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2024 NCAA College Basketball March Madness
An SI Board Since February 2024
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Emcee:  Jeffrey S. Mitchell Type:  Moderated
Welcome to the 26th 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 15 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:
1999 (out of 35): 1. Jonah123, 2. Bob047, 3. Henry Volquarsden, 4. richris
2000 (out of 19): 1. Jeff Mitchell , 2. Patrick Slevin 3. Denis Guenette, 4. Tom C
2001 (out of 22): 1. Robert Fisher, 2. Mike Skyy, 3. Mike Chen, 4. Heyward Hodges
2002 (out of 15): 1. Kerry Carmichael, 2. J. Conley, 3. Denis Guenette, 4. Scott Edwards
2003 (out of 14): 1. Buckey, 2. Kerry Carmichael, 3. Michael Skyy, 4. Denis Guenette
2004 (out of 25): 1. Jeff's Son, 2. Tom C, 3. Jeff Mitchell, 4. Salesperson
2005 (out of 18): 1. Jeff Mitchell, 2. Tom C, 3. Kevin Podsiadlik, 4. Jeff's son
2006 (out of 14): 1. PlayItDown™, 2. (Blank), 3. Buckey, 4. Kevin Podsiadlik
2007 (out of 20): 1. J Conley, 2. Michael Skyy, 3. Jim Mack, 4. Tom C
2008 (out of 19): 1. Stuffed Quahog, 2. Salesperson, 3. Tom C, 4. Bill
2009 (out of 25): 1. mike sky, 2. Jeff Mitchell, 3. PlayItDown™, 4. Augustus Gloop
2010 (out of 20): 1. mike sky, 2. Big Mackey, 3. PlayItDown™, 4. tomc_si
2011 (out of 20): 1. Bill, 2. Tom C, 3. SE, 4. Sam Snead
2012 (out of 20): 1. Jim Raynor (son of longnshort), 2. Augustus Gloop, 3. Jeff's son, 4. KJC
2013 (out of 23): 1. Jim M, 2. Augustus Gloop, 3. Tom C, 4. Leslie Hanson
2014 (out of 22): 1. J Conley, 2. Jeff Mitchell, 3. Jim M, 4. Jeff's son
2015 (out of 22): 1. Leslie Hanson, 2. Caly, 3. Mike Skyy, 4. Bob Newton
2016 (out of 21): 1. Jeff Mitchell, 2. mike Skyy, 3. Gloop Jr, 4. longnshort
2017 (out of 19): 1. Sam Adams, 2. Gloop Jr, 3. Augustus Gloop, 4. Kerry C
2018 (out of 23): 1. Jeff's son, 2. James L, 3. Buckey, 4. salesperson
2019 (out of 19): 1. Augustus Gloop, 2. Jeff's son, 3. Gloop's son, 4. Michelino
2020 Tournament canceled by Covid-19. Jeff declares himself the winner... because why not?
2021 (out of 14): 1. Jane G, 2. Thomas M, 3. Jeff's son, 4. Gloop's son
2022 (out of 15): 1. Bill, 2. Kevin, 3. Bucky, 4. Jeff's son
2023 (out of 16): 1. Thomas M, 2. Augustus Gloop, 3. Gloop, Jr., 4. Bonefish

Most wins: Jeff Mitchell (3)
Most Final Fours: Tom C (8); Jeff's son (8)

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584[graphic] The new 2025 board is here: Subject 60433 - JeffJeffrey S. Mitchell-12/7/2024
583Ths is cool. Sabrina Ionescu Picks Caitlin Clark as Ideal NBA All-Star Shootingkoan-11/9/2024
582Everyone wants to play on the team with Clark, so the Fever are going to get thekoan-10/22/2024
581I switched away from the Jets game to catch OT of the Liberty v Lynx game 5 deciJeffrey S. Mitchell-10/22/2024
580Once the Fever were knocked out, I stopped watching. I don't even know who Don01022-10/18/2024
579A bit time constrained to be watching the WBNA Finals, but I do see it coming acJeffrey S. Mitchell-10/17/2024
578What I like to see. Clark and Kelsy Mitchell at Pacers game. Caitlin Clark and koan-10/15/2024
577You make a good argument, and will probably be proven right. Some folks think tkoan-10/5/2024
576Asking players for their opinion on a coach is a dangerous game for any organizaJeffrey S. Mitchell-10/4/2024
575 I was laughing to myself about the Fever next year. The Fever fought hard thikoan-10/4/2024
574 On further thought, I am now more sure than ever that a bet on the Fever to takoan-10/4/2024
573After watching Robin explain what is going on with the Fever, I wonder will Clarkoan-10/4/2024
572 I have been a pretty good poker player all my life. Earned my way though collkoan-10/4/2024
571What are you talking about, she is better than everyone else in the WNBA right nkoan-10/3/2024
570Clark played terribly in their elimination game. She needs to get better.Bill-10/3/2024
569 I am going to bet the Fever win the whole thing next year. The reason is thatkoan-10/3/2024
568The racism is only coming from a few, both ways. Clark is not a racist and her koan-10/2/2024
567Taurasi, as I've repeatedly documented, has a biting sense of humor. When peJeffrey S. Mitchell-10/2/2024
566IMO, the problem with the Clark issue, is that there was territorial jealosy ankoan-10/2/2024
565The #1 compliment I can think of for a pro athlete is "respect". As a Jeffrey S. Mitchell-10/2/2024
564she is most like Larry Bird Agreed.Bill-10/1/2024
563I don't think that is real? I have noticed a lot of people making click bakoan-10/1/2024
562Looks like Caitlin Clark is quitting the WNBA (don't blame her) and is goingDon01022-10/1/2024
561My theory on the Caitlin Clark story is that when she came to the WNBA, she knewkoan19/20/2024
560[X] It would've been cheaper to go to EVERY 2023 WNBA finals game than to buy tJeffrey S. Mitchell29/20/2024
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