2009 HWCI NCAA Pool – Bonus1 Possibilities. There may only be 17 vying for the top 5 prizes, but there 51 (SilverSurfer and Bizarro Larzby aren’t eligible because they would finish in the top 5 if they are correct with the conference wins) still with a chance to take home $40. Check out which scenario and what tiebreaker you’d need to win $40. One notable possibility is that if UConn beats UNC or Villanova beats Michigan St. in the Final and the total points scored in that final is 134, there would be 5 people sharing $40, or $8 each!
Monthly Archives: March 2009
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool – Final Four Report
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool – Final Four Report. There are only 8 possible outcomes left. Click the link to find out (if you’re on the lucky 17), which outcome(s) can win you money. Note that some are tied, and a tiebreaker could knock that person OUT of the money!
Issue # 12.4.2 “Rollin’ to the Final Four”
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. 17 are still alive! Bizarro Larzby can win money in all, but not all — why? Will we have a 2-time champ? Find out in this update! The LA Sol women’s pro soccer team won 2-0 in a pretty good game. We couldn’t change the channels in the press box, so once again, I missed watching some live bball. This sucks…
Issue # 11.4.1 “‘Nova Shakes Up Pool”
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool. Can’t believe I missed the end (on radio) of the Pitt-Villanova game. Darn SFO parking garage.
Issue # 10.3.2 “Just Like a First Game”
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. In San Fran, so updates are late.
How do I win?
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
Issue # 9.3.1 “Now It Gets Interesting”
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. The biggest news is both my brackets were eliminated 🙁 Good luck to everyone else!
And they fall…
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…
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…
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.
Issue # 8.2.4 “Sixteen Reasons to Donate”
Issue # 8.2.4 “Sixteen Reasons to Donate”
via 2009 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. Good luck to everyone (since everyone still has a chance to win at least $40) and if you can, please donate to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Alhambra’s Rice Around the Clock team!
Bonus1 # 1 (3/22) “Most Like the Big East, Who Leads With 11 Wins”
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool – Bonus Prize. Here’s the first look at what everyone picked as their winningest conference and who is still alive to win the Bonus Prize of $40.
Issue # 7.2.3 “Every Entry Can Win Money!”
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. How much money does first place get? Read the update!
Possibilities # 1 (3/22) “Just 8 Eliminated”
2009 HWCI NCAA Pool – Possibilities. Just 8 have been elminated from finishing in the top 5. See what your chances are.
Everybody, I mean everybody, can win money!
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…