HERE IS HOW TO PLAY.
1) Go directly to the FIND GROUPS link below;
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2015/en/groupfind
2) JOIN THE GROUP
———– Group Name = TheBurningPlatform (enter the name in the red “SEARCH GROUPS” tab, and then click on it)
———– Password (if asked for it) = BigDogs
3) Fill Out Your Bracket(s) (up to 3 of them) by clicking on the big red “GET STARTED”.
Note #1: You can use the same name/password you used last year … or, create a new one. If you forgot your name/password, there’s a place to click “forgot password”, and they’ll email it to you.
Note #2: The past few years people have been using WEIRD names. If you’re a TBP regular, it would be nice if you used the same name … so that we can make fun of you. (Although I did enjoy the entry named “URHomo”, which I suspect was bb’s entry.)
Note #3: Don’t forget to signup to win $10,000, a new Acura, or the One Billion Dollars for the perfect bracket. After you sign up, don’t forget you also have to validate (there’s a button) your email. Last year I signed up for the free Acura, and I got emails and calls from every fucking Acura dealer in NJ. That was a lot of fun.
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Hints and Comments:
Kentsucky sucks ass. They play in a shit conference and Calimari is a cheater and a fraud. Manhattan will beat them in the first round. That’s a lock.
Me? I will spend more time researching colleges for my bracket than I did my education and, I still won’t win. My bracket will look like Kim Kardashian’s vagina … torn up and filled with black ex’s.
Women are encouraged to play …. but not if you don’t know jack shit about college hoops. In other words, if you pick teams by, 1) the color of their uniforms, 2) which name sounds nicer, 3) or, you pick cute mascots (Hoosier) over ugly ones (Bulldogs) … then please just fuckin’ move along. I might even delete your entry.
In the same vein, Sensetti is not encouraged to play …. as he will pick teams from Red states over Blue states.
flash … do NOT copy and paste last year’s picks (different teams this year)
Once again, Llpoh will assign his company accountant for the next three days to research and make the right picks …. and then fire him for fucking up.
Once again, Arizona has a good shot at winning it all ……. and then we’ll have to put up with SSS’s shit for the next year.
Peaceout won it all last year. He is not encouraged to play this year.
Rob in Nova Scotia came in dead last with a paltry 320 points … only 2% correct picks. It’s hard to fuck up like that even on purpose. We strongly encourage Rob to submit 3 entries.
Admin is also strongly encouraged to submit 3 entries …. as it will be a source of endless laughter and derision for the rest of us.
Actual picture of Admin and Rob collaborating on their picks.
Good luck everyone. I hope MANY will play.
Congrats to fwiwimho
Currently in 6th place. If Wisconsin wins, I finish 4th.
Either way, I finished AHEAD of;
— Admin
— Llpoh
— SSS
Success!!!!
ELEVEN of Kentsucky’s players will play pro ball somewhere. Six will be in the NBA … probably 2 or 3 lottery picks.
No championship = laughing stock, USA.
Andrew Harrison was asked in the post game interview what he thought about guarding Frank Kaminsky. The response? “Fuck that nigger”. Oh, yes, he did. Such class!! I guess that niggah couldn’t stand being beat by 4 white guys. hahahaha
Several Kentsucky players refused to shake hands. Such class.
Calimari barely gave Wisconsin any credit whatsoever. Such class.
If you want to a good laugh, doom and gloom, excuse making, denial, anger, depression, rationalization … all in one spot … go to the Kensucky bb board which even at 5:30AM still has 3k people moaning and bitching and considering suicide. hahaha
https://kentucky.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=888&fid=1383
When announcers and media talks about the LAST PERFECT SEASON in college basketball, it will STILL be ……… INDIANA. Go Hoosiers!!!
