Are you in a pool for the tournament? Of course you are. So give us the stats. I'm in a pool with 67 entries, at 20 a pop. 1340 in the pot, not sure how it will be split yet. I've picked Kentucky over UNC, with Vanderbilt and Missouri in the Final Four. Unlike past seasons, I went very straight this year; no unusual upset picks. No one higher than a 10 seed in the first round, 6 seeds Murray St. and SDSU to the Sweet 16.
For about the past five years, I've played the bracket pool at a local bar in Houston and enjoy the format. Basically, you pick each round separately so it makes sense to go conservative for the 1st weekend. All games after that are against the spread. Lowest number of losses wins. Usually about 100 entries at $100 each. There are a couple of other wrinkles, such as you can buy back losses after the 1st weekend at $25/each (up to four but can't pass the leader). As part of the original entry fee, there is a separate game that starts for the Sweet 16. You allocate 16 to the team you think will win, 15 to the runner-up, all the way down to 1 and then accumulate points for each game through the championship. I kind of like this game just as much because watching the early part of the tourney impacts how I pick the Sweet 16 portion.
just a friendly pool within my family. Lost 3 games yesterday. West Virginia, UNLV, and UCONN all losses for me. My final 4 is UK, UNC, Cuse, and Murray St. Almost threw my bracket away yesterday after the first day, would have been a first.
Not in a pool, just quickly filled out a bracket on ESPN. I'm in the 97.1th percentile. Only missed two games yesterday. I fully expect to miss six or more today.
Ive watched 2 basketball games all season. UNC Duke, the last one that Duke got slaughtered on their home court, and the game between Michigan State and UNC, first game of the season on the big ass military boat, can't remember if it was an aircraft carrier or not. I picked Cuse because they were a 1 seed.
