Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball

Posted by: illiniman14

Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Wed Oct 17 2012 09:26 PM



NCAA Basketball
2012-2013


Midnight Madness has come and gone, and we are closing in on the NCAA basketball season.
This will be our first NCAA Basketball comp, and here are the rules:

1. One point per tip
2. Deadline will be midnight Friday FT time with a short grace period of 2-3 hours, except for week 1 which will be midnight Thursday (with grace period). Late tips get a 1-point deduction.
3. Default tips are road teams, or those listed first for neutral-site games.
4. Late starters will enter at the lowest score at that time, and after 4 weeks of not tipping you will be considered inactive.
5. End-of-season tiebreakers are HOF v. WS differential; then HOFs; then bonus points.
- This comp is separate from the March Madness comp

Bonus Points
1. One point for solo picks or one of two
2. One point for picking 13+/15
3. Ineligible for bonus points if tipper picks all home teams or all but one
-The team listed second is considered the 'home' team, even for neutral-site games.
Posted by: illiniman14

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Wed Oct 17 2012 09:28 PM

-Links to the tipping threads-
Posted by: dg_dave

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Wed Oct 17 2012 09:38 PM

I'll try it...can't have too many comps!
Posted by: wwe84

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Wed Oct 17 2012 10:38 PM

I'm in aswell
Posted by: srini701

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Wed Oct 17 2012 11:58 PM

New comp?? oh boy! please reserve the cellar space for me...i will find out what the teams are later smile
Posted by: N-Bomb

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 12:37 AM

Spose I'll have a go!
Posted by: BxBarracuda

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 04:27 AM

I'm in
Posted by: George95

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 05:45 AM

Yes please.
Posted by: themonarch

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 08:00 AM

Let's rock and roll count me in.
Posted by: illiniman14

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 09:48 PM

srini, you may want to start now - there are 347 Division I teams available to choose from.
Posted by: gtho4

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 10:40 PM


Originally Posted By: illiniman14
srini, you may want to start now - there are 347 Division I teams available to choose from.

lol, we may be better off using this:

Posted by: srini701

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 10:42 PM

You guys are kidding....right? 347 teams??? there's no way I am going to look up any site with that many teams...can you send me also a dart board, G?
Posted by: illiniman14

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Thu Oct 18 2012 11:05 PM

Not to worry (too much) - lots of mediocrity in there and we'll focus on the biggest conferences as well as the best of the rest... don't go digging into the Great West or Western Athletic Conferences too deep.
Posted by: doomed

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Fri Oct 19 2012 02:43 PM

yes please
Posted by: gtho4

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Tue Oct 23 2012 01:11 AM


Originally Posted By: srini701
You guys are kidding....right? 347 teams??? there's no way I am going to look up any site with that many teams...can you send me also a dart board, G?

your dart board's on its way, it's in the mail!
Posted by: illiniman14

Re: NCAA Basketball 2012-13 - Sign-Up Sheet - Wed Nov 07 2012 05:46 PM

First round starts on Friday and I'd love to see plenty more sign up - get in on March Madness in November!
Posted by: illiniman14

Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Nov 11 2012 09:13 PM



NCAA Basketball
Week 1
2012-2013



15 of 15 players lodged tips:


59-63
76-71
63-77
62-66
X-X
62-49
70-65
X-X
69-72
77-99
62-74
49-58
74-56
60-82
72-85

2
1
13
frown
X
14
1
X
15
15
12
14
2
14
9

Virginia at George Mason
South Alabama at Florida State
UC-Santa Barbara at LSU
Michigan State v Connecticut*
Ohio State v Marquette*
Syracuse v San Diego State*
Bucknell at Purdue
Georgetown v Florida*
Maryland v Kentucky*
Lehigh at Baylor
San Francisco v Stanford*
Evansville at Notre Dame
Central Florida at South Florida
Albany at Ohio State
UW-Milwaukee at South Carolina

gtho4 LeoDaVinci
paper_aero
LeoDaVinci N-Bomb
Nobody
Cancelled
dg_dave
illiniman14
Cancelled
Everybody1
Everybody2
ozzz2002 srini701 wwe84
wwe84
Sypher ozzz2002
Sypher

112



Tipping Comp Standings


  position                   points
----- -----               ------------    
TW LW hi-lo                LW TW TOTAL    tbp
----- -----               ------------hf ws
 1  X  1-1  gtho4        s  0  9   10  1     1
 2  X  2-2  illiniman14  s  0  8   9         1
 2  X  2-2  LeoDaVinci   s  0  8   9         1
 2  X  2-2  paper_aero   s  0  8   9         1
 2  X  2-2  Sypher       s  0  8   9         1
 6  X  6-6  ozzz2002     s  0  7   8         1 
 6  X  6-6  doomed          0  8   8      
 6  X  6-6  George95        0  8   8  
 6  X  6-6  themonarch      0  8   8      
10  X 10-10 BxBarracuda     0  7   7      
10  X 10-10 dg_dave         0  7   7      
10  X 10-10 Howie72         0  7   7       
10  X 10-10 N-Bomb          0  7   7       
10  X 10-10 srini701        0  7   7      
15  X 15-15 wwe84           0  5   5     1 
            late starters          5
                          --- 112  118------6
            best picks      0 13  13
            wooden spoon    0  5   5
            perfect pick    0 13  13
            solo pick       0  6   6
            perfect bonus   0  0   0
    
 b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
 s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
tbp - Total bonus pts
 * - Point deducted for late tips
  
Default is away teams

Weekly Leader


 1. +1 gtho4
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  • The first-ever regular season NCAA basketball comp is up and running, and what a week to start it off. Two games played in an indoor sport were cancelled, and there were upsets galore - South Alabama took down Florida State, just like paper_aero predicted; George Mason edged Virginia, called by LeoDaVinci and gtho4; Bucknell went into hostile territory and took out Purdue as illiniman14 said; and Central Florida beat in-state rival South Florida as Sypher forecasted.

  • The Carrier Classic, first played successfully last year on the USS Carl Vinson, failed to live up to the hype this year. The Ohio State-Marquette game, supposed to be played on the USS Yorktown, was cancelled before the game tipped off due to condensation on the court. The Florida-Georgetown game on the USS Bataan got through the first half, before both coaches agreed to call the game due to condensation at the start of the second half. The Syracuse-San Diego State game on the USS Midway was postponed from Friday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.

  • Srini wants his money back from gtho4 - clearly he sent the defective dartboard! gtho4 expertly predicted/threw his way to a HoF with 10, while srini701 sits in 10th. Reigning March Madness champ George95 is also in the mix, sitting 2 back from the early lead.

  • And because you're wondering, Illinois is 1-0 smilee


    • Posted by: srini701

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Nov 11 2012 10:17 PM

    Originally Posted By: illiniman14
    <Li> Srini wants his money back from gtho4 - clearly he sent the defective dartboard! gtho4 expertly predicted/threw his way to a HoF with 10, while srini701 sits in 10th. Reigning March Madness champ George95 is also in the mix, sitting 2 back from the early lead.


    You bet I do! He clearly kept the good board for himself smile ... On second thoughts maybe I will wait and see a couple more weeks before I ask for my money back...

    On another note, illini, the scores include the sole bonus points also? I would have thought gtho got 10 right and a sole point bonus, making it 11 points for him for round 1...
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Nov 11 2012 10:25 PM

    Yes, I had included the bonuses in this week's score. Fixed to make it clearer, though.
    Posted by: srini701

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Nov 11 2012 10:27 PM

    Much better..thanks smile nice to note I am only 2 off the leader's score in terms of picks...watch out for round 2 smile smile smile
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Nov 18 2012 11:34 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 2
    2012-2013



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    62-49
    58-77
    55-67
    59-61
    62-72 (OT)
    90-54
    73-84 (OT)
    61-59
    68-73
    45-66
    50-73
    57-88
    70-62
    57-72
    88-83 (OT)

    6
    11
    9
    14
    11
    11
    2
    9
    2
    13
    14
    13
    3
    10
    7

    Bucknell v New Mexico State
    Jacksonville State at UNLV
    Old Dominion at Cleveland State
    Robert Morris at Xavier
    Oakland at Pittsburgh
    VCU at Winthrop
    Seton Hall v Washington
    Drexel at Pennsylvania
    Davidson at UW-Milwaukee
    Middle Tennessee v Florida
    Wofford at Ohio
    Wagner at Syracuse
    Belmont at Stanford
    Richmond at Minnesota
    Valparaiso at Kent State


    Sypher paper_aero ozzz2002

    LeoDaVinci
    srini701 ozzz2002 wwe84
    gtho4 Sypher doomed ozzz2002
    George95 doomed

    Sypher themonarch
    srini701
    LeoDaVinci
    srini701
    ozzz2002 srini701 LeoDaVinci


    135



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
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    TW LW hi-lo                LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  6  1-6   George95     s  8  12  21  1     1
     2  1  1-2   gtho4           10 10  20  1     1
     2  2  2-2   illiniman14     9  11  20        1
     4  6  4-6   doomed       s  8  10  19        1
     4  2  2-4   paper_aero      9  10  19        1
     4  2  2-4   Sypher       s  9   9  19        2
     7  10 7-10  Howie72         7  11  18       
     7  6  6-7   themonarch   s  8   9  18        1
     9  10 9-10  N-Bomb          7  10  17       
    10  10 10-10 dg_dave         7   9  16      
    10  6  6-10  ozzz2002     s  8   7  16     1  2
    12  10 10-12 BxBarracuda     7   8  15      
    12  10 10-12 srini701     s  7   7  15     1  1
    14  2  2-14  LeoDaVinci      9  d5  14        1
    15  15 15-15 wwe84           5   7  12     2
                late starters           12
                              ---  135  259-------12
                best picks       9  12  21
                wooden spoon     5   7  12
                perfect pick    13  15  28
                away team        4   5   9
                home team        9  10  19
                solo pick        6   6  12
                perfect bonus    0   0   0         
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1 gtho4
     2. +1 George95
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     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
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  • George95 claims the lead with a dominating HoF performance (and solo pick to boot), and was set to pick up the first perfect bonus until Belmont hang on to win Sunday night. On the other side of the spectrum, srini is still grumbling over the faulty dartboard (or maybe he keeps hitting the bullseye and that throws everything off), and picks up his first spoon, along with ozzz and wwe. LDV became our first default tipper, and slipped back from #2 to #14.

