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#1036194 - Fri Feb 28 2014 01:51 PM

Results & Standings .. March Madness

gtho4

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Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54484
Loc: Sydney
oz downunder

This year's Madness comp will be at the same site as last year. A bracket for 2014 has been setup once again at cbssports.com .. for those of us who played last year, you're half-way there, as invite emails have been sent by csbssports.com to all of last year's participants (using last year's email addresses); the email displays your reg'd ID.

The scoring system remains unchanged. There are 63 games in this comp; we pick all of them in one go on the cbssports.com website: 1st Round (32 games) : 1 pt 2nd Round (16 games) : 2 pts 3rd Round ( 8 games) : 3 pts (regional semis ) Sweet Sixteen 4th Round ( 4 games) : 4 pts (regional finals) Elite Eight 5th Round ( 2 games) : 6 pts (national semis ) Final Four 6th Round ( 1 game ) : 9 pts (national final) Seedings: additional pts added for each correct pick, being the team's seed.

Location: http://www.cbssports.com/login/ftmm.mayhem
Group password: ft-comp
if that doesn't work, try this link: http://ftmm2004.mayhem.cbssports.com/e

If you've sucessfully logged in, you will see this in the top LH corner of the screen:
March Madness at FT
2014 Tipping Comp

if you'd like to join the Madness tipping comp but do not have a cbssports ID, there's a link on that page to register. You must have a cbs ID to play in this comp! Please note - you may, but don't have to, use your real name to register (surname, first name); but please pick something for those two fields that looks like your FT username (so that we know who you are).
this also applies to those who played last year, but can't remember their ID and/or have changed their email address and thus can't retrieve their password (which they've forgotten) .. you will need to re-register.
please check your reg'd email address in your account settings/profile after you login.

This year's tipping comp is the 13th edition of March Madness! No one has retained their title in this comp, and no one has won it twice (but some have been on the podium twice). The defending title-holder is Sarah6065.. silver and bronze went to BxBarracuda and LeoDaVinci. The winner of the 2008 comp, ralzzz, holds the record for the biggest winning margin (see summary tables of last 12 comps in the post below this one) .. and doomed won bronze that year the hard way; he failed to pick any of the Final Four! Howie72 holds the record for the most correct picks with 51/63, achieved in the 2007 comp.


2002  LordAndry   gtho4        TemplarLLM  
2003  izzi        gtho4        rudogg   
2004  wez         Sarah606     gtho4         
2005  ElfTwinkle  kevinatilusa linkan        
2006  Blinkybill  LeoDaVinci   ElfTwinkle
2007  Howie72     dg_dave      Nannanut 
2008  ralzzz      LeoDaVinci   doomed
2009  jonnowales  dg_dave      Sypher
2010  illiniman14 LeoDaVinci   jonnowales 
2011  N-Bomb      rxbigdawg    toocool4u
2012  George95    BxBarracuda  Howie72 
2013  Sarah606    BxBarracuda  LeoDaVinci

This year's Madness starts on Thu 20-Mar-2014 and the final is on Mon 7-Apr-2014. The bracket will open for tipping when the field is inserted by cbssports.com, which should happen on Sun 16-Mar-2014. However, the last four teams to qualify will not be known until Monday and Tuesday (they will enter the comp as the four #16 seeds) .. btw a #16 seed has never won a game against their #1 seed opponents since the NCAA started the current Madness format in 1985.

Last Four play-in: Tue/Wed 18/19 March now aka First Four First Round: Thu-Fri March 20-21 Second Round: Sat-Sun March 22-23 Third Round: Thu-Fri March 27-28 Fourth Round: Sat-Sun March 29-30 Final Four: Saturday 5th April Championship: Monday 7th April Final Four play-offs at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington TX

Deadline: cbssports/com will close the bracket of 63 picks at noon EDT on Thursday 20th March.

Good luck remembering your password (if you receive the email) or your ID (if you're reg'd but have changed your email address) .. and good luck registering if you're new! To confirm you're in and that everything's hunky dory, please post in the Group Message Board (it's in the Brackets drop-down menu).

This year's Madness should be a piece of cake .. illiniman14 has once again given us a work-out through 18 rounds in the NCAA Basketball comp .. at least the names of the teams and/or who they are won't be as unfamilar as they have been in prior years. This year's results threads will be posted by illiniman14.
Rankings: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1

Good luck to all of us; and may the best man or best woman win!

