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"Confidence 16" Format for March Madness

Pick 16 teams and rank them 16 (highest) to 1 and get their point value for each win. Your 16 point team should be the team you think will win it all. Your 15 point team should be the team you think will lose in the finals. The person with the most points at the end wins. Custom pick deadline.

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The picksheet looks something like this (with 2009 teams and the option for 10 picks):

 West   Midwest   East   South 

1. Connecticut 
16. Chattanooga 

1. Louisville 
16. Morehead St 

1. Pittsburgh 
16. East Tenn St 

1. North Carolina 
16. Radford 

8. BYU 
9. Texas A&M 

8. Ohio St 
9. Siena 

8. Oklahoma St 
9. Tennessee 

8. LSU 
9. Butler 

5. Purdue 
12. Northern Iowa 

5. Utah 
12. Arizona 

5. Florida St 
12. Wisconsin 

5. Illinois 
12. Western Ky 

4. Washington 
13. Mississippi St 

4. Wake Forest 
13. Cleveland St 

4. Xavier 
13. Portland St 

4. Gonzaga 
13. Akron 

6. Marquette 
11. Utah St 

6. West Virginia 
11. Dayton 

6. UCLA 
11. Va Commonwealth 

6. Arizona St 
11. Temple 

3. Missouri 
14. Cornell 

3. Kansas 
14. North Dakota St 

3. Villanova 
14. American 

3. Syracuse 
14. SFA 

7. California 
10. Maryland 

7. Boston College 
10. USC 

7. Texas 
10. Minnesota 

7. Clemson 
10. Michigan 

2. Memphis 
15. CS Northridge 

2. Michigan St 
15. Robert Morris 

2. Duke 
15. Binghamton 

2. Oklahoma 
15. Morgan St 
Tiebreaker:

Pick and Tiebreaker Deadlines

Once your pick deadline passes, nobody can enter or change their picks and the poolwide picks become available for everyone to see. If you are using the total points scored in the championship game tiebreaker, you can define when that tiebreaker needs to be in by too.

Pick Deadline: (help)
Tiebreaker Deadline Option:
( Thu, Mar-18 6:00 AM Mountain ) (help)

Standings Example

Picks shown as "Team Name - # of Actual Wins"
Rank Name Pts Wins 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1. ALFALFA 410 42 PIT-3LOUI-3UNC-4MEM-2CONN-4OKLA-3MSU-4NOVA-4MO-3DUKE-2GONZ-2SYR-2PUR-2KU-2XAV-2WAKE-0
2. SPANKY 404 40 LOUI-3UNC-4PIT-3CONN-4MEM-2MSU-4NOVA-4SYR-2OKLA-3DUKE-2GONZ-2KU-2MO-3WVA-0PUR-2WAKE-0
3. BUTCH 403 41 CONN-4LOUI-3PIT-3UNC-4MEM-2MSU-4DUKE-2MO-3OKLA-3KU-2NOVA-4SYR-2PUR-2WASH-1WAKE-0XAV-2
4. PORKY 402 41 PIT-3UNC-4LOUI-3CONN-4MEM-2OKLA-3DUKE-2MSU-4KU-2NOVA-4MO-3SYR-2XAV-2GONZ-2WAKE-0MARQ-1
5. PINEAPPLE 400 42 CONN-4DUKE-2UNC-4MEM-2MSU-4LOUI-3PIT-3OKLA-3NOVA-4KU-2MO-3PUR-2WAKE-0XAV-2GONZ-2SYR-2
6. BUCKWHEAT 400 41 CONN-4LOUI-3PIT-3UNC-4MEM-2MSU-4DUKE-2OKLA-3MO-3KU-2NOVA-4SYR-2WASH-1WAKE-0XAV-2GONZ-2
7. FROGGY 399 41 CONN-4LOUI-3PIT-3UNC-4MEM-2MSU-4DUKE-2OKLA-3SYR-2NOVA-4KU-2MO-3WASH-1WAKE-0XAV-2GONZ-2
8. SPUD 396 41 LOUI-3UNC-4CONN-4PIT-3MEM-2OKLA-3SYR-2DUKE-2MSU-4NOVA-4KU-2MO-3WAKE-0GONZ-2XAV-2SIEN-1
9. STYMIE 396 41 UNC-4CONN-4PIT-3LOUI-3DUKE-2MEM-2MSU-4OKLA-3KU-2NOVA-4XAV-2WAKE-0MO-3SYR-2WASH-1GONZ-2
10. WALDO 395 40 PIT-3CONN-4MEM-2MSU-4LOUI-3UNC-4DUKE-2OKLA-3MO-3SYR-2NOVA-4KU-2WASH-1WAKE-0UCLA-1XAV-2

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RADMAN
3 days ago
I got OK and NC still to pick looks like the radman is going to be tough to beat for the second year in a row.

(replying to SHOOTER17)
THEJAKEMAN
3 days ago
Hey Stump!!!! Dude your second place is Gonzoooooooooooo !!!! I've got three of the final four....nany nany nany..... hahahahahahahahah.... NOVA! NOVA! NOVA!

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