Pool Scoring Scheme

2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

The following scoring formula will be used to determine tournament pool points: Total Points = Standard Score + Seed Score.

1. Standard Score - To get points for Standard Scoring a player must correctly pick a team to win a certain game. Points are then awarded based on the points that have been assigned for that round. Points for each round are as follows:

   Round	Points/round	Total possible points/round
   1st	1	32
   2nd	2	32
   3rd (Sweet Sixteen)	4	32
   4th (Elite Eight)	8	32
   5th (Final Four)	16	32
   6th (Championship)	32	32
   Total Points		192

   For example: You picked Nebraska (#6 seed) to beat Minnesota (#2 seed) in Round 4. With Standard Scoring, if Nebraska wins this game, you would be awarded the number of points that was assigned to that round, which in this case is 8 points. If Nebraska loses this game or does not make it to this game, you get zero (0) points.

2. Seed Score - We will be using a Seed Scoring system for bonus points in addition to Standard Scoring. To get points for Seed Scoring, a player must correctly pick a team to win a certain game (regardless of who they play). Points are then awarded based on the seed number for the winning team that you actually picked.

   For example: On your entry form, you picked Michigan State (#10 seed) over BYU (#3 seed) in a 2nd round game. If MSU wins, you would be awarded 10 points which was based on the seed number for MSU. However, If MSU (#10 seed) loses this game or does not make it to this game, then you get no points.

3. Tie Breaker - the following tie breaking criteria will be used should there be more than one player tied for any one of the finishing places, i.e., 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places:

   1st tie breaker - Player with the most accurate prediction of the combined score of both teams in the Championship Game. (A player's total points exceeding the total points in the Championship game is considered to have busted);
   2nd tie breaker - Player correctly picked the tournament champion; and
   3rd tie breaker - Most teams in the Final Four.