It's MARCH MADNESS Time

[cohibasurfer]

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament!
Starts 3-15-25

A) I like doing a bracket contest. Anyone interested in playing for 5ers? This will be done using the ESPN Bracket contest. A $40 minimum 5er will be the entry fee. I also like for everyone to show the cigars they will be sending for the cigar porn. I made the entry as reasonable as I could to make sure the cigars are not bundle... and not to high end that it would exclude people do to prices. I use this as a way of sending a smokable fiver to a brother... or receiving a couple 5ers from a brother. No max of players but each player will have a max of 2 brackets.


B) Also wanting to do a Sweet 16 bracket. For this we need 16 entries. This can be for $$ or/and cigars. Either way $40 will be the target. In that everyone will draw a random team out of the final 16 teams left. We will play using the point spread. If your team is the favorite and wins and covers the spread you move on. If your team wins but the point spread gives the win to the losing team... the losing team steals the winning team and moves on. And if the underdog team wins out right... well they move on. This gives everyone a chance and is fun if you can steal a team.

We have a couple weeks to get this put together.
Post if interested in one or both. A and B

4 month active member rule or a vouch from a established member to sign up on both.

I hope a few of you WALLFLOWERS will play along in one or both.

If either gets a little traction I will post up in separate threads.

Thanks

IN
A)
@Smart Ash
@cohibasurfer


B)
1) @Smart Ash
2) @cohibasurfer
3) @cabaiguan juan

 

[Smart Ash]

In for both a and b.

 

[cohibasurfer]

Pssst.... hey! Wanna buy a watch?

 

[cabaiguan juan]

I'm in for either.

 

[behike]

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If your team wins but the point spread gives the win to the losing team... the losing team steals the winning team and moves on....

So if John Doe randomly draws Kansas, and Kansas is a 5 point underdog and loses to USC by 2 points in the Sweet 16, then John advances to the Elite 8 with USC? Did I read that right?

 

[behike]

Sorry for separate message, but one suggestion to avoid confusion...state the source of the point spread that you will use such as the opening spread listed on vegasinsider.com or draftkings etc.

 

[cohibasurfer]

So if John Doe randomly draws Kansas, and Kansas is a 5 point underdog and loses to USC by 2 points in the Sweet 16, then John advances to the Elite 8 with USC? Did I read that right?

Yes I believe you have it right.
What I also need to say is the underdog getting the points, will get a half point if the spread is even to prevent a tie. Like your example of the 5 point spread would look like this.

Kansas +5.5
USC -5.5

Final Score
Kansas -73 + 5.5 = 78.5
USC - 75

And yes if you had Kansas... you would steal USC and move on, and the person with USC would lose their team and be out. The line will be posted using scoresandodds.com on gameday tip, as odds change.

ETA- LINK FROM LAST YEARS FORMAT

Thread '2024 NCAA SWEET 16 RANDOM DRAW -$- (This is full waiting for March Madness)'

Feb 20, 2024

Requirements to sign up.
Must be an active member for at least 6 months and made a public trade or bombed another member (hence active). It's first come first serve to sign up. This year the Ante is $20 per entry which will need to be sent to me at the start of the 1st round of the Tournament . Please do not send early as I want the funds to arrive together for ease of keeping track.

The pot will be $320. Last year was winner take all. This year 2nd gets a BOOBIE PRIZE.

Of that $320... $270 will go to the winner and $50 will go to the runner up.

Now for the fun part which makes every...

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[cohibasurfer]

I'm in for either.

If it's only 1 Jon... I'd be more inclined to have you play in B- The sweet 16 .... as we need 16 to play that one.
A) the BRACKETT CHALLENGE can run with just me and Dan @Smart Ash if nobody else joins.

Can I put you in Part B confirmed? But please consider both... and consider it easier than giving a Honey Enema... definitely easier than receiving one.

 

[cabaiguan juan]

I’m confirmed for B