19th Annual J. Community Pool

Men's College Basketball Championship

TOURNAMENT NEWS

WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL SITE FOR THE 19TH ANNUAL MARCH MADNESS POOL IN SUPPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH NEEDS! This is the one March Madness pool where you can support educational, humanitarian and social services that enrich and save lives, promote a vibrant worldwide community, and provide for a promising Jewish future, while at the same time have fun and win cash.

For those of you not familiar with our annual College Basketball Championship Tournament pool, here’s how it works:

Once the pairings for the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament are announced on Sunday evening, March 14th, you will be able to go to the "ENTER YOUR PICKS" link at our website and fill out your tournament brackets (until then you can go to the same link in order to pre-register for the pool). Choose your name from the drop-down list or click on the NEW button to enter a new name (if you are having problems entering a new name, make sure your web browser is allowing “scripted windows” or pop-ups from our website). When you have completed making your picks, click on the submit button. You should get an e-mail confirming your selections. There will be a delay between the time you submit your picks and the time you will see them at this website, since they need to be uploaded by the website administrator which he does every 3-4 hours throughout the day. The only thing you need to do after you complete the pick entry form is send in your $5 entry fee, and check back at this website to follow the results of the tournament and the progress of our pool.

Your picks are due by no later than noon on Thursday, March 18th and the entry fee is due by Saturday, March 20th. The entry fee is still $5.00 (the same amount as our first pool 18 years ago), and multiple entries are encouraged! To fill out the entry form, you will be prompted to choose the winner of each game through the final round of the tournament. Each game you predict correctly, you will earn points in the pool. To encourage risk-taking and reward you for predicting upsets, you will earn double bonus points whenever a higher seeded team defeats a lower seeded team during rounds 1-4 only (see below for a more in-depth explanation). Each correct pick earns points as follows: Round 1=1 point plus 1 point for an upset; Round 2=2 points plus 2 points for an upset; Round 3=4 points plus 4 points for an upset; Round 4=8 points plus 8 points for an upset; Semi-finals=16 points; Championship game=20 points. Most total points at the end of the tournament wins. In the event of a tie, the contestant with the highest winning percentage wins. If a second tie-breaker is required, the participant closest to the total score of the championship game wins.

A more detailed summary on how the scoring for the pool is calculated can be found by clicking on the link for the RULES page. Anyone can enter and multiple entries are not only allowed, but encouraged. You'll just need to sign up with a different name like John Doe (2). Please send in your check or cash to Zev Kessler, 23227 Wendover Dr., Beachwood, OH 44122. If you wish to pay your entry fee electronically, please e-mail me, and I'll let you know how to arrange for that. If you have any questions, please e-mail me at kesslez@yahoo.com, and I'll get back to you as quickly as possible.

PRIZE FOR RECRUITING THE MOST NEW PARTICIPANTS: Earn a free bracket by recruiting the most new players. When the players you recruit sign up, have them mention in the comments area that you were responsible for getting them in the pool. The participant who recruits the most new players by midnight on Wednesday, March 17th will have the opportunity to add an extra bracket to the pool on the following Thursday, (by no later than the noon deadline) and we will waive the $5 entry fee.

Good luck and thanks again for making the 2010 Jewish Community March Madness charitable pool the biggest and most successful yet!