  • College basketball can produce some great teams from little-known places (or formerly unknown – looking at you VCU and Ohio U.), and we have seen several this week. Belmont, the third-largest college in Nashville, went to Stanford and fought off a second half comeback to beat a power conference team seemingly on the rise (or at least everyone but ozzz and srini thought). Bucknell, from Lewisburg, PA, now sits at 5-0 after taking out two tournament teams from last year – Purdue and NMSU. Who is this year’s Cinderella? That remains to be seen.

    Originally Posted By: George95
    I thought you said we were tipping the big-name teams? wink


  • We’re considering Week 2 our “bracket buster” week, full of potential big names that could make a huge impact come March. Bucknell has already beaten Purdue this year; Ohio made the Sweet 16 last year before generously sending their head coach to Illinois ; everyone’s darling VCU should have another strong year after back-to-back NCAA tournaments, including one Final Four; and they will fight for the CAA title with Drexel , who matched VCU’s record last year but fell short of the NCAA tournament, going to the NIT quarterfinals instead; among others. Also, tournaments fill in the early schedule, meaning top matchups like Sunday’s Ohio State-Washington game can’t be known beforehand.

  • And thanks to a buzzer-beating three in OT, Illinois sits at 3-0. cool

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    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Mon Nov 26 2012 12:19 AM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 3
    2012-2013



    15 of 15 players lodged tips:


    62-77
    72-79
    73-55
    38-36
    58-66
    48-73
    76-60
    63-59
    82-83
    53-101
    60-63
    62-73
    74-77
    70-68
    66-60

    13
    10
    5
    6
    14
    11
    8
    shocked
    6
    14
    14
    15
    1
    cry
    12

    Detroit at Miami (FL)
    Old Dominion at Murray State
    Colorado State at Washington
    Wagner at NC-Central
    Manhattan at Dayton
    Richmond at Ohio
    Kent State at Nebraska
    College of Charleston at Baylor
    Nevada at Marshall
    Ball State at Indiana
    UL-Lafayette at Michigan State
    Stony Brook at Connecticut
    Villanova at La Salle
    Cal Poly at UCLA
    San Diego State at USC

    illiniman14 N-Bomb



    paper_aero


    Nobody1

    wwe84
    N-Bomb
    Everybody
    wwe84
    Nobody2
    doomed dg_dave LeoDaVinci

    130



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
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    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95       21  10  31  1     1
     2  2  1-2   gtho4          20  10  30  1     1
     2  4  2-4   Sypher         19  11  30  1     2
     4  2  2-4   illiniman14    20   9  29        1
     5  4  2-5   paper_aero     19   9  28        1
     6  4  4-6   doomed         19   8  27        1
     6  7  6-10  Howie72        18   9  27       
     6  7  6-7   themonarch     18   9  27        1
     9  9  9-10  N-Bomb      g  17   7  25       
     9  10 6-10  ozzz2002       16   9  25     1  2
    11  10 10-11 dg_dave        16   8  24      
    11  12 10-12 srini701       15   9  24     1  1
    13  12 10-12 BxBarracuda    15   7  22      
    13  14 2-14  LeoDaVinci     14   8  22        1
    15  15 15-15 wwe84       s  12   6  19     3  1
                 late starters          19
                              --- 130  390--------13
                best picks      21  11  32
                wooden spoon    12  6   18
                perfect pick    28  15  43
                solo pick       12  1   13
                perfect bonus    0  0   0        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
     g - Point for a gimme pick (no pick/everyone else got right)
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1 gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
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     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
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  • Sypher makes his first HoF, nabbing 11 picks – only Colorado State tripped him up aside from the games nobody (or only one person) picked correctly. On that note, plenty of bonus points were up for grabs this week, but only wwe84 grabbed one for his gutsy pick of La Salle over Villanova. Elsewhere, George95 maintained his 1-point lead with another double-digit effort. N-Bomb gains the first gimme pick, failing to pick the UL-Lafeyette-Michigan State, but all other 14 tippers picked correctly.

  • Two ranked teams fell in our comp this week, as #24 Baylor was squeezed 63-59 by the College of Charleston, and powerhouse UCLA gave up an 18-point lead in less than 8 minutes to Cal Poly before going down 70-68. However, some favorites don’t like to mess around, and #1 Indiana destroyed, dismantled, and demolished Ball State 101-53.

  • Major early season tournament time is over, and with it the end of your humble organizer shaking his fist at the TV wishing we could have used oh so many games - #5 Duke topped #2 Louisville and #13 Missouri overcame a tough VCU team in the Battle 4 Atlantis; while #17 Gonzaga beat a tired Davidson team to win the Old Spice Classic. The Diamond Head Classic remains around Christmastime, but only contains 2 major programs.

  • That noise you heard from Hawaii the middle of last week? That was the Orange Krush cheering Illinois to the Maui Invitational Championship. laugh They now stand 7-0 after a 3-pointer in the waning seconds over… Gardner-Webb eek


    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Dec 01 2012 01:18 AM

    It has come to my attention for week 4 that Belmont is incorrectly listed as playing TCU (Texas Christian) instead of VCU (Virginia Commonwealth). Due to the fault being entirely my own, everyone will be credited for the win as to not take the possibility away for bonus points.
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Dec 02 2012 09:40 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 4
    2012-2013



    15 of 15 players lodged tips:


    54-70
    65-75
    63-57
    66-69
    61-74
    64-55
    62-52
    62-50
    78-69
    71-81
    63-73
    51-80
    72-74
    56-81
    62-69

    13
    15
    12
    14
    13
    1
    10
    3
    6
    3
    7
    14
    10
    5
    13

    UT-Arlington at Texas
    Belmont at VCU
    Xavier at Purdue
    Illinois State at Louisville
    Detroit at Pittsburgh
    Baylor at Kentucky
    Villanova at Vanderbilt
    Princeton at Kent State
    San Diego State v UCLA
    Oklahoma State at Virginia Tech
    Mississippi State at Providence
    St. Joseph's at Creighton
    CS-Fullerton at Washington
    California at Wisconsin
    George Mason at Maryland

    illiniman14 paper_aero
    Everybody blush
    doomed Sypher paper_aero
    Sypher
    doomed ozzz2002
    dg_dave

    George95 dg_dave LeoDaVinci

    doomed LeoDaVinci wwe84

    wwe84


    gtho4 doomed

    139



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
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    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
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     1  1  1-6   George95       31  10  41  1     1
     2  2  1-2   gtho4          30  10  40  1     1
     3  4  2-4   illiniman14    29  10  39        1
     4  6  4-7   themonarch     27  11  38  1     1
     5  11 5-11  dg_dave     s  24  11  36  1     1
     5  6  4-6   doomed         27   9  36        1
     5  9  5-10  N-Bomb         25  11  36       
     5  2  2-5   Sypher         30   6  36  1  1  2
     9  6  6-10  Howie72        27   8  35       
    10  5  2-10  paper_aero     28   6  34     1  1
    10  11 10-12 srini701       24  10  34     1  1
    12  13 10-13 BxBarracuda    22  11  33  1    
    13  13 2-14  LeoDaVinci     22  10  32        1
    13  9  6-13  ozzz2002       25   7  32     1  2
    15  15 15-15 wwe84          19   9  28     3  1
                 late starters          28
                              --- 139  529--------14
                best picks      32  11  43
                wooden spoon    18  6   24
                perfect pick    43  15  58
                solo picks      13  1   14
                perfect bonus    0  0   0        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1 gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
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     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
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  • What do you get when you mix a rookie comp organizer with 347 teams? Mix-ups, that’s what. VCU was playing Belmont this week, but a slip of the mind or finger changed that to TCU. Future weeks have been checked, and it won’t happen again – I apologize for the mistake. For the record, VCU won 75-65.

  • George95 keeps his slim 1-point lead over gtho4, thanks to getting all 3 Sunday games correct. BxBarracuda, N-Bomb, dg_dave, and themonarch all came away with HoF performances, aided by a few upsets over the weekend. dg_dave, our native Texan, ended up bringing home the most points with the HoF as well as his upset pick of Baylor over #8 Kentucky in Lexington.

  • #15 Oklahoma State was also bitten by the upset bug, as they travelled to Blacksburg, VA, and were greeted with an 81-71 loss to a surprisingly undefeated Virginia Tech team. The #5 Louisville Cardinals knew that redbirds play well at the Yum! Center. Unfortunately, they played the Illinois State Redbirds, and clawed their way to a 69-66 win. Needless to say, with the Kentucky and Louisville games, Saturday was quite tense here in KY.

  • The Big Ten retained the Commissioner’s Cup in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge this year, despite the fact that it tied for the first time 6-6. One of those wins for the Big Ten? You guessed it, #22 Illinois (8-0) trounced Georgia Tech, and next week we all finally get to pick a Fighting Illini game as they take on a powerful Gonzaga team.


