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re: Congratulations to the First Ever Winner of the SECRant Best Poster Bracket

Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:40 pm to
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:40 pm to
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I got fricked over for sure

Get in line.
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:42 pm to
Thanks Henry!
Posted by Hailstate15
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:42 pm to
I think I got cheated too. Somehow State can never make the big game. It is some huge conspiracy against our school. The government can’t allow State to be first in anything. Diddly and Lew conspired for me to lose in the elite 8.
This post was edited on 3/22/20 at 11:45 pm
Posted by Hailstate15
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:45 pm to
did I mention I am drunk again
Posted by Bham4Tide
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:45 pm to
Good Lord this is stupid.

“Let’s all jerk each other about all our fake poster accounts.”

Sheesh.
Posted by Hailstate15
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:48 pm to
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Bham4Tide


Weep
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:51 pm to
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Good Lord this is stupid.
Bill Taylor keeps winning.
Gumps keep crying.

Not even an apocalypse can change that!
Posted by Smokedpork
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:58 pm to
Idk what the criteria was for this bracket but putting pio in there was shitty choice.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:09 am to
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Idk what the criteria was for this bracket but putting pio in there was shitty choice.


The shitty choice was the randomized bracket seeding. Lots of heavy hitters bit the dust in the first two rounds.
Posted by Smokedpork
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:15 am to
So do you agree some were screwed or just extremely biased considering?
This post was edited on 3/23/20 at 12:16 am
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:22 am to
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So do you agree some were screwed or just extremely biased considering?


I wouldn't say screwed, but it certainly took some luster off the entire idea to lose people like BowlJackson, Wolfhound45, AHM21, Vols & Shaft, etc... right out the gate because they were paired against other heavies.
This post was edited on 3/23/20 at 12:23 am
Posted by diddlydawg7
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:29 am to
If I didn't randomize them, y'all would complain 10x more.



Tell me I'm wrong.



"wHy aM I a 6 sEEd? WAHHHHHH" i'M sWEet 16 mAteRIal fOR suRe!!!"
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:32 am to
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they were paired against other heavies.
So you think the bracket was..... #unfair!?
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:32 am to
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If I didn't randomize them, y'all would complain 10x more.



Tell me I'm wrong.



"wHy aM I a 6 sEEd? WAHHHHHH" i'M sWEet 16 mAteRIal fOR suRe!!!"


That could have been done as its own voting system leading up to the bracket itself. Similar to how we do the football power rankings. Would have been a much higher quality process. There are at least two posters who made it to the second round that I'm not sure I've ever seen post.

Just some food for thought next time around. Overall, it was a super cool idea and I like the fact that you took the time to do it.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:34 am to
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So you think the bracket was..... #unfair!?


Unfair, nah. Just could have been that much better if there had been a little more effort on the front end.
Posted by Smokedpork
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:34 am to
Not complaining just wonder what was your thought process behind the seeding?
This post was edited on 3/23/20 at 12:36 am
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:43 am to
Eh, I would’ve seeded the Top 16 and then randomized the rest. This is my recommendation for the worst bracket.

But even the way this one played out, I think 12ish of the Sweet 16 were reasonable.

A few outliers but most of them make sense.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:51 am to
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Eh, I would’ve seeded the Top 16 and then randomized the rest. This is my recommendation for the worst bracket.

But even the way this one played out, I think 12ish of the Sweet 16 were reasonable.

A few outliers but most of them make sense.



I like that idea much better and agree with your overall assessment of this bracket. It wasn't outrageous, but still had some head scratchers. Overall, pretty well done and a cool idea.
Posted by diddlydawg7
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Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:57 am to
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That could have been done as its own voting system leading up to the bracket itself.


If we voted on the seeding that would defeat the purpose of the bracket itself.

We would basically know how the bracket would turn out ahead of time.
Posted by diddlydawg7
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Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 12:59 am to
I'm gonna just do what Lew said. List your 4 worst posters on a surveymonkey. I will figure out the specifics based on the results of a survey.

This one might end up being 32 instead of 64.
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