Hey folks,

I am in the process of setting up a college hockey tourney office pool, and
I'm looking for a bit of help; I ran a pool last year, and I set it up so that
wins by underdogs were weighed by a factor determined by the
difference in seeding (difference <squared> x .47). If enough underdog
wins were picked by someone, they would equal more than the one point
earned by a win by a favorite (e.g., a #6 seed making it to the finals) and
could throw a win by a favorite they had picked away, rewarding the
player who had a few "hunches" and had them pay off. My thought was
that it would (in theory) reward the player who REALLY knew his stuff
(knew the teams that were "hot" and "not"...matchups, etc...). As it turns
out, a lot of people who didn't know the game just picked a lot of
underdogs, thinking this to be some sort of loophole. Although things
did fall perfectly into place as the tourney unfolded, I wonder if this
really is a good system.

Anyhow. Has anyone on the list run a pool before, and what sort of
point values did you award per round...bonus points...etc.

Thanks for any help.

Robert