MarcAg's Annual March Madness Contest

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READ CAREFULLY.
DON'T MENTION MARCH MADNESS OR TOURNEY IN PAYPAL PAYMENT OR PAYPAL WILL SHUT US DOWN.

This is probably like the 14th year I have done this (I lost track).

Entry- $20 per entry (you may enter up to 5 times)

Prizes will be awarded for at least 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
1st- 50%
2nd- 25%
3rd- 12%
4th- 8%
5th- 5%

Last few year we had over 400 entries.

There is no bracket to fill out. You pick any 8 teams from the field and every time one of your teams win you get points equal to their seeding. The person who scores the most points from their 8 wins.
So if you choose a #1 pick you get 1 pt for every game they win. If you pick a 9 seed then you get 9 pts for every game they win. A #4 seed gets 4 pts for every game they win.

The play-in games do not count in pt totals.

TIE BREAKER- NO TIEBREAKERS THIS YEAR. IF PEOPLE TIE THEY WILL SPLIT THE MONEY.

How to enter
Thomas Moore is once again handling collecting money so props to him. $20 per entry (up to 5 entries) sent via Paypal to thomas.moore10@gmail.com Put your first and last name in the message so we can double check it against the entries. $1 from your entry will go to pay for the site.


The deadline is tipoff on Thursday morning. If payment isn't sent by noon central on Thursday you will be booted. With all the entries we receive, we can't send an email to everyone confirming we got your money. But we will send out an email once the tourney gets started to those who have not paid.

https://www.officefootballpool.com/pools.cfm?poolid=148568&p=2&pwd=aggies
Richierich2323
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Glad you are doing this again. Just signed up.
_lefraud_
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Friends and Family
mazzag
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Got my email! In! $$ sent too! Y'all might think about adding Venmo as an option?
MarcAg
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Coward Jimbo
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Venmo would be a good addition.
zurcaled11
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Always my favorite March Madness pool! I highly highly encourage everyone to do it if you haven't before. Very different from brackets.
Wicked Good Ag
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If LSU has their wins vacated do we still get the points ??
Longhorn Nation
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Awesome - I'm in for at least 2 entries and can guarantee that I pose no threat to winning.
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I'm in! Winning!
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Wicked Good Ag said:

If LSU has their wins vacated do we still get the points ??


Still get their points
MarcAg
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Last year first won close to $4,000
EliteZags
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played and enjoyed this contest many years running, is it just me or did the number of payouts go down a lot this year from previous?
rpr52121
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We should root for our fellow Aggies of New Mexico State and Utah State!!!
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MarcAg said:

Last year first won close to $4,000

Can confirm.
MarcAg
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Did you win? I block it out of my memory because it's never me.
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EliteZags said:

played and enjoyed this contest many years running, is it just me or did the number of payouts go down a lot this year from previous?


Last year there was a 6th payout that paid 1%.

Hickory High
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May this be the last year that we don't see the Ags on the brackets
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Savior Jimbo said:

Venmo would be a good addition.
Also this. Or Square Cash. Both are super easy.
MarcAg
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already have over 100 in
Aggiehunter34
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Any luck on adding Venmo as an option?
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Aggiehunter34 said:

Any luck on adding Venmo as an option?


Here is the thing. The biggest beating of this thing is collecting the money. It's why I have decided I wasn't going to do this many many times over the years and yet I get talked into it. A couple of years ago when I decided ok I'm done somebody stepped in and said they would handle the money if I set everything up and get people to sign up. It's worked well the last few years. Less work for me to do. He uses PayPal. I'm not going to tell him he needs to add other payment options as he is helping me out. . I realize there are many ways to pay online but We had over 400 people paying through PayPal last year so it's working. If you want to ask him about Venmo you can and if he decides he wants to do it then that's on him. It's just a pain to have money coming in to this site, this site and this site and then checks coming in the mail (yes people ask to send checks too) and so then it all had to get consolidated them and then I have to move x amount to PayPal to pay winner and y amount to Venmo because some people that won have to be paid that way.
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So has any one been daring enough to NOT pick Duke to win it all?
mazzag
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That's not how it works!
mazzag
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Can I share this with a friend? He loves stuff like this. He's a sip lover but an overall sports nut.
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mazzag said:

That's not how it works!


Ah, ha ha. I read the entire OP this time. Very Interesting twist. I like it.
mazzag
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It's a fun contest! I screwed up with my picks last year, too many teams in one region, but it definitely kept me more engaged, after we lost in the S16, than a regular bracket.
MarcAg
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One last bump. 300 entries. You have until 11:15 central am on Thursday.
DuckDown2013
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Marc- How many entries did the group have last year? Guys- this format is so fun. I am entering 5 entries and not touching anything else march madness related this year!
MarcAg
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Over 400
johnnyblaze36
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Not trying to steal MarcAg's thunder here-trust me I just got my picks in his last minute and am pumped to win it all.

But if anybody wants a back-up feel free to join the pickhoops I've got until .10 am. The 8 team system is really cool.

This is seeded throughout the tourney and the first round is massive (8/9, 7/10 6/11 etc). Click on the "Trash Talk" as usual for the rules and regulations.

https://www.pickhoops.com/blazeon/group

dixichkn
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$20 wasted but wtf
Wicked Good Ag
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Do we send our $20 to get the code for the entry??
BenFiasco14
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In
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
94chem
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MarcAg said:

Over 400
Wow.
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