(03-17-2014 02:19 PM)Hoopla Wrote:  Somebody actually did this a couple of years ago, IIRC. Someone with no basketball knowledge, just random picks. Now that's luck!

I don't think there are any documented cases of anyone ever filling out a perfect bracket.

If I could win a billion dollars there would be the nicest on campus stadium in America placed somewhere on the campus at the University of Memphis.

(03-17-2014 03:27 PM)bobby jo Wrote:  If I could win a billion dollars there would be the nicest on campus stadium in America placed somewhere on the campus at the University of Memphis.

That might cover a small percentage of your tax liability.

(03-17-2014 04:00 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 03:27 PM)bobby jo Wrote:  If I could win a billion dollars there would be the nicest on campus stadium in America placed somewhere on the campus at the University of Memphis.

That might cover a small percentage of your tax liability.

I would just win the next years bracket to cover the cost.

(03-17-2014 03:25 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 02:19 PM)Hoopla Wrote:  Somebody actually did this a couple of years ago, IIRC. Someone with no basketball knowledge, just random picks. Now that's luck!

I don't think there are any documented cases of anyone ever filling out a perfect bracket.

It's never happened, and never will.

Well, there goes my billion: (Official Rules) "is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who: (a) are 18 years of age or older as of the time of entry and located within the 50 United States and the District of Columbia at the time of Entry (including United States military personnel or contractors entering from within a U.S. military installation."

Otherwise I would have had it in the bag.

(03-17-2014 11:11 AM)Briskbas Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 11:04 AM)mairving Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 10:21 AM)80sTiger Wrote:  Nice PR job by those guys ... $1B gets everyone's attention. But reality is: 64 teams in the tournament; 63 will lose exactly one game. The last team standing wins. So we know 63 games will be played. The odds of randomly guessing the winner of each game (or the outcome of 63 consecutive coin flips) is 2^63. In rough numbers, that comes out to odds of about 1 in 9,000,000,000,000,000,000 (9 quintillion). You basically have a better chance of being mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear both on the same day.

So there is a chance?

With my luck I would probably have a perfect bracket until the very last game and a last second shot causes me to lose $999,999,000.

Buffet's already said he'd offer somebody that made it to the final four with a perfect bracket 100 million dollars. You'd be crazy to let 100 million ride what will basically be three coin flips at that point.

Yep. Especially when the outcome can be unfairly manipulated by outside forces. With that much money on the line, it will happen.

(03-17-2014 03:27 PM)bobby jo Wrote:  If I could win a billion dollars there would be the nicest on campus stadium in America placed somewhere on the campus at the University of Memphis.

I am rooting for you to win!

(03-17-2014 10:27 AM)ByrdDogX Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 10:21 AM)80sTiger Wrote:  You basically have a better chance of being mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear both on the same day....

...in a commercial airliner 35,000 feet in the air.

and the flt # is 370.......