Information

The rules are the same as in previous years.  Points are awarded for correct picks in each round as follows:
 

Tiebreaker for first place is as follows:

1. Correct Champion
2. Most correct Final Four teams
3. Most correct Sweet Sixteen teams

Bookmark this page to keep track of tournament results and your score throughout the tournament.  Standings will usually be updated by the morning following the completion of each round; they may be updated more frequently depending on how much time I have.  Note that the #64 vs. #65 play-in game will not be part of the pool.  You may pick either the #1 seed in that region or the winner of the play-in game.  If you have questions, please email me at: waltmeier@earthlink.net.

The Rick Neuheisel Honorary Pool Entry

Last year I used Rick Neuheisel as the default "favorites" picks.  I decided to use a different name each year.  However, Rick is still in the news and would still be the ideal choice.  But I don't want to use him twice in a row, so I've decided to name the pool entry in his honor.  So, this year's Rick Neuheisel Honorary Pool Entry is....Martha Stewart.  She's been confined for months, so has been following college basketball closely.  She even fashioned a bracket on her prison wall out of yarn and thumbtacks!

Honoary Pool Entries

Pool Statistics and Results

Now, which teams should you pick?  Well, thanks to my assiduous record keeping, I have statistics on all tournament games played since 1985, when the tournament went to 64 (well, now 65) teams, through the 2004 tournament.  These results are listed my Tournament Statistics Page.  Feel free to consult this page for any statistical guidance you may seek, or just for the heck of it.  Now updated through the end of the 2005 tournament.

And now, new this year, you can also research team-by-team tourney stats for every team that has made the tournament since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 - what seed they had and how far they went in each year!  Check it out within the Tournament Teams Page.  Now updated through the end of the 2005 tournament.

Of course, it's not so much who actually wins the games, but who you pick to win the game.  Do you want to see how you've done in the past, maybe decide you need a new strategy?  Or just reminisce over great pools of yore?  Now you can!  All new this year, complete final standings since 1990 and complete final summaries since 2001 are provided:

Complete Final Standings:  1990-1994, 1995-1999, 2000-2004, 2005
Complete Results Summary:  2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001

Finally, you can check trends in pool participation and results with the Participation Summary 1990-2005 and the Points Summary 1990-2005.  Now updated through the end of the 2005 tournament pool.