As instituted by Andy, Fern, and Dave of HW-UCLA, fees are $10.  The winner is the person who collects the most points.  Point values are as follows:  Two (2) points for each FIRST ROUND game winner correctly picked (32 games/64 points possible); Three (3) points for each SECOND ROUND game winner picked (16/48); Four (4) points for each ROUND OF 16 game winner picked (8/32); Six (6) points for correctly picking each team making the FINAL FOUR in Seattle (4/24); Eight (8) points for correctly picking each team making it to the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (2/16); and Twelve (12) points for correctly picking the 1995 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPION (1/12).  There are a total of 63 games (196 points).

There are twelve (12) participants for a pool of $120 (before Andy and Dave embezzle their fair share ;-)).  FIRST PLACE wins $70.00; SECOND PLACE wins $30.00; and THIRD PLACE wins $20.00.  If in the unlikely event someone picks all 32 games in the first round (i.e., picks all 32 losers!), then Andy will institute the BRIAN CLAUSE^TM, in which that peson will receive their $10.00 back and an invitation never to participate in any more HWCI Pools.  If there is a tie, I have no idea how to resolve it (Dave, Andy?).

Here is the current bracket as of the morning of the date above.  Follow your teams to the Final Four (or not)!

A sucker to participate in this in the first place :-),

Scott HW

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