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#1191638 - Fri Mar 09 2018 08:36 AM

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 2018 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). Unlike last year the email doesn't 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.

Link to comp at cbs: http://ftmm2004.mayhem.cbssports.com
but 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: 2018 Comp FT

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 17th edition of March Madness! No one has retained their title in this comp and, last year, N-Bomb became the first to win it twice .. silver and bronze went to LeoDaVinci (which made it three years back-to-back) and illiniman14. The winner of the 2008 comp, ralzzz, and the winner of the 2015 comp, toocool4u, hold the record for the biggest winning margin (see summary tables of last 16 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
2014  themonarch   illiniman14  George95
2015  toocool4u    LeoDaVinci   gtho4
2016  kevinatilusa LeoDaVinci   yoyoandcigs 
2017  N-Bomb       LeoDaVinci   illiniman14

This year's Madness starts on Thursday, March 16 and the final is on Monday, April 3. The bracket will open for tipping when the field is inserted by cbssports.com, which should happen on Sunday, March 12. 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 13-14 March

now aka First Four

1st Round:

2nd Round:

3rd Round:

4th Round:

Final Four:

Championship:

Final Four is at at Alamodome, University of Texas at San Antonio

Deadline: cbssports.com will close the bracket of 63 picks at noon EDT on Thursday, March 15th.

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).

Rankings: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1 and here: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

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

Edited by gtho4 (Thu Mar 15 2018 01:51 PM)

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#1191639 - Fri Mar 09 2018 08:36 AM

Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness

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
2014		2015		2016		2017
themonarch illiniman14 George95 N-Bomb Howie72	39 218 38 215 39 213 38 207 37 204	toocool4u LeoDaVinci gtho4 srini701 illiniman14	42 239 41 219 41 213 41 212 40 206	kevinatilusa LeoDaVinci yoyoandcigs N-Bomb srini701	42 249 40 232 40 228 40 221 40 217	N-Bomb LeoDaVinci illiniman14 gtho4 Howie72	46 254 43 238 41 221 42 220 39 217

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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#1191645 - Fri Mar 09 2018 08:57 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
themonarch Mainstay Registered: Sun Dec 09 2007 Posts: 832 Loc: Southeastern Connecticut USA	Ready to do this one again I posted on the website as well just now. _________________________ "You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." Albert Camus
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#1191660 - Fri Mar 09 2018 12:45 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Back for more torture...because that is what this comp is! _________________________ 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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#1191862 - Sun Mar 11 2018 06:22 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
terraorca Enthusiast Registered: Thu Jul 02 2015 Posts: 218 Loc: Ohio USA	Is this the place?
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#1191871 - Sun Mar 11 2018 08:51 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
LeoDaVinci Moderator Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001 Posts: 12578 Loc: Ontario Canada	Always the bridesmaid... _________________________ "La divina podestate, la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore." -------------------- Editor/Moderator/Awesome Guy
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#1191876 - Sun Mar 11 2018 10:37 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	I am good at this. 16 years, 5 placegetters each year, 90 available spots up for grab, and I have managed just ONE mention in George's table. _________________________ 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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#1191885 - Mon Mar 12 2018 04:11 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	I logged in but the damn site is not saving my bracket _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1191907 - Mon Mar 12 2018 11:29 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
terraorca Enthusiast Registered: Thu Jul 02 2015 Posts: 218 Loc: Ohio USA	Where do we make our picks?
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#1191925 - Mon Mar 12 2018 02:34 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	Use the link in the first post: Link to comp at cbs: http://ftmm2004.mayhem.cbssports.com and then enter your 63 picks on your bracket page: http://ftmm2004.mayhem.cbssports.com/brackets
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#1191937 - Mon Mar 12 2018 07:59 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
LeoDaVinci Moderator Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001 Posts: 12578 Loc: Ontario Canada	In however many years, it's never asked me for my password once after I signed up. I've been logged in perpetually. _________________________ "La divina podestate, la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore." -------------------- Editor/Moderator/Awesome Guy
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#1191955 - Tue Mar 13 2018 08:18 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	Last year's comp had 16 runners. So far 11 have signed in (ten returning plus BxBarracuda, who last played in 2015), which leaves these six from last year: George95, illiniman14, kevinatilusa, N-Bomb, yoyoandcigs and Sypher. These are the eleven so far: BxBarracuda dg_dave ElfTwinkle gtho4 Howie72 LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 srini701 terraroca themonarch toocool4u We will know the final field when cbs close the brackets on Thursday, which is two days away.
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#1192141 - Thu Mar 15 2018 09:50 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
ElfTwinkle Star Poster Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002 Posts: 14929 Loc: Crazy Canuck	Selections entered
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#1192142 - Thu Mar 15 2018 09:56 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Brackets close in less than five minutes! _________________________ 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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#1192220 - Thu Mar 15 2018 11:47 PM

Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness

illiniman14 Offline

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

15 players lodged tips

March Madness Day 1
half-way through 1st Round


Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday	Mar 15-16 Mar 17-18 Mar 22-23 Mar 24-25 March 31 April 2	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 Midwest/West vs. East/South

Results
picks		seeds
78-73 68-89 62-64 73-47 81-73 68-64 67-65 61-47 87-61 83-86 77-62 70-60 76-60 94-83 (OT) 83-78 89-67	11 0 8 15 13 13 11 14 15 4 6 13 15 6 10 15	55 0 88 45 65 52 66 42 15 36 60 39 15 48 70 30	5v12 Kentucky v. Davidson 4v13 Arizona v. Buffalo 6v11 Miami (FL) v. Loyola (IL) 3v14 Tennessee v. Wright State 5v12 Ohio State v. South Dakota State 4v13 Gonzaga v. UNC-Greensboro 6v11 Houston v. San Diego State 3v14 Michigan v. Montana 1v16 Villanova v. Radford 8v9 Virginia Tech v. Alabama 6v11 Florida v. St. Bonaventure 3v14 Texas Tech v. Stephen F. Austin 1v16 Kansas v. Penn 8v9 Seton Hall v. NC State 7v10 Rhode Island v. Oklahoma 2v15 Duke v. Iona	illiniman14 toocool4u kevinatilusa BxBarracuda Nobody Everybody George95 kevinatilusa kevinatilusa themonarch gtho4 N-Bomb kevinatilusa themonarch dg_dave Everybody George95 srini701 ozzz2002 dg_dave George95 toocool4u LeoDaVinci dg_dave kevinatilusa BxBarracuda dg_dave Everybody BxBarracuda dg_dave ozzz2002 LeoDaVinci themonarch
173		726	= 899

Standings


                          LW            TW   |  |        |
                         -----        ------ |LP|        |----------------------
TW LW hi-lo           picks pts      pks pts |  | mk mpt | winner      loser
----- -----              -----  day 1  ----- |  |        |----------------------
 1     1-1  Howie72      00 00  14 79  14 79 |46| 60 354 | 1 Virginia  3 Mich. St.
 2     2-2  gtho4        00 00  13 72  13 72 |46| 59 344 | 1 Virginia  1 Villanova #
 2     2-2  N-Bomb       00 00  13 72  13 72 |46| 59 320 | 1 Villanova 1 Virginia
 4     4-4  srini701     00 00  13 68  13 68 |46| 59 316 | 2 N. Car.   1 Kansas
 5     5-5  ElfTwinkle   00 00  13 67  13 67 |46| 59 318 | 1 Villanova 2 N. Carolina &
 5     5-5  George95     00 00  12 67  12 67 |43| 55 346 | 1 Villanova 3 Michigan
 7     7-7  illiniman14  00 00  12 64  12 64 |46| 58 325 | 1 Villanova 2 Cincinnati
 8     8-8  ozzz2002     00 00  12 60  12 60 |46| 58 339 | 1 Kansas    2 Cincinnati
 9     9-9  terraorca    00 00  12 58  12 58 |47| 59 323 | 1 Villanova 2 N. Carolina &
10    10-10 toocool4u    00 00  11 57  11 57 |46| 57 323 | 1 Virginia  2 Duke
11    11-11 BxBarracuda  00 00  10 52  10 52 |46| 56 330 | 3 Mich. St. 2 N. Carolina @
11    11-11 LeoDaVinci   00 00  11 52  11 52 |46| 57 317 | 1 Kansas    3 Michigan St. 
13    13-13 themonarch   00 00  10 47  10 47 |46| 56 399 | 3 Mich. St. 5 Kentucky
14    14-14 dg_dave      00 00  09 45  09 45 |46| 55 317 | 3 Mich. St. 2 N. Carolina @
15    15-15 kevinatilusa 00 00  08 39  08 39 |45| 53 296 | 1 Virginia  1 Villanova #
                               173  726      |  |        |
            perfect picks       16 103 16 103|  |        |
                                             |  |        |  
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.
& = another set of three identical picks.
*  = this team has been eliminated.

