TOP 7 PLUS THE BONUS ARE UP FOR GRABS
Including Bonus, 130 entries can still win money
RARE WORKDAY IN EL SEGUNDO, CA (smt) – The four double-digit seeds (#10, two #11s, #15) in the Sweet 16 match last year’s total with only the West getting all four top seeds in and the East losing #1 and #2. While the NCAA contest produced 506 perfect East Regions, our 169 entries only managed to produce 8 with 3 of the 4 teams (no one had St. Peter’s). While defending champ #1E-Baylor was not expected to repeat, #2E-Kentucky was a popular two seed to win it all (3rd highest pick (14) behind Gonzaga and Arizona). While only four of 48 games (not including First Four) have ended with a 3 point margin or less, five games have gone to overtime. #1MW-Kansas, #1W-Gonzaga, and #1S-Arizona all survived nail-biters in the 2nd round, with the Zona game going to overtime. Only #5S-Houston has been stress free winning each game by at least 14 points. Only 4 of the 16 2nd Round games were won by more than 10 points.
Our 27th year saw a second-best 169 entries from 106 people. Of the 106, 27 entered twice (up 7 from last year) and 18 entered three times (down 4). But thanks to all, we hit the magic number of 165 entries (I had to look at my own history links page to find out what I had set it to years back) which means we will have a 7th place prize for the 3rd time. We will have eight money spots (top 7 plus Bonus) and we have $1,690 to divvy out. The top prize will be $650, $10 more than last year. The prize distribution is listed below and as always, all fee money goes into prizes. What’s the Bonus? Read on…
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