    • Posted by: srini701

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Mon Dec 03 2012 12:18 AM

    nice write up smile No problem with the mix up, we all ended with 1 point each....keep em coming smile smile
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Dec 09 2012 08:11 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 5
    2012-2013



    15 of 15 players lodged tips:


    61-78
    38-68
    52-65
    76-73
    67-80
    55-89
    85-74
    54-90
    67-90
    65-63
    50-60
    66-54
    76-75
    55-62
    61-77

    15
    12
    11
    5
    12
    15
    5
    11
    15
    10
    7
    7
    8
    12
    13

    Oakland at Ohio
    Tennessee State at Missouri
    Valparaiso at New Mexico
    Nevada at Washington
    Arkansas at Michigan
    Long Beach State at Ohio State
    Illinois at Gonzaga
    Colorado at Kansas
    Temple v Duke
    UCLA v Texas
    Wisconsin at Marquette
    Arizona at Clemson
    UNLV at California
    Kent State at Xavier
    Akron at Creighton

    Everybody1
    Sypher ozzz2002 wwe84


    dg_dave Sypher wwe84
    Everybody2



    Everybody3



    paper_aero ozzz2002 wwe84
    dg_dave ozzz2002

    158



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95    b  41  13  55  1     2
     2  3  2-4   illiniman14 b  39  13  53        2
     3  2  1-3   gtho4          40  12  52  1     1
     4  9  4-10  Howie72     b  35  14  50  1     1
     5  4  4-7   themonarch     38  11  49  1     1
     6  5  5-10  N-Bomb         36  11  47       
     7  5  5-11  dg_dave        36  10  46  1     1
     7  13 2-14  LeoDaVinci  b  32  13  46        2
     9  10 2-10  paper_aero     34  11  45     1  1
     9  10 9-12  srini701       34  11  45     1  1
    11  5  4-11  doomed         36   8  44        1
    12  12 10-13 BxBarracuda    33  10  43  1    
    12  5  2-12  Sypher         36   7  43  1  1  2
    14  13 6-14  ozzz2002       32   9  41     1  2
    15  15 15-15 wwe84          28   5  33     4  1
                 late starters          33
                              --- 158  725--------18
                best picks      43  14  57
                wooden spoon    24  5   29
                perfect pick    58  15  73
                solo picks      13  1   14
                perfect bonus    0  4   4        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
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    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6.                                        
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  • There we have it! Five weeks into the comp, we have not only our first near perfect bonuses, as four tippers got at least 13/15, but also our first near miss, as Howie72 shoots 14/15 with a HoF performance. Howie was only 4 points from a perfect entry, but Nevada went on the road and took down Washington 76-73. He also rockets up from ninth place to fourth just like that.

  • In a weekend a little light on top matchups (bear in mind that if not for a venue dispute during the offseason Kentucky and Indiana would have played each other), the only contest between two ranked teams finished with #13 Illinois chopping down the giants of #10 Gonzaga 85-74, in a result that has perhaps not fully sunk in for your comp organizer.

  • This week provided some great potential upsets, but other than the previously-mentioned two games, failed to deliver. Last year, Temple welcomed #3 Duke to town with a 78-73 upset. This year, the #2 Blue Devils got some revenge to the tune of 90-67. Colorado entered Saturday in the “also receiving votes” category of both major polls, but that likely won’t be the case next week, as #9 Kansas Rock-Chalk-Jayhawked them 90-54. #21 UNLV did receive a scare from California on the road, but a put-back with 0.9 seconds left on the clock gave them a 76-75 victory.

  • The perhaps-top 10 Illinois Fighting Illini have two tune-ups against Norfolk State and Eastern Kentucky this week, looking to go 12-0 for the first time since 2005-06.


    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Dec 16 2012 07:38 AM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 6
    2012-2013



    15 of 15 players lodged tips:


    60-89
    56-72
    40-89
    58-73
    68-81
    66-74
    54-73
    78-68
    87-78
    88-86
    51-71
    81-66
    52-68
    64-65
    74-64

    14
    15
    15
    11
    12
    11
    6
    11
    14
    4
    14
    12
    11
    3
    8

    Belmont at Kansas
    Marshall v Cincinnati
    Bethune-Cookman at Pittsburgh
    New Mexico State at New Mexico
    Purdue v Notre Dame
    La Salle at Bucknell
    Alabama at VCU
    BYU at Weber State
    Louisville at Memphis
    Butler v Indiana
    Savannah State at Marquette
    Michigan v West Virginia
    Kansas State v. Gonzaga
    Florida at Arizona
    Creighton at California

    wwe84
    Everybody1
    Everybody2
    LeoDaVinci dg_dave BxBarracuda




    doomed

    ozzz2002
    doomed ozzz2002 wwe84

    George95 N-Bomb wwe84

    161



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95    b  55  14  70  2     3
     2  2  2-4   illiniman14    53  12  65        2
     3  3  1-3   gtho4          52  12  64  1     1
     3  4  3-10  Howie72     b  50  13  64  1     2
     5  6  5-10  N-Bomb      b  47  14  62  1     1 
     6  5  4-7   themonarch     49  12  61  1     1
     7  7  2-14  LeoDaVinci     46  11  57        2
     7  9  7-12  srini701       45  12  57     1  1
     9  7  5-11  dg_dave        46   9  55  1     1
     9  9  2-10  paper_aero     45  10  55     1  1
    11 12  10-13 BxBarracuda    43  10  53  1    
    11 11  4-11  doomed         44   9  53        1
    11 12  2-12  Sypher         43  10  53  1  1  2
    14 14  6-14  ozzz2002       41   5  46     2  2
    15 15  15-15 wwe84          33   8  41     4  1
                 late starters          41
                              --- 161  856--------21
                best picks      57  14  71
                wooden spoon    29  5   34
                perfect pick    73  15  88
                solo picks      14  0   14
                perfect bonus    4  3   7        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
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    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7.                                             
      8.                                                  
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  • George95 has decided he’s done with this ‘competition’ stuff, and he bolts out to a 5-point lead with a HoF near-miss, matched by N-Bomb. On the other side of the gamut, ozzz2002 picks up his second spoon, missing five of the eight games that matched up power conference teams against mid-majors.

  • Two fantastic games were featured in our comp this week. #1 Indiana faced Butler in Indianapolis, and while the Hoosiers were able to force overtime with a 3-pointer inside ten seconds in regulation, but with the game tied at 86 inside five seconds in the extra period, could not stop a layup from a former walk-on, and the Bulldogs took down the giants. Later on in the day, #7 Arizona led for just over a minute the entire game against #5 Florida, but that included when the clock hit 0:00, and they came out with the win.

  • With Indiana’s loss, Michigan will become the highest-ranked team in the Big 10, as they trounced West Virginia by 15 in Brooklyn. #6 Louisville faced a 16-point deficit during the first half, but got it down to 7 by halftime and beat Memphis 87-78. Many other upset bids came well short, as most favorites took care of business this week.

  • #10 Illinois will face undefeated Eastern Kentucky on Sunday evening, followed by a week of finals before we see them again in this comp in the Braggin’ Rights Game in St. Louis against #12 Missouri.

    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Mon Dec 24 2012 11:29 AM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 7
    2012-2013



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    68-77
    53-74
    44-65
    73-82
    67-75
    80-58
    51-59
    83-79
    55-78
    58-89
    56-67
    80-84
    74-66
    75-82
    61-67

    5
    13
    11
    1
    14
    13
    8
    1
    12
    14
    12
    9
    6
    5
    2

    Murray State at Dayton
    UW-Milwaukee at Wisconsin
    Loyola Marymount at St Louis
    Illinois vs Missouri
    Evansville at Butler
    San Diego State vs San Francisco
    Southern Miss at Wichita State
    Temple vs Syracuse
    Western Kentucky vs Louisville
    LIU-Brooklyn vs Seton Hall
    Texas at Michigan State
    LSU at Marquette
    Kansas at Ohio State
    St Mary's (CA) at Northern Iowa
    Florida at Kansas State


    ozzz2002

    dg_dave
    Everybody1
    ozzz2002

    Sypher
    ozzz2002 dg_dave
    Everybody2
    ozzz2002 dg_dave



    Sypher wwe84

    129



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95       70  11  81  2     3
     2  3  1-3   gtho4          64  10  74  1     1
     2  3  2-10  Howie72        64  10  74  1     2
     4  2  2-4   illiniman14    65   8  73        2
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb         62   9  71  1     1 
     6  6  4-7   themonarch     61   8  69  1     1
     7  7  7-12  srini701       57  10  67     1  1
     7 11  2-12  Sypher     ss  53  12  67  2  1  4
     9  7  2-14  LeoDaVinci     57   9  66        2
    10 11  10-13 BxBarracuda    53  11  64  1    
    11  9  5-11  dg_dave     s  55   7  63  1     2
    11  9  2-11  paper_aero     55   8  63     1  1
    13 11  4-13  doomed         53  d3  56        1
    14 14  6-14  ozzz2002       46   5  51     3  2
    15 15  15-15 wwe84       s  41   8  50     4  2
                 late starters          41
                              --- 129  989--------25
                best picks      71  12  83
                wooden spoon    34  5   39
                perfect pick    88  15  103
                solo picks      14  4   18
                perfect bonus    7  0   7        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1.  +1         gtho4
     2.  +1 George95
     3.  +1 George95
     4.  +1 George95
     5.  +2 George95
     6.  +5 George95
     7.  +7 George95
     8. 
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    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8.                                                  
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  • Another week, another big upgrade to the lead for George95. A strong performance puts him up by 7 over the rest of the field, while the next 7 spots after that are separated by 7 as well. Meanwhile, Sypher laughs in the face of ranked teams, selecting two top-10 upsets by picking both Temple and Kansas State. On the other end of the spectrum, with a second straight spoon ozzz2002 is allowing wwe84 to catch back up to the field.

  • A host of upsets littered the field this week. Temple surprised everyone by upsetting Duke last year, and followed it up this year by taking down #3 Syracuse. #8 Florida goes down to Kansas State; a mini-upset put #9 Kansas over #7 Ohio State; Dayton took down everyone’s darling Murray State; and of course the granddaddy of them all. Somehow, someway, #12 Missouri wins their 4th-straight Braggin’ Rights Game over #10 Illinois.

  • Not every top-10 team had a bad weekend, though: #4 Louisville crushed Western Kentucky 78-55. Outside of the comp, #1 Duke also demolished Elon 76-54. Why bring that up?

    Originally Posted By: LeoDaVinci
    Elon at Duke


  • A bold pick by a bold man.

  • Due to the “picking against Illinois” rule, dg_dave gets his score reset back to zer- no, what’s that? He gets a bonus point?! Hmmm, the comp organizer should look into some rule changes. The now not-so-undefeated Fighting Illini are back into action after the holidays, taking on Auburn on Dec. 29th.


