This is a separate contest from the Playoff Bracket Challenge.
The scoring will be similar to the recent March Madness Competition. Picking winners will be worth more points as we progress into later rounds and picking lower seeds will be worth more. The new wrinkle will be picking a high performing player from each round, as well.
We'll start in the Play-In Tournament, which begins on Tuesday and has two rounds. We'll know later today what the first play-in matches are.
Point Schedule
Play-In 1st Round
- 1 Point for picking a winner
- Points equal to seed if your team wins
- 1 Point for picking the highest scoring player of the round
Play-In 2nd Round
- 1 Point for picking a winner
- Points equal to seed if your team wins
- 1 Point for picking the highest scoring player of the round
Playoffs Round 1
- 1 Point for picking a winner
- Points equal to seed if your team wins
- 1 Point for picking the highest scoring player of the round
Playoffs Round 2
- 2 Points for picking a winner
- Points equal to seed if your team wins
- 2 Points for picking the highest scoring player of the round
Playoffs Conference Finals
- 4 Points for picking a winner
- Points equal to seed if your team wins
- 4 Points for picking one of the Conference Finals MVPs
Playoffs Conference Finals
- 8 Points for picking a winner
- Points equal to seed if your team wins
- 8 Points for picking the Finals MVPs
This is not a survivor pool. You can pick the same team as many times as you like. You can join at any time during the competition. The only deadlines are making your picks before the teams and players you pick begin their round.
For clarification, and those not familiar with this tournament, the seeding may change after the Play-In Tournament: for instance, the Hawks begin as the 8th seed, but they will become the 7th seed if they beat the Magic in their first play-in game.
Prize
10k sats or the sum of all zaps (whichever is larger)