2012 HWCI NCAA Pool Update

The 18th HWCI NCAA Tournament Pool

Monday, March 12, 2012
Issue # 2.0.2 "First Four For Charity - Relay For Life"
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FIRST FOUR FOR CHARITY TO SUPPORT ACS
Entry is free -- support American Cancer Society

CERRITOS, CA (smt)- For the second straight year, we are doing a short contest for the First Four which starts 3:40 pm PDT tomorrow (Tuesday). For the past several years, I've participated in Alhambra, California's Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society (link: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/tamashiro). If you could indulge me, please send your picks for the four First Four games and margin of victory for each (e.g., BYU by 10 pts). Your entry is free and for every valid entry I get, I’ll donate $2 per entry (I'll donate a minimum $50) on behalf of HWCI NCAA Pool (I’ll use this as my middle name and hopefully my credit card will still go through). Even if you don’t care about bball, just send in your picks anyway. Last year, 30 entries were received (some who didn't even enter the regular pool) so $60 was donated (turned out, at the end, with other's help, $100 total was donated!). Best of all… no nicknames to come up with! I probably won’t have time to figure out the winner til the weekend but it will help if you reply directly to this email or put in the subject line “First Four picks”. Deadline is 3:30 pm PDT Tuesday (tomorrow)! I’ll post my pick on the website (http://www.hwci.com/ncaa) later tonight.

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NAME (First, Last):

WINNER & MARGIN OF VICTORY: Mississippi Valley (MVS) vs Western Kentucky (WKY)

WINNER & MARGIN OF VICTORY: BYU vs Iona

WINNER & MARGIN OF VICTORY: Lamar vs Vermont

WINNER & MARGIN OF VICTORY: California vs South Florida

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Thanks! The winner gets bragging rights as the second HWCI NCAA First Four Champion. Winner is the most correct picks with the tiebreaker the lowest margin of victory difference (above or below).

Please join our Facebook HWCI NCAA Pool Group or post comments on our blog. Here you can join the group and meet your competitors, make new friends, set up NCAA watching gatherings, and post stuff to the wall (pictures, witty comments, etc.).

You can mail your entry fee (email me for snail mail) or give your $10 (per entry) to someone who will give the money to David or Scott. We are accepting PayPal (check or PayPal funds only) to "hwci<at>hotmail.com" or credit card PayPal payments to "smt0222<at>yahoo.com" (but the entry fee is $10.61 (61 cents in PayPal fees... damn them!)). Now, you can send money via your smartphone and pay no fees! Use Discover Money Messenger (your Discover app) or Chase Person-to-Person QuickPay (your Chase app) and send your $10 (per entry) to "hwci<at>hotmail.com" -- just make sure you put your NAME and NICKNAME in the notes section.

Enter online now! You can also fax your entry to me at (720) 368-0816 or email us for a snail mail address (postmarked by Thursday AM). Make arrangements (such as PayPal) to send in your $10 entry fee(s) by March 16th. Complete rules and daily pool information can be found on the official site: http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa.

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Feel free to donate through the link on your own -- much appreciated...
Scott