NCAA Tournament Pick'Em!

Post by **karl(east)** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:40 pm

We officially have an NCAA Tournament contest for the board.

To register, go to: http://www.pickemhockey.com/bracket/index.php

Create a profile if you don't already have one--preferably one that is similar to your username on the forum. (Warning: they don't like certain characters like spaces and parentheses.) Then enter the following info:

Group Name: USHSHOForum
Password: nanne

Good luck...

ZachHalverson · Post by **ZachHalverson** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:18 am

Winner gets moderator status for a year?

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:14 am

ZachHalverson wrote:Winner gets moderator status for a year?

Maybe if you were to win the whole country they'd consider it.

BodyShots · Post by **BodyShots** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:56 pm

What... No class A ?

ZachHalverson · Post by **ZachHalverson** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:54 pm

16 out of 19 brackets had Union beating Vermont, meaning that 84% of the USHSHO brackets are still perfect.

Nuts&Bolts · Post by **Nuts&Bolts** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:37 pm

Once the Gophers lose early a lot of brackets will crash and burn.

ZachHalverson · Post by **ZachHalverson** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:50 pm

14 out of 19 still perfect (74%). Of those 14, 11 have Quinnipiac, who is down by 4 goals in the 3rd. Perfect brackets could be down to 3 by tonight.

On the other side of things, 3 brackets are imperfect, KarlEast, Elliot70, and HoundHockey, proving that you should never get your NCAA tips from anyone near Duluth and wherever the heck Elliot70 lives. KarlEast and Elliot70 both picked Quinnipiac, so their brackets will most likely remain imperfect, but HoundHockey picked the upset here so HoundHockey might actually get on the board! Good for him!

Cadets16 · Post by **Cadets16** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:17 pm

Oh Karl... braket busted on day one, and I mean really busted.

Post by **karl(east)** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:47 pm

Cadets16 wrote:Oh Karl... braket busted on day one, and I mean really busted.

Not sure it's possible to do much worse than I did there. Guess I should stick to high school...

BodyShots · Post by **BodyShots** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:02 pm

It's too easy....

DrGaf · Post by **DrGaf** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:38 am

/fans burning keyboard
//Tebows on the desk
///does a flyby on the Duluth bench
////files retirement papers with National Association of Bracketology
/////prepares to be humbled by horrendous semi-round

DrGaf · Post by **DrGaf** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:43 am

karl(east) wrote:
Cadets16 wrote:Oh Karl... braket busted on day one, and I mean really busted.
Not sure it's possible to do much worse than I did there. Guess I should stick to high school...

Wow. Just wow.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:57 am

I couldn't do this because I had already joined another group. So who are the leaders here and how is everyone doing?

Post by **karl(east)** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:46 pm

MNHockeyFan wrote:I couldn't do this because I had already joined another group. So who are the leaders here and how is everyone doing?

DrGaf leads the field with 15 points; mnmouth and BodyShots are right behind with 14.

Looks like it's a 3-way race right now--DrGaf picked Minnesota over BC, and mouth picked BC over Minnesota. No one in the field picked UND or Union to win it, but BodyShots, despite having lost his champion (UML) does have UND in the final. If both Union and UND win the semis, he should pull it out. I don't think any of the people just behind have a shot, as they all have either the same champion as someone with more points or have lost their champion.

Meanwhile, some idiot named Karl only has 4 points. No idea who he is.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:47 pm

[quote="ZachHalverson" and wherever the heck Elliot70 lives.

KarlEast and Elliot70 both picked Quinnipiac,[/quote]

It looks like I have third place locked up....
way ahead of 'Zack with no attack'...

And putting me in the same phrase as Karl-East, who knows the least,
is blasphemy.

And Zack, it is ELLIOTT

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:02 pm

karl(east) wrote:DrGaf leads the field with 15 points; mnmouth and BodyShots are right behind with 14.

Looks like it's a 3-way race right now--DrGaf picked Minnesota over BC...

GO DrGRAF!

karl(east) wrote:Meanwhile, some idiot named Karl only has 4 points. No idea who he is.

Don't feel too bad. In my bracket I've got NOBODY winning the eastern semi! I tried to make a couple of last-minute changes just before the deadline, and the system got bogged down at the end and locked me out!

Post by **karl(east)** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:31 pm

MNHockeyFan wrote:Don't feel too bad. In my bracket I've got NOBODY winning the eastern semi! I tried to make a couple of last-minute changes just before the deadline, and the system got bogged down at the end and locked me out!

Ouch...though I'm going out on a limb here and guessing your national champ is a certain team from the west that's still in it.

I do still have a slight prayer of not finishing at the bottom of the table. Funny thing is, I don't really have a strong rooting interest in the NCAA...yet despite being more neutral, I'm much worse at picking this than I am in HS hockey.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:42 pm

karl(east) wrote:Ouch...though I'm going out on a limb here and guessing your national champ is a certain team from the west that's still in it.

Great guess! If they can put together two more games just like the one they played on Sunday night they just might do it.

karl(east) wrote:I do still have a slight prayer of not finishing at the bottom of the table. Funny thing is, I don't really have a strong rooting interest in the NCAA...yet despite being more neutral, I'm much worse at picking this than I am in HS hockey.

In the overall standings it's pretty amazing there are still 53 entrants with perfect brackets (16 points each). Maybe next year we'll both do better...

DrGaf · Post by **DrGaf** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:46 am

/tosses gloves in the air
//tosses helmet in the air
///pops Gopher jersey at the Susie fans

////puts call into Freddy Mercury

Champ!

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:50 pm

MNHockeyFan wrote:In the overall standings it's pretty amazing there are still 53 entrants with perfect brackets (16 points each).

Oops, now down to 11. Hope the majority of those ( 8 ) end up being correct!

green4 · Post by **green4** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:20 pm

cool story involving the Ambroz family

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophe ... page=1&c=y

Post by **karl(east)** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:28 am

Well, at least I did better than 694 people out there.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:47 pm

karl(east) wrote:Well, at least I did better than 694 people out there.

In our little family contest (10 entrants) one of my nephews came in 70th out of the 11,621 who entered. That falls within the 99th percentile which I thought was pretty decent!