Edited by gtho4 (Thu Mar 20 2014 06:46 PM)

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#1036202 - Fri Feb 28 2014 02:09 PM

March Madness .. sign-up procedure

gtho4

Administrator

Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54484
Loc: Sydney
oz downunder

2002		2003		2004		2005
Lord Andry gtho4 TemplarLLM Sypher thejazzkickazz	38 64 39 62 37 60 34 58 35 56	izzi gtho4 rudogg marchmadness ElfTwinkle	46 59 45 53 42 49 40 47 39 47	wez Sarah606 gtho4 izzi JuniorTheJaws	37 216 39 212 41 208 40 195 28 185	ElfTwinkle kevinatilusa . . linkan Sarah606 Blinkybill	43 220 41 212 38 194 37 183 26 181
2006		2007		2008		2009
Blinkybill LeoDaVinci ElfTwinkle . . gtho4 dg_dave	32 205 33 189 39 189 36 184 34 181	Howie72 dg_dave Nannanut Blinkybill DakotaNorth	51 260 50 253 50 244 48 235 47 226	ralzzz LeoDaVinci doomed Nannanut JuniorTheJaws	46 243 43 223 42 215 44 213 43 212	jonnowales dg_dave Sypher ralzzz LeoDaVinci	49 256 46 248 47 238 44 219 42 218
2010		2011		2012		2013
illiniman14 LeoDaVinci jonnowales themonarch kevinatilusa . .	39 223 39 221 39 219 39 213 38 210	N-Bomb rxbigdawg toocool4u Sypher illiniman14	38 210 35 192 37 191 37 180 35 178	George95 BxBarracuda Howie72 themonarch srini701	41 237 38 232 41 226 38 220 40 216	Sarah606 BxBarracuda LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 N-Bomb	42 232 37 224 41 221 39 219 39 210

pts for first 2 comps were 1-1-2-3-4-5 plus seedings
then from 2004 onwards 1-2-3-4-6-9 plus seedings

2006 : no-one picked any of the Final Four, not one

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#1036203 - Fri Feb 28 2014 02:14 PM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	I've logged into the board and posted. Side note: the stadium's name has changed to AT&T Stadium. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#1036205 - Fri Feb 28 2014 03:05 PM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	I'm in, too. _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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#1036935 - Thu Mar 06 2014 05:50 AM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	The following have signed-in: dg_dave gtho4 Howie72 ozzz2002 acceptances so far = 4
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#1037710 - Thu Mar 13 2014 06:47 AM March Madness .. sign-up procedure
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	A couple more have signed-in: dg_dave gtho4 Howie72 ozzz2002 srini701 toocool4u acceptances so far now = 6
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#1037728 - Thu Mar 13 2014 10:38 AM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
Sypher Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 16542 Loc: East London England UK	All signed up....couldn't believe I still remembered my old email and password !! SHOCKER !! _________________________ I'll get enough sleep when I'm dead !!
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#1037732 - Thu Mar 13 2014 11:16 AM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
BxBarracuda Forum Champion Registered: Wed Sep 05 2007 Posts: 5117 Loc: Bronx Newï¿½Yorkï¿½USAï¿½ï¿...	I'm back in.
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#1038033 - Sat Mar 15 2014 08:07 AM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	A couple more have signed-in: BxBarracuda dg_dave gtho4 Howie72 illiniman14 ozzz2002 srini701 Sypher toocool4u known acceptances so far = 9
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#1038053 - Sat Mar 15 2014 05:31 PM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
N-Bomb Forum Champion Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010 Posts: 5019 Loc: New Zealand	I'm back, will officially sign in later
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#1038132 - Sun Mar 16 2014 08:51 PM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	A couple more have signed-in: BxBarracuda dg_dave gtho4 Howie72 illiniman14 N-Bomb ozzz2002 srini701 Sypher themonarch toocool4u known acceptances so far = 11
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#1038133 - Sun Mar 16 2014 08:51 PM March Madness .. sign-up procedure
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	they're open, cbs have posted the brackets
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#1038571 - Thu Mar 20 2014 03:23 PM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
Sypher Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 16542 Loc: East London England UK	Missed the deadline....been ill all week and only just got back on to look!! _________________________ I'll get enough sleep when I'm dead !!
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#1038744 - Sat Mar 22 2014 01:28 AM

Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure

illiniman14 Offline

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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA

14 players lodged tips

March Madness Day 1
half-way through 1st Round


Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday	Mar 20-212 Mar 22-23 Mar 27-28 Mar 29-30 April 5 April 7	1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round 5th Round 6th Round	32 games 16 games 8 games 4 games 2 games 1 game	1 pt 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts 6 pts 9 pts	Regional Semi-Finals Regional Finals National Semi-Finals National Final	Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four
Seedings: for a correct pick, teams' seeding is added to above pts					Final is East/West vs. Mid-West/South

