Thursday, March 17, 2016

After 2 games - Hated Duke is still alive edition



Results!!!

UNC Wilmington put up a pretty good effort against Duke, but in the end Duke wound up advancing.  I still hate Grayson Allen.  His game reminds me of James Harden in the NBA.  Shoot threes and draw fouls.  Nothing else.  I guess that's the direction that the game is moving, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.  It goes without saying that I will never like Duke.

In the other game, Butler pulled away at the end.  That means we have 133 people that still have a perfect bracket.  Much to my enjoyment, the Gutless brackets are no longer among them, as Butler was a 9 seed.  Bwahahaha!!!!  Somewhat surprisingly, we have 6 people that have yet to get on the board.  Don't fret folks, there's still about 99% of the pool to go.  We did manage to lose our first Elite 8 team as Presley J. managed to win this ignominious award picking Texas Tech to go that far.  Tough break.  Luckily its early.

For those that are new to this.  For the first weekend, I calculate the ranks based on the points won, with the tiebreaker being the points lost.  So, if you see your score as 1(-3).  That means you won one point, but you have lost a potential of three points (most likely a sweet 16 team).  I will provide a net points ranking later as more games finish.  It doesn't make much sense to do that right now.

Here are the rankings after 2 games:

1. Adam E.: 2 (0)
1. Adam S.: 2 (0)
1. Alex I.: 2 (0)
1. Ally H.: 2 (0)
1. Alyssa B.: 2 (0)
1. Angie Bow.: 2 (0)
1. April K.: 2 (0)
1. Arianna S.: 2 (0)
1. Becky H.: 2 (0)
1. Bella S.: 2 (0)
1. Ben J. #1: 2 (0)
1. Ben J. #3: 2 (0)
1. Brad R. #1: 2 (0)
1. Brad R. #2: 2 (0)
1. Brandon H.: 2 (0)
1. Brent E. #1: 2 (0)
1. Brent E. #2: 2 (0)
1. Brent E. #3: 2 (0)
1. Brent S. #1: 2 (0)
1. Brent S. #2: 2 (0)
1. Brett K. #2: 2 (0)
1. Brett W.: 2 (0)
1. Brian K.: 2 (0)
1. Brian S.: 2 (0)
1. Carin C.: 2 (0)
1. Carl B.: 2 (0)
1. Chad L. #1: 2 (0)
1. Chad L. #3: 2 (0)
1. Chris L. #1: 2 (0)
1. Chris L. #2: 2 (0)
1. Chris M. #4: 2 (0)
1. Chris M. #5: 2 (0)
1. Chris T.: 2 (0)
1. Chun W. #1: 2 (0)
1. Chun W. #2: 2 (0)
1. Chun W. #3: 2 (0)
1. Chun W. #4: 2 (0)
1. Craig G.: 2 (0)
1. Daisy N. #1: 2 (0)
1. Daisy N. #2: 2 (0)
1. Daisy N. #3: 2 (0)
1. Daisy N. #4: 2 (0)
1. Daisy N. #5: 2 (0)
1. Daisy N. #6: 2 (0)
1. Damien R. #3: 2 (0)
1. Dan Du. #1: 2 (0)
1. Dan Du. #2: 2 (0)
1. Dan Dz: 2 (0)
1. Dan S.: 2 (0)
1. Danny H.: 2 (0)
1. Elizabeth N.: 2 (0)
1. Eric R. #1: 2 (0)
1. Eric R. #2: 2 (0)
1. Gary W.: 2 (0)
1. Gigi I.: 2 (0)
1. Harrell R. #1: 2 (0)
1. Harrell R. #2: 2 (0)
1. Harrell R. #3: 2 (0)
1. Harrell R. #4: 2 (0)
1. Howard S. #1: 2 (0)
1. Howard S. #2: 2 (0)
1. Hutch H. #1: 2 (0)
1. Hutch H. #2: 2 (0)
1. Irene H. #2: 2 (0)
1. Irene H. #3: 2 (0)
1. Irene H. #5: 2 (0)
1. Jackson I.: 2 (0)
1. James R.: 2 (0)
1. Jason G. #1: 2 (0)
1. Jay H. #2: 2 (0)
1. Jay H. #3: 2 (0)
1. Jay K.: 2 (0)
1. Jeff S.: 2 (0)
1. Jenny E.: 2 (0)
1. Jim D. #1: 2 (0)
1. Jim D. #2: 2 (0)
1. Jim D. #3: 2 (0)
1. Jim D. #4: 2 (0)
1. Joe K. #3: 2 (0)
1. Joel B. #3: 2 (0)
1. Joel B. #4: 2 (0)
1. Joel B. #5: 2 (0)
1. John B.: 2 (0)
1. John E. #2: 2 (0)
1. John M. #1: 2 (0)
1. John M. #2: 2 (0)
1. Jonathan O.: 2 (0)
1. Julie S.: 2 (0)
1. Kazelli1: 2 (0)
1. Kazelli2: 2 (0)
1. Ken P.: 2 (0)
1. Kirt R.: 2 (0)
1. Klei R. #1: 2 (0)
1. Kye G. #2: 2 (0)
1. Larry G. #1: 2 (0)
1. Larry G. #3: 2 (0)
1. Leslie S.: 2 (0)
1. Lisa M.: 2 (0)
1. Luis B. #1: 2 (0)
1. Luis B. #2: 2 (0)
1. Marissa O.: 2 (0)
1. Mason A. #2: 2 (0)
1. Matt N.: 2 (0)
1. Michelle D.: 2 (0)
1. Michelle L. #2: 2 (0)
1. Michelle L. #3: 2 (0)
1. Michelle L. #4: 2 (0)
1. Michelle R.: 2 (0)
1. Mike C. #1: 2 (0)
1. Mike C. #2: 2 (0)
1. Mindi W.: 2 (0)
1. Missy W. #1: 2 (0)
1. Missy W. #2: 2 (0)
1. Paul W.: 2 (0)
1. Pete J. #2: 2 (0)
1. Pete J. #4: 2 (0)
1. Plsczor Team: 2 (0)
1. Ray W. #3: 2 (0)
1. Ray W. #5: 2 (0)
1. Ray W. #7: 2 (0)
1. Ray W. #8: 2 (0)
1. Roth W.: 2 (0)
1. Ryan W.: 2 (0)
1. Scott H. #1: 2 (0)
1. Stefan K.: 2 (0)
1. Stephanie P. #1: 2 (0)
1. Szecho L. #1: 2 (0)
