Ditch that same “salary cap” tournament challenge you’ve been playing the last decade. Or just play this one as well. It’s free to enter.
The Rules:
There are a total of 60 pre-determined “teams.” Each team is made up of 10 wrestlers - 1 from each weight class - with various seeding totals that add up to 155. (avg. seed of 15.5).
· 20 teams from the Penn State delegation (Seeds 1-5; 26-30)
· 20 teams from the Iowa delegation (Seeds 6-10; 21-25)
· 20 teams from the Oklahoma state delegation (Seeds 11-20)
Each wrestler (seeded 1-30) is made available for exactly two teams. For example, Spencer Lee is the 125-pound representative for both the “DT” and “Abe” teams
Team rosters are available in the individual sheets. Screenshot images were also posted to @lemonsandpie twitter.
After studying rosters, you will select ONE team from EACH delegation for a total of three selections. Each team is fronted by a current coach or legacy member.
Your Entry: 3 team selections = 1 entry
Valid Entry Examples:
a) Cael, Morningstar, Hendricks
b) Metcalf/Oliver/Molinaro
c) Rosholt-Prescott-Ironside
Invalid Entry Examples:
a) Ruth, Zain, Ramos
b) Thompson, Clark
c) McIntosh
Your overall product will consist of
· 30 wrestlers
o 1 wrestler of each seed 1 through 30 (sorry Joe Smith fans!)
o 3 wrestlers in each of 10 weight classes
How to win: The team with the most combined individual points (NCAA tournament scoring) will be crowned the winner
Tiebreak criteria
a) Least points via MFF or Injury Default
b) Least All-Americans
c) Least Champions
d) Follows @lemonsandpie (kidding)
How to Enter: If I can find your entry and it’s valid, Ill add it. Mention @lemonsandpie in reply. DM me. Use #LPBracketChallenge (I will actually look). Might be a thread on the BWI as well. I will add you in the doc ASAP.
Entry Deadline: Wednesday, March 20th, 11PM ET
Minimum-20 entries (Retweet!); Max- 200
Please have some class and refrain from using burner accounts to post multiple entries.
8,000 unique entries are possible, so duplicate entries should be rare. Of course, some teams will be more popular than others, but still relying on overall balance to prevent duplicate entries. In the case of a duplicate entry, it is first come, first served. The 2nd person will be contacted and asked to submit a different entry. Check the doc to see list of entries already taken. PSU teams will be listed alphabetically and filter from there. CTRL+F to help search/filter
Prizes:
1st place- $100; 2nd place- $50
The least popular entry (determined by total team selections) will be announced before the tournament and will receive auto $20 + 50% increase in prize potential
Prize options- Venmo, PayPal, Amazon Gift Card, Donation to favorite wrestling club/organization
Features:
Leaderboard + Ranking
The doc is already loaded. Point totals + number of wrestlers remaining will be updated throughout
“But I want to build my whole team!”
Don’t be such a baby. Study each roster, weigh the good and bad, make a freakin’ decision and live with the consequences! Diverse rosters make for a better product. Everyone picking Nolf as their 1 and Zahid as their 3 makes for a boring challenge.
“This seems too complicated”
It’s really not. Just keep returning to the document and check for updates. The link will be pinned on my twitter account (@lemonsandpie). Print out your team lists if you like. Don’t make me a failure. THIS WILL BE BETTER THAN “SALARY CAP” CHALLENGE.
SCRATCH CONTINGENCY PLAN
For the 2019 tournament, wrestlers can be scratched up to the point of weigh-ins. In this scenario, seeds between the scratched wrestler and seed 28 would all move up a seed. Re-seeding would have a tremendous impact on this contest. It would not be fair to change all the seeds/teams. Here is the contingency plan in place.
In the case of a scratch (before weigh-ins), the scratched wrestler would be replaced by the seed above him.
This means that a wrestler (scratched wrestler + 1) would represent 4 of 20 teams instead of the normal 2 of 20
Entries with a scratched wrestler would have opportunity to keep the modified entry or select a new one
Scratch exception: Teams with a wrestler who misses weight will be scored a 0 for the tournament
Hypothetical Example
Zeke Moisey- 19 seed- SCRATCHED
Though seeds 20-28 would all move up in seed, the teams with those wrestlers would remain unaffected
Replacing Zeke Moisey on teams “Scott” and “Thompson” would be the newest no. 19 seed (former no 20)—Alex Mackall. Mackall would remain the representative for “Sheets” and “Rosholt” as well.
Entries with “Scott” or “Thompson” as their OSU representative would be offered an opportunity to re-submit an entry. Or they could accept their modified roster.
PRAY FOR NO SCRATCHES
AN ENTRY TO THIS CONTEST IS AN AGREEMENT OF THESE TERMS
