jimdahl Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Already eliminated from your basketball office pool? For amusement and pride... fill out a hockey bracket. This might prove a little more effective than posting large text-filled posts of predictions in threads to which no one will ever go back to notice your prescience. Don't forget to save when done, and I promise to do interesting things with the data (leaderboard / consensus picks). Why do I expect a lot of UND wins from this crowd? BTW -- I finished this mere seconds ago so it's not as well tested as projects which were less time-sensitive. Please report any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxTupa Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 I didn't think it would happen, but UNH actually is my pick from the East. They will get through Mich with help from Manchester ice. Then they will show why they have the record they do against BC in New Hampshire and take that game too by about 4-3. Maine will get through Bucky and Harvard without too much of a problem. Wisc will be tough, but I think Maine is a better team overall. Better everything. Once UNH plays Maine, the goal scoring will become a must, and Maine won't have it. 3-1 UNH. UNH thinks it's ready for redemption on the Gophers... I don't 5-2 UND in the Final. #8 It's the most wonderful time of the year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdahl Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 No homerism so far On the other hand, what self-respecting Sioux fan dares pick anyone other than the Sioux? Consensus picks Let's pin this, see if we can get a few more people to play along. Just don't tell the Gopher fans, or they might get confused and think the NCAA champ is actually determined by fan vote and try to stuff the ballot box. I'll throw together leaderboards once results start coming in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnami Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Fair and Balenced picks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceberg Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 even though it might be a dream.... UMD all the way!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertrex Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 even though it might be a dream.... UMD all the way!!!!! All the way to the Final Four anyway, then I'm out...Go Sioux!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedorov Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 So 2% think UND will lose to Holy Cross? I wonder which Gopher trolls picked that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm567b27 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 So 2% think UND will lose to Holy Cross? I wonder which Gopher trolls picked that. I wouldn't rule anything out - that goes for any team in the tournament. After last years embarassment to FSU.....anything can happen. I wouldn't count on it however with HC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdahl Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 So 2% think UND will lose to Holy Cross? I wonder which Gopher trolls picked that. The blank actually means that someone didn't make a pick for that game. Maybe I should figure out how to exclude blank picks from the tallies, since no one has yet dared take Holy Cross or Niagara. BTW -- KRACH gives UND about a 95% chance of winning the game. Maybe I'll throw KRACH predictions into the bracket if I don't get stuck doing any real work this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzy05 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Excel guru...how do you get the drop down like that on a cell? Let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdahl Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Excel guru...how do you get the drop down like that on a cell? Let me know. I'm certainly no Excel guru, but enabling the Forms toolbar under View -> Toolbars is probably a place to start. The combo box control seems to be able to take its choices from a cell range AND lets you link the selected value of the box to a cell, so that's probably the mechanism you'd use to have a combo box's options be dependent on another combo box's selection (such as is required in a tournament bracket). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux fan in phoenix Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Jim, What am I supposed to put in the username/password part? I tried putting my username & password but nothing happens. First time I've played one of these. And what do I click, load or save? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdahl Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Jim, What am I supposed to put in the username/password part? I tried putting my username & password but nothing happens. First time I've played one of these. And what do I click, load or save? First you have to fill out a bracket by selecting the team you think will win each game from the dropdown box (as you pick the teams you think will win the regional semifinal round, those winners become the choices for the later rounds). Once you're done and want to save your picks, you enter your message board username/password and hit 'save'. Or, you can choose a new username/password and that will also work (as long as the username isn't already taken). Users with message board accounts have those names reserved so no one can go put in bad picks under the name 'PCM' and make Pat look bad. Later, you can return to that page, enter you username/password and hit 'load'. That will retrieve the picks you previously saved. Very handy for last-minute changes or checking on your results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux fan in phoenix Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Thx, Jim. Couple of questions: * Are you going to lock this thread Friday afternoon or some other time before the tourney starts to prevent people from changing their picks once the games have already been decided (in other words, what is the deadline for changing our brackets)? * Is there any way to see how other members here voted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCM Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Users with message board accounts have those names reserved so no one can go put in bad picks under the name 'PCM' and make Pat look bad. As if I need any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux fan in phoenix Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 As if I need any help. I tried to diminish your reputation by putting "Mapletoft" as your password but that didn't work. Jim: I thought for the longest time that your avatar was that of a woman playing a flute; but I think now she's defending herself with a sword Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdahl Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Jim: I thought for the longest time that your avatar was that of a woman playing a flute; but I think now she's defending herself with a sword Yeah, I guess if the pic isn't familiar it could be a bit confusing. Here's a bigger one. If there's ever a flute in my avatar, be very afraid. Yeah, I'll lock the picks sometime Friday, probably. At a minimum there will be a leaderboard that show who has the most picks correct (which could get really ugly if UND doesn't go all the way); I'll try to at least make it so you can view those people's picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux fan in phoenix Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Thx for all your help, Jim. This is a good idea & I like the way you formatted the brackets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPoS Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 is there a reason the numbers don't add up to 100%? I don't have my gonk-ulator handy but they seem a bit off! WPoS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighting Sioux Fan Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Anyone pick any interesting upsets? it appears to me that most people picked the same teams to win... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdahl Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 A couple points: The percentages don't tally because each box currently show the top 3 non-blank picks for each team. Some games have had more than 3 winners picked, and some games have been left unpicked in submitted brackets. I'll try to modify those to be percentages of non-blank picks. Though this crowd is pretty much in agreement on the West bracket, there's quite a bit of variation in the other region finals: 49% Minnesota-Duluth 39% Minnesota 49% Boston College 26% New Hampshire 20% Michigan 62% Maine 26% Wisconsin 6% Ohio State The homogeniety in the West bracket could just make WPOS look like a genius for picking Miami : 94% North Dakota 1% Miami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagard Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 The homogeniety in the West bracket could just make WPOS look like a genius for picking Miami : 94% North Dakota 1% Miami WPoS must have missed the Mariucci Classic. MU has no chance. I'll take UND by three if they matchup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love und hockey Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 My picks: Ohio State - East Michigan - Northeast UND - West UMD - Midwest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavedurtis Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 3-PEAT at the Fleet. Thanks for the brackets, I hope my picks go better then my Stanford/Kentucky final. I suppose most of you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMDDogz Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 even though it might be a dream.... UMD all the way!!!!! So iceberg and I have UMD all the way! Where is the 1% UMD in the NC game??? Do we not count? Was there room for only 3 names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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