Notices
	Tournament metrix
	History
	Golden rules

Notices
Last updated:  04/03/06

• Amalgamated, through its independent auditor, Truth & Krust*, verifies that 50 CJ's College Basketball Decade entries are currently under lock and key at the corporate data farm in Toadsuck, Arkansas. The purse will be divided thusly:
• Win:                     $275
• Place:                   $140
• Show:                   $75
• Pullin' a trailer:   $10
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• The first tiebreaker is the total number of points for the championship game; the second tiebreaker is total number of first round points.

• Turnout
•  50  hoopsters
• $500 cash purse

• Championship Picks

  	UConn	20
  	Memphis	5
  	Duke	5
  	Villanova	4
  	North Carolina	3
  	Ohio St	3
  	Boston College	2
  	Florida	2
  	Gonzaga	2
  	Pittsburgh	1
  	Syracuse	1
  	George Washington	1
  	California	1

  
  

History

CJ's Annual NCAA Championship Pool has had a long and storied history. Unfortunately, here's all CJ's could remember (If you can remember anything, please send it to the CJ's division of Amalgamated TruthMaker Enterprises at chrisgod24@yahoo.com):

2006 - 50 hoopsters/$500
1.      JennBenn - El Granada, CA (118 pts) $275
2.      BennettA - Silicon Valley, CA (115 pts)  $140
3.      Gilbie - NYC (86 pts) $75
50 .   Gaddis - The Big Sky (36 pts) $10

2005 - 42 hoopsters/$420
1.      PetersonD - The OC, CA (141 pts) $210
2.      DamonC - Silicon Valley, CA (135 pts)  $125
3.      K-Dawg - 50 below, MN (123 pts) $75
42.   X-NavyBoy - San Diego, CA (41 pts) $10

2004 - 39 hoopsters/$390
1.      TallMarty - Flagstaff, AZ (127 pts) $210
2.      JennBenn - El Granada, CA (122 pts)  $100
3.      Cigs - Pittsburgh, PA (113 pts) $70
35.    Velush- Seattle, WA (33 pts) $10

2003 - 35 hoopsters/$350
1.      Beck C - San Mateo, CA (100 pts) $200
2.      JoeLazy - East Coast (97 pts)  $100
3.      JennBenn - El Granada, CA (86 pts) $40
35.    TruthMaker - Toon Town, USA (42 pts) $10

2002 - 50 hoopsters/$500
1.      GrobJ - Flagstaff, AZ (129 pts) $300
2.      ZanottoE - Flagstaff, AZ (120 pts) $125
3.      WaldenA - Flagstaff, AZ (120 pts) $65
50.    Kraffty - Hollister, CA (26 pts) $10

2001 - 25 hoopsters/$250
1.      Krusty - Flagstaff, AZ (153 pts) $144
2.      Martys - Flagstaff, AZ (148 pts) $72
3.      Smitty - Pullman, WA (132 pts) $24
25.    BennettA - Davis, CA (47 pts) $10

2000 - 36 hoopsters/$180
1.      PetersonD - Yorba Linda, CA (120 pts) $100
2.      WaldenA - Flagstaff, AZ (111 pts) $50
3.       BrownT - Flagstaff, AZ (109 pts) $25
36.     CukierB - Palo Alto, CA (33 pts) $5

1999
1.      Waldens - Flagstaff, AZ

1997
1.       RedStateLiberal - Tucson, AZ  

Golden rules

1. It's never going to be all #1 seeds.
2. Never pick Kansas to win it alll.**
3. Never pick a Kelvin Sampson coached team to win it all.***
4. It's all about the coach hair.
   

*Truth & Krust LLC is a subsidiary of Truth Financial Incorporated, which is itself a member of the Amalgamated Financial Partnership, which is a division of Amalgamated TruthMaker Enterprises.

**Amended July 2004 to: Never pick a Roy Williams coached team to win it all.****

***Amended April 2005 from: Never pick a Roy Williams coached team to win it all.

****Amended November 2005 back to Never pick Kansas to win it all.

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