Results
picks		seeds
60-59 35-75 77-48 61-57 53-77 68-87 55-67 78-93 81-89 40-57 80-83 80-75 85-87 53-73 64-71 69-73	3 14 12 8 14 9 14 14 9 14 6 3 4 14 14 9	33 28 108 96 42 63 14 56 63 28 30 36 28 28 56 36	11v6 Dayton v Ohio State 15v2 American v Wisconsin 9v8 Pittsburgh v Colorado 12v5 Harvard v Cincinnati 14v3 W Mich v Syracuse 10v7 B Young v Oregon 16v1 Albany v Florida 13v4 Delaware v Mich St 10v7 St Jospeh's v Conn 15v2 Wofford v Michigan 12v5 NC State v St Louis 12v5 ND State v Oklahoma 10v7 Arizona State v Texas 15v2 Milwaukee v Villanova 13v4 Manhattan v Louisville 13v4 NM State v SD State	illiniman14 kevinatilusa Howie72 dg_dave ozzz2002 George95 kevinatilusa LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 Sarah606 srini701 George95 toocool4u themonarch illiniman14 N-Bomb themonarch ozzz2002
161		745	= 906

Standings


                          LW            TW   |  |        |
                         -----        ------ |LP|        |----------------------
TW LW hi-lo           picks pts      pks pts |  | mk mpt | winner     loser
----- -----              -----  day 1  ----- |  |        |----------------------
 1     1-1  themonarch   00 00  13 82  13 82 |47| 60 382 | 1 Arizona  3 Iowa St
 2     2-2  George95     00 00  13 80  13 80 |45| 58 358 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville
 3     3-3  N-Bomb              13 77  13 77 |45| 58 334 | 1 Florida  1 Arizona
 4     4-4  illiniman14  00 00  12 76  12 76 |46| 58 345 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida
 5     5-5  Howie72      00 00  12 73  12 73 |47| 59 371 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville
 6     6-6  kevinatilusa        12 71  12 71 |45| 57 344 | 2 Michigan 4 Mich St
 7     7-7  gtho4               12 69  12 69 |47| 59 315 | 1 Wichita  1 Florida
 7     7-7  toocool4u           12 69  12 69 |46| 58 329 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida
 9     9-9  LeoDaVinci          12 67  12 67 |47| 59 351 | 3 Syracuse 3 Duke
10    10-10 srini701     00 00  12 62  12 62 |47| 59 364 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville
11    11-11 ozzz2002     00 00  11 55  11 55 |39| 50 353 | 7 Texas    6 Ohio St
12    12-12 Sarah606            10 49  10 49 |45| 55 340 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville
13    13-13 dg_dave      00 00   9 41   9 41 |45| 54 310 | 3 Syracuse 2 Michigan
14    14-14 BxBarracuda  00 00   8 35   8 35 |44| 52 350 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville  
                               161 906       |  |        |
            perfect picks       16 108 16 108|  |        |
                                             |  |        |  
LP = live picks remaining (47 games)
mk = maximum number correct picks, if all remaining are correct.
mpt= maximum points if all remaining picks are correct.
@  = identical picks winner and runner-up (last 3 games).
#  = another set of three identical picks.
*  = this team has been eliminated.

Final Four

     
                 |   East           South          Mid-West       West  
            live |--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
BxBarracuda   4  | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   9 Oklahoma St.
dg_dave       4  | 1 Virginia     3 Syracuse     2 Michigan     2 Wisconsin  
George95      4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   6 Baylor
gtho4         4  | 1 Virginia     1 Florida      1 Wichita St.  1 Arizona
Howie72       4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   2 Wisconsin  
illiniman14   4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
kevinatilusa  4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      2 Michigan     3 Creighton
LeoDaVinci    4  | 2 Villanova    3 Syracuse     3 Duke         1 Arizona
N-Bomb        4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
ozzz2002       2 | 1 Virginia     6*Ohio St.     7 Texas        5*Oklahoma
Sarah606      4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3 Creighton
srini701      4  | 2 Villanova    1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
toocool4u     4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3 Creighton
themonarch    4  | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
  
@  identical final four picks (there are none this year).
*  this team has been eliminated.

Last year we had 15 runners .. and this year 14 of us are back for another dose. The no shows was szabs. Sypher subscribed for this year's comp but missed the deadline.

This is the 13th edition of the Madness bracket comp. The first 12 were run from 2002 to 2013 and produced 12 different winners. At the end of Day One in this year's comp we have the defending titleholder, Sarah606, in the bototm half of the standings.

themonarch, who has never won this, is our leader after Day One. The next four spots are all occupied by previous winners .. we may yet see someone win this for a second.

ozzz2002 was hurt the most on day 1, losing 2 of his Final Four picks - and one on the very first game of the day! Everyone else has all 4 Final Four picks alive heading into Day 2.

A record-breaking day saw 4 games go to overtime on the same day of the tournament. Of those, only one - 12 North Dakota State over 5 Oklahoma - produced an upset. However, 4 San Diego State, 5 St. Louis, and 7 Connecticut all got more than they bargained for with their wins in extra time.

