2018 NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament Pool Picks Are In

The tournament picks are in (almost) and the master spreadsheet is updated with everyone's selections!
  

I know many of you are challenged by technology and spreadsheets (I guess that is the nice way to put it), so I'll always have 2 versions of the spreadsheet posted.  Hint:  Make sure when you open the excel document you are clicking on “Enable Editing” and “Enable Content”

• 2017 Conference Tournament Champions Master (This has all the features and functionality to show things like "Accuracy" and "Max Points Available")

• 2017 Conference Tournament Champions Master Light (This will error out many of the added features that I worked hard on, but at least you can still see standings and picks)
  

We likely have a few more entries coming in tonight, they will be part of the next spreadsheet update prior to the Atlantic Sun games tipping off tomorrow night.

Please also look very carefully through your picks, if I made an error and something needs to be changed due to a mistake, please let me know by the end of the day on Monday, 2/26.  No changes to the Atlantic Sun conference will be allowed after 6p CST on Monday, 2/26.

With the recent college basketball FBI probe, if teams such as Arizona become banned from conference tournament play, those picks will count as losses.  Additionally, teams such as Grambling State may be banned from conference tournament play for violations, if that happens those picks also count as losses.

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.

Also, as conference tournaments complete at different dates through Sunday, 3/11, 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.  Typically for the first few days I'll send information in e-mail, but I'll back off of that once things get going.

This Blog is a great way to pass time during the day...

https://2018conferencetournamentchallenge.blogspot.com/

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.

• We technically have standings as we have separation based on Max Points due to people that picked more teams eligible for bonus points; as with every other year, B.I. starts out in 1st place and Tina makes the top 4 by putting Aardvark in her name for alphabetical sorting

• The spreadsheet will outline your overall standings, Wins, Losses, Bonus Point Wins, Bonus Point Losses, and Max Bonus Points, which all calculate into your Accuracy, Max Points Available, and Your Projected Total;  you will always have a clear picture of where you stand

• The bottom right now is rounded off by Chris, Joel, and Steve as they have the chalkiest picks

• If you scroll down past everyone's picks, you will see a conference snapshot that included tournament start dates, our pool favorite (most popular pick), the "Vegas" favorite from TeamRankings, and other important dates

To review for any one new to this, because the regular season is still in progress for many 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.

Conference tournament games begin tomorrow, Monday, 2/26!  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.

Before games tip off tomorrow I will break down the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and how it impacts our pool. I love that this conference tips off Conference Tournament season as all 8 teams play, no bye, so the potential for upsets exist! #ASUNMBB #BUILDINGWINNERSFORLIFE

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Money can be sent the following ways:

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Any non-payment, or attempt to arrange payment, by 3/4, will result in your entry being removed.  I'm not going to spend my time chasing down money this year.