Buckeye Mike became just the 3rd person to go 16-0 on the first day. The last two to do it, Bloomers123 and Blueberry and in 2003, finished the pool in 27th and 62nd (of 63), respectively. But I’d rather be 16-0 than 10-6 as 4 are right now. Standings have been posted (click on Standings button on menu) and the Scott Update will come very late tonight. Too much to process.
Daily Archives: Thursday, March 19, 2009
Rallies and Scares
Clemson’s rally fell short (literally) but Gonzaga and Villanova survived tough matchups to advance. Texas also won. After 12 games, six are a perfect 12-0 (Phantom, Batman, Krimsonguard, Baba, Buckeye Mike, AC). There isn’t a great potential for an upset in the last 4 games (only #11 VCU and #12 W.Ky are upset potentials). Only 2 have ever gone 16-0 in the previous 14 years. Four are floundering at 7-5.
For the Record – Everyone’s picks
For the Record. Note that “sdfsf” is not valid.
Halfway Done, Just Like Memphis
I will say I am impressed at the quality of video on March Madness on Demand. I bet if I had FIOS it’d be even smoother. And they didn’t black out the game being played on local TV like they usually do. I am not impressed with Memphis and hopefully this’ll be the wake-up call for them or it’ll be a short tournament for them. Baby Ouija went 0-3 to start but finished the first half of the day 5-0. There were 30 @ 3-0, 21 @ 7-0, and now 19 @ 8-0 (16 pts). There are 4 tied for last at 4-4 (8 pts).
You can now view everyone’s picks, the individual choice listing, and team choice distribution. Note all of this is unofficial. After the weekend, everything is official and we can break down the prize distribution.
And to find out who your competitors are, the Who’s Who page is up.
A new record
We unofficially have 114 entries, topping last year’s 101. So there will be 5 prizes (1st-5th) plus the usual Bonus Prize. Below is the choice distribution for those teams who were picked to win it all. The full list will come tonight.
2009 Choice Distribution Report
(# entries=114) 03/19/09
| Team | # of players who chose team to | Prizes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win it All |
Win 5 Games |
Win 4 Games |
Win 3 Games |
Win 2 Games |
Win 1 Game |
Win 0 Games |
Fin | $$ | |
| N CAROLINA | 36 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | TBA |
| LOUISVILLE | 21 | 23 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | TBA |
| PITTSBURGH | 18 | 15 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | TBA |
| MEMPHIS | 14 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | TBA |
| U CONN | 7 | 15 | 20 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | TBA |
| OKLAHOMA | 6 | 1 | 17 | 47 | 31 | 12 | 0 | ||
| DUKE | 3 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 37 | 10 | 0 | ||
| MICHIGAN ST | 3 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 19 | 1 | ||
| WKE FOREST | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 79 | 20 | 2 | ||
| KANSAS | 1 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 45 | 29 | 2 | ||
| VILLANOVA | 1 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 43 | 30 | 0 | ||
| PURDUE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 60 | 9 | ||
| FLA ST | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 40 | 22 | ||
Full Disclosure
With about 2 hours left, we have 100 unofficial entries! Here are David’s and my picks:
The Mighty Mobelfakta (David)
http://www.hwci.com/ncaa/2009/picks.asp?entries=The+Mighty+Mobelfakta
Ides of Fabone (Scott #1)
http://www.hwci.com/ncaa/2009/picks.asp?entries=Ides+of+Fabone
Pre-Selection Picks (Scott # 2)
http://www.hwci.com/ncaa/2009/picks.asp?entries=Pre-Selection+Picks
96!
As of 2 am this morning, we unofficially have 96 entries, just 5 short of our record! We are trying to match to the person RUBBER BISCUT, PRIDE OF TROY!, and BABY OIUJA (though we have a pretty good idea who these are, just need to confirm). Gareth M even funded putting President Obama’s picks into this pool (PRESIDENTIAL PICKS). Hopefully that bracket will bring him more money than the stimulus plan that was passed. And still no love for UCLA (just one has them in the Elite 8).
How bad was UCLA’s pod in Philly? They’ll travel around 2,720 miles while their opponent VCU will travel around 245 miles. If UCLA wins, their two possible opponents will travel either 19 miles (Villanova) or 141 miles (American U.).
Record Wednesday
I’m still behind, but we have had over 60 entries today (Wednesday), a record (was 58 in 2007). We still may fall short of 100 but we are close to 90 now.