Forget who you THINK will win, what's actually ON your bracket?

[Ron Mexico]

Everyone who plays a bracket knows you need something out of the norm to win in order to separate yourselves from the gaggle of people who have Duke and U-Conn in the final. Did any of you make any strategy picks instead of going with who you really think will be there?

I tried one: I put Nevada in the Final Four even though I think Florida is the best team in that bracket. Florida screws me every year and I don't trust Villanova.

[LynneSin]

1. I'm in an office people with a great scoring system

I mean, it's the normal 1,2,4,8,16,32 system but that number is then multiplied by the seed number of the team that won.

I mean, it's easy to pick a #1 or #2 team to win a game. But what if you pick a #12 team to win - shouldn't that be worth just a bit more than picking someone who was suppose to win.

So a system like yours would reward you richly if Nevada makes the Final 4 since Nevada is a 5th seed. If they win their game to get into the final 4 you'd get 40pts instead of the normal 8pts

BTW, I have Florida choking to Oklahoma but it'll be Villanova winning that bracket.

Edit Note: Speaking of choking - Oklahoma looks like they're doing that with UWMilwaukee. Damn, I have OK going to the great 8 and losing to Villanova :cry:

[northzax]

2. how could you not pick the Panthers?

this is the same team that hit the Sweet Sixteen last year, same players, basically. and that was with a lower seed.

[LynneSin]

3. I believe in teams choking when they seem overconfident

then again I picked villanova to win so the question is why even bother questioning me on my obviously dumbass picks

:shrug: