I'll keep things pretty simple this season. Follow the simple rules below and we should be good to go.

1. There will be 11 weeks. Each week, games will be posted in here. There will be a total of 14-18 games per week worth a total of 15-20 points. Weeks where there are 14 games, 1 game will be a ***key game*** and worth 2 points. In a few selected weeks, there will be 18 games and 2 ***key games*** for a weekly total of 20 points.

2. All picks are due before the tip-off of each game. This means if you miss a game or 2, you get a loss for that week. Any game unpicked or after the tip-off will count against you. To avoid this, either pick all games before the first game of the week or don't participate in the week at all.

3. No penalties will be accrued for not participating in a week, but the overall winner will be required to participate in 8 of the 11 weeks.

To make a submission for that week, please copy and past my set of games and remove the "loser" from the set. This makes it very easy to score and grade. This is pretty self-explanatory and we've been doing this for 8 years. I'm sure those who participate will have done it before, so there won't need to be any hand-holding.

WEEK 1 GAMES (12/31/12 to 1/6/13)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Michigan State at Minnesota
Indiana at Iowa
Gonzaga at Oklahoma State
Creighton at Illinois State
Michigan at Northwestern
Colorado at Arizona
California at UCLA
***Ohio State at Illinois
Oklahoma State at Kansas State
Georgetown at Marquette
Lehigh at Virginia Commonwealth
Temple at Kansas
Oregon at Oregon State

We're very heavy on the B1G, Pac 12 and Big East for this week, until all of the other conferences start league play.

Thanks, Azu, here you go:

Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Indiana
Gonzaga
Creighton
Michigan
Arizona
California
***Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon State

$10 gift card to the winner from yours truly.

Been waiting for you to start this!

Pittsburgh
Michigan State
Indiana
Gonzaga
Creighton
Michigan
Arizona
UCLA
***Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon

Cincinnati
Minnesota
Indiana
Gonzaga
Creighton
Michigan
Colorado
UCLA
***Illinois
Oklahoma State
Marquette
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon

wildcats20;1352405 wrote:$10 gift card to the winner from yours truly.

Nice, this sweetens the pot a bit haha.

Pittsburgh
Michigan State
Indiana
Oklahoma State
Creighton
Michigan
Arizona
UCLA
***Ohio State
Kansas State
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon State

Cincinnati
Michigan State
Indiana
Gonzaga
Creighton
Michigan
Arizona
UCLA
***llinois
Kansas State
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon

wildcats20;1352405 wrote:$10 gift card to the winner from yours truly.

Nice!

vball10set;1352906 wrote:Nice!

Might as well sweeten the pot lol

Cincinnati
Minnesota
Indiana
Oklahoma State
Creighton
Michigan
Arizona
UCLA
***Illinois
Kansas State
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon State

WEEK 1 GAMES (12/31/12 to 1/6/13)
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Indiana
Oklahoma State
Illinois State
Michigan
Arizona
UCLA
***Illinois
Kansas state
Marquette
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon

Cincinnati
Michigan State
Indiana
Oklahoma State
Creighton
Michigan
Arizona
UCLA
***Ohio State
Kansas State
Marquette
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon State

Shit, missed the early tip!

Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Indiana
Gonzaga
Creighton
Michigan
Arizona
UCLA
***Ohio State
Kansas State
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Kansas
Oregon