Beat the Barkers 2012 - members only jacket required

by Vasherized on Mar 13, 2026 5:34 PM CDT

We already have a free-for-all bracket set up where you can compete against celebrities like Jay 'the illest' Bilas, myself, and Drew Brees.

We also set up a bracket just for the Carnies.

Password is bingbong. (A free tote bag to anybody who knows the origin of this name.)

It's fun to watch really smart people who follow sports for a living absolutely crater a bracket. It's also fun to watch an anonymous female reader enter and win after reviewing the matchups for all of three minutes.

So select your sleepers, figure out your final four and start busting some brackets. Tipoff is in less than 48 hours.

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lehigh beats Duke in the first round. Ain't no party like a Bethlehem (PA) party!

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I think I'm in

And I don’t think I needed a password (though I know of its provenance).

Follow @BarkingCarnival

by Sailor Ripley on Mar 13, 2026 5:46 PM CDT reply actions

bingbong

Turkey….Texas

by 55f100tx on Mar 13, 2026 5:54 PM CDT reply actions

hint

TLP

by Vasherized on Mar 13, 2026 6:13 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Was that her name?

What number are we up to now? BingBong VII? I know the lifespan of TLP is probably around that of a gerbil owned by nordberg. Just wondering.

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by kriess on Mar 13, 2026 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Bingbong

Was the Laotian prostitute Henryjames kept tethered in his basement.

Pay the man shirley!

You can charge that to the game!

by T1climb1 on Mar 13, 2026 7:10 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

watching BYU and Iona right now

makes me feel like I’m standing under the goal at the Y and my team has next.

by srr50 on Mar 13, 2026 8:57 PM CDT reply actions

i cant believe byu won

iona has such a nice name

by mosshorned on Mar 13, 2026 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate being distracted

“bingbong bingbong bingbong”

Mission Hill anyone?

by flamingmonkeyass on Mar 13, 2026 9:04 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

t1climb1 wins the assess chaps

by Vasherized on Mar 14, 2026 6:38 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Also known as assless

by Vasherized on Mar 14, 2026 6:38 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

I've watched exactly 0 minutes of college basketball this season...

…and will still finish well ahead of Vasherized in this year’s bracket pool. Because I don’t pick the winners based on which team’s uniforms would look sharpest at a Nantucket garden party.

Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.

by BrickHorn on Mar 14, 2026 9:24 AM CDT reply actions

well hell...

that puts me about 32 seconds or so ahead of you! So I’ve got that going for me…

if I come in last though, that 32 seconds will have been a complete waste.

by Pflash on Mar 14, 2026 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions

you've watched 0 basketball games because you have to ask permission to do so

And the answer is always NO.

We shall have to place a gentlemen’s wager: one monogrammed ascot to the winner.

by Vasherized on Mar 14, 2026 10:45 AM CDT reply actions

is it yahoo or cbs for the bracket?

Vash, I noticed the cbs one is still up from last year, is that a separate bracket or does it just automatically renew? Wasn’t sure if that was the barkers one or the yahoo one was….

by ballrific on Mar 14, 2026 12:11 PM CDT reply actions