T LamontSeed Difference Bonus – Seed difference bonuses give bonus points for picking lower-seeded teams correctly. If you correctly select a lower-seeded team, you will earn a bonus of the difference between the seeds times the bonus multiplier for the round.
Our bonus multiplier will be 4 for every round.
For example, if you correctly picked a 10th seeded team over a 6th seed, you would earn (10 - 6) * 4 = 16 bonus points.
| Round | Correct Pick | Seed Difference Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| First Round | 1 point | 4 |
| Second Round | 2 points | 4 |
| Third Round | 4 points | 4 |
| Fourth Round | 8 points | 4 |
| Semis | 16 points | 4 |
| Championship | 32 points | 4 |
| Maximum Possible | 192 points | -- |
This group uses a custom scoring system, as described above. For comparison, the default Yahoo! scoring, used for the Overall Leaderboard, is 1-2-4-8-16-32.
This group also uses a Seed Differential bonus. For any correct picks where the underdog wins, you will receive bonus points equal to the winning team's seed minus the losing team's seed, multiplied by the seed bonus values above.