#1221321 - Sat Mar 02 2019 07:01 AM
Results & Standings .. March Madness
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This year's Madness comp will be at the same site as last year. A bracket for 2019 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.combut if that doesn't work, try this link: http://ftmm2004.mayhem.cbssports.com/eIf you've sucessfully logged in, you will see this in the top LH corner of the screen: 2019 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 Options after you login.
This year's tipping comp is the 18th edition of March Madness! No one has retained their title in this comp and N-Bomb is the only person to win it twice (2011 and 2017) .. gtho4 won last year's comp, silver went to N-Bomb and George95 collected the bronze medal. 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, and the fewest correct picks for gold was 32/63 by blinkybill in 2006.
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 2018 gtho4 N-Bomb George95 |
This year's Madness starts on Thursday, March 21 and the final is on Monday, April 8. The bracket will open for tipping when the field is inserted by cbssports.com, which should happen on Sunday, March 17. 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 opponent since the NCAA started the current Madness format in 1985, until last year, when UMBC beat Virginia 74-54 .. #16 seeds are now 1-135 all-time. Last Four play-in: Tue-Wed 19-20 March now aka First Four 1st Round: Thu-Fri March 21-22 2nd Round: Sat-Sun March 23-24 3rd Round: Thu-Fri March 28-29 4th Round: Sat-Sun March 30-31 Final Four: Saturday 6th April Championship: Monday 8th April Final Four is at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis MN. Deadline: cbssports.com will close the bracket of 63 picks at noon EDT on Thursday, March 21st. 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/rankingsGood luck to all of us; and may the best man or best woman win!
Edited by gtho4 (Thu Mar 21 2019 01:10 PM)
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#1221322 - Sat Mar 02 2019 07:01 AM
NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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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 | 2018 | 2019 | | | gtho4 N-Bomb George95 Howie72 ElfTwinkle | 37 201 37 198 34 193 36 191 37 189 |
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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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#1221354 - Sat Mar 02 2019 03:45 PM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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Sixteen years, I have been playing this silly game, and what do I have to show for it? A lousy fourth place six years ago!  2019 is MY year.!!!
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#1221414 - Sat Mar 02 2019 09:39 PM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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Always (or at least sometimes) the bridesmaid...
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#1221733 - Wed Mar 06 2019 11:50 AM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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I'll be back again.
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#1222184 - Sun Mar 10 2019 05:44 PM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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I've figured out the sign-in process for another year.
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#1222335 - Tue Mar 12 2019 01:40 PM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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Received the email - haven't played for years. I will give it another go this year Welcome back!
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#1222374 - Wed Mar 13 2019 01:14 AM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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Any idea when I can lodge my picks? they don't seem to be active yet...
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#1222405 - Wed Mar 13 2019 10:57 AM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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Any idea when I can lodge my picks? they don't seem to be active yet... The tournament field won't be finalized until Sunday night, the bracket should be up around 5pm FT time on Sunday.
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#1222607 - Fri Mar 15 2019 06:31 AM
NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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Another four have signed-in. Acceptances are now in from 13 runners: dg_dave ElfTwinkle George95 gtho4 LeoDaVinci linkan ozzz2002 srini701 Sypher szabs terraorca themonarch toocool4u Some have signed in at cbs and some have signed in here. Last year was a field of 15 and it was 16 the year before. The following players from last year are still to sign-in, at either place: BxBarracuda Howie72 illiniman14 kevinatilusa N-Bomb
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#1222836 - Sun Mar 17 2019 06:00 PM
Re: NCAA March Madness .. sign-up sheet
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Bracket is live, everyone!
