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3/16/08

FanIQ vs "Experts" NCAA Bracket Contest

NCAABB, March Madness, FanIQ, NCAA Brackets

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You > Experts. You knew this already, but now is your chance to prove it.

Every sports website under the sun has a bracket contest to offer, but there's only one that will match you up against all the "experts" from around the country. And, of course, you can challenge your friends as well.

The brackets are all set, so it's time to stop wondering how Oregon got a 9th seed and get your brackets filled out.

Prizes
Grand Prize = Nintendo Wii (+1000 FanIQ Points)

If you recruit the winner (we allow unlimited phone calls and texts to friends, btw) you'll win a $100 Best Buy Gift Certificate.

Best of all, if you're one of the Top 10 fans that beat ALL the experts, you'll win this lousy t-shirt.

We'll be breaking down the brackets all week and entering the experts picks, so after you fill out your brackets and invite some friends be sure to stop back ... frequently.

Enter the Bracket Now!

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476 days ago

Chief_aka_James

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Eww, you tricked me.

I click to enter and see my ugly bracket from last year.

Damn you Ohio St.!

476 days ago

Jon

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Chief_aka_James wrote:

Eww, you tricked me.

I click to enter and see my ugly bracket from last year.

Damn you Ohio St.!

Ha.

For anyone looking for it, the new bracket will be up momentarily.

476 days ago

kantwistaye

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Chief_aka_James wrote:

Eww, you tricked me.

I click to enter and see my ugly bracket from last year.

Damn you Ohio St.!

Just be happy you didn't go all ignorant homer and pick Wisconsin... last year sucked.

476 days ago

Janse

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I think my Yahoo! bracket, the one that will be used for most of the sites I go to, will be my instincts bracket and the FanIQ bracket will be the one I actually throughly think through. Either way I am choosing Carolina to win it all and I suggest everyone to do the same

476 days ago

barmarjeff

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I entered the bracket in College Hoops 2K8.
Final Four: Louisville, Xavier, Memphis, Kansas State
Championship: Louisville over K-State

Points of Interest: Tennessee lost in 1st round
Western Kentucky to the Elite 8
Duke, Wisconsin, and Georgetown lost in 2nd round

476 days ago

BestofChicago

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Chief_aka_James wrote:

Eww, you tricked me.

I click to enter and see my ugly bracket from last year.

Damn you Ohio St.!

I want to see my bracket from last year.... how did you do that?

476 days ago

Chief_aka_James

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BestofChicago wrote:

I want to see my bracket from last year.... how did you do that?

I just tried entering a little too early before they cleared last years out and put this years in.

476 days ago

Jon

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rootman54 wrote:

Wow...I feel a lot better now. Dicky V and I have the same final 4, championship game matchup and winner. I sure hope he's right.

Personally, that would make me feel worse about my picks.

476 days ago

Jubanator14

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rootman54 wrote:

Wow...I feel a lot better now. Dicky V and I have the same final 4, championship game matchup and winner. I sure hope he's right.

That would make me feel terrible. You might want to go change that.

476 days ago

WhoDey

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rootman54 wrote:

Wow...I feel a lot better now. Dicky V and I have the same final 4, championship game matchup and winner. I sure hope he's right.

I agree that George Mason is this year's George Mason.

Last time I had them in the Elite 8, they made the Final 4.

I have them in the Elite 8 again, yes, beating UNC, just like last time.

476 days ago

100%InjuryRate

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If the experts are better than me, do I still win something? Like a swift kick to the groin?

476 days ago

kantwistaye

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RenegadeLG wrote:

My final 4 is the 4 1 seeds, I don't think that's ever happened.

Good luck with that.

476 days ago

kantwistaye

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RenegadeLG wrote:

I did another one on Yahoo with my plan B and that's how it ended up too. The top 4 teams are just too good this year. I have quite a few upsets along the way, though.

The top 4 are good, but I can see Memphis losing to Pitt or Texas, UNC has potentially tough matchups from the 2nd round on (Indiana, Notre Dame, Tennessee/Butler/Louisville), although I do think Kansas and UCLA make it to the Final Four with relative ease.

476 days ago

100%InjuryRate

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RenegadeLG wrote:

I did another one on Yahoo with my plan B and that's how it ended up too. The top 4 teams are just too good this year. I have quite a few upsets along the way, though.

Well, experience says that won't happen, because it's never happened before. I think three #1s made it once, but never four. But who knows, there's a first time for everything. Although not even looking at a bracket, I'd say the two most likely to fall are Memphis, because they haven't played anyone good since Tennessee. And Kansas, because they're coached by Bill Self. Self is an awful, awful coach.

UCLA, however, has Howland, who is a tremendous coach. Roy Williams isn't a great coach at all, but he has so much talent there and he's not nearly as inept as Self.

