Sweet 16 Picks Form is Open (75pts + Seed Bonus): HERE

Round 2 Results Full Spreadsheet: HERE

Caleb Hainline's Picks: HERE

Payouts:

1st - $1000

2nd - $350

3rd - $100

Full Bracket Pool Details Below

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to a new year of March Madness! Please feel free to forward this pool to anyone you think may be interested. All are welcome! If you are receiving this email, you have participated in one of these pools at some point in the past. After the tournament starts, all non-participants will be removed from the round by round update emails.

I’m happy to announce that Showdown For the Crown and In Your Face Disgrace have officially merged! Going forward we will be taking up the prestigious and much respected, long standing name of In Your Face Disgrace along with its over 40 year history. I’m proud to carry on this legacy!

To those new and old, here are your rules for the pool:

Round By Round Format

This is a round by round format which means you will NOT pick your bracket all the way through to the championship at this time. You will pick one round at a time, once the previous round has been completed. That means to start, you will ONLY pick the first round of games (Thursday & Friday). The second round will then be available to pick after the first round games have concluded. 

Entry Fee of $50

$50 per entry. 2 entries allowed per person. Venmo - @CalebHainline - Please contact me for other payment methods. We’ll figure out a way to get you entered!

Prize Money

Top 10% of entries will win money. Payout will be determined when the first game tips and we know how many entries there are. 1st place will be heavily weighted!

Pick Selection

All picks will be made via a google forms link emailed out before each round. It will also be at the top of the main website. You can find that here: https://babzusa.com/pages/showdown-for-the-crown . After you submit the form, you will receive an email confirming your submission. You can change any of your picks up until the round tips off. Just use the link in the confirmation email.

(Round 1 form is already open here: https://forms.gle/fHAiWZPngCAMC4Ps5 . You can go ahead and submit your picks. Just keep in mind several games do not have one of their opponents from the play in game winners.)

Scoring

Read the below carefully…

• Points are awarded for each correct pick.
• Points values increase as the tournament progresses, as follows: 

• Play-in games are not included or scored
• First Round = 30 point
• Second Round = 45 points
• Third Round (Sweet 16) = 75 points
• Regional Final (Elite 8) = 90 points
• National Semifinal (Final Four) = 105 points
• Championship = 120 points

• Seeding Bonus - The pool uses a seed point bonus. The seed of the picked team will be added to the points assigned per round. For example, if a member correctly picks a 7 seeded team to win in the Sweet Sixteen round, they will receive 82 points (75 round points + 7 seed points). 
• The tie-breaker is the combined number of points scored in the Championship game. Each member must enter a tie-break value when they make their picks. 
• The winner is the entry with the most points at the end of the NCAA Tournament.
• Second tie-breaker will be number of Sweet 16 round points, followed by Elite 8, then total of rounds 1 &2. 

 The leaderboard will be emailed out and posted on the website at the conclusion of each round. Again, feel free to share this pool with anyone you know! But remember, all non paying accounts will be deleted if payment is not received in a timely manner. Feel free to reach out to me via email/text if you have any questions. Good luck ya jabronis! 

NOTE: Round 1 form is already open here: https://forms.gle/fHAiWZPngCAMC4Ps5 . You can go ahead and submit your picks. Just keep in mind several games do not have one of their opponents from the play in game winners. After you submit the form, you will receive an email confirming your submission. You can change any of your picks up until the round tips off. Just use the link in the confirmation email.

Caleb Hainline

(214) 532-7858

caleb.hainline@gmail.com