Scott's Newsletter (3/10/98)
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3/10/98, Issue # 1.0.1 "Let's get ready to rumble.'"
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FOURTH HWCI OFFICIAL BETTING POOL- NCAA TOURNAMENT `98
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Another year, another pool. It's that time of year again, where
every loss will be blamed on El Nino, spring break approaches (or
doesn't exist, as in my case, thanks to work), and a little club
called "Hot Wings" rises from the ashes to run the
annual NCAA tournament pool. This Thursday will mark the opening
of the Fourth Annual HWCI NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Pool.
Despite pressure for the third straight year to raise the entry
fee from $10 to $20, common sense wins out once again and the
little guys like me can play amongst the giants. You may enter
multiple times (with multiple $10 bills) if you wish. Dave's
email earlier this week had everything you need to know to enter
this year's pool. Our goal is to break the 22 entries last year.
NOTES: Jason Selander is the only person to win money twice (1st
in 1996 ($110), 3rd in 1997 ($35)- his only entries). Alvin Kim
is out $40, due to entering twice in 1997. Jason (1996) boasts
the most wins in one year (48 of 63 correctly pegged) while
Fernando Bustamante (1995) has had the most points (148 of 196
possible). of the 53 previous entries, no one has picked all four
of the Final Four entrants correctly, and only 6 have picked 3 of
the 4. the best
start is 15-1 (30 pts) after one day of play by Jason and Duke
Fan in 1997. the pride factor to get this year is 81 points, as
the all-time low of 80 points was achieved twice by Douglas Han
(1996) and Mike Bernaldo (1997).
Check out the HWCI NCAA98 homepage at:
http://www.jps.net/dfeng/ncaa for more info.
WHAT: 4th Annual HWCI NCAA Tournament Pool
FEE: $10.00 per entry
DEADLINE: 9:10 a.m. PST on Thursday, March 12, 1998
(mailed entries postmarked by Wednesday night)
(emailed entries time stamped by 9:10 am)
WHO: Anyone with $10.00 (invite friends!)
(Limit 3 entries ($30) per person)
PREVIOUS: Max (Sean Dumzer), 116 points (1997)
CHAMPS: Jaybian (Jason Selander), 144 points (1996)
Bix Pix (Fernando Bustamante), 148 points (1995)
DEFENDING NCAA CHAMPION: Arizona Wildcats (25-9 in 1997)
POINT VALUES: Per round: 2/3/4/5/8/12 points per win
PRIZES: Dependent on number of entries
Total pot divided approximately 57%/26%/17%
(Last year: [$220 pot] $125/$60/$35)
BRAIN CLAUSE(TM): If you pick all 32 losers in the first round,
you will get
your $10 refunded out of pure pity
CONTACT: David Feng ([email protected])
Scott M Tamashiro ([email protected])
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HWCI OFFICIAL BETTING POOL- NCAA TOURNAMENT (1995-1997)
(Rankings based on participation in at least two years)
HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL: CAREER POINTS
1995 1996 1997 Yr Total Ave. Rank
Nelson 146 1 146 146.00
Joseph Kim 140 1 140 140.00
James Lew 139 1 139 139.00
Jason Selander 144 113 2 257 128.50 1
Fernando Bustamante 148 129 107 3 384 128.00 2
Alvin Kim 1 135 121 111 3 367 122.33 3
Man Vu 133 111 2 244 122.00 4
Scott M Tamashiro 138 127 99 3 364 121.33 5
Andy Fan 126 116 2 242 121.00 6
Brian Selander 130 112 115 3 357 119.00 7
Heather Lee 117 1 117 117.00
David Feng 1 141 106 100 3 347 115.67 8
