I hope you got your fill of basketball, as there was plenty of it. We lost two #2 seeds, Missouri and Duke. Thankfully for you all, I had Missouri as my champion on one of my two brackets, so we can throw that one away. However, there was two brackets that correctly picked Florida advancing to the Sweet 16, versus Missouri instead of Norfolk State. Kudos to Jennifer and Mitchell.
I am curious about how many people are having second thoughts on Syracuse, specifically those who changed their brackets, because of the academic issues for one of their players....
Let's take a look at the current standings and our top 5 pick sheets:
Steve Mason
Sam Schmillen
Elizabeth Crawford
Anne Quinlan
Mitchell Hahn
Two of the current top five have already lost their champion team, ouch and I feel your pain. The top three are sitting in favorable spot, one only one, Steve M, having all four Final Four teams.
Now Sam Schmillen, I must tell you, this is his first year participating in the bracket contest. Sam is only eight! He's become a fan of ESPN over Christmas break and was excited to be in the pool this year. For the record, he did do all of the picks himself.
What else, Player Scenarios are now posted. They show your best and worst possible finish and whom you need to root for.
I don't have the final payouts yet as I've been a bit swamped and wont get to it until Thursday at the earliest.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
2012 Office Pool Contest Is Live
Deadline: Tip-Off, March 15 @ 12:30 PM [EST]
Entry Fee: $10.00
Make sure you hit the SUBMIT PICKS button at the bottom of the page or your picks will not be entered into the pool.
NOTE: When entering multiple times, please place a number after your name to make it unique [or it will over write you last submitted picks] For example: Timmy 1, Timmy 2, Timmy 3
Once again, the NCAA has expanded the tournament field from 65 teams (with 1 play-in game) to 68 teams (with 4 play-in games). These 4 games will be handled very similar to how the current play-in game was handled. You'll see two teams listed for the play-in games on the tournament bracket, no points will be awarded for winning. We'll continue to use the same round numbers as in the past tournaments. The deadline for entering the contest, as always, starts on tipoff Thursday morning.
Entry Fee: $10.00
Make sure you hit the SUBMIT PICKS button at the bottom of the page or your picks will not be entered into the pool.
NOTE: When entering multiple times, please place a number after your name to make it unique [or it will over write you last submitted picks] For example: Timmy 1, Timmy 2, Timmy 3
Once again, the NCAA has expanded the tournament field from 65 teams (with 1 play-in game) to 68 teams (with 4 play-in games). These 4 games will be handled very similar to how the current play-in game was handled. You'll see two teams listed for the play-in games on the tournament bracket, no points will be awarded for winning. We'll continue to use the same round numbers as in the past tournaments. The deadline for entering the contest, as always, starts on tipoff Thursday morning.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
2012 Tournament Schedule
Key Tournament Dates courtesy of NCAA Sports
Pre-Tournament Events
March 11 - Selection Sunday @ 5:00 CST on CBS
First Week Of Games
March 13-14: 4 Play-In Games
March 15-16: Round One Games
March 17-18: Round Two Games
Second Weekend Of Games
March 22-23: Round Three Games
March 24-25: Round Four Games
Final Weekend Of Games
March 31: Round Five, Semi-Finals
April 2: Round Six, Championship Game
Pre-Tournament Events
March 11 - Selection Sunday @ 5:00 CST on CBS
First Week Of Games
March 13-14: 4 Play-In Games
March 15-16: Round One Games
March 17-18: Round Two Games
Second Weekend Of Games
March 22-23: Round Three Games
March 24-25: Round Four Games
Final Weekend Of Games
March 31: Round Five, Semi-Finals
April 2: Round Six, Championship Game
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