fwiw i like the escalating payments as they are now

I'll take 3 more. Paying via Zelle. I know labeling individual squares for one person wasn't allowed in previous, but would request these three are labeled "JH" if possible. All good if not allowed.

9 squares left. If we sell out, regs have until Wednesday 6AM PST to bump anyone they have seniority over.


Haven't recv'd this one.

np, marked these 3 as JH.

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note: I'm friend requesting everyone who sent via Venmo in the hopes my account won't get shut down again come payout time.

sent for one via paypal

Sent Venmo for one box from Michael Antonelli / Daniel Plainview

We're oversold by one square.

Going to shorten the deadline: longtime regs have until tomorrow (Sunday) at noon PST to bump anyone they have seniority over. At that point squares are locked and we'll pull numbers.


Sent this back via PayPal since you're new to the pool. Sorry for the bump.

Not sure if I have enough seniority to bump anyone, but sent for 3 more. Please label jjbw3

Pool is sold out and locked.

You already bought squares and these are most likely for friends (labeled differently) so I sent this one back. If this was your first buy you would have bumped 1-2 other guys in the pool.


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Let us scrambllle.

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Final squares tally:

Admo
Admo
Admo
Admo
Admo
Admo
AGx19
Andrade
Andrade
Andrade
bad_carma
bad_carma
bad_carma
Bidz
Bidz
Bidz
BlackFr1day
CalledDownLight
CalledDownLight
dabutterman
DanielPlainview
ec_outlaw
erroneous
erroneous
erroneous
erroneous
erroneous
erroneous
Fab 4
Fab 4
**** Off
**** Off
**** Off
**** Off
**** Off
**** Off
GOOCH
h_ven
h_ven
h_ven
h_ven
Hansen
homanga
homanga
Huss
iTzLifestyle
iTzLifestyle
jermsgiants
jermsgiants
jermsgiants
JH
JH
JH
jimmyc123
jimmyc123
jimmyc123
jimmyc123
jimmyc123
jjbw1
jjbw2
Johnny Pancake
Johnny Pancake
Johnny Pancake
Johnny Pancake
Johnny Pancake
Johnny Pancake
jonnyman34
jonnyman34
jonnyman34
Lucky
mdot20
mdot20
mdot20
Mexican Panda
Minicozzi
Mitchell Buss
Mitchell Buss
Moneymaker
nhfunkii
nhfunkii
nhfunkii
Rafter
Rafter
Rafter
Rafter
rharris13h
rharris13h
Ruth
scenario20
scenario20
Simila
Staab Pettus
Steel
Thhhhhhom
Tool Box
Tool Box
Tyler
YourDoom
YourDoom
YourDoom

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We'll scramble the pool using the same method in years past.


::: SCRAMBLE STEP 1 :::

Declare the two axis:
The higher seeded team (or "Favorites" by seed, not spread) are on the x-axis, which is the number line on the top.
The lower seeded team (or "Underdogs") are on the y-axis, which is the number line on the left side.


::: SCRAMBLE STEP 2 :::

Seed the list. I've seeded the list of 100 bets using an undisclosed method and sent it to an undisclosed 2+2'er.


::: SCRAMBLE STEP 3 :::

Generate the Squares Number List that determines who gets which square based on the seed list.

Audience participation time. We need a volunteer to do these steps:

a. Go to the sequence generator at random.org
b. Enter in smallest value: 1
c. Enter in largest value: 100
d. Press the "Get Sequence" button
e. Copy and paste the generated list of 100 numbers in this thread

Volunteer must meet these criteria:

i. is not me or one of the pool escrows
ii. has a 2019 or earlier reg date
iii. has at least 100 posts

I'll quote the first post after mine that does this correctly and that will be the Squares Number list.

