Presence

Just to prove that it takes zero skill to do well in an NCAA tournament pool, I entered The Junkies free contest. After two rounds, I'm tied for 249th place (I have 46 points, first place is 53 points, so overall, I'm in seventh place). I'm not sure how many people are in the contest, but the rankings go up to 2499th place (I'm sure there's a way to figure this out using math, but you're not getting that from me).

The bottom line: I have no idea what I'm doing. I picked higher seeds over lower seeds unless the seedings were close together, in which case I went with a combination of name-recognition and geographic proximity, with a prejudice towards an upset (hence, I had Maryland going to the fourth round; for some reason, when I hear "Stanford", I think of Google, not basketball). I can potentially garner a total of 86 points, so there's not much chance in me coming out on top, but I think I have a shot at a decent showing. Just goes to show that you can be hurting at college hoops, and still make a money pick.