re: If Gambling Were Not Involved, How Much Would We Care About the Tournament

when i was in elementary school i had alpha on thursdays all day and we did nothing but watch ncaa tourny that was back when all the games were on CBS and you had to hope the would cut into a good game lol.

My 5th grade year my teacher just so happened to be Dion Crosses mother who played for Standford so absolutely nothing got done those 2 days all we did was watch basketball.

in jr high i had to tough it out utnil 2:45 then we could go to basketball practice and watch the games in gym as basketball season was over and we had nothing else to do


in high school i had a car and just said frick it and wouldn't show up for 2 days , i'd get some skank that was 18 to rent a hotel room and me and my friends would just pile in and watch basketball all day then go home / to work at 4pm

I'm running a different pool from the traditional bracket. Similar to the super bowl squares game, every person pays in $10 for each square they want. Every single game has a winner. You take in $1,000, and the payout per game escalates. $5 per first round game and you have $160. Double the per game amount each round, and you're left with $200 for the championship game. Obviously you can win more than once. I just hated wasting time filling out a bracket and seeing it gone after the first two rounds. Most of them are set up so you pretty much have to nail 3/4 of your final four and get the championship game right to win it.