    • Posted by: dg_dave

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Mon Dec 24 2012 02:17 PM

    Originally Posted By: illiniman14
    Due to the “picking against Illinois” rule, dg_dave gets his score reset back to zer- no, what’s that? He gets a bonus point?! Hmmm, the comp organizer should look into some rule changes.


    I have to root for my parents' home state...it's just too bad that the Illini fell to them. It's too rare a team goes xx-0 in a basketball season anyway.
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Mon Dec 31 2012 12:07 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 8
    2012-2013



    13 of 15 players lodged tips:


    77-80
    70-64
    47-51
    66-64
    73-79
    53-61
    82-63
    68-49
    57-61
    62-50
    63-74
    41-57
    71-97
    77-90
    67-62

    8
    3
    7
    5
    8
    11
    11
    10
    6
    2
    6
    13
    10
    13
    1

    Kentucky at Louisville
    Davidson at Richmond
    Xavier at Tennessee
    Valparaiso at Murray State
    UNLV at North Carolina
    Washington at Connecticut
    Florida State v Tulsa
    Butler at Vanderbilt
    George Mason at South Florida
    College of Charleston at Vermont
    Ohio at Oklahoma
    Rice at Texas
    Virginia Tech at BYU
    Santa Clara at Duke
    Harvard at California


    George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda



    Sypher paper_aero
    N-Bomb wwe84
    BxBarracuda dg_dave ozzz2002
    ozzz2002 dg_dave
    paper_aero wwe84

    Everybody1
    LeoDaVinci dg_dave ozzz2002
    Everybody2
    dg_dave paper_aero wwe84

    114



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95       81  11  92  3     3
     2  2  2-10  Howie72        74  11  85  2     2
     3  2  1-3   gtho4          74   8  82  1     1
     4  4  2-4   illiniman14    73   7  80        2
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb         71   8  79  1     1 
     6  6  4-7   themonarch     69   8  77  1     1
     7 10  7-13  BxBarracuda    64  11  75  2    
     7  7  2-12  Sypher         67   8  75  2  1  4
     9 11  2-11  paper_aero  s  63  10  74     1  2
    10  7  7-12  srini701       67  d6  73     1  1
    11  9  2-14  LeoDaVinci     66   6  72     1  2
    12 11  5-12  dg_dave        63   6  69  1  1  2
    13 13  4-13  doomed         56  d6  62        1
    13 15  13-15 wwe84       s  50  11  62  1  4  3
    15 14  6-15  ozzz2002    s  51   9  61     3  3
                 late starters          61
                              --- 126  1118-------25
                best picks      83  11  94
                wooden spoon    39  6   45
                perfect pick   103  15  118
                solo picks      18  3   21
                perfect bonus    7  0   7        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1.  +1         gtho4
     2.  +1 George95
     3.  +1 George95
     4.  +1 George95
     5.  +2 George95
     6.  +5 George95
     7.  +7 George95
     8.  +7 George95
     9. 
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     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
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  • There were HoFs galore this week, from the front of the field to the back. The top 2 retain their position with 11/15, while wwe84 gets out of the back of the field with his first HoF performance, as well as BxBarracuda, who moves back into the middle of the field. LeoDaVinci and dg_dave both pick up their first spoons.

  • At the top of the rankings, #1 Duke seemed to be safe against Santa Clara, but the two teams were tied at 45 with 15 minutes left. Following a 29-15 run, the Blue Devils escaped with a comfortable victory. The upset bug almost struck #4 Louisville as well, but they beat Kentucky for the first time since 2009, edging out their cross-state rival by 3. Not everyone was immune though, as #20 UNLV went to Chapel Hill and led for only 29 seconds in a loss to North Carolina.

  • The only underdogs in our own field that yielded bonus points were a decisive 12-point margin for the College of Charleston over Vermont and those brainiacs of Harvard tripled their way to victory with 10 3-pointers against California.

  • And #12 Illinois (as well as the vast majority of other teams) starts conference play this week. They have a match against much-despised Purdue before we pick the matchup against #10 Ohio State, who is looking for revenge following a huge upset in Champaign last year.

    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Mon Jan 07 2013 08:51 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 9
    2012-2013



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    61-74
    64-66
    57-74
    55-74
    61-84
    74-93
    79-86 (OT)
    48-49
    60-68
    71-66
    55-59
    71-94
    62-69
    79-58
    52-61

    13
    13
    8
    6
    12
    12
    11
    5
    11
    9
    12
    9
    11
    12
    3

    Loyola Marymount at St. Mary's
    Bucknell at Missouri
    Penn at La Salle
    Ohio State at Illinois
    Purdue at Michigan State
    Seton Hall at Notre Dame
    Texas at Baylor
    Georgetown at Marquette
    Stanford at UCLA
    Florida State at Clemson
    Lehigh at VCU
    Virginia Tech at Maryland
    Temple at Kansas
    Florida at Yale
    North Carolina at Virginia

    paper_aero
    wwe84


    paper_aero dg_dave
    themonarch dg_dave
    Sypher paper_aero ozzz2002



    LeoDaVinci paper_aero

    BxBarracuda paper_aero wwe84
    paper_aero wwe84
    illiniman14 gtho4 ozzz2002

    147



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95       92  12 104  3     3
     2  2  2-10  Howie72      b 85  13  99  2     3
     3  4  2-4   illiniman14  b 80  14  95  1     3
     4  3  1-4   gtho4          82  12  94  1     1
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb         79  11  90  1     1 
     6 10  6-12  srini701     b 73  13  87     1  2
     7  7  7-13  BxBarracuda    75  11  86  2    
     7  6  4-7   themonarch     77   9  86  1     1
     9  7  2-12  Sypher         75  10  85  2  1  4
    10 11  2-14  LeoDaVinci     72  10  82     1  2
    11  9  2-11  paper_aero     74   5  79     2  2
    12 12  5-12  dg_dave        69   9  78  1  1  2
    13 15  6-15  ozzz2002       61  10  71     3  3
    14 13  13-15 wwe84          62   8  70  1  4  3
    15 13  4-13  doomed         62  d2  64        1
                 late starters          64
                              --- 149  1270-------25
                best picks      94  14 108
                wooden spoon    45  5   50
                perfect pick   118  15  133
                solo picks      18  3   21
                perfect bonus    7  3  10        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1.  +1         gtho4
     2.  +1 George95
     3.  +1 George95
     4.  +1 George95
     5.  +2 George95
     6.  +5 George95
     7.  +7 George95
     8.  +7 George95
     9.  +5 George95
    10. 
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    12. 
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    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                                5/14 paper_aero
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     18.




  • For the first time since he took the lead, George95 slips slightly despite picking 12/15 - Howie72 right behind him picked up a bonus picking 13 and illiniman14 in third got his first HoF. paper_aero takes only 5 and picks up his second spoon, dropping back a couple spots in the process. Meanwhile, doomed is flirting with going inactive next week.

  • Think conference play isn’t tough on the road? #15 Georgetown fell to Marquette in a game where both teams failed to get 50 points. #11 Illinois, fresh off a road loss themselves, throttled #8 Ohio State 74-55 in Champaign. Purdue, off of their victory over Illinois, was creamed as well by #18 Michigan State 84-61.

  • It wasn’t all bad for road teams, though. Florida State handled Clemson 71-66, and Florida trampled Yale 79-58 in a non-conference match. Outside of our comp, #14 Cincinnati fell at home to St. John's 53-52.

  • #12 Illinois takes on their second #8 team in a row when Minnesota comes to town before they take a trip to Wisconsin over the weekend.

    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Jan 19 2013 09:12 AM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 10
    2012-2013



    13 of 15 players lodged tips:


    38-64
    54-67
    59-48
    72-65
    65-58
    76-84
    74-67 (OT)
    81-88
    65-64
    62-82
    77-72
    78-75
    74-52
    68-77
    65-60

    13
    10
    7
    12
    4
    1
    7
    12
    10
    10
    7
    11
    11
    8
    4

    South Florida at Louisville
    Washington State at California
    Wyoming at Nevada
    VCU at St. Bonaventure
    Connecticut at Notre Dame
    Duke at NC State
    Marquette at Pittsburgh
    Minnesota at Indiana
    Kansas State at West Virginia
    Texas at Iowa State
    North Carolina at Florida State
    UCLA at Colorado
    Florida at LSU
    Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
    Washington at Stanford

    Everybody
    N-Bomb srini701 Sypher

    wwe84

    illiniman14

    wwe84
    BxBarracuda themonarch wwe84
    BxBarracuda themonarch paper_aero

    Howie72 LeoDaVinci
    Sypher wwe84


    127



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95      104  11 115  4     3
     2  2  2-10  Howie72        99   7 106  2  1  3
     2  3  2-4   illiniman14  s 95  10 106  1     4
     4  4  1-4   gtho4          94  11 105  2     1
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb         90  11 101  2     1 
     6  7  6-13  BxBarracuda    86  10  96  2    
     6  6  6-12  srini701       87   9  96     1  2
     6  9  2-12  Sypher         85  11  96  3  1  4
     9  6  4-9   themonarch     86   8  94  1     1
    10 10  2-14  LeoDaVinci     82  11  93  1  1  2
    11 12  5-12  dg_dave        78  11  89  2  1  2
    12 11  2-12  paper_aero     79   8  87     2  2
    13 13  6-15  ozzz2002       71  d9  80     3  3
    14 14  13-15 wwe84          70   9  79  1  4  3
    15 15  4-15  doomed         64   D  73        1
                 late starters          73
                              --- 145  1416-------32
                best picks     108  11 119
                wooden spoon    50  7   57
                perfect pick   133  15  148
                solo picks      21  1   12
                perfect bonus    10  0  10        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1.  +1         gtho4
     2.  +1 George95
     3.  +1 George95
     4.  +1 George95
     5.  +2 George95
     6.  +5 George95
     7.  +7 George95
     8.  +7 George95
     9.  +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. 
    12. 
    13. 
    14. 
    15. 
    16. 
    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                                5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 gtho4 N-Bomb Sypher LeoDaVinci    7/15 Howie72
     11.                                       dg_dave
     12. 
     13. 
     14. 
     15. 
     16. 
     17. 
     18.




