March Madness Bracket Tournament

[Schoen-hopper]

Me and my dad are running a bracket tournament again this year. Cost is $2 and winner takes all. We usually get around 25 or more people to get in.

If you want to get in (for $2, why not?), print out the bracket at cbssportsline.com after the brackets have been made up on Sunday night. Fill it in and give it to me with $2. Have to get it before Thursday, so league on Tuesday may be the only time you will see me.

As far as the points, we've done it the same for 20+ years... but we're doing it different this year. We used to do the 2 pts. for first round, 4pts for 2nd, etc, like all the other bracket tourneys. This year, instead of every round being worth double the previous, they are worth about 1.6 times. This makes each game a little more important and not just the final few games.
1st round: 3 pts.
2nd round: 5 pts.
3rd round: 8 pts.
4th round: 12 pts.
5th round: 20 pts.
6th round: 32 pts.
Here is the kicker. You can earn "bonus points" in any round. Any time you pick a seed that is higher than their opponent, and your upset pick wins, you get the difference between the seed numbers in bonus points. If you pick a 10 seed to knock off a 7 seed correctly, for example, you would get 3 pts because it's a first round match and (10-7=) 3 bonus points for that game. The first couple of rounds should be big. This should make it interesting.

For those who get in, I'll post the scores after each round.

[Schoen-hopper]

http://www.madduxsports.com/ncaa-tournament-bracket.pdf

This turns out to be a better bracket than cbssportsline.com's. Though if you use that one, it is fine.

The bracket is all ready to go. If you want to get in, print this, fill it out, and bring it with $2 to league tomorrow at Herman Hill.

Is anyone running the yahoo group bracket contest this year?

[Schoen-hopper]

http://i.usatoday.net/sports/graphics/2 ... s/mens.pdf
This bracket is a little cleaner yet. I'll bring some with me tomorrow at league at Herman Hill.

[Schoen-hopper]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/ ... racket.htm

$2 winner take all bracket tournament. If you want in, fill out a bracket and get it to me at league tonight.

Point system same as below, except the bonus points for correctly picking upsets are multiplied by the round number.