2026 NCAA College Basketball March Madness

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2026 NCAA College Basketball March Madness

An SI Board Since February 2026

Posts	SubjectMarks	Bans
374	16	0

Emcee: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Type: Moderated

Introduction Compact

Welcome to the 28th 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 (when available), click here [note that Sportsline has retained the "si2004" ID from years past]: si2004.mayhem.cbssports.com

Our group password is: si2008 [retained from 17 years ago]

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 accessing 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

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All Time Standings by Year:

Year	#Players	First	Second	Third	Fourth
1999	35	Jonah123	Bob047	Henry Volquarsden	richris
2000	19	Jeff Mitchell	Patrick Slevin	Denis Guenette	Tom C
2001	22	Robert Fisher	Mike Skyy	Mike Chen	Heyward Hodges
2002	15	Kerry Carmichael	J. Conley	Denis Guenette	Scott Edwards
2003	14	Buckey	EK!!!	Michael Skyy	Denis Guenette
2004	25	Jeff's Son	Tom C	Jeff Mitchell	Salesperson
2005	18	Jeff Mitchell	Tom C	Kevin Podsiadlik	Jeff's son
2006	14	PlayItdown	(Blank)	Buckey	Kevin Podsiadlik
2007	20	J Conley	Michael Skyy	Jim Mack	Tom C
2008	19	Stuffed Quahog	Salesperson	Tom C	Bill
2009	25	mike sky	Jeff Mitchell	PlayItdown	Augustus Gloop
2010	20	mike sky	Big Mackey	PlayItdown	tomc_si
2011	20	Bill	Tom C	SE	Sam Snead
2012	20	Jim Raynor	Augustus Gloop	Jeff's son	KJC
2013	23	Jim M	Augustus Gloop	Tom C	Leslie Hanson
2014	22	J Conley	Jeff Mitchell	Jim M	Jeff's son
2015	22	Leslie Hanson	Caly	Mike Skyy	Bob Newton
2016	21	Jeff Mitchell	mike Skyy	Gloop Jr	longnshort
2017	19	Sam Adams	Gloop Jr	Augustus Gloop	Kerry C
2018	23	Jeff's son	James L	Buckey	salesperson
2019	19	Augustus Gloop	Jeff's son	Gloop's son	Michelino
2020	0	Covid
2021	14	Jane G	Thomas M	Jeff's son	Gloop's son
2022	15	Bill	Kevin	Buckey	Jeff's son
2023	16	Thomas M	Augustus Gloop	Gloop Jr	Bonefish
2024	14	Jane	Kevin	Jeff	Impossible Dream
2025	13	Thomas M	Impossible Dream	Bob Newton	Gloop Jr
2026	?	Jeff	Kevin	Don	Bill

Most wins: Jeff Mitchell (3) [now 4]
Most Final Fours: Jeff [now 8], Tom C (8); Jeff's son (8), Gloop (6)

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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; 2009: Subject 57680; 2010: Subject 57966; 2011: Subject 58154; 2012: Subject 58585; 2013:Subject 59110; 2014: Subject 59372; 2015: Subject 59582; 2016: Subject 59664; 2017: Subject 59822; 2018: Subject 59937; 2019: Subject 60015; 2020: Subject 60097; 2021: Subject 60219; 2022: Subject 60298; 2024: Subject 60343; 2025: Subject 60433

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Reply	Message Preview	From	Recs	Posted
374	Agreed. Michigan has looked dominating This was my second entry to this contest.	spitsong	-	April 8
373	checking in on women's basketball ... [X] She missed an open layup and sta	Thomas M.	-	April 7
372	It's really disappointing when a pop up hits the ground with 2 outs and a gu	Augustus Gloop	1	April 7
371	I did a search on Bi11 in the thread header and came up with nothing. Maybe Bi!!	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 7
370	I think he's been doing it longer. How many top 4 finishes has he had? (so	Augustus Gloop	-	April 7
369	To the best of my recollection, Bill has been participating since at least 2008.	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 7
368	We need a count on how many years Bill has participated in the SI NCAA March Mad	Augustus Gloop	-	April 7
367	No. You ever so slightly edged me	Augustus Gloop	-	April 7
366	How did Gloop finish? Did I beat him again?	Bill	-	April 7
365	Well done, Jeff. You couldn't lose either way.	Bill	1	April 7
364	CONGRATS TO JEFF !!!! Fortunately the game was on a channel that I don't ge	Don01022	-	April 7
363	[graphic]	Tom Clarke	1	April 7
362	I had no idea Buckey was irish	Augustus Gloop	-	April 6
361	For sure. Think legal collusion. - Jeff	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
360	Definitely rooting hard for UConn (both men and women). We don't have any pr	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
359	All 5 Michigan starters were transfers. The portal has changed the game forever.	Bonefish	-	April 6
358	Final Four: 1. Jeff 2. Kevin 3. Don 4. Bill ... Last: Buckey - Jeff	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
357	I'm trying to figure out how you rigged it but.....congrats. Mitchell and W	Augustus Gloop	-	April 6
356	Yey. A few more threes and uconn would have won. They are scrappy. A good nigh	Bonefish	-	April 6
355	I just drew the tournament Powerball and, lo and behold, it hit! That's a 10	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
354	The better team won for sure. But UConn played Michigan better than anyone... an	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
353	UConn with the takeaway, can't hit the layup, three the other way-- a five p	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
352	Michigan badly missing Yaxel. I expect him to really test his ankle in the last	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
351	Can't go 0-11 for three. Need to start hitting! - Jeff	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	April 6
350	Mich starting to hit 3s. Not good for Conn. Hard to believe UCLA let Mara get a	Bonefish	-	April 6

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