  • If you picked this week, there was almost a 50% chance you made the HoF, as 6/13 tippers hit 11/15, including our vaunted leader George95, who extends his lead to an all-time high of 9 points this week. Forlornly behind are Howie72, who picks up his first spoon this week, and illiniman14, who earned the only bonus point this week, picking #20 NC State to topple previously-unbeaten #1 Duke. On the far end of the spectrum, doomed has left the ranks of active tippers.

  • A host of upsets littered the ranks this week. As previously mentioned, #1 Duke fell on the road, setting up #2 Michigan to take the spot if they could take down rival #15 Ohio State on the road Sunday – but failed. #10 Missouri fell to Mississippi; #12 Illinois was embarrassed by Wisconsin; and Connecticut beat #17 Notre Dame on the road. But, new #1 Louisville took care of business by easily downing South Florida 64-38.

  • As conference play got into full swing, something strange happened in this comp – road teams came out and easily won the majority of the games. A surprising Marquette team took down Pittsburgh in overtime; North Carolina rebounded from a rocky start and edged Florida State; while UCLA has seemingly fixed their own early-season woes and skirted by Colorado as well. UCLA, Marquette, and victorious VCU join the top 25 this week.

  • After a hot start, Illinois is coming back down to Earth without a parachute. Following a home drubbing to #8 Minnesota and the aforementioned Wisconsin loss, lowly Northwestern came to town and ransacked Champaign 68-54. Will the old Illini ever show up again? Only time will tell.

    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Jan 20 2013 05:40 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 11
    2012-2013



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    71-67
    58-49
    61-69
    52-62
    64-67
    52-83
    52-79
    64-59
    76-67
    36-56
    70-68
    59-69
    56-59
    69-71 (OT)
    63-64

    6
    8
    8
    9
    5
    13
    10
    13
    3
    9
    3
    8
    5
    8
    7

    Akron at Kent State
    Colorado at Washington State
    Connecticut at Pittsburgh
    Maryland at North Carolina
    Creighton at Wichita State
    Missouri at Florida
    West Virginia at Purdue
    Kansas at Texas
    Oregon at UCLA
    Florida State at Virginia
    Syracuse at Louisville
    California at Stanford
    Ohio State at Michigan State
    Marquette at Cincinnati
    Gonzaga at Butler






    dg_dave

    ozzz2002
    George95 srini701 ozzz2002

    Sypher themonarch wwe84




    115



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95      115  10 125  5     3
     2  2  2-10  Howie72       106  10 116  3  1  3
     2  2  2-4   illiniman14   106  10 116  2     4
     4  4  1-4   gtho4         105   9 114  2     1
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb        101   7 108  2     1 
     6  6  2-12  Sypher         96  10 106  4  1  4
     7  6  6-13  BxBarracuda    96   8 104  2    
     7  6  6-12  srini701       96   8 104     1  2
     7  9  4-9   themonarch     94  10 104  2     1
    10 10  2-14  LeoDaVinci     93  10 103  2  1  2
    11 11  5-12  dg_dave        89   4  93  2  2  2
    11 12  2-12  paper_aero     87   6  93     2  2
    13 13  6-15  ozzz2002       80   6  86     3  3
    13 14  13-15 wwe84          79   7  86  1  4  3
    15 15  4-15  doomed         73   D  78        1
                 late starters          73
                              --- 120  1536-------32
                best picks     119  10 129
                wooden spoon    57  4   61
                perfect pick   148  15  163
                solo picks      22  0   22
                perfect bonus    10  0  10        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. 
    13. 
    14. 
    15. 
    16. 
    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
                                   themonarch Howie72 
     12.
     13. 
     14. 
     15. 
     16. 
     17. 
     18.




  • No real change at the top or bottom this week, and only a few shuffled around towards the middle of the pack. So goes the week when yet again six different tippers hit a HoF, and no bonus points were handed out. George95 maintains his 9-point lead over the rest of the field. dg_dave tipped a season-low 4 for the spoon, his second of the year.

  • And so went the week of fantastic finishes. The best finish of the week certainly occurred in #13 Butler vs. #8 Gonzaga, where with 3.5 seconds left and Gonzaga inbounding the ball with a 63-62 lead, Butler stole a strangely-lofted inbounds pass and drove in for a buzzer-beating shot, winning 64-63. Elsewhere, #6 Syracuse went on the road to #1 Louisville, where the hosting Cardinals went scoreless for the last 1:58, allowing the Orange to win 70-68.

  • Not enough tight games? Good. #25 Marquette went on the road to face the USA Today Poll’s #24 Cincinnati, and despite finding themselves down 29-13 at halftime, fought back to tie the game with only 49 seconds left, and forced overtime. But, in the end Cincinnati pulled it out 71-69. #18 Michigan State hosted #11 Ohio State in Lansing, and the game was tied with 44 seconds left until Keith Appling scored 6 points in the final minute and led the Spartans to a 59-56 win. From the unheralded ranks, two perennial tournament contenders from the MAC sparred, and Akron turned a 3-point Kent State lead with 2:27 left into a 4-point victory.

  • So who wants to be #1? Last week, undefeated #1 Duke lost on Saturday, then the last undefeated, #2 Michigan, failed to take advantage and lost as well. This week, Louisville took over the reins and immediately lost. Now it looks to be Indiana’s turn once again, and they host Michigan State on Sunday. Will the revolving door continue to spin?

  • Illinois will be deservedly unranked as of noon Monday, and they are back in action on Tuesday against the Big Ten’s eleventh-best team, Nebraska. Then on Sunday they take what will surely be a fateful trip to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan.


    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Tue Jan 29 2013 10:49 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 12
    2012-2013



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    71-75 (OT)
    72-73
    73-65
    52-66
    51-53
    64-84
    44-45
    70-75
    59-81
    67-57
    76-81
    83-91
    67-73
    69-61
    82-47

    1
    13
    13
    13
    3
    14
    5
    14
    12
    6
    12
    9
    2
    2
    12

    Syracuse at Villanova
    Marshall at Memphis
    Notre Dame at South Florida
    San Francisco at Gonzaga
    Louisville at Georgetown
    Maryland at Duke
    Minnesota at Wisconsin
    LSU at Kentucky
    Vanderbilt at Missouri
    St. Louis at St. Bonaventure
    Washington at Oregon
    North Carolina at NC State
    Kansas State at Iowa State
    La Salle at VCU
    Florida at Mississippi State

    dg_dave
    Sypher
    themonarch
    ozzz2002
    Sypher dg_dave wwe84
    Everybody1

    Everybody2
    BxBarracuda wwe84

    BxBarracuda wwe84

    Howie72 LeoDaVinci
    ozzz2002 wwe84
    ozzz2002 wwe84

    131



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95      125   9 134  5     3
     2  2  2-10  Howie72     s 116  10 127  3  1  4
     3  2  2-4   illiniman14   116  10 126  2     4
     4  4  1-4   gtho4         114  11 125  3     1
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb        108  11 119  3     1 
     6  6  2-12  Sypher        106   9 115  4  1  4
     7 10  2-14  LeoDaVinci  s 103  10 114  2  1  3
     8  7  6-12  srini701      104   9 113     1  2
     9  7  6-13  BxBarracuda   104   8 112  2    
    10  7  4-10  themonarch    104   7 111  2  1  1
    11 11  5-12  dg_dave     s  93  10 104  2  2  3
    12 11  2-12  paper_aero     93  10 103     2  2
    13 13  6-15  ozzz2002    s  86   9  96     3  4
    14 13  13-15 wwe84       s  86   8  95  1  4  4
    15 15  4-15  doomed         78   D  82        1
                 late starters          82
                              --- 135  1676-------37
                best picks     129  11 140
                wooden spoon    61  7   68
                perfect pick   163  15  178
                solo picks      22  5   27
                perfect bonus    10  0  10        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. +7 George95
    13. 
    14. 
    15. 
    16. 
    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                      
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
     12. 11/15 gtho4 N-Bomb          themonarch Howie72   7/15 themonarch
     13. 
     14. 
     15. 
     16. 
     17. 
     18.




  • George95 shows he’s human once again, giving up 2 points from his ever-present lead, but still has a larger lead than there are weeks remaining. The rest of the field has plenty of catching up to do. Like 2 weeks ago, scores ranged from only 7-11 this week, so there was little movement save LeoDaVinci (go 49ers) and themonarch swapping spots, but for the first time we have a clear 1-15 ranking of every tipper. themonarch also picked up his first spoon along the way.

  • The big prediction this week?
    Originally Posted By: dg_dave

    Louisville at Georgetown (this one will be a close one I think)


  • Correctamundo! Not to mention, dg_dave was one of 3 tippers to take Georgetown over #5 Louisville, who found themselves in a free fall of 3 straight losses before eeking out a win on Monday. Dave was also the only tipper to take Villanova over #3 Syracuse, winning their second-straight game over a top-5 opponent. New #1 Duke kept on the #1 curse, getting crushed by #25 Miami 90-63 on Wednesday before torching Maryland 84-64.

  • A shorter write-up this week, but enough time to say that the gauntlet of Illinois’ season is in full swing, losing to #2 Michigan handily, with Michigan State, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Minnesota on deck.


