March Madness Tournament Challenge - sponsored by Aquarium Shine

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CR Tournament Challenge!!!
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March Madness is here! Whether you follow college basketball on a regular basis or not, try your luck with our CR Tournament Challenge. It's 100% free to join our contest. We are going to use the CBS.com bracket software to manage everyone's picks. So to get in on this contest, reply to this thread to see the hidden link and password to sign up for our group (you may need to refresh the page to see it once you have replied).


Go to this page to sign up:

CR Tournament Challenge -Group Link (http://captivereefs.mayhem.cbssports.com/e)
group password: captivereefs-2011

When you enter your name, put your CR username for your last name!


The prize for the person with the most points is a $50 gift certificate to Aquarium Shine (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/sponsor-site/1014). If you win and cannot make it to Aquarium Shine, I'm sure the guys can send you some drygoods/additives. The winner will also get a trophy added to their CR Trophy Case!

Obviously the turn around on getting signed up for this contest is pretty quick since the first round of the tournament starts this Thursday 3/17/2011. You must get your bracket filled out by then. Also the brackets won't be available until Sunday afternoon. But I would suggest replying to this thread and getting registered so any bugs can be worked out as soon as possible.

Scoring goes like this, for each game picked correctly:

First Round - 1 point
Second Round - 2 points
Third Round - 4 points
Fourth Round - 8 points
Semi Finals - 16 points
Finals - 32 points

tie breaker total score of final game

[tankdude]

I'll give this a shot.

[purerebel]

Yeaaa, march madness!

[jimsflies]

When you sign up use your CR username as your last name so we can know who is who in the standings. If you already signed up, you can edit it under Options-->Personal.

[scubamomma]

can i guess randomly? lol

[ZOOmanSPS]

Let's do it!!!

[EMUreef]

get someeeee

[jimsflies]

can i guess randomly? lol

You bet!

[BK's Reef]

im in

[Tom@HaslettMI]

I know almost nothing about college basketball... but I guess I'll give it a shot.

Tom

[demonclownfish]

i might try lol

[wilco1rd]

yes

[Shamus]

I'm in!

[larryandlaura]

Woo hop lil doggy!

[acperge]

Worth Trying for an awesome prize!

[spartyblaze]

I'm in.

[Tankster]

I might as well let my kids make my picks.

[sdavis43]

i will give it a shot

[jimsflies]

16 in so far....lets get some more people in this. Brackets will be available Sunday night.

[korndiddy20]

i love me some brackets

[MyNemesis]

Sounds like fun! Too bad we can't make some coral side bets.

[Synergy]

This should be fun!

[jimsflies]

Side bets are welcome....

Only 19 in so far? Lets get 30!

[BK's Reef]

made my bracket on espn once cbs lets us do it i will copy it to the competition

[jimsflies]

brackets are available for completion now...

[joe ringbloom]

try this again lol

[token]

im in

[toddman74]

Yes@! Tourny time!@.

[suzarski]

I'm in.

[grumpy]

I'll try my luck.

[jimsflies]

Nice to see additional members getting in on this!

[CashFan83]

why not let's guess

[Aquarium Shine]

Captive Reefers!

Thank you for participating in the March Madness 2011 Bracket Tournament. And also a BIG thank-you to Jim for setting this contest up for us. Make your best picks for the championship game.

We'll look forward on giving the gift certificate to the winner :jester:

Aquarium Shine :fishbones:

[mth1993]

I am in

[youngtimothy]

I might try this

[whitetiger61]

ill try it

[scubamomma]

how do i know if it worked? i made my picks

[whitetiger61]

did you save your picks... if you saved them when you click on the link in the post it should go right back to your bracket picks

Rick

[MyNemesis]

If you save your choices, you are good to go for the group as I read things. Evidently you can look at everybody elses picks after the brackets are locked in Thursday. I am still trying to figure out how and what to do for a coral side bet. I bet jimsflies has Michigan going to the Elite 8!

[redemer123]

woo basketball!

[foxhole]

How do you get the hidden message?

[jimsflies]

How do you get the hidden message?

Post in this thread and it will display for you. It possibly could require a page refresh.

[dlhirst]

Looking for the hidden meaning...

[jimsflies]

[you], do you see the hidden message?

[Sir Patrick]

Yup- I see the hidden message

[dlhirst]

OK, I am in! And, as usual, my heart over-rules my brain. Spartans to the Final Four? You may be surprised to know I had a tough time picking the Jayhawks over them...

[jimsflies]

:lmao:

[Heidi]

whats up cr!?

[FlowerTortilla]

Woo hoo, can't wait for the games to begin!!!

[wheatbre]

Go State

[jimsflies]

hey now... :michigan:

[Sir Patrick]

I had no clue what I picked....saw a pattern, and followed it. Hope I am lucky!