Final Four

     
                 |   South          West           East           Midwest 
            live |--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

BxBarracuda  4   | 1 Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
dg_dave      4   | 1 Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
ElfTwinkle   4   | 2 Cincinnati   2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    1 Kansas @
George95      3  | 4*Arizona      3 Michigan     1 Villanova    3 Michigan St.
gtho4        4   | 1 Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    1 Kansas
Howie72      4   | 1 Virginia     3 Michigan     1 Villanova    3 Michigan St.    
illiniman14  4   | 2 Cincinnati   1 Xavier       1 Villanova    1 Kansas
kevinatilusa 4   | 1 Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    2 Duke
LeoDaVinci   4   | 1 Virginia     3 Michigan     1 Villanova    2 Duke
N-Bomb       4   | 1 Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    2 Duke #
ozzz2002     4   | 2 Cincinnati   1 Xavier       7 Arkansas     1 Kansas
terraorca    4   | 1 Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
toocool4u    4   | 1 Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    2 Duke #
themonarch   4   | 5 Kentucky     2 N. Carolina 12 Murray St.   3 Michigan St.
srini701     4   | 2 Cincinnati   2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    1 Kansas @
  
@  Identical Final Four picks.
#  Another set of identical Final Four picks
&  Third set of identical Final Four picks
*  this team has been eliminated.

With half of the teams left to play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Howie72 leads the way, missing only 2 games along the way. gtho4 and last year’s champion (and our first repeat champion) N-Bomb are tied for second only 7 points back. Behind them is a group of 7 within 15 points.

The best game of the day involved 6 Miami (FL) against 11 Loyola (IL). The MVC champions were highly talked about for being a prime choice for an upset pick, but Miami (FL) didn’t heed those warnings. They played evenly in the first half, tied 28-28. Miami (FL) was able to get their lead up to 7 early in the second half, but the Ramblers kept it close. They never actually took the lead back, until there were 0.4 seconds left, when an NBA-length 3-pointer went through the net and Loyola (IL) went up 64-62 for the upset.

The biggest upset of the day ended up being a pretty terrible game. 13 Buffalo went up against 4 Arizona, the Pac-12 regular season and tournament champion. Arizona only lost 1 game all year by more than 8 points, and that was to now-3 seed Purdue. Buffalo managed to go up 40-38 with a late 3-pointer at the end of the first half, but the second half was a much different story. Arizona went up 46-45, and were soon only down 49-48, but then Buffalo turned it on. Before you knew it, the Bulls were up 65-55, and extended it out to 89-64, before finally winning 89-68 in blowout fashion. This was the only game nobody got correct, and it ended up being the only Final Four pick we lost on the first day, since George95 had them winning their region.

Last year’s championship loser 4 Gonzaga found themselves in a struggle against 13 UNC-Greensboro. Gonzaga was up 9 points at halftime, and that expanded up to 12 points in the second half, but UNC-Greensboro kept chipping away at the lead. The Bulldogs stalled at 57 points, allowing UNC-Greensboro to score 8 straight and narrow the gap to 1. They tied at 58, 60, and 62, before UNC-Greensboro finally took the lead 64-62, but Gonzaga held them scoreless the rest of the way and scraped out a victory 68-64.