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#1223149 - Fri Mar 22 2019 08:33 AM
Results & Standings .. March Madness
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18 players lodged tipsMarch Madness Day 1 half-way through 1st Round |
| Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday | Mar 21-22 Mar 23-24 Mar 28-29 Mar 30-31 April 6 April 8 | 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 |
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Results
| picks | seeds | 79-71 79-74 76-86 76-55 87-49 69-78 64-83 76-69 61-70 74-55 61-57 61-48 78-77 87-53 84-68 79-44 | 10 15 8 18 183 9 1812 1814 15 14 189 1860 45 80 36 18 27 108 72 120 36 84 45 70 72 63 36 | 6v11 Mayland v Belmont 3v14 LSU v Yale 7v10 Louisville v Minnesota 2v15 Mich State v Bradley 1v16 Gonzaga v F Dickinson 8v9 Syracuse v Baylor 5v12 Marquette v Murray St 4v13 Florida St v Vermont 7v10 Nevada v Florida 2 v 15 Michigan v Montana 6v11 Villanova v St Mary's 3v14 Purdue v Old Dominion 5v12 Auburn v NM State 4v13 Kansas v Northeastern 7v10 Wofford v Seton Hall 2v15 Kentucky v ACU | Sypher terraroca toocool4u Sypher linkan themonarch Howie72 gtho4 illiniman14 dg_dave N-Bomb ElfTwinkle Howie72 ozzz2002 yoyoandcigs N-Bomb Sypher gtho4 toocool4u Howie72 gtho4 illiniman14 kevinatilusa | | 217 | 972 | = 1189 |
Standings
LW TW | | | ----- ------ |LP| |---------------------- TW LW hi-lo picks pts pks pts | | mk mpt | winner loser ----- ----- ----- day 1 ----- | | |---------------------- 1 1-1 szabs 00 00 14 81 14 81 |47| 61 336 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 1 1-1 Sypher 00 00 13 81 13 81 |46| 59 355 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 3 3-3 kevinatilusa 00 00 13 79 13 79 |46| 59 342 | 1 UNC 1 Duke & 4 4-4 George95 00 00 13 77 13 77 |46| 59 372 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 4 4-4 terraorca 00 00 13 77 13 77 |47| 60 345 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 6 6-6 dg_dave 00 00 13 73 13 73 |47| 60 366 | 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 7 7-7 LeoDaVinci 00 00 13 72 13 72 |46| 59 360 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 8 8-8 themonarch 00 00 13 70 13 70 |47| 60 374 | 1 UNC 1 Duke & 8 8-8 linkan 00 00 13 70 13 70 |47| 60 325 | 2 Mich St 1 UNC 10 10-10 toocool4u 00 00 11 64 11 64 |46| 57 334 | 1 Duke 3 Houston 11 11-11 ElfTwinkle 00 00 12 60 12 60 |46| 58 319 | 1 Duke 2 Kentucky 11 11-11 srini701 00 00 12 60 12 60 |47| 59 303 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 13 13-13 yoyoandcigs 00 00 11 59 11 59 |46| 57 337 | 3 Houston 1 Duke 14 14-14 illiniman14 00 00 11 57 11 57 |46| 57 307 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 15 15-15 N-Bomb 00 00 11 56 11 56 |47| 58 337 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 16 16-16 Howie72 00 00 10 53 10 53 |46| 56 325 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 16 16-16 ozzz2002 00 00 11 53 11 53 |47| 58 363 | 5 Wisconsin 4 Florida St 18 18-18 gtho4 00 00 10 47 10 47 |45| 55 290 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 217 1189 | | | perfect picks 16 98 16 98 | | | | | | 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. & = third set of three identical picks. e = fourth set. * = this team has been eliminated.
Final Four
| East West South Midwest live |-------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- dg_dave 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 2 Kentucky ElfTwinkle 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 2 Kentucky George95 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 1 Virginia 1 UNC gtho4 4 | 1 Duke 2 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky Howie72 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 2 Tennessee 1 UNC illiniman14 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ kevinatilusa 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 2 Tennessee 1 UNC LeoDaVinci 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ linkan 4 | 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # N-Bomb 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 5 Auburn ozzz2002 4 | 2 Mich St 4 Florida St 5 Wisconsin 1 UNC srini701 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 1 UNC Sypher 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ szabs 4 | 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # terraorca 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC themonarch 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 6 Villanova 1 UNC toocool4u 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 2 Tennessee 3 Houston yoyoandcigs 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 1 Virginia 3 Houston
@ identical Final Four picks. # another set of identical Final Four picks * this team has been eliminated.
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Last year's comp had 15 runners. BxBarracuda is a no-show and four players form prior years re-appear: szabs after six years (last played in 2013), Sypher & yoyoyoandcigs two years (2017) .. plus linkan, who has emerged from hibernation after eight years! (2011)
N-Bomb is the only player who's won this twice over the last 17 years. No-one has retained their title .. and this year will be no different .. gtho4, last year's winner, is miles in arrears in last place.
The two leaders, szabs and Sypher, have never won this .. kevinatilusa, in third place, won this in 2016. George95, in 4th place, won this in 2012.