    • Posted by: dg_dave

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Tue Jan 29 2013 11:18 PM

    I didn't think it would be that close!
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Feb 09 2013 09:59 AM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 13
    2012-2013



    13 of 15 players lodged tips:


    65-59
    62-75
    79-65
    71-73
    60-75
    60-72 (OT)
    55-65
    79-60
    85-80
    72-77
    79-78
    54-58
    69-68
    71-79
    73-81

    11
    10
    12
    7
    6
    12
    5
    11
    3
    6
    5
    5
    8
    8
    7

    Cincinnati at Seton Hall
    Nevada at New Mexico
    Arizona at Washington State
    Xavier at Richmond
    Purdue at Northwestern
    Virginia Tech at North Carolina
    Syracuse at Pittsburgh
    Duke at Florida State
    Oklahoma State at Kansas
    UNLV at Boise State
    Miami (FL) at NC State
    Oregon at California
    LSU at Mississippi State
    Baylor at Iowa State
    Michigan at Indiana

    dg_dave wwe84
    paper_aero ozzz2002 wwe84
    wwe84


    ozzz2002

    ozzz2002 wwe84
    paper_aero ozzz2002 wwe84






    116



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95      134   7 141  5     3
     2  2  2-10  Howie72       127  11 138  4  1  4
     3  3  2-4   illiniman14   126  11 137  3     4
     4  4  1-4   gtho4         125  11 136  4     1
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb        119   8 127  3     1 
     6  7  2-14  LeoDaVinci    114  10 124  2  1  3
     7  8  6-12  srini701      113   9 122     1  2
     8  6  2-12  Sypher        115  d6 121  4  1  4
     8 10  4-10  themonarch    111  10 121  2  1  1
    10  9  6-13  BxBarracuda   112   5 117  2  1  
    11 12  2-12  paper_aero    103  10 113     2  2
    12 11  5-12  dg_dave       104   6 110  2  2  3
    13 13  6-15  ozzz2002       96  10 106     3  4
    14 14  13-15 wwe84          95   8 103  1  4  4
    15 15  4-15  doomed         82   D  88        1
                 late starters          88
                            --- 128    1804-------37
                best picks     140  11 151
                wooden spoon    68   5  73
                perfect pick   178  15  193
                solo picks      27   0  27
                perfect bonus   10    0 10        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. +7 George95
    13. +3 George95
    14. 
    15. 
    16. 
    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
     12. 11/15 gtho4 N-Bomb          themonarch Howie72   7/15 themonarch
     13. 11/15 Howie72 illiniman14 gtho4                  5/15 BxBarracuda
     14. 
     15. 
     16. 
     17. 
     18.




  • And all of the sudden, we have ourselves a race for the top spot. Whereas George95 has had a healthy lead for much of the season, a 7/15 performance coupled with 11/15 HoF performances by #2-4 means he only has a 3-point lead with 5 weeks to go. On the other side of the spectrum, BxBarracuda picks up his first spoon of the year with only 5/15.

  • Who wants to be #1? #1 Michigan took a trip to Bloomington, and #3 Indiana took them to the woodshed early in the first half. The game ended up a healthy 81-73, but the result was the same as the previous 3 weeks – the #1 team would be there no longer. So obviously #2 Kansas would take over the spot, right? Well… Oklahoma State had something to say about that, snapping a 33-game home winning streak and giving the Jayhawks their first conference loss. As expected, Indiana would then take over the #1 spot.

  • The top 25 was littered with other upsets as well: Pittsburgh held ground on their home turf against #6 Syracuse 65-55; #10 Oregon also had a tough time on the road at California, losing 58-54; #15 Wichita State also went down on the road to Northern Iowa 57-52; and #22 San Diego State was welcomed into the rankings by Air Force with a 70-67 defeat. The only other matchup of two top-25 teams was surprising #14 Miami (FL) against #19 NC State – and the Hurricanes eeked it out on the road 79-78.

  • So Indiana took over the #1 spot when the #1 team has lost 4 weeks in a row. Who do they play this week? Why, on Thursday they are scheduled for Illinois in Champaign. How would that game go? Sounds like an update for next week.


    • Posted by: dg_dave

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Feb 09 2013 04:23 PM

    Originally Posted By: illiniman14
    So Indiana took over the #1 spot when the #1 team has lost 4 weeks in a row. Who do they play this week? Why, on Thursday they are scheduled for Illinois in Champaign. How would that game go? Sounds like an update for next week.


    And I know someone who is ecstatic about that result! wink
    Posted by: dg_dave

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Feb 09 2013 11:16 PM

    The never-ending game...93-93 after 4OT!
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Feb 09 2013 11:51 PM

    You may notice it mentioned in the write up here in a few minutes...
    Posted by: dg_dave

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Feb 09 2013 11:57 PM

    At the rate it was going, I was wondering if we could get it finished today or if they'd end up suspending it because of the time of day!
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Feb 10 2013 12:08 AM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 14
    2012-2013



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    55-64
    48-69
    62-52
    101-104 (5OT)
    99-87
    89-76
    55-74
    62-65 (OT)
    66-72
    61-87
    58-83
    70-79
    78-65
    62-76
    75-72

    7
    12
    7
    4
    shocked
    12
    14
    1
    2
    10
    13
    11
    13
    13
    2

    New Mexico at UNLV
    Tennessee State at Murray State
    Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
    Louisville at Notre Dame
    San Francisco at BYU
    Memphis at Southern Miss
    Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga
    Michigan at Wisconsin
    Kansas at Oklahoma
    North Carolina at Miami (FL)
    Mississippi State at Florida
    Iowa State at Kansas State
    Michigan State at Purdue
    Washington State at UCLA
    Illinois State at Creighton


    Sypher paper_aero


    Nobody
    illiniman14 paper_aero
    Everybody
    Sypher
    ozzz2002 wwe84

    BxBarracuda
    LeoDaVinci dg_dave ozzz2002
    wwe84
    wwe84
    dg_dave ozzz2002

    121



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95      141   9 150  5     3
     2  2  2-10  Howie72       138  10 148  4  1  4
     3  4  1-4   gtho4         136   9 145  4     1
     3  3  2-4   illiniman14   137   8 145  3     4
     5  5  5-10  N-Bomb        127   8 135  3     1 
     6  6  2-14  LeoDaVinci    124   7 131  2  2  3
     7  7  6-12  srini701      122   8 130     1  2
     7  8  2-12  Sypher      s 121   8 130  4  1  5
     7  8  4-10  themonarch    121   9 130  2  1  1
    10 10  6-13  BxBarracuda   117   9 126  2  1  
    11 12  5-12  dg_dave     s 110   9 120  2  2  4
    11 11  2-12  paper_aero    113   7 120     3  2
    13 13  6-15  ozzz2002   ss 106  11 119  1  3  6
    14 14  13-15 wwe84       s 103   9 113  1  4  5
    15 15  4-15  doomed         88   D  93        1
                 late starters          93
                            --- 126    1935-------42
                best picks     151  11 162
                wooden spoon    73   7  80
                perfect pick   193  15  208
                solo picks      27   5  32
                perfect bonus   10    0 10        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. +7 George95
    13. +3 George95
    14. +2 George95
    15. 
    16. 
    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
     12. 11/15 gtho4 N-Bomb          themonarch Howie72   7/15 themonarch
     13. 11/15 Howie72 illiniman14 gtho4                  5/15 BxBarracuda
     14. 11/15 ozzz2002                                   7/15 LeoDaVinci paper_aero
     15. 
     16. 
     17. 
     18.




  • Ever so slowly, George95’s lead is dwindling down. Howie72 only disagreed with him on one game, and got it right – so down to 2 it goes with 4 weeks left. illiniman14 and gtho4 are locked into 3rd place 5 points back from the lead. But who sits on top of the pack this week? Why, it’s ozzz2002, getting 11/15 (and two solo bonuses to boot). Only 4 points separated a HoF from a spoon this week, but LeoDaVinci and paper_aero both pick up some eating utensils this week.

  • Game of the day? #3 Michigan went to Wisconsin and hit a 3 in a tie game with 2.4 seconds left, but with 3 fouls to give allowed Wisconsin to get a half-court heave off, and they sunk it. In overtime, the Badgers finished off the upset 65-62. That looked like it would be, until…

  • A little to the east, #11 Louisville and #25 Notre Dame had gone to overtime or double overtime in 5 of 7 matchups, and they decided to go a little extra this time. Notre Dame’s Jarian Grant scored 12 points in the last 47 seconds to tie it at 60. Poor clock management by Louisville at the end of the first and second overtime periods sent it into a third overtime (despite 3 Irish starters fouling out by the start of the first overtime), where Louisville hit 1 of 2 free throws with 15 seconds left to tie the game, and Notre Dame turned it over with 4 seconds left, leading to a fourth overtime.

  • Tired yet? I watched it live (the least I could do for my alma mater, UL). Fast forward to the end of 4OT, and we get UL up 93-89 with 59 seconds left. Game over, right? Right… except ND made a layup and UL’s Russ Smith inexplicably raced down the court and missed a wild layup, giving the Irish one last chance. Two missed shots later, Garrick Sherman, who didn’t play a single second in regulation, tipped up a rebound into the basket, and off we went to the fifth overtime. For what seemed like the first time, ND got the early lead, but UL had the chance to tie with 24 seconds left – but missed both free throws. After what might be characterized by poets as “a long game,” ND pulled it out 104-101.

  • Surprisingly, there was time for other game of note to happen as well. San Francisco, down 15 just after halftime, finished the 2nd half 60-34 and won 99-87 over BYU (maybe because gtho4 called them the “Tigers” – poor Cougars). #23 Pittsburgh went to #17 Cincinnati and despite being down by 5 at half, won 62-52. UNLV, however, showed how hard it is to win a conference game on the road, taking down #15 New Mexico 64-55. And perhaps most of note, #5 Kansas earned their first 3-game losing streak since 2005 after being taken out by Oklahoma on the road 72-66.

  • Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Does ANYBODY want to be #1? OK, well I’ll keep going anyway. #1 Indiana had a tough week (see below), but #2 Florida was already crushed by Arkansas earlier in the week. #3 Michigan was stunned by Wisconsin as we know, which eventually just left the ranking at #4 Duke’s doorstep. They play Boston College on Sunday, and North Carolina and Maryland later this week.

  • The #1 team had lost 4 weeks in a row, and #1 Indiana took a trip to Illinois on Thursday… and now the #1 team has lost 5 weeks in a row. Down 70-61 with 3:36 left, Illinois went on a 13-2 run, including a wide-open layup off an inbounds pass with only 0.9 seconds left on the clock for the win. Up next: Minnesota on Sunday and a chance for revenge against Purdue on Wednesday.


