Make sure you understand the scoring. This pool REALLY rewards the underdogs you pick to continue to win. You get a point for the win PLUS the seed of the winning team in the second round. So if a #16 seed beats a #1 seed, you get 18 points for the win if you picked the #16 team in the first round. If that team continues to win again, you get 5+16 (21 points for second round). If you picked the #1 seed and they win, you only get 3 points in first round and 6 points in the second round.
*This seeded scoring continues through the entire game. You get the points for that round plus the seed number.
First Four: Play-in games are not included or scored (games before March 19th)
First Round: 2 pts + # of seed
Second Round: 5 pts + # of seed
Sweet 16: 11 pts + # of seed
Elite 8: 22 pts + # of seed
Final 4: 33 pts + # of seed
Championship: 65 pts + # of seed
HINT: pick your Sweet 16 and work backwards from there and pick upsets for teams not in your Sweet 16 – that should maximize your score if you picked the right Sweet 16 teams.
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