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Issue # 15.6.1 “Freshmen Hazed”

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2014 NCAA Champions
UConn Huskies
#7-East
(New York, NY)		 The University of Connecticut Huskies
(32-8)
4th Title: ’99, ’04, ’11, ’14
2014 Winningest Conference
Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference
(11-3)
3rd time: ’06, ’07, ’14
UCONN SCHOOLS KENTUCKY FOR 4TH TITLE
Badzy is only person to pick UConn and rallies to win our 20th pool title

CERRITOS, CA (smt)- The veteran starting lineup of #7E-UConn, some who stayed on despite the Huskies being banned from postseason last year, came out hungry against the all-freshmen starting lineup from #8MW-Kentucky jumping to a 30-15 lead and eventually hanging on to a 60-54 victory.  The Huskies never trailed in winning their 4th title (the same number as Duke!), all in the last 16 years and two years removed from retired coach Jim Calhoun and one year removed from a postseason ban due to academics.  While UConn was a perfect 10/10 from the charity stripe, Kentucky bookended 6/7 by missing 7 of their first 13 free throws and their last three (including a front end of a one-and-one).  Senior Shabazz Napier, while taking some ill-advised or quick shots, scored 22 pts and had 6 rebounds as he was one of the few who stayed on through the postseason ban.  This capped a wild tournament partially aided by bad seeding by the selection committee and that sometimes, just the name on the shirt (with a little luck) is enough to propel you to the finals.

In a strange twist, all 8 entries alive to win money were guaranteed to finish at least tied for 6th (before the dreaded tiebreaker), meaning two would lose the tiebreaker and go home empty handed.  But first, Continue reading »

Issue # 15.6.1 “I’m Luke Hancock, I’m Here to Rescue You”

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Congrats to Louisville, a deserving champion (even though I didn’t pick them). Also, congrats to the 7 winners in our pool.

Prize Winner Nickname Money Won Yrs in Pool (# Ent) # Times Won (Total $)
1st Steve N The Rat Pack $530 8 (9) 1 ($530)
2nd Blakeley H #3 Bwakewey Cubed $275 4 (10) 2 (Bns ’11 $315)
3rd Kevin T Shake N’ Bake $185 8 (8) 2 (Bns ’09 $225)
4th Byron W Flying Ace $130 14 (14) 1 ($130)
5th Paul T Poolraider $90 9 (12) 2 (2nd ’05 $285)
6th Van P Lastminute $65 11 (11) 3 (1st ’07, Bns ’10, $555)
Bonus Greg J BamaG $40 8 (14) 1 ($40)

Read today’s update below (or original here):

2013 NCAA Champions
[U. of Louisville Cardinals]
#1-Midwest
(Indianapolis, IN)		 The University of Louisville Cardinals
(35-5)
2013 Winningest Conference
[ Big 10 Conference ] The Big 10 Conference
(14-7)		 
Monday, April 8, 2013 
Issue # 15.6.1 "I'm Luke Hancock, I'm Here to Rescue You"
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6TH MAN HANCOCK RALLIES CARDS
Lastminute, Flying Ace, and BamaG join the winner’s circle
CERRITOS, CA (smt)- For the second straight game, the Cards fell behind by 12 points.  For the second straight game, a run of 3’s quickly cut down the lead.  And for the second straight game, Luke Hancock came off the bench to score 20+ points to lead the #1MW-Louisville Cardinals to a 82-76 victory over the #4S-Michigan Wolverines.  This was the Cards 3rd national title and Rick Pitino (recent Hall of Famer and soon to be tatoo’d) became the first coach to win titles for two teams.  In one of the most well-played finals in recent memory Continue reading »

Issue # 7.2.3 “Bonus! Prizes!”

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Ahead of tonight’s games (good luck to all!), here is the official prize breakdown.  Also, the details of the Bonus, which most don’t care about until they’ve been eliminated and the Final Four is here, are listed below.  A proper update via email  will come later today (problems FTP’ing at work).

Edited: Forgot to update Bonus1 Analysis below.  Original file can now be viewed here.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 

Issue # 7.2.3 "Bonus! Prizes!"
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DO YOU DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE?  MAYBE
 Five are eliminated from both top prizes and Bonus1 (maybe they can sneak into Bonus2)
CERRITOS, CA (smt)- For the third straight year, we will have six money spots as we have a healthy $1,310 to divvy out.  Plus the Bonus.  What’s the Bonus?  Continue reading »

126 breaks the tie

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Congrats to Jane’s son Quinn D (aka, Quinnsanity) in winning the pool and $540!  Lots of Losers (Bob G) gets 2nd ($280) and Nwspring 1 (Nicholas S) gets 3rd ($190).  With the total points equaling 126, that breaks the tie for 4th (so SlackJaw (Jon J) gets 4th ($135) and Vodka-Its Not Real (Sam N) gets 5th ($90)) and 6th, including our first split-prize ever as Frumunda Mybalz (Andy F) and The Wife’s Picks (Megan J) will split $65 ($32.50), and thus each will get less than our Bonus Prize winner, SpAva (Linh T– my wife!  Let’s here it for the wives!), who won a 10-way tie for the Bonus by getting the correct conference (Big East), conference wins (13), and total points (126) to win $40 knocking her brother (Krimsonguard) out of the money.  Andy F wins for the first time in 15 years, Linh T for the first time in 11 years, and Jon J for the first time in 10 years.

Official Prize Breakdown

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Bit of a delay, trying to account for 134 entries in our previous updates and such.  Good luck tonight!

PO Box has been checked and no new entries, so we are officially at 134 entries ($1,340). So, here is the official prize breakdown:

1st Place = $540.00
2nd Place = $280.00
3rd Place = $190.00
4th Place = $135.00
5th Place = $ 90.00
6th Place = $ 65.00
Bonus Prize =$ 40.00

Congrats to the Winners!

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These people didn’t care it was an ugly game:

1st ($515):  Roy W (Krispy Kremer)
2nd ($260):  David F (The Mighty Mobelfakta)
3rd ($175):  Sam S (TheLakeShow)
4th ($120):  Craig S (Craig)
5th ($ 80):  Ted J (MB Camel Jockies)
6th ($ 60):  Charles D (BINLADEN)
Bonus ($40): Blakeley H (For Narnia)

Sam and Blakeley can thank the awfully low scoring game for winning their tiebreakers.

Prizes Detals Leaked…

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The formal newsletter comes out late tonight (or early tomorrow, depending where you live), but here are some nuggets:

  • 1st place is a record $515, enough for about 125 gallons of gas in California or 0.026% of what Charlie Sheen used to get paid for a single episode
  • A new 6th place prize is introduced, and it will be $60 (I wish this was in place last year when I finished 6th)
  • In the race for the Bonus Prize (Winningest Conference), only 21 entries are still alive (since the Big East crapped out) and 36 entries are eliminated from both the Bonus1 and top 6 prize money… but, if no one wins this Bonus1, every non-winning entry is alive again for the total points tiebreaker Bonus2.
  • What would you like to see as a Bonus Prize?  Most upset weighted points?  Most Elite 8 teams? Comment and let us know!