[foxhole]

50-50 chance of getting it right

[jimsflies]

Still a couple days to get in on this!

[jimsflies]

Brackets need to be filled out by noon today!

[jolson10450]

not into basketball at all but ill try!

[Bella127]

IM in

[jimsflies]

18 minutes left to get in on this!

[jolson10450]

well you can tell i am a complete fail, it asks you for "total final score" and of course stupid me i read it as the final score of the winning team so i picked like 80 something haha... fail! good luck everyone!

[jimsflies]

its only the tie breaker...you'll be out ahead and it won't matter :tongue_out:

[MyNemesis]

One correct, 62 to go! They just posted the first results.

[spartyblaze]

Louisville!!!!!

You ruined me!

[Sir Patrick]

So a green highlighted name is a winning choice, and a red crossed out name is a wrong choice?

[MyNemesis]

Haven't seen any red ones yet, but I am sure that will change. Green is for the winners, like MSU and St. Patrick's Day.

[Sir Patrick]

2 wins, 2 losses so far....my losses havnt ruled me out for wins in the next rounds though, so I guess thats good!

[Sir Patrick]

Oh- 3 greens!

[FlowerTortilla]

MADNESS

[jolson10450]

for those wondering the standings here is the link:

- CBSSports.com (http://captivereefs.mayhem.cbssports.com/opm/standings)

[jimsflies]

MyNemesis is in first.

[Skyhigh]

im in second lol

[korndiddy20]

I love when only after 5 hours of the first day i decide that i hate my bracket :/

[jimsflies]

IM in

Pete- What happened? Thought you were in earlier? It looks like your bracket is gone?

[Bella127]

I know , none of my picks went thru

[jimsflies]

Standings thru last night

Rank Team Name Score Correct Best Score Best Correct Champion
1 Dean tankdude 37 31 177 53 Duke (135)
1 gary fox 37 31 169 52 Kansas (152)
3 jimsflies 36 30 178 52 Florida (143)
3 john ZOOmanSPS 36 31 176 53 Kansas (154)
3 Shawn Uzarski 36 31 168 52 Ohio St. (155)
6 mark taylor 35 30 117 48 Pittsburgh (122)
6 Toddman74 35 30 167 51 Kansas (155)
8 Brendon BK's Reef 34 28 170 48 Kansas (148)
8 John Moutard 34 28 166 49 Duke (136)
8 justin olson 34 29 114 47 Michigan St. (82)
8 Stephen Shamus 34 29 168 49 Kansas (162)
12 Russ emureef 33 28 163 48 Kansas (126)
13 Flowertortilla 32 29 172 51 Texas (133)
13 larry larryandlaura 32 27 176 50 Ohio St. (152)
13 Shane davis 32 27 176 50 Ohio St. (148)
13 Synergy 32 27 170 48 Ohio St. (131)
13 Tony acperge 32 28 172 50 Duke (164)
18 brent wheatbre 31 26 163 47 Kansas (120)
18 Heidi Heidi 31 26 143 45 Ohio St. (140)
18 John MyNemesis 31 27 163 48 Kansas (158)
18 R McD 31 27 137 44 Ohio St. (170)
18 Tom TomatHaslettMI 31 27 115 46 Michigan St. (163)
23 chris sir patrick 30 26 140 44 Ohio St. (150)
23 DL Hirst 30 25 162 46 Ohio St. (126)
23 lee m 30 25 158 44 Ohio St. (75)
23 Rick Tankster 30 26 170 48 Kansas (139)
27 Bryan skyhigh 28 24 128 39 Ohio St. (78)
27 Bubba Matteson 28 25 160 46 Kansas (142)
29 Chris Chort 27 24 153 43 Ohio St. (107)
29 hillary scubamomma 27 24 111 37 Connecticut (150)
29 joe ringbloom 27 24 123 40 North Carolina (156)
29 Matt Harkins 27 25 95 39 Pittsburgh (137)
29 Rick whitetiger. 27 24 123 39 Kansas (146)

[jimsflies]

I know , none of my picks went thru

Darn...wished I had seen that before the tourney started. I could have done an auto fill at least for you. There were a couple others that hadn't submitted and I auto filled for them so they could still be in.

[jimsflies]

Current standings.....

