3/6/97, Issue # P.3 " Your Ticket to the NCAA Tourney Pool"

Friends and Friends of Friends,

                You are officially invited to join the 3rd annual HWCI NCAA Tournament Pool.  Now, as you wait for the chills down your spine to subside, here's some pertinent information to digest:

The pool is open to all who are interested, so feel free to forward this e-mail to others.  The entry fee is $10, and the picks are due next Wednesday, March 12.  The entry payment deadline is flexible.  Basically, if you were invited to join, we know you’re good for the 10 bucks, so don’t sweat it.  The tournament seedings will be released Sunday, March 9.  The scoring is weighted by round and not by seeds, so picking underdogs correctly will give you the same amount of points as picking the favorite correctly.  Of course, by picking a low seed victory correctly, you will be getting points that most entrants won’t, so it still may be worth it.  The point distribution hasn’t been finalized, but it shouldn’t effect your strategy.  The last two years the points have been awarded as follows:

2 points for each 1st round win

3 points for each 2nd round win

4 points for each 3rd round win

6 points for each 4th round win

8 points for each 5th round win

12 points for picking the NCAA Champion

There will be a first, second, and third place prize.  Last year, we had $190 in the pot, first place winning $110, second place winning $50, and third place taking $30.  This year’s prizes will be distributed along the same line.

There are two ways to send us your picks:

1)  If you think you're computer literate, there is software available for both the Mac and Windows for you to use to send in your picks.  Visit the pool page at http://www.themall.net/~hwci/ncaa to download the software and for complete instructions.

2)  Get a copy of the brackets from a newspaper or wherever you can find it, fill out the winners, type out your selections and, send them to us via e-mail.  For tie-breaker purposes, you will also need to send us a prediction for the total score in the final game.  For instance, if you think the score will be 75-71, you would send in a score of 146.  Also, for amusement purposes, you need to send us a nickname by which you will be represented in the standings.  For instance, the last two years I have gone by the handle "The Mighty Mobelfakta", and I will again be assuming that identity this year, so that name’s taken, think of another one.  This is the probably the most efficient way of sending your picks:

Nickname:

Final game total score:

NCAA Champion:

Runner-up:

Final Four losers (round 5):

Round 4 losers (4 teams):

Round 3 losers (8 teams):

Round 2 losers (16 teams):

That should cover all the games.  For insurance purposes, you should send the picks to both me ([email protected]) and Scott ([email protected]), your humble tourney pool administrators.

Don’t send any attachments to [email protected], that account can’t handle attachments.

                "How will I keep track of pool standings?" you must be wondering.  Well, after each day’s action, updates will be posted at http://www.themall.net/~hwci/ncaa and sent out via e-mail.  Also, as soon as all the picks are in, we will send out a listing of everybody’s picks, so that you know we’re on the level.  That’s all for now, check your inbox after Sunday for updates, and have fun!

that is all,

dfeng