I find that amazing that six people are still perfect.
(03-21-2014 05:21 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote: [ -> ]Who had Dayton, North Dakota State, Harvard AND Mercer in the billion dollar bracket?
Sure as hell wasn't me.
Actually, at this point there are still six perfect brackets left.
https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.c...group/bdbc
I had Dayton, ND State, and Harvard. But no way I saw Mercer winning on my bracket.
(03-21-2014 05:28 PM)backyardblazer Wrote: [ -> ] (03-21-2014 05:21 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote: [ -> ]Who had Dayton, North Dakota State, Harvard AND Mercer in the billion dollar bracket?
Sure as hell wasn't me.
Actually, at this point there are still six perfect brackets left.
https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.c...group/bdbc
I had Dayton, ND State, and Harvard. But no way I saw Mercer winning on my bracket.
same i went 16-0 yesterday but today has been brutal
I was 14-2 yesterday (I picked Harvard). Got killed today.
It seems that only 4 days into the tournament that the $1 billion is safe for this year.
The odds of a perfect bracket are one in nine quintillion. You have better odds of winning the lottery in back to back drawings.
All 3 remaining perfect brackets have George Washington over Memphis. Memphis leads by 10 with 11:38 left.
No more perfect Billion Dollar brackets.
(03-21-2014 07:09 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote: [ -> ]The odds of a perfect bracket are one in nine quintillion. You have better odds of winning the lottery in back to back drawings.
You have better odds of being attacked by a polar bear and a regular bear on the same day.
(03-21-2014 08:58 PM)the_blazerman Wrote: [ -> ]And a cubby bear.
And what are the odds of being attacked by a "cubby bear" at a World Series game in Chicago?
Ask a Cubs fan and they'd probably tell you theres a better chance of a perfect bracket than there is of Wrigley hosting a World Series game anytime in the next century.
For what it's worth, the quintillion-level perfect bracket is for a randomly generated bracket to win. Based on a sensible strategy odds are more like 1 in 125 billion...so, someone will win the billion this millenium maybe, unless chalk kicks tremendous butt one year.
I think the top 20 people still get $100,000 each even if there isn't a big winner.
(03-22-2014 10:42 AM)thebernreuter Wrote: [ -> ]I think the top 20 people still get $100,000 each even if there isn't a big winner.
They still give that out regardless if someone won the billion. If someone had won the billion, they were going to give $100,000 to the 20 closest to the billion dollar bracket.
(03-22-2014 11:06 AM)Marathon Blazer Wrote: [ -> ] (03-22-2014 10:42 AM)thebernreuter Wrote: [ -> ]I think the top 20 people still get $100,000 each even if there isn't a big winner.
They still give that out regardless if someone won the billion. If someone had won the billion, they were going to give $100,000 to the 20 closest to the billion dollar bracket.
Isn't that what he said?
(03-22-2014 01:40 PM)demiveeman Wrote: [ -> ] (03-22-2014 11:06 AM)Marathon Blazer Wrote: [ -> ] (03-22-2014 10:42 AM)thebernreuter Wrote: [ -> ]I think the top 20 people still get $100,000 each even if there isn't a big winner.
They still give that out regardless if someone won the billion. If someone had won the billion, they were going to give $100,000 to the 20 closest to the billion dollar bracket.
Isn't that what he said?
Nope. He said "I THINK the top 20 still..." I basically said "they DO, whether or not someone won the billion."
Add Dayton over Syracuse. Nobody running big bracket contests has to worry about their money by now.
Gotta love it when the chalk gets beat.