I had run across a web site devoted to changing the point structures
for March Madness pools. Usually there is one point awarded for first
round, two for getting the winner of the second round right and
doubling up to 32 points for the championship game. However, this site
suggested many improvements including awarding more points for bigger
upsets. Why should someone get the same amount of points for choosing
a #1 seed to defeat a #16 seed as for choosing a #13 seed to defeat a
#4 seed? It included a compilation of data that actually showed the
likelihood of a certain # seed defeating another # seed. I believe
that they called themselves the committee or coalition (or something
like that) to reform bracket contests. Sorry, I don't remember it
exactly but they were trying to inject mathematic probability into the
risk/reward structure of NCAA Men's Basketball tournament pools.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 05 Apr 2006 01:12 PDT

Is there anything else you can remember about the site? Any text maybe
or part of the name of the website? Any additional information you can
provide, no matter how small, may help in this search. Thanks.

Rainbow~

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 05 Apr 2006 03:25 PDT

Could one of these be what you are looking for?

http://www.lionhrtpub.com/orms/orms-2-01/hoops.html

http://www.som.yale.edu/faculty/ehk1/Mgt_Sci_madpool.pdf

Waiting to hear your views.

Best regards,
Rainbow