The following is a list of winners from previous years:
2009: 1st-Daniel Sax, 2nd-Chuck Miller, 3rd-Ari Milgrom, 4th-Brett Clothier
2008: 1st-Larry Blaha, 2nd-Adam Rubin, 3rd-Matt Wieder, 4th-Martz Muchugos
2007: 1st-Jason Sherman, 2nd-Carly Meyerson, 3rd-Erick Neu, 4th-Don Goldberg
2006: 1st-Gooberman, 2nd-Jared Rothkopf, 3rd-Craig Breslow, 4th-Robert Hartstone
2005: 1st-Natan Schwartz, 2nd-Danny Friedman, 3rd-Dov Jacobs, 4th-Debbie Klein
2004: 1st-Shawn Carlisle, 2nd-Mark Warn, 3rd-Jacob Weiss, 4th-Jonas Pickholz
2003: 1st-Tom Cummings, 2nd-Dan Borison, 3rd-Chazal, 4th-Les Levine
2002: 1st-Jeff Tietel, 2nd-Paul Burke, 3rd-Elya Beer, 4th-Danny Friedman
2001: Dave Meyerson, Danny Friedman, Steve Levine, Gary Cowan
2000: Jim Wolford, Avi Kessler, Nancy Hall, Bob Costas
1999: 1st/tie-Eric Edelsberg & Allison Levine, 2nd/tie-Kim Cowan, Steve Levine & Mike Madden
1998: Michael Hoenig, Scott Stuart, Alan Walter, Ziva Davidovich
1997: Josh Doehring, t-Charles Cummings & Keith Lemmonvich, Hershel Smilovich
1996: Allan Feldman, Hal Hirschfield, t-Daniel Blain & Steve Levine

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD:

