2007's 126-page (2.5 MB, PDF) 2007 HWCI NCAA Record Book can be downloaded, although most of the pieces are listed below.   Find out how well you are doing against the other entries.  Cheers!

• Official HWCI NCAA Pool Year-by-Year Data

All-Time Pool Stats   (15 Years) [ 09 | 08 | 07 |06 | 05 | 02 ]

HWCI NCAA Pool History (Summary) (4/2/2017)

Final Standings

[ 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 ]

[ 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 ]

[ 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 | 00 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 95 ]

Year-By-Year Info

[ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 ]

[ 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 | 00 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 95 ]

Year-In-Review

[ 09 (127 pg, 5.7 MB) | 08 (256 pg, 6.0 MB) | 07 (219 pg, 5.5 MB) | 06 (178 pg, 4.6 MB)| 05 (185 pg, 3.6 MB) ]

[ 04 (189 pg, 3.4 MB)| 03 (156 pg, 2.8 MB)| 02 (174 pg, 1.4 MB) | 01 (140 pg, 1.4 MB) | 00 (120 pg, 1.1 MB) ]

[ 99 (135 pg, 1.1 MB) | 98 (94 pg, 0.6 MB) | 97 (73 pg, 0.6 MB) | 96 (82 pg, 0.7 MB) | 95 (39 pg, 0.7 MB) ]

NCAA Tournament Logos and Championships

• Top HWCI NCAA Pool Predictors

All-Time Stat Leaders  [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 02(+Last 3) ]

All-Time Money Winners   [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 02 ]

All-Time Season High/Low Leaders  [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 02 ]

All-Time Season High/Low Records   [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 02 ]

Player Ranking

Official Ranking Summary  [ 03 | 02 | 01 | 98 | 97 ]

Year-by-Year Official Player Rankings   [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 02 | Year-By-Year (06) ]

Year-by-Year Official Player Rankings - Last 3 Years Only   [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | Year-By-Year (06) ]

• HWCI NCAA Pool Player Register

Individual Entries

All-Time Entry Cumulative Stats (914 Entries)  [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 02 ]

All-Time Entry Ledger  [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 ]

All-Time Entry High/Low Stats [ 02 ]

Annual Nicknames Issue  [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 04 | 03 | 02 (JC) | 01 ]

Multiple Entries per Person Stats

All-Time Multi-Entry Season Win/Loss Records (37 People/91 Multi-Entries) [ 09 | 08 |07 | 06 | 02 ]

All-Time Multi-Entry Cumulative Stats [ 09 | 08 |07 | 06 | 02 ]

• NCAA Team Register

All-Time NCAA Team Win/Loss Records (235 Teams) [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 02 ]

All-Time Team Ledger  [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 ]

Year-by-Year New Teams Listing (with team logos)

• HWCI NCAA Pool Charts and Graphs

Charts & Graphs [ 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 02 ]

Average Wins/Points Per Round Graphs

Prize Distribution Chart

Number of Entries Per Year Trend Graph

• HWCI NCAA Pool Notes

Changes in the Pool

8 Added 8th Place Prize if number of entries is 190 or more (2023-Present)

Added Discord server (2021-Present)

Fixed comment field in Web Entry (2021-Present)

7 Added 7th Place Prize if number of entries is 165 or more (2017-Present)

Removed initial form to fill out, now only one submittal (2016-Present)

Changed to VBScript Web Entry, replacing outdated Java Applet (2014-Present)

Added Twitter handle (2013-Present)

6 Added 6th Place Prize if number of entries is 125 or more (2011-Present)

Added Facebook group (2009-Present)

Added Wordpress Blog (2008-Present)

Added 5th Place Prize if number of entries is 100 or more (2008-Present)

Renamed "Most Conference Wins" as Bonus1; if Bonus1 not won, then go to Bonus2: "Closest to Total Points in Final" (2007-Present)

Added Bonus Prize - Most Conference Wins (2003-Present)

