Thursday, March 19, 2015

1st round - 12 games down



We are finally into the last 4 games of the first day, and we finally had some sanity restored to the picks.  All 4 higher seeds won, although some of the games were pretty close.  None of the underdogs could manage to get over the hump.  Exciting, but chalky.  56 people managed to go 4/4, so that's some much needed points to our little group.

Here's the updated standings:

1. Marissa W. #1: 10 (-2)
2. Irene H. #2: 10 (-6)
2. Kirt R. #1: 10 (-6)
4. Peter J. #6: 10 (-10)
5. Ron B.: 10 (-14)
6. Amber W.: 10 (-18)
7. Dylan B.: 10 (-30)
8. Brandon H.: 9 (-3)
9. John M. #1: 9 (-5)
9. Michelle R. #1: 9 (-5)
9. Scottt #2: 9 (-5)
9. Scottt #1: 9 (-5)
9. Kirt R. #2: 9 (-5)
14. Brent E. #4: 9 (-7)
14. Steve K. #1: 9 (-7)
14. Szecho L.: 9 (-7)
14. Gigi Q.: 9 (-7)
14. Jonathan M. #2: 9 (-7)
14. Todd K. #2: 9 (-7)
14. Chris La. #4: 9 (-7)
21. Bhav R. #1: 9 (-9)
21. Jessica B.: 9 (-9)
21. Ben S. #1: 9 (-9)
21. Steve H. #1: 9 (-9)
21. Bret K. #1: 9 (-9)
26. John B.: 9 (-11)
26. Daisy N. #1: 9 (-11)
26. Jay K.: 9 (-11)
29. William G. #4: 9 (-17)
30. Peter J. #1: 9 (-23)
31. Paul W.: 9 (-35)
31. Mindi W.: 9 (-35)
31. Peter J. #2: 9 (-35)
34. Bhav R. #2: 8 (-4)
35. Marissa W. #3: 8 (-6)
35. Jim K.: 8 (-6)
35. Larry G. #4: 8 (-6)
38. Todd K. #4: 8 (-8)
38. Scott H. #2: 8 (-8)
38. Chun W. #3: 8 (-8)
38. Ken P.: 8 (-8)
38. Brandon B.: 8 (-8)
38. Kye G. #1: 8 (-8)
38. Steve H. #2: 8 (-8)
38. Todd K. #3: 8 (-8)
38. Ally H.: 8 (-8)
38. Angie B.: 8 (-8)
38. Brent E. #2: 8 (-8)
38. Daisy N. #4: 8 (-8)
38. James G. #1: 8 (-8)
38. Michelle L. #2: 8 (-8)
38. Larry G. #2: 8 (-8)
38. Eric V. #3: 8 (-8)
54. Jeff W.: 8 (-10)
54. Kansas C.: 8 (-10)
54. Dan S.: 8 (-10)
54. Kolton D.: 8 (-10)
58. Mike W.: 8 (-12)
58. Scott H. #1: 8 (-12)
58. Damian M. #2: 8 (-12)
58. Hutch H. #2: 8 (-12)
58. Jonathan O.: 8 (-12)
58. Chad L. #2: 8 (-12)
64. Alyssa B.: 8 (-16)
65. James R.: 8 (-20)
65. Sue L.: 8 (-20)
65. Daisy N. #2: 8 (-20)
65. Dan D. #2: 8 (-20)
65. Missy W. #1: 8 (-20)
70. Shane B.: 8 (-36)
70. Chun W. #2: 8 (-36)
70. Ben J. #4: 8 (-36)
70. Bret K. #2: 8 (-36)
70. John E.: 8 (-36)
75. Tim N.: 8 (-38)
76. Jay H. #2: 8 (-56)
77. Michelle R. #2: 8 (-96)
78. Becky H.: 7 (-7)
78. Marissa W. #2: 7 (-7)
78. Kai Q.: 7 (-7)
78. Missy W. #2: 7 (-7)
78. Dan D. #1: 7 (-7)
83. James G. #2: 7 (-9)
83. Jack Q. #1: 7 (-9)
83. William G. #2: 7 (-9)
83. Christy K. #1: 7 (-9)
83. Dennis R. #2: 7 (-9)
83. Veronica A.: 7 (-9)
83. Brent E. #3: 7 (-9)
83. Eric V. #1: 7 (-9)
83. Bret K. #3: 7 (-9)
83. Jack Q. #3: 7 (-9)
83. Joe R.: 7 (-9)
83. Brent S. #3: 7 (-9)
83. Larry G. #1: 7 (-9)
83. Ben S. #2: 7 (-9)
83. Brent S. #2: 7 (-9)
83. Daisy N. #5: 7 (-9)
83. Mike S. #1: 7 (-9)
83. Jim W.: 7 (-9)
83. Joseph H.: 7 (-9)
83. Mark N. #1: 7 (-9)
83. Todd K. #1: 7 (-9)
104. Jim D. #2: 7 (-11)
104. Alex Q.: 7 (-11)
104. Jack Q. #4: 7 (-11)
104. Howard S. #2: 7 (-11)
108. Irene H. #1: 7 (-13)
108. Ben J. #3: 7 (-13)
108. Jenny E.: 7 (-13)
108. Harrell R. #2: 7 (-13)
108. Dennis R. #1: 7 (-13)
108. Steve K. #2: 7 (-13)
108. Larry G. #3: 7 (-13)
108. Daryl J.: 7 (-13)
108. Roth W.: 7 (-13)
108. Ryan W.: 7 (-13)
108. Chris La. #3: 7 (-13)
108. James G. #3: 7 (-13)
108. Jim D. #1: 7 (-13)
108. Rich F. #1: 7 (-13)
108. Rich F. #2: 7 (-13)
108. Carl B.: 7 (-13)
108. Michelle L. #3: 7 (-13)
108. Justin L.: 7 (-13)
108. April K.: 7 (-13)
127. Joe K. #1: 7 (-15)
127. Eric V. #2: 7 (-15)
129. Matt N.: 7 (-17)
129. Virginia L. #1: 7 (-17)
131. Jason G.: 7 (-19)
132. Howard S. #1: 7 (-21)
132. Taima B. #1: 7 (-21)
132. Hutch H. #1: 7 (-21)
132. Ben J. #1: 7 (-21)
136. Michelle L. #1: 7 (-23)
136. Brian G. #2: 7 (-23)
136. Tomas L. #1: 7 (-23)
136. Tomas L. #2: 7 (-23)
136. William G. #1: 7 (-23)
141. Chun W. #1: 7 (-25)
142. Harrell R. #1: 7 (-37)
142. Mason A. #1: 7 (-37)
142. Brian G. #1: 7 (-37)
142. Mike S. #2: 7 (-37)
142. Julie S.: 7 (-37)
142. Mike G.: 7 (-37)
142. Jonathan M. #3: 7 (-37)
149. Irene H. #3: 7 (-69)
150. William G. #3: 6 (-8)
150. Ben J. #2: 6 (-8)
152. Damien R. #1: 6 (-10)
152. Jax Q.: 6 (-10)
152. Jonathan M. #1: 6 (-10)
152. Brent E. #1: 6 (-10)
152. Chun W. #4: 6 (-10)
152. Dave M.: 6 (-10)
152. Jay H. #3: 6 (-10)
159. Scott K. #2: 6 (-12)
159. Steve D.: 6 (-12)
159. Chris La. #2: 6 (-12)
159. Brad E.: 6 (-12)
159. Dustin B.: 6 (-12)
164. Damien R. #2: 6 (-14)
164. John M. #2: 6 (-14)
164. Damian M. #3: 6 (-14)
164. Peter J. #3: 6 (-14)
164. Chris L. #1: 6 (-14)
164. Chad L. #3: 6 (-14)
164. John M. #3: 6 (-14)
171. Andrew D. #1: 6 (-16)
171. Joe K. #2: 6 (-16)
171. Mason A. #2: 6 (-16)
171. Damian M. #1: 6 (-16)
171. Brett W.: 6 (-16)
171. Andrew D. #2: 6 (-16)
177. Bobby H.: 6 (-18)
177. Christy K. #2: 6 (-18)
179. Joe K. #3: 6 (-22)
179. Daisy N. #3: 6 (-22)
181. Jack Q. #2: 6 (-24)
182. Hutch H. #3: 6 (-26)
183. Gary W.: 6 (-38)
184. Klei R. #1: 6 (-40)
185. Virginia L. #2: 6 (-70)
186. Brent S. #1: 5 (-11)
186. Kye G. #2: 5 (-11)
188. Luis B. #1: 5 (-13)
188. Luis B. #2: 5 (-13)
188. Luis B. #3: 5 (-13)
188. Mark N. #2: 5 (-13)
188. Taima B #2: 5 (-13)
188. Peter J. #4: 5 (-13)
194. Chris Lu. #1: 5 (-15)
194. Adam E.: 5 (-15)
194. Peter J. #5: 5 (-15)
197. Ray R.: 5 (-17)
197. Seth D.: 5 (-17)
197. Brad R.: 5 (-17)
200. Marc R.: 5 (-23)
200. Chad L. #1: 5 (-23)
202. Jay H. #1: 5 (-73)
203. Chris Lu. #2: 4 (-16)
204. Michelle L. #4: 4 (-40)
205. Scott K. #1: 4 (-44)
206. Sally R.: 3 (-23)