    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Feb 10 2013 07:03 PM

    And for a Sunday update - Duke baaaaarely survived Boston College (now 10-13 on the year) 62-61, so they will likely have reluctantly re-claimed the #1 spot
    Posted by: N-Bomb

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Feb 10 2013 10:32 PM

    Awesome game from Wisconsin, I love the Badgers and that was the game of the year! Well, the five OT game was crazy... but crap basketball.
    Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sat Feb 23 2013 09:44 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    2012-13
    Week 15
    Sat, Feb 15



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    59-70
    81-93
    69-79
    58-88
    56-55
    55-83
    88-80
    71-73
    68-80
    83-82
    79-77 (OT)
    57-69
    61-81
    70-72
    64-76

    6
    11
    7
    3
    8
    14
    9
    3
    10
    7
    11
    12
    11
    8
    11

    Xavier at Dayton
    Virginia at North Carolina
    Pittsburgh at Marquette
    Kentucky at Tennessee
    Army at Navy
    Purdue at Indiana
    UCLA at Stanford
    Missouri at Arkansas
    Mississippi State at LSU
    Temple at Massachusetts
    Oregon at Washington State
    Princeton at Harvard
    Baylor at Kansas State
    San Diego State at UNLV
    Saint Joseph's at La Salle


    illiniman14 N-Bomb ozzz2002

    gtho4 illiniman14 ozzz2002

    Everybody

    gtho4 srini701 ozzz2002


    Howie72 Sypher dg_dave
    BxBarracuda dg_dave
    LeoDaVinci dg_dave wwe84

    paper_aero dg_dave wwe84

    131



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95      150  12 162  5     3
     2  3  1-4   gtho4       b 145  13 159  4     2
     3  2  2-10  Howie72       148  10 158  4  1  4
     4  3  2-4   illiniman14   145  11 156  3     4
     5  7  5-12  srini701    b 130  13 144  1  1  3
     6  5  5-10  N-Bomb        135   8 143  3     1 
     7  6  2-14  LeoDaVinci    131   9 140  2  2  3
     8  7  4-10  themonarch    130   9 139  2  1  1
     8  7  2-12  Sypher        130   7 137  4  1  5
    10 10  6-13  BxBarracuda   126   8 134  2  1  
    11 13  6-15  ozzz2002      119  10 129  1  3  6
    11 11  2-12  paper_aero    120   9 129     3  2
    13 11  5-12  dg_dave       120   6 126  2  3  4
    14 14  13-15 wwe84         113   6 119  1  5  5
    15 15  4-15  doomed         93   D  97        1
                 late starters          97
                            --- 135    2072-------44
                best picks     162  13 175
                wooden spoon    80   6  86
                perfect pick   208  15  223
                solo picks      32   0  32
                perfect bonus   10   2  12        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. +7 George95
    13. +3 George95
    14. +2 George95
    15. +3 George95
    16. 
    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
     12. 11/15 gtho4 N-Bomb          themonarch Howie72   7/15 themonarch
     13. 11/15 Howie72 illiniman14 gtho4                  5/15 BxBarracuda
     14. 11/15 ozzz2002                                   7/15 LeoDaVinci paper_aero
     15. 13/15 gtho4 srini701                             6/15 dg_dave wwe84
     16. 
     17. 
     18.




  • It was certainly a week of change, as only 5 tippers kept their previous position from last week. One of those was George95, who increases his lead to 3 as gtho4 puts in a HoF performance and reclaims 2nd for the first time since week 7. Joining him with 13/15 is srini701 – but that’s no surprise considering they’re using the same dartboard.

  • Let’s see… where to begin… oh yes: Does ANYBODY want to be #1? Now, if you’re looking at the ESPN/USA Today ranking, you’re thinking “Well, Indiana won last week, what’s your problem?” You see, following their loss to a certain rival last week, Duke took the #1 spot in the AP Poll, and then took a trip to Maryland and lost 83-81. That sends it back to Indiana for the top spot, and they played #4 Michigan State on the road on Tuesday. Stay tuned…

  • In our comp, it was one of the quieter weeks on the schedule so far. Kentucky lost star Nerlens Noel earlier in the week to a torn ACL, and then came out and laid an egg against Tennessee 88-58, their largest loss ever to the Volunteers. Rivalry games can also make strange results, as Army, having a respectable season, had already lost to struggling Navy at home this year, and barely edged the Midshipmen 56-55 on the road. Marquette kept up their hot run against Pittsburgh to remain atop the Big East 93-81; Arkansas continues its baffling season of being simply unbeatable at home in conference play, beating Missouri 73-71; UCLA got back on track taking out Stanford 88-80; and the battle of the brains left Harvard atop Princeton 69-57.

  • The Illini at least appear to be back towards early-season form, beating #18 Minnesota on the road and dismantling Purdue 79-59. Up next: “Chicago’s Big Ten School” (*chuckle*) Northwestern, winless-in-conference Penn State, and finally #7 Michigan on the road on Sunday.


    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Sun Feb 24 2013 08:36 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 16
    2012-2013



    13 of 15 players lodged tips:


    73-89
    65-42
    61-79
    72-31
    75-71
    65-76
    57-46
    76-90
    56-60
    75-88
    54-71
    66-77
    83-90 (OT)
    81-69
    91-82

    13
    8
    11
    10
    6
    8
    2
    10
    5
    11
    11
    10
    7
    10
    6

    Southern Miss at Memphis
    UNLV at Wyoming
    Seton Hall at Louisville
    Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
    VCU at Xavier
    NC State at North Carolina
    Georgetown at Syracuse
    Baylor at Oklahoma
    Marquette at Villanova
    Nevada at San Diego State
    Arkansas at Florida
    Stanford at Oregon
    Missouri at Kentucky
    Kansas State at Texas
    New Mexico at Colorado State

    Everybody

    ozzz2002 wwe84
    paper_aero ozzz2002 wwe84


    paper_aero dg_dave
    paper_aero dg_dave wwe84

    dg_dave ozzz2002
    dg_dave wwe84
    LeoDaVinci paper_aero ozzz2002

    dg_dave ozzz2002 wwe84

    128



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-6   George95      162  12 174  5     3
     2  2  1-4   gtho4         159  11 170  4     2
     3  3  2-10  Howie72       158  10 168  4  1  4
     4  4  2-4   illiniman14   156  10 166  3     4
     5  5  5-12  srini701    b 144  13 158  2  1  4
     6  6  5-10  N-Bomb        143  12 155  3     1 
     7  7  2-14  LeoDaVinci    140  10 150  2  2  3
     8  8  2-12  Sypher        137  11 148  4  1  5
     9  8  4-10  themonarch    139  d6 145  2  1  1
    10 10  6-13  BxBarracuda   134  10 144  2  1  
    11 11  2-12  paper_aero  s 129   9 139     3  3
    12 13  5-13  dg_dave     s 126   9 136  2  3  5
    13 11  6-15  ozzz2002      129   5 134  1  4  6
    14 14  13-15 wwe84         119   6 125  1  5  5
    15 15  4-15  doomed         97   D 103        1
                 late starters         103
                            --- 140    2215-------47
                best picks     175  13 188
                wooden spoon    86   5  91
                perfect pick   223  15  238
                solo picks      32   2  34
                perfect bonus   12   1  13        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. +7 George95
    13. +3 George95
    14. +2 George95
    15. +3 George95
    16. +4 George95
    17. 
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
     12. 11/15 gtho4 N-Bomb          themonarch Howie72   7/15 themonarch
     13. 11/15 Howie72 illiniman14 gtho4                  5/15 BxBarracuda
     14. 11/15 ozzz2002                                   7/15 LeoDaVinci paper_aero
     15. 13/15 gtho4 srini701                             6/15 dg_dave wwe84
     16. 13/15 srini701                                   5/15 ozzz2002
     17. 
     18.




  • We’ve entered the home stretch, and George95 extends his lead to 4 over gtho4 and 6 over Howie72 – his lead deteriorated 6 points over two weeks from weeks 11-13, and yet he’s held the lead since week 2. srini701 racks up his second consecutive HoF, and becomes the first person to also get consecutive perfect pick bonuses.

  • Finally, the #1 team will remain the same. Indiana went to #4 Michigan State and edged out a win 72-68 in a thrilling win. Not every top team avoided the upset bug though, as #2 Miami was routed by Wake Forest 80-65, while in our own comp #8 Syracuse fell at home to #11 Georgetown 57-46. #20 Marquette fell out of the Big East lead following their 60-56 loss to Villanova.

  • A shorter update this week, because so few other upsets or nail-biters for our purposes. Illinois went 2-1 this past week, only losing at #7 Michigan. They are off until next Saturday before taking on Nebraska.

    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Tue Mar 05 2013 09:12 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 17
    2012-2013



    14 of 15 players lodged tips:


    46-62
    56-61
    69-56
    80-63
    79-91
    57-58
    58-53
    52-84
    77-72
    64-72
    60-73
    76-89
    76-79
    64-61
    69-74

    12
    8
    2
    11
    11
    12
    6
    7
    1
    10
    4
    14
    11
    11
    6

    Colorado at California
    Connecticut at Cincinnati
    Purdue at Wisconsin
    UNLV at Nevada
    Wichita State at Creighton
    Michigan State at Michigan
    Louisville at Syracuse
    Butler at VCU
    Massachusetts at Xavier
    Notre Dame at Marquette
    Kentucky at Arkansas
    LSU at Missouri
    Miami (FL) at Duke
    Kansas State at Baylor
    Arizona at UCLA

    Sypher ozzz2002

    Sypher wwe84
    Sypher ozzz2002 wwe84
    BxBarracuda ozzz2002
    Sypher dg_dave


    ozzz2002


    Everybody
    George95 dg_dave ozzz2002
    Howie72 dg_dave wwe84

    117



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  2  1-4   gtho4         170  12 182  5     2
     2  1  1-6   George95      174   7 181  5     3
     3  3  2-10  Howie72       168   9 177  4  1  4
     3  4  2-4   illiniman14   166  11 177  3     4
     5  5  5-12  srini701      158  10 168  2  1  4
     6  6  5-10  N-Bomb        155  10 165  3     1 
     7  7  2-14  LeoDaVinci    150  9* 158  2  2  3
     8  8  2-12  Sypher      s 148   8 157  4  1  6
     9  9  4-10  themonarch    145  10 155  2  1  1
    10 10  6-13  BxBarracuda   144   8 152  2  1  
    11 11  2-12  paper_aero    139  11 150     3  3
    12 12  5-13  dg_dave       136   6 142  2  4  5
    12 13  6-15  ozzz2002    s 134   7 142  1  4  7
    14 14  13-15 wwe84       s 125   8 134  1  5  6
    15 15  4-15  doomed        103   D 108        1
                 late starters         108
                            --- 127    2345-------50
                best picks     188  12 200
                wooden spoon    91   6  97
                perfect pick   238  15 253
                solo picks      34   3  37
                perfect bonus   13   0  13        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. +7 George95
    13. +3 George95
    14. +2 George95
    15. +3 George95
    16. +4 George95
    17. +1         gtho4
    18. 

