We Only Have 2 Early Season Tournaments Left - But we do Have a Pool Winner

We flew through 32 early season college basketball tournaments over the last 3 weeks, but we still have 2 more tournaments remaining. However, the standings don't have much more movement left, only 3 people remain, and Dan Sohler has already clinched 1st place. Congrats to Dan Sohler for his dominant run, going wire to wire, and winning 60% of his picks. The only battle remaining is for 2nd and 3rd place, which will be decided between myself and Tim based on the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game total. At one point before Thanksgiving, we had 12 people fighting for the top 3 spots, it was great to see over half the pool involved so late. Finally, special shoutout to The Beag for only getting 5 correct, that seems as hard as winning. 🏀

For all those eliminated, you still have a chance to win money later in December with the  Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic bonus pots. Evan and The Beag can win $150 without splitting if their respective teams win, Sam I Am and Jack would split $150 with a Georgia win, and Tina, B.I., and Jenn would split $150 with a Nevada win. A TCU win really dilutes the payout. Additionally, 15 of the 17 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game score picks are unique, which means we could have a single winner for that $50 bonus pot. 💰

The Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game is on December 25, which means I'll send out one last update, and start the payouts shortly afterwards. Hopefully everyone had fun with this pool, got your mind off the terrible NFL games, forced you to watch some extra college basketball in November, and now feel better prepared for the Conference Tournament pool! 🎉

Thanks!

Rick