So, every year for the past half-dozen years or so, Doogan, J, and myself have had a running contest to see who could do better in picking all the conference tournament brackets (yes, we pick a lot of games between teams that we haven’t ever seen play a game, let alone know anything about this year’s team). Ina and Stri joined us a couple years ago; Waters and Alexi joined last year.
If anyone else is interested, just drop me an email or post a comment here, and I’ll add you to the list. The scorekeeping is relatively simple: we pick every conference tournament game and the conferences are weighted by relative “importance.” For example, points gained in the Big East tournament are worth five times as points gained in the Big South tournament. There is no money involved, but it is somewhat of a time commitment, as the brackets are not finalized until a day or two before the tournament is held, so it involves a lot of picking of games in a timely fashion. Again, if anyone else is interested in joining us, let me know. And, if you just want to follow along, recaps of the previous day’s action and previews of that day’s games–all in relation to the “challenge”–will be posted daily on BSB.
A lot of smaller conferences’ seasons end this weekend and many tournaments start Tuesday and Wednesday, so final brackets for the first slew of tourneys will be sent out via email by Monday, at the latest.
With Ina winning two years ago and me last year, we’ll see if anyone can take the crown away from our apartment…
My only goal is to beat Ina.
Count me in Hammer Brother