It's still very early days but, if Duke and UNC progress all the way to the final, it should be a straight shoot-out between George95 (mpt 372 pts) and themonarch (mpt 374 pts). They have both teams to play in the final but different winners. They have three identical teams in the Final Four and whoever is the 4th should make no difference to who wins this comp; it should only affect the margin (on the basis that incorrect picks from now until the Final Four fall evenly between the two of them and thus cancel each other out).
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Edited by gtho4 (Fri Mar 22 2019 05:53 PM)
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#1223228 - Sat Mar 23 2019 08:29 AM
Results & Standings .. March Madness
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18 players lodged tipsMarch Madness Day 2 end of 1st Round |
| Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday | Mar 21-22 Mar 23-24 Mar 28-29 Mar 30-31 April 6 April 8 | 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. South/Midwest |
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| picks | seeds | 85-62 58-73 76-80 66-52 91-74 72-57 71-56 72-95 54-72 64-70 72-79 77-70 83-73 61-78 59-62 84-55 | 188 6 1814 17 189 11 3 5 18 187 6 17 18 72 72 72 84 51 18 81 132 39 50 36 18 63 66 51 | 1v15 Duke v ND State 8v9 VCU v UCF 5v12 Miss State v Liberty 4v13 Va Tech v St Louis 6v11 Buffalo v Arizona St 3v14 Tx Tech v North Ky 1v16 Virginia v G-Webb 8v9 Ole Miss v Oklahoma 5v12 Wisconsin v Oregon 4v13 Ks State v UC Irvine 7v10 Cincinnati v Iowa 2v15 Tennessee v Colgate 1v16 UNC v Iona 8v9 Utah St v Washington 6v11 Iowa St v Ohio St 3v14 Houston v Ga State | George95 Howie72 N-Bomb srini701 linkan Sypher terraorca ozzz2002 George95 Howie72 themonarch toocool4u Sypher dg_dave ElfTwinkle themonarch kevinatilusa toocool4u terraorca ElfTwinkle themonarch gtho4 srini701 linkan illiniman14 ozzz2002 George95 Howie72 yoyoandcigs LeoDaVinci themonarch kevinatilusa linkan Sypher dg_dave szabs srini701 kevinatilusa linkan ElfTwinkle ozzz2002 LeoDaVinci themonarch kevinatilusa Sypher ElfTwinkle ozzz2002 LeoDaVinci | | 193 | 923 | = 1116 |
Standings
LW TW | | | ----- ------- |LP| |---------------------- TW LW hi-lo picks pts pks pts | | mk mpt | winner loser ----- ----- ----- day 2 ------- | | |---------------------- 1 1 1-1 Sypher 13 81 14 98 27 179 |29| 56 335 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 2 3 2-3 kevinatilusa 13 79 12 78 25 157 |29| 54 304 | 1 UNC 1 Duke o 3 4 3-4 George95 13 77 12 79 25 156 |28| 53 320 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 4 6 4-6 dg_dave 13 73 12 75 25 148 |29| 54 320 | 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 5 7 5-7 LeoDaVinci 13 72 11 71 24 143 |29| 53 309 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 6 8 6-8 themonarch 13 70 11 68 24 138 |30| 54 326 | 1 UNC 1 Duke o 7 1 1-7 szabs 14 81 10 52 24 133 |30| 54 286 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 8 16 8-16 Howie72 10 53 12 79 22 132 |30| 52 292 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 9 8 8-9 linkan 13 70 11 60 24 130 |29| 53 278 | 2 Mich St 1 UNC 10 4 4-10 terraorca 13 77 9 48 22 125 |30| 52 280 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 11 11 11-11 srini701 12 60 11 59 23 119 |30| 53 265 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 12 15 12-15 N-Bomb 11 56 11 62 22 118 |29| 51 285 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 13 13 13-13 yoyoandcigs 11 59 10 56 21 115 |30| 51 289 | 3 Houston 1 Duke 14 11 11-14 ElfTwinkle 12 60 10 54 22 114 |29| 51 286 | 1 Duke 2 Kentucky 14 16 14-16 ozzz2002 11 53 11 61 22 114 |24| 46 263 | 5*Wisconsin 4 Florida St 15 10 10-15 toocool4u 11 64 9 48 20 112 |29| 49 269 | 1 Duke 3 Houston 16 14 14-16 illiniman14 11 57 9 39 20 96 |29| 49 251 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 18 18 18-18 gtho4 10 47 8 29 18 76 |28| 46 225 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 193 1116 | | | perfect 16 98 16 122 32 220 | | | | | | LP = live picks (31 of 63 games remaining) 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. o = third set of three identical picks. e = fourth set. * = this team has been eliminated.
