Sunday, March 17, 2013

2013 NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament Pool Final Results

Congratulations to Amanda for winning the pool by 2 points, the addition of bonus points helped her to victory!



Amanda hit on 3 of her 7 bonus points while no one else hit on more then 1 bonus point.  In addition, Amanda's accuracy was still tied for the best at 45.2%

Jenn finished in second place and was strong throughout the entire tournament, while John finished in 3rd, last of the money spots.

Joel had a rough past 3 days and ended up in 4th, which while no money is paid out, he still gets a free entry for next year.

 
 
Jenn/John - Let me know how to get you your money (Send a Check, In person, etc.)
 
Full Final Standings
 
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") 
 
 
Thank you for playing everyone!!  No long Blog tonight, but for anyone that wants to be in the bracket pool, below is the information.
 
This message is from Rick Donegan who is challenging you to play Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com.

Get in on the excitement of this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Compete against other fans as you fill out a bracket and earn points for every correct pick! Come out on top and you could win a $10,000 Best Buy gift card. Get a group together and earn plenty of bragging rights among your friends by winning it all. Best of all, it's free to play and win.

Get in the action now:
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/group?groupID=3564&ex_cid=tcmen-invite-email

On mobile:
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/m/group?groupID=3564&ex_cid=tcmen-invite-email

Group: Storm My Court
Password: vegas
 


Selection Sunday Update

Good Luck to Amanda and Joel Today - They Will Be Battling it Out for 1st Place!




Amanda took sole possession of 1st place late last night by correctly picking Oregon (Bonus Pick) and U.C. Irvine Anteaters lost. 

Amanda controls her own fate today with Miami and St. Louis still alive, but Joel can pass her with VCU and Florida wins, assuming Miami doesn't win.  If all 3 of those teams win it will come down to the B1G tie breaker.

Jenn is eliminated from 1st place contention after holding the top spot for almost an entire week, but a 2nd - 4th place is still available for her.  Christina is also eliminated from 1st place after a late surge over the past few days, but a 2nd - 4th place is still available for her as well.

John can jump into the top 4 as well, but everyone else is essentially eliminated from a top 4 spot, unless I am missing a scenario with a B1G tiebreaker.

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")



Selection Sunday is the best day during all of "March Madness" because it kicks off the NCAA Tournament and so many great games are ahead of us.

We need to work in selection show prop bets as part of this pool:
  • Number of teams shown in a Buffalo Wild Wings or Bar/Grill (3.5)
  • Number of teams shown in the coaches basement/house (2.5)
  • Number of teams shown in the gym with the cheerleaders present (5.5)
  • Number of pissed off coaches interviewed about not being selected (1.5)
  • Number of Brad Stevens or Shaka Smart references (15.5)