Random Sequence Generator
Here is your sequence:

85
79
19
31
84
100
6
78
55
75
97
9
87
72
56
61
91
22
25
45
47
43
33
68
93
36
42
86
3
81
1
20
82
5
30
21
90
52
28
59
32
16
58
41
88
12
11
80
48
13
7
2
18
15
44
14
89
76
46
70
73
63
53
10
57
35
51
64
99
62
94
26
69
37
24
60
65
74
92
49
4
38
54
40
23
95
77
66
17
98
83
34
71
27
29
8
39
67
50
96
Timestamp: 2024-03-17 22:22:29 UTC

I barely meet the posting and reg date requirement

Thx, CDL. This is the Squares Number List.

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::: SCRAMBLE STEP 4 :::

Generate the Favorites numbers line.

Now we need a volunteer to do these steps:

a. Go to the sequence generator at random.org/sequences
b. Enter in smallest value: 0
c. Enter in largest value: 9
d. Press the "Get Sequence" button
e. Copy and paste the generated list of 10 numbers in this thread

Volunteer must meet these criteria:

i. is not me or erroneous
ii. has a 2019 or earlier reg date
iii. has at least 100 posts

I'll quote the first post that does this correctly and that will be our Favorites numbers line.

Here is your sequence:

7
4
3
9
8
2
5
1
6
0
Timestamp: 2024-03-17 22:44:31 UTC

Thx marknfw. This is the Favorites numbers line.

::: SCRAMBLE STEP 5 :::

Generate the Underdogs numbers line.

Now we need a volunteer to do these steps:

a. Go to the sequence generator at random.org/sequences
b. Enter in smallest value: 0
c. Enter in largest value: 9
d. Press the "Get Sequence" button
e. Copy and paste the generated list of 10 numbers in this thread

Volunteer must meet these criteria:

i. is not me, CDL, or marknfw
ii. has a 2019 or earlier reg date
iii. has at least 100 posts

I'll quote the first post that does this correctly and that will be our Underdogs numbers line

Random Sequence Generator
Here is your sequence:

1
7
9
2
5
3
0
4
6
8
Timestamp: 2024-03-17 22:59:03 UTC

Thanks h_ven, this will be our Underdogs Line. I'll create the grid and printable pdf.

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Here's the PM I sent to Charder before we started the scramble:

Christian,

You're a 10 year veteran in this pool so I'm sending you the Seed List we're using this year to scramble the grid. You can ignore this PM -- we'll only need to refer back to it if I eff something up.

thx,
Adam

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SQUARES POOL SEED LIST
(alphabetical order starting with "J")

1 jermsgiants
2 jermsgiants
3 jermsgiants
4 JH
5 JH
6 JH
7 jimmyc123
8 jimmyc123
9 jimmyc123
10 jimmyc123
11 jimmyc123
12 jjbw1
13 jjbw2
14 Johnny Pancake
15 Johnny Pancake
16 Johnny Pancake
17 Johnny Pancake
18 Johnny Pancake
19 Johnny Pancake
20 jonnyman34
21 jonnyman35
22 jonnyman36
23 Lucky
24 mdot20
25 mdot21
26 mdot22
27 Mexican Panda
28 Minicozzi
29 Mitchell Buss
30 Mitchell Buss
31 Moneymaker
32 nhfunkii
33 nhfunkii
34 nhfunkii
35 Rafter
36 Rafter
37 Rafter
38 Rafter
39 rharris13h
40 rharris13h
41 Ruth
42 scenario20
43 scenario20
44 Simila
45 Staab Pettus
46 Steel
47 Thhhhhhom
48 Tool Box
49 Tool Box
50 Tyler
51 YourDoom
52 YourDoom
53 YourDoom
54 Admo
55 Admo
56 Admo
57 Admo
58 Admo
59 Admo
60 AGx19
61 Andrade
62 Andrade
63 Andrade
64 bad_carma
65 bad_carma
66 bad_carma
67 Bidz
68 Bidz
69 Bidz
70 BlackFr1day
71 CalledDownLight
72 CalledDownLight
73 dabutterman
74 DanielPlainview
75 ec_outlaw
76 erroneous
77 erroneous
78 erroneous
79 erroneous
80 erroneous
81 erroneous
82 Fab 4
83 Fab 4
84 **** Off
85 **** Off
86 **** Off
87 **** Off
88 **** Off
89 **** Off
90 GOOCH
91 h_ven
92 h_ven
93 h_ven
94 h_ven
95 Hansen
96 homanga
97 homanga
98 Huss
99 iTzLifestyle
100 iTzLifestyle

