We're trying things a little bit different this season for several reasons. The main reason is that once we get to the last couple weeks, most of the people who entered are out of the running for the top prizes. The bracket is great fun and filling one out just feels right when you're paying attention to some sort of playoff competition. I think a week-by-week contest would provide much more of a battle, though. That way if you pick a major upset early on, you're not completely out of the running.
Long story short, out with the old and in with the new. This season we're doing a Pick'em contest. Each week, you pick the teams you think will win each game and then you predict the margin of victory for each team.
FINALS PICK HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/pC8tIjLQtWy5a0hB3
For those who want to enter, simply follow the above or below link and make your picks. It's all pretty self-explanatory, just make sure to enter your username exactly how it is on here.
One suggestion is for you to make a record of your picks, that way if you want to make a change, you can just PM me what you want to change. Please DON'T submit additional entries. Duplicates will not be appreciated, nor tolerated.
Also, if you decide to participate, make sure to do like we've done in the past and post "I'm in" within this thread. That way I can watch for your entry and we can keep bumping this to the top page so we can get a maximum amount of people participating.
Points will be explained later on in the week, but it will be pretty similar to what we've done in the past scoring wise. Thank you and good luck!
FINALS PICK HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/pC8tIjLQtWy5a0hB3
First and second round scoring:
There will be 20 points for each correct pick, and that number will be subtracted by your margin of victory difference divided by 10.
If you nail the margin of victory, you get 5 bonus points for a total game score of 25.
For third round, the base amount is 30 with bonus being 6
Semifinals - 40 with bonus being 8
Finals - 50 with bonus being 10
You lose .1 (one tenth) of a point for each number your margin of victory guess is different from the actual margin of victory.
If you said the margin would be 24 and it was 7, the points subtracted from your 20 will be 17/10 = 1.7. The 17 was taken from the difference between your margin and the actual margin. You can't lose points from a game you picked incorrectly.
Example slate using last year's first round games:
User A
Cal Poly - 14 (San Diego won by 14) (0 points because San Diego lost)
Villanova - 20 (Villanova won by 10) (20 points - 1 point = 19 points) ((20-10)/10)
New Hampshire - 10 - (New Hampshire won by 43) (20 - 3.3 - 16.7 points)
Chattanooga - 24 (Chattanooga won by 31) (20 - 0.7 = 19.3 points)
Central Arkansas - 7 (Central Arkansas won by 7) (20+5 = 25 points)
Richmond - 15 - (Richmond won by 29) (20 - 1.4 = 18.6 points)
Samford - 11 (Youngstown won by 14) (0 points)
Charleston Southern - 17 - (Wofford won by 1 point) (0 points)
Total round score: 19+16.7+19.3+25+18.6 = 98.6
STANDINGS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
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