Added AvantGo PDA Page  (2001-2007)

Java Applet Web Entry (1999-Present)

Free Entry per 5 Referrals (1999-2002)

Added 4th Place Prize if number of entries is 25 or more (1998-Present)

Added Tiebreaker - Total Points in Final (1996-Present)

Changes in the NCAA Tournament

2021

Selection committee to prioritize S-Curve (no geographic preferences) just for 2021

Entire tournament relocated to State of Indiana due to COVID-19 travel concerns

2020

For 1st time, NCAA Tournament is cancelled due to COVID-19 (coronoavirus) concerns on March 12th

Moved 3-point line to international distance (22' 1¾" vs. 20'-9")

Clock to reset to 20 seconds after FG attempt hits rim and offensive team rebounds the ball in the front court

2019

Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) (1981-2018) replaced by NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) to rank and help select teams

2018

Selection committee to use Team Sheets that break games into Quadrants to help select teams

2017

Selection committee to release NCAA Tournament Preview of top 16 seeds

Ivy League holds first conference tournament (last conference to do so)

2016

New shot clock is 30 seconds (was 35), arc underneath basket now 4 feet (was 3), and fewer timeouts

Reverted back to calling Round of 64 the First Round (was Second Round), etc.

2014

New American Athletic Conference (split from Big East) means only 36 at-large bids

Great West Conference (ineligible until 2017) folded (2009-2013)

2011

Expanded tournament to 68 teams

1st Round is now "First Four" with 2nd and 3rd Rounds now the traditional first weekend games (CSTV and ESPN will televise no games)

Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, TruTV) and CBS will televise all 67 games live

For this year only, Southwest (SW) and Southeast (SE) used due to geographical nature of Regional Finals locations (was San Antonio Midwest and New Orleans South)

2010

CBS to broadcast Final Four in 3D

2009

Moved 3-point line back one foot (20'-9" vs. 19'-9")

2007

Reverted back to traditional Region names (E/W/S/MW)

Entire tourney now occurs in Daylight Savings Time

CSTV to broadcast two first-round games

2006

Two teams from the same conference may meet each other prior to the regional final if the conference has more than eight teams selected

2004

Renamed Regions to Host City (e.g., Phoenix for West Regional)

Top 4 teams ranked #1 to #4 (the 4 # 1 Seeds)

2002

Sub-Regional sites ("Pods") reallocated to most local high-ranked team

Opening Game , Televised by ESPN

2001

Introduction of 65th team

Introduction of Opening Game (#65 v #64 @ Dayton, OH on Tuesday), Televised by TNN

1999

Once the highest-seeded team from a conference is assigned to a region, only the sixth team from that conference may be placed in that region

1998

Southeast Region renamed South Region

1997

Once the highest-seeded team from a conference is assigned to a region, only the eighth team selected from that conference may be placed in that region

1996

First year online (finalfour.net)

Last year Final Four held in an arena

Social Media History

2021-Present:  hwci-ncaa-pool

2013-Present:  @HWCI_Pools | Mini-Updates

2009-Present:  Facebook Group

2008-Present:  Wordpress Blog

2004-2011:  PHPBB3 Forum [ 11 | 10 | 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 04 ] 

PHPBB2 Forum [ 04-07 ]

2002-2003:  Zix Forum [ 03 | 02 ]

1999-2001: WWWBoard [ 99-01 ]

1995-1998: None

Entries By

1999-Present: Mail, Phone, Fax, Online

1995-1998: Mail, Phone

Web Site History

1999-Present: http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa

2009-Present:  Using Wordpress as homepage

2008-Present:  Hosted by HosTek

1999-2007:  Hosted by Local server

1998: http://www.JPS.net/dfeng/ncaa

1997: http://www.THEMALL.net/~hwci/ncaa

1996: http://www.sci.CSUPOMONA.edu/~smtamashiro

1995: None (Via E-Mail, Phone Calls)

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