Rank Team Name Score Correct Best Score Best Correct Champion
1 john ZOOmanSPS 46 36 166 49 Kansas (154)
1 Shawn Uzarski 46 36 158 48 Ohio St. (155)
3 Dean tankdude 45 35 165 48 Duke (135)
3 gary fox 45 35 157 47 Kansas (152)
3 mark taylor 45 35 105 44 Pittsburgh (122)
3 Toddman74 45 35 157 47 Kansas (155)
7 Tom TomatHaslettMI 43 33 107 43 Michigan St. (163)
8 Brendon BK's Reef 42 32 166 46 Kansas (148)
8 John Moutard 42 32 154 44 Duke (136)
8 larry larryandlaura 42 32 166 46 Ohio St. (152)
8 Shane davis 42 32 166 46 Ohio St. (148)
8 Stephen Shamus 42 33 146 43 Kansas (162)
8 Synergy 42 32 154 44 Ohio St. (131)
14 Heidi Heidi 41 31 121 39 Ohio St. (140)
14 John MyNemesis 41 32 149 43 Kansas (158)
14 R McD 41 32 129 41 Ohio St. (170)
14 Russ emureef 41 32 149 43 Kansas (126)
18 jimsflies 40 32 132 42 Florida (143)
18 justin olson 40 32 88 39 Michigan St. (82)
18 lee m 40 30 152 42 Ohio St. (75)
18 Tony acperge 40 32 160 45 Duke (164)
22 chris sir patrick 38 30 118 38 Ohio St. (150)
22 DL Hirst 38 29 146 40 Ohio St. (126)
22 Flowertortilla 38 32 70 38 Texas (133)
22 Rick Tankster 38 30 146 41 Kansas (139)
26 brent wheatbre 37 29 133 38 Kansas (120)
26 Chris Chort 37 29 145 40 Ohio St. (107)
28 Bubba Matteson 36 29 136 39 Kansas (142)
29 joe ringbloom 35 28 111 35 North Carolina (156)
29 Matt Harkins 35 29 79 35 Pittsburgh (137)
29 Rick whitetiger. 35 28 111 35 Kansas (146)
32 Bryan skyhigh 34 27 110 34 Ohio St. (78)
33 hillary scubamomma 33 27 101 33 Connecticut (150)

[tankdude]

I know how you feel Chris, my bracket is starting to fall apart.

[jimsflies]

A little update....its seems I am falling further behind on this one :(

Rank Team Name Score Correct Best Score Best Correct Champion
1 john ZOOmanSPS 66 41 146 46 Kansas (154)
2 Brendon BK's Reef 62 37 150 43 Kansas (148)
3 gary fox 57 38 113 41 Kansas (152)
3 Toddman74 57 38 113 41 Kansas (155)
5 Tony acperge 56 36 88 39 Duke (164)
6 Tom TomatHaslettMI 55 36 63 37 Michigan St. (163)
7 John Moutard 54 35 78 37 Duke (136)
7 larry larryandlaura 54 35 78 37 Ohio St. (152)
7 Rick Tankster 54 34 110 37 Kansas (139)
7 Shane davis 54 35 78 37 Ohio St. (148)
7 Shawn Uzarski 54 38 78 40 Ohio St. (155)
7 Stephen Shamus 54 36 110 39 Kansas (162)
7 Synergy 54 35 54 35 Ohio St. (131)
14 Dean tankdude 53 37 69 39 Duke (135)
15 jimsflies 52 35 60 36 Florida (143)
15 justin olson 52 35 60 36 Michigan St. (82)
15 lee m 52 33 76 35 Ohio St. (75)
18 Flowertortilla 50 35 58 36 Texas (133)
19 brent wheatbre 49 32 105 35 Kansas (120)
19 Chris Chort 49 32 73 34 Ohio St. (107)
19 mark taylor 49 36 57 37 Pittsburgh (122)
19 Russ emureef 49 34 105 37 Kansas (126)
23 John MyNemesis 45 33 101 36 Kansas (158)
24 Bubba Matteson 44 31 100 34 Kansas (142)
25 joe ringbloom 43 30 107 34 North Carolina (156)
25 Matt Harkins 43 31 75 34 Pittsburgh (137)
25 Rick whitetiger. 43 30 107 34 Kansas (146)
28 chris sir patrick 42 31 42 31 Ohio St. (150)
28 DL Hirst 42 30 66 32 Ohio St. (126)
30 Heidi Heidi 41 31 41 31 Ohio St. (140)
30 R McD 41 32 41 32 Ohio St. (170)
32 Bryan skyhigh 38 28 38 28 Ohio St. (78)
33 hillary scubamomma 37 28 93 31 Connecticut (150)

[ZOOmanSPS]

It's up to arizona to win if they loose bkreef wins it!!! LETS GO ARIZONA!!!:)

[BK's Reef]

Uconn!!!!! Please

[foxhole]

Jim we can get updates from where we sign up at.

[BK's Reef]

Yessssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

[jimsflies]

Jim we can get updates from where we sign up at.

Yeah... :confused:

[jimsflies]

Yessssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

You had a pretty good day today, didn't you? :)

[BK's Reef]

oh yeah bought some cheap corals and probably won 50 bucks im happy

[jimsflies]

As far as I can tell you just won another $50 from Aquarium Shine.

