NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2004 Tournament

Welcome to the iSportsLinks  2nd Annual Free Bracket Contest!

WE HAVE A WINNER!

2007 Bracket Challenge HERE

Bob Crespy of Kensington, MD won! His 2nd entry with the strategy of "random, except heavy favorites" has proven to be the best with 48 of 63 games picked correctly. Douglas McIntyre from Green Forest, AR was 2nd with 45 points.

iSportsLinks had 6 entries and finished in places 12, 14, 22t, 49t, 49t, and 118 to test different strategies. The strategy for the 118th place was "Gut Feeling" - the moral is then don't trust your Gut, go with your Brain!

REPORTS - 238 ENTRIES

THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR STRATEGIES! THEY ARE AWESOME!


Here are the current players with their listed strategy!	PLAYER LISTING
Here are all the player brackets	PLAYER BRACKETS
Side by Side Comparison of Player Picks	PLAYER PICKS
Here are Final standings	FINAL STANDINGS
Bracket Results - 3/19/04	RESULTS
Here are the player scenarios Check who to root for in the Elite 8	PLAYER SCENARIOS
Here are the projected standings	PROJECTED STANDINGS
PAST WINNERS	PAST WINNERS

The main contest this year is at Sports Buff and the Million Dollar Bracket Mania contest. The NCAA mens tournament starts March 18, 2004. Enter there first using your best strategy for bracket picking, then use iSportsLinks to enter using different strategies - examples are below:

• Use Sagarin ratings exclusively Tips Page
• Random guess
• Top seeds
• Other types

  The Top 5 will be requested to share their winning strategy.
  
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CLOSED FOR 2004

NOW IS THE TIME TO START PLAYING BASEBALL!

RULES

• Picks must be made by 8am EST Thursday, March 18
• You must pick the entire bracket
• Your name, hometown, and email address are the only things needed to enter. A brief description of your strategy is requested, 2 or 3 words is sufficient!
  • Your email address will only be used for this contest - I'm a big SPAM hater and I use many techniques to avoid SPAM on this website.
• Points will be awarded for 1 point for each correct pick! This gives the best overall picker the advantage, not the person who picks only the champion!
• TIEBREAKERS - A little different this year:
  • Most in Sweet 16
  • Total Points Championship Game
• Check back here after the tournament starts for links to contest reports. Use the text above in the black to bookmark this page. An email will be sent to all participants once the reports are posted.
• Please enter upto 3 brackets maximum per person. For the 2nd bracket, put a "(2)" or "(3)" behind your name. For each different bracket, you MUST use a different strategy.
  
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PRIZES

• The Grand Prize is as follows:
  • iSportsLinks T-Shirt (expected Fall 2004)
  • Write-up on the March Madness Tips Page - this space can be used to advertise anything
  • Forever engraved in Internet History on the Past Winners Page
  • Bragging Rights!
  • Cash Prizes
    • over 500 entries - $10
    • over 750 entries - $25
    • 1000 entries - $50
    • to be eligible for the cash prize, you must reveal your winning strategy!

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