Mo's NCAA Basketball Pool and SNG QSA

[Mo' 5!]

Sorry for this late idea, but hope there's some interest among you. I am coordinating an NCAA pool (rules below). I will transfer to the winner of this pool $109 to be specifically used to enter a $100+9 NLHE SNG on Stars. I will also play in the same event. We will split the winnings (if any) 50/50. So here goes.

Basketball Tournament Pool Rules:
- You must have a PokerStars account to play.
- It costs nothing to participate in the pool.
- Each person must submit to me via PM 16 teams (one team for each seed) and your pokerstars account ID. So list from 1 to 16, one team for each seed that you feel will advance the farthest into the tournament.
- For each seed, the team with that seed and that advances the farthest will earn one point. So let's say for the 1 seeds, you pick UNC. If UNC outlasts the other 1 seeds, then you earn 1 point. If UNC and let's say Illinois are the last 1 seeds to be eliminated and they both go out in the same round, then all people with UNC and Illinois will earn the point.
- Bonus points A: If you have any of the final four teams among your selection, you will earn 1 bonus point for each final four team regardless of the outcome of the remaining games.
- Bonus points B: If you have the eventual champion among your picks, then you will earn 2 bonus points. That will be on top of the 1 base point earned for being the last survivor for that seed and the 1 bonus point for that team being in the final four.
- Bonus point C: Explained in Post #33.
- In total, there is a maximum of 23 points that can be earned (16 base + 4 bonus A + 2 bonus B + 1 bonus C).
- Any ties will be broken by the time of submission of picks. The earliest submission among the ties (based on time/date stamp of your PM) will win the contest.
- Even if you know nothing about NCAA basketball or sports, it isn't unlikely that random picks will generate a winning entry.

The SNG:
- So now we have a winner of the pool. He/she will join me and play in one 100+9 SNG on Stars. We will coordinate the time so that others can watch.
- This will be on the up and up. We will not share any hole card info nor will we attempt to do any chip dumping.
- The sharing of prize money will be done via transfers after the game.

I think I've outlined all possible scenarios, but if you have any questions or find any faults with my idea, then please let me know.

So, get your picks to me ASAP. After the first tipoff on Thursday, I will post everyone's picks so that you can follow along. Good luck!

[Mo' 5!]

Registered Entrants (in order of submission time) plus Bonus C Guesses (Correct answer was 5)

1. sp0nge --> 6
2. bfore13 --> 7
3. fallout
4. urysohn --> 5
5. Cohete009 --> 12
6. bbgrunt --> 4
7. MountainHawk --> 6
8. Brodylip --> 5
9. besue --> 5
10. bizvegas --> 9
11. lawfive
12. txtd --> 8
13. Bama Gambler --> 9
14. DblDownTrent --> 5
15. BRepairman --> 5
16. gator8373
17. windiesel --> 8
18. NotMike --> 6
19. ActJay --> 9

Final List (Registration Closed)

[Mo' 5!]

Everyone's Picks

Name          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16

sp0nge       ILL WAK ARI LOU VIL WIS SOU STA PIT NCS UAB UWM PEN NIA EKY MON
bfore13      ILL WAK KAN SYR GAT LSU CLT MIN MSS IOW UTE NMX PEN NIA EKY MON
fallout      UNC OSU KAN FLA GAT UTA CIN MIN PIT NCS UCL ODU PEN NIA CFL OAK
urysohn      ILL CON OKL LOU VIL TXT CIN STA PIT CRE NIO ODU OHI WIN CHA MON
Cohete009    ILL OSU ARI LOU VIL TXT CIN TEX PIT NCS UAB UWM PEN BUC CHA MON
bbgrunt      ILL KEN GON SYR VIL UTA WVA PAC IOS NCS UAB GWU PEN UTS SEL DES
MountainHawk ILL KEN GON FLA MSU LSU SOU PAC IOS CRE NIO UWM PEN BUC CHA OAK
Brodylip     ILL WAK OKL FLA GAT UTA SOU TEX PIT NCS UAB ODU ULA BUC CFL DES
besue        ILL KEN GON BOS GAT UTA CLT STA PIT CRE UAB ODU OHI BUC SEL OAK
bizvegas     UNC OSU KAN LOU VIL UTA CIN PAC NEV STM UAB GWU PEN WIN CFL MON
lawfive      DUK WAK OKL BOS VIL WIS CIN TEX IOS NCS UAB UWM OHI UTS EKY OAK
txtd         ILL CON OKL SYR VIL TXT CIN PAC IOS CRE UAB GWU ULA WIN EKY MON
Bama Gambler UNC KEN OKL SYR GAT WIS WVA TEX PIT NCS UAB NMX PEN UTS CFL MON
DblDownTrent UNC WAK OKL SYR GAT LSU CIN PAC MSS NCS UTE NMX OHI NIA EKY MON
BRepairman   ILL KEN GON FLA GAT UTA SOU PAC MSS NCS UAB ODU PEN NIA CFL OAK
gator8373    ILL KEN OKL FLA ALA UTA CIN PAC NEV NCS UTE GWU VER WIN SEL ALM
windiesel    UNC OSU OKL LOU MSU TXT CIN TEX PIT NCS UAB UWM VER UTS CFL MON
NotMike      UNC WAK KAN FLA GAT TXT WVA TEX PIT STM UCL GWU PEN WIN EKY MON
ActJay       DUK OSU KAN LOU VIL LSU WVA PAC NEV NCS UTE UWM PEN UTS CHA MON

Seed Winners:
01 UNC
02 KEN
03 ARI
04 LOU
05 MSU
06 WIS
07 WVA
08 PAC
09 IOS MSS NEV
10 NCS
11 UAB
12 UWM
13 VER
14 BUC
15 CFL CHA EKY SEL
16 DES FDU MON OAK

[Mo' 5!]

FINAL Standings

Rank Seed  Name	       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16  A  B  C  Total

  1   17  windiesel    1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  0  1  1  3  2  0    14
  2   13  Bama Gambler 1  1  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  1  1  1  2  0    11
  3   10  bizvegas     1  0  0  1  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  1  2  2  0    11 
  4    1  sp0nge       0  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  2  0  0    10
  5    5  Cohete009    0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  1  1  1  2  0  0    10
  6    7  MountainHawk 0  1  0  0  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  1  0  1  1  1  2  0  0    10
  7   14  DblDownTrent 1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  2  1    10
  8    6  bbgrunt      0  1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0     9
  9   15  BRepairman   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  1     9
 10   19  ActJay       0  0  0  1  0  0  1  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  1  1  1  0  0     9
 11    3  fallout      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  2  0     7
 12    8  Brodylip     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  1  1  1  1  0  1     7
 13    9  besue        0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  1  1  1  0  1     7
 14   11  lawfive      0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0     7
 15   16  gator8373    0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  1  0  1  0  1  0  0     7
 16   18  NotMike      1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  2  0     7
 17    4  urysohn      0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  0  1     6
 18   12  txtd         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0     6
 19    2  bfore13      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0     4

I'm in.

I have my list.

Save me a spot!

[win diesel]

I'm in 2...please save me a spot. Thanks!

[Bama Gambler]

Me too please!!

[DblDownTrent]

i'm in.

[MountainHawk]

Originally Posted by DblDownTrent

i'm in.

Care to guess at my #9?

[Mo' 5!]

I can't save a spot unless you actually PM me your picks. So if others get in before you, I can't guarantee a spot for you. That's what the rules say. So, hurry.