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WELL FELLA'S I HAVE A GREAT IDEA FOR A COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONTEST AND WANTED TO SHARE THE IDEA WITH EVERYONE AND SEE IF WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WILLING TO SIGN UP TO DO IT. HERE IS HOW IT WOULD WORK. WE WOULD NEED 64 ENTRIES INTO THE CONTEST. THE CONTEST FEE WOULD BE $200 PER ENTRY. IT IS A 2 PART CONTEST. THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTEST WOULD BE RUN SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT JMAN SKYBOOK NFL CONTEST. EACH CONTESTANT WOULD CHOOSE 10 GAMES PER WEEK IN COLLEGE HOOPS WITH A MINIMUM OF 7 SELECTIONS REQUIRED FROM SATURDAY'S CARD. CONTEST WILL RUN THROUGH END OF REGULAR SEASON AND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS. THE FIRST PART OF CONTEST WILL CONCLUDE ON GAMES ON SELECTION SUNDAY. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE TOP 5 CAPPERS WILL BE AWARDED WINNINGS AS FOLLOWS:

FIRST PLACE: $3000
SECOND PLACE: $2000
THIRD PLACE: $1000
FOURTH PLACE: $500
FIFTH PLACE: $300

ALSO FIRST PLACE WILL RECEIVE A TRIP TO 2006 NCAA FINAL FOUR WITH EXPENSES (AIRFARE,HOTEL, TICKETS TO SATURDAY AND MONDAY EVENT FOR 2 PEOPLE) PAID.

ONCE TOURNAMENT FIELD IS ANNOUNCED, EACH MEMBER OF THE 64 ENTRIES WOULD SELECT A TEAM FROM FIELD TO WIN NCAA TOURNAMENT. THE SELECTIONS WOULD OCCUR AS FOLLOWS. WE WOULD ALLOW THE 64TH PERSON (FINISHED LAST IN REGULAR SEASON IN PART 1 OF CONTEST) IN THE CONTEST TO SELECT A TEAM TO WIN THE CONTEST AND GO IN REVERSE ORDER ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PERSON THAT FINISHED FIRST TO SELECT THE LAST REMAINING TEAM. IF YOUR TEAM WINS THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, WE WOULD AWARD A PRIZE OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $1000-$2000 DEPENDING ON COST OF NCAA FINAL FOUR EXPENSES. THIS CONTEST WILL BE SPONSORED LIKELY BY ONE OF OUR OFFSHORES WHICH I AM GETTING VERIFIED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. I NEED TO HAVE THOUGH A FIRM LIST OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS. IT WOULD TAKE 64 PEOPLE TO DO IT AT $200. IF WE GOT 32, WE COULD STILL DO IT BUT MAY HAVE TO RAISE THE ENTRY FEE TO DO BOTH PARTS. PLEASE COMMIT ONLY IF YOU ARE FOR SURE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. THANKS AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
 

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I would be interested if it starts after bowl season

would be a hassle durning the holidays

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Kojak,
Maybe it's a bit of a premature question, but will this contest include totals?
 

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Panther,

No Scheduled Set Time To Start Contest But We Could Start After Bowl Season Or Jan 1st. Depending On Interest We Can Decide Then.

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We Could Use Totals But I Would Probably Limit Totals To Sat Games And The Amount You Could Use In A Week. But Good Question.
 

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Not sure what the format would be, so many bets a week? I would probably be interested, not sure about rewarding the guys at the bottom of the rankings though even if it was me.
 

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There Would Be 10 Bets A Week, No More No Less. We Would Grade Each Week Until Season Is Over And Award Top 5. The Reason I Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Go In Reverse Order Was To Keep Interest From Those That Fall Out Of The Running. For Example, If There Is 3 Weeks Left, And Say 10 People Are Out Of The Running, Their Plan Of Attack Could Be To Choose Losers Instead Of Winners So That They Can Get First Choice Of Teams In Tournament. So There Would Be Reason To Stay Involved For Entire Contest.
 

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If you could pick losers, couldn't you have just as easily pick winners earlier when it mattered?
 

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Read it quick, a bit complicated, I'll say I'm about 90% + sure I'd commit to it !
 

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i also read it quick, but sounds good...after Jan 1st is better...
 

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Jasin,

No We Would Pick 10 Games A Week But Would Require 7 Of 10 To Be On Saturday.

Sounds Like January Start Time Would Be Best For This Contest. Any Thoughts?
 

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Would most likely be interested as well, though I have to mention that I'm not too crazy about the second half of the contest idea. I think it seems kinda unfair to give the last place person first crack at picking a team (especially since that part of the contest is worth some serious $$$ as well), and to more or less punish the guy who kicked @ss the whole season and then have him end up being stuck with a team like St. Mary's or Winthrop who we all know has no shot at even winning one game let alone the entire tournament. Just doesn't seem right/fair to me. IMO I think a random draw of the teams (like in the Hollywood NBA contest) would be much better.
 

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We Could Do It Maybe Like This As It Is Not Firm And Open To Discussion. Draw Teams Out Of A Hat In Reverse Order Of Finish So Person Finishing Last Get A Chance At 64 Teams On Down But Gives People At Top Chance To Get Decent Team Via The Draw.
 

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2 things:

doubt you will get 64 guys who want to pony up 200 bucks . hope i'm wrong for your sake.

another idea for the second half goes like this . you do a random draw for the teams . but here's the catch : the team you get is with the spread.

how it works is , lets say indiana state is a 64 seed and they are playing duke. duke is - 25 .

if duke wins but doesnt cover , the guy who has indiana state gets duke from then on . the guy who had duke is out.

its a spread pool. your team covers and you move on . even it means getting a new team.

very fair way of doing a ncaa tourney pool.

does that make sense ?
 

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Kojak said:
Daed,

We Could Do It Maybe Like This As It Is Not Firm And Open To Discussion. Draw Teams Out Of A Hat In Reverse Order Of Finish So Person Finishing Last Get A Chance At 64 Teams On Down But Gives People At Top Chance To Get Decent Team Via The Draw.

Like that format a lot better. :103631605 Agree the bottom finishers should have first crack at drawing a team or something but I don't feel they should outright just get to pick the best teams and stick the first place guy with crap.
 

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2 things:

doubt you will get 64 guys who want to pony up 200 bucks . hope i'm wrong for your sake.

another idea for the second half goes like this . you do a random draw for the teams . but here's the catch : the team you get is with the spread.

how it works is , lets say indiana state is a 64 seed and they are playing duke. duke is - 25 .

if duke wins but doesnt cover , the guy who has indiana state gets duke from then on . the guy who had duke is out.

its a spread pool. your team covers and you move on . even it means getting a new team.

very fair way of doing a ncaa tourney pool.

does that make sense ?

Now we're talkin!! I think this is a great idea bro.
 

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world number one,

I like the idea. how does others feel about the spread format on the tournament. If all like it then that is how we will do it with spread.
 

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world number one,

I like the idea. how does others feel about the spread format on the tournament. If all like it then that is how we will do it with spread.


been in 20 ncaa tourney pools. was the fairest and best one of the bunch..
 

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panther said:
I would be interested if it starts after bowl season

would be a hassle durning the holidays

thanks

panther
I'm in, but who cares about the Bowls, they don't mean anything as far as I'm concerned except for championship game. I would like the second part of the contest to be,where everyone has a equel chance of winning and start from scratch. I don't like whoever wins the regular season contest to pick last in Tournament. " well except if I finish last " But overall it sounds great
 

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