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2025 NCAA College Basketball March Madness
An SI Board Since December 2024
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Emcee:  Jeffrey S. Mitchell Type:  Moderated
Welcome to the 27th annual March Madness thread! This year's challenge for Silicon Investor members (and their family and friends) will be, once again, on the CBS Sportsline site.

1. To access the pool (when available), click here [note that Sportsline has retained the "si2004" ID from years past]: si2004.mayhem.cbssports.com

Our group password is: si2008 [retained from 16 years ago]

2. If you have don't have a Sportsline account, you will be prompted on how to create one.

Important Note: If you wish to remain totally anonymous, you should either register using an anonymous e-mail account, or, after accessing the pool home page, click on "Options" then "Personal" to control what information about you gets revealed to others in the pool.

3. Scoring will be 1 point for the first round, 2 for the second, 4 for the third (Sweet 16), 8 for fourth (Elite 8), 16 for the fifth (Final 4), and 32 for the championship game. A bonus will also be added equal to the number of the winning seed. For example, in round three if you correctly choose a 9 seed to beat a 3 seed then you get 4 points (for a round three winner) + 9 points (for the seed) = 13 total points.

4. If you use a name different from your SI ID, please indicate here which person is you.

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BTW, the odds of guessing all 63 games correctly is 1 in 9.25 quintillion!

Good luck!

- Jeff

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All Time Standings by Year:
Year#PlayersFirstSecondThirdFourth
199935Jonah123Bob047Henry Volquarsdenrichris
200019Jeff Mitchell Patrick SlevinDenis GuenetteTom C
200122Robert FisherMike SkyyMike ChenHeyward Hodges
200215Kerry CarmichaelJ. ConleyDenis GuenetteScott Edwards
200314BuckeyEK!!!Michael SkyyDenis Guenette
200425Jeff's SonTom CJeff MitchellSalesperson
200518Jeff MitchellTom CKevin PodsiadlikJeff's son
200614PlayItdown(Blank)BuckeyKevin Podsiadlik
200720J ConleyMichael SkyyJim MackTom C
200819Stuffed QuahogSalespersonTom CBill
200925mike skyJeff MitchellPlayItdownAugustus Gloop
201020mike skyBig MackeyPlayItdowntomc_si
201120BillTom CSESam Snead
201220Jim RaynorAugustus GloopJeff's sonKJC
201323Jim MAugustus GloopTom CLeslie Hanson
201422J ConleyJeff MitchellJim MJeff's son
201522Leslie HansonCalyMike SkyyBob Newton
201621Jeff Mitchellmike SkyyGloop Jrlongnshort
201719Sam AdamsGloop JrAugustus GloopKerry C
201823Jeff's sonJames LBuckeysalesperson
201919Augustus GloopJeff's sonGloop's sonMichelino
20200Covid
202114Jane GThomas MJeff's sonGloop's son
202215BillKevinBuckeyJeff's son
202316Thomas MAugustus GloopGloop JrBonefish
202414JaneKevinJeffImpossible Dream
202513Thomas MImpossible DreamBob NewtonGloop Jr

Most wins: Jeff Mitchell (3)
Most Final Fours: Tom C (8); Jeff's son (8), Jeff (7), Gloop (6)

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Boards from years past:
1999: Subject 26408; 2000: Subject 33883; 2001: Subject 50948; 2002: Subject 52504; 2003: Subject 53458; 2004: Subject 54619; 2005: Subject 55531; 2006: Subject 56441; 2007: Subject 57018; 2008:Subject 57400; 2009: Subject 57680; 2010: Subject 57966; 2011: Subject 58154; 2012: Subject 58585; 2013:Subject 59110; 2014: Subject 59372; 2015: Subject 59582; 2016: Subject 59664; 2017: Subject 59822; 2018: Subject 59937; 2019: Subject 60015; 2020: Subject 60097; 2021: Subject 60219; 2022: Subject 60298; 2024: Subject 60343
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563That's a length.Bill-4/9/2025
562I freedived and touched the Hilma Hooker off the shores of Bonaire on a single bjazzlover2-4/9/2025
561Wilt the Stilt was "with" about 20K women in his life. I'm going tJeffrey S. Mitchell-4/8/2025
560You can start breathing nowBroken_Clock-4/8/2025
559I'm a 6'6" man in bare feet and can't imagine it either. Being jazzlover2-4/8/2025
558Now that's lung capacityAugustus Gloop-4/8/2025
557You just post shallow skin skin shots. I like to read about someone's real lBroken_Clock14/8/2025
556I can only imagine what goes through a 5'2" woman's mind standing nJeffrey S. Mitchell-4/8/2025
555That should be on every PaigeAugustus Gloop-4/8/2025
554Hey hey. You are on the wrong Paige with that picture. - JeffJeffrey S. Mitchell-4/8/2025
553She what they call an influencer? Cause I got influencedBroken_Clock-4/8/2025
552With 6mm? Dang.Bonefish-4/8/2025
551I like a hole in oneAugustus Gloop-4/8/2025
550Never knew you liked golf.Bonefish-4/8/2025
549Golf [graphic]Augustus Gloop-4/8/2025
548They caught some hell over it too. Otoh. Congrats on the winBonefish-4/8/2025
547Never hurts to prepare early. But that wasn't a jinxBonefish-4/8/2025
546I see you want them to make an early exitAugustus Gloop-4/8/2025
545You see thee Florida gators have a 7'9" redshirt freshman ready to playBonefish-4/8/2025
544I'm speechlessBroken_Clock-4/8/2025
543Speaking of the Masters [graphic]Augustus Gloop-4/8/2025
542I had a Stringray - It was a smokin' ride! I could haul chicks around on myAugustus Gloop-4/8/2025
541Maybe sports just isn't his thing.Bill-4/8/2025
540Gloop fancies himself the Master of his domain, but has no clue the Masters is oJeffrey S. Mitchell-4/8/2025
539We jocks had the Schwinns. The riff-raff 10 year olds had the Stingrays. We wereJeffrey S. Mitchell-4/8/2025
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