Anyone up for the First Annual SECHoops SEC Tournament
"Pool" Contest? No money at stake, just the honor
and admiration of fellow SEC fans.....

I want to try adapting a system that i like for NCAA
pools, where the points you get for a correct pick are
based on the seeding number of the team that wins.
If i pick South Carolina (6-seed) to win against
Mississippi (3-seed) and they do, i think i SHOULD get
more points for making a daring pick.

So here's the rules i propose:

- Pick the winners of all 11 games (schedule at the
end of this email)
- You get points for each correct pick based on the
product of a) the seeding and b) the round.

For example, if you pick a 3-seed to win in the
quarterfinals (2nd round) and they do, you get 6
points. If you pick a 1-seed to win the final (4th
round), and they do, you get 4 points. Got it?

- As a tiebreaker.... um, we'll add up the seeding
numbers for all 11 picks to reward whoever was most
daring.

But keep in mind that in general, you want to balance
being daring with being right. :)

OK, here's my picks:

Game 1- Vanderbilt
Game 2- Tennessee
Game 3- Florida
Game 4- Ole Miss

Game 5- Vanderbilt
Game 6- Tennessee
Game 7- Florida
Game 8- Kentucky

Game 9-Florida
Game 10- Kentucky

Game 11-Florida

The official pairings (from
http://www.secsports.com/new/local/tix_bkc2002.html)
will follow. Good luck!

Later,
Philip



SEC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

FIRST ROUND
March 7 (Thursday)
Game 1 - [E5] Vanderbilt vs. [W4] LSU [JP] 1:00 p.m.
Game 2 - [W5] Arkansas vs. [E4] Tennessee [JP] 3:15
p.m.
Game 3 - [W6] Auburn vs. [E3] Florida [JP] 7:30 p.m.
Game 4 - [E6] South Carolina vs. [W3] Ole Miss [JP]
9:45 p.m.

SECOND ROUND
March 8 (Friday)
Game 5 - Game 1 Winner vs. [E1] Georgia [JP] 1:00 p.m.
Game 6 - Game 2 Winner vs. [W1] Alabama [JP] 3:15 p.m.
Game 7 - Game 3 Winner vs. [W2] Mississippi State [JP]
7:30 p.m.
Game 8 - Game 4 Winner vs. [E2] Kentucky [JP] 9:45
p.m.

SEMIFINALS

[NOTE! - the semis are designed to pair 1-vs-2, not
both afternoon winners and both evening winners.
Note that Game 5 Winner plays Game *7* Winner, not
Game 6.]

March 9 (Saturday)
Game 9 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner [JP] 1:00
p.m.
Game 10 - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner [JP] 3:15
p.m.

FINALS
March 10 (Sunday)
Game 11 - Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner [CBS] 1:00
p.m.



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