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    Are you a 3%er?

    After the Kentucky and South Carolina losses, only 3% of the Yahoo brackets remain perfect. My wife often tells me I am in the 1%, but not for brackets this year.

    Anyone still perfect in their bracket?

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    Not even close, I had a real good bracket going yesterday, then it went to crap. I think 5 of my picks lost. I don’t think I had many of them going far but still
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    I’d think you’d have a better chance throwing darts at the bracket than picking all of these upsets correctly by “reasoning.” I’m always happy if I manage one correct pick going to the Final 4.

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    I did not do so well yesterday. Probably in the bottom 3% Little worried about UNC tomorrow.

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    I lost one of the first games. Then the SC and Ky games. My bracket is busted.

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    Mine says 89%

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    There are very few sure things in life, but if you pick all favorites in the first round of the NCAA tournament, you are for sure going to get your bracket busted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jbass123 View Post
    I’d think you’d have a better chance throwing darts at the bracket than picking all of these upsets correctly by “reasoning.” I’m always happy if I manage one correct pick going to the Final 4.
    Years ago I managed a jock shop sporting goods store and of course we always had a bracket pool. One year I kept dragging my feet about filling one out. The day of the first game about a half hour before tip off the guy running it asked me if I was going to get in. I was busy as heck and didn’t want to be bothered so just grabbed one and randomly filled it out. I won the pot after the first game of the final four was over I have never gotten close since

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    I’m at 97.4%. Burned by those two games

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    Same thing every year. 1st round and sucking hind tit.
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    i went against my gut and picked kentucky just because its been a long time since they made any charge in march.. thought they were due.. thought wrong.. but on the brightside im glad the Wolfpack gets to play oakland insstead! Go Pack!

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    You may as well let your wife/girlfriend pick the teams based on what mascot or team colors she likes.
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    Supposedly no one has ever had a perfect bracket.

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    Why would anyone pick Kentucky ??
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    I haven't picked a losing team yet.
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    I suck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bilgerat View Post
    You may as well let your wife/girlfriend pick the teams based on what mascot or team colors she likes.
    Have a niece who picks pro football games based on the most random things—uniform color, mascot, food from the area, weather. Understand they have thousands of followers.

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    i read that ESPN had over 22 million submitted and only .00038% are still good..


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    well that shoulda took care of the rest of the brackets


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    I guess I am, I’m 25th currently out of 900.
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