476 days ago

Janse

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I am debating, who do you people have winning Oklahoma against St. Joes?

476 days ago

Jubanator14

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Janse wrote:

I am debating, who do you people have winning Oklahoma against St. Joes?

I will give you the run down. If the OU guards can hit their shots, they win by 10, if they can't the will probably lose.

476 days ago

barmarjeff

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Janse wrote:

I am debating, who do you people have winning Oklahoma against St. Joes?

I am thinking St. Joes, but Oklahoma does have Longar Longar.

475 days ago

The Fifester

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Im very good at my picks and very bold...

Stanford v.s. Clemson Final game WOOO!

Other teams in final 4 Tennesse and Drake

And Lopez brothers kick butt and Stanford Wins it all at a 3 seed!

475 days ago

Jubanator14

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RenegadeLG wrote:

Just like with regular recruiting, I'll be shocked if anybody is 'recruiting' outside their own IP address.

Both of my recruits so far are legit.

475 days ago

Ryan

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(Edited 03/17/08 10:30AM by Ryan)
RenegadeLG wrote:

Just like with regular recruiting, I'll be shocked if anybody is 'recruiting' outside their own IP address.

Yeah, I signed up myself and family for 800+ accounts. You're on to our system.

Dang.....

475 days ago

Ryan

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RenegadeLG wrote:

I wasn't referring to you two. Although for God's sake I hope you're getting kickbacks for 840 recruits. Do you have an internet spammer program or something? It's just funny when you see people that rarely post who have a bunch of recruits. Guess FanIQ T-Shirts are in demand.

I already have a Wii but I'll take another

Nah, no spamming. Just a lot of hard work on a few different boards. I'd say half of my recruits only answered one or two polls. But some have held on for the long-haul. Many have way more IQ points than I do. (Of course, that's not hard)

No kickbacks, either. Although my FanIQ shirt is hurting pretty badly. I may need to find a way to negotiate another.

475 days ago

Jubanator14

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Ryan wrote:

No kickbacks, either. Although my FanIQ shirt is hurting pretty badly. I may need to find a way to negotiate another.

I am still waiting on my t-shirt for 10 recruits and I'm on 50. But the leader board does look interesting with recruits from people with no pictures and no polls answered getting the recruits.

474 days ago

Jubanator14

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barmarjeff wrote:

I just did that on 2K8 also and mine was a tad different:

Final Four: Tennessee, Gonzaga, Arizona, Texas
Championship: Tennessee over Arizona

In the West region seeds 9-14 all won with San Diego and Arizona meeting in the Elite 8.

UCLA,Memphis,Duke,Georgetown all lost in the 2nd round.

The East region had one 1st round upset, Winthrop over Washington St.

Very odd results to say the least.

473 days ago

Jubanator14

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RenegadeLG wrote:

Just like with regular recruiting, I'll be shocked if anybody is 'recruiting' outside their own IP address.

Looking at the recruiting leader board now, I am going to have to give you a thumbs on that one. And I am not just saying that because I was in first until someone "recruited" 35 people.

473 days ago

Jubanator14

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(Edited 03/19/08 9:10PM by Jubanator14)
RenegadeLG wrote:

http://www.faniq.com/profile.php?id=107135

Yep, this guy makes an account and does nothing but recruit other faceless accounts. Sounds legit. He or one of his ghost buddies will probably win the Wii, too.

If they even enter the contest. If you are going to sign up a bunch of phonies at least fill out the Fan Match Test and take a poll or two.

473 days ago

Jubanator14

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RenegadeLG wrote:

The guy that won the Plasma was never heard from again. :conspiracy: I'm just breaking balls regarding that, by the way. I'm sure they'll realize you're the only legit member with big time recruits for the tournament.

I hope so, I went into recruiting overload here. Of course someone will win the contest that was recruited by someone else and there I go no gift card.

473 days ago

Ryan

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Jubanator14 wrote:

I hope so, I went into recruiting overload here. Of course someone will win the contest that was recruited by someone else and there I go no gift card.

Yeah, sorry about that. The way I figure, David W will win the gift card. (He recruited me)

Man, I wish........

473 days ago

Jubanator14

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Ryan wrote:

Yeah, sorry about that. The way I figure, David W will win the gift card. (He recruited me)

Man, I wish........

I am hoping for a clean sweep of both since I wasn't recruited.

473 days ago

Ryan

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Jubanator14 wrote:

I am hoping for a clean sweep of both since I wasn't recruited.

Lol. Fair enough.

After looking at the entries, it looks like there's a good chance the winner will not have a recruiter! Lots of people without a recruiter. Hopefully one of my guys can step it up in the case that I can't!

473 days ago

Jubanator14

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Ryan wrote:

Lol. Fair enough.

Well that is good for me because I really really doubt that someone got 45 recruits in one day as the current "leader" has now.