Tuesday, March 14, 2000                         http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa
Issue # 1.0.1 "Pac-10 Gets Two Top Seeds..."

                     2000 HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL
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   DUKE & MICH-ST REPEAT AS #1 SEEDS; ARIZONA AND STANFORD GET OTHER TWO
      Unexpected seedings are sure to make this tourney unpredictable

     EL SEGUNDO/LA MIRADA, CA (smt)-  The summer heat must be playing
tricks on me as I thought I heard UCLA got a #6 seed.  I also heard that
the best team (as of 3/8), Cincy, got a #2 seed due to an injury while
Arizona got a #1 seed despite an injury (and therefore two losses to the 
Oregon teams).  The rumor is also that the current North Carolina team made
it.  Also, supposedly, TWO Pac-10 teams took #1 seeds despite each team 
losing twice in the past two weeks.  Must be the heat...

     Well, we can now concentrate on the 6th Annual HWCI NCAA Tournament
Pool.  Five years, five different pool champions.  A record 36 entries
blazed the pool with yet another first-timer winning it all (five years
in a row).  Just four people picked UConn to win it all (three won 
money).  This year, there was one team that was likely to win it all,
but now Cincy seems to be out of the picture.  Will Duke win what they
should have last year?  Could this be the season that no #1 seeds make
the Final Four?  Let the picking begin!

     Some quick info:

WHAT:        6th Annual HWCI NCAA Tournament Pool
RECRUITING
INCENTIVE:   One free entry for every five referred entrants
DEADLINE:    9 a.m. PST on Thursday, March 16, 1999
ENTRY FEE:   $10.00 per entry (max 3 entries per person)
PREV CHAMPS: 1999- SHARY BOBBINS, $180.00 (36 entries)
             1998- ANNA COME LATELY, $150.00 (28 entries)
             1997- MAX, $125.00 (22 entries)
             1996- JAYBIAN, $110.00 (19 entries)
             1995- BIX PIX, $70.00 (12 entries)
RULES:       Check http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa for more info
ARCHIVE:     Check http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa/1999 for last year's pool
             Check http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa/1998
FORUM:       Go to http://www.HWCI.com/forum to talk about the tourney
NOTES:       All fee money goes back into prizes
             Likely 4 winners (maybe 5), roughly 50/25/17/8% breakdown
             Set points are awarded per game (2/3/4/6/8/12 for the 6 rounds)
             No one has gone 16-0 on either of the 1st Round days
             No one has picked all 4 Final Four teams; only 6 have gone 0-4
             Just 20 of 117 entries have picked the correct champion
             Points possible:   196
             Most points ever:  148 by BIX PIX in 1995
             Least points ever:  67 by TRUE BRUIN in 1999             

     So, send in your: 
     - Full name
     - Nickname
     - Email or phone # (contact info)
     - Final game total score
     - NCAA Champion
     - Runner-up
     - Final Four losers (Round 5)
     - Round 4 (Elite 8) losers (4 teams)
     - Round 3 (Sweet 16) losers (8 teams)
     - Round 2 losers (16 teams)

via email to [email protected] OR [email protected] or enter online at
http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa/entry.html.  You can also fax your entry
to me at 707-221-2715.  Make arrangements to send in your $10 
entry fee(s) by March 23rd.  If you sign up for PayPal.com, you
can beam your $10 to me (refer/user: [email protected]).  Complete 
rules and daily pool information can be found on the official 
site:  http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa.  

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Scott M Tamashiro/David Feng

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