Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Alright Hamilton! Bracket Pick 'Em

So I made this excel spreadsheet with drop down menus so you can pick your teams pretty easily. I didn't go with Yahoo or CBS sportsline because not everyone has a user name at those places and I want to be able to get these things back ASAP.

If you want to do it here is what you need to do:
1. Download the bracket here.
2. Fill it out by clicking on the area where the two team names populate.
3. Save the bracket with the your name in the name of the excel spread sheet (ex: the_daymonster_bracket.xls)
4. Email it to the.daymonster@gmail.com
5. I will compile the brackets, turn them into PDFs and post them so everyone can see everyones picks.
6. I will keep the blog updated with the current standings and scores.
7. No entry fee it's just for bragging rights. Possible AH! Tournament Pick'em Blog Trophy.

The scoring is pretty straight forward and is located on the excel spread sheet bracket in more detail. As it gets deeper into the rounds, the worth of that round double. For example: 1st round, 1pt. 2nd round, 2 pts. 3rd round 4 pts... etc. Upsets are given a bonus of the seed difference multiplied by the round's worth. In the first round if a 15 seed beats a 2 seed they get 13 points, as opposed to just 1 point if you pick the two seed to win. These upset bonuses only count in the first two rounds.

Please, please fill it out as soon as you can, since there is no cash prize there is no reason to cheat.

11 comments:

bizmarkie507 said...

so help me god if this is a linux-based virus

bizmarkie507 said...

well I dont have excel but I slapped this together, I hope it's good enough.

http://www.freewebtown.com/bizmarkie507/waters%20ncaa%20picks.jpg

bizmarkie507 said...

ahh, try this

Daymonster said...

I got it, I made it into a bracket. There was one mistake though. It was Marquette vs. Kentucky, you put down the "8" seed. Marquette is 6 and Kentucky is 11. I assumed you meant "6" so I put down Marquette. Let me know if I was wrong.

Daymonster said...

Soup, you forgot one... drake or uconn?

Also, tough break on the xavier final four pick. I had georgia beating them. woo!

soup said...

uconn

haasertime said...

can anyone remember the current blogpoint totals?

bizmarkie507 said...

yeah daymonster, you got it right

Daymonster said...

I think I have 26

soup said...

Did I have UNC as the national champions in the bracket I sent in? If so I would like to change my national champion to Kansas.

bizmarkie507 said...

haha, why did I have winthrop going to the sweet 16?