TOP PLAYERS IN CURRENT STANDINGS

Place	Name Last,First	Points
1t	Cole, Mike (1)	0
1t	Lefkovitz, Raanan	0
1t	Rothkopf, Jared (1)	0
1t	Senders, Eric (1)	0
1t	Rothkopf, Jared (2)	0
1t	Katz, Josh	0
1t	The Dude	0
1t	Sudow, Erin	0
1t	Shapiro, Seth	0
1t	Geduld, Noah (1)	0
1t	Borison, Dan (1)	0
1t	Friedman, Dan	0
1t	Sax, Alex	0
1t	Lief, Jon	0
1t	Konet, Kevin (1)	0
1t	Levine, Allison	0
1t	Lindner, Dan	0
1t	Sax, Billy (1)	0
1t	Sax, Billy (2)	0
1t	Sudow, Tom (1)	0
1t	Sudow, Noah	0
1t	Friedman, Norm	0
1t	Rocke, Barry (1)	0
1t	Rocke, Barry (2)	0
1t	Lisiewski, John (1)	0
1t	Burke, Paul	0
1t	Hoffner, Nancy	0
1t	Smilovich, Alex	0
1t	Smilovich, Hershel	0
1t	Jacobs, Mark (1)	0
1t	Rudin-Luria, Erika	0
1t	Rumizen, Scott (1)	0
1t	McWilliams, Carol (1)	0
1t	Goldberg, Ivan	0
1t	Konet, Kevin (2)	0
1t	Tepper, Reed	0
1t	Sax, Oliver	0
1t	Sax, Daniel (1)	0
1t	Smilovich, Manya	0
1t	Tokmazeysky, Mike (1)	0
1t	Wilkof, Jonah	0
1t	Dann, Scott P.	0
1t	Senders, Eric (2)	0
1t	Sax, Jackie	0
1t	Sax, Daniel A.	0
1t	Senders, Ariella (1)	0
1t	Goldberg, Lee	0
1t	Greenwald, Dennis (1)	0
1t	Greenwald, Dennis (2)	0
1t	Kessler, Avi (1)	0
1t	Madorsky, Jay (1)	0
1t	Apisdorf, Jeff	0
1t	Greenberg, Steven (1)	0
1t	Greenberg, Alan	0
1t	Greenberg, Steven (2)	0
1t	Rocke, Barry (3)	0
1t	Fleischmann, Yakov (1)	0
1t	Katz, Daniel	0
1t	Rumizen, Max (1)	0
1t	Cole, Mike (2)	0
1t	Seftel, Jeremy (1)	0
1t	Feinleib, Steven	0
1t	Shapiro, Janet	0
1t	Tuman, Boris	0
1t	Rubin, Robby	0
1t	Konet, Kyle	0
1t	Seftel, Rocky (1)	0
1t	Tamkin, Simcha (1)	0
1t	Grinblatt, Dov (1)	0
1t	Super Bowl Steelers	0
1t	Muskin, Yaakov (1)	0
1t	Madorsky, Ben	0
1t	Madorsky, Benjo	0
1t	Rothkopf, Jared (3)	0
1t	Mack, Howard	0
1t	Howard, Allison	0
1t	Howard, Peter	0
1t	Grinblatt, Michael	0
1t	Seftel, Rocky (2)	0
1t	Resnick, Jeff	0
1t	Sax, Matthew	0
1t	Meyerson, Carly	0
1t	Seftel, Jeremy (2)	0
1t	Brenis, Robert	0
1t	Johnson, Jeff (1)	0
1t	Johnson, Jeff (2)	0
1t	Apisdorf, Jeffrey Alexander	0
1t	Ratner, Adam	0
1t	Fleischmann, Yakov (2)	0
1t	Goldberg, Don	0
1t	Senders, Ariella (2)	0
1t	Tokmazeysky, Maya	0
1t	Cowan, Gary	0
1t	Cowan, Kim	0
1t	Nathan, Howard	0
1t	Rosenbaum, Bruce	0
1t	Rubin, Dale (1)	0
1t	Mandelbaum, Yonatan	0
1t	Shafiyan, Adam	0
1t	Plotnick, Steve	0
1t	Pomerantz, Larry	0
1t	Mesnick, Adam	0
1t	Rubin, Adam	0
1t	Borison, Dan (2)	0
1t	Flank, Eitan (1)	0
1t	Dalton, Bob (1)	0
1t	Senders, Adina	0
1t	Schechter, Roy	0
1t	Sherman, Jason (1)	0
1t	Sherman, Jason (2)	0
1t	Sherman, Jason (3)	0
1t	Todis, Paul	0
1t	Nurko, Itamar	0
1t	Nurko, Saul	0
1t	Sax, Alexander D.	0
1t	Mendlovic, Dan	0
1t	Neu, Erick	0
1t	Kennedy, Kevin (2)	0
1t	Kennedy, Kevin (1)	0
1t	Cowan, Shags	0
1t	Brenis, Mark	0
1t	Nathan, Alex	0
1t	Grinblatt, Dov (2)	0
