SSBA

$20 (ssba money) entry fee.  PM me your picks (all four round of them). 

Prize: Pool money will be split 70% winner, 20% 2nd place, 10% 3rd place.  If you got every picks right, you will get $100 bonus from me :tup:

Here's the point system:
First round: 3 points
Second round: 5 points
Semi-Finals: 7 points
Finals: 10 points
Tie breaker: combine score of both teams in the final game

East bracket:
#1 seed New Orleans Hornets
vs
#8 seed Toronto Raptors

#2 seed New Jersey Nets
vs
#7 seed Philadelphia 76ers

#3 seed Indiana Pacers
vs
#6 seed New York Knicks

#4 seed Cleveland Cavs
vs
#5 seed Boston Celtics


West bracket:
#1 seed New Denver Nuggets
vs
#8 seed Portland Trailblazers

#2 seed Golden State Warriors
vs
#7 seed Los Angeles Lakers

#3 seed San Antonio Spurs
vs
#6 seed Los Angeles Clippers

#4 seed Phoenix Suns
vs
#5 seed Dallas Mavericks

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Here's the money award for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place.  Even though the Celtics finished in 3rd place, they still have a negative balance.  I thought more teams were going to enter in the tourney pool and never figured the 3rd place team would have a negative balace.  Therefore, I will cover Celtics negative balance and add $3 each to Blazers and Cavs.
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Thanks everyone for playing, hope to see all of you guys in next season's tourney pool.

I like it.
we also could split the pool money like 70% winner, 20% 2nd place, 10% 3rd place making guys more interested

how do we send the money?

I always liked the idea of 2nd place gets their money back, first takes the rest...so $20 to the 2nd place, rest of the pot for 1st

I sent in my tourney sheet

raps in the finals?  :lol2:

Is SSBA money not real $$$.

Didn't get it, please PM again.

as a tiebreaker i would prefer the fist tie breaker being the number of games in the finals series, second tiebreaker being combined score in final game...just a thought.

That was what I wrote down first, but this is the first tourny pool, I want to make things less complicated.

cool. great idea btw

I don't get what I have to do...

Pick the winners of each round.  You should have eight picks for the first round, four for the second round, two for the semi, and one winner plus the total score of the final game in the finals.

Right got it...

sending mine right now....

we could also add to add who'll be MVP of the finals, thats how they do the bracket in other league im in.

so who all is in? it will be nice to know how big the pot is that we are playing for

We still have some time left, but so far I'm disappointed in the turnout.  This was Hornets' idea a few seasons back n he didn't even send in his picks. :bash:

Wait a bit, im sure more GMs will enter the competition.

mine are in too.

well, playoffs start tonight, so i'm not sure if office pools accept late entries usually (maybe for $30 ?)
:-)

I submitted mine before the sim (just now).

haha, yup -- final total score of 210 (Raps 206, Nuggets 4)

Interesting, two GMs had the same winner and total points. :eek3:

Dang... I'm too late...
I woulda done it but I didn't check ssba in time. Its a good idea, keeps the rest of the Gms kinda interested in ssba while the playoffs are happening.
I'm in next season.

I'll probably do it next season. I have been to busy with real life this season that i havent been following most teams like i normally would. Its a good idea though.

who was it?

You and Tom. :lmao:

Round one scores posted, no perfect bracket because of Blazers.  :tup:

Well we can't win a series but we sure can predict em  :bods:

I screwed up my bracket. Somehow I had both the Nuggets and the Suns in the conference finals.

Got my score killed by Blazers, Nets, and ... Celtics. Damn homie ...

Great minds think alike, right Tom?  :tup:

Round 2 scores posted.  Good round for both the Celtics and Blazers, both got 3/4 corrected.  Rockets still lead the pool with 31pts, one points ahead of Celtics and Blazers.

Semi scores posted.  Blazers took the lead with a perfect two for two. :tup:  Cavs in the second place (two for two) and Rockets in third.

Nice. Especially after being at the bottom after Rd1. Too bad i didnt check Spurs-Clipps matchup, it wouldve bring me another point. Go Hornets !!!! and go 189 points in case of a tie-breaker :p

especially if YOU hadn't killed my Western bracket i'd be at 52 points now. And just waiting for the Hornets to bring in the 191pt game.

Thanks !

 :moon: heheh


 :cheers:

Congtratz to the Blazers for winning the First Annual SSBA Tourney Pool.  Now all you have to do is put that on your sig. :lol2:

205 total score. Higher than expected by most i guess

congrats Marin, nice job, another title ...

Thanks :)

Thanks for running this Mavs.

how do we know who won etc?

like read the first page of this thread ...
;-)