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
     12. 11/15 gtho4 N-Bomb          themonarch Howie72   7/15 themonarch
     13. 11/15 Howie72 illiniman14 gtho4                  5/15 BxBarracuda
     14. 11/15 ozzz2002                                   7/15 LeoDaVinci paper_aero
     15. 13/15 gtho4 srini701                             6/15 dg_dave wwe84
     16. 13/15 srini701                                   5/15 ozzz2002
     17. 12/15 gtho4                                      6/15 dg_dave
     18.




  • With one week to go, we have a true battle for first place. The only two tippers who have held the position, gtho4 and George95, swap places as the former gets a HoF while the latter misses getting his first wooden spoon by 1 pick. dg_dave does pick up the spoon this week, while LeoDaVinci got his picks in too late and suffered a 1-point reduction.

  • You guessed it, #1 Indiana fell this week, as Minnesota defended their home court 77-73. That opened the door for Gonzaga to take the top spot, becoming the third team from a non-power conference to be ranked #1 in the last decade, joining 2003-04 St. Joseph's and 2007-08 Memphis.

  • There were several good games this week. #13 Kansas State went to Baylor and took advantage of an inbounds pass being tossed out of bounds with 1 second left to hit a 3-pointer and win 64-61. #4 Michigan took down in-state rival #9 Michigan State after a dunk put them up 2, and a missed free throw solidified the 58-57 victory. Ryan Kelly returned for #3 Duke to face #5 after missing Miami (FL) for the first time since January, and scored 36 points in their 79-76 victory. #10 Louisville took advantage of struggling #12 Syracuse, taking them down 58-53 on the road. Finally, Purdue pulled off the stunner of the weekend, beating #17 Wisconsin on the road 69-56.

  • Illinois struggled to beat a bad Nebraska team on Senior Night 72-65, and followed that by an even more underwhelming performance, shooting just 28.6% in a loss to Iowa. Their ticket to the tournament is all but punched, but getting some momentum before March Madness would be nice.


    • Posted by: illiniman14

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Tue Mar 12 2013 08:36 PM



    NCAA Basketball
    Week 18
    2012-2013



    13 of 15 players lodged tips:


    73-89
    39-61
    57-61
    83-74
    67-71
    61-54
    57-73
    62-67
    62-64
    58-81
    69-53
    72-71
    61-71
    58-61 (OT)
    76-84

    3
    10
    5
    9
    3
    9
    10
    13
    5
    eek
    8
    5
    13
    8
    2

    Minnesota at Purdue
    Syracuse at Georgetown
    Florida at Kentucky
    Iowa State at West Virginia
    NC State at Florida State
    UCLA at Washington
    Notre Dame at Louisville
    Xavier at Butler
    Missouri at Tennessee
    Kansas at Baylor
    Duke at North Carolina
    Indiana at Michigan
    Northwestern at Michigan State
    Maryland at Virginia
    VCU at Temple

    gtho4 Sypher wwe84
    LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 wwe84


    themonarch BxBarracuda ozzz2002

    Sypher ozzz2002 wwe84
    Everyone1

    Nobody


    Everyone2

    BxBarracuda ozzz2002

    103



    Tipping Comp Standings


      position                   points
    ----- -----               ------------    
    TW LW hi-lo                 LW TW TOTAL      tbp
    ----- -----               -------------hf ws
     1  1  1-4   gtho4        182   9 191  6     2
     2  2  1-6   George95      181   9 190  6     3
     3  3  2-10  Howie72       177   8 185  4  1  4
     3  3  2-4   illiniman14   177   8 185  3     4
     5  5  5-12  srini701      168   8 176  2  1  4
     6  6  5-10  N-Bomb        165   8 173  3     1 
     7  8  2-12  Sypher        157   9 166  5  1  6
     8  7  2-14  LeoDaVinci    158   6 164  2  3  3
     9  9  4-10  themonarch    155   8 163  2  1  1
    10 10  6-13  BxBarracuda s 152   9 162  3  1  1
    11 11  2-12  paper_aero    150   8 158     3  3
    12 12  6-15  ozzz2002    s 142   6 148  1  5  8
    13 12  5-13  dg_dave       142  d4 146  2  4  5
    14 14  13-15 wwe84         134   7 141  1  5  6
    15 15  4-15  doomed        108   D 112        1
                 late starters 
                            --- 111    2461-------52
                best picks     200   9 209
                wooden spoon    97   6 103
                perfect pick   253  15 268
                solo picks      37   2  39
                perfect bonus   13   0  13        
     b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/15
     s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
    tbp - Total bonus pts
    *  - Point deducted for late tips
      
    Default is away teams

    Weekly Leader


     1. +1         gtho4
     2. +1 George95
     3. +1 George95
     4. +1 George95
     5. +2 George95
     6. +5 George95
     7. +7 George95
     8. +7 George95
     9. +5 George95
    10. +9 George95
    11. +9 George95
    12. +7 George95
    13. +3 George95
    14. +2 George95
    15. +3 George95
    16. +4 George95
    17. +1         gtho4
    18. +1         gtho4

       



     week    Hall of Fame                             Wooden Spoon               

                
      1.  9/13 gtho4                                      5/13 wwe84
      2. 12/15 George95                                   7/15 wwe84 srini701 ozzz2002
      3. 11/15 Sypher                                     6/15 wwe84
      4. 11/15 themonarch dg_dave N-Bomb BxBarracuda      6/15 Sypher paper_aero
      5. 14/15 Howie72                                    5/15 wwe84
      6. 14/15 George95 N-Bomb                            5/15 ozzz2002
      7. 12/15 Sypher                                     5/15 ozzz2002
      8. 11/15 George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda wwe84         6/15 LeoDaVinci dg_dave
      9. 14/15 illiniman14                     dg_dave    5/14 paper_aero
     10. 11/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher gtho4 N-Bomb    7/15 Howie72
     11. 10/15 George95 LeoDaVinci Sypher illiniman14     4/15 dg_dave
     12. 11/15 gtho4 N-Bomb          themonarch Howie72   7/15 themonarch
     13. 11/15 Howie72 illiniman14 gtho4                  5/15 BxBarracuda
     14. 11/15 ozzz2002                                   7/15 LeoDaVinci paper_aero
     15. 13/15 gtho4 srini701                             6/15 dg_dave wwe84
     16. 13/15 srini701                                   5/15 ozzz2002
     17. 12/15 gtho4                                      6/15 dg_dave
     18. 9/15  gtho4 George95 Sypher BxBarracuda          6/15 LeoDaVinci ozzz2002




  • This part of the madness is over, and gtho4 stands on top of the heap! He has won every year this comp has run, a remarkable feat! He started and ended the comp getting a HoF with 9 picks correct, and finished both weeks up by just 1 pick on the rest of the field. Congratulations!

  • Only 1 pick away was George95, as he held the tiebreaker of bonus points, but he could not get that one pick to get him over the edge. At one point, he held a lead of 9 over the rest of the field, but could not survive the onslaught of 3/4 HoFs by gtho4 to end the year. Still a valiant effort for silver!

  • In the battle for third, Howie72 and illiniman14 stood toe-to-toe, hinging on the result of Sunday’s Indiana- Michigan game. With seconds to go, Michigan put up a layup that seemed to stick to the rim and barely fell off the side, earning a tie between the two and a bronze for Howie72, holding the tiebreaker with more HoFs. For the record, I have no regrets picking against the Hoosiers.

  • A week of historic lows struck the field, becoming the first week in which all 15 games were played and the HoF hit below 10 picks correct. Nobody saw Baylor’s 81-58 drubbing of Kansas coming, while only handfuls predicted the upsets of Purdue over Minnesota; Florida State over NC State; Temple over VCU; or Tennessee over Missouri, despite all being at home. Never underestimate senior night!

  • And with that, we sign off for the regular season NCAA Basketball comp. Conference tournaments are underway, determining the automatic bids, and end with the Big Ten Tournament just an hour or so before Selection Sunday. Hope you enjoyed the comp, and on with the Madness!


    • Posted by: dg_dave

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Tue Mar 12 2013 09:02 PM

    Of all the weeks I miss, I score two less than Wooden Spoon! D'Oh!
    Posted by: ozzz2002

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Tue Mar 12 2013 09:51 PM

    Congrats to all the Georges. smile
    Posted by: N-Bomb

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Tue Mar 12 2013 10:12 PM

    Great comeback gtho, unlucky george for the ending!
    Posted by: srini701

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Wed Mar 13 2013 03:51 AM

    Well done to the podium finishers and to illiniman for running a good comp...
    Posted by: gtho4

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Wed Mar 13 2013 08:39 AM

    phew, it's over
    and congrats to fellow medallists George95 and Howie72!

    Thank you illiniman14, for your time and efforts in creating this comp and running it.
    Posted by: BxBarracuda

    Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Basketball - Wed Mar 13 2013 10:29 AM

    Great finish ghto, and congrats to George and Howie for making the podium.

    Thanks for running this comp and adding it to the schedule illiniman.