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Posted earlier:
"G. M. Finniss has indicated that he will organzize a contest for the NCAA
playoffs, and that should provide plenty of action for the next couple of
weeks."
I assume this will have the same format as last year. If so, I would like to
suggest a scoring change.
I entered last year and, much to my amazement, predicted every single result
correctly but one - the final. I had BU winning. (BTW, I consider
those results to be primarily luck - not a function of my hockey
knowledge) Somehow, despite that, I finished well down in the pack, losing to
people who predicted LSSU would take it all but missing more than one game
along the way.
Now, I know its stupid, but I felt just a little cheated in the standings.
Based on that experience I believe the progressive weighting of results as the
series moves on is overdone. Yes, that keeps people interested because if
their team is still in the hunt they still have a chance to win the contest,
but which is more indicative of prognosticative ability: ability to predict
that a specific team will take it all or the ability to predict the largest
number of contests correctly? I have to admit I feel a little childish with
this post, but I really do feel the scoring last year was somewhat unfair.
Tom Rowe Internet: [log in to unmask]
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