Final Four
| East West South Midwest live |-------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- dg_dave 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 2 Kentucky ElfTwinkle 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 2 Kentucky George95 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 1 Virginia 1 UNC gtho4 4 | 1 Duke 2 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky Howie72 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 2 Tennessee 1 UNC illiniman14 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ kevinatilusa 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 2 Tennessee 1 UNC LeoDaVinci 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ linkan 4 | 2 Michigan St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # N-Bomb 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 5 Auburn ozzz2002 3 | 2 Michigan St 4 Florida St 5*Wisconsin 1 UNC srini701 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 1 UNC Sypher 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ szabs 4 | 2 Michigan St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # terraorca 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC themonarch 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 6 Villanova 1 UNC toocool4u 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 2 Tennessee 3 Houston yoyoandcigs 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 1 Virginia 3 Houston
@ identical Final Four picks. # another set of identical Final Four picks * this team has been eliminated.
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Sypher picks 14/16 and now leads solo .. szabs picked 10/16 and dropped back to 7th place.
Sypher, who has never won this, now has the best mpt figures and joins George95 and themonarch in a shoot-out if Duke and UNC make the final. If UNC win themonarch will beat Sypher by a point (on the basis that their incorrect picks fall evenly and cancel each other out).
If Duke win themonarch needs Sypher to drop at least 15 pts with incorrect picks .. which can happen if #4 Florida State make the Final Four (Sypher has #2 Michigan).
On the other hand, if Gonzaga beat Purdue in the final, dg_dave will win gold. It's still early days, and many permutations are still in there, but the rest of us are probably too far behind to take this off one of those four players.
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#1223269 - Sun Mar 24 2019 04:16 AM
Results & Standings .. March Madness
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18 players lodged tipsMarch Madness Day 3 half way though 2nd Round |
| Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday | Mar 21-22 Mar 23-24 Mar 28-29 Mar 30-31 April 6 April 8 | 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, a team's seeding is added to above pts | Final is East/West vs. South/Midwest |
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| picks | seeds | 69-67 70-50 83-71 90-62 64-49 87-61 75-89 62-56 | 6 1817 13 17 10 7 17 18 36 17 52 34 30 35 34 | 3v6 LSU v Maryland 2v10 Mich St v Minnesota 1v9 Gonzaga v Baylor 4v12 FL State v Murray St 2v10 Michigan v Florida 3v6 Purdue v Villanova 4v5 Kansas v Auburn 2v7 Kentucky v Wofford | LeoDaVinci N-Bomb szabs linkan gtho4 srini701 LeoDaVinci Sypher ElfTwinkle illiniman14 gtho4 yoyoandcigs gtho4 LeoDaVinci N-Bomb szabs dg_dave yoyoandcigs George95 terraorca Sypher | | 105 | 256 | 105x2pts ea +256 = 466 |
Standings
LW TW | | | ------ ------- |LP| |------------------------- TW LW hi-lo picks pts pks pts | | mk mpt | winner loser ----- ----- ------ day 3 ------- | | |------------------------- 1 1 1-1 Sypher 27 179 3 11 30 190 |22| 52 304 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 2 3 2-4 George95 25 156 6 28 31 184 |21| 52 312 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 3 4 3-6 dg_dave 25 148 7 33 32 181 |19| 53 312 | 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 4 2 2-4 kevinatilusa 25 157 5 21 30 178 |22| 52 290 | 1 UNC 1 Duke o 4 5 4-7 LeoDaVinci 24 143 7 35 31 178 |22| 53 309 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 6 7 1-7 szabs 24 133 7 33 31 166 |22| 53 278 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 7 6 6-8 themonarch 24 138 5 21 29 159 |19| 48 276 | 1 UNC 1 Duke o 8 8 8-16 Howie72 22 132 6 26 28 158 |23| 51 286 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 8 10 4-10 terraorca 22 125 7 33 29 158 |22| 51 272 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 10 9 8-10 linkan 24 130 6 26 30 156 |21| 51 264 | 2 Mich St 1 UNC 10 12 10-15 N-Bomb 22 118 8 38 30 156 |21| 51 285 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 12 11 11-12 srini701 22 119 7 31 30 150 |22| 52 259 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 13 13 13-13 yoyoandcigs 21 115 6 27 27 142 |23| 50 275 | 3 Houston 1 Duke 14 14 14-16 ozzz2002 22 114 6 26 28 140 |16| 44 249 | 5*Wisconsin 4 Florida St 15 14 11-15 ElfTwinkle 22 114 5 20 27 134 |20| 47 236 | 1 Duke 2 Kentucky 16 16 10-16 toocool4u 20 112 5 21 25 133 |22| 47 255 | 1 Duke 3 Houston 17 17 14-17 illiniman14 20 96 5 20 25 116 |22| 47 231 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 18 18 18-18 gtho4 18 76 4 16 22 92 |28| 44 211 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 105 466 | | |------------------------- perfect 32 220 8 38 40 258 | | | | | | LP = live picks (23 of 63 games remaining) 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. o = third set of three identical picks. e = fourth set. * = this team has been eliminated.