[Shamus]

Man my bracket got DESTROYED this weekend! Good luck to the frontrunners!

[ZOOmanSPS]

It's over no matter what BKREEFS ONE IT!!

[jolson10450]

well looks like i am not the winner! but i didn't do to bad at all considering i am in the 3rd place right now lol so just goes to show you that knowing noting about basketball could still possibly make you a winner lol

[BK's Reef]

ICan lose to scubamomma if uconn wins the championship[QUOTE=ZOOmanSPS;109636]It's over no matter what BKREEFS ONE IT!![/QUOTE

[jolson10450]

ICan lose to scubamomma if uconn wins the championship[QUOTE=ZOOmanSPS;109636]It's over no matter what BKREEFS ONE IT!![/QUOTE

i dont think so because finals you win 32 so she would only have 77 total and right now you have 78 or am i doing math wrong? this is my first bracket so i am not sure but i am assuming she got the points for the final 4 already because she got that right now if they win and make it to the finals she will get the 32 points...

[ZOOmanSPS]

Scubbamomma will get 16 points if they beat Kentucky and 32 if uconn wins it all!!

[jolson10450]

Scubbamomma will get 16 points if they beat Kentucky and 32 if uconn wins it all!!

ahh gotcha! wasnt to sure how that worked so so that have to win their seat in order to get the points then... makes sense!

no offense BK but i hope scubbamomma wins it because she had that tank crash happen a month or so ago so im hoping the best for her so she can try to recoup and recover!

[scubamomma]

i was soo close i came from last to 4th!

[jolson10450]

i was soo close i came from last to 4th!

i think you still have a chance! if uconn wins you win it

[sinistervato]

Uconn for the win

[jimsflies]

Congrats to Scubamomma!

The final results look like this:

Rank Team Name Score Correct Best Score Best Correct Champion
1 hillary scubamomma 93 31 93 31 Connecticut (150)
2 Brendon BK's Reef 78 39 78 39 Kansas (148)
3 john ZOOmanSPS 74 42 74 42 Kansas (154)
4 Matt Harkins 67 33 67 33 Pittsburgh (137)
5 justin olson 60 36 60 36 Michigan St. (82)
6 Flowertortilla 58 36 58 36 Texas (133)
7 gary fox 57 38 57 38 Kansas (152)
8 Toddman74 57 38 57 38 Kansas (155)
9 Tony acperge 56 36 56 36 Duke (164)
10 Tom TomatHaslettMI 55 36 55 36 Michigan St. (163)
11 Synergy 54 35 54 35 Ohio St. (131)
12 John Moutard 54 35 54 35 Duke (136)
13 Rick Tankster 54 34 54 34 Kansas (139)
14 Shane davis 54 35 54 35 Ohio St. (148)
15 larry larryandlaura 54 35 54 35 Ohio St. (152)
16 Shawn Uzarski 54 38 54 38 Ohio St. (155)
17 Stephen Shamus 54 36 54 36 Kansas (162)
18 Dean tankdude 53 37 53 37 Duke (135)
19 lee m 52 33 52 33 Ohio St. (75)
20 jimsflies 52 35 52 35 Florida (143)
21 Rick whitetiger. 51 31 51 31 Kansas (146)
22 joe ringbloom 51 31 51 31 North Carolina (156)
23 Chris Chort 49 32 49 32 Ohio St. (107)
24 brent wheatbre 49 32 49 32 Kansas (120)
25 mark taylor 49 36 49 36 Pittsburgh (122)
26 Russ emureef 49 34 49 34 Kansas (126)
27 John MyNemesis 45 33 45 33 Kansas (158)
28 Bubba Matteson 44 31 44 31 Kansas (142)
29 DL Hirst 42 30 42 30 Ohio St. (126)
30 chris sir patrick 42 31 42 31 Ohio St. (150)
31 Heidi Heidi 41 31 41 31 Ohio St. (140)
32 R McD 41 32 41 32 Ohio St. (170)
33 Bryan skyhigh 38 28 38 28 Ohio St. (78)

[scubamomma]

YAY! thanks guys Ive been having a really rough week and this made me smile! Uconn was the only team I liked!

[MyNemesis]

Congrats to Hillary Scuba Momma on a nice win! Lots of fun to watch and follow. Thanks to Aquarium Shine for sponsoring the contest. PS. Any prize for 27th place?

[scubamomma]

Yes thank you aquarium shine for sponsoring a great contest the Captive community appreciates all sponsors for keeping us involved in interesting contests!

[jolson10450]

YAY! thanks guys Ive been having a really rough week and this made me smile! Uconn was the only team I liked!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

[Sir Patrick]

Nice pick Hillary!!! I was rooting for ya!

[tankdude]

Congratulations!