The player of the first day was 6 Houston’s Rob Gray, who scored 39 points against 11 San Diego State in a close 67-65 win. 7 Rhode Island went to overtime with 10 Oklahoma, who many thought shouldn’t even be in the tournament. The Rams pulled it out 83-78. 9 Alabama only beat 8 Virginia Tech by 3, but it wasn’t as close at the end as the 86-83 score might indicate. 5 Kentucky was threatened by 12 Davidson for much of the second half, but pulled away at the end and won 78-73. 5 Ohio State also avoided the upset bug 81-73. Texas Tech fought off fellow Texas school 14 Stephen F. Austin 70-60.

All other games were won comfortably, including 1 Kansas’s win over 16 Penn, who some picked to be the first 16-seed to win in the first round. Kansas struggled early, but won easily 76-60.

Edited by illiniman14 (Fri Mar 16 2018 07:57 AM)

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#1192221 - Thu Mar 15 2018 11:52 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
Howie72 Star Poster Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005 Posts: 10939 Loc: Timaru NZ	That will teach me for not double checking what I clicked on...I was supposed to have Virginia beating Villanova in the final....
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#1192224 - Fri Mar 16 2018 12:45 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	Originally Posted By: Howie72 That will teach me for not double checking what I clicked on...I was supposed to have Virginia beating Villanova in the final.... And that should teach me to at least look up the regular standings or form before picking I am the only one of the lot to go for N Carolina! Only consolation is, Elf seems to think the way I do too (same last 4) _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1192226 - Fri Mar 16 2018 12:48 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	And how come N Carolina is listed as 2 for those who picked it as loser but as 1 for me? what's their seeding?? _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1192253 - Fri Mar 16 2018 10:44 AM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
illiniman14 Moderator Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009 Posts: 4970 Loc: Illinois, USA	Originally Posted By: srini701 And how come N Carolina is listed as 2 for those who picked it as loser but as 1 for me? what's their seeding?? They're a 2, just did a lot of copying and pasting to get the spacing right and made a mistake
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#1192325 - Fri Mar 16 2018 09:48 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
Howie72 Star Poster Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005 Posts: 10939 Loc: Timaru NZ	That is me out of contention now.....lol First number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed is Virginia.
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#1192326 - Fri Mar 16 2018 09:54 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
LeoDaVinci Moderator Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001 Posts: 12578 Loc: Ontario Canada	And there goes my bracket too. _________________________ "La divina podestate, la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore." -------------------- Editor/Moderator/Awesome Guy
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#1192330 - Fri Mar 16 2018 11:33 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	same here, my bracket is cactus
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#1192335 - Sat Mar 17 2018 01:11 AM

Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness

illiniman14 Offline

Moderator

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

15 players lodged tips

March Madness Day 2
End of 1st Round


Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday	Mar 15-16 Mar 17-18 Mar 22-23 Mar 24-25 March 31 April 2	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 Midwest/West vs. East/South

Results
picks		seeds
54-74 59-69 (OT) 87-83 68-53 102-83 54-67 73-69 84-66 85-68 75-81 62-79 74-48 79-68 62-58 52-57 82-78	0 8 5 15 15 4 4 15 10 0 9 15 7 14 5 15	0 72 35 30 15 36 28 30 50 0 90 30 35 56 55 45	1v16 Virginia v. UMBC 8v9 Creighton v. Kansas State 7v10 Nevada v. Texas 2v15 Cincinnati v. Georgia State 1v16 Xavier v. Texas Southern 8v9 Missouri v. Florida State 7v10 Texas A&M v. Providence 2v15 North Carolina v. Lipscomb 5v12 West Virginia v. Murray State 4v13 Wichita State v. Marshall 7v10 Arkansas v. Butler 2v15 Purdue v. CS-Fullerton 5v12 Clemson v. New Mexico State 4v13 Auburn v. Charleston 6v11 TCU v. Syracuse 3v14 Michigan State v. Bucknell	Nobody gtho4 srini701 ElfTwinkle George95 kevinatilusa Everybody Everybody N-Bomb ozzz2002 themonarch illiniman14 N-Bomb illiniman14 ozzz2002 dg_dave Everybody gtho4 George95 BxBarracuda themonarch dg_dave Nobody Everybody toocool4u George95 BxBarracuda themonarch toocool4u kevinatilusa Everybody
141		607	= 748

