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calbearman76
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Posted: 02/07/18 7:09 pm ::: |
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For week 14 I have taken one game each from 20 different conferences to get a good cross-section of the country. There are only 2 more weeks (15 & 16) in the regular season, and the last week will be largely smaller conferences after the Sunday games. I was thinking about having some kind of a pick 'em contest for the Conference tournaments and would appreciate your thoughts as to interest and structure. I will put together some possibilities in the next week, but any other thoughts are appreciated.
Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan @ Michigan St.
St John's @ Georgetown
Northeastern @ William & Mary
Virginia @ Virginia Tech
Texas A&M @ LSU
Liberty @ Radford
Hartford @ New Hampshire
Central Michigan @ Buffalo
St Joseph's @ Davidson
Army @ Holy Cross
Boise St @ Nevada
Idaho @ Montana St
Oral Roberts @ Denver
Harvard @ Brown
Drake @ Northern Iowa
UCLA @ Oregon St
Milwaukee @ Cleveland St
Rice @ Middle Tennessee
Wichita St @ SMU
Oklahoma @ West Virginia
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calbearman76
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Posted: 02/09/18 10:20 pm ::: |
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Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan
Georgetown
William & Mary
Virginia Tech
LSU
Liberty
New Hampshire
Central Michigan
St Joseph's
Holy Cross
Nevada
Montana St
Denver
Harvard
Drake
UCLA
Cleveland St
Middle Tennessee
Wichita St
West Virginia
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dinkytown
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Posted: 02/09/18 11:16 pm ::: |
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Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan
St John's
William & Mary
Virginia Tech
Texas A&M
Liberty
New Hampshire
Central Michigan
St Joseph's
Army
Boise St
Idaho
Oral Roberts
Harvard
Drake
UCLA
Cleveland St
Middle Tennessee
Wichita St
Oklahoma
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Pureformofthegame
Joined: 07 Sep 2008 Posts: 667 Location: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: 02/10/18 12:11 pm ::: |
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Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan
St John's
Northeastern
Virginia
Texas A&M
Liberty
Hartford
Central Michigan
St Joseph's
Holy Cross
Boise St
Montana St
Oral Roberts
Harvard
Northern Iowa
Oregon St
Milwaukee
Middle Tennessee
SMU
West Virginia
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summertime blues
Joined: 16 Apr 2013 Posts: 7860 Location: Shenandoah Valley
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Posted: 02/10/18 12:28 pm ::: |
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Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan @ Michigan St.
St John's @ Georgetown
Northeastern @ William & Mary
Virginia @ Virginia Tech
Texas A&M @ LSU
Liberty @ Radford
Hartford @ New Hampshire
Central Michigan @ Buffalo
St Joseph's @ Davidson
Army @ Holy Cross
Boise St @ Nevada
Idaho @ Montana St
Oral Roberts @ Denver
Harvard @ Brown
Drake @ Northern Iowa
UCLA @ Oregon St
Milwaukee @ Cleveland St
Rice @ Middle Tennessee
Wichita St @ SMU
Oklahoma @ West Virginia
_________________ Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom
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pilight
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Posted: 02/10/18 1:39 pm ::: |
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Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan
Georgetown
William & Mary
Virginia Tech
LSU
Liberty
New Hampshire
Buffalo
Davidson
Army
Nevada
Idaho
Oral Roberts
Harvard
Drake
UCLA
Milwaukee
Middle Tennessee
SMU
West Virginia
_________________ I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home
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Howee
Joined: 27 Nov 2009 Posts: 15754 Location: OREGON (in my heart)
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Posted: 02/11/18 1:05 am ::: |
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Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan
Georgetown
William & Mary
Virginia Tech
Texas A&M
Liberty
New Hampshire
Buffalo
Davidson
Army
Nevada
Idaho
Oral Roberts
Harvard
Drake
Oregon St.
