2009 March Madness Tournament

Men's College Basketball Championship

TOURNAMENT NEWS

Congratulations to this year's winners:

1st Place - Jason Rectenwald ($7,000)

2nd Place - Shawn Kodes ($3,500)

3rd Place - Maurice Eason ($1,500)

4th Place - John Marinaro ($750)

5th Place - Jarred Goldstein ($400)

6th Place - Michael Stock ($300)

Last Place - Seth Barcus ($30)

Highest Pick Percentage - Joe Santamaria & Donald Guy 81% ($110 each)

Most Seed Points - Edwin Benson ($220)

TOP PLAYERS IN CURRENT STANDINGS

Place	Name Last,First	Points
1	Recktenwald, Jason 5	358
2	Kodes, Shawn	341
3	Eason, Maurice	325
4	Marinaro, John	324
5	Goldstein, Jarred 2	322
6	Stock, Michael R	319
7	Tice, Jason	319
8	Soman, Phil 7	318
9	Hughes, Michael 4	317
10	Pfeifer, John 6	315
11	Long, Coby 2	315
12	Harmon, Jason 5	314
13	Tompkins, Mike	314
14	Hughes, Michael	309
15	Ford, Matt 2	309
16	Applegate, Mitchell	308
17	Santamaria, Joe	308
18	Quigley, Jimmy	307
19	Vassallo, Joe 2	306
20	Carpenter, Bob	306
21	Maiuri, David	305
22	Gagne, Nick	302
23	Marschke, Eric	302
24	Martin, Danny	300
25	Lesser, Abe	299

TOURNAMENT PRIZES

We had a total of 696 entries in this year's pool.

Below is the updated prize breakdown.

1st Place - $7,000
2nd Place - $3,500
3rd Place - $1,500
4th Place - $750
5th Place - $400
6th Place - $300
Highest Pick % - $220
Most Seed Points - $220
Last Place - $30

1st-6th Place Winners are not eligible for the Highest Pick % or Most Seed Points

TOURNAMENT RULES

Welcome to the 8th Annual MarchPools.com March Madness Tournament

Each entry is $20. You may enter as many times as you would like. After submitting
your picks you will be redirected to a page that contains Payment instructions.

Scoring:
You will receive points for each correct game winner you choose. The number of points will be calculated as follows:
Round 1 win - 1pts
Round 2 win - 2pts
Round 3 win - 4pts
Round 4 win - 8pts
Round 5 win - 16pts
Pick Chamption - 32pts

If you get a pick correct you will also be awarded additional points equal to the winning teams Seed#.

For Example:
You pick a #1 Seed to beat a #16 Seed in Rd 1. You would receive 2pts (1pt for the Rd 1 win + 1pt for the Seed#)
You pick a #9 Seed to beat a #8 Seed in Rd 1. You would receive 10pts (1pt for the Rd 1 win + 9pts for the Seed#)
You pick an #11 Seed to beat a #4 Seed in Rd 2. You would receive 13pts (2pts for the Rd 2 win + 11pts for the Seed#)
You pick a #10 Seed to beat a #3 Seed in Rd 3. You would receive 14pts (4pts for the Rd 3 win + 10pts for the Seed#)
You pick a #11 Seed to beat a #1 Seed in Rd 4. You would receive 19pts (8pt for the Rd 4 win + 11pt for the Seed#)
You pick a #1 Seed to beat a #1 Seed in Rd 5. You would receive 17pts (16pt for the Rd 5 win + 1pt for the Seed#)

If you have any questions please contact the Pool Administrator

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Last Updated On: 4/6/2009 at 11:51 PM

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