Standings


                          LW            TW   |  |        |
                         -----        ------ |LP|        |----------------------
TW LW hi-lo           picks pts      pks pts |  | mk mpt | winner      loser
----- -----              -----  day 2  ----- |  |        |----------------------
 1  2  1-2  N-Bomb       13 72  11 61  24 133|25| 49 261 | 1 Villanova 1*Virginia
 2  4  2-4  srini701     13 68  11 61  24 129|27| 51 269 | 1 N. Car.   1 Kansas
 3  2  2-3  gtho4        13 72  10 55  23 127|24| 47 254 | 1*Virginia  1 Villanova #
 4  8  4-8  ozzz2002     12 60  11 60  23 120|25| 48 269 | 1 Kansas    2 Cincinnati
 5  1  1-5  Howie72      14 79  08 37  22 116|23| 45 238 | 1*Virginia  3 Mich. St.
 6  5  5-6  ElfTwinkle   13 67  09 45  22 112|28| 50 255 | 1 Villanova 2 N. Carolina &
 7 13 13-13 themonarch   10 47  10 63  20 110|25| 45 282 | 3 Mich. St. 5 Kentucky
 8  7  7-8  illiniman14  12 64  09 44  21 108|27| 48 249 | 1 Villanova 2 Cincinnati
 9  5  5-9  George95     12 67  08 40  20 107|22| 42 234 | 1 Villanova 3 Michigan
10 10 10-10 toocool4u    11 57  09 49  20 106|25| 45 234 | 1*Virginia  2 Duke
11 11 11-11 BxBarracuda  10 52  09 53  19 105|26| 45 248 | 3 Mich. St. 2 N. Carolina @
12 15 12-15 kevinatilusa 08 39  10 57  18 96 |23| 41 212 | 1*Virginia  1 Villanova #
13 11 11-11 LeoDaVinci   11 52  09 43  20 95 |24| 44 226 | 1 Kansas    3 Michigan St. 
14  9  9-14 terraorca    12 58  08 36  20 94 |28| 48 245 | 1 Villanova 2 N. Carolina &
15 14 14-15 dg_dave      09 45  09 44  18 89 |25| 43 232 | 3 Mich. St. 2 N. Carolina @
                               141  607      |  |        |
            perfect picks       16 122 32 225|  |        |
                                             |  |        |  
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.
& = another set of three identical picks.
*  = this team has been eliminated.

Final Four

     
                 |   South          West           East           Midwest 
            live |--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

BxBarracuda   3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
dg_dave       3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
ElfTwinkle   4   | 2 Cincinnati   2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    1 Kansas @
George95      3  | 4*Arizona      3 Michigan     1 Villanova    3 Michigan St.
gtho4         3  | 1*Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    1 Kansas
Howie72       3  | 1*Virginia     3 Michigan     1 Villanova    3 Michigan St.    
illiniman14  4   | 2 Cincinnati   1 Xavier       1 Villanova    1 Kansas
kevinatilusa  3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    2 Duke
LeoDaVinci    3  | 1*Virginia     3 Michigan     1 Villanova    2 Duke
N-Bomb        3  | 1*Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    2 Duke #
ozzz2002      3  | 2 Cincinnati   1 Xavier       7*Arkansas     1 Kansas
terraorca     3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
toocool4u     3  | 1*Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    2 Duke #
themonarch    3  | 5 Kentucky     2 N. Carolina 12*Murray St.   3 Michigan St.
srini701     4   | 2 Cincinnati   2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    1 Kansas @
  
@  Identical Final Four picks.
#  Another set of identical Final Four picks
&  Third set of identical Final Four picks
*  this team has been eliminated.

A good round, and N-Bomb takes the le---…. What’s that? We have an update from the studio coming in here. A 16 SEED BEAT A 1 SEED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! That’s right, 16 seeds are now 1-135 all time as 16 UMBC (that’s Maryland-Baltimore County) completely dominated 1 Virginia in the second half after they were tied at halftime. Against the #1 defense in the country, the Retrievers scored 53 points in the second half alone, winning 74-54 in a game that wasn’t really even in question for the last 15 minutes of the game. Now, only 5 tippers have a team alive in the South region, and 5 tippers lost one of their final 2 teams, with 4 of those losing their champion.