Milwaukee
Middle Tennessee
SMU
Oklahoma
_________________ Oregon: Go Ducks!
"Inévitablement, les canards voleront"
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lynxmania
Joined: 18 Feb 2011 Posts: 10697 Location: Minnesota
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Posted: 02/11/18 1:38 am ::: |
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Michigan
St John's
William & Mary
Virginia
Texas A&M
Liberty
New Hampshire
Buffalo
St Joseph's
Army
Nevada
Idaho
Oral Roberts
Harvard
Northern Iowa
UCLA
Milwaukee
Rice
SMU
West Virginia
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myrtle
Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 32341
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Posted: 02/11/18 1:04 pm ::: |
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Week 14 Games (February 11-17)
Michigan @ Michigan St. (too late for this one)
Georgetown
William & Mary
Virginia
Texas A&M
Liberty
New Hampshire
Central Michigan
St Joseph's
Army
Boise St
Idaho
Denver
Harvard
Drake
UCLA
Milwaukee
Rice
SMU
West Virginia
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calbearman76
Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Carson City
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Posted: 02/11/18 3:11 pm ::: |
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Week 13 is in the books. Pilight was able to confound us with his slate of games to such a degree that the average score was just over 9, or 45%. Despite the general difficulties Adamj and Summertimeblues were able to pick 12 of the 20 games correctly to win the week, the second straight week they tied for top honors. Myrtle was the only other player to top 50% with 11.
Week 13 Standings
1) Adamj 12
1) Summertime 12
3) Myrtle 11
4) Pureform 9
4) Pilight 9
6) Howee 8
6) Calbearman 8
8) Lynx 7
9) Dinkytown 6
Standings Through 13 Weeks
Rank-Name-Score-Wks-Average
1) Calbearman --166 13 12.8
2) Adamj---------161 13 12.4
3) Lynx-----------158 13 12.2
4) Pilight--------- 154 13 11.8
4) Myrtle -------- 153 13 11.8
6) Pureform------ 147 13 11.3
7) Howee -------- 142 13 10.9
8) Dinkytown---- 137 12 11.4
9) Summertime- 108 9 12
10) Linkster ------ 96 8 12
11) UK1996 ------ 77 7 11
12) Cardinal ------ 26 2 13
Weekly Winners
Week 1 - Linkster, Pureform, Calbearman 14
Week 2 - Cardinal 15
Week 3 - Dinkytown, Adamj 13
Week 4 - Summertime, Lynx, Calbearman 14
Week 5 - Myrtle, Calbearman 13
Week 6 - Calbearman 19
Week 7 - Pilight 14
Week 8 - Pilight 13
Week 9 - Pilight, Adamj, Summertime, Calbearman 13
Week 10- Dinkytown 14
Week 11- Calbearman 17
Week 12- Adamj, Summertime 16
Week 13- Adamj, Summertime 12
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Howee
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adamj95
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Posted: 02/12/18 12:40 pm ::: |
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Liberty
New Hampshire
Central Michigan
St Joseph's
Army
Boise St
Idaho
Oral Roberts
Harvard
Drake
UCLA
Cleveland St
Rice
SMU
West Virginia
_________________ 4 time WNBA Champion, 3rd all time in Assists, Minnesota's own: LINDSAY WHALEN.
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calbearman76
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calbearman76
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Posted: 02/14/18 6:58 pm ::: |
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Here are two possibilities for conference tournament prediction games:
1) Major Conference Tournament game:
Option A:
Pick all games based on the original bracket before the tournament starts. Get 1 point for correctly picking a favorite; 2 points for picking an underdog (defined as anyone other than the highest seeded team that could get to that position). Favorites are determined by the tournament seeding. Get 1 additional point for correctly picking the tournament winner. There could be a winner for each conference and an overall winner.
Option B:
Same as A but games are picked each day. The difficulty is making sure to get picks in each day before games start. Also the 2 to 1 point differential for underdogs would have to be adjusted down to 3 to 2 for fairness.
2) All tournament game
Pick the winner for each tournament. Get points equal to the number of the seed for each correct pick + 2 points. (i.e., picking the #1 seed correctly gets 3 points, picking the #4 seed correctly gets 6 points)
Please post whether you are interested in either or both games and whether you have any suggestions. Also, my thought is that the major tournaments would be the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Pac 12 and SEC but I could include others or take out the Big East based on peoples' wishes. Everyone is welcome in the game(s), whether or not they have been in the season-long game.
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pilight
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Posted: 02/14/18 7:10 pm ::: |
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I'm in for the all tournament game. Not to keen on having to make picks every day.
Are we getting Week 15 games today or do you want me to pick another slate?
