2007 Tournament Challenge

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The best NCAA pool on the planet, according to a poll conducted by chippens.com, is back for its seventh installment. In six years, we've crowned six different Champions. This year, Angie Penney from Kalamazoo, Michigan will be back to defend her crown and try to be our first 2x Champ. Critics have said that winning the Chippens NCAA Tournament Challenge is the toughest achievement in spectator sports. Are you up for the Challenge?

In only six years, the Chippens NCAA Tournament Challenge has already developed a rich history and earned a glowing reputation. It has grown from a small pool of only fourteen players in 2001 to 78 in 2005 and 58 in 2006 and has featured competitors from numerous states all over the U.S.A as well as from four continents. The Challenge, as it is known in Vegas, has launched the careers of famous spectator-athletes Jake Willis and PJ Schroeder, both former Champions. The legendary Bill "Great Sage" Snider, the Doyle Bronson of NCAA pools, is also an annual competitor. Fill out a bracket and get your name listed among these greats!

To enter your picks, follow this easy two-step process:

1. Click here to go directly to the Challenge homepage, or "NCAA Tournament Challenge" on the right margin of this web page and follow the link to the Challenge homepage

2. Click "enter your picks" on the Challenge homepage.

After you fill out your bracket and submit your picks, you will receive a confirmation email. After the entry deadline has passed, the website will be updated with a full report package and will continue to be updated by our staff throughout the tournament.

Good luck!

2007 Tournament Challenge

The field is now set for the 2007 Chippens NCAA Tournament Challenge

CLICK HERE VIEW THE PLAYER LIST, PLAYER PICKS, CURRENT AND PROJECTED STANDINGS, AND MUCH MORE!

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Some bracket facts to ponder while you're making your picks:

Your best chance to knock off top seeds comes in the Final Four, where they are 19-17. They are 214-26 in the first three rounds. You have a 1 in 5.7 billion chance of correctly predicting every game in the NCAA Tournament. 69 percent of No. 1 seeds make the Elite 8, but only once has the Final Four had three No. 1 teams 11 times two No. 1 seeds have reached the Final Four Never have all four No. 1 seeds advanced to college hoops' Mecca. No. 2 seeds are 80-4 in Round 1, but 55-29 in Round 2 Of the 20 No. 2 seeds in the tournament since 2002, nine have been upset by a No. 7 or 10 seed in Round 2.

(From Yahoo! Sports)

Chippens NCAA Tournament Challenge

The 2006 Challenge

Go to the tournament homepages to view current standings and many more reports on the contest.

Division one tournament homepage

Division three tournament homepage


Want to reminisce? Click here for 2005 tournament results.