NCAA wrestling pool

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I am running a pretty sophisticated NCAA wrestling pool.  If anyone is interested, send me a PM  with your email address in it and I will email you the rules. etc...

I will need your entries by next Wed, midnight, 3/19/14.

[whatever]

We've picked up a couple more contestants.....looks like we're currently at 12 or 13 right now.  There is still time...    See rules below.

NCAA ELITE WRESTLING POOL
$20 entry fee – Winner=75%, runner-up=25%
RULES
1.   Pick the top 8 placers at each weight class.
*YOU CANNOT PICK THE TOP 8 SEEDS IN ORDER IN ANY WEIGHT CLASS!
   2.  For picking a wrestler in the exact spot – 6 pts.
      (i.e. pick a guy to take 3rd and he takes 3rd)
   3.  If you are off 1 place either direction – 3 pts.
      (i.e. pick a guy to take 3rd and he takes 2nd or 4th)
   4.  If you are off 2 places in either direction – 2 pts.
      (i.e. pick a guy to take 3rd and he takes 1st or 5th)
5.  3 point bonus - for picking any wrestler seeded lower than 8th (i.e. 9-12 seed) to place
   and he places anywhere in Top 8.
   6.  5 point bonus for picking any unseeded wrestler to place & he places anywhere in Top 8
   7.  20 point bonus – for whoever picks the most champions
      *If there is a tie, the 20 points are divided amongst the winners
      i.e. 2 people tie with 6 champs, each gets 10 points, 3 people tie each get 6 points
   8.  There will be additional bonus points for runs of 3 or more (like poker)
      i.e. if you pick 3 or more placers correct in succession in a weight class
(ex. 3rd, 4th, 5th), the bonus points will be as follows:
3 = 3 points
4 = 5 points
5 = 7 points
6 = 9 points
7 = 11 points
8 = 20 points

9.  TIEBREAKER: Closest pick of Wisconsin's team place: ________

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We have a couple more entrants....still not too late for anyone.

[TomM]

I'd spend so much time pouring over the brackets to attempt to win this... I'd be looking at 10 hours of 'work'... I'd have to quit my day job.  Oh wait.. I already did... but ... hmmm.... OK, well I'd have to shut down the website for a couple days.  Last time I entered a pool on the NCAA's the guys with me got mad that I wasn't concentrating on the card game in the van... Then everyone is unhappy.  Maybe that's why I never got the kitty... oh well.

[badgerjohn]

I'd spend so much time pouring over the brackets to attempt to win this... I'd be looking at 10 hours of 'work'... I'd have to quit my day job.  Oh wait.. I already did... but ... hmmm.... OK, well I'd have to shut down the website for a couple days.  Last time I entered a pool on the NCAA's the guys with me got mad that I wasn't concentrating on the card game in the van... Then everyone is unhappy.  Maybe that's why I never got the kitty... oh well.

So ...... you were driving the van, and playing cards, and picking for your NCAA pool, and keeping the website up, ...... and the guys got mad?   What the heck?   Maybe you should  replace the "guys". 

[whatever]

I'd spend so much time pouring over the brackets to attempt to win this... I'd be looking at 10 hours of 'work'... I'd have to quit my day job.  Oh wait.. I already did... but ... hmmm.... OK, well I'd have to shut down the website for a couple days.  Last time I entered a pool on the NCAA's the guys with me got mad that I wasn't concentrating on the card game in the van... Then everyone is unhappy.  Maybe that's why I never got the kitty... oh well.

...I thought there were other reasons you never got the kitty, Tom....

[TomM]

Alright... let's get back to the pool discussion...
Maybe I should get in...

[whatever]

Yes, you should, Tom......!

[TomM]

Yes, you should, Tom......!

Ok.. I'm in.. Are those ALL the directions above?  Or are there other piffy nuances? What was it again...? $2.00?

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Atta boy, Tom! 

Nope, no nuances....it's not like I'd have a book with all answers .....(cough, Johnny, cough, Johnson, cough)

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125            133                  141                  149         
1 ) Garrett      1) Schopp      1) Stieber      1) Houdashelt
2) Clark      2) Graff         2) Port         2) Villalonga
3) Megaludis   3) Ramos      3) Retherford      3) Maple
4) Delgado      4) Colon      4) Henderson      4) Tsirtsis
5) Patterson   5) Quiroga      5) Khishignnyam   5) Sueflohn
6) Taylor      6) Morrison      6) Carter      6) Dardanes
7) Martinez      7) DiJulius      7) Nevinger      7) Grajales
8 Parisi      8  Beckman      8  Dardanes      8  Neibert

157              165              174             184
1) Dieringer      1) Taylor      1) Howe      1) Sheptock
2) Jordan      2) Caldwell      2) Perry       2) Ruth
3) Green      3) N.Moore IA   3) Kokesh      3) Lofthouse
4) St. John      4) Sulzer      4) Evans      4) Dean
5) Ness      5) Monk      5) Storley      5) Thommusseit
6) Realbuto      6) Mock      6) Brown      6) Swartz
7) Miller      7) Morse      7) Walters      7) Steinhaus
8  Walsh      8  Moreno      8  Ottinger      8  Courts

197                    285
1) Cox      1) Chalfant
2) Gadson      2) Nelson
3) Schiller      3) McMullan
4) McIntosh   4) Coon
5) Meeks      5) Telford
6) Rutt      6) Gwiadzowski
7) Boley      7) Felix
8  Perry      8  Medberry

UW Place – 11th

[TomM]

Are those the answers?

[TomM]

165   
1) Taylor     
2) Caldwell     
3) Moore (UNI or IOWA?)

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Nick - the IOWA boy....Thanks, Tom - fixed it!