Hello All,

The Madness of March is upon us! GSO has organized a Chem E bracket challenge through ESPN where you can make your predictions for the 2019 NCAA men’s basketball tournament in a friendly competition against your peers. No NCAA basketball knowledge is required to participate.

Claire Nimlos is our reigning champion as she successfully implemented a strategy last year in which she picked teams based on how cute their animal’s mascot was and finished in the 93^rd percentile in the entire world! We will find out this year if that strategy is sustainable or if someone else can dethrone Claire.

If you would like to participate and win bragging rights amongst the department you must fill out and submit your bracket before 12:00 pm this Thursday. This can be done following the instructions below.

Instructions

1. Go to espn.com

2. Make a free ESPN account

3. Click on the link below

4. This should bring you to the group "Forney Prognosticators"

5. Join group - Password: Forneyhall8

6. Create and fill out your bracket

7. Submit your bracket before noon on Thursday

http://fantasy.espn.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2019/en/group?groupID=3136351

If you have any questions please let me know. Let the banter begin!

Best Regards,

Kyle Weideman

Kyle Weideman

PhD Student-GSO Sports Chair

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Purdue University