We are now only 6 days away from the first of the 34 bracket style NCAA basketball early season tournaments tipping off, and it is time to submit your pool picks! 😍
Included below is a detailed rundown of the rules, key dates, and payment information. Additionally, an excel sheet is attached that is to be filled out with your picks and returned no later than 11:59p CST on Thursday, 11/9/23. Late entries will be accepted, however once a tournament tips off, that specific tournament will count as a loss for you. ⌚
Let's get started...
This will be our 1st year of running this pool for a larger group, so below are the details of the pool, and the goal is to pick the winner of each early season NCAA Basketball tournament. The game is very simple, all you do is pick who you think is going to win each of the 34 bracket style NCAA early season tournaments. 🏀
The entry fee will be $50 with the following payout structure:
- 1st place receives a 60% payout
- 2nd place receives a 25% payout
- 3rd place receives a 15% payout
This pool has a very easy scoring system. The person with the most correct picks, wins the pool. Since these teams are not seeded, bonus points are not a thing like in our conference tournament pool. All ties in the standings are settled using the following tiebreakers:
- Overall total
- Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship winner
- Closest Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game total
Win money without winning the pool. Yes! 🤑
The pool is meant to be fun and keep people in it as long as possible, all the way to the last game played on Christmas Day. No matter where you're at in the standings you can still win money 3 different ways even if you're outside the top 3 in the standings. It's likely we'll have some ties, so the money gets split among all winners in the event of a tie. Technically, you can be towards the bottom of the standings and on Selection Sunday and still win every one of these categories.
1. Hall of Fame Classic Winner (Thanksgiving Bonus 🦃) - The person who correctly picks the winner of this Thanksgiving Day championship game will win $150.
2. Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Winner (Christmas Bonus 🎅) - The person who correctly picks the winner of this Christmas Day championship game will win $150.
3. Closest Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game score - The person with the closest championship game score wins $50. Even if you're in last place with no other wins you will have the opportunity to recoup your $50 on this final early season tournament championship game.
As these early season tournaments begin and end at different dates between 11/10/23 - 12/25/23 I will post a weekly blog and standings update via the link below.
Blog Link
https://2023-24ncaabasketballtipoffchallenge.blogspot.com/
Standings Link
Here are the steps to enter the pool:
- Fill out the attached spreadsheet with the team you think will win each of the 34 early season tournaments using the dropdown provided for each conference.
- Do not forget to pick the total of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game as that may be an important tiebreaker, along with a payout if you are the closest, regardless of where you're at in the standings.
- Ensure your name (or nickname) is included along with your e-mail address.
- E-mail me a copy no later than 11:59p CST on Thursday, 11/9/23.
- If filling out a spreadsheet is not for you, or you're attempting to use google sheets and it's not working, feel free to call, e-mail, message, WhatsApp, text or smoke signal me your picks.
It really shouldn't take longer than 5-10 minutes to fill everything out as I included a dropdown list for each conference to allow easy and accurate selections for that conference. You will not see seed numbers as these teams are not seeded. These early season tournaments are much smaller than the conference tournaments, with only 4-8 total teams, so less choices should make this quicker to pick.
I will send out a master spreadsheet with everyone's picks prior to the first early season tip off championship game (Including my picks).
Payment information on where to send your $50. 💰
- Zelle (Preferred): Rick Donegan 630-885-2873
- Venmo: @Rick-Donegan
- Cashapp: $RickDonegan
- Address: 1140 Venetian Court; Naperville, IL 60540
- In Person
- PayPal (Not preferred, but if it's your only option please send money using the friends and family option): rwdpeanut@gmail.com
Any non-payment, or attempt to arrange payment, by Sunday, 11/12/23 will result in your entry being removed and a permanent pool ban. I'm not going to spend my time chasing down money.
Good Luck Everyone! 🍀
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