2011 NCAA Picks Game & Final Rankings

Final d3wrestle.com Rankings and Picks Game Point Sheet

Note: Somehow, Josh Malave of Mount Union did not make it onto the point sheet at 141. He is a Contender and worth 100 points. If anyone wants to change his or her entry to include him, feel free to enter again under the same name and make a note of the change.

Here is the picks game for the 2011 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.  Again this year, first prize is a d3wrestle.com t-shirt (Light or Value).  In order to win the prize, the email address you enter with your picks must be real, as that is how you will be contacted should you win.

Rules:

1.  You get 5000 points and one entry per person.  Each wrestler is worth a certain number of points based on his ranking as shown in the document above.  You cannot go over 5000 when making your team but under is fine.  If you don’t spend points, you lose them.  You cannot add them back into your total score.

2.  You do not have to pick a wrestler from every weight if you do not want to.  You may may only choose a maximum of one wrestler per weight.

3.  You score points only when your wrestler places in the National tournament.  The point value you score corresponds with the price of each ranking.  ie.  #1 ranked wrestler costs 1000 pts.  1st place earns 1000 pts.; #2 rank costs 900 pts, 2nd place earns 900 points, all the way down to 8th place and 300 points.

4.  Team with the most points wins.

5. Tiebreaking criteria:
a. Most total NCAA champions on your team
b. Most total All-Americans
c. Team with most wrestlers to win at least one match
d. Tiebreaker to be determined later (if necessary)

Enter your team in the comments section of this post by 12pm Eastern on March 10th, 2011.  This is just to track your entries.  When you enter your team, please list all wrestlers in the following format: name, school, weight, points (e.g., Glotfelty, McDaniel, 285, 700) and then total your points.  It is your responsibility to compute your own score and leave that score in the comment section of a future post after the NCAA tournament.  If you would like to discuss the game, please do so in the forum, as I will ruthlessly delete all comments on this post not comprised solely of team entries. Please enter only once.

At the conclusion of the NCAA tournament, d3wrestle.com will examine the highest scoring entry to be sure that the score is in fact correct and the team used matches the initial entry.  Then, the winner will be contacted at the email address given in order to set up delivery of the prize.

Prior Winning Scores:
2010 – 7600 points (2 winners with this score)
2009 – 6400 points
2008 – 7000 points