The fourth annual ACMB Message Board Challenge!! Challenge fellow message boarders in picking the winners in this year's NCAA Division I men's basketball championship tournament.

The tournament bracket will be ready after the selection this coming Sunday.

Are you ready?? Click the link below.

Bracket Manager

Once you create an account, you can use the link above to join the group and play. You will need your own unique ID and password. If asked for a group password, it's "martyrules."

Create up to 2 brackets under your name to compete against fellow message-boarders.

Same rules as for 2010:
First 2 rounds have a bonus scoring system. The seed of the winner is added to the regular point total. Thus, a 12 seed would be worth 13 points (1 point for 1st round win plus the seed). This should encourage some interesting picks for round 1 and make it harder for someone to win it all simply by picking the overall winner.

2008 Winner: klcman
2009 Winner: otteralum
2010 Winner: RonW

Northern Colorado makes the tourney first time in the history of the school!!!!! My Alma Mater
GO BEARS

Go Larry! You pickin them to go all the way?

WWWHHOOOOHHOOO! Let the games begin! Made my pics!

Is TQ officially eliminated from contention yet?

Almost pug.

Don't forget gang, you can complete two brackets if you so choose....

Okay everyone -- get your brackets in. Newbies always welcome, just follow the instructions above (and just a hint, don't be dissin' my Buckeyes)

Too bad they play San Diego State. Go Aztecs! :-)

Since I am using my (Forbidden Name)'s Inn bracket I am going to win it all! Now were is my Belikin?

So far we have 9 players and 15 total brackets. If you want a second bracket, you'll see the option in the upper right when viewing your first selection set to "Add a bracket." This will give you a new board.

Still room for more -- bring it on.

For the two Rons playing the game -- send me a PM with your board name so I can keep your privacy when posting results to this forum.

Thanks all!

no need for anyone else to bracket.........the KING is back! And I am not referring to the fake king from Memphis!!

19 brackets submitted from 11 players -- last call with 1 hour to go until al brackets are locked down....

It appears I was correct.... TQ is officially eliminated!!

Round 1 Complete:

Top 10:

KCJayhawk
Mikeywaz (2)
klcman (1)
klcman (2)
scuba do
otteralum (1)
RonW
ron
carbunkletrumpet (1)
mikeywaz (2)

Well I don't know about anyone else but I am looking forward to baseball season as I lit a cigar with my bracket from Pedro's the other night. Cindy was in the lead after the first round as she picked names and mascots, I am a tad puzzled why she put Morehead State in the final 4.....

You could have lit another cigar with my bracket.

Round 2 Complete:

Top 10:

Mikeywaz (2)
klcman (1)
KCJayhawk
klcman (2)
divingcowgirl (2)
scuba do
otteralum (1)
carbunkletrumpet (2)
divingcowgirl (1)
mikeywaz (1)

Spurs has both of hers in the top 10?

My Buckeyes may have squashed UT-San Antonio, and the Longhorns may have choked, but Spurs is upholding the honor of Texas.

Someone had to do it!

WhooHoo Spurs!!

Don't encourage her Chloe, I can hear her all the way up here.

For anyone looking for help on how best to pick their teams going forward in the tournament....

NCAA Committee Announces Sweet-16 Teams

Spurs can out rope and ride all you guys, too!! Woohoo!!

What a sham Otter! I can't believe some of the teams they left out, particularly the ones I still had in my bracket. Total BS!!!

They got most of the right side of the brackets wrong!

I appear to be only slightly behind TQ this year

One bracket picked by National Concensus

One bracket picked by Expert Panel Averages

Lucky we don't choose our nations leaders this way..... ops!

Pug I am not very far behind you and Mrs CBT only has 2 teams left before her bracket becomes toilet paper.
This year I chose my pics via an aged ole tradition of making big decisions - (Trashed) and yet I didn't do that well.
Next year it is funny names, mascots and a flip of the coin (as long as Kentucky isn't the national Champion)

well dang, think I just heard the sound of brackets exploding... including mine....

Well this is pathetic!

Final Four NEXT weekend and not one of us can score another point!

Its over..... but at least Kerry is classy enough not to claim the crown by default, and will leave the title vacant this year

Believe it or not -- the challenge is OVER! Nobody has any teams left in their brackets. Final standings:

1) klcman (1)
2) KCJayhawk
3) Mikeywaz (2)
4) klcman (2)
5) Carbunkletrumpet (2)
6) Scuba Do
7) Otter (1)
8) Divingcowgirl (2)
9) Graffice (2)
10) Divingcowgirl (1)
11) Mikeywaz (1)
12) RonW (1)
13) Pugwash (1)
14) Otter (2)
15) Carbunkletrumpet (1)
16) ron
17) Pugwash (2)
18) Palapa Bob
19) Graffice (1)
20) RonW (2)

Hey, I actually made the top 10!!

I'll bet both KLC and myself would forgo our top two finishes to have our teams in the Final Four!! Crap!!

A Playoff system obviously doesn't work....we need the BCS

I am still in disbelief that out of 5.9 million brackets submitted to ESPN that 2 have all 4 teams in the final 4 correct.

Silly bet!!