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How do I win?

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I’m in San Francisco so I only got to watch the end of the Kansas-Michigan St game, which apparently was the only competitive game out there.  My updates will come late but at least David updates the standings in a timely fashion every game night.

If you are one of the lucky 52 still with a chance to win money, post your request  as a comment to this post to see which of the 128 possible outcomes remaining you win money at.  Post before 10 am, if possible, as we’re leaving the hotel at 11.  For example, for Getlucky2, this is her possible winning outcomes:

2009 NCAA POOL INDIVIDUAL POSSIBILITIES 03/27/09
For: Getlucky2

| Possible Tournament Results |
                         |<--------- Final 8 --------->|
                         |<--Final 4-->|
Entry       Place        1st 2nd
----------- -----        --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Getlucky2   1            Mo  Pit Lou UNC MiS Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   4*           Pit Mo  Lou UNC MiS Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   5            UNC Lou Mo  Pit MiS Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   1            Mo  UNC Lou Pit MiS Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   1            UNC Mo  Lou Pit MiS Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   2            Mo  Pit MiS UNC Lou Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   5*           Pit Mo  MiS UNC Lou Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   4            MiS UNC Mo  Pit Lou Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   2            UNC MiS Mo  Pit Lou Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   1            Mo  UNC MiS Pit Lou Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   1            UNC Mo  MiS Pit Lou Con Vil OU
Getlucky2   1            Mo  Vil Lou UNC MiS Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   2            Vil Mo  Lou UNC MiS Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   1            Mo  UNC Lou Vil MiS Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   1            UNC Mo  Lou Vil MiS Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   3*           Mo  Vil MiS UNC Lou Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   4*           Vil Mo  MiS UNC Lou Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   5            UNC MiS Mo  Vil Lou Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   3            Mo  UNC MiS Vil Lou Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   2            UNC Mo  MiS Vil Lou Con Pit OU
Getlucky2   1*           Mo  Pit Lou OU  MiS Con Vil UNC
Getlucky2   1            Mo  OU  Lou Pit MiS Con Vil UNC
Getlucky2   3            OU  Mo  Lou Pit MiS Con Vil UNC
Getlucky2   3*           Mo  Pit MiS OU  Lou Con Vil UNC
Getlucky2   2            Mo  OU  MiS Pit Lou Con Vil UNC
Getlucky2   4            OU  Mo  MiS Pit Lou Con Vil UNC
Getlucky2   1            Mo  Vil Lou OU  MiS Con Pit UNC
Getlucky2   2            Vil Mo  Lou OU  MiS Con Pit UNC
Getlucky2   2            Mo  OU  Lou Vil MiS Con Pit UNC
Getlucky2   4            OU  Mo  Lou Vil MiS Con Pit UNC
Getlucky2   4*           Mo  Vil MiS OU  Lou Con Pit UNC
Getlucky2   5*           Vil Mo  MiS OU  Lou Con Pit UNC
Getlucky2   5            Mo  OU  MiS Vil Lou Con Pit UNC
* = subject to tie-break

And they fall…

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Mizzou’s win eliminated 17 entries and ‘Nova’s win eliminated 13 more, leaving a healthy 72 entries with still a chance to win money.  The Big East goes 3-0 for the day, picking up their 14th win while the Big 12 picked up their 10th.

Correction to Bonus…

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It turns out, after typing up the Bonus Prize calculations again (this is a manual process), there were actually 2 entries that couldn’t win either the Bonus or the top 5 prizes (Slamjam51 and Paper Mache Monkey) meaning 112 of 114 entries were still alive to some degree.  Sorry for the false hope for those two.

Ho hum…

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UConn and Pitt continued the top seed winning ways.  101 picked UConn and 95 picked Pitt.  SilverSurfer picked Xavier and now Buckeye Mike is all alone in 1st.  UConn eliminated Aileen Viray, Teddy’s Teams (finally!), and Is It Opening Day Yet (now you can concentrate on that).  Pitt eliminated C$ (again, if you have any comment to these nicknames, post it here).  Also, the Big East picked up their 12th and 13th wins eliminating any hope of the ACC or Bit 10 getting the most wins.  The only other conference in play is the Big 12 which has 9 wins.

Everybody, I mean everybody, can win money!

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I just did a preliminary check for the Bonus Prize race, and for the first time since we started the Bonus Prize in 2003, everyone that is eliminated (8 entries) from the top prizes can still win the Bonus Prize.  Which means, all 114 entries are alive with a chance to win something.  Crazy.  More details to come…

Don’t give up yet!

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After all the heartache, many of you probably have torn up your brackets.  Well, out of 114 entries, just 8 have been elminated from money (1st-5th place).  Eight.  That means 106 of you will still be stressed come Thursday.  David has posted the standings and you can find out if you are one of the unlucky 8.

All favs so far…

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All 5 higher-seeded teams have won thus far, including #12 Arizona.  Silver Surfer took over first when Buckeye Mike (now 3rd) missed Xavier.  Silver Surfer’s 13-game win streak ended with Arizona-Cleveland St. (he picked neither).  Six picked Arizona and 49 picked Xavier.  Bama G 2 is now in 2nd.

At the Galaxy game (where they came back down 2-0 to tie 2-2), so it’s more bball I’m missing.  Then I’m going to SF next weekend (Fri/Sat) and the women’s soccer team LA Sol play Sunday.

Still on a roll…

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Buckeye Mike and Silver Surfer were two of 30 to go 6-0 so far today.  Teddy’s Teams started out 0-3 and has gone 2-4 today.  It sucks not having internet til now and it sucks not being able to watch any games.  Thank goodness for ESPN MVP.