1t	Tamkin, Simcha (2)	0
1t	McWilliams, Carol (2)	0
1t	Angel, Daniel (1)	0
1t	Dodson, Matt (1)	0
1t	Blaha, Larry (1)	0
1t	Cohn, Dani	0
1t	Blaha, Larry (2)	0
1t	DiLillo, Don (1)	0
1t	Rosner, Matt	0
1t	Yasinow, Debra	0
1t	Yaz, Deb	0
1t	Cowan, Zeebie	0
1t	Apisdorf, Cheryl	0
1t	Apisdorf, Joe	0
1t	Kinsler, Ian	0
1t	Sax, Sheri	0
1t	Harry Hood	0
1t	Davis, Jeremy	0
1t	Balanson, Uriel (1)	0
1t	Yep, Richard	0
1t	Dlott, Noah (1)	0
1t	Frankel, Mitchell	0
1t	Bennett, Michael (2)	0
1t	Meyerson, Brian	0
1t	Borison, Dan (3)	0
1t	Leventhal, Jordan	0
1t	Loveman, Marne	0
1t	Friedman, Matt (1)	0
1t	Friedman, Matt (2)	0
1t	Dalton, Bobby (1)	0
1t	Seftel, Allen	0
1t	Seftel, Bennett	0
1t	Katz, Gabe	0
1t	Brenis, Sarah	0
1t	Kaufman, Jonathan (1)	0
1t	Edelsberg, Eric (1)	0
1t	Chasser, Tim (1)	0
1t	Unger, Jeffrey	0
1t	Marks, Adam	0
1t	Kessler, Chaya	0
1t	Smilovich, Beth	0
1t	Singer, Shari	0
1t	Fleischmann, Akiva (1)	0
1t	Fleischmann, Akiva (2)	0
1t	Faleder, Ellie	0
1t	Borison, Dan (4)	0
1t	Edelsberg, Eric (2)	0
1t	Rubin, Dale (2)	0
1t	Katz, Zac (1)	0
1t	Brenis, Michael	0
1t	Muskin, Carmi	0
1t	Geduld, Noah (2)	0
1t	Sax, Matthew J.	0
1t	Tepper, Stanley	0
1t	Berger, Yaakov	0
1t	Rocke, Barry (4)	0
1t	Siegel, Ronald L	0
1t	Tamkin, Simcha (3)	0
1t	Weiss, Jacob (1)	0
1t	Weiss, Jacob (2)	0
1t	Sudow, Nate	0
1t	Greenwald, Dennis (4)	0
1t	Captain Kessler	0
1t	Kaufman, Jonathan (2)	0
1t	Hoffner, Trey	0
1t	Willcher, Benjamin	0
1t	Lisiewski, John (2)	0
1t	Sudow, Tom (2)	0
1t	O'Shea, Skittles	0
1t	Muskin, Yaakov (2)	0
1t	Rosner, Eli	0
1t	Chasser, Tim (2)	0
1t	Edelsberg, Eric (3)	0
1t	Katz, Richard (1)	0
1t	Katz, Richard (2)	0
1t	Rumizen, Max (2)	0
1t	Flank, Eitan (2)	0
1t	Burke, Holly	0
1t	Gay, Rudy	0
1t	Rosner, Jared (1)	0
1t	Shankman, Brett	0
1t	Konet, Kevin (3)	0
1t	Bedingfield, Tony	0
1t	Meyerson, Cathy (1)	0
1t	Tamkin, Simcha (4)	0
1t	Martz, Muchugos	0
1t	Peterson, Allison	0
1t	Reis' Pieces	0
1t	Reis, Barry	0
1t	Davis, Ari	0
1t	Levin, Adam	0
1t	Levin, Corky	0
1t	DiLillo, Don (2)	0
1t	Coppolino, Rick (1)	0
1t	Coppolino, Rick (2)	0
1t	Angel, Daniel (2)	0
1t	Levine, Steve	0
1t	Yablun, Michael	0
1t	Goldberg, Spencer	0
1t	Rudin-Luria, Hal	0
1t	Kessler, Avi (2)	0
1t	Weisman, Jack	0
1t	Weisman, Sara	0
1t	Weisman, Heidi	0
1t	Weisman, Mark	0
1t	Rumizen, Scott (2)	0
1t	Angel, Jessica	0
1t	Tomoe, Hotaru	0
1t	Mendlovic, Sarah	0
1t	Meyerson, David (1)	0
1t	Apisdorf, Beth	0
1t	Meyerson, David (2)	0
1t	Heiser, Robby	0
1t	Tokmazeysky, Mike (2)	0
1t	Hornstein, Benjamin	0
1t	Anouchi, Elihu	0
1t	Kellerman, Andrew	0
1t	Miller, Ben	0
1t	Heisler, Franny	0
1t	Cunix, David	0
1t	JittaBug	0
1t	Kaufman, Jonathan (3)	0
1t	Delonte is My Hero!	0
1t	Levin, Zach (1)	0
1t	Tyler Hansberough+NBA=BUST	0