There were 3 other upsets on the day, one of which kicked off the tournament. 11 Dayton won Ohio bragging rights by edging 6 Ohio State 60-59 on a jumper with 6 seconds left in the game. 9 Pittsburgh also scored a mild upset over 8 Colorado who had been missing star player Spencer Dinwiddie since mid-season.

Carrying on the tradition, 12 Harvard took down 5 Cincinnati despite being out-rebounded, out-blocked, and giving up more turnovers. There were only 3 lead changes as Harvard never gave up the lead once up 9-6 with over 13 minutes left in the first half.

And with 47 games left to go, who knows what other madness might ensue?

Edited by illiniman14 (Sat Mar 22 2014 02:17 AM)

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#1038760 - Sat Mar 22 2014 04:35 AM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	All I can say is 'GO TEXAS!' _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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#1038778 - Sat Mar 22 2014 07:24 AM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
BxBarracuda Forum Champion Registered: Wed Sep 05 2007 Posts: 5117 Loc: Bronx Newï¿½Yorkï¿½USAï¿½ï¿...	I should have forgotten to put my sheet in, ugh this year.
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#1038809 - Sat Mar 22 2014 09:49 AM

Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure

illiniman14 Offline

Moderator

Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA

14 players lodged tips

March Madness Day 2
End of 1st Round


Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday	Mar 20-212 Mar 22-23 Mar 27-28 Mar 29-30 April 5 April 7	1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round 5th Round 6th Round	32 games 16 games 8 games 4 games 2 games 1 game	1 pt 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts 6 pts 9 pts	Regional Semi-Finals Regional Finals National Semi-Finals National Final	Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four
Seedings: for a correct pick, teams' seeding is added to above pts					Final is East/West vs. Mid-West/South

Results
picks		seeds
78-71 60-74 58-53 59-68 86-67 66-76 69-80 77-85 66-71 77-79 37-64 77-75 59-70 49-56 75-93 59-76	1 9 4 14 5 12 14 6 8 12 14 4 14 11 14 12	14 54 40 14 55 36 28 48 64 72 14 48 14 88 42 48	14v3 Mercer v Duke 11v6 Nebraska v Baylor 10v7 Stanford v New Mexico 16v1 Weber State v Arizona 11v6 Tennessee v Massachusetts 14v3 LA-Lafayette v Creighton 15v2 East. Kentucky v Kansas 9v8 Oklahoma St v Gonzaga 9v8 G Washington v Memphis 11v6 Providence v North Carolina 16v1 Cal Poly v Wichita State 12v5 SF Austin v VCU 16v1 Coastal Carolina v Virginia 9v8 Kansas St v. Kentucky 14v3 NC Central v Iowa St 13v4 Tulsa v UCLA	srini701 kevinatilusa Howie72 LeoDaVinci dg_dave illiniman14 N-Bomb George95 Howie72 BxBarracuda LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 kevinatilusa srini701 LeoDaVinci gtho4 dg_dave Sarah606 themonarch BxBarracuda illiniman14 kevinatilusa srini701 BxBarracuda srini701 LeoDaVinci BxBarracuda Sarah606 BxBarracuda
154		679	= 833

Standings


                           LW            TW   |  |        |
                          -----        ------ |LP|        |----------------------
TW LW hi-lo            picks pts      pks pts |  | mk mpt | winner     loser
----- -----              -----  day 2  ------ |  |        |----------------------
 1  4  1-4  illiniman14  12 76  13 79  25 155 |28| 53 312 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida @
 2  6  2-6  kevinatilusa 12 71  13 78  25 149 |28| 53 315 | 2 Michigan 4 Mich St
 3 10  3-10 srini701     12 62  13 82  25 144 |24| 54 320 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville #
 4  3  3-4  N-Bomb       13 77  12 66  25 143 |26| 51 288 | 1 Florida  1 Arizona
 5  2  2-5  George95     13 80  11 57  24 137 |26| 50 295 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville #
 6  5  5-6  Howie72      12 73  11 61  23 134 |27| 50 294 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville &
 7  1  1-7  themonarch   13 82  10 47  23 129 |26| 49 292 | 1 Arizona  3 Iowa St
 8  9  8-9  LeoDaVinci   12 67  11 61  23 128 |27| 50 282 | 3 Syracuse 3*Duke
 9  7  7-9  gtho4        12 69  11 56  23 125 |29| 52 267 | 1 Wichita  1 Florida
10  7  7-10 toocool4u    12 69  10 45  22 114 |28| 50 273 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida @
11 11 11-13 dg_dave      09 41  12 67  21 108 |27| 48 269 | 3 Syracuse 2 Michigan
12 11 11-12 ozzz2002     11 55  09 43  20  98 |20| 40 262 | 7 Texas    6*Ohio St
13 12 12-13 Sarah606     10 49  09 42  19  91 |26| 45 261 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville &
14 14 14-14 BxBarracuda  35 08  09 49  17  84 |21| 38 215 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville # 
                               154 679        |  |        |
            perfect picks       16 108 16 114 |  |32   222|
                                              |  |        |  
LP = live picks remaining (31 games)
mk = maximum number correct picks, if all remaining are correct.
mpt= maximum points if all remaining picks are correct.
@  = identical picks winner and runner-up (last 3 games).
#  = another set of three identical picks.
&  = yet another set of three identical picks
*  = this team has been eliminated.

