2017 NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament Pool Picks Are In!

The picks are in and the master spreadsheet is updated with everyone's selections!  

I know many of you are challenged by technology (I guess that is the nice way to put it), so I'll always have 2 versions of the spreadsheet.

• 2017 Conference Tournament Champions Master (This has all the features and functionality to show things like Max Points Available and more)
• 2017 Conference Tournament Champions Master Light (This will error out many of the added features, but you can still see standings and picks)

We still may have a few more entries coming in tonight, so expect an updated spreadsheet from me later tonight or early tomorrow morning.  

Please also look carefully through your picks, and if I made an error or something needs to be changed due to a mistake, please let me know by the end of the day on Monday, 2/27.  No changes to the Atlantic Sun conference will be allowed after 6p CST on Monday, 2/27.

Remember, you will want to bookmark this link so you can see up to date standings throughout the next few weeks.  

Standings will be updated a few times each day, or as games complete.  I essentially dedicate my life to this over the next 2 weeks, even with starting a new job Monday.  

Also, as conference tournaments complete at different dates through Sunday, 3/12, I will post updates along with the current standing on the blog via the link below.  I'll also send e-mail updates periodically for those that refuse to use the Blog.  Usually the first few days I'll send information in e-mail, but I'll back off of that once things get going.

This Blog is a great way to pass time during the day...

http://2017conferencetournamentchallenge.blogspot.com/

The master spreadsheet has a ton of information to help you track the games, below is a preview of what you will see on the attached spreadsheet.  I keep this up to date on a daily basis.

• If you scroll to the right you'll see everyone's picks, tracking for who paid (For Shaming Purposes), how much money is in the pot, and the payouts

• Scrolling down you'll see a summary that shows when each conference tournament starts, the location, projected winners, historical winners, if the seeding is finalized yet, and a link to the TV schedule and bracket

• B.I. has the most upset/bonus picks and is starting with the opportunity to get 47 points, riding teams like TCU and Furman!

• Smallz FF (Chris Iannuzzi) is the chalkiest this year, even his upset/bonus picks are teams like Albany as a 3 seed

• For the 1st year ever, we don't have a conference in which everyone picked the same conference champion, even in the West Coast Conference we had Tina NOT pick Gonzaga

To review for any one new to this, because the regular season is still in progress for many conferences, updates to the Master Spreadsheet will continue to happen over the next several days as conference tournament seeding is finalized for the different conference tournaments.  This may impact your bonus points and max possible points.

Conference tournament games begin tomorrow, Monday, 2/27!  Prior to the games I will attempt to review and send out what to watch for based on our pool picks.  The first few days are tough because you can't rack up any wins, you can only get losses until an actual championship game takes place.  So the game right now is to minimize the number of losses.

Finally, we technically have standings since we can rank people based on max possible points due to bonus picks.  B.I., Sully, and Genthner round out the way too soon top 3.

And I'll remind everyone again, more than half the conferences seeding is not yet finalized, the max points for most of you will change as teams jockey for position this week.  If a conference's seeding is finalized and someone gets stuck with a ineligible team or a team that is listed a DNQ, I will offer you the opportunity to change that pick.

Good luck to everyone over the next 15 days!