitting right in the bank where it belongs....hehehehehehe

    That's insane. I hope none of these guys are married. My Lord!
    its great though...isnt it...

    and i was thinking the same exact thing....its got to be a bunch of college kids with huge gambling problems!!!!

    hehehehehehehehe............
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    awesome pool speedy! because i'm married, however, i would never be able to pull that off! :cry:
    I love to turn you on
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    My thinking with that Big Money pool was...

    Look for the mid money-teams who always seem to find a way into the sweet 16 or elite 8....

    seems to me you always see

    Gonzaga
    Villanova
    Temple

    make those rounds year after year........

    And once i thought about the different scenerios......

    I was happier than hell that i dont get involved in something like that!!!!!! hehehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    awesome pool speedy! because i'm married, however, i would never be able to pull that off! :cry:
    He showed me the pool when i was getting off work last night at 11:00pm.....

    I sat there with him for 45 minutes as he explained it to me....................And i was just so fucking mesmerized by it.....

    Who was the team last year who advanced??? Davidson?????

    The guy bought that team dirt cheap(i wanna say $300)...........and he made HUGE MONEY!!!!

    Last year they almost had $100,000 in the pool....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    Think of the guy who bought Mason 2 years ago.....

    Those fuckers made the final 4????

    My buddy wasnt quite sure what the payouts were for that year....But he says he may still have the results at home, and he will bring in the payout sheet tonight.

    And i cant wait to see it.....

    Its a fucking great pool.....And again....

    Thank God I never knew it existed!!!!! hehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    So as intriguing as that pool seems....I have my doubts.....

    And i knew the second i mentioned it ............that it would instantly catch some people eyes....

    The more and more i thought about it last night.....

    The more it seemed like a pyramid scheme for the guys with the big money.....right???? or maybe not???? I dont know...i guess they are putting in the big money to begin with...(so there goes that theory) heheheheheh

    I really need to look in to this pool some more....hehehehehehehehe

    I mean come elite 8 and final 4 time.....Most of your 1 and 2 teams are still sitting pretty....right????

    But again i only looked at it for 45 minutes last night....I want to get the payout sheets from the last 2 years and see just how the money was distributed........

    because again....

    its just a cool fucking pool....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    holy fuck did i take a beating today.............

    hehehehehehe........................

    SPEEDYS BRACKETS EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    26-6 im happy so far.
    Go Birds!!!!
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    jamminpearls wrote:
    26-6 im happy so far.
    i was 14-2 Thursday...

    Im not even going to post what happened to me today.....hehehehehehe

    BUT...........

    I still have a chance for 15 of 16 over the weekend......

    about the same chance as i have of giving birth to triplets........hehehehehehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    WOW what a great nite of March Madness. :D
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    WOW what a great nite of March Madness. :D
    Great games....Fun to listen to....

    too fucking bad i was on the losing end of almost every single fucking one of them.....hehehehehe



    FUCK THOSE BRACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    HOW BOUT THEM BADGERS!!! Guess they didn't belong huh? More proof the ACC besides UNC and Duke is very overrated. Got Wisconsin and Marquette playing for sweet 16 berths Sunday. Love it! Also love Ohio State losing in their own back yard!!!
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    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
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    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    well thats more like it....

    7-1 today....

    7 teams advancing today...

    ill take that.............
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    of all those games i lost friday....i only had Wake Forest advancing to the sweet 16.....

    So there is a chance for me to pick up 7 more wins tomorrow and have 14 out of 16 in the sweet 16....

    ill take it....

    especially after the Friday Debacle....

    hehehehehehehe...............
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    of all those games i lost friday....i only had Wake Forest advancing to the sweet 16.....

    So there is a chance for me to pick up 7 more wins tomorrow and have 14 out of 16 in the sweet 16....

    ill take it....

    especially after the Friday Debacle....

    hehehehehehehe...............

    In my cash pool, (not the one in the Pit challenge), I went 23-9 in the first round, but 8-0 today. I was checking the simulations and if my Final Four happens with Pitt winning it all, I win my pool. So I know who I'll be pulling for tomorrow. ;) I think I have a good shot at going 8-0 tomorrow and going 16-0 in the 2nd round if Arizona wins. I have all chalk in the other 7 games so if the seeds hold and AZ wins it will be my first time ever getting all the Sweet 16 teams right.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    in my non-money, non-analytical pool i went 28-4 in the first round and ran the table today.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
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    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
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    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,859
    Solat13 wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    of all those games i lost friday....i only had Wake Forest advancing to the sweet 16.....

    So there is a chance for me to pick up 7 more wins tomorrow and have 14 out of 16 in the sweet 16....

    ill take it....

    especially after the Friday Debacle....

    hehehehehehehe...............

    In my cash pool, (not the one in the Pit challenge), I went 23-9 in the first round, but 8-0 today. I was checking the simulations and if my Final Four happens with Pitt winning it all, I win my pool. So I know who I'll be pulling for tomorrow. ;) I think I have a good shot at going 8-0 tomorrow and going 16-0 in the 2nd round if Arizona wins. I have all chalk in the other 7 games so if the seeds hold and AZ wins it will be my first time ever getting all the Sweet 16 teams right.
    My brackets were made to either EXPLODE in the next round......or put me in a position to win the office pool.....

    I have both N. Carolina and Duke getting bounced out....

    and of course a big ten team stuck up my cazoo yesterday(Purdue)

    if i bet on a big ten team to win....they will certainly lose

    if i bet on a big ten team to lose.....of course they will win.....

    hehehehehe..............
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    Purdue winning and Wake Forrest losing have been the only sweet 16 mistakes I've made thus far. Not bad
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    D. James returning for Marquette today. Don't know how much he will be able to go but it certainly will be a help. GO BADGERS and MARQUETTE!! Hopefully a nice home court advantage as both teams are in Boise!!!
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
    Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
    Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14

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