Final Four
| East West South Midwest live |-------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- dg_dave 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 2 Kentucky ElfTwinkle 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 2 Kentucky George95 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 1 Virginia 1 UNC gtho4 4 | 1 Duke 2 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky Howie72 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 2 Tennessee 1 UNC illiniman14 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ kevinatilusa 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 2 Tennessee 1 UNC LeoDaVinci 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ linkan 4 | 2 Michigan St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # N-Bomb 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 5 Auburn ozzz2002 3 | 2 Michigan St 4 Florida St 5*Wisconsin 1 UNC srini701 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 1 UNC Sypher 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ szabs 4 | 2 Michigan St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # terraorca 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC themonarch 3 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 6*Villanova 1 UNC toocool4u 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 2 Tennessee 3 Houston yoyoandcigs 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 1 Virginia 3 Houston
semi-finals are East v West and South v Midwest @ identical Final Four picks. # another set of identical Final Four picks * this team has been eliminated.
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Sypher picks 3/8 but, nonetheless, retains the lead. His mpt falls from 56 335 by 4 picks to 52 304 .. and they're no longer the best mpt numbers for the run to the finish post.
Back in the middle of the field, N-Bomb was perfect, with picks of 8/8 .. and his mpt is unchanged at 51 285, a mere 19 pts in arrears. If #5 Auburn make the Final Four Sypher will lose 12 pts, which is not enough for N-Bomb to catch him (UNC are out 4pts plus seed plus 6 pts plus seed = 12 pts).
Another scenario: if Duke beats UNC in the final, Sypher will achieve his mpt of 304 pts but George95 (who has also picked Duke to beat UNC) will finish 8 pts ahead of Sypher with 312 pts, ceteris paribus. Going back one round they have the same Final Four except in the West: George95 has #4 Florida St and Sypher has #2 Michigan. That match should determine who finishes ahead of the other.
However, LeoDaVinci also has Duke beating UNC in the Final, but with an mpt of 309 pts. That 5pts more than Sypher, and the two of them have identical picks for the Final Four! Plus, they each have 22 live picks left .. if they're identical, Sypher will finsh up behind LeoDaVinci. But they're not, the two of them have quite a few different picks in the round before the Final Four. Who finishes in front of whom, Sypher vs. LeoDaVinci, should be decided when the Elite Eight are known.
On the other hand, if #1 Gonzaga beat #3 Purdue in the final, all of the above is irrelevant and academic .. dg_dave will win the gold medal, as no-one else has those two to play in the final; and no-one else has a bigger mpt than dg_dave.