Mark Catley 130 112 102 3 344 114.67 9
Jeremy Santiago 131 105 104 3 340 113.33 10
Sean Dumzer 110 116 2 226 113.00 11
Joe Bernaldo 113 1 113 113.00
David Feng 2 113 1 113 113.00
Jennifer De la Rosa 111 1 111 111.00
Todd Smith 109 1 109 109.00
Mike Bernaldo 130 80 2 210 105.00 12
Meng Heng 104 1 104 104.00
Dennis Kim 1 98 107 2 205 102.50 13
Dennis Kim 2 99 1 99 99.00
Tuan Huang 1 97 1 97 97.00
Tuan Huang 2 97 1 97 97.00
Sylvia Pham 96 1 96 96.00
Donald Goodwin 96 1 96 96.00
Kevin Tamashiro 95 1 95 95.00
Alvin Kim 2 93 1 93 93.00
Duke Fan 90 1 90 90.00
Jane Chong 85 1 85 85.00
Greg Hicks 84 1 84 84.00
Douglas Han 80 1 80 80.00
TOTALS 1567 2221 2203 53 5991 113.04
PARTICIPANTS 12 19 22
AVERAGE 130.6 116.9 100.1
MEDIAN 132.0 113.0 99.5
STANDARD DEV. 14.1 15.7 9.9
HIGH/LOW 148/98 144/80 116/80
HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL: CAREER WINS
1995 1996 1997 Yr Total Ave. Rank Joseph Kim 46 1 46 46.00 James Lew 46 1 46 46.00 Jason Selander 48 42 2 90 45.00 1 Nelson 45 1 45 45.00 Fernando Bustamante 47 46 40 3 133 44.33 2 Man Vu 43 42 2 85 42.50 3 Scott M Tamashiro 46 45 35 3 126 42.00 4t Alvin Kim 1 44 41 41 3 126 42.00 4t Brian Selander 43 42 41 3 126 42.00 4t Andy Fan 42 42 2 84 42.00 4t Joe Bernaldo 42 1 42 42.00 David Feng 1 46 42 37 3 125 41.67 8 Sean Dumzer 42 40 2 82 41.00 9 Jennifer 41 1 41 41.00 Mark Catley 41 43 38 3 122 40.67 10t "Jay" Santiago 44 40 38 3 122 40.67 10t David Feng 2 40 1 40 40.00 Dennis Kim 1 39 39 2 78 39.00 12 Todd Smith 39 1 39 39.00 Dennis Kim 2 39 1 39 39.00 Mike Bernaldo 43 33 2 76 38.00 13 Heather Lee 38 1 38 38.00 Tuan Huang 1 38 1 38 38.00 Tuan Huang 2 38 1 38 38.00 Sylvia Pham 37 1 37 37.00 Alvin Kim 2 37 1 37 37.00 Meng Heng 37 1 37 37.00 Duke Fan 36 1 36 36.00 Donald Goodwin 35 1 35 35.00 Kevin Tamashiro 35 1 35 35.00 Greg Hicks 33 1 33 33.00 Jane Chong 33 1 33 33.00 Douglas Han 32 1 32 32.00 TOTALS 521 797 824 53 2142 40.42 PARTICIPANTS 12 19 22 AVERAGE PTS 43.4 42.0 37.5 MEDIAN 43.5 42.0 38.0 STANDARD DEV. 2.4 3.7 2.6 HIGH/LOW 47/39 48/32 42/33
HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL: OVERALL PLACEMENTS
1995 1996 1997 Yr Total Ave. Rank Money Jason Selander 1 3 2 4 2.00 1 $ 145.00 Joseph Kim 2 1 2 2.00 $ 50.00 Nelson 2 1 2 2.00 $ 30.00 James Lew 3 1 3 3.00 $ 30.00 Fernando Bustamante 1 5 7 3 13 4.33 2 $ 70.00 Todd Smith 5 1 5 5.00 Alvin Kim 1 5 7 4 3 16 5.33 3 Brian Selander 8 13 2 3 23 7.67 4t $ 60.00 Scott M Tamashiro 4 6 13 3 23 7.67 4t Sean Dumzer 15 1 2 16 8.00 6 $ 125.00 Heather Lee 8 1 8 8.00 Dennis Kim 1 12 6 2 18 9.00 7 Meng Heng 9 1 9 9.00 Andy Fan 10 9 2 19 9.50 8 David Feng 1 3 16 11 3 30 10.00 9t $ 20.00 Mark Catley 8 12 10 3 30 10.00 9t Man Vu 6 14 2 20 10.00 9t Joe Bernaldo 10 1 10 10.00 Jeremy Santiago 7 17 8 3 32 10.67 12 Jennifer 11 1 11 11.00 David Feng 2 11 1 11 11.00 Dennis Kim 2 12 1 12 12.00 Mike Bernaldo 4 22 2 26 13.00 13 Tuan Huang 2 14 1 14 14.00 Tuan Huang 1 15 1 15 15.00 Donald Goodwin 16 1 16 16.00 Kevin Tamashiro 17 1 17 17.00 Alvin Kim 2 18 1 18 18.00 Sylvia Pham 18 1 18 18.00 Douglas Han 19 1 19 19.00 Duke Fan 19 1 19 19.00 Jane Chong 20 1 20 20.00 Greg Hicks 21 1 21 21.00 TOTALS 77 190 253 53 520 9.81 $ 530.00 PARTICIPANTS 12 19 22
Note: No tiebreakers for points in 1995, hence Brian and Mark
remained tied for 8th place
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Good luck...
Scott HW
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