Final Standings

The final standings are up. Congrats to Mike, Brian and Geoff. Your winnings will be in the mail as soon as I can verify the address. I'll be doing this again next year, so be sure to come back for it. ...Until next year...

CURRENT STANDINGS!!!

Name	Points	Tiebreak
Mike Bumgardner	99	170
Brian Shaddock	92	137
Geoff Owens	89	0
DJ Walker	88	132
Seth Newton 2	87	165
Kyle Wilson	84	0
Blake Bumgardner	83	141
Shelly Montgomery	81	0
Chris Horton 1	81	145
David Walker	81	154
Seth Newton 1	80	156
Jessica Bumgardner**	79	158
Chase Fincher	77	150
Brandon	74	0
Shannon Horton	74	125
Ryan Casey	74	157
Greg Walker	73	145
Jacqueline Kingston	71	158
Wes May-hem	71	145
Karey Deaton	70	142
Andrew Bartholmey	69	136
Chris Horton 2	68	130
Amy Huddleston	67	143
Josh Davis	64	102
Trung	62	153
Cristi Walker	61	160
Dustin G.	54	143
Phillip Walker	40	123

3/11/2007 - March Madness really is here

Download your brackets here:
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For more information, read the section below, but basically, if you want in, just fill out a bracket using the guidelines as laid out in the rules and mail it to me at the address below. Send in your $5 per bracket and check back after every day of games for the most up to date information. if you have any question, call me or email as soon as you can so you can get your brackets in on time.

3/5/2007 - March Madness is here (almost)

March Madness is almost upon us. Although I was struggling with if I was going to run a pool this year, I have decided that I wouldn't enjoy the tournament nearly as much if I didn't do it. Here's the problem, I have less time this year, than I have had in the past which means I won't be able to make phone calls and track down people's money and brackets. So, because of that, I have changed the method in which I'll accept entries. Last year, this worked out well for many people and it shouldn't be a problem for any. ALL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA SNAIL MAIL.

I'll put my address, phone number and email address at the end of this section, and once the bracket's are finalized, I'll put a link to a printable version. All you will need to do is print out the bracket, fill it out, put the bracket and either cash or check for your entry fee (still only $5 a bracket) in an envelope and send it to me. As long as the envelope is postmarked by the Wednesday before the first game, you are eligible for prize money. Of course, all brackets I receive will be eligible for bragging rights (you just don't get money).

Nothing has changed from previous years except for how I will be getting the brackets and money. I am very serious in that if I don't have the money, the bracket WILL NOT BE eligible for prize money at the end. The rules will begin after the address and contact information.

1. A completed bracket should contain the following information:
• A prediction for all 63 games of the tournament (the play in game does not count)
• The entrants name and tiebreak point prediction.
• Email addresses are also requested. Before every game day, an email will be sent out with a listing of current leaders overall (assuming I have access to email) as well as only those who are eligible for the prize money.
• Additional information that would be helpful would be a contact phone number and address where prize money should be sent.
2. To be eligible for the pool money, an entry fee of $5.00 is required.
• This fee must be received before tip off of the first game on Thursday or the envelope must be postmarked by the Wednesday before the first game.
• Other brackets are readily accepted, however if the fee is received after the tipoff, no prize money will be rewarded to the entry.
• All brackets received will be listed during the leaders and will be denoted as not eligible for prize money. I have found it interesting to see how individuals do, regardless of their interest in gambling.
3. Multiple brackets can be entered per person.
• Each individual can have no more than 4 brackets eligible for prize money.
• For every bracket entered, the entry fee is required.
• In the case that an individual enters multiple brackets and does not pay the entry fee for every bracket, the brackets that are to be considered eligible for the prize money must be deteremined before tip off of the first game on Thursday.
4. Prize disbursement will be determined as follows:
• 1st Place receives 60% of the final pool rounded up to the nearest whole dollar.
• 2nd Place receives 30% of the final pool rounded up to the nearest whole dollar.
• 3rd Place receives 10% of the final pool rounded off to complete the total prize pool.
5. Points will be awarded for winning picks as follows:
• By picking the winner of a 1st round game, 1 point is awarded.
• By picking the winner of a 2nd round game (correctly placing a team in the Sweet 16), 2 points are awarded.
• By picking the winner of a Sweet 16 game (correctly placing a team in the Elite 8), 3 points are awarded.
• By picking the winner of an Elite 8 game (correclty placing a team in the Final Four), 4 points are awarded.
• By picking the winner of a Final Four game (correclty placing a team in the Championship game), 5 points are awarded.
• By picking the winner of the Championship game (correctly predicting the NCAA National Champion), 6 points are awarded.
6. Tie Breaker
• In the case of a tie at the end of the tournament, a tiebreak will be determined by the entry correclty guessing the TOTAL number of points scored by both teams in the Championship game.
• If a tiebreaker is not provided at the time of bracket submission, a default tie breaker of 0 will be used.
• The winning entry with the closest prediction to the actual total (whether going over or not) will receive the winning prize money.
• In the case that none of the "Winners" submit a tiebreak predictions (or if the predictions are the same), the prize money will be split between the winners. If Entry A and B both have 99 points after the championship game, and both failed to submit tiebreak points, they will split the prize money of 1st and 2nd place, each will receive 45% of the final pool.