::: SCRAMBLE STEP 6 :::
Matching up the Squares list to the Seed list and then sorting them by Square number:
(this is the grid)

1 Moneymaker
2 YourDoom
3 Mitchell Buss
4 erroneous
5 nhfunkii
6 jimmyc123
7 YourDoom
8 homanga
9 jjbw1
10 bad_carma
11 Thhhhhhom
12 Steel
13 Tyler
14 Admo
15 Admo
16 scenario20
17 F*ck Off
18 YourDoom
19 jermsgiants
20 nhfunkii
21 Rafter
22 Johnny Pancake
23 F*ck Off
24 ec_outlaw
25 Johnny Pancake
26 CalledDownLight
27 h_ven
28 rharris13h
29 Hansen
30 Rafter
31 JH
32 Ruth
33 Lucky
34 h_ven
35 bad_carma
36 mdot22
37 DanielPlainview
38 Fab 4
39 homanga
40 F*ck Off
41 Simila
42 Mexican Panda
43 jonnyman36
44 Admo
45 jonnyman34
46 Admo
47 jonnyman35
48 Tool Box
49 erroneous
50 iTzLifestyle
51 Bidz
52 Rafter
53 Andrade
54 Fab 4
55 jimmyc123
56 Johnny Pancake
57 bad_carma
58 scenario20
59 rharris13h
60 erroneous
61 Johnny Pancake
62 BlackFr1day
63 Andrade
64 Bidz
65 erroneous
66 F*ck Off
67 Huss
68 mdot20
69 dabutterman
70 AGx19
71 h_ven
72 Johnny Pancake
73 Andrade
74 erroneous
75 jimmyc123
76 Admo
77 F*ck Off
78 jimmyc123
79 jermsgiants
80 Tool Box
81 Mitchell Buss
82 nhfunkii
83 h_ven
84 JH
85 jermsgiants
86 Minicozzi
87 jjbw2
88 Staab Pettus
89 Admo
90 Rafter
91 Johnny Pancake
92 erroneous
93 mdot21
94 CalledDownLight
95 F*ck Off
96 iTzLifestyle
97 jimmyc123
98 GOOCH
99 Bidz
100 JH

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Here's a printable pdf of the squares grid:
2024 HSNL March Madness Squares Pool

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Notes:

• Payouts are based on a game's final score, not end of regulation.
  
• When two teams match up in the tournament with the same seed, we use the NCAA Selection Committee's pre-tournament ranking of all 68 teams to determine which team is on the favorite line and which is the underdog.
  
  

thanks, admo

Forgot: avatars are back!

I added the easy ones I could find via Google. If you want yours added, send me an image or image link via PM. I'll update the squares grid before first tip.

keep em PG-13, my kids are still tallying scores.

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Selection Sunday Complete Rankings:

$51.5k paid out, $8.5k remaining. Sincere thanks to everyone who pivoted from Venmo payout to Zelle, PayPal, cash or bank check.

erroneous, Bidz, dabutterman: can you PM payout info? Everyone else is paid or waiting on xfer limits to reset.

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No notes from me for next year... but def open to hearing suggestions or critiques.

Seemed like a good price point, payout structure, and it was sweet selling out and sending grids out on Selection Sunday. (bonus: the kids made no scoring mistakes this year!)

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edit: $60k pool is paid out.