View Full Version : Are we doing the March Madness tourney again this year?
jbbama
03-10-2010, 07:07 AM
Just curious, it starts next Thursday right?
JB
Rob D.
03-10-2010, 07:16 AM
I'd be happy to coordinate the bracket this season and provide updates throughout the tourney. Here's a link to a group I created on ESPN.com:
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=12092
The name of the group is: Net54
The password is: cardboard
I think you can create a max of three entries. (If you don't already have an EPSN.com account, you'll need to create one before you can join the NET54 tournament group. This is a pretty painless procedure and takes little time at all.)
No money involved in this pool, though the top-three finishers will receive prizes. Let's keep it simple and say the first-place finisher gets his or her choice of one of the three cards below. Second place gets to choose one of the two remaining cards, and third place gets what's left. First place also gets the traveling trophy card that Rhett mentions below in post No. 12.
jbbama
03-10-2010, 07:35 AM
You got my vote.................thanks!:)
Jacklitsch
03-10-2010, 08:06 AM
I'm in.
Thanks Rob!!
P.S. Get my check? Card arrived...very nice!!
Section103
03-10-2010, 08:14 AM
There's very little I enjoy more than acting like I know a lot about something I know almost nothing about.
There's very little I enjoy more than acting like I know a lot about something I know almost nothing about.
The beauty of the tourny is that even folks who don't follow college basketball have a decent shot of winning due to the format.
T206DK
03-10-2010, 08:35 AM
I always enjoy trying to pick the underdogs. I'm personally a Pitt and University of Dayton fan though when it counts ! I'm joining the net54 group today
mybuddyinc
03-10-2010, 08:43 AM
I can't decide this year to go with the team with the prettiest uniform or best mascot. Either way, it'll be better than actually using any sporting knowledge I have shown in past tourneys. :rolleyes:
GoldenAge50s
03-10-2010, 09:18 AM
I'm in Rob--Thanks for getting it going!
Bill Stone
03-10-2010, 10:48 AM
Thanks Rob ---I'm in !
Thanks, Rob -- I'm in.
Unfortunately my huskies are NIT bound...bummer.
rhettyeakley
03-10-2010, 12:07 PM
Hey Rob, there has been a "traveling trophy" here on Net54 for the past several years for the guy that wins the tounament picks.
It is a T206 Hal Chase holding trophy mock-encapsulated in a PSA slap with the title of Net54 Champion. I won the thing last year so I guess you can add that to the winner...obviously that person would need to relenquish the trophy this time next year.
-Rhett
Rob D.
03-10-2010, 12:22 PM
Hey Rob, there has been a "traveling trophy" here on Net54 for the past several years for the guy that wins the tounament picks.
It is a T206 Hal Chase holding trophy mock-encapsulated in a PSA slap with the title of Net54 Champion. I won the thing last year so I guess you can add that to the winner...obviously that person would need to relenquish the trophy this time next year.
-Rhett
Thanks, Rhett. That rings a bell now that you mention it. After the pairings are announced Sunday night I'll start a new thread that will reiterate what's posted above and will serve as the home for tourney/standings updates. If you want to e-mail me a scan of the "trophy," I'll include it.
Rob D.
03-10-2010, 03:42 PM
Bump to say that prizes have been posted above in Post No. 2.
If anyone has trouble registering on ESPN.com or joining the pool, let me know.
sox1903wschamp
03-10-2010, 05:04 PM
Thanks for handling Rob. Looking forward to it.
Dustanh1
03-10-2010, 05:15 PM
Rob,
Thanks for coordinating this. I'm all signed up.
Jacklitsch
03-10-2010, 09:11 PM
Are we limited to one entry or may we have the max of three?
vintagebaseball
03-10-2010, 09:44 PM
Thanks!! Just signed up:D
rhettyeakley
03-10-2010, 10:16 PM
Rob and everyone else, here is the highly coveted Net54 NCAA Basketball Tourney trophy.
Someone who has the ability should record the names of past winners on it or something (a la the Stanley Cup). I will be sending it to whomever wins it this year (unless I repeat of course), just as Tbob sent it to me.
http://starsofthediamond.com/net54trophy.JPG
If I remember correctly this has been circulating for the past 3-4 years spending a year w/ each winner, and was originally donated by Lee Behrens (Thanks Lee!)
-Rhett
Rob D.
03-11-2010, 04:46 AM
To whomever wins the Chase trophy card: no trying to flip it on eBay or the B/S/T within a week after receiving it (or within a year, for that matter).
Jim VB
03-11-2010, 07:00 AM
To whomever wins the Chase trophy card: no trying to flip it on eBay or the B/S/T within a week after receiving it (or within a year, for that matter).
YOU... are a cynic! I don't believe anyone would do something like that!
Rob D.
03-11-2010, 07:02 AM
YOU... are a cynic! I don't believe anyone would do something like that!
Stop bothering me. I'm trying to focus on this Hal Chase collection I'm starting for my daughter.
Jim VB
03-11-2010, 08:03 AM
Stop bothering me. I'm trying to focus on this Hal Chase collection I'm starting for my daughter.
Good idea. Better to be collecting Chase than some French-Canadian dude whose name nobody can pronounce.
barrysloate
03-11-2010, 08:46 AM
Doesn't Lajoie rhyme with Piscataway?
Jim VB
03-11-2010, 08:57 AM
Doesn't Lajoie rhyme with Piscataway?
That is certainly the prefered pronunciation. Others think it rhymes with Almond Joy.
barrysloate
03-11-2010, 09:02 AM
There is also Laj- WAH.
I think the traveling trophy has been around for more like 5-6 years. I know I have won it twice, Rhett has won it and at least two others have won it also.
tlwise12
03-11-2010, 10:31 AM
I won it one year and if im not mistaking i sent it to tbob...
Travis