March Madness 2013 - sponsored by Aquarium Shine

[jimsflies]

CR March Madness is almost here! Lets have a little CR fun with our annual March Madness contest.

Whether you follow college basketball on a regular basis or not, you might as well fill out a bracket and follow along. 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 March Madness - Group Link (http://captivereefs.mayhem.cbssports.com/e)
group password: captivereefs

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


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/icons/vbactivity/medals/basketball-award.pngThe prize for the person with the most points is a $100 Aquarium Shine (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/sponsor-site/1014) gift card!. 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 the CR basketball trophy added to their CR Trophy Case!

Brackets will be available to complete starting Sunday evening (March 17, 2013). You will need to fill out your bracket before the first round of the tournament on Thursday 3/21/2013. You must get your bracket filled out by then. In the meantime, I would suggest replying to this thread and get registered on the CBS site 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

:marchmadness:

sponsored by:

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[woods4542000]

I'm in! Go blue!

[dputt88]

ill do anything for a shot at $100 in aquarium stuff.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

ill do anything for a shot at $100 in aquarium stuff.

Yikes! dputt you are far more dedicated than me... there are plenty of things I would NOT do for $100 in aquarium goodies. However, randomly guessing on an NCAA bracket IS something I'm willing to do. Thanks Aquarium Shine for the generous prize.

Tom

[dputt88]

so i signed up, i think. but i couldnt enter my user id as my last name because my user id contains numbers.

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ok i will do a lot for 100 in aquariums stuff but not anything

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also i clicked the players tab, and wow there are a lot of people signed up already.

[EMUreef]

here we go again.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

so i signed up, i think. but i couldnt enter my user id as my last name because my user id contains numbers.

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ok i will do a lot for 100 in aquariums stuff but not anything

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also i clicked the players tab, and wow there are a lot of people signed up already.

I think all of the people that have played over the last few years are on that list.

Tom

[Tropical Buff]

I am in for sure as well

[MyNemesis]

If it wasn't for basketball, we could jump from February right to April as far as I am concerned.

[pinhigh1886]

OK Go Blue!

[BCTate]

I'm in! Go Blue.......Devils!

[thepanfish]

Go blue woo

[jimsflies]

I haven't recovered since that last shot rolled around the rim and didn't fall through the basket last Sunday. :michigan:

[pinhigh1886]

I was at the game Jim. It was worse in person. The crowd went silent and was in shock for 5 minutes. All you could hear was the IU bench celebrating:mad:

[jimsflies]

Brackets should be available later tonight!

[toddman74]

my favorite time of the year. of course I'm in

[Aquarium Shine]

The NCAA brackets are validated. It's time to get thinking on getting yours filled out. Good luck to all those who participate. We'll see the winner at the store to present your $100 gift card. :jester:

LF

[dputt88]

done! go blue

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do i fill out all three or just one

[Sir Patrick]

Ill fill one out

[Bella127]

Looks to be fun

[dlhirst]

2013 NCAA Champions - Michigan State University Spartans!

[foxhole]

Are you ready to rumble

[Tajiryn]

I'll give it a shot...

[joe ringbloom]

Sweet can't wait

[dputt88]

am i supposed to fill out all three brackets, or just one??.....

[jimsflies]

Not sure what you mean about 3 brackets?

[dputt88]

on the website it says im looking at bracket one out of three, and the other two a blank, i only filled out one for now though.

[Ocho Cinco]

I'll give it a go. Better lucky than good!

It looks like there is 2 "groups". One upder Captive Reefs and one Aquarium Shine. Do we do one for each?

[jimsflies]

on the website it says im looking at bracket one out of three, and the other two a blank, i only filled out one for now though.

I see that now. It looks like we can go with just one.

[Tankster]

should be an interesting tournament this year!

[dputt88]

Ok, thanks Jim. My first time doing brackets, i dont watch basketball at all

[woods4542000]

Its a close race lol!

[Ocho Cinco]

It looks like we have a lot of "homers". About half of the people traking either MI or MI State to win lol. Good luck all!

[foxhole]

Bracket going down the crapper after one day!!

[foxhole]

Bad tourney for 5 seeds.Think Wisconsin players should change their majors to BRICKLAYERS.Haven't heard that much clanging in a long time

[jimsflies]

Yeah that Wisconsin loss killed me!

[jimsflies]

Round 1 standings...

[dputt88]

not bad for someone who has never watched a college basketball game in his life!

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Dead last! My standing is accurately reflects my knowledge of college basketball. Good luck all.

GO GREEN!

Tom

[Ocho Cinco]

Round 1 standings...

Last nights games killed me! :crying: Still a lot to be played!

[woods4542000]

I think they got all of us lol!

[dputt88]

When is the next game? I wanna get back in first!!!

[woods4542000]

Thur 7:15!

[foxhole]

To bad the tourney is not 2 rounds!

[foxhole]

When is the next game? I wanna get back in first!!!Being in first right now don't pay anything.It only counts when you are in first after the buzzer goes off for the last game.

[dputt88]

Where your at now doesn't matter, hypothetically if the brackets play out "best scenario" for each bracket w/ MI winning you still would finish in 2nd.

Go State :) lol

youre wrong michigan beats state in the finals.. duh!

[Sir Patrick]

2013 NCAA Champions - Michigan State University Spartans!

Not going to happen

[Sir Patrick]

You guys are lucky I was too busy to fill one out this year.....

And to all your state fans out there-

[woods4542000]

Well my brackets toast, but Michigan is still in it Go Blue!

[jimsflies]

Here is an update of our standings...

[MyNemesis]

After last night, I am done as well. Let's do this again next year!

[dputt88]

this is why i hate michigan st. they totally messed up my brackets last night....

[jimsflies]

Here's where we are going into the final weekend... I hope Synergy and dputt88 are right!

Go Blue!

[jimsflies]

Last night! It looks like its down to two members for the win tonight!

Synergy (picked Michigan) or EMUreef (picked Louisville)

[woods4542000]

Go Synergy ! Go Blue!

[jimsflies]

The winner is EMUreef!

[EMUreef]

kinda sucked i didn't root for louisville at all even though it would have got me the win.

[Ocho Cinco]

The winner is EMUreef!

Nice job! I was close but couldnt catch you. What does 2nd place get? :big_grin:

[EMUreef]

and i collect my winnings how?

[jimsflies]

and i collect my winnings how?

I got your pm yesterday and will get you squared away.

[EMUreef]

I got your pm yesterday and will get you squared away.

Thanks jim and thanks aquariumshine. will be stopping in and checking the place out for the first time.

[Aquarium Shine]

Thanks jim and thanks aquariumshine. will be stopping in and checking the place out for the first time.


Congrats! feel free to swing by and pick up your gift card during our store hours.

[EMUreef]

Congrats! feel free to swing by and pick up your gift card during our store hours.

is there someone i should ask for?

[Aquarium Shine]

is there someone i should ask for?

Card is at the front counter so anyone can help just let them know who you are.