2025 Basketball Bracket Challenge
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PRIZE MONEY PROJECTIONS
These are unofficial. You cannot sue me if I make a mistake here. Worse, they are based on my math skills. But this is
how I project the results for each of the possible scenarios remaining.
| CHAMPION |
Scenario 1 |
Scenario 2 |
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Beats Duke
T1. Eric Ruter, 333***
T1. Jonathan Kim, 333***
T1. Mark Douyere, 333***
T1. Scott McPhail, 333***
5. Paul Acquaviva, 330
***Tie cannot be broken. Even split is $89
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Beats Houston
1. Neal Schmidt 2, 333
2. Jennifer Carlton, 321
T3. Eric Ruter, 317***
T3. Jonathan Kim, 317***
T3. Mark Douyere, 317***
T3. Scott McPhail, 317***
***Tie cannot be broken. Even split is $28
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Beats Duke
1. Paul Acquaviva, 372
2. Jennifer Carlton, 347
3. Scott Newberry 2, 317
4. Jennifer Harrell, 313
5. Susan Murch, 309
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Beats Houston
1. Jennifer Carlton, 363
2. Paul Acquaviva, 356
3. Scott Newberry 2, 333
4. Ethan Eckerle, 315
5. Doug Dearing, 304
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Beats Auburn
1. Paul Acquaviva, 330
T2. Amy Melonoe 2, 317***
T2. Jamie Lafford, 317***
4.Todd Mason, 313
5. Percy Brown, 310
***Tie cannot be broken. Even split is $65.50
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Beats Florida
1. Paul Acquiviva, 346
T2. Amy Melone 2, 333***
T2. Jamie Lafford, 333***
4. Todd Mason, 329
5. Jennifer Carlton, 321
***Tie cannot be broken. Even split is $65.50
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Beats Auburn
1. Jennifer Carlton, 321
2. Paul Acquaviva, 314
3. SJ Anneken, 312
4. Neal Schmidt 2, 307
5. Chris Kline 3, 303
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Beats Florida
1. Jennifer Carlton, 337
2. Paul Acquaviva, 330
3. Scott Newberry 2, 307
4. Mike King, 297
5. SJ Anneken, 296
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*** See the Scoring page for tie break rules.
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2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
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and the sort of tournament analysis you simply will not find anywhere else.
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PRIZE MONEY
2025 Prize Money results are listed below. The number of prize paying positions and the percentages will vary based on number of entries.
Basic rule of thumb I follow is about 10% of the pool ends up in the prize money (until we get to 100 entrants, I'll probably keep it to top 5)
and the champion earns about half. As the pool gets larger, I'll have to see if that still works.
We have 75 entires this year. That is a total prize fund of $375. The prize breakdown is listed below.
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| Place |
Percent |
Amount |
Winner |
| 1st |
~50% |
$188.00 |
Jennifer Carlton |
| 2nd |
~20% |
$75.00 |
Paul Acquaviva |
| 3rd |
~15% |
$56.00 |
Scott Newberry |
| 4th |
~10% |
$37.00 |
Ethan Eckerle |
| 5th |
~5% |
$19.00 |
Doug Dearing |
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Prize amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar. I'm not dealing with coins anymore than I have to.
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LEADERS BY CHAMPION
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Below are the standings of the top sheet for each team picked as National Champion.
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Player |
Score |
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Jennifer Carlton |
363 X |
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Jamie Lafford |
291 X |
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Neal Schmidt
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291 X |
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William Robins |
274 X |
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Mike King |
271 X |
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Katie Schwegman |
247 X |
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Amanda Woolums |
237 X |
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Lisa Kim |
228 X |
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Susan Murch 2 |
220 X |
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David Stubenrauch |
204 X |
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Tim Currey |
181 X |
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Jessica Tooley |
178 X |
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Krystal Parker |
152 X |
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x = cannot score anymore points
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Indicates team is eliminated
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