Final Four

     
                 |   East           South          Mid-West       West  
            live |--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
BxBarracuda    3 | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   9*Oklahoma St.
dg_dave       4  | 1 Virginia     3 Syracuse     2 Michigan     2 Wisconsin  
George95      4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   6 Baylor
gtho4         4  | 1 Virginia     1 Florida      1 Wichita St.  1 Arizona
Howie72       4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   2 Wisconsin  
illiniman14 @ 4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
kevinatilusa  4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      2 Michigan     3 Creighton
LeoDaVinci     3 | 2 Villanova    3 Syracuse     3*Duke         1 Arizona
N-Bomb      @ 4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
ozzz2002        2| 1 Virginia     6*Ohio St.     7 Texas        5*Oklahoma
Sarah606  @   4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3 Creighton
srini701      4  | 2 Villanova    1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
toocool4u @   4  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3 Creighton
themonarch    4  | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
  
@  identical final four picks (there are none this year).
*  this team has been eliminated.

The second day provided some very significant movement, including a brand new podium group who all picked 13/16. illiniman14 goes from 4th to 1st, kevinatilusa goes from 6th to 2nd, and srini701 catapults from 10th to 3rd.

On the other end, the former podium members had mixed results. themonarch hit on 10 games, all of them favorites, and fell down to 7th. George95 had 9 of the same picks as themonarch, but ended with 11 correct as he did pick up one upset and stabilized in 5th. N-Bomb was the most stable, getting 12/16 and only dropping from 3rd to 4th.

The upset of the day was obviously 14 Mercer over 3 Duke, a result that nobody could have predicted... except srini701 of course. While LeoDaVinci picked the Blue Devils to lose in the championship game, srini701 knew their end would come much sooner and rode that game to his vault up the leaderboard.

There was one common thread between the three new podium names - they all picked 12 Stephen F. Austin to upset 5 VCU. The fourth tipper to pick the game correctly was BxBarracuda, who sits at the opposite extreme of the table.

The other two upsets on the day were 11 Tennessee over 6 Massachusetts - which illiniman14 took to go into first - and 10 Stanford over 7 New Mexico - which kevinatilusa took to ride into 2nd.

In what wasn't an upset only because of seeding, heavily-picked 9 Oklahoma State lost to 8 Gonzaga, and in the process BxBarracuda lost a quarter of his Final Four picks.

Two top seeds struggled with weaker opponents as well. 16 Weber State hung around just long enough to make things uncomfortable for 1 Arizona, but were never really in a position to win the game towards the end. 2 Kansas, on the other hand, had to fight off 15 Eastern Kentucky, as with only 3:30 left it was only a 3-point game, though they ended up winning by 11.

And now begins the third round, to see who gets a ticket to the Sweet 16!

Edited by illiniman14 (Sat Mar 29 2014 10:13 AM)

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#1038813 - Sat Mar 22 2014 10:42 AM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	And Wichita State moved on...shocking! First team in NCAA history to go 35-0! _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#1038870 - Sat Mar 22 2014 09:28 PM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Originally Posted By: BxBarracuda I should have forgotten to put my sheet in, ugh this year. Try losing your championship pick before the Sweet 16! LDV and I both have. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#1038912 - Sun Mar 23 2014 12:29 AM

Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure

illiniman14 Offline

Moderator

Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA

14 players lodged tips

March Madness Day 3
half-way through 2nd round


Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday	Mar 20-212 Mar 22-23 Mar 27-28 Mar 29-30 April 5 April 7	1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round 5th Round 6th Round	32 games 16 games 8 games 4 games 2 games 1 game	1 pt 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts 6 pts 9 pts	Regional Semi-Finals Regional Finals National Semi-Finals National Final	Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four
Seedings: for a correct pick, teams' seeding is added to above pts					Final is East/West vs. Mid-West/South

Results
picks		seeds
45-61 51-66 65-79 44-63 55-53 77-85 73-80 77-65	14 13 13 7 0 12 12 3	14 52 26 28 0 24 48 21	9v1 Pittsburgh v Florida 5v4 St. Louis v Louisville 7v2 Texas v Michigan 12v4 ND State v. San Diego St 11v3 Dayton v Syracuse 7v2 Oregon v Wisconsin 12v4 Harvard v Michigan St 7v2 Connecticut v Villanova	ozzz2002 ozzz2002 ozzz2002 Sarah606 dg_dave ozzz2002 themonarch dg_dave ozzz2002
74		213	= 361