1t	Bennett, Michael (1)	0
1t	Hassan, Josh (1)	0
1t	Schwartz, Ezra	0
1t	Balk, Willie	0
1t	Jacobs, Dov	0
1t	Holder, Emily (1)	0
1t	Holder, Emily (2)	0
1t	Holder, Emily (3)	0
1t	Holder, Emily (4)	0
1t	Magid, Rich & Monica	0
1t	von der Heydt, Jim	0
1t	Pollack, Kenny (1)	0
1t	Soclof, Steven	0
1t	Jacobs, Matan	0
1t	Jacobs, David	0
1t	Jacobs, Josh	0
1t	Come Running	0
1t	Browns Sufferer	0
1t	Spiegler, Ari	0
1t	Ben-Shoshan, Hadas (1)	0
1t	Feuer, Howard	0
1t	Rocker, David	0
1t	Colbert-Eckert, Heather (1)	0
1t	Regan, Christopher (1)	0
1t	Clothier, Brett	0
1t	Doris, Matthew (1)	0
1t	Lefkovitz, Noam	0
1t	Jacobs, Chris	0
1t	Metzger, Ethan (1)	0
1t	Brenis, Taylor	0
1t	Bratton, Creed	0
1t	Friedman, Michael	0
1t	De Marzo, Locura	0
1t	Laor, Nitay	0
1t	Geduld, Koby	0
1t	Feigenbaum, Yaffa	0
1t	Starsky, John P.G.	0
1t	Mannequin, Jack	0
1t	Walrus, The	0
1t	Lane, Stanley	0
1t	Lief, Brian	0
1t	Senders, Eric (3)	0
1t	Balk, Willie I.	0
1t	Levy, Keith	0
1t	Resnick, M	0
1t	Senders, Toni	0
1t	Moss, Eric	0
1t	Jerome	0
1t	Nudnick	0
1t	Eggdrop	0
1t	Senders, Josh	0
1t	Meyerson, Cathy (2)	0
1t	Dlott, Noah (2)	0
1t	Ben-Shoshan, Hadas (2)	0
1t	Pollack, Kenny (2)	0
1t	Sax, Daniel (2)	0
1t	Doris, Matthew (2)	0
1t	Greenwald, Dennis (3)	0
1t	Colbert-Eckert, Heather (2)	0
1t	Davis, Hillel	0
1t	Levin, Zach (2)	0
1t	Milgrom, Ari	0
1t	Stanfield, Marlo	0
1t	Ilunga-Mbenga, Didier	0
1t	Milgrom, Ben	0
1t	Weberman, Jessica	0
1t	Katz, Zac (2)	0
1t	Greenberg, Steven (3)	0
1t	Mack Twins	0
1t	Martin, Jack	0
1t	Pomerantz, Phylis	0
1t	Bert	0
1t	Bauer, Jack	0
1t	Lindner, Chad	0
1t	Goldberg, Ivan Ross	0
1t	Vonderau, Dale	0
1t	Friedland-Little, Josh	0
1t	Barbanell, Howard	0
1t	Williams, Harry	0
1t	Grover, Andrew	0
1t	Schafer, Noam	0
1t	Hobo Jobo	0
1t	Schafer, David (1)	0
1t	Greenwald, Dennis (5)	0
1t	Adams, Chancey (1)	0
1t	Owens, Mario	0
1t	Schafer, David (3)	0
1t	Schafer, David (2)	0
1t	Balanson, Uriel (2)	0
1t	Madorsky, Jay (2)	0
1t	Sherman, Jason (4)	0
1t	Adams, Chancey (2)	0
1t	i hate the steelers with all my heart	0
1t	Epstein, Leah	0
1t	Defoe, William	0
1t	Columbus, Sistopher	0
1t	Londell's Squad	0
1t	Blaha, Larry (3)	0
1t	Kessler, Avi (3)	0
1t	Miller, Benjamin	0
1t	Regan, Christopher (2)	0
1t	Clothier, Gapper	0
1t	Edelsberg, Eric (4)	0
1t	Singer, Samantha	0
1t	Jacobs, Francoise	0
1t	de Mars, Folie	0
1t	Delcroix, Chuck (1)	0
1t	Rocker, Becky	0
1t	Cunningham, Dante	0
1t	Chalk	0
1t	Shaw, Josh	0
1t	Seftel, Rocky (3)	0
1t	Give Me Back That Filet 'O Fish, Give Me That Fish	0
1t	Meyerson, Howard	0
1t	Jacobs, Mark (2)	0
1t	Dodson, Matt (2)	0
1t	Draiman, Jennifer (1)	0
1t	Meyerson, Jeremy	0
1t	Draiman, Jennifer (2)	0
1t	Spiegler, Katie	0
1t	BenLind	0
1t	Delcroix, Chuck (2)	0
