Tournament News

Connecticut is your 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Champion!!!

Congratulations to Connecticut, first back to back champions since Florida in 2006-2007. Purdue was great all year, but Connecticut was able to take away any ability to attempt outside shots, and that was the game. I will reach out individually to arrange payment preferences for both the main and the 2nd Chance pools. Thank you all for another great year. I look forward greatly to next year already.

2nd Chance

Thank you all who entered into the 2nd chance, we had about 2/3 of our players enter in for a chance to remake their bracket. Good luck to everyone in both parts of the pool.

Bookmark and Email

I've received a spattering of reports of my emails getting put into the spam of some users. I'll work on what I can to avoid this, but I recommend bookmarking this site as it hasn't changed in all the years I've run the pool and if it does, I'll make sure it redirects. Also, to be safe, please add tourney - at - stantonfamilyonline.com as a white listed email if you choose.

Site Feedback

As always, I welcome any feedback about the site... things you like, things you would like to see different, possible feature changes. I want this to be a fun experience for everyone regardless of how we all do in the pool itself.

Top Players in Current Standings

Place	Name Last, First	Earned Points	Possible Points	Predicted Champ	Pick Pct.	Correct Picks / Round					Picked Champ
						32	16	8	4	2
1	Vecchi, Joey	357	357	Connecticut	59%	22	8	3	2	1	YES!
2	Proctor, Bruce (3)	347	347	NC State	59%	17	11	5	3	1	NO
2	Proctor, Bruce (1)	347	347	North Carolina	60%	20	12	4	2	0	NO
4	Vecchi, Joe	333	333	Creighton	62%	23	11	4	1	0	NO
5	Hanner, Mike (2)	323	323	Alabama	65%	25	11	4	1	0	NO
6	Norman, Bridgette (5)	318	318	Tennessee	54%	19	9	3	2	1	NO
7	Boari, Zach (2)	314	314	NC State	54%	18	9	3	3	1	NO
8	Cagle, Andy	305	305	North Carolina	52%	18	8	4	3	0	NO
9	Hanner, Mike (1)	298	298	Arizona	44%	20	6	1	1	0	NO
10	Lahti, Denyse	297	297	Connecticut	65%	25	11	2	1	1	YES!

Tournament Rules

Tournament Entry is $20. Yes, this is an increase as announced it would be. Most pools have gone to this amount and I've been slow to increase the rate. All payments should come directly to Spencer. All payments must be made prior to the start of games!!! I have spent too much of the pool trying to collect all of the entry fees. Again, there are so many ways to send money now that there is no excuse to not be paid before the games start.

PLEASE DO NOT MENTION BRACKET, NCAA, TOURNAMENT, POOL, ETC. in any comments for your payment.

I have also removed the Credit Card option as that has become hardly used over the last few years. If that is your only way to pay, please reach out and we can still make arrangements.

You have any number of ways to pay me:

• Venmo (PREFERRED) - My username is @Boilers2000 and you can send it that way.
  • You can use 1663 for the last four since Venmo prefers that as an extra check.
• Cash App (PREFERRED) - My username is $Boilers2000 for sending through Cash App.
• Pay Pal - I will accept Pay Pal, please use tourney - at - stantonfamilyonline.com (actual e-mail address) for the account.
• Cash - If you live near me, you can pay me in cash.
• Zelle - I will accept direct Zelle payments, but please reach out to use this option
• Other - If prior arrangements are made, you can inquire about other options. Whether that be check or directly from your bank (Zelle), etc. The main thing will be making those arrangments in advance and not after the games have started.

In all cases, if there are any transfer fees, make sure you set it up so that you are responsible for them.

Multiple entries are also perfectly allowed. Please use the following format for entries:

• Lastname, Firstname (1)
• Lastname, Firstname (2)
• ...

Scoring is as follows:

Round points x Seed

Round points are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32. This keeps the pool very interesting and rewards correct upset picks.

Tournament Prizes