I have set up a Pool on Yahoo for LCT members (& their friends?). It is free. Just go to link:

web page

(If this link doesn't get to sign-in, someone let me know & I'll go back & try to change it)

The Group ID No. is 65641
Password is regent

You have until THursday morning to get your picks made.

Karen: Can you come up with a MArch Madness Teapot for the Winner?

(Amended to correct the link)

Gil, thanks!!!

For those of us that haven't watched a game this year, is there a special prize if we get all 63 games wrong??

Gil:

I set up a Yahoo account but I still get error message when trying to use your link. It says "you are not a member of this group." What do I need to do next?

OOPS - It looks like I had a wrong link.
I changed link - have to go there & sign up & then join a Private Group, and put in # & PW given above in my post.

Thanks MArc for letting me know.

Thanks karen - Looks cool! I'm looking forward to being awarded my next screensaver :D

Gil, works. Password needs to be all lower case.

I think I will probably be only one to pick three Pac-10 teams for the final four. ;)

I still can't get in??

65641
regent

Do you have a Yahoo ID, Jim?
I tried it with a different address & could get in, as could MArc.

Picking Montana?

Guess you will have to help me a little more.
I thought I only had to type in
65641 and then regent.
Are you telling me I have to fill out the form?

Are you trying to put the ID & PW in here?


"Sign in to Yahoo!
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Yahoo! ID:
Password:

Remember my ID on this computer



New Submits over SSL

Forget your ID or password?
Sign-in help

Don't have a Yahoo! ID?
Signing up is easy.

Sign Up"

If so, you need to first get a Yahoo ID. And I guess that means fillingo ut forms - i don't se a need to do it all though.

I looked at several of the sites, and they are all requiring membership this year. Sportsline, Fox, ESPN - when I went in, had to ahve an ID.

Fabulous teapot, Karen! Many thanks.

Gil, we're in! Cheers, Anne (adrennblue) & Gary (engineerco63)

I give up.
I most be yahoo challenged.

Well Karen the teapot producer and Anne the basketball guru must not be alone on this all male thread - good luck to you all!!!!

Tks Gil for organzing! Ok ladies, you're not alone...I'm in too. Let's roll! :) Michele (HART)

Karen,

You crack me up! You just never cease to amaze!

:ch: :ch: :ch: :ch: Karen :ch: :ch: :ch: :ch:

I am jumping in on the action too! I joined the group on Yahoo but need a little more time to finalize my brilliant picks. ;) I admit I do not follow the season much, other than the Pac-10, until the tournament begins. I hope that Memphis, Gonzaga, and Kansas do well in the West, because (as a USC fan) I cannot bring myself to pick UCLA, even though they are doing well (since losing to USC last month). Go Belmont!

Dena

I'm in too, but like Dena, need a day to finalize my picks. Of course, I haven't been around to watch much bball so this will be a shot in the dark. Watch out, though. I won my pool last year!

Editing to add, I only won a year's subscription to a writing jobs newsletter last year. I much perfer a basketball teapot!

Want me to try to get you in there?

I'll find some name to use for you like Montana Jim, or something unique & original like that

Send me a PM with an email address you'll want to use.

Yep, it's that time of year. Whispering sweet tournament picks in each other's ear. :rolleyes: Gil, thanks for getting this set up. Just a note to those who are waiting: Yahoo says private groups are limited to 50 participants. You can put preliminary picks into the software & edit choices up until the deadline. Yahoo's self-appointed experts are picking Nova to win it all; I think they believe UCLA is the other finalist. The folks who have put their picks in as of last night are going for UConn as the ultimate winner.

Jim - it took some doing to get past all the stuff necessary to make the picks in Yahoo. Let Gil help you. Montana needs all the support it can get based on the distribution of picks so far in their Tournament software tracker. Maybe you'd rather be Grizz?

Belmont got the most support at the Selection Sunday party. Great fun whooping it up about their probable team strengths. They may be small but they sure are swift! We were trying to figure out how to bet an exacta on them.

Gary's lobbying for write-in candidates. GO Lehigh! Marc, shall we start a write-in campaign for the U of C Maroons? Next thing we know we'll have a People's Choice College basketball tourney!

DePaul is playing Liberty as the first-round matchup on Saturday. The selection committee has a sense of humor (we lost to them in the second round last year). Ever watch a game with endless shots of Jerry Falwell on the Jumbotron? Let's make sure it's the dance teams instead this year!!

Down in New Orleans today. They are ready for folks to come & visit. K-Paul was at his restaurant last night. Bourbon Street was in full swing; crowds were sparse. Jackson Square deserted after dark. No pencil portraits while you wait this time. Saw all kinds of politically incorrect t-shirts. Off to Mississippi today to deliver a donation and scout out this summer's rebuilding volunteer trip. But first .. chicory coffee and beignets. Weather is lovely.

Cheers, Anne

Anne, sounds like you are having fun.

