CONGRATULATIONS!
Congrats to all our winners...including first time winner Blake Graves on his Team Selection victory. All winners have been paid in full (see how it's done!).
Team Selection Winners:
1. Blake Graves
2. Jason House
3. Peter Debay (last year's defending champ)
Pick Em All Winners:
1. Jason House
2. Mike Johnson (last year's defending champ)
3. Matt Johnson (last year's runner up)
Team Selection Winners:
1. Blake Graves
2. Jason House
3. Peter Debay (last year's defending champ)
Pick Em All Winners:
1. Jason House
2. Mike Johnson (last year's defending champ)
3. Matt Johnson (last year's runner up)
If you're interested in another pool - check out the Make-A-Wish fundraiser, "The 4 Majors Challenge", starting April 5, 2012 with the Masters Pool!
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE POOL IN 2012
A few interesting facts about the selections made this year:
- 2 teams were not selected at all - #3 Georgetown and #9 Southern Mississippi
- 4 teams were selected by one player only - #11 Colorado St, #13 Ohio, #16 MVSU/WKU, #16 UNC-Asheville.
- The top three teams selected - Kentucky (32 out of 36), Missouri (25) and UNC (23)
- Vanderbilt was the most popular 4-7 seed taken (21 times)
- Memphis was the most popular 8-11 seed taken (22 times)
- VCU was the most popular 12-14 seed taken (18 times)
- Detroit was the most popular 15-16 seed taken (14 times)
So, the two pools have their own separate mobile versions.
The main pool site should be available immediately by accessing the site on your mobile device.
The Pick Em All pool site is available HERE
Now you can track the pools with ease while on the go!
FIRST FOUR - WE DON'T COUNT
The main pool site should be available immediately by accessing the site on your mobile device.
The Pick Em All pool site is available HERE
Now you can track the pools with ease while on the go!
FIRST FOUR - WE DON'T COUNT
It's crunch time now folks and you need to start selecting your team and making those tough decisions. One thing you won't need to spent any time on is the first four games - we don't not count them (yet). So, when selecting your team, if you choose to select the winner of one of those games, you theoretically get two teams (but only the advancing team matters). Good luck!
Note: No points whatsoever are earned in the first four games - no scoring bonus points, no upsets points, no points for the win.
Note: No points whatsoever are earned in the first four games - no scoring bonus points, no upsets points, no points for the win.
2012 POOL DETAILS
Team Selection: The granddaddy of our pools, you MUST enter this pool in order to participate in any of the pools. This is a unique pool, unlike any other. You pick teams based on the seedings (4 teams that are seeded 1, 2, or 3, 4 teams that are 4, 5, 6, or 7, etc.) and in the end, you end up with 16 teams varying in seeds from 1-16 (yes, you may end up with all 4 #1 seeds - your choice). Points are earned by wins, upsets (lower seed beating a higher seed), and scoring (both offensively and defensively). The Rules section plays out a few scenarios to help explain the scoring and the points. It really isn't hard to understand when you see the example. See the bottom of this post for directions on how to pay.
Pick Em All: This is your standard, run of the mill "bracket" pool that everyone's used to - fill out a bracket and hope for the best. We don't do anything different here, with the one exception that in order to fill out a bracket, you must submit a team selection pool! See the bottom of this post for directions on how to pay. The details for the pools remain the same as previous years:
- You MUST go in the Team Selection Pool.
- You may NOT just go in the Pick Em All pool.
- Payments MUST be sent in on the first weekend - MARCH 18th, 2012
- You may register your spot early for this pool, but the brackets will not be available until after the tournament draw is announced
For those new to the pools, please check out the Rules section that helps explain both the Team Selection and the Pick Em All pools.
SCENARIOS
This section will contain the Final Four possible outcomes and results for each of the 8 possible finishes for the Team Selection Pool.
NEW RULES FOR PAYMENTS
If payments are not received by March 18, 2012, your entries will be removed from the pool and you will be banned permanently from all future pools. I cannot stress this enough - I do not like hounding people months after the pool to get their payments in (this results in people hounding me for their money and I feel like the bad guy although I've done nothing wrong). SO....you've been warned.
BANNED LIST
- Jeremy Krief (2011): $15
- Carlos Cabrera (2009): $15
- Sam Wilson (2008): $90
- David, Donna, Jason and Daniel Rubenstein (2008): $100
- Steve Pettipas (2007 & 2009 & NFL): $150
* there are others, but I am struggling to locate the file I saved them to; those on the banned list may get back in by paying for their outstanding debt and as well paying 100% upfront prior to the pool starting (current year + previous debt)
Note: Checks are not acceptable this year. Please do NOT mail a check.
Email Transfers
My email address for email payments: jason@DISREGARDTHISPART-seabright.ca
Be sure to add a $1.00 transaction fee to your pool fees.
Ex. 1 Team Selection + 2 Pick Em Alls = $30 in pool fees, therefore, $31.00 in the email transfer.
My email address for email payments: jason@DISREGARDTHISPART-seabright.ca
Be sure to add a $1.00 transaction fee to your pool fees.
Ex. 1 Team Selection + 2 Pick Em Alls = $30 in pool fees, therefore, $31.00 in the email transfer.
All Cash Payments
Jason House - text/call me to arrange payment (7**) 997-HABS
(those in Vancouver know the 7** area code)
Jason House - text/call me to arrange payment (7**) 997-HABS
(those in Vancouver know the 7** area code)