2009 March Madness Notes
3/22/09
Number of Entries That Picked the Big Upsets of the First and Second Rounds
| Round | Seed | Team | # |
| 2 | 5 | Purdue | 468 |
| 2 | 12 | Arizona | 70 |
| 1 | 10 | USC | 516 |
| 1 | 10 | Maryland | 576 |
| 1 | 10 | Michigan | 264 |
| 1 | 11 | Dayton | 196 |
| 1 | 12 | Arizona | 370 |
| 1 | 12 | Wisconsin | 170 |
| 1 | 12 | W. Kentucky | 385 |
| 1 | 13 | Cleveland St. | 41 |
| Women's | |||
| 1 | 10 | Minnesota | 4 |
| 1 | 10 | San Diego St. | 12 |
| 1 | 11 | Miss. St. | 6 |
| 1 | 12 | Gonzaga | 11 |
3/15/09
The Big 12 tournament is done and all sorts of records were set. Bart Holland snuck out a one point win over Charles Odom and Scott Dudley. Bart finished with 15 points which was the lowest winning score since the contest started. His pick percentage of 64% was also an all-time low for a winner. This is in spite of having a new all-time high for the number of entries (85). Bart won the Men's bracket in 2005. Charles came in dead last in the Big 12 contest in 2006. Scott has also come in first (2006) and last (2007) in the Big 12 tournament before. On the other end of the spectrum, you have Scott Finger. Scott picked Texas over Colorado but that was it. He obliterated the old records for lowest points and pick percentage with 1 and 9% respectively. Scott may be in the record books for some time.
3/8/09
Here are the payouts.
|
# of Entries |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
5th |
6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
10-20 |
| 500+ |
40% |
20% |
15% |
10% |
5% |
4% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
$10/each |
|
100-499 |
50% |
20% |
15% |
10% |
5% |
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50-99 |
50% |
30% |
20% |
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11-49 |
75% |
25% |
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1-10 |
100% |
Each entry is $10.