Congrats to last years winners Joel, Sohler, B.I., and Curt. Below are the full standings from the 2014 conference championship week.
Below I have included a preview of the rules and some changes for this year, if you have any questions or suggestions please let me know, otherwise be on the lookout for more information later in February. We sometimes have to limit how many people participate, so if you are interested in playing, certainly let me know sooner rather than later so I can reserve a spot for you.
For those of you that are going to be new to this pool, it is a lot of fun, whether you are into college basketball or not, lots of money can be won in a short period of time, and we make fun of each others picks regularly.
The game is simple, all you do you pick who you think is going to win each of the 31 conferences conference championship.
The entry fee is $40 with
the following payout structure:
1st
Place receives a 60% payout
2nd
Place receives a 25% payout
3rd
Place receives a 15% payout
4th
Place receives a free
entry for
the 2014 pool*
*This
years free entry is awarded to Curt based on his 2014 finish
This
Pool Has a Very Easy Scoring System: The person with the combination of
most correct picks, including bonus points, wins the pool.
Bonus Points are Available: The bonus point scoring is simple, for
every 3 seed or lower winner that you pick, you will be awarded 1 bonus
point. In 2014 10 out of 31 (32%) conference tournament winners
were a 3 seed or lower.
Also...
More Ways to Win Money!
The
really nice thing about this pool
is we now have more ways to win money, so even if you're not towards the top of
the standings you can still win money throughout the conference tournament
week. It's likely we'll have some ties,
so the money gets split among all winners in the event of a tie.
1. Most Bonus Points: The
person with the most total bonus points will win $100
2. Most Power Conference Points: The
person with the most Power Conference points will win $80 (The Power
Conferences will be highlighted in red)
3. Lowest Winning Seed: The
person who has the lowest winning seed conference champion wins $40 (Go 6
seeds!)
4. Closest Big 10 Score: The
person with the closest Big 10 championship game score wins $20 (This is the
last conference championship game, so even if you're in last place you have the
opportunity to recoup $20!)