Standings


                           LW            TW   |  |        |
                          -----        ------ |LP|        |----------------------
TW LW hi-lo            picks pts      pks pts |  | mk mpt | winner     loser
----- -----              -----  day 3  ------ |  |        |----------------------
 1  1  1-4  illiniman14  25 155  5 23  30 178 |20| 50 297 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida @
 2  3  2-10 srini701     25 144  6 29  31 173 |19| 50 300 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville #
 3  2  2-6  kevinatilusa 25 149  5 23  30 172 |21| 51 306 | 2 Michigan 4 Mich St
 4  7  1-7  themonarch   23 129  7 38  30 167 |18| 48 287 | 1 Arizona  3 Iowa St
 5  5  2-5  George95     24 137  6 29  30 166 |19| 49 291 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville #
 5  4  3-5  N-Bomb       25 143  5 23  30 166 |19| 49 279 | 1 Florida  1 Arizona
 7  6  5-7  Howie72      23 134  6 29  29 163 |19| 48 285 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville &
 8  8  8-9  LeoDaVinci   23 128  6 29  29 157 |13| 42 228 | 3*Syracuse 3*Duke
 9  9  7-9  gtho4        23 125  6 29  29 154 |20| 49 253 | 1 Wichita  1 Florida
10 10  7-10 toocool4u    22 114  6 29  28 143 |21| 49 269 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida @
11 11 11-13 dg_dave      21 108  5 26  26 134 |17| 43 230 | 3*Syracuse 2 Michigan
12 12 11-12 ozzz2002     20 98   2 12  22 110 |10| 32 177 | 7*Texas    6*Ohio St
12 13 12-13 Sarah606     19 91   4 19  23 110 |17| 40 232 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville &
14 14 14-14 BxBarracuda  17 84   5 23  22 107 |15| 37 211 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville # 
                                74 213        |  |        |
            perfect picks       32 222  8  51 |  |40   273|
                                              |  |        |  
LP = live picks remaining (23 games)
mk = maximum number correct picks, if all remaining are correct.
mpt= maximum points if all remaining picks are correct.
@  = identical picks winner and runner-up (last 3 games).
#  = another set of three identical picks.
&  = yet another set of three identical picks
*  = this team has been eliminated.

Final Four

     
                 |   East           South          Mid-West       West  
            live |--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
BxBarracuda   3  | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   9*Oklahoma St.
dg_dave       3  | 1 Virginia     3*Syracuse     2 Michigan     2 Wisconsin  
George95     4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   6 Baylor
gtho4        4   | 1 Virginia     1 Florida      1 Wichita St.  1 Arizona
Howie72      4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   2 Wisconsin  
illiniman14 @4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
kevinatilusa 4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      2 Michigan     3 Creighton
LeoDaVinci      1| 2*Villanova    3*Syracuse     3*Duke         1 Arizona
N-Bomb      @4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
ozzz2002        1| 1 Virginia     6*Ohio St.     7*Texas        5*Oklahoma
Sarah606  @  4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3 Creighton
srini701      3  | 2*Villanova    1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
toocool4u @  4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3 Creighton
themonarch   4   | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
  
@  identical final four picks (there are none this year).
*  this team has been eliminated.

Halfway through the round of 32 (2nd round? 3rd round? Who knows these days), the podium remains the same from yesterday, although srini701 and kevinatilusa switched spots. illiniman14 remains out front despite the fact he didn't outscore anyone in the top 11.

Riding his incredible performance from the first day (which featured the same teams as today), themonarch came out strong, hitting 7/8 picks - only missing the game nobody predicted - and vaults back into 4th place. He was the only tipper to move more than 1 spot from what they were yesterday.

After 3 days, we have our first tipper eliminated from championship contention, the first time it's happened this early since 2011, and it was the same person: ozzz2002. With Texas losing, he is now done to only 1 remaining Final Four pick. If he nails all of his picks left, he will end up with 177 points, still lower than illiniman14's current 178.

Still in mathematical contention is LeoDaVinci, who lost two more members of his Final Four today, including his champion Syracuse. dg_dave is feeling a similar pain, losing the Orange as his champion, although he has his 3 other Final Four picks still alive.

As we get a somewhat clearer picture of the leaderboard with only 23 games left, there is still no way to tell if the streak of 12 no repeat winners will continue to 13. illiniman14 won in 2010, but the next 3 tippers - srini701, kevinatilusa, and themonarch - have never won. They are followed by 3 tippers who have previously won.

Two upsets came through today over former conference opponents. Most notable was 11 Dayton over 3 Syracuse, putting an end to the team that started 25-0 and was ranked #1 most of the season until they finished the year 3-6. Also, 7 Connecticut came off an overtime win strong with a resounding 77-65 win over 2 Villanova.

