Well well well looks like I'm the bubble boy in the 250 for the third straight year smdh.

Trying to figure out if i can backdoor a podium spot if we get UNC > Zaga in the finals.

Unfoetunately I cant count but dammit itll be close!

Nvm. Confirmed can only get 5th. FML

I can get 3rd/4th is Zags win. Anyone who can get 3rd/4th if UNC wins want to hedge with me? Or for the matter does anyone want to take some action on the game, i'd like to take UNC.

I get first if zags win. Anyone want to hedge if unc wins?

Don't do it!

Zags are gonna roll

I want to believe but aorn I'm looking at $1200-1400 if Zags win between this pool and others and $0 if they don't. Pretty big gambulll for putting down like $75

I win my $20 (24 entrant) friends pool if UNC wins. Had a unc/zags final. Of course, I entered 3 different brackets in this pool and am busto.

If you hedge, I would only hedge like 300 max of that. I agree with GoldenBears, Zags have way better value right now. Of course UNC opens at -2 -135 due to their public market value. I think in a non biased market the line would be more like a pick em.

Ok so I added up all my payments
I got 12,300 on venmo
I got 8,050 on paypal
I got 150 in cash
I got 350 on btc
I owe 500 from my 2 $250 entries
I owe 200 for my 4 $50 entries

So total of $21,550 collected

I have 205 50s and 46 250s marked down

There were 208 50 entries, but three of them have no picks (and one only has partial picks), so 205 looks right. There are 45 $250 entries.

That means the 250 pool is $11,250 and the $50 pool is $10,250, which adds to $21,500.


So one of the three things is true (in order of likelihood):

1. Somebody sent me $50 for something unrelated to MM over the last month and it slipped my mind and is being included
2. Somebody sent me $50 but didn't fill out a $50 bracket
3. Somebody sent me $250, didn't fill out a bracket, and also somebody filled out four $50 brackets and didn't pay.


At this point if you didn't pay that's on you so I'm just gonna pay out all the full amounts and assume #1 was the case.


$50
1st - $6,150
2nd - $2,050
3rd - $1,025
4th - $1,025

$250 (earlier numbers were erroneously based on 46 entries rather than 45)
1 $6750
2 $2250
3 $1125
4 $1125

If Gonzaga wins:
$50
1. pwnsall3 - $6,150
2. royalfan - $2,050
3. imjosh - $1,025
4. charder3 - $512.5
4. whackmaster - $512.5

if UNC wins
$50
1. pwnsall 3 - $6150
2. royalfan - $2050
3. wichitadm1 - $1025
4. ahmngrn30 - $341.66
4. rmthawk64 - $341.66
4. tomrh3 #2 - $341.66


If Gonzaga wins
$250
1. GoldenBears1 - $6750
2. Luckybacon - $2250
3. Boilerbd - $1125
4. Dragonbear52 - $1125

If UNC wins
$250
1. Hiatusover - $4500
1. royalfan - $4500
3. dw2006 - $1125
4. GoldenBears1 - $1125

$$ sent to pwns, since he's locked up 1st in the 50

For the rest of you, I'll probably be sending Venmo if possible, so it may take a few weeks as I will hit the limits pretty quickly

Isn't royalfan a lock too?

Congrats all, needed Kansas in a big way! Thanks for running GoldenBears!

Yeah, good fun. Thanks for running

Next year i'll actually do some research!

Post your bracket pwns? Not in it but curious to see what it takes to lock a bracket w this many entries up before the champ game

Are we using the tiebreaker we had to give to break ties or is it just chopped like you listed here for purposes of this pool? Specifically curious about the 250 pool if N. Carolina wins. Does my TB score and Hiatusover TB matter or would we each get 4500 as posted here? Thanks, and thanks for running these.

He said earlier yahoo tiebreaker not being used and will be just chopped between ties

He has unc over zaga and Oregon in f4. Assume other good picks throughout. The scoring in this pool is pretty flat so there isn't a big increase for e8, f4, and finals wins.

Okay great. Missed that. Thanks.

Thanks for running this. I am open to whatever options you want. I am also willing to go to the back of the line if you prefer to pay all by venmo. I have never received anything in all the brackets I have played but I am sure that is fine. If you prefer to send a check or anything else, I will make it work. Thanks again.

Gonzaga + UNC final and 16 point+ lead vs best bracket that has the team he didn't pick.

Probably means he had Oregon f4 too, and just crushed the early rounds, definitely impressive since the final was two 1seeds. I know Gonzaga was a popular pick so I guess not too many Gonzaga vs UNC brackets.

gg every1 - thanks for running it GoldenBears!

what were winning scores?

158 for the 50