How many brackets do you fill out?

[Captain_Kirk]

Do you go with just one? Or are you the Sybil of the NCAA brackets?

Me--I've got about 6--yahoo, ESPN, Sportsline, an office pool. Lots of variation in the first two rounds, but all of them come back to UNC and UCLA in the end.

 

[Barsuk]

I filled out three immediately after the field was set, then I filled out my "official" one and trashed the first three. I entered my official bracket in about six different contests.

But then I filled out one off-the-wall bracket, just for kicks.

My wife has so many brackets that are so varied in her picks, she won't even know who she needs to win the games.

 

[dreunc1542]

I have 2 brackets in my main pool. It's the way I've done it for the past 10 years. I haven't won in 8 years, though, so it doesn't seem to help.

 

[Bob Slydell]

I only do one per pool. Sometimes two, but usually one. It's my sheet of integrity :)

And integrity gets me usually in the bottom half of the pool

 

[Barsuk]

I only do one per pool. Sometimes two, but usually one. It's my sheet of integrity :)

And integrity gets me usually in the bottom half of the pool

Same here, Bob. But I used to fill out a dozen, and that was worse. Sure, one of them might turn out pretty good, but it was a total clusterf*ck to keep track of my picks.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I'll fill out as many brackets as I get invites. Anyone else need more entrants?? (Cash pools, please.)

I also try to get a variety. Did one where you pick a group of 10 teams and get points based on seeds if they win. Did one where you pick the whole bracket and get points based on the seeds if they win. Did a couple traditional ones. Did a draft where we got nine people together and take turns picking teams; whoever's teams win the most games wins it all.

I mix up my picks based on the scoring rules, but I think I've picked UCLA to win it all in each one so far.

 

[imjustagirl]

I filled out one, and that was for the SportsJournalists.com thing. That's it.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Two.
And I'm in a blind draw pool -- Go Boilermakers! -- every year, too.

 

[Bob Slydell]

I filled out one, and that was for the SportsJournalists.com thing. That's it.

So you have UK in Final Four right?

 

[imjustagirl]

I filled out one, and that was for the SportsJournalists.com thing. That's it.

So you have UK in Final Four right?

OR losing in the first round.

I do have a sig bet with Fenian on the game, though. He's cheating and only giving me five points though. :)

 

[Bob Slydell]

I filled out one, and that was for the SportsJournalists.com thing. That's it.

So you have UK in Final Four right?

OR losing in the first round.

I do have a sig bet with Fenian on the game, though. He's cheating and only giving me five points though. :)

I don't think UK can handle the Marquette guards.

 

[Football_Bat]

I usually fill out three — one for me and one each for my two cats.

 

[imjustagirl]

I filled out one, and that was for the SportsJournalists.com thing. That's it.

So you have UK in Final Four right?

OR losing in the first round.

I do have a sig bet with Fenian on the game, though. He's cheating and only giving me five points though. :)

I don't think UK can handle the Marquette guards.

I know next to nothing of Kentucky, and I've seen all of five minutes of Marquette. I just wanted to make a bet with Fenian. :)

 

[ondeadline]

I filled out one bracket and am using the same prediction on multiple pools.

 

[Barsuk]

I usually fill out three — one for me and one each for my two cats.

That's a hell of an idea. I just filled one out for my cat. His strategy: When in doubt, go with feline mascots. (He has Memphis winning it all, by the way, beating Clemson in the finals.)

 

[dixiehack]

I filled out one bracket and am using the same prediction on multiple pools.

Roger that.

 

[Oz]

Two under one Yahoo! ID with different sets of friends, two with a different Yahoo! ID for other groups (one being SportsJournalists.com), my wife's office pool and then the one at my work.

So six, all with the same picks. KU beating UCLA in the finals, Tennessee and Memphis.

 

[hockeybeat]

None this year. No pools, no brackets. Nothing.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

I usually fill out three — one for me and one each for my two cats.

That's a hell of an idea. I just filled one out for my cat. His strategy: When in doubt, go with feline mascots. (He has Memphis winning it all, by the way, beating Clemson in the finals.)

Ridiculous idea.

If my cat wants in, he can damn well fill out his own bracket. Lazy SOB.

 

[lisa_simpson]

Only one bracket this year, entered in two pools - my office's pool, and the SportsJournalists.com pool, of which I am proud to say I am the defending champeen. :D

Finished fourth in my office pool last year, due to minor tweaks between the two brackets in the Finals. Not repeating that this year - if I'm going down, it's gonna be in a MAJOR fireball.