Next Up: Don Haskins Basketball Invitational

On Friday, 12/20, the Don Haskins Basketball Invitational will tip off in El Paso, Texas. This is a 4-team tournament featuring Akron, Jackson State, Yale, and UTEP that will be played over two days. Yale and UTEP are the only teams that matter for our pool. 🏀 

A Yale win will knock out Novak from finishing top 3, and allows Jenn, Sohler, and Tim to fight out those top 3 spots. However, a UTEP win will put Novak in a tie for 3rd place with Tim, and on the heels of Sohler and Jenn. With so many unique picks for the last remaining tournament, we could have a fun battle for first place in the pool. 🥇

Here is the link to the current standings as we prepare for this epic Don Haskins Basketball Invitational on Friday. I'll post the next few updates on the blog before sending out the final standings and payouts next week. For everyone else not in the top 4, you will still want to pay close attention to the last tournament taking place over Christmas, the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, as we are all eligible for payouts. The details are below:

• Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Winner (Christmas Bonus 🎅) - The person who correctly picks the winner of this Christmas Day championship game will win $150.

• Closest Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic championship game final score total (More Christmas Bonus 🎅)  - The person with the closest championship game score wins $50. Even if you're in last place, with no other wins, you will have the opportunity to recoup your $50 on this final early season tournament championship game.

We have pool related action on 6 of the 8 teams playing in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, which almost ensures a nice payout for a few people unless we see a substantial upset. Even the bottom feeders like B.I., Balls Boy, and Iannuzzi have a shot at up to $200 on Christmas Day! I will post a future blog entry wrapping up the Don Haskins Basketball Invitational and previewing the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. 🌴

Good luck to everyone as we're at the home stretch of the early season tournaments wrapping up. ☘