2015 CONTEST INFORMATION!
 
PLEASE EMAIL the MAILMAN with your ONE BEST E mail address ASAP

SELECTION SUNDAY - Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 6 PM! 

The BRACKETS will be available for study!

You will be invited to join the HUNTINGTON ACRES GROUP on CBS SPORTS via Email on SUNDAY!

PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR PICKS ON YOUR BRACKETS ON LINE BEFORE THURSDAY,MARCH 19, 2015 at 10 AM!
 Use www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/printable_men (see links on right column) to download and print up a bracket.

The link to Our CBSSports Bracket  Game Group is http://mmhuntingtonacres.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=BPM14_paste_cbsinv
 BUZZERBEATER - Remember the DEADLINE for your entry is THURSDAY, MARCH 19th AT 10:00 AM.

PAYMENT - Each player is responsible to arrange to get payment to the Mailman ASAP!

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.

***YEAR END PARTY - SITE TO BE DETERMINED
  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) - $35 per entry
>NCAA Tournament predictions - $30 per entry - INCLUDES PARTY FUND!
>National Championship Team Pool - $5 per entry


RULES SUMMARY 
-ENTRY FEE> $35 per entry for the NCAA predictions contest - one entry per person
*****-$30 for the brackets (includes party funding) and $5 for the National Champion pool.

-PRIZES
> 1st ~ 55% of total prize pool
> 2nd ~ 35% of total prize pool
> 3rd ~ 15% of total prize pool> 
The rest of us! -A YEAR END PARTY 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 and Third  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 19th 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 bracket online Thursday March 19th - 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 & Wednesday, March 17 & 18th will not be counted.
-POINTS
>Round 1 - March 19th & 20th - 1 point/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 2 - March 21st & 22nd - 2 points/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 3 - March 26th & 27th - 3 points/ correct [24 Possible Points]
>Round 4 - March 28th & 29th - 5 points/ correct [20 Possible Points]
>Round 5 - April 4th - 7 points/ correct [14 Possible Points]
>Round 6 - April 6th - 10 points/ correct [10 Possible Points]
> Total Possible Points - [132 Possible Points]  
-REPORTING
> Updates and notifications will come through the CBS Sports online 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 3rd place).

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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