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Tuesday, Mar. 9
Welcome to the 2010 version of the Market Madness Contest. The contest site is up and running, and ready to accept your registration. And while you obviously can't enter your 2010 selections until after the brackets are announced, the site tools are still loaded with last year's brackets for you to dabble with, if you wish. You can even enter a set of picks of last year's units, and then immediately see what the score would have been. Of course, all "preseason" picks will be erased once the 2010 brackets are announced and loaded.

The rules for 2010 are the same as last year.

Everyone is eligible to win one of the two top prizes (see the rules for a more complete explanation). But in order to win one of the seven "GuruPatron Prizes", you must be registered as a GuruPatron by March 18th. GuruPatrons provide most of the financial support for RotoGuru.com, and thus it seems only fair that those Gurupies should get preferential treatment when it comes to prizes. If you have not yet become a GuruPatron and would like more information, please click on the link at the very top of this page.

Prior to making your selections, you may wish to try out the scoring simulator. This tool allows you to simulate the contest scoring for any possible set of outcomes. If you can fill out a standard tournament bracket, then the simulator will figure out what each unit score would be (ranked from best to worst), which you may wish to use as a guide in completing your entry. (Prior to the announcement of this year's brackets, the simulator will be configured for the 2009 pairings. This still may be helpful to you as a scoring example.)

The Standings page still shows last year’s final results. I’ll leave that there until this year’s tournament starts. You may find it helpful to drill down into some of last year’s successful entries to see what worked.

If you notice any apparent glitches in links, format, or content, please report them. You may use the GuruMail link (in the left menu panel) for this.

Thanks for your support!