1. Taran B.: 2 (0)
1. Tim N.: 2 (0)
1. Todd K. #2: 2 (0)
1. Tomas L. #2: 2 (0)
1. William G. #1: 2 (0)
1. William G. #2: 2 (0)
134. Angie B.: 1 (-1)
134. Ava S.: 1 (-1)
134. Ben J. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Ben J. #4: 1 (-1)
134. Bosun S.: 1 (-1)
134. Brent E. #4: 1 (-1)
134. Chad L. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Chad L. #4: 1 (-1)
134. Chris M. #3: 1 (-1)
134. Chrissy I.: 1 (-1)
134. Damien R. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Dennis R.: 1 (-1)
134. Dustin B.: 1 (-1)
134. Dylan B.: 1 (-1)
134. Gutless Kye: 1 (-1)
134. Gutless Missy: 1 (-1)
134. Gutless Ray: 1 (-1)
134. Hutch H. #3: 1 (-1)
134. Irene H. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Irene H. #4: 1 (-1)
134. Jason G. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Jim K.: 1 (-1)
134. Jim W.: 1 (-1)
134. Joe D. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Joe D. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Joe K. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Joel B. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Joel B. #2: 1 (-1)
134. John E. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Jonathan V.: 1 (-1)
134. Josh C.: 1 (-1)
134. Karen C.: 1 (-1)
134. Kazelli3: 1 (-1)
134. Klei R. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Kristina H.: 1 (-1)
134. Larry G. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Marc R.: 1 (-1)
134. Mason A. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Michelle L. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Mike S. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Mike S. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Mike W.: 1 (-1)
134. Pete J. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Pete J. #3: 1 (-1)
134. Ray W. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Ray W. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Ray W. #6: 1 (-1)
134. Ray W. #9: 1 (-1)
134. Rob I. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Rob I. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Ron B.: 1 (-1)
134. Scott H. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Scott K. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Scott K. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Stephanie P. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Steve H.: 1 (-1)
134. Taima B. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Taima B. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Todd K. #3: 1 (-1)
134. Tomas L. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Virginia L. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Virginia L. #2: 1 (-1)
134. Wayne D. #1: 1 (-1)
134. Wayne D. #3: 1 (-1)
198. Brett K. #1: 1 (-3)
198. Chris M. #2: 1 (-3)
198. Damien R. #2: 1 (-3)
205. Jay H. #1: 0 (-2)
205. Jeff D.: 0 (-2)
198. Jeremy C.: 1 (-3)
198. Joe K. #2: 1 (-3)
198. Stan C.: 1 (-3)
207. Chris M. #1: 0 (-4)
207. Szecho L. #2: 0 (-4)
207. Todd K. #1: 0 (-4)
207. Wayne D. #2: 0 (-4)
204. Presley J.: 1 (-7)

There are 2 games currently going on, and another 2 will start pretty soon.  Here's the particulars of the next 2 games:

Baylor / Yale:

Baylor: 158
Yale: 52

I think this was a popular 5/12 game.  As a lot of you know, 5's lose to 12's virtually every year.  This seems like as good a chance as any.  Actually, it is the 12 seed picked most often.  Baylor hasn't done much to inspire confidence over the years, so I guess it should be no surprise.  Here are the picks for the other 12 seeds:  SDSU (30 picks), Chattanooga (21 picks), UALR (37 picks).

The other game is Virginia / Hampton.

Here is the distribution:

Virginia: 208
Hampton: 2 (Jeremy C., Elizabeth N.)

As most of you know, no 16 seed has ever beaten a  1 seed.  This might be a chance though.  Virginia seems to be not so strong of a 1 seed, and if memory serves, Hampton once won a game as a #15 seed.  That would be quite an accomplishment.   We'll see.  I bet it becomes a good time for a nap.  I hope not, but I fear it might be.

Good luck to everyone!!!!!

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