We return from that break to say that N-Bomb has taken over the lead on a day where nobody really did well. N-Bomb survived the day, missing 5 picks. That effort was matched by srini701, who is 4 points off the lead. gtho4 dropped a spot to sit in third, separated from the off-podium spots by 7 points. To say that anyone is certainly in or out of the comp at this point might be foolish, when 16 seeds are winning games. themonarch has the max possible points remaining (MPP) with 282. In fact, only 5 tippers have a MPP above last year’s winning score of 254, so this may be a record-low year, for good reason.

The day started with an upset mindset, as 4 Wichita State faced 13 Marshall. The largest lead by either team was 7 points by Wichita State early in the second half, but Marshall kept fighting back and took the lead at 53-52, and they bounced back and forth for the lead until the last few minutes. Marshall finally broke away up 78-72 with 2 minutes left, and was able to hold on with an 81-75 victory.

To round out the bad round for 4 seeds, 4 Auburn played 13 Charleston to the end, but was able to fend off the Cougars 62-58. 10 Butler was able to pull off an upset of their own against 7 Arkansas, 79-62. 11 Syracuse, fresh off their win in the play-in, took down 6 TCU 57-52 as well. Both 9 seeds on the day, 9 Kansas State and 9 Florida State pulled off upsets rather easily.

7 Nevada avoided their own upset against 10 Texas, going to overtime and finally pulling out the win 87-83. 3 Michigan State may have beaten 14 Bucknell by only 4 points, but the outcome was never really in question as Bucknell hit a few late 3-pointers to make it closer than it actually was. 1 Xavier, 2 Cincinnati, 2 North Carolina, 2 Purdue, 5 West Virginia, and 5 Clemson all won fairly easily, but Purdue did lose one of their best players for the reset of the tournament. 7 Texas A&M won a close game against 10 Providence 73-69.

Edited by illiniman14 (Mon Mar 19 2018 10:20 AM)

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#1192460 - Sun Mar 18 2018 05:42 PM Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Lots of busted brackets...Michigan State and UNC both lost! _________________________ 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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#1192466 - Sun Mar 18 2018 09:46 PM

Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness

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March Madness Day 3
half-way through 2nd Round


Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday	Mar 15-16 Mar 17-18 Mar 22-23 Mar 24-25 March 31 April 2	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 Midwest/West vs. East/South

Results
picks		seeds
95-75 63-62 84-90 63-64 81-58 66-69 83-79 62-87	3 3 11 13 15 10 15 15	15 33 44 39 15 30 15 30	5v13 Kentucky v. Buffalo 11v3 Loyola (IL) v. Tennessee 5v4 Ohio State v. Gonzaga 6v3 Houston v. Michigan 1v9 Villanova v. Alabama 6v3 Florida v. Texas Tech 1v8 Kansas v. Seton Hall 7v2 Rhode Island v. Duke	ozzz2002 themonarch terraorca dg_dave gtho4 Howie72 George95 ozzz2002 themonarch illiniman14 kevinatilusa ozzz2002 dg_dave Everybody themonarch illiniman14 George95 BxBarracuda dg_dave Everybody Everybody
86		226	= 398

