bump for picks and entrants

58 minutes ago, TXSooner518 said:

bump for picks and entrants

we are just PM'ing our picks to you, correct?

In; paid; muledick.

35 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

we are just PM'ing our picks to you, correct?

correct

In & paid. Will DM picks later today.

Just now, HornPhD said:

In & paid. Will DM picks later today.

$ recd!

On 3/16/2026 at 5:40 PM, Zepol87 said:

In for this, it is my usual lose money on college basketball time of the year.

Still in? Last call all!

In for my annual donation.

On 3/16/2026 at 5:40 PM, Zepol87 said:

In for this, it is my usual lose money on college basketball time of the year.

The exciting part is losing money in all kinds of different ways like this, or making a bracket, or betting on individual games. It's what makes March so special.

Doomlet and I are in. Will pay as soon as I learn how.

For posterity, my selections:

Arizona
Iowa St
Illinois
Arkansas
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
UCLA
Clemson
Utah State
Santa Clara
VCU
Akron
Troy
ND State
Furman
Long Island
WC - Souf Florida

I'll be sending the spreadsheet out today or early tomorrow but obv wanted my picks down so everyone knows no shenanigans

33 entries, payouts 350/250/150/75

Google Docs

2026 Seed Contest Sheet

@TXSooner518 are you going to post updates in here or are we rolling kind of blind?

Either way is cool. Just wondering. I'm pretty sure I started hot.

21 minutes ago, ztejas said:

@TXSooner518 are you going to post updates in here or are we rolling kind of blind?

Either way is cool. Just wondering. I'm pretty sure I started hot.

The sheet above updates scores as I input them, there is a “player score” tab. You’re currently 7th.

Edited March 21Mar 21 by TXSooner518

7 hours ago, TXSooner518 said:

The sheet above updates scores as I input them, there is a “player score” tab. You’re currently 7th.

That's a lot of work and very convenient . Thank you.

Also

This was me when that Oweh shot went in

10 hours ago, TXSooner518 said:

This was me when that Oweh shot went in

I had Santa Clara too lol. Have Kentucky in my seed draft so figured I'd hedge a bit.

Ztejas leading, with HornOnTheBayou and PantsTent also in money spots as we head to the S16. GL all!

@HornOnTheBayou

2 hours ago, ztejas said:

@HornOnTheBayou

I'm a little bored at work, so I'm playing around with the spreadsheet. It looks like the only differences we have (of teams still alive), is I have Arizona/Illinois and you have Duke/Virginia. @PantsTent is right there too. He has St John's (which neither of us have), but we both picked Texas (which he didn't).

Edited March 23Mar 23 by HornOnTheBayou

Yeah I for sure need Duke to take down St. John's or I might be cooked. Virginia is not still alive, btw. And I need UH to beat Illinois.

You have Michigan as your wild-card I guess?

Edited March 24Mar 24 by ztejas

Oops, brain fart on Virginia.

And yeah, Michigan was my wild card and Arizona was my 1 seed.

An Illinois win bumps ztejas, and then it's mostly up to the 1 seeds. I'm against myself with Duke and Uconn but guaranteed points.

@TXSooner518 Is there an easy way to add the strikethrough format to the picks sheet? I spent 5 minutes and couldn't come up with a conditional format formula to do it.

I'll take one game for a chance at a payout.

@HornOnTheBayou needs Iowa too. Although I'm not sure I can stomach splitting money with that cocksucker. My conscience might rest easier if all those 26 year old Lithuanians win (which I think they will - I made a decent run at this thing at least).

Houston shitting the bed fucked me and I knew it.

Edited March 28Mar 28 by ztejas

20 hours ago, PantsTent said:

An Illinois win bumps ztejas, and then it's mostly up to the 1 seeds. I'm against myself with Duke and Uconn but guaranteed points.

@TXSooner518 Is there an easy way to add the strikethrough format to the picks sheet? I spent 5 minutes and couldn't come up with a conditional format formula to do it.

I'm elderly and feeble and also don't know an easy way to make it such that when a team is struck through on the "team scores" page it also strikesthrough on the picks page, but that would def be useful for people like you that still have a monetary interest haha, does that feel fun?

On 3/28/2026 at 11:56 AM, ztejas said:

I'll take one game for a chance at a payout.

@HornOnTheBayou needs Iowa too. Although I'm not sure I can stomach splitting money with that cocksucker. My conscience might rest easier if all those 26 year old Lithuanians win (which I think they will - I made a decent run at this thing at least).

Houston shitting the bed fucked me and I knew it.

The good news is now you won't need to worry about splitting with me.

I got three of the Final Four teams. Is that good? That feels good.

Go UConn! I think I’m locked in to at least 2nd though.

Oh shit - I did win some money!

Damn - 2nd, 3rd and 4th were 196, 194 and 192.

Congrats @HornOnTheBayou

Impressive performance by Surly! 16 of the 33 entries were Surly, but the top 3 slots are all from here. Congrats to HornOnTheBayou, PantsTent, and ztejas! DM me on how you would prefer your payouts. Thanks for playing!

@PantsTent had a very profitable tournament with 2nd here and 1st in the elimination pool.