2016 NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament Pool Picks Are In!

The picks are in and the spreadsheet is updated with everyone's selections!  

We still have a few more entries coming in tonight/tomorrow morning, so expect an updated spreadsheet from me tomorrow.

Please take a close look at your picks and if anything looks inaccurate, you need to make a change due to seeding updates, you have a DNQ/Ineligible team selected, or you just want to make a change, you will need to let me know before the end of the day Monday, 2/29. 

Remember, you will want to bookmark this link so you can see up to date standings throughout the next few weeks.  Standings will be updated a few times each day, or as games complete.  I essentially dedicate my life to this over the next 2 weeks.

Also, as conference tournaments complete at different dates through Sunday, 3/13, I will post updates along with the current standing on the blog via the link below.  I'll also send e-mail updates periodically for those that refuse to use the Blog.

http://2016conferencetournamentchallenge.blogspot.com/

To review for any one new to this, because the regular season is still in progress for some conferences, updates to the master spreadsheet will continue to happen over the next several days as conference tournament seeding is finalized for the different conference tournaments.  This may impact your bonus points and max possible points.

The master spreadsheet has a ton of information to help you track the games, below is a preview of what you will see on the attached spreadsheet.  I keep this up to date on a daily basis.

• If you scroll to the right you'll see everyone's picks, tracking for who paid (For Shaming Purposes), how much money is in the pot, and the payouts
• Scrolling down you'll see a summary that shows when each conference tournament starts, the location, projected winners, historical winners, if the seeding is finalized yet, and a link to the TV schedule and bracket

Conference tournament games begin on Tuesday, 3/1.  Prior to the games I will review and send out what to watch for based on our pool picks.  The first few days are tough because you can't rack up any wins, you can only get losses until an actual championship game takes place.  So the game right now is to minimize the number of losses.

Finally, we technically have standings since we can rank people based on max possible points due to bonus picks.

• Jack has the most upset/bonus picks and is starting with the opportunity to get 47 points, riding teams like Elon and Pepperdine!
• Fonferko is the chalkiest this year, even his upset/bonus picks are teams like Arizona and Maryland
• We all have the same pick in the Southland Conference (Stephen F. Austin), but everything else is pretty well spread out, and no 2 people have all the same picks

And I'll remind everyone again, half the conferences seeding is not yet finalized, the max points for most of you will change as teams jockey for position this week.

Good luck to everyone over the next 13 days!