Two upset bids also fell short. 7 Oregon held a 12-point halftime lead, but it vaporized to 1 only 5 minutes into the 2nd half. 2 Wisconsin ended up winning impressively 85-77. 12 Harvard rode a 16-2 run to tie 4 Michigan State midway through the 2nd half, but the Spartans responded with a 16-8 run of their own, and won 80-73.

And onward we go, with only 8 games left until the Sweet 16!

Edited by illiniman14 (Sat Mar 29 2014 10:15 AM)

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#1038991 - Sun Mar 23 2014 10:56 PM Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	Am enjoying the nice write-ups Not to mention the see-saw, roller coaster ride! Thanks! _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1039006 - Mon Mar 24 2014 12:37 AM

Re: March Madness .. sign-up procedure

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March Madness Day 4
End of 2nd round


Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday	Mar 20-212 Mar 22-23 Mar 27-28 Mar 29-30 April 5 April 7	1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round 5th Round 6th Round	32 games 16 games 8 games 4 games 2 games 1 game	1 pt 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts 6 pts 9 pts	Regional Semi-Finals Regional Finals National Semi-Finals National Final	Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four
Seedings: for a correct pick, teams' seeding is added to above pts					Final is East/South vs. Mid-West/West

Results
picks		seeds
60-57 78-76 83-85 63-83 60-77 85-55 60-78 61-84	0 5 9 0 8 3 12 9	0 40 27 0 32 18 12 9	10v2 Stanford v Kansas 8v1 Kentucky v Wichita St 6v3 North Carolina v Iowa St 14v11 Mercer v Tennessee 12v4 SF Austin v UCLA 6v3 Baylor v Creighton 8v1 Memphis v Virginia 8v1 Gonzaga v Arizona	themonarch N-Bomb dg_dave ozzz2002 Sarah606 kevinatilusa srini701 LeoDaVinci dg_dave ozzz2002 themonarch George95 LeoDaVinci themonarch George95 kevinatilusa Sarah606 Howie72 ozzz2002 BxBarracuda
46		138	46x2+138= 230

Standings


                           LW            TW   |  |        |
                          -----        ------ |LP|        |----------------------
TW LW hi-lo            picks pts      pks pts |  | mk mpt | winner     loser
----- -----              -----  day 4  ------ |  |        |----------------------
 1  1  1-4  illiniman14  30 178  4 17  34 195 |12| 46 279 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida @
 2  4  1-7  themonarch   30 167  4 26  34 193 |13| 47 277 | 1 Arizona  3 Iowa St
 3  5  2-5  George95     30 166  4 22  34 188 |14| 48 288 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville #
 4  5  3-5  N-Bomb       30 166  4 21  34 187 |11| 45 259 | 1 Florida  1 Arizona
 5  3  2-6  kevinatilusa 30 172  2  9  32 181 |09| 41 245 | 2 Michigan 4 Mich St
 6  2  2-10 srini701     31 173  2  6  33 179 |11| 44 248 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville #
 7  7  5-7  Howie72      29 163  3 14  32 177 |13| 45 273 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville &
 7  8  7-9  LeoDaVinci   29 157  4 20  33 177 |06| 39 213 | 3*Syracuse 3*Duke
 9  9  7-9  gtho4        29 154  4 17  33 171 |08| 41 210 | 1*Wichita  1 Florida
10 10  7-10 toocool4u    28 143  4 17  32 160 |11| 43 239 | 4 L'ville  1 Florida @
11 11 11-13 dg_dave      26 134  3 16  29 150 |10| 39 204 | 3*Syracuse 2 Michigan
12 12 11-12 ozzz2002     22 110  3 19  25 129 |04| 29 156 | 7*Texas    6*Ohio St
13 12 12-13 Sarah606     23 110  3 18  26 128 |09| 35 200 | 4 Mich St  4 L'ville &
14 14 14-14 BxBarracuda  22 107  2  8  24 115 |10| 34 186 | 1 Florida  4 L'ville #
                                46 138        |  |        |
            perfect picks       40 273  8  60 |  |48   333|
                                              |  |        |  
LP = live picks remaining (15 games)
mk = maximum number correct picks, if all remaining are correct.
mpt= maximum points if all remaining picks are correct.
@  = identical picks winner and runner-up (last 3 games).
#  = another set of three identical picks.
&  = yet another set of three identical picks
*  = this team has been eliminated.

