The Seventh Annual CAG March Madness Contest - Brackets Are Sufficiently Broken!

The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Annual March Madness contests have gone very well with all three going down to the wire in determining the winners. I've got a few games to add to the prize pool right now and will be adding more over the weekend, though I would love to have some donated games from generous CAGs to help add to the pool. I'd prefer new, sealed games, but would accept opened games as long as they're mint and complete, If you'd like to donate games, please PM me. This contest will be conducted through Yahoo's Tourney Pick-'em set-up, which streamlines the process and just lets everyone worry about their picks. You can find the quick link to the group here.

Current Prize Pool
ModNation Racers - PS3 - Sealed - FriskyTanuki
LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year Edition - PS3 - Sealed - FriskyTanuki
MLB 11: The Show - PS2 - Sealed - FriskyTanuki
Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles - Wii - Mint - FriskyTanuki
Plants vs. Zombies (w/Peggle and Zuma) - Xbox 360 - Sealed - FriskyTanuki
Shaun White Skateboarding - Xbox 360 - Sealed - FriskyTanuki
Patapon 2 - PSP - PSN Code - FriskyTanuki
Etrian Odyssey 3 - DS - Mint - FriskyTanuki
Monster Tale - DS - Sealed - FriskyTanuki

Right now, the tourney itself is still being set up and will be set in stone on Selection Sunday (check out ESPN or whoever else that's doing coverage). However, in the meanwhile, you can sign up and join the CAG group to reserve your spot. The deadline to get your picks in is five minutes before the first game starts on Thursday, March 18.

Entry Guide: Just head to here to create your bracket and then go here and enter the group ID# (58248) and password (cheapyd) to sign up and join the group. The only thing I require of you is to post here if your pick set name or yahoo ID doesn't match your CAG ID so that I know it's you.

If I see people who haven't done this come Wednesday night (March 16), you will be booted. I will have a list of everyone involved, so you have to be on the list to be eligible to win. I will make a check on the list to line up everyone the night before tipoff and boot anyone I cannot link to a CAG username, so you will have a chance to get back in if you let me know who you are. I will make the final sweep just before tipoff and kick any stragglers left on the list. Two years ago, Yahoo started allowing people to join groups after the tipoff, so I will be changing the password when tipoff happens to prevent late joiners from crashing the party. I would also prefer that those entering the contest be from the United States and Canada to minimize shipping costs and the chances of shipment errors. I also have the ability to alter the rules if other changes to Yahoo's Tourney rules have been made that interfere with the ones for the contest. The group can hold up to 500 people, so I think we'll have enough for anyone that wants to join. If we do reach that total, I'll create a new group for the rest of the CAGs that want to enter.

I will probably pick winners the same way I did last year: the top 3 scorers will get prizes. Depending on how many prizes there are, the top winner will get first pick on the list, then second place, and third place gets what's left. Any donators that win will be barred from choosing their own prizes.

Feel free to chat about the tourney, your team's chances, and all that fun stuff once you sign up. If you have any questions post here. Good luck to everyone that enters.

Also, keep your posts civil and mature. If you can't do that, then don't post in this thread.

Signed up. Thanks again for doing this Frisky.

I also entered as worst for this.

Usually use a different name for everything.

Thanks.

Entered as I Killed Mufasa

Entered. Thanks for running this!

Time to be eliminated on Thursday again.

GO GO #16 SEED!

Yay!! Glad you are doing this again. Hope to do better this year.

Bracket ID is same as my username: RenoTurk11

Thanks Frisky!

Signed up as garfep, bracket name is garfep.

Thanks for doing this again, Frisky!

Went ahead and signed up.

Bracket name is my screen name, my yahoo name is just a 0 instead of an "o".

Now, I just gotta remember to set my picks...

My bracket name is En Fuego

Thanks for doing this again!

Sounds like a nice contest. Thanks for putting this together!

I signed up as bracket: thisboywillbreak & my ID next to is AdamB.

Thank you for doing this again Frisky, I signed up as Asot good luck everyone!!!

Entered as well using my CAG name.

This is great! I missed it last year, but I remember seeing the thread. Glad I got in this year. My bracket is DrGamerDad. Thanks for putting this together FriskyTanuki

Thank you once again for doing this, frisky!

Just to make sure there's no confusion, my bracket name is Cow_tipper.

signed up as my CAG name

ID Name: oaumpire
Bracket Name: Icehogs27

Thanks for running the contest again.

Bracket: Bracketor, Destroyer of Worlds!
ID: thesplatoon

Thanks again for the contest Frisky!

ID Name: tsa4lyfe
Bracket Name: tsa4lyfe

thanks! can't wait to participate

enter thanks op

Bracket name: Funion06
ID: Funion06

Should be fun let the madness begin
Thanks OP

Bracket: Boom
ID: SR Rangemeister

Did terrible the last couple years, hopefully that trend will change.

Bracket name is _Ph03n1x_

Heres to hoping I can survive the first round with only a few losses

hello i made my bracket name same as here:
slyn69
my ID is digital_hustler69 (i think)

Thanks for doing this! My bracket name is : Best at UCSC

bracket is MARCIE, [email protected]

Entered thanks!

Bracket name: beast
ID: tekssx

Entered. Bracket's name is finsfan0210.

Thanks for the contest. Entered as beerrun.

Josh5890 with Josh5890's picks

If I recall I came in 5th so hopefully I improve.

Joined up. Great fun the past two years .. Ive been close but no cigar. Thanks Frisky for putting it together.

Bracket name is "Tubaker's Bracket"

Thanks for doing this. It's always fun to see how little I know about college basketball.

Entered picks this morning. First time doing CAG brackets.

Im in. SJC Picks

entered thanks op!

Signed up and thanks for all of the work u do running this Frisky.

ID Name: Tyga24
Bracket Name: Tyga24

Thanks again for running this contest.

Signed up with a bracket name same as my name here - Josef.

1st time playing! Should be fun! bracket is super_dawn as well!

Bracket: Calvin & Hobbes
ID: thetshell

Thanks!

Bracket under my name here.Good luck to everyone in it.

ID : dommckain
Bracket: evildeadjedi

Thanks for doing this again Frisky!

Best of luck to everyone!

I titled my bracket SgtRamirez, so it matches my ID here. It may have Team Ramrod attached, which is my regular user name for Yahoo! stuff.

Good luck to me and to UCLA!

In as gbpackers94

ID Name: stephanielynette
Bracket Name: stephanielynette

kvadair there and here. Go Bucks!

Damn, wish I had known about this contest before. I've been playing these for years.

Bracket name: Kona_Bracket

I'm excited for this!

ID: admiralsfrk20
Bracket: bi-winning

ID Name: Bee-Rye-Ann
Bracket Name: iPod Wizard

entered!

bracket name: hindsight
yahoo ID: brianyip28