This Blog, although intended for just our group participating in the pool, has gone over 600 views! For most Blogs this is not a lot, but for only being up since 2/28, and targeted for a small and specific group, 600 is pretty high, and we still have 6 days to go. Yes, my views of the Blog are excluded, and last year we reached 594 total views.
I have received at least 20 random e-mails from people asking if they can participate next year, but I would prefer to keep the money between people we know. Tim and I need to start planning how we can transform this Blog into cash. Maybe we hold a separate pool for anyone to join and give away prizes, this will help drive traffic to the Blog and we can become the next TeamRankings.com!
Moving on to the actual action from tonight, we welcome the following teams to the Big Dance. Ticket has been punched.
- LIU Brooklyn
- Only 2 out of 18 people selected LIU Brooklyn to win!
- South Dakota State
- Nate Wolters clowned on most of us
- Valparaiso
- This was expected as 55.5% of the pool picked Valpo, while they had a 56.1% chance to win to begin with
The introduction of Bonus Points this year has helped to ensure people are not eliminated at this point, so everyone is not only in the running for money, but in the running for 1st place.
- Rachel and Ron are in this thing because they have so many Bonus Points and Max Points remaining, a couple of upsets and they will shoot to the top 3rd of the standings
- Joel and Jenn have went on a hot streak the past few days and are winning at over a 50% rate, which is incredible
- Tim, Christina, and John are right there behind them!
Click Here for Master Picks and Standings (When you access the spreadsheet, if it gives you the option to "Edit Copy" or "Cancel" you will want to choose "Cancel")
Wednesday, 3/13, will only brings us 1 championship game, and that is from the Patriot League. 77.7% of us have Bucknell, but it will be a tough game against 2 seed Lafayette. Amanda and Rachel will be rooting for Lafayette.