But there are 4 more games being played to finish the day.

The first game is already at half time and LSU is pretty much dominating the game.  Here are the stats:

NC State: 113
LSU: 93
Vegas line: NC State -2.5
Ouch.  Barring a huge comeback, it looks like NC State is going down.  That makes things interesting since a know a few people had NC State going a long way, and very few had LSU winning many games.

The second game is Arkansas / Wofford.  The particulars are:
Arkansas: 163
Wofford: 43
Vegas Line: Arkansas -7.5
This was a mildly trendy pick.  Not as trendy as SF Austin, but trendy as any 5/12 game is.  Right now the game is tied at nearly half time.  Maybe this is the 12 that beats a 5.  There's always one, and we are down to 3 left that can do it.

The third game is Kentucky / Hampton.  Do I need to comment on this game?  I may not watch a second of this game.  Here are the particulars.  Nothing here will come as a surprise:
Kentucky: 206
Hampton: 0
Vegas Line: Kentucky -34
Zzzzzzz........

The last game is the big one for me.  As I mentioned earlier today, I am wearing my Eastern Washington T-shirt in hopes they can pull the upset of Georgetown.  Here are the stats:

Georgetown:  160
Eastern Washington: 46
Vegas Line: Georgetown -7.5
It's remarkable how the Vegas line and the pick distribution of the 2 games are so similar.  It's like there's some underlying force making those two things correlate, even though there was essentially no collaboration on all the picks.  I love that.  Then again, I have a degree in stats, so things like this would interest me.

Good luck to everyone.  I'll be back later tonight with a final wrap up of the day.

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