_________________ I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home
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calbearman76
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Posted: 02/14/18 7:16 pm ::: |
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For the second to last week of games I have looked primarily to the top 6 conferences and battles for the top position in other conferences. Hopefully this will allow Howie to get some games right.
Week 15 (February 18-24)
Xavier @ Providence
Washington St @ Colorado
USC @ Oregon St
Auburn @ Alabama
Tennessee @ Missouri
Florida St @ Duke
Baylor @ Texas
UCLA @ Oregon
Iowa @ Rutgers
South Dakota St @ South Dakota
Colorado St @ Boise St
Maryland @ Michigan
Miami (Fla) @ Georgia Tech
Creighton @ Georgetown
DePaul @ St John's
James Madison @ Drexel
Oklahoma St @ West Virginia
Central Florida @ Houston
Michigan St @ Purdue
Lamar @ Stephen F Austin
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dinkytown
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Posted: 02/14/18 9:38 pm ::: |
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I like option A for conference tourneys.
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Howee
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summertime blues
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Posted: 02/16/18 3:13 pm ::: |
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Week 15 (February 18-24)
Xavier @ Providence
Washington St @ Colorado
USC @ Oregon St
Auburn @ Alabama
Tennessee @ Missouri
Florida St @ Duke
Baylor @ Texas
UCLA @ Oregon
Iowa @ Rutgers
South Dakota St @ South Dakota
Colorado St @ Boise St
Maryland @ Michigan
Miami (Fla) @ Georgia Tech
Creighton @ Georgetown
DePaul @ St John's
James Madison @ Drexel
Oklahoma St @ West Virginia
Central Florida @ Houston
Michigan St @ Purdue
Lamar @ Stephen F Austin
_________________ Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom
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summertime blues
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Posted: 02/16/18 3:15 pm ::: |
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I don't like either tournament format and probably won't play. I am against conference tournaments in general and especially in one-bid leagues where upsets in tournaments happen and the best team sometimes is left out.
_________________ Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom
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calbearman76
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Posted: 02/16/18 4:51 pm ::: |
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summertime blues wrote: |
I don't like either tournament format and probably won't play. I am against conference tournaments in general and especially in one-bid leagues where upsets in tournaments happen and the best team sometimes is left out. |
No problem. It might be just as well since you are kicking my butt badly (and beating everyone else as well) so far this week.
I actually agree with you as it relates to the one-bid leagues. Teams like Gonzaga, Mercer or Belmont will most likely not get at large berths but those are the teams that would have the best chance at winning a first round NCAA game. In the Colonial the JMU-Drexel game would mean more if the regular season winner got the automatic bid. But if they are going to play the games, I am going to follow the results.
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Howee
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Posted: 02/16/18 8:28 pm ::: |
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Week 15 (February 18-24)
Providence
Colorado
Oregon St
Alabama
Missouri
Florida St
Texas
Oregon
Iowa
South Dakota
Boise St
Maryland
Miami (Fla)
Creighton
DePaul
James Madison
Oklahoma St
Houston
Purdue
Stephen F Austin
(....catch a tiger by the toe....)
_________________ Oregon: Go Ducks!
"Inévitablement, les canards voleront"
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Pureformofthegame
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Posted: 02/17/18 8:54 am ::: |
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Week 15 (February 18-24)
Xavier
Colorado
Oregon St
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida St
Texas
UCLA
Rutgers
South Dakota St
Boise St
Michigan
Georgia Tech
Creighton
DePaul
Drexel
West Virginia
Central Florida
Michigan St
Lamar
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pilight
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Posted: 02/17/18 9:24 am ::: |
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Week 15 (February 18-24)
Providence
Washington St
Oregon St
Alabama
Missouri
Duke
Baylor
Oregon
Iowa
South Dakota
Boise St
Michigan
Georgia Tech
Creighton
DePaul
Drexel
West Virginia
Houston
Purdue
Stephen F Austin
_________________ I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home
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calbearman76
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Posted: 02/17/18 11:46 am ::: |
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Week 15 (February 18-24)
Xavier
Colorado
Oregon St
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida St
Baylor
Oregon
Iowa
South Dakota St
Boise St
Maryland
Georgia Tech
Georgetown
DePaul
James Madison
Oklahoma St
Central Florida
Purdue
Stephen F Austin
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