Monday, March 14, 2005 :::
NCAA Tournament Contest Rules:
- Brackets:
Brackets should be filled out and emailed to me by midnight Wednesday night. At my discretion, I may accept entries between the end of Wednesday and the beginning of play. The bracket you submit must be theoretically possible. For example, you can't pick a team to win in round 3 if it loses in round 2. I can't see a good reason for this restriction besides tradition, but that'll do. The NCAA selection committee considers the play-in game to be part of the tournament, but I do not. Oakland and Alabama A&M are both 16th seeds. If you pick Oakland over North Carolina, and Alabama A&M beats Oakland and then North Carolina, I will give you full credit. You may equivalently pick Alabama A&M, "Oakland/Alabama A&M", or "Die, Tarheels, Die" (which will be assumed to be English, not German). The preferred way to send me a bracket is to simply list the round 1 winners, then the round 2 winners, etc. Anything readable by me will be acceptable. I will list results periodically; along with your submission, please indicate if there's a particular name/initials you prefer that I use, or if you want an anonymous ID, along with any web site you want me to link your name to. This is the web, so we can do that sort of thing.
- Scoring:
Each first round game is worth 1 point (times the seed); each second round game is worth 2; each third round, 3; each regional final, 4; each semifinal, 6; the championship, 8. Picks will be weighted by seed. In other words, if you pick 13 seed Penn over 4 seed Boston College, and Penn wins that game, you get 13 points. If you pick BC, and BC wins, you get 4 points. If you correctly pick 9 seed Iowa State to win their first two games, you get 9 points for the first round and 18 for the second.
- Prizes: The prize fund currently consists of zero dollars given in the winner's name to a charity that doesn't exist. I choose the nonexistant charity. If anyone wants to offer something better, let me know.
- Adjudication: I am the executive, the judiciary, and the legislative. This Thursday morning, though, the legislature will adjourn to a bar until the end of the contest. Any suggested rules changes should be suggested before then.
I've made my own picks, and will publicize them at some point after your submission deadline, but not far into the tournament.
::: posted by Steven at 6:34 PM
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