Standings


                          LW            TW   |  |        |
                         -----        ------ |LP|        |----------------------
TW LW hi-lo           picks pts      pks pts |  | mk mpt | winner      loser
----- -----              -----  day 2  ----- |  |        |----------------------
 1  3  1-3  gtho4        23 127  7 39  30 166|17| 47 254 | 1*Virginia  1 Villanova #
 2  1  1-2  N-Bomb       24 133  6 26  30 159|18| 48 256 | 1 Villanova 1*Virginia
 3  5  1-5  Howie72      22 116  7 39  29 155|16| 45 238 | 1*Virginia  3 Mich. St.
 3  2  2-4  srini701     24 129  6 26  30 155|20| 50 264 | 1 N. Car.   1 Kansas
 5  4  4-8  ozzz2002     23 120  5 22  28 142|18| 46 254 | 1 Kansas    2 Cincinnati
 6  9  5-9  George95     20 107  6 34  26 141|16| 42 234 | 1 Villanova 3 Michigan
 7  6  5-7  ElfTwinkle   22 112  6 26  28 138|21| 49 250 | 1 Villanova 2 N. Carolina &
 8 10  8-10 toocool4u    20 106  6 26  26 132|18| 44 229 | 1*Virginia  2 Duke
 8  7  7-13 themonarch   20 110  5 22  24 132|16| 41 250 | 3 Mich. St. 5 Kentucky
10 14  9-14 terraorca    20 94   7 33  27 127|20| 47 240 | 1 Villanova 2 N. Carolina &
11 11 11-11 BxBarracuda  19 105  5 21  24 126|19| 43 235 | 3 Mich. St. 2 N. Carolina @
12  8  7-12 illiniman14  21 108  4 15  25 123|20| 45 229 | 1 Villanova 2 Cincinnati
13 13 11-13 LeoDaVinci   20 95   6 26  26 121|16| 42 215 | 1 Kansas    3 Michigan St. 
14 12 12-15 kevinatilusa 18 96   5 20  23 116|17| 40 207 | 1*Virginia  1 Villanova #
15 15 14-15 dg_dave      18 89   5 23  23 112|17| 40 213 | 3 Mich. St. 2 N. Carolina @
                                86 226       |  |        |
            perfect picks        8  30 40 271|  |        |
                                             |  |        |  
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.
& = another set of three identical picks.
*  = this team has been eliminated.

Final Four

     
                 |   South          West           East           Midwest 
            live |--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

BxBarracuda   3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
dg_dave       3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
ElfTwinkle   4   | 2 Cincinnati   2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    1 Kansas @
George95      3  | 4*Arizona      3 Michigan     1 Villanova    3 Michigan St.
gtho4         3  | 1*Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    1 Kansas
Howie72       3  | 1*Virginia     3 Michigan     1 Villanova    3 Michigan St.    
illiniman14  4   | 2 Cincinnati   1 Xavier       1 Villanova    1 Kansas
kevinatilusa  3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    2 Duke
LeoDaVinci    3  | 1*Virginia     3 Michigan     1 Villanova    2 Duke
N-Bomb        3  | 1*Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    2 Duke #
ozzz2002      3  | 2 Cincinnati   1 Xavier       7*Arkansas     1 Kansas
terraorca     3  | 1*Virginia     2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    3 Michigan St. &
toocool4u     3  | 1*Virginia     4 Gonzaga      1 Villanova    2 Duke #
themonarch    3  | 5 Kentucky     2 N. Carolina 12*Murray St.   3 Michigan St.
srini701     4   | 2 Cincinnati   2 N. Carolina  1 Villanova    1 Kansas @
  
@  Identical Final Four picks.
#  Another set of identical Final Four picks
&  Third set of identical Final Four picks
*  this team has been eliminated.

A quick recap as this will go up shortly before the last game finishes on Sunday. gtho4 takes a small lead over N-Bomb, who in turn has a small lead on Howie72 and srini701, who appear to be the main contenders at the moment, as fifth place is 13 points back (but who really knows in this tournament).

The only upset on Saturday was 11 Loyola (IL) continuing their Cinderella run by knocking off 3 Tennessee on a buzzer beater to win 63-62. That wasn’t a shock to the entire crowd, as 3 of our tippers took the Ramblers to go to the Sweet 16. Only 4 tippers had a live pick going into 5 Kentucky against 13 Buffalo, and they all took home points as the Wildcats easily won 95-75.

3 Michigan required a miracle to continue on in the tournament, and they got it by hitting a last second shot to take down 6 Houston 64-63. 3 Texas Tech also went down to the wire with 6 Florida, but pulled out the win 69-66. 4 Gonzaga looked to be cruising to a victory up 44-33 at halftime against 5 Ohio State, but the Buckeyes were able to take the lead with more than 10 minutes remaining in the second half. Under 4 minutes, the Bulldogs finally pulled away again and won 90-84. 1 Kansas won a close game but it was never really in doubt as they held off 8 Seton Hall, and 1 Villanova blew out 9 Alabama 81-58.

Edited by illiniman14 (Mon Mar 19 2018 10:20 AM)

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