"yots has a pool?" has been asked in previous years.
Yes, yots does have a pool. It's a lot different from your normal bracket pool. This year, I have some open spots, so I've decided to formally bring it to the board. Andy, Dave, Ottis, and Bread have been in it for a couple of years now, and it appears that they enjoy it. I originally started this as a family & friends pool, but some of those folks have since dropped out.
Anyway, here is a synopsis of how it works:
In this pool, each participant is randomly assigned two teams after the play in games of the tournament are complete.
So, 64 teams, 32 players, each player gets 2 teams.
Advancement depends on point spread, so if you get assigned a 16 seed, you didn't necessarily get a bad draw.
The point spread I use comes from the LVH column of vegasinsider.com. I e-mail the spreads out as close to game time as I possibly can. In the first couple rounds, they are e-mailed the night before. In later rounds, they are e-mailed on game day. This is due simply to the amount of games in the early rounds. My e-mail is the final point spread for purposes of this pool. So, if the spread changes after my e-mail, but before tip off, that is completely irrelevant to this pool! Everyone understands that going in so if there is some major scratch 5 minutes before tip off, and the spread changes, I don't care.
Here's how the game works:
Suppose Kristin is assigned Duke and I am assigned Prairie View A&M. Let's say Duke is favored by 30 in that game.
If Duke wins by 30 or more, Kristin moves on to the next round, keeping Duke.
If Duke wins by 29 or less, I win and take over Duke for the next round.
If Prairie View A&M wins outright, I keep Prairie View A&M for the next round.
I also make sure that everyone has one team that plays on that first Thursday and one team that plays on that first Friday. That way, no one is completely eliminated on day one.
This is how the random assignment of teams works: I write each team name on an index card. The index cards are placed in a hat and mixed up. The participants are listed on a sheet of paper. I reach in the hat, pick out a card, and write it down next to the first name listed on the sheet of paper. We keep going until it is complete.
The entry fee is $20 and it's winner take all. My entry is free for running it, so the total winnings are $620.00.
I am very much on top of this pool and send updates nightly on game nights, no matter how late the last game ends. (Andy, Ottis, et al can attest to this.)
I have about 6 or 7 spots left, and it's first come, first serve.
Anyone interested?
Yes, yots does have a pool. It's a lot different from your normal bracket pool. This year, I have some open spots, so I've decided to formally bring it to the board. Andy, Dave, Ottis, and Bread have been in it for a couple of years now, and it appears that they enjoy it. I originally started this as a family & friends pool, but some of those folks have since dropped out.
Anyway, here is a synopsis of how it works:
In this pool, each participant is randomly assigned two teams after the play in games of the tournament are complete.
So, 64 teams, 32 players, each player gets 2 teams.
Advancement depends on point spread, so if you get assigned a 16 seed, you didn't necessarily get a bad draw.
The point spread I use comes from the LVH column of vegasinsider.com. I e-mail the spreads out as close to game time as I possibly can. In the first couple rounds, they are e-mailed the night before. In later rounds, they are e-mailed on game day. This is due simply to the amount of games in the early rounds. My e-mail is the final point spread for purposes of this pool. So, if the spread changes after my e-mail, but before tip off, that is completely irrelevant to this pool! Everyone understands that going in so if there is some major scratch 5 minutes before tip off, and the spread changes, I don't care.
Here's how the game works:
Suppose Kristin is assigned Duke and I am assigned Prairie View A&M. Let's say Duke is favored by 30 in that game.
If Duke wins by 30 or more, Kristin moves on to the next round, keeping Duke.
If Duke wins by 29 or less, I win and take over Duke for the next round.
If Prairie View A&M wins outright, I keep Prairie View A&M for the next round.
I also make sure that everyone has one team that plays on that first Thursday and one team that plays on that first Friday. That way, no one is completely eliminated on day one.
This is how the random assignment of teams works: I write each team name on an index card. The index cards are placed in a hat and mixed up. The participants are listed on a sheet of paper. I reach in the hat, pick out a card, and write it down next to the first name listed on the sheet of paper. We keep going until it is complete.
The entry fee is $20 and it's winner take all. My entry is free for running it, so the total winnings are $620.00.
I am very much on top of this pool and send updates nightly on game nights, no matter how late the last game ends. (Andy, Ottis, et al can attest to this.)
I have about 6 or 7 spots left, and it's first come, first serve.
Anyone interested?
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