Happy Selection Sunday, Day!

Happy Selection Sunday, Day!

Today is the last day of the pool, and everyone is jockeying for position, nothing is locked up by anyone at this point.  However, we do have many people that have been eliminated from finishing in the top 4.  We have 16 people that have the ability to get into the Top 4, not everyone can finish 1st, but with tiebreakers, a few can sneak into 4th.

Link to the Standings 

We have 5 conference championships today, below is a preview of each championship in order of when they start.  I am not going to go through each scenario for our pool, but I will call out a few.

Ivy League

• (1) Harvard vs. (2) Penn does not have a huge impact on our pool, but a Penn win does almost eliminate Safkas chance at coming in first as he lost (3) Yale yesterday
• 10 of the 11 people in the top 11 have (2) Penn, overall for the pool 75% of us picked Penn

Atlantic 10

• (1) Rhode Island is playing (3) Davidson and this is our 1st super important match-up of the day
• Aardvark Tina and Sam I Am both have Davidson, for them to stay in contention for 1st they need this win
• Andrew and Corey are in the top 4, however they will get passed up after this game is over no matter the result;  Andrew only has 16 max points, so he will fade away quickly
• A Davidson win also locks up another $150 for Aardvark Tina as she will win another side pot, total bonus points

SEC

• This is a conference championship that is meaningful for everyone in the pool, regardless of standings
• If you get the score correct for (2) Tennessee vs. (4) Kentucky, a $50 side pot is available, additionally the score is used as our tiebreaker in the standings (Standings Sort Order:  Points, SEC Score)
• This game is critical for Rob Lowe, he is the only person in the top 10 that has Tennessee, so a loss here and all the Kentucky people pass him up
• Depending what happens with the Davidson game, a Kentucky win has impacts to the total bonus points side pot

American Athletic Conference

• The last conference tournament championship of the day, (1) Cincinnati vs. (3) Houston
• Depending how the previous games play out this can have a huge impact to the standings, this one is important for Rob Lowe as he has (3) Houston, no one else in the top 10 has Houston
• Additionally, a bunch of people right outside the top 10 have Houston, and with the potential of a bonus point can send them to 3rd or 4th place
• The entire 2 weeks of the pool likely comes down to Houston and Cincinnati

I am not going to cover the Sun Belt conference tournament championship game as it has no impact to our pool and standings.  With a (2) Georgia State win and a correct SEC score, Fuss may possibly be able to take 4th place.

As games complete today, I will post updated standings so everyone can see where they are at, and then later tonight I will post the final standings and payouts.  Expect that to be posted very late tonight, I need to go through and validate each persons score for accuracy.

Good Luck to everyone that has a shot to be in the top 4 today or that have the ability to win a side pot!

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