As we head into the Elite Eight today, the VC March Madness pool is wide open. Most of the front-runners have chosen North Carolina to go all the way, so if that happens they will presumably remain bunched at the top of the pack. Conspirators Jim and Ilya are both still in the hunt as well. Recall that correctly picking the regional champs is worth 8 points, the finalists is worth 16, and the champion is worth 32, so there is still a lot of movement available in the standings.
Yours truly is tied for 49th. In addition, one Doc Nix bobblehead is on its way to Rick Garnett, whose Notre Dame squad easily took down George Mason on the opening night of the tournament and thereby messed up my bracket. The good thing about being clearly out of the race is now I can simply enjoy the tournament.
Ironically, the entrant named "Davidson Dispatch" only had confidence in his team to go one round so while he remains in the hunt is still 5 points off the pace.
Since you won't get any round 2 points unless, as a precondition, you won a round 1 point you have, as it were, already paid the price for getting to round 2; once there, your reward should be no different from that for picking any other winner.
Perhaps the doubling method of point allocation is a mixup with another idea. If, before the tournament starts, I am allowed just to pick a second round winner, without first having to pick a first round winner (i.e., I skip the first round), then I can see giving me 2 points (as the above method would)--for impliedly I had to make two choices to get to that second round winner. But I wouldn't give me 3 points, as the above method would if I picked the first and second round...
I'm Davidson Dispatch - my last name is Davidson, I'm a PD/FD dispatcher, and I've been a Davidson College fan since I discovered them in a magazine at age 8 living in Tipp City, Ohio. I even took a trip down to Davidson, NC once to see the college - lovely campus, lovely small town setting. I was sorely tempted to go another round with them, but couldn't bring myself to do it (I now live in the DC area and have trouble rooting against the Hoyas!) If they could have pulled it off tonight vs Kansas, that would have been a nice way to shake up the brackets!
Even if I finish last overall, it's worth it to be mentioned in a Conspiracy post, albeit one that has nothing to do with law or politics.
Best to all...