1t	Levine, Matt	0
1t	Hulluus, Maaliskuu	0
1t	Hassan, Josh (2)	0
1t	ESPN	0
1t	Kanarick, Mark	0
1t	Cohen, Stuart	0
1t	Lewis, Max	0
1t	Randolph, Steve	0
1t	IllinoisGulchRider (3)	0
1t	IllinoisGulchRider (1)	0
1t	IllinoisgulchRider (2)	0
1t	Goldfarb, Renee	0
1t	Barbanell, Geoffrey	0
1t	Barbanell, Laura	0
1t	Singer, Zack	0
1t	Feldman, Allan	0
1t	Rosner, Jared (2)	0
1t	Feldman, Judi	0
1t	Kammer, Rick	0
1t	Rocke, Barry (5)	0
1t	Rosner, Shawna	0
1t	MATTDAD	0
1t	Balanson, Atara Thomas	0
1t	Goldberg, Donnie	0
1t	Sherman, Jeremy	0
1t	Madorsky, Jay (4)	0
1t	Madorsky, Jay (3)	0
1t	Neren, Brian (1)	0
1t	Hoenig, Michael	0
1t	Neren, Brian (2)	0
1t	Garson, Stuart (1)	0
1t	Dolin, Steve	0
1t	Chasser, Tim (3)	0
1t	Garson, Stuart (2)	0
1t	Allen, Kevin	0
1t	Burke, Hannah	0
1t	Carlisle, Shawn	0
1t	Hartstone, Robert	0
1t	Balk, Mark	0
1t	Balk, Debbie	0
1t	Metzger, Ethan (2)	0
1t	Miller, Chuck	0
1t	Fleischmann, Yakov (3)	0
1t	Hexter, David	0
1t	Hornstein, Alan	0
1t	Stein, Micah (2)	0
1t	Stein, Micah (1)	0
1t	Fleischmann, Yakov (4)	0
1t	Fleischmann, Yakov (5)	0
1t	Fleischmann, Akiva (3)	0
1t	Fleischmann, Akiva (4)	0
1t	Weiss, Jacob (3)	0
1t	Kessler, Avi (4)	0
1t	Beer, Jacob	0
1t	Weiss, Dara	0
1t	Heger, Israel	0
1t	Bar-Shain, Ari	0
1t	McWilliams, Carter	0
1t	Socher, Dani	0
1t	Nayowitz, Jacob	0
1t	Corleone, Vito	0
1t	Potash, Stanley	0
1t	Steinberg, Joseph	0
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1t	zz002	0
1t	zz003	0
1t	zz004	0
1t	zz005	0
1t	zz006	0
1t	zz007	0
1t	zz008	0
1t	Berger, David	0
1t	zz009	0
1t	zz010	0
1t	zz011	0
1t	zz012	0
1t	zz013	0
1t	zz014	0
1t	Dallas, Greg	0
1t	Davis, Chaim	0
1t	zz015	0
1t	zz016	0
1t	zz017	0
1t	Feigenblum, David	0
1t	zz018	0
1t	zz019	0
1t	zz020	0
1t	zz021	0
1t	zz022	0
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1t	zz024	0
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1t	zz028	0
1t	zz029	0
1t	zz030	0
1t	Greene, Ari	0
1t	Gross, Ronnie	0
1t	Handel, Yitzchak	0
1t	zz031	0
1t	zz032	0
1t	Hirsch, Ziggy	0
1t	Hod, Lior	0
1t	Atik, Simcha	0
1t	zz033	0
1t	zz034	0
1t	Issacof, Lior	0
1t	zz035	0
1t	zz036	0
1t	zz037	0
1t	zz038	0
1t	zz039	0
1t	Katz, Elie	0
1t	zz040	0
1t	zz041	0
1t	zz042	0
1t	zz043	0
1t	zz044	0
1t	zz045	0
1t	zz046	0
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1t	zz050	0
1t	zz051	0
1t	zz052	0
1t	zz053	0
1t	zz054	0
1t	zz055	0
1t	Merkin, Ari	0
1t	zz056	0
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1t	zz068	0
1t	zz069	0
1t	Rosenberg, Jeffrey	0
1t	zz070	0
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1t	Stempel, Alon	0
1t	zz091	0
1t	zz088	0
1t	zz089	0
1t	zz090	0
1t	Stiefel, Larry	0
1t	zz092	0
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1t	Zomick, Mark	0

