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AE Tournament Pick 'Em Contest?

So, every year my friends and I do a bracket contest for the NCAA men's basketball tournament (and sometimes the women's, if the guys are feeling adventurous)...and I thought I'd see if anyone might be interested in doing an AE competition. No prize or anything, just bragging rights.  

It's still a few weeks before we know what the brackets will look like, but I wanted to see if there were people who'd be interested.

I'd probably just set the contest up via yahoo, since it's the most accessible. 

Anyone else game?

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Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 3, 2008 - 10:34pm.
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smokinbluegrass's picture

sure

Submitted by
smokinbluegrass, Moderator (618 posts)
on March 4, 2008 - 2:49am.

do it

 

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yellowpride's picture

I'd be up for that.

Submitted by
yellowpride (34 posts)
on March 4, 2008 - 3:05am.
I'd be up for that.
koma's picture

Definitely. Nothing I like

Submitted by
Koma, Moderator (14035 posts)
on March 4, 2008 - 8:25am.

Definitely. Nothing I like more than bragging rights. :)

 

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gpawlf's picture

Sure

Submitted by
gpawlf (48 posts)
on March 4, 2008 - 9:39am.
The more brackets I have, the more chances I have of winning something :)
Harpy's picture

Whee

Submitted by
Harpy, Moderator (9311 posts)
on March 4, 2008 - 9:47am.

Sure, I'm up for it. :) 

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K.DOT's picture

Game.

Submitted by
K.DOT (23 posts)
on March 10, 2008 - 9:25pm.
Set it up. Bragging rights are prize enough! Does that site allow you to do women's brackets as well?
pecola's picture

Yahoo Doesn't

Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 11, 2008 - 10:18am.

...but ESPN does.

I may just set up the group today on that site so that we can do both.

 

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Richard: When the fall is all that is left, it matters a great deal.

- The Lion in Winter

carolinagrrrl's picture

YES!

Submitted by
carolinagrrrl (212 posts)
on March 11, 2008 - 10:25am.
This is a great idea! If we do it, we should set up a pool for women's and men's, IMHO. Men's is obviously pretty popular, and I think the AE crowd would like the women's more than any other community I'm involved in. Do it! Might as well do both on ESPN so that the women and men's are in the same place, though.

 

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pecola's picture

Um...

Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 11, 2008 - 8:35pm.

ESPN asks that you create a team name and team motto.

Now I feel like I'm under a lot pressure to come up with something witty...and I gots nothing...

Any ideas?

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Geoffrey: You fool! As if it matters how a man falls down.
Richard: When the fall is all that is left, it matters a great deal.

- The Lion in Winter

smokinbluegrass's picture

So...

Submitted by
smokinbluegrass, Moderator (618 posts)
on March 11, 2008 - 9:08pm.

...is there now a group set up, then?

 

~Talk Derby to me.~

pecola's picture

Oh, the pressure of a name.

Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 11, 2008 - 10:08pm.

I'm setting it up.

I can't think of a name or motto though.

So much pressure...

I'll post the group info shortly.

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Geoffrey: You fool! As if it matters how a man falls down.
Richard: When the fall is all that is left, it matters a great deal.

- The Lion in Winter

smokinbluegrass's picture

Ohhhh...

Submitted by
smokinbluegrass, Moderator (618 posts)
on March 11, 2008 - 10:16pm.

...a group name or group motto. Gotcha. All right, ladies, let's get to work. Should Afterellen be in the league name? Or a variation? What's anyone got? Me? I got nothin' right now.

~Talk Derby to me.~

Leibug67's picture

hmm...

Submitted by
Leibug (1599 posts)
on March 12, 2008 - 12:49pm.

That is tough.  Maybe AEGlobetrotters....since we do come from all over the globe.  Slogan?  Geez...err..."women lovin' some college basketball".  Not much, but better than nothing! ;-)  Maybe it will spark someone else's creative juices?!

Leibug67's picture

Yippee!

Submitted by
Leibug (1599 posts)
on March 11, 2008 - 9:34pm.