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#1223273 - Sun Mar 24 2019 06:19 AM
Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
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I’m just surprised that I managed to get any right ....... I just picked them at random
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#1223322 - Mon Mar 25 2019 07:41 AM
Results & Standings .. March Madness
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18 players lodged tipsMarch Madness Day 4 end of 2nd Round |
| Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Thu-Fri Sat-Sun Satuday Monday | Mar 21-22 Mar 23-24 Mar 28-29 Mar 30-31 April 6 April 8 | 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, a team's seeding is added to above pts | Final is East/West vs. South/Midwest |
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Results
| picks | seeds | 77-76 67-58 78-58 61-53 73-54 83-77 81-59 74-59 | 1815 10 17 5 15 1813 18 60 30 17 60 30 18 39 | 1v9 Duke v UCF 4v12 Va Tech v Liberty 3v6 Tx Tech v Buffalo 1v9 Virginia v Oklahoma 12v13 Oregon v UC Irvine 2v10 Tennessee v Iowa 1v9 UNC v Washington 3v11 Houston v Ohio St | ozzz2002 LeoDaVinci themonarch ozzz2002 dg_dave LeoDaVinci N-Bomb Howie72 yoyoandcigs dg_dave George95 themonarch dg_dave LeoDaVinci N-Bomb linkan ozzz2002 | | 111 | 272 | 111x2pts ea +272 = 494 |
Standings
LW TW | | | ------ ------- |LP| |------------------------- TW LW hi-lo picks pts pks pts | | mk mpt | winner loser ----- ----- ------ day 4 ------- | | |------------------------- 1 1 1-1 Sypher 30 190 6 24 36 214 |15| 51 296 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 2 4 2-7 LeoDaVinci 31 178 6 32 37 210 |15| 52 296 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 2 3 2-6 dg_dave 32 181 5 29 37 210 |14| 51 295 | 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 4 4 2-4 kevinatilusa 30 178 7 29 37 207 |15| 52 290 | 1 UNC 1 Duke o 5 2 2-5 George95 31 184 5 20 36 204 |13| 49 280 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 6 8 6-16 Howie72 28 158 8 43 36 201 |15| 51 286 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 7 6 1-7 szabs 31 166 7 29 38 195 |15| 53 278 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 8 10 8-15 N-Bomb 30 156 6 33 36 189 |14| 50 277 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 9 13 9-13 yoyoandcigs 27 142 8 43 35 185 |15| 50 275 | 3 Houston 1 Duke 10 8 4-10 terraorca 29 158 6 24 35 182 |15| 50 264 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 11 10 8-11 linkan 30 156 6 24 36 180 |15| 51 264 | 2 Mich St 1 UNC 12 12 11-12 srini701 30 150 7 29 37 179 |15| 52 259 | 1 Duke 1 UNC # 13 7 6-13 themonarch 29 159 5 19 34 178 |12| 46 250 | 1 UNC 1 Duke o 14 15 11-15 ElfTwinkle 27 134 7 29 34 163 |13| 47 236 | 1 Duke 2 Kentucky 15 16 10-16 toocool4u 25 133 7 29 32 162 |15| 47 255 | 1 Duke 3 Houston 16 14 14-16 ozzz2002 28 140 3 10 31 150 | 9| 40 205 | 5*Wisconsin 4 Florida St 17 17 14-17 illiniman14 20 116 6 24 31 140 |15| 46 223 | 1 Duke 1 Virginia e 18 18 18-18 gtho4 22 92 6 24 28 116 |14| 42 194 | 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee @ 111 494 | | |------------------------- perfect 40 258 8 43 48 301 | | | | | | LP = live picks (15 of 63 games remaining) 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. o = third set of three identical picks. e = fourth set. * = this team has been eliminated.
Final Four
| East West South Midwest live |-------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- dg_dave 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 3 Purdue 2 Kentucky ElfTwinkle 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 2 Kentucky George95 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 1 Virginia 1 UNC gtho4 4 | 1 Duke 2 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky Howie72 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 2 Tennessee 1 UNC illiniman14 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ kevinatilusa 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 2 Tennessee 1 UNC LeoDaVinci 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ linkan 4 | 2 Michigan St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # N-Bomb 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 5 Auburn ozzz2002 3 | 2 Michigan St 4 Florida St 5*Wisconsin 1 UNC srini701 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 1 Virginia 1 UNC Sypher 4 | 1 Duke 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 1 UNC @ szabs 4 | 2 Michigan St 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC # terraorca 4 | 1 Duke 1 Gonzaga 2 Tennessee 1 UNC themonarch 3 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 6*Villanova 1 UNC toocool4u 4 | 1 Duke 4 Florida St 2 Tennessee 3 Houston yoyoandcigs 4 | 1 Duke 3 Texas Tech 1 Virginia 3 Houston
semi-finals are East v West and South v Midwest @ identical Final Four picks. # another set of identical Final Four picks * this team has been eliminated.
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Sypher is still our leader. Two days ago, Sypher and his dartboard were leading by 22 pts. Yesterday it was 9 pts. Today it's a mere 4 pts .. and this has created an intriguing finish. Sypher and LeoDaVinci have an identical mpt of 296 and identical picks for the final and the Final Four.
