Event 2017 March Madness Thread

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I'm running a bracketology website at SchwampBlog.com.

I'm a part of bracketmatrix.com, which is a database of bracketologists. Hopefully I do better than last year (106th out of 144).
 
Aminu's youngest brother, Wajid Aminu, is playing for North Florida on ESPN right now.
 
POSTING AN OPEN INVITATION TO A $20 BRACKET POOL!

Last year we had nearly 30 entries!

Url = http://www.poolhost.com/
Pool ID = jimbospool
P-word = champdoug

Must pay entry fee of $20 by PayPal ONLY! by Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ 9:15 am PST or your bracket will be deleted & void.

Send payments to:

jimthebeav@hotmail.com Via PayPal $20.88 (*$0.88 transaction fee for electronic payments*)

NOTE: Be sure to let me know your bracket name so that I can keep an accurate track of all pool funds.

_______________________________________________________
SCORING:

--> Round of 64 = 1pt
--> Round of 32 = 2pts
--> Sweet 16 = 4pts
--> Elite 8 = 8pts
--> Final 4 = 16pts
--> Championship = 32pts

**********************************************************************************************
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE FIRST ROUND GAME IS WORTH 1 POINT PLUS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEEDS -- AKA THE "UPSET BONUS"
**********************************************************************************************

(ex; 10 seed beats a 7 seed = 4 total points)
_______________________________________________________
PAYOUTS:

IF 20 OR MORE PLAYERS
--> 1st Place = 65%
--> 2nd Place = 20%
--> 3rd Place = 10%
--> 4th Place = 5%



TIE-BREAK:

--> 1. Total score of final game
--> 2. Number of total correct picks
--> 3. Most upset points in first round
--> 4. Rock, Paper, Scissors - Best of 3
 
HAAK72 said:
POSTING AN OPEN INVITATION TO A $20 BRACKET POOL!

Last year we had nearly 30 entries!

Url = http://www.poolhost.com/
Pool ID = jimbospool
P-word = champdoug

Must pay entry fee of $20 by PayPal ONLY! by Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ 9:15 am PST or your bracket will be deleted & void.

Send payments to:

jimthebeav@hotmail.com Via PayPal $20.88 (*$0.88 transaction fee for electronic payments*)

NOTE: Be sure to let me know your bracket name so that I can keep an accurate track of all pool funds.

_______________________________________________________
SCORING:

--> Round of 64 = 1pt
--> Round of 32 = 2pts
--> Sweet 16 = 4pts
--> Elite 8 = 8pts
--> Final 4 = 16pts
--> Championship = 32pts

**********************************************************************************************
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE FIRST ROUND GAME IS WORTH 1 POINT PLUS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEEDS -- AKA THE "UPSET BONUS"
**********************************************************************************************

(ex; 10 seed beats a 7 seed = 4 total points)
_______________________________________________________
PAYOUTS:

IF 20 OR MORE PLAYERS
--> 1st Place = 65%
--> 2nd Place = 20%
--> 3rd Place = 10%
--> 4th Place = 5%



TIE-BREAK:

--> 1. Total score of final game
--> 2. Number of total correct picks
--> 3. Most upset points in first round
--> 4. Rock, Paper, Scissors - Best of 3
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So 4 points if you pick the 10, 1 point if you pick the 7?

It makes no sense to pick any 7s them because 10s win 40% of the time and the reward is 4 times as much.
 
BonesJones said:
So 4 points if you pick the 10, 1 point if you pick the 7?

It makes no sense to pick any 7s them because 10s win 40% of the time and the reward is 4 times as much.
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...you can fill out your bracket however you want! Good news too, we payout instantly @BonesJones, no BS slacking!
 
HAAK72 said:
...you can fill out your bracket however you want! Good news too, we payout instantly @BonesJones, no BS slacking!
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I didn't slack on running the league and making it fun, did I?

I might just join and take advantage of the system!
 
$20 BRACKET POOL INVITE OPEN TO ANYONE:

Pool Link: https://tournament.fantasysports.ya...1/invitation?key=780689d2678ce313&soc_trk=lnk
Payment Link: https://www.tilt.com/tilts/vancouver-bracket-pool

Scoring:
4-6-10-16-24-35
Upset Bonus: Adds Seed Differential.
Ex: You pick a 10 to beat a 7 in the first round. That would be 4+3(10-7)=7points
You pick an 11 to beat a 3 in the second round. That would be 6+8(11-3)=14point

Payouts will be dependent on # of people.
1st: Everything else: (apx. $200 or so)
2nd: apx. $65
3rd: apx. $35
 
BonesJones said:
$20 BRACKET POOL INVITE OPEN TO ANYONE:

Pool Link: https://tournament.fantasysports.ya...1/invitation?key=780689d2678ce313&soc_trk=lnk
Payment Link: https://www.tilt.com/tilts/vancouver-bracket-pool

Scoring:
4-6-10-16-24-35
Upset Bonus: Adds Seed Differential.
Ex: You pick a 10 to beat a 7 in the first round. That would be 4+3(10-7)=7points
You pick an 11 to beat a 3 in the second round. That would be 6+8(11-3)=14point

Payouts will be dependent on # of people.
1st: Everything else: (apx. $200 or so)
2nd: apx. $65
3rd: apx. $35
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Torey "Hijack" Jones!
 
 
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@theprunetang

You should give an upset bonus for seed differential.

You could also go with the Fibberoci scoring or whatever it's called. I just don't understand why picking the champion is worth as much as getting EVERY game in the first round right. The latter is much, much harder.
 
BonesJones said:
@theprunetang

You should give an upset bonus for seed differential.

You could also go with the Fibberoci scoring or whatever it's called. I just don't understand why picking the champion is worth as much as getting EVERY game in the first round right. The latter is much, much harder.
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I'm sure other sites allow that, but there is no way to change it on yahoo. They make a one size fits all game.
 
theprunetang said:
I'm sure other sites allow that, but there is no way to change it on yahoo. They make a one size fits all game.
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No they don't. I have a group on yahoo with which I dogs that exact thing lol.
 
BonesJones said:
No they don't. I have a group on yahoo with which I dogs that exact thing lol.
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I just looked into it and I can't change anything to the group without deleting it and restarting it. A bunch of posters have already signed up so I'm not sure it would be wise to delete the group and then restart it with new parameters. I'll glad take a poll about it though. Or you could start a second group with different rules if you prefer. I just went with the standard set up.
 
theprunetang said:
I just looked into it and I can't change anything to the group without deleting it and restarting it. A bunch of posters have already signed up so I'm not sure it would be wise to delete the group and then restart it with new parameters. I'll glad take a poll about it though. Or you could start a second group with different rules if you prefer. I just went with the standard set up.
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All those people joined in one day. I'm sure if you give them 2 days they'd all join the other.
 
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