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Thanks to dowian2, yellowdogjack and amazzony for working to rescue the college hoops season...much appreciated all.
My original note:
Hi everyone...sorry about this, but I'm going to have to pull the plug on this tournament. It's something I said I'd never do, but life has simply become too busy right now, and my family needs me focused on changing jobs and moving cross country. I just don't have the time to run a tournament of this size, much less run it in an enjoyable fashion. My passion for this tournament convinced me to give it a go a month ago, but two days into the action and it's obvious I don't have the time available to pull it off. I figure it's better to make that call now one game in, rather than waiting until everyone is more committed to the season.
My apologies go out to those who have played in past seasons, I know many of you look forward to this one as much as I do. I hope you trust that my future tournaments won't meet such an end...if we get settled in the next couple months I may consider restarting this league in the spring-summer. I do plan to be back next fall to put together a 2010-11 season. I'll pm returning players when I'm able to put that together.
I do plan on finishing out my current tournaments, then will take a break from the CC World until we can get settled (hopefully in the Midwest/Great Lakes somewhere).
Making this choice has me feeling
and 
Wish me well, as my family gets ready for a whole new adventure
flex
Reserve list:
1) igozd
2) xcboy
Welcome to the favorite tournament that I host…college hoops 2009-10…this is our third season and we have quite a few returning players, but also plenty of teams available for newcomers.
Format: 1 vs. 1 play
Open sign-ups: This tournament is open to all players, although I ask freebies to keep up with our two game per week schedule.
Regular season: 28-30 games, following the real NCAA season as closely as possible (but not entirely). Games are single-map showdowns on one player’s home court.
Champion: At the end of the regular season the tournament committee will select the 64-team field for the March Madness championship tournament. Automatic bids are awarded to winners of each conference tournament, so you can go 3-25 in the regular season and still have a shot at the title.
The tournament will be under the three-map scoring formula similar to what we used last year…just a way to get realistic scores and forces an underdog to win two-of-three to pull off a major upset. (That formula will be posted before the season starts)
Each section of the bracket will have its own neutral court. Map #1 and 3 will be played on that neutral map (flat, chained, no fog), while Map #2 will be played on the higher seed’s settings.
We also hold a consolation NIT tournament with the next-best 32 teams…this is just for fun.
SIGN-UPS
I have 15 leagues lists (6 power, 5 mid-majors and 4 small conferences) for a total of 171 schools. If we fill all the slots…fantastic…if not, I’ll adjust some of the smaller leagues to make things fit.
Sign-ups will stay open through Tuesday, Nov. 10…after that you can join our reserve list (in a tourney of this size, you will probably get called in at some point).
Most teams are available to anyone, but you’ll notice a column down the left side that has red boxes…the diamonds require new coaches ranked Captain or above, while the circles require a rank of Sarge or above.
HOME COURT SETTINGS
I require that we play sequential turns and auto deploy/start, but the rest is up to you…map, spoils, forts and fog?. If you’ve already signed up, but don’t see settings listed please get them to me during our two-week sign-up period.
Thanks and let’s have fun with it….flex
POST #2 IS OUR OFFICIAL TEAM LIST...if you can't see the image you may need to tweak some of your settings...can anyone post the fix to this problem. I've heard a few people can't see them. It is critical to be able to see those images because that is what I use to post standings, brackets, updates, etc. I've heard that some browsers seem to mess it up....I've heard some switch to FireFox and then they can view the images.