Final Four

     
                 |   East           South          Mid-West       West  
            live |--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
BxBarracuda   3  | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   9*Oklahoma St.
dg_dave       3  | 1 Virginia     3*Syracuse     2 Michigan     2 Wisconsin  
George95     4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   6 Baylor
gtho4         3  | 1 Virginia     1 Florida      1*Wichita St.  1 Arizona
Howie72      4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   2 Wisconsin  
illiniman14 @4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
kevinatilusa  3  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      2 Michigan     3*Creighton
LeoDaVinci      1| 2*Villanova    3*Syracuse     3*Duke         1 Arizona
N-Bomb      @4   | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
ozzz2002        1| 1 Virginia     6*Ohio St.     7*Texas        5*Oklahoma
Sarah606  @   3  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3*Creighton
srini701      3  | 2*Villanova    1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona 
toocool4u @   3  | 4 Michigan St. 1 Florida      4 Louisville   3*Creighton
themonarch   4   | 3 Iowa St.     1 Florida      4 Louisville   1 Arizona
  
@  identical final four picks (there are none this year).
*  this team has been eliminated.

Two full rounds are complete, and illiniman14 still holds a tenuous lead on the field, while there was plenty of movement behind him. themonarch takes back a podium spot and sits only 2 out of the lead he once held after the first day. George95, a member of that first podium, joins him although now in 3rd. N-Bomb lies only 1 point back.

The top 4, separated by only 8 points, have 3 different champion picks - only George95 and N-Bomb have the same pick with 1 Florida, but with different runners-up. This is not to count out kevinatilusa, who is 6 points back of that group but with a completely unique championship game compared to those 4.

If max points remaining is any indication, Howie72 is up for a big run after spending the first four days only bouncing around from 5th to 7th. He has the 4th-highest max possible behind the podium group, mostly due to being the only tipper to pick 4 Michigan State for the champion.

We lost another two top seeds today, and gtho4 is feeling it the most. His champion pick, previously-undefeated 1 Wichita State, played an outstanding game with 8 Kentucky down to the wire, losing 78-76 in a match where both teams brought their A games.

The day naturally started with an upset, as 2 Kansas, still missing star player Joel Embiid due to injury, was befuddled by the 10 Stanford zone defense. Kansas actually led at halftime 24-22, but from 30-28 on only managed to tie the game once, and missed a potential game-tying shot with 5 seconds left, giving the Cardinal a 60-57 victory.

3 Iowa State gave us the only other good game on the day, taking down 6 North Carolina 85-83 despite losing Georges Niang for the rest of the season to a broken foot in the first round. A late 8-point run by the Cyclones tied the game with 2 minutes left, and with 2 seconds left and the game tied at 83, they hit a layup to ice the game.

The rest of the schedule produced only blowouts, as the next-closest result was a 17-point victory for 4 UCLA. The big shocker was 6 Baylor destroying 3 Creighton 85-55 and holding Doug McDermott to only 15 points on the day.

The Sweet 16 is set, and if there's a delay in the results posting after the Friday games, it's because I will be watching the ol' alma mater Louisville take on hated Kentucky in person.

Edited by illiniman14 (Sat Mar 29 2014 10:16 AM)

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#1039009 - Mon Mar 24 2014 01:30 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
kevinatilusa Enthusiast Registered: Fri May 17 2002 Posts: 365 Loc: California USA	By my calculations, there are only 7 people still in the running for the title this year, and some of them are on the brink of being eliminated. The full gory details (assuming I didn't screw up my spreadsheet, which may be a big assumption) Click to reveal.. (full details and spoilers) Everybody except the top 7 have so many picks matching illiniman14 that they're guaranteed to finish below him no matter what happens. Each of the top 7 has a (possibly very small) chance of winning it all. There's 15 games left in the tournament. One of them (Stanford vs. Dayton) is completely irrelevant, since nobody picked either of them to go any further. The remaining 14 games give rise to 16,384 scenarios, including 924 that finish in a tie. Splitting those equally among all the people involved in the tie (in actuality there's a tiebreaker), I have -6557.33 scenarios (40.02%) where themonarch wins -5974.83 scenarios (36.47%) where George95 wins -2390 scenarios (14.59%) where illiniman14 wins -906.5 scenarios (5.53%) where Howie72 wins -482 scenarios (2.94%) where kevinatilusa wins -69.33 scenarios (0.42%) where N-Bomb wins -4 scenarios (0.03%) where srini701 wins In the Sweet 16 games kevinatilusa needs Michigan to win N-Bomb needs both Florida and Arizona to win srini701 needs Florida, Virginia, Connecticut, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Michigan all to win (at which point he'll be up to a whopping 1.56%) Everyone else can afford to have any single game go against them, though they still might get eliminated by a combination of games Edited by kevinatilusa (Mon Mar 24 2014 02:04 AM)
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#1039018 - Mon Mar 24 2014 05:19 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	Like Obelix says in Asterix,"Ils sont fous ces romains" which I will gladly translate now to "you (Americans) are (stat) crazy" _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1039087 - Mon Mar 24 2014 05:00 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Originally Posted By: srini701 Like Obelix says in Asterix,"Ils sont fous ces romains" which I will gladly translate now to "you (Americans) are (stat) crazy" Yes, I think we as Americans are pretty fanatical about stats...I am to an extent myself. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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