MARCH MADNESS IN THE ACRES 2013

ANOTHER YEAR OF AWESOME  BASKETBALL IN THE ACRES!

March is here! The Madness in Huntington Acres is near! Time to start your preparations to win the Huntington Acres Championship and the admiration of a few, or maybe all, of your friends in the 'hood! This year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament runs from March 21st through April 8th.

Please feel free to recruit any of your neighbors to join us this year!  We have traditionally limited our contest to current or former Huntington Acres residents.

BELOW ARE THE IMPORTANT DETAILS FOR THIS YEAR'S CONTEST!  

 Looking Forward to another great year!

2013 CONTEST INFORMATION!
SELECTION SUNDAY - Sunday, March 17 at 6 PM! Brackets will be available!
>I will not be distributing your brackets to you again this year. Please go to a website such as www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/printable_men (see links on right column) to download and print up your ballot.
>BE SURE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE SUBMITTED BALLOT!
>Also put your current email address.

BUZZERBEATER - Remember the DEADLINE for your entry is THURSDAY, MARCH 21st AT 10:00 AM. Please drop off your ballot at the Swanson's, or Mail to me, or e mail your entries to me and arrange payment later.

RETURNING THIS YEAR - Each entry will have $5 put into a pool to predict the eventual national champion. Your National Champ on your brackets entry will be your choice. Those entrants that correctly predict the National Champion will split this pool of money. For example, if you are the only entrant to choose Washington to win, and they are the champions, you win all the money in the pot for this contest. If more than one person chooses the correct team, then they will split the pot.For example, if three people all choose Washington then they will split it 3 ways.

***NEW THIS YEAR- This year we will abandon the tradition of the Winner or Loser hosting the Party and instead the Year End Party will be held at THE SWANSONS! There is a Party fund built into the entry fee to help defer expenses!  Please contact me if you have any questions.

TICKET PRICES: 
-Total Entry (required) - $25 per entry
>NCAA Tournament predictions - $20 per entry
>National Championship Team Pool - $5 per entry

-March Madness Party Fund (required) - $10 per household

-Sweet Sixteen Drawing (optional) - $5 per entry 

RULES SUMMARY 
-ENTRY FEE> $25 per entry for the NCAA predictions contest - one entry per person
*****-$20 for the brackets and $5 for the National Champion pool.
> $10 per household PARTY FUND - to subsidize the year end party
-PRIZES
> 1st - 50% of total prize pool
> 2nd - 25% of total prize pool
> 3rd - 15% of total prize pool
> 4th - 10% of total prize pool
> The rest of us! -A PARTY at the home of THE SWANSONS later this spring!
-TIEBREAKER
> The tiebreaker for First place will be the total points for the National Championship game.
> NOTE WELL - The Mailman will contact any potential winners before the National Championship Game for their predictions, since your guess should be predicted by the two opponents that are playing.
> Ties for Second, Third and Fourth place will split the winnings evenly.
-ENTRIES
> One entry per individual - Entry fee due with completed ballot
> The Mailman will play for free.
> Deadline -Thursday March 21st at 10 AM
> I will still need correct email addresses for each player!
-RULES & SCORING FOR BRACKETS GAME
>Each entry will predict the winner of each game in each round of the NCAA tournament. Please submit your completed ballot to the Mailman by Thursday March 21st - 10:00 AM.
>Points will be awarded for each game that the winner is correctly predicted. The number of points awarded for each game is summarized below.
>The entry with the most accumulated points through all rounds will be the winner! The Preliminary Play In games on Tuesday March 19th will not be counted.
-POINTS
>Round 1 - March 21st & 22nd - 1 point/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 2 - March 23rd & 24th - 2 points/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 3 - March 28th & 29th - 3 points/ correct [24 Possible Points]
>Round 4 - March 30th & 31st - 5 points/ correct [20 Possible Points]
>Round 5 - April 6th - 7 points/ correct [14 Possible Points]
>Round 6 - April 8th - 10 points/ correct [10 Possible Points]
> Total Possible Points - [132 Possible Points]  
-REPORTING
> Updates and standings will be reported on this blog site after each day of competition.
> All announcements will be posted on this blog site.
-NATIONAL CHAMPION POOL
>Entrants that correctly predict the National Champion will split the pool of money for this game.
>If no one correctly predicts the National Champion, the money will go into the NCAA Tournament prediction pool. (1st through 4th place).

-SWEET SIXTEEN 
> $5 Entry fee: Limited to 16 entries (First 16 people paying).
> Each contestant assigned a Sweet Sixteen team by random draw.
> Winner takes all!

-KIDS DIVISION 
> $5 Entry fee for players 18 and younger.
> Payoff for top one to three places depending on participation.


I encourage all of you to share comments on the blog, for all to enjoy!

Please email me or call me if you have any questions. Please put comments on the blog if you have any suggestions on how to improve the Madness in the Acres.

The Mailman