By the idiot part I meant the uninformed people that just don't have a clue about who they are picking. The users who do real well are the ones who actually study the match ups, whether through world rank, HCA, etc.
And again, I don't see what a lack of information has to do with a lack of intelligence. Poor choice of words, on your part.
Let's remember, we're talking about a pick-em contest on a basketball
sim. Here are just a few of the uncontrollable variables we're dealing with: what lineup each team is going to use, how much enthusiasm each team has and what tactic they decide to play, how much home court advantage will affect the game, how much each team's PR guy will affect the game. Even if you poured hours upon hours into studying each matchup, at the end of the day, it's just a guess. So, again, I don't see what intelligence has to do with any of it.