Where do we sign up?  I wanna play! ;-)

pecola's picture

Women's Tournament Challenge

Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 14, 2008 - 1:48am.

Alright, I wanted to get things set up before it gets too deep into conference tournaments and I forget to set things up. As I noted before, we opted to use ESPN because they had the women's and men's tournaments available.

I decided to make the team name (and the motto to some degree) an homage to the "Lay-up" episode of The L Word last season.

This message is from pecola breedlove who is challenging you to play Women's Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com.

This game gives you the chance to win prizes by predicting the winner of the most games in the 63 game women's college basketball tournament. A correct selection in the first round counts as 10 points, and in each successive round the point values are doubled. You can create up to ten entries, and best of all, it's FREE to play.

Get in the action now:
http://games.espn.go.com/tcwomen/group?groupID=975

Game Front:
http://games.espn.go.com/tcwomen/frontpage

Group: The bourgie-ass girls
Password: afterellen

Any questions or problems let me know.

 

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Geoffrey: You fool! As if it matters how a man falls down.
Richard: When the fall is all that is left, it matters a great deal.

- The Lion in Winter

pecola's picture

Men's Tournament Challenge

Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 14, 2008 - 2:05am.

I always think of this episode of The Cosby Show when I hear the word challenge. Of course in that episode, it sounded more like CHA-LLANNNGGG.

But anyway...same info, different links:

This message is from pecola breedlove who is challenging you to play Men's Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com.

This game gives you the chance to win $10,000 by predicting the winner of the most games in the 63 game men's college basketball tournament. A correct selection in the first round counts as 10 points, and in each succesive round the point values are doubled. You can create up to ten entries, and best of all, it's FREE to play.

Get in the action now:
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/group?groupID=15540

Game Front:
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage

Group: The bourgie-ass girls
Password: afterellen

 

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Geoffrey: You fool! As if it matters how a man falls down.
Richard: When the fall is all that is left, it matters a great deal.

- The Lion in Winter

FilmGrrl's picture

Just the women's....

Submitted by
FilmGrrl (80 posts)
on March 18, 2008 - 10:57am.

Count me in. I'm more interested in the women's tournament, quite frankly. I don't follow men's sports - I guess I'm just that much of a lesbian. :) But I'll do a men's bracket too for the fun of it.

 

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Leibug67's picture

Count me in too!

Submitted by
Leibug (1599 posts)
on March 18, 2008 - 11:25am.

Thanks Pecola!!!

pecola's picture

Get Your Men's Bracket In!

Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 18, 2008 - 11:11pm.

The Men's Tournament kicks into full gear tomorrow (the play-in game doesn't count), so if you're going to compete in our men's contest, make your selections today!

I wonder if one of the bloggers might promote this contest...hmm...

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Geoffrey: You fool! As if it matters how a man falls down.
Richard: When the fall is all that is left, it matters a great deal.

- The Lion in Winter

sheshe1876's picture

Sooo...

Submitted by
She She (882 posts)
on March 19, 2008 - 1:17pm.
I am signed up and did my bracket...but I don't know how to get to it without using the direct link.  Can someone help me out? I guess that I am too used to using Yahoo!
pecola's picture

Hope this helps

Submitted by
pecola (700 posts)
on March 19, 2008 - 6:07pm.

Here's the link for the women's tournament: http://games.espn.go.com/tcwomen/frontpage

And then the men's tournament: http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage

Once you log in, it should take you right to your picks.

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Geoffrey: You fool! As if it matters how a man falls down.
Richard: When the fall is all that is left, it matters a great deal.

- The Lion in Winter

bekksii's picture

sure thing

Submitted by
bekksii (141 posts)
on March 20, 2008 - 10:56pm.
start sponsering europeans and we'll be a great team.. :D
K.DOT's picture

Bracket Update

Submitted by
K.DOT (23 posts)
on March 27, 2008 - 7:35pm.

I guess this would be the year of the upset. The mens tournament is crazy. My bracket will never recover. I think Davidson will continue to surprise.

As far as the women go, I hope UConn embarrasses ODU. That is all.

What? I'm not bitter! 


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