Twitter NCAA 2008 March Madness Charity Pool

20 March 2008 1 views 8 Comments

Jeff Hinz started this idea and I love it, so we’re going to run with it. We’re going to have an NCAA Men’s Basketball 2008 March Madness Charity Pool.

The suggested bet is US$25 into the pool. Bets close before the 3rd round.

How to enter: post a comment on this blog post with:

Your name
Your bet
Who will win it all
What the winner’s final score will be (tie breaker)

Example:

Christopher Penn
$25
North Carolina
101 points

Alternately, you can copy and paste a link to a photo of your brackets, as I’ve done with Flickr, into the comments. Just be sure to include the tiebreaker score.

The person who “wins” – i.e. their team goes the furthest – gets to pick a charity and everyone in the pool donates to that charity. For example, if North Carolina – my pick – wins, then I get to decide the charity and we all pay. Jeff picked Washington State, so if they go the farthest, he picks the charity and we all pay. If we have multiple bets for the same team, the score is the tiebreaker.

In the event of a total tie, we either split the pool or the winners can decide which charity gets it.

Who’s in so far:

Me, $25, North Carolina, 101 points
Jeff Hinz, $25, Washington State
JHirsch, $25
Kristen Forbriger, $25, Louisville
GloriaKT, $25, North Carolina
John Wall, $25, Memphis

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8 Comments »

jhirsch said:

Awesome! My charity of the moment is the Lance Armstrong Foundation. You can donate here: http://philly08.livestrong.org/jessicahirsch. Thanks everyone!

# 8 April 2008 at 10:12 am

financialaidpodcast said:

The winner is Jessica Hirsch! Congrats – name your charity below and we’ll pitch in!

# 8 April 2008 at 10:02 am

jhirsch said:

Apparently my link is broken, but I have Kansas winning.

# 21 March 2008 at 3:41 pm

John Wall said:

I’m in:
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/547719

# 21 March 2008 at 6:57 am

@gloriakt said:

Great idea!
Count me in for $25

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24659541@N02/2349190530/

# 20 March 2008 at 11:39 pm

Kristen Forbriger said:

Picked Louisville, and I’m in for $25.

http://kforbriger.tumblr.com/post/29439372

Odd coincidence, I had posted Barack Obama’s bracket on my tumblelog earlier (now just below mine). I guess we can’t really get him to enter, although he is on Twitter