Here are the rules for the annual NCAA contest. This document was thrown together rather quickly as the documentation from past contests resides on a CD which has suddenly decided it no longer wants to be read by man or machine. I will be brief and work from memory. If I leave something out, send an email and I will clarify. There will be no major changes from previous years other than the scoring which became necessary because of the expansion from two to four regionals.

For all contests: submit your name, email address and your address (city and state only please).

To enter contest 1, pick the winner of each game.

To enter contests 1 & 2, pick the winner of each game and the goal differential of each game (i.e. the difference between the winners score and the losers score).

To enter contests 1, 2 and 3, pick the winner of each game and the score of each game.

For each contest, there will be two levels of tiebreakers:  the first tiebreaker will be the number of games that go into overtime; the second tiebreaker will be total goals for the tournament.

The games will be designated as follows: NE (Northeast) games 1 and 2, NE final,
W (West) games 1 and 2, W final, E (East) games 1 and 2, E final, MW (Midwest)
games 1 and 2 , MW final, (national) semifinal 1, semifinal 2 and finals.

The scoring of the contests is as follows:

Contest 1 (pick the winners):
1 point will be awarded for picking each winner of Northeast games one and two, West games one and two, East games one and two and Midwest games one and two. 2 points will be awarded for picking each winner of the 4 regional finals, the 2 national semifinals and the finals.  In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be the number of games which go into overtime. If that tiebreaker fails to produce a winner, the second tiebreaker will be the total number of goals scored in the tournament. If the second tiebreaker doesn’t produce a winner, the contest will be declared a tie.

Contest 2 (pick the winners and goal differential):
4 points will be awarded for picking each winner of Northeast games one and two, West games one and two, East games one and two and Midwest games one and two. 8 points will be awarded for picking each winner of the 4 regional finals, the 2 national semifinals and the finals.  In addition, points will be awarded for choosing the goal differential for those games where you have correctly picked the winning team. 3 points will be added for picking the correct goal differential, 2 points will awarded if your goal differential is
off by one and 1 point will be awarded if your goal differential is off by two. The two tiebreakers will be number of overtime games and the total number of goals scored in the tournament. See tiebreaker rules for contest 1 for details.

Contest 3 (pick the winners and the scores)
6 points will be awarded for picking each winner of Northeast games one and two, West games one and two, East games one and two and Midwest games one and two. 10 points will be awarded for picking the winner of each of the 4 regional finals, the 2 national semifinals and the finals.  In addition, points will be awarded for picking the winner’s and the loser’s score in each game. These points will only be awarded if you correctly pick the winning team. If you correctly predict the winner’s score, 3 points will be awarded. If your prediction of the winner’s score is off by one, 2 points will be awarded. If your prediction of the winner’s score is off by two, 1 point will be awarded . If you correctly predict the loser’s score, 3 points will be awarded.  If your prediction of the loser’s score is off by one, 2 points will be awarded. If your prediction of the loser’s score is off by two, 1 point will be awarded .  The two tiebreakers will be number of overtime games and the total number of  goals scored in the tournament. See tiebreaker rules for contest 1 for details.