2009 NCAA College Basketball March Madness

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2009 NCAA College Basketball March Madness

An SI Board Since January 2009

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Emcee: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Type: Moderated

Introduction Compact

Welcome to the 11th annual March Madness thread! This year's challenge for Silicon Investor members (and their family and friends) will be, once again, on the CBS Sportsline site.

1. To access the pool, click here [note that Sportsline has retained the "si2004" ID from last year]: si2004.mayhem.cbssports.com

Our group password is: si2008 [retained from last year]

2. If you have don't have a Sportsline account, you will be prompted on how to create one.

Important Note: If you wish to remain totally anonymous, you should either register using an anonymous e-mail account, or, after accesing the pool home page, click on "Options" then "Personal" to control what information about you gets revealed to others in the pool.

3. Scoring will be 1 point for the first round, 2 for the second, 4 for the third (Sweet 16), 8 for fourth (Elite 8), 16 for the fifth (Final 4), and 32 for the championship game. A bonus will also be added equal to the number of the winning seed. For example, in round three if you correctly choose a 9 seed to beat a 3 seed then you get 4 points (for a round three winner) + 9 points (for the seed) = 13 total points.

4. If you use a name different from your SI ID, please indicate here which person is you.

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BTW, the odds of guessing all 63 games correctly is 1 in 9.25 quintillion!

Good luck!

- Jeff

For reference, here are the boards from years past:
1999: Subject 26408
2000: Subject 33883
2001: Subject 50948
2002: Subject 52504
2003: Subject 53458
2004: Subject 54619
2005: Subject 55531
2006: Subject 56441
2007: Subject 57018
2008: Subject 57400

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512	I don't know if anyone else has looked at the pool in the message I am respo	SE	-	3/15/2010
511	geektonic.com And this is pretty slick. An excel worksheet that allows you to	SE	-	3/15/2010
510	I have not played in this pool (yet) but it looks really interesting and differe	SE	-	3/15/2010
509	Only a mere two months later than the creation of this thread (relatively speaki	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	3/11/2010
508	The perfect gift. lol! steinersports.com	Steve Felix	-	5/16/2009
507	<i>as I got older I stumbled upon something to simplify my life doubt, di	Thomas M.	-	4/7/2009
506	In the end ACC rules. Thought N.C. slowed it down too early but they had already	Steve Felix	-	4/7/2009
505	Half the nation probably tuned the game out at half time. NC clearly showed it w	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	4/6/2009
504	Ken Bone? Never heard of him although I bet the name jokes are flying high! I	SE	-	4/6/2009
503	lolol.	longnshort	-	4/6/2009
502	This game is not over by a longshot.. :)	coug	-	4/6/2009
501	ACC, watch and learn	longnshort	-	4/6/2009
500	Hi Scott, We got our coach, Ken Bone, formerly of Portland State University..	coug	-	4/6/2009
499	Both governors are planning to attend the Monday night showdown in Detroit. Both	longnshort	-	4/6/2009
498	He claimed ignorance, but it's hard to imagine he didn't know. Now there	Bill	-	4/6/2009
497	Uconn wins by 19, after being up 30. Two Big East teams on the ladies side of th	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	4/5/2009
496	UConn women playing Stanford in the semis on ESPN. Stanford has won their prior	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	4/5/2009
495	I underestimated Michigan State when I was picking the pool & didn't fac	Robert F. Newton	-	4/5/2009
494	I remember when Calhoun coached Northeastern during my college years at Drexel (	Robert F. Newton	-	4/5/2009
493	It was very heartening to hear Jim Nantz defend Coach Calhoun during the telecas	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	4/5/2009
492	UNC is use to that playing in the ACC	longnshort	-	4/5/2009
491	I say in every year that if you get a team playing essentially a home game, watc	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	4/5/2009
490	Scott: See below to see one of the only reasons why I'm a Spartans fan. Not	Robert F. Newton	-	4/5/2009
489	I don't like either team, so I really don't care who wins. I just hope	SE	-	4/5/2009
488	Connecticut's Jim Calhoun to contemplate future Apr 4 09:10 PM US/Eastern	longnshort	1	4/5/2009

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