I hadn't realized that Gary was a Lehigh alum. I went to UC Davis. 1977 was our first trip to the Division II football playoffs. First week, Bethune-Cookman flew all the way from Florida to California only to get thumped. The next week, Lehigh came to town. Game was at 10:00am so game could be televised at 1:00pm eastern. First time Davis had ever been on TV. We were all in the stands chanting "ARA ARA" as Ara Parseghian was doing color for the game. It was terribly foggy. Two passing teams and no one could see the ball in the air it was so foggy. Lehigh killed us and went on to win Division II title. That was my first introduction to Lehigh. :(

As for U of C, don't forget that they thumped Texas 66-0 in football. That was their worse loss ever until UCLA killed them a couple of years ago.

Good luck with DePaul. Maybe its time to go up to Rush Street to watch the game(s).

Thanks Gil! This will be fun. I am not very good at this, but I have enlisted Larry's help. I told him that we need the teapot. (thanks, Karen)
He is an avid (putting it mildly) basketball fan. I learned a long, long time ago not to get between him and his tv during March Madness. So Watchout!!! He says he needs to think about his picks. :cool:
We will be rootin' for our Gators (GO GATORS!!!!) in Jacksonville!

Betty

I keep thinking there must be an error, but everywhere I look it shows the First Round games for the Washington AND the Minnesota brackets are both in Philadelphia!
HUH?
How can that be?
And both are Fri - Sun.
Anyone know how/why this happened?
In looking at the Wachovia Center site, it shows only one bracket's games. Are they playing in 2 different locations at the same time?

Gil:

Starting last year, first round games for different brackets may be in same city....trying to cut down on travel time.

Marc - I am planning on Rush Street! We get in on Friday in time for St. Patty's Day and the legendary green Chicago river. Saturday is paint my nails Demon Blue, Rush Street game "preparation", then off to the Allstate for the afternoon games. Quick dinner, then a 7 pm Blue Demons tipoff!

I'll share the Lehigh story with Gary when he wakes up (nap time, you know). He talked me into Lehigh's annual Volunteer Day last fall. It was Lehigh vs. Fordham in the Football Soup Bowl. Raining like crazy, up to my ankles in water. Neither team could see the ball from fog & the nonstop downpour. His take was since we are soaked to the skin let's watch the game outside anyway! Thank god I had the car keys so I could escape.

Cheers, Anne

Ok, I made my picks. Had to make "educated" guesses. We'll soon see just how educated they are! Thanks, Gil, for setting this up. Makes watching the tournament much more fun.

We only have 11 people signed up - still a couple of hours to go. Get your picks in there so you can win karen's teapot! Time is running short, and there's not a lot of competition (In NUMBERS, of course).

Okay - I managed to sign up but somehow listed my ID as the group number 65641. Must have been after that glass of wine and Ambien! I tried to fix but can't - can you Gil?

Here we go! I absolutely love this time of year. Go Marquette, UW-Milwaukee and Wisconsin!!!!!

Gil:

If you have time (or you can tell me best way to do it), do you want to start a new thread with "current" rankings? I think we can just copy names (would be nice to equate to real names) and current points from Yahoo site.

What do you think?

Here are the names:

MaybeNextYear = Gil
ROARing Marc = Marc
HART = Michelle
KRudi = Kristin
Dena = Dena
adrennblue = Anne
engineerco63 = Gary
lkoonin = Betty
65641 = Sue
Arlenes Artists = Arlene
southernlady = Donna

Sorry Sue - no way I can fix it. You are heretofore dubbed 65641

I guess after each round we can add points to a new thread. That way, people who have not signed up can at least see how poorly we're doing.

First Tipoff just happened.

I just looked at our choices. I am only one to pick UCLA to win it all. In fact, I am the only one to choose them for final four. Just rough guessing the point structure, if UCLA wins it all, no matter what, I should win! :D

Since more than one of you chose Villanova, you need to pick well in earlier rounds, too.

Oh well, I'm a number in so many other places I suppose I should be used to it. Thanks for trying! :nw:

THE GRIZ WON!! :eek:
THE GRIZ WON!! :ch: :ch: :woh: :woh:

Congrats Jim!
Partying out there yet?

It's a shame you weren't able to get into the pool. I assume you'd have picked Montana. I wonder if anyone did. Sorry it ended up being so difficult.

Yes Betty and Billy D (coach D) is so cute with great Long Island accent - Jacksonville was full of fans!!!

I'm happy for you Jim. Unfortuantely, I didn't pick Montana. Boo-hoo.

I've been at work and have just checked scores, so have not seen any games or highlights. I got stung by the Wisconsin-Milwaukee upset of Oklahoma, congrats to all of you that wisely picked W-M! Yikes, what happened to BC? I have them as a Final Four pick (gulp) but they barely squeaked by Pacific in double OT!! At this point I'm 5-3. Yes, congrats to Montana, I didn't pick them either. <img border="0" alt="[bang]" title="" src="graemlins/banghead.gif" /> Let's see what unfolds the rest of the night...

Dena

Yes, Joanna. Billy is cute and he is a heck of a coach!
I know you are right about lots of fans. That can't hurt...right?
Betty

He is from Rockville Center NY you know those great accents - I think he played for Providence? (I am up on this as have niece who grad Prov recently) and then on to Rick Pitano and KY??? Not sure of the progression but the Gators love him -