NCAA 2025 Sweet 16 Pool

The teams won't be set until after tomorrow's games, so randomization will start tomorrow night at the earliest (more likely Monday). I can do the names tomorrow evening, send them to you, but the teams and final lists for review would be Monday or Tuesday.

All that to say it isn't urgent so that works for me. Lol

Duh! I'm only on my second cup of coffee is the best excuse I can offer. Probably means that I shouldn't be setting anything in the yard on fire for another hour or two 😀

must admit i am a bit suspicious how that tom feller aims to be the first volunteer when anything gambling is involved

I am always quick to volunteer to verify the order of the names because otherwise I would volunteer to provide random numbers lists and torpedo any chance I have to win.

At least in football pools I know immediately when I five doom myself. In these damn things I don't know until my PayPal bookie notifies me.

I'm always glad to step aside if someone else wants to do it.

also notus my lack of participation
a thankless job better trusted to nobody else

That's ok. Few people could decode your input anyway.

At least I don't have to worry about having my Pups in this pool.

Name lists have been randomized 5 times and sent to Tom. Once the sweet 16 teams are set, I'll post the team lists here for randomization.

Again, I'll take the first 5 of each list. They will be assigned in this order: $20 #1, $20 #2, $50 #1, $50 #2, $100.

Once the lists are posted, I'll match them to name order and post final results here for Tom to validate.

Sweet 16 is set! Below are the 2 lists that need randomized. I will need someone to go to random.org and use the list randomizer. I will need 5 separate randomized lists for each set. Thank you!

Set 1:

Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Mississippi
Texas Tech

Set 2:

Alabama
Arizona
BYU
Duke
Houston
Kentucky
Purdue
Tennessee

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Texas Tech
Florida
Michigan
Auburn
Maryland
Arkansas
Michigan State
Mississippi
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:9d28:9f4d:57f6:7696
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 15:13:11 UTC

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Duke
Kentucky
Houston
Tennessee
BYU
Purdue
Alabama
Arizona
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:9d28:9f4d:57f6:7696
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 15:13:48 UTC

Here's one, unless I did it wrong again.

Looks good, thank you! 4 more of each set needed from whenever can help please.

Took the above two and re-randomized those:

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Mississippi
Michigan State
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Michigan
Florida
Auburn
Maryland
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 21:57:44 UTC

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Tennessee
Arizona
Houston
BYU
Kentucky
Alabama
Purdue
Duke
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 21:59:01 UTC

Thanks! 3 more needed. You can finish them off if you don't mind - I know you aren't in the pools so you have no interest in the rest of these. If not, no worries, I'll find someone before Wednesday night.

I am in the pool. Also not sure why five randomizations makes it more random, but here we go:

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Michigan
Auburn
Michigan State
Arkansas
Mississippi
Maryland
Florida
Texas Tech
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 22:07:50 UTC

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Mississippi
Michigan State
Florida
Maryland
Auburn
Michigan
Texas Tech
Arkansas
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 22:08:16 UTC

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Texas Tech
Michigan
Arkansas
Michigan State
Mississippi
Auburn
Maryland
Florida
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 22:08:30 UTC

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There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Duke
Houston
Alabama
Purdue
Arizona
BYU
Kentucky
Tennessee
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 22:09:28 UTC

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Tennessee
Houston
Duke
BYU
Kentucky
Arizona
Alabama
Purdue
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 22:09:54 UTC

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Houston
Purdue
Arizona
Kentucky
BYU
Duke
Alabama
Tennessee
IP: 2601:280:4682:8170:64da:a3d1:2cd5:c6ea
Timestamp: 2025-03-24 22:10:09 UTC

You're in 1 of them, but there are 5 sweet 16 pools, hence why I need 5 of each list. Lol

Ah. Of course. I caught a cold in Wichita, not 100%.

I mean, I would've missed that anyway, so there we are.

Also, FYP

Here are the results. Good luck everyone!

$20 pool #1:

Adam: Texas Tech, Duke
Golddog: Florida, Kentucky
Redbuck: Michigan, Houston
Cokeboy99: Auburn, Tennessee
Tom Ames: Maryland, BYU
C Bids: Arkansas, Purdue
REDeYeS00: Michigan State, Alabama
AquaSwing: Mississippi, Arizona

$20 pool #2:

Adam: Mississippi, Tennessee
Cokeboy99: Michigan State, Arizona
Pokeraz: Texas Tech, Houston
Redbuck: Arkansas, BYU
Don: Michigan, Kentucky
MojoAG: Florida, Alabama
CowboyCold: Auburn, Purdue
Redbuck: Maryland, Duke

$50 pool #1:

AquaSwing: Michigan, Duke
Adam: Auburn, Houston
REDeYeS00: Michigan State, Alabama
Tom Ames: Arkansas, Purdue
Cokeboy99: Mississippi, Arizona
C Bids: Maryland, BYU
Redbuck: Florida, Kentucky
Steve350: Texas Tech, Tennessee

$50 pool #2:

Redbuck: Mississippi, Tennessee
MojoAG: Michigan State, Houston
CowboyCold: Florida, Duke
Pokeraz: Maryland, BYU
Redbuck: Auburn, Kentucky
Adam: Michigan, Arizona
Don: Texas Tech, Alabama
Cokeboy99: Arkansas, Purdue

$100 pool:

Cokeboy99: Texas Tech, Houston
Redbuck: Michigan, Purdue
Adam: Arkansas, Arizona
REDeYeS00: Michigan State, Kentucky
Pokeraz: Mississippi, BYU
Tom Ames: Auburn, Duke
C Bids: Maryland, Alabama
CowboyCold: Florida, Tennessee

welp it looks like i'm rooting for the fighting izzos.

The order of user names slotted into all the pools is confirmed.

Seems it's boom or bust for me. Two busts and a boom. Luckily, it's a big boom. At least for the moment.

Thank you for your help with this!

Thanks to golddog as well, altho my teams aren't the greatest. Lol

Yeah, but who randomized the order in which pools were selected for player assignment? 😀

Gators give me a decent shot, I think. Wildcats probably have some chance.

Somebody just became a BYU fan.

I randomized name lists and sent them to Tom, which was completed before you submitted any teams list. The order was always your first list would go to the $20 pool #1, 2nd list to $20 #2, third to $50 $1, 4th to $50 #2, and last to $100.

You didn't know the names list order, so it was still a blind randomization.

I'm pretty happy with my teams! I picked MSU on my bracket so I was already rooting for them.