2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Pool Rules
CLICK HERE FOR THE CURRENT STANDINGS (This link will not work until the tournament
begins)
The season of March Madness is upon us! The
rules
are detailed below.
The absolute deadline for all entries in the Men's NCAA Pool
is
Noon EST, Thursday, March 15, 2007 .
This deadline is not negotiable!
Tournament Rules
The entry methods are as follows:
- When the teams have been selected (sometime Sunday evening on
March 11 -- until then, these links will not work) you can get your bracket here as a .pdf file, .jpg file or
Word
file:
NCAA Bracket as a
.PDF file
NCAA Bracket as a
.JPG file
NCAA Bracket as a
WORD file
If you have trouble getting the bracket, give me a call and I can fax
one to you.
- Special note on the tournament: There are 65
teams
picked for the tournament! The winner of the opening round on
March 13 will be a16th seed and this will
not be
finalized until the opening round game on Tuesday. You can enter
prior to that
game,
but you will have to make a pick based on an unknown winner of that
opening
round game. For details on why
they have 65 teams, you can visit
the NCAA site at www.finalfour.net
- Fax your completed form to me at (617)
576-9709 by the
deadline.
Be sure to include your name, email address and phone number.
Also,
be sure to enter the tie-breaker which is your guess of the TOTAL score
in the final game.
- You can pay your entry fee of $20 via regular mail so that
it
arrives by
Saturday, March 17
to me at:
Gary "Boot" Seem
1957 Richville Road
Manchester Center, VT 05255
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL ME AT (802) 362-9180.
- You MUST choose a winner for every game in the tournament. Also, don't
forget to pick the tiebreaker score (Total points scored
in the championship game ).
- Include your name, phone number, and email address on each entry.
This
information will be used to contact you if there is a problem with your
entry, to put you on a mailing list for pool updates, and to inform you
if you have won any prize money after the pool is done.
- You may enter as many times as you like (yeah, enter
lots!!). Also, feel free to pass
this on to any friends or colleagues.
- All participants must be four (4) years of age or older.
- In case of any ties, a tie-breaker will be used to determine a
winner
from
the entry which comes closest to correctly predicting the total points
scored in the championship game. If that is tied, then the most
points
in Round 1 determines the winner. After that, it will simply be
determined
a tie and the tied prizes will be combined and split.
- Your standing is determined by the number of points earned by
each
entry
from the point assignments given to each round in the tournament. The
rounds
are weighted so that later rounds are worth more than earlier rounds,
thus
correctly chosen teams that go far, will score the most points. The
point
assignments for each round are as follows:
32 First round games 1 point each 32 possible points
16 Second round games 2 points each 32 possible points
8 Regional Semi-final games 3 points each 24 possible points
4 Regional Final games 5 points each 20 possible points
2 Semi-final games 7 points each 14 possible points
1 Championship game 10 points 10 possible points
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Totals: (63 games) 132 possible points
Prize Money for the Pool: Monetary prizes will be
awarded to the four entries with the most points at the end of the
tournament.
The total Prize Money is the sum of all entry fees, minus $20.00. This
$20.00 goes toward a consolation prize -- the worst entry will win
their
entry fee back.
1st Place --- 50% of Total Prize Money
2nd Place --- 25% of Total Prize Money
3rd Place --- 15% of Total Prize Money
4th Place --- 10% of Total Prize Money
Last place --- $20 Entry fee refunded
After all entries have been received, I will provide a summary of all
entries
and will also provide timely status updates via email.
