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FIRST HWCI® OFFICIAL (ILLEGAL) BETTING POOL- NCAA TOURNAMENT '95 - Update |
4/4/95, Issue # 14.6.2 "To all the games I cared about..."
What if we just counted those games where you actually have a stake in the outcome of that game? Who cares about Weber St.-Georgetown if you chose Michigan St. to reach the Sweet 16? Mr. Nelson had a stake in a whopping 61 of 63 games! On the flip side, both people who chose Kentucky to win it all, along with Andy's Crap had just 55 games of value.
Here would be the standings based on winning percentage of those games:
| Poss | Name | Games | W-L | Pct. | AP |
| 1 | Bix Pix | 58 | 47-11 | .810 | #1 |
| 2 | The Fabone | 58 | 46-12 | .793 | #4 |
| 3 | The MM | 59 | 46-13 | .780 | #3 |
| 4T | Bad Ass | 57 | 44-13 | .772 | #5 |
| 4T | God's Picks | 57 | 44-13 | .772 | #7 |
| 6 | Liver Boy | 56 | 43-13 | .678 | #8T |
| 7 | Andy's Crap | 55 | 42-13 | .764 | #10 |
| 8 | Traitor Jen | 55 | 41-14 | .745 | #11 |
| 9 | Lil' Saigon | 58 | 43-15 | .741 | #6 |
| 10 | Mr. Nelson | 61 | 45-16 | .738 | #2 |
| 11 | Tina's Boy | 56 | 41-15 | .732 | #8T |
| 12 | Loser..pick UCLA | 55 | 39-16 | .709 | #12 |
AP- Actual placement in HWCI Pool
So although Mr. Nelson had just a .738 winning percentage (10th), by having at least three more games at stake, he was able to pull off enough victories to take 2nd place in the pool (where it counts). [Added March 2003]
Only games Mr. Nelson didn't care about: Villanova-Illinois and Arizona-Virginia...
Scott HW
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