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500th post giveaway - tied to March Madness "WINNERS IN FIRST POST"

Well, I finally hit 500 posts (more of a listener than a talker). So, in celebration, I'm offering the following giveaway.

Pick the fifth seed in each of the four regional brackets (South, East, Midwest and West) for the upcoming men's NCAA tournament. Entries must be posted by 3:00pm EST Sunday, March 16. Ties go to the first correct answer, you can't post more than twice and you can only win once. Indicate the region and your choice. Remember, fifth seeds only.

The prize - a 1955-S Lincoln Cent in a PCGS MS65RD holder - one to each of the four regional winners.

Have fun and good luck.

Dick



Only one was exactly correct in the East
johnjinx picked Notre Dame in the East

Several picked Drake as the fifth pick in the West
coinguy19
fairlaneman
droopyd
direwolf1972

Please PM your mailing address and I'll send the coin. Thanks to all who participated.

Go Cornell!

Comments

  • i don`t follow BB so i won`t enter. congrats on 500 tho image
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  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • What's March Madness?
  • Hmmmm....

    South: Rye
    East: Milkweed
    Midwest: Timothy
    West: Alfalfa
  • might as well be trying to pick the lottery numbers as to try and pick the 5th seed in each division but here goes.

    East-Georgetown
    West-UConn
    Midwest- Butler
    South-Notre Dame
  • East - Washington St.
    West - BYU
    South - Purdue
    Midwest - Marquette
  • Ok I'll give it a shot...

    East- Michigan
    West- Drake
    Midwest- Marquette
    South- Vanderbilt
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  • ram1946ram1946 Posts: 762 ✭✭
    Getting closer to Selection Sunday! Go Cornell!
  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478
    East - Michigan State
    West Mississippi State
    Midwest - Marquette
    South - Gonzaga


    and GO IU!
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • mach19mach19 Posts: 4,002 ✭✭
    Congradulations on your 500th post. We hope to see you for many more. You can pick them for me if you like, Thank's David
    TIN SOLDIERS & NIXON COMING image
  • Since it looks like we get 2 changes, I'll try once more.

    East - Xavier
    West - Texas
    South - Pittsburgh
    Midwest - Louisville
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    According to ESPN, which is always wrong, these are the picks.

    East- Michigan State.
    West- Drake.
    Mid-West- Marquette
    South- Vanderbilt.

    and the overall winner will be. UCLA

    By the way. My home town high school girls team is playing for the state championship tomorrow. Way Cool.

    Ken
  • bigmarty58bigmarty58 Posts: 1,998 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dick,
    Congratulations on your 500th post.
    East - Michigan St.
    South - Marquette
    South West - Notre Dame
    West - Drake
    Thank you for the chance.

    Robert.image
    Enthusiastic collector of British pre-decimal and Canadian decimal circulation coins.
  • I don't know anything about basketball, but I choose these seeds:

    South - Black-eyed Susan
    East - Snapdragon
    Midwest - Forget-me-not
    West - California Poppy















    Not really entering the contest, but congrats on 500! image
    Have bought and sold on BST, many references available when asked.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations.. but if it involves a ball, I do not follow it... Cheers, RickO
  • ram1946ram1946 Posts: 762 ✭✭
    Bump for Championship week
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,558 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no college hoops here either, but image on the big 500!

    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • johnjinxjohnjinx Posts: 365 ✭✭✭
    South-UConn
    East-Notre Dame
    Midwest-Butler
    West-Gonzaga
  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    i'll give it a shot....

    South -- Vanderbilt -- changing my pick to Drake as Vandy is already selected for this region

    East -- Michigan State -- changing my pick to Vanderbilt as Michigan State is already selected for this region

    Midwest -- Washington State -- keeping my pick as Washington State as I am the first to pick them in this region

    West -- Drake -- changing my pick to Michigan State as Drake is already selected for this region

    Edited to add: I see that 3 of my 4 choices are already taken, and since the early bird gets the worm here, I'll have to come up with some other ones..... DONE!!!
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
    image
    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    Congrats. I really dont know much about basketball but here goes anyway.

    East - Xavier
    West - Drake
    Midwest - Butler
    South - Gonzaga
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    Here's my second set of picks (this time I checked to make sure they're not already picked)....

    South -- Clemson

    East -- Gonzaga

    Midwest -- Michigan State

    West -- Butler
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
    image
    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • ram1946ram1946 Posts: 762 ✭✭
    image
  • ram1946ram1946 Posts: 762 ✭✭
    Bump it one more time.
  • JeffersonFrogJeffersonFrog Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 15, 2018 11:55AM
    ...

    If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.

    Tommy

  • JeffersonFrogJeffersonFrog Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 15, 2018 11:55AM
    ...

    If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.

    Tommy

  • ram1946ram1946 Posts: 762 ✭✭
    image - One Last Time
  • Too much work...Congrats though on 500image
    Ilikacoinsawholebuncha
  • Geez, I wish you'd done this with the college baseball regionals, insteadimage

    here are my very uneducated guesses:

    East- Davidson
    West- Arkansas
    Mid-West- Michigan
    South- Mississippi State

    Thanks for the chance, and congrats on 500 posts!
    "College men from LSU- went in dumb, come out dumb too..."
    -Randy Newmanimage
  • ram1946ram1946 Posts: 762 ✭✭
    ttt

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