To pile woe upon woe …… IU, Kentucky, and Syracuse were the final choices for 6’10”, 250lb Thomas Bryant …. a 5-star Burger Boy. Yesterday, he chose Indiana. hahaha And IU is a finalist for 7’1″ Wunderkind Thon Maker.
It was a shitty day for me today. But Kentsucky losing eased the pain significantly.
Good news.
My “SSSatTBP1” may be dead last with a miserable 370 points, but my “SSSatTBP2” has 930 points. Check it out, Stucky. I win. Heh.
Images of devastated Kentsucky fans. Shadenfreude!!!
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Typical Kentsucky fan. No shoes … in the winter. No self-control … their ENTIRE lives revolve around Kentsucky basketball. Plastic covers on the couch … in a trailer, no doubt. LMFAO!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qgw4ZqmDWuU
So Stucky, I’m starting to get the impression you are happy Kentucky lost last night.
My plan to take 20th place worked flawlessly.
TOP TEN
1 — fwiwimho 1
2 — fwiwimho 3
3 — BTTransportation
4 — furse72 3furse72
5 — SABoilermaker 1
6 — STUCKY / Ms Freud
7 — Sonic Tiger
8 — llpoh1
9 — armand56
10 – jryznic 1jryznic
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31 — ADMIN (heh heh)
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42 — SSS (DEAD LAST, LMFAO)
final results page here — http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2015/en/group?groupID=430261
I soundly defeated Avalon. That is all that matters.
What a pitiful display that not one TBPer picked the national champion.
TBP final ranking 29,149.
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Average score was 810 points. By comparison the 1st place group (Chi O Crazies) scored an average of 1260 points.
SSS places 42nd. Proof positive Super Sleuth is not Super Sleuthy. Admin just had a bad day in the brackets (cough).
Wait til next year.
I thought the highlight of the whole thread was having the actual picture of my belly button plastered all over the net. Thanks again to Stucky for his creative visual displays.
Look at the NCAA Champs over the past 20 years below. Not ONE single non-BCS school. You would have to go all the way back to 1966 for that, when UTEP beat Kentsucky.
2015 Duke
2014 Connecticut
2013 Louisville
2012 Kentucky
2011 Connecticut
2010 Duke
2009 North Carolina
2008 Kansas
2007 Florida
2006 Florida
2005 North Carolina
2004 Connecticut
2003 Syracuse
2002 Maryland
2001 Duke
2000 Michigan State
1999 Connecticut
1998 Kentucky
1997 Arizona
1996 Kentucky
1995 UCLA
ACC ——– 6 titles
Big East — 5
SEC ——– 5
PAC 10 —- 2
BIG 12 —– 1
BIG 10 —– 1
Non-BCS schools don’t have a chance. Even the bottom two-thirds of BCS schools don’t have a chance. It’s basically a handful of rich schools who win it over and over again. Pretty much the same thing in football. Major sports in college = pretty much a big fucking joke … and a waste of your time, which took me years to understand.
Stucky – Thanks for organizing this bracket tourney again this year, it was a lot of fun, my home state Zags let me down, again, but it is all good, enjoyed the final last night, really good basketball.
Stucky
You lying sack of shit. I came in tied for 14th with my “SSSatTBP2” entry, which garnered 930 points and smashed the daylights out of Quinn’s 690 points on his entry. Since he elected to submit only one entry is his fucking problem. Here is what I posted on March 18th in the above thread.
“SSS says:
Stucky
I submitted two entries last night and may jump in for a third entry soon.”
Well, I did jump in with a third entry. Here is what YOU said in the instructions. “3) Fill Out Your Bracket(s) (up to 3 of them) by clicking on the big red “GET STARTED”.
I plan on suing the shit out of you for defaming me. I’ll see you in court, you sorry prick.
Heh.
Only pussies submit more than one pool.
Well just thought I’d wind this one up for another year. Last year was a hoot! I am going to sit down and do some research this year. Should be able to leave Stucky in the dust.
Fuck the DOOM it’s March!
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