We may have our first-ever dead-heat and see the tie-breaker decide the gold medal. Sypher has chosen 96 pts to be scored in the final and LeoDaVinci has chosen 131 pts. Whether or not we have a dead-heat will depend on their picks for the Elite Eight, which is set out below .. for Sypher and LeoDaVinci to admire.
Yesterday we had N-Bomb with perfect picks of 8/8. Today we had Howie72 and yoyoandcigs go perfect. Howie72 has identical picks to Sypher and LeoDaVinci for the semi-finals and final with an mpt of 286 pts, leaving him 10 pts in arrears. But, if all of his Final Four picks bear fruit, Sypher and LeoDaVinci will drop 6 pts for #2 Michigan and 5 pts for #1 Michigan, which will reduce both of them them to 284 pts .. and Howie72 wins this (again, subject to what their collective picks are for the Elite Eight).
George95 has also got Duke to beat UNC in the final, but his mpt is 16pts behind Sypher and LeoDaVinci, but has only one pick different for the Final Four.
kevinatilusa also has Duke and UNC to play in the final, but has chosen Duke to lose. If that happens he'll win this as the other four will all lose 10 pts from their mpt.
dg_dave, who's in equal 2nd place with LeoDaVinci, will win it all if #1 Gonzaga beat #3 Purdue in the final, as no-one else has those two to play in the final.
The first six have an mpt in the 280s or 290s. I can't see anyone else taking gold from 7th place and down except for perhaps szabs, who has #1 Gonzaga to win, like dg_dave, but her mpt is 17 pts less. As her other finalist is different, dg_dave loses 9pts for #3 Purdue not making the final. From there she needs dg_dave to drop another 8 pts, which may happen as the two of them only have one pick in common for the Final Four.
There are probably some other permutations in there I may have missed; and I haven't gone through the Elite Eight picks to fully calculate possible mpt finishes. Below is a complete list of the Elite Eight picks which, together with the Final Four, two finalists and the winner, sets out all of our picks for the remaining 15 games in this year's March Madness. For those of us who are interested in or fascinated by numbers, there are 128 permutations of the remaining 15 games.
ozzz2002 and gtho4 don't figure in any of the 128 permutations, as their mpt is below Sypher's current score. They have the honour of being the first to retire to the grandstand as mere spectators; the first to be eliminated.
| Elite Eight
| East West South Midwest | |------------------ --------------------- ---------------------- --------------------| dg_dave | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 6*Buffalo 1 Virginia 3 Purdue 2 Kentucky 5 Auburn | dg_dave ElfTwinkle | 1 Duke 6*Maryland 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky 4*Kansas | ElfTwinkle George95 | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 4 FL State 6*Buffalo 1 Virginia 7*Cincinn 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | George95 gtho4 | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 6*Buffalo 1 Vitginia 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | gtho4 Howie72 | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 3 Tx Tech 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 3 Houston 1 UNC | Howie72 illiniman14 | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 3 Purdue 3 Houston 1 UNC | illiniman14 kevinatilusa | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 3 Houston 1 UNC | kevinatilusa LeoDaVinci | 1 Duke 3 LSU 4 FL State 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 3 Pudue 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | LeoDaVinci linkan | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | linkan N-Bomb | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 4 FL State 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 3 Pudue 6*Iowa St 5 Auburn | N-Bomb ozzz2002 | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 4 FL Stat 6*Buffalo 5*Wisc 3 Purdue 11*Ohio St 1 UNC | ozzz2002 srini701 | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | srini701 Sypher | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 3 Houston 1 UNC | Sypher szabs | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | szabs terraorca | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 2 Michigan 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | terraorca themonarch | 1 Duke 6*Maryland 4 FL State 3 Tx Tech 1 Virginia 6*Villanova 2 Kentucky 1 UNC | themonarch toocool4u | 1 Duke 4 Va Tech 4 FL State 3 Tx Tech 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 3 Houston 1 UNC | toocool4u yoyoandcigs | 1 Duke 2 Mich St 1 Gonzaga 3 Tx Tech 1 Virginia 2 Tennessee 3 Houston 1 UNC | yoyoandcigs |------------------ --------------------- ---------------------- --------------------|
* this team has been eliminated.
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#1223348 - Mon Mar 25 2019 09:41 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. March Madness
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Hats off to even think of and see all those possible combinations! This is a crazy comp, and my commiserations with ozzz, who had most emphatically declared 2019 would be HIS year 
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