2024 March Madness Bracket Pools
I'm back again to run the pool this year. I will escrow the money for the pools and am collecting zero fees for doing so.
Inflation is up, Stocks are at all time highs, I think we can bump up the entry fees a bit this year. One $75 Pool and One $300 Pool.
Rules
I'm going to run through Yahoo with the same scoring system as we've always used (2-3-5-7-11-15). Allowing a max of 4 brackets per person in the $75 and 3 brackets per person in the $300. Payouts will be determined by number of entrants, probably paying out around 3-5% of the entries depending on how many people enter. All brackets must be paid for by Noon Eastern on Thursday. Any Brackets that are not paid for by noon will be declared ineligible. If you send $$ after noon on Friday, your bracket will be disqualified and your money will be returned.
All entries must follow the format of Bracket Name = "2p2name" (1 through 3)
So for my 3 brackets in the Yahoo site, it's
Zimmer4141 (1)
Zimmer4141 (2)
Zimmer4141 (3)
Payment
This is a cash only pool. I'm not a crypto guy, I don't accept BTC or other crypto as payment. There are 2 ways to pay me.
Paypal or Zelle. That's it. I refuse to use Venmo after having issues with them two years ago.
Put your 2p2 name and your 2p2 name only in the memo line. Do not put anything related to gambling, madness, basketball, any of that. Don't be an idiot.
Entering
Send me a PM if you're interested. I will send you a Google Form to fill out, the link to the Yahoo pool with password, and my Payment Information.
This will immensely help me track payments and entries. I'm working a full time job and have a 2 year old at home, so I'd greatly appreciate if you make this as easy as possible on me.
Please post in this thread after you've submitted your payments and brackets and we will track entries in this thread as a double check to make sure everything's squared away.
Happy bracketing!
yeah you gotta factor into those public polls that >90% of the brackets submitted are put up by people who spent less than 5 minutes on it, have not watched a single game of regular season basketball, and asked their colleague in the cubicle next to them who will win and they said their brother in law talks a lot about uconn being so good
Rickroll, I think it was you but you're good.
All entries were accounted for as of payouts being listed.
thanks, i'm waiting for the results to tell my dad I entered him into a $75 contest, he was already not happy about me "wasting $5 on a bracket of his" and he now has decent equity to win it
Well, I might be in 104th place in the $75, but I still think I have a victory scenario!
I have UNC as my champion… there are only three other UNC backers ahead of me. All three have Tennessee in the F4 or title game… I have Creighton in the F4.
So this Creighton/Tennessee matchup is HUGE for me! Too bad I won’t even be able to watch it Friday night, gotta work.
…And, obviously, I need UNC to title. But I already knew going in that any victory scenario for me required that.
All 1’s and 2’s in the Sweet 16?!? I was told there’d be MADNESS.
Scenario Generator is almost useless at this point. With so many top seeds still live, every game will involve a lot of brackets picking up points.
The good:
I have the most potential points in the $75
The bad:
I have Creighton vs Alabama in the final
So long as you're still "live" that's all that matters. Obviously having more paths is better.
I guess what I'm saying is that this year a lot more of the field is still in it.
There are just so few games left that are zero consequence games in the sense that someone will be getting points on every outcome.
Last year by the time we got to the E8 (FAU vs Kansas St, SDSU vs Creighton) there are a few people with KSU or Creighton that can gain points, but largely it's going to be a zero.
This year unless we get a surprise win from SDSU, Clemson, or NCST, it's very likely that a lot of the field will be gaining points on every result.
Houston/Dook and Illinois/ISU are 2 games with a lot of divergence in the pools
Just took Illinois +2500 for a small wager to win it all. No expert but they seem like they could be 'that team' this year.
Scenario Generator is almost useless at this point. With so many top seeds still live, every game will involve a lot of brackets picking up points.
Nah, it's still helpful. I wanted to see if my Kentucky winning bracket could somehow win, and it is possible. But yeah, we are finding out after Friday where we actually are.
Agreed. It's useful to know which of my brackets are live and identify those that are most similar. Obviously everything much clearer by Friday night.
Payouts if UConn Wins:
$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser/Dicebo
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001
$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo
Payouts if Purdue wins:
$75 Pool
1st - $4,500 - AllinLoser
2nd - $2,600 - kingof299s
3rd - $1,350 - Gs3737
4th - $800 - AnyAce
5th - $600 - dabutterman
6th - $500 - younguns87
$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - CabreraEra2
2nd - $6,200 - bhk2m
3rd - $3,250 - dabutterman
Official Payouts:
$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser/Dicebo
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001
$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo
Congrats to all the winners!
Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.
Official Payouts:
$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001
$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo
Congrats to all the winners!
Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.
Official Payouts:
$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo - PAID
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001
$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo - PAID
Congrats to all the winners!
Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.
Official Payouts:
$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo - PAID
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001
$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3 - Payments Processing
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall - PAID
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo - PAID
Congrats to all the winners!
Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.
Official Payouts:
$75 Pool
1st (Tie) - $3,550 - Allinloser - PAID/Dicebo - PAID
3rd - $1,350 - WichitaDM - PAID
4th (Tie) - $700 - AllinLoser - PAID/GJ Bracket
6th - $500 - sgm04001 - PAID
$300 Pool
1st - $9,750 - TheDean3 - Payments Processing
2nd - $6,200 - GalenHall - PAID
3rd - $3,250 - Dicebo - PAID
Congrats to all the winners!
Please PM me for where to send payment. Paypal is preferred but I can do either Paypal or Zelle.
Everyone has been paid except for GJ Brackets and Dean due to Zelle limits.
Thanks for running zimmer!
All Payments have been sent (except full payments to Dean due to Zelle limits)
Congrats to all our winners, thanks so much for playing and we'll see you next year!
Thanks for running Zimmer!!!