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TOURNAMENT RULES

Entry Fee: $5.00. Multiple entries are not only allowed, they're encouraged!

Deadlines: Picks are due by no later than noon on Thursday, March 18th and the entry fee is due by Saturday, March 20th.

Scoring: For each game in the NCAA Basketball championship tournament you predict correctly, you will earn points in the pool. To encourage risk-taking and reward you for predicting upsets, you will earn double bonus points whenever a higher seeded team defeats a lower seeded team during rounds 1-4 only (see below for a more in-depth explanation). Each correct pick earns points as follows: Round 1=1 point plus 1 point for an upset; Round 2=2 points plus 2 points for an upset; Round 3=4 points plus 4 points for an upset; Round 4=8 points plus 8 points for an upset; Semi-finals=16 points; Championship game=20 points. Most total points at the end of the tournament wins. In the event of a tie, the contestant with the highest winning percentage wins. If a second tie-breaker is required, the participant closest to the total score of the championship game wins.

Underdog Scoring: To get points for Underdog Scoring a player must correctly pick a team to win a certain game as an underdog AND that team must win the game as an underdog (regardless of who they play). Points are then awarded based on Round Bonus Points.
Example: Jerry picks Alabama (#15 seed) over Kentucky (#7 seed) in a 2nd Round game.
With Underdog Scoring, if Alabama beats a higher seeded team (lower seed number) then Jerry would be awarded 2 points for picking the winning team and 2 bonus points for picking the underdog.
Another example:
Round 1: #5 Wisconsin vs #12 SW Missouri St. -- John Doe picks SW Missouri
SW Missouri wins, John Doe would get points for underdog bonus.
Round 1: #4 Tennessee vs #13 Delaware -- John Doe picks Delaware,
Tennessee wins, John Doe gets no points
Round 2: Matchup is #12 SW Missouri St. vs #4 Tennessee
Joe Schlabotnick picked #12 SW Missouri St over #13 Delaware.
MR. SCHLABOTNICK IS TAKING NO UNDERDOG RISK IN THIS GAME. HE IS PICKING A HIGHER SEEDED TEAM ON HIS SHEET therefore even if SW Missouri St. beats Tennessee, Joe Schlabotnick will get no underdog bonus points.

Tie Breakers: In the event of a tie, the contestant with the highest winning percentage wins. If a second tie-breaker is required, the participant closest to the total score of the championship game wins.

TOURNAMENT PRIZES

After we donate a minimum of 25% of the monies collected for the pool, the winners will take home from the pot the following percentages:

1st Place: 50%
2nd Place: 25%
3rd Place: 15%
4th Place: 10%

Last year we had 430 participants at $5 each = $2,150

We donated $420 to the Cheryl Kessler Memorial Fund at Fuchs Mizrachi School and another $300 to the annual Campaign for Jewish Needs.

Which left us $1,430 for the winners. The amount of prize money allocated was:

1st: $715
2nd: $357.50
3rd: $214.50
4th: $143

Last Updated On: 3/10/2010 at 7:38 PM