NCAA Top Gun, 2004 Draft Thread

[Marmel]

Draft order:


Round 1, 3, 5:

Shorty
detox
suicane
sooner
RPIfan
ragone
marmel
koruptr
jjeber
mckerney


Round 2, 4, 6:

mckerney
jeeber
koruptr
marmel
ragone
RPIfan
sooner
suicane
detox
shorty



I suppose we can start any time, although you are no 'on the clock' so to speak until Monday morning.

The rules are very simple. Draft any player in the tournament, from any team. Players me only be drafted once. In round 6, you may only draft a player from a team seeded 10 - 16, regardless of whether you already drafted somebody on a team seeded in this range or not.

I am not usually around mornings, so if somebody wants to keep the draft moving along, please volunteer. Remember we need to average 2 rounds a day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. If your pick is skipped, you may make it at anytime, regardless of where in the draft we are.

I STRONGLY suggest you PM me short lists of players to choose for you. It would be much appreciated by everyone here, I am sure.

No material prize will be awarded, but you will join shorty (I think that is who won it last year), on the FOFC Top Gun Hall of Fame List. That should be worth it alone. :)

[Marmel]

Shorty picked: Ben Gordon, UConn

detox is up next.

[Marmel]

Here is where I will keep track of the picks:

1 - Shorty - Ben Gordon, UConn
2 - detoxrox - Hakim Warrick, Syracuse
3 - suicane - JJ Reddick, Duke
4 - sooner - L. Roberts, Miss. St.
5 - RPI - J. Hodges, NC State
6 - ragone - J. Nelson, St. Joe's
7 - Marmel - Emeka Okafor, Uconn
8 - koruptr - R. McCants, UNC
9 - Jeeber - G. Fitch, Kentucky
10 mckerney - Blake Stepp, Gonzaga

11 - mckerney - Sean May, UNC
12 - jeeber - J. Childress, Stanford
13 - koruptr - Delonte West, St. Josephs
14 - Marmel - Carl Krauser, Pittsburgh
15 - raone - F. Garica, Louisville
16 - RPI - W. Simien, Kansas
17 - sooner - Tony Allen, OK State
18 - suicane - Davin Harris, Wisconsin
19 - detoxrox - Ryan Gomes, Providence
20 - shorty - Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga


21 - shorty - B.J. Elder, Georgia Tech
22 - detoxrox - Chris Duhon, Duke
23 - suicane - Erik Daniels, Kentucky
24 - sooner - Joey Graham, OK State
25 - RPI - Brandon Mouton, Texas.
26 - ragone - John Gilchrist, Maryland
27 - marmel - Chris Paul, Wake Forest
28 - koruptr - John Lucas, Oklahoma St.
29 - jeeber - Timmy Bowers, Miss State
30 - mckerney - Andre Emmitt, Texas Tech

31 - mckerney - Taliek Brown, UConn
32 - jeeber - Marcus Melvin, NC State
33 - koruptr - Keith Langford, Kansas
34 - marmel - Criag Cmith, Boston College
35 - ragone - Justin Gray, Wake Forest
36 - rpi - Jarrett Jack, GT
37 - sooner - Luis Flores, Manhattan
38 - suicane - Luol Deng, Duke
39 - detoxrox - Sheldon Williams, Duke
40 - shorty - Rashad Anderson, Connecticut


41 - shorty - Tony Bobbitt, Cincinnati
42 - detoxrox - Dee Brown, Illinois
43 - suicane - Deron Williams Illinois
44 - sooner - Morris Finley, UAB
45 - rpi - Julius Page, Pitt
46 - ragone - Matt Freije, Vanderbilt
47 - Marmel - Gerry McNamara, Syracuse
48 - koruptr - Anthony Roberson, Florida
49 - jeeber - Matt Lottich, Stanford
50 - mckerney - Marvin Lewis, G Tech

51 - mckerney - Jason Williams, UTEP
52 - jeeber - Omar Thomas, UTEP
53 - koruptr - Mike Williams, West Michigan
54 - Marmel - Tim Smith, E. Tenn. State
55 - ragone - Antoine Landry, Louis, Lafay
56 - rpi - Keith Waleskowski, Dayton
57 - sooner - Ben Reed, Western Michigan
58 - suicane - Nick Jacobson, Utah
59 - detoxrox - Luke Whitehead, Louisville
60 - shorty - Kirk Snider, Nevada

[Easy Mac]

breaking the dola train.

[Marmel]

bump

[DeToxRox]

I am going to have to pick.. hrmmm..

Tough choices but I'll have to Hakim Warrick.

I think I can get a few solid games outta him.

[RPI-Fan]

bump

[RPI-Fan]

bump

[Suicane75]

J.J. Redick- Duke

[RPI-Fan]

How much time are we going to give sooner to pick? I have class at 2, but can log on during then. But after 2:45p EST or so I'm done for a while.

[Marmel]

Time check

[Marmel]

RPI fan vie PM:

Julius Hodge, NC State


ragone is up

[sooner333]

Lawrence Roberts, Miss. State

Sorry I was in a final.

[Marmel]

no problem. i got really tied up today and couldnt get here to keep this moving earlier, sorry all. ragone has about 30 minutes to pick....

[Ragone]

Hmm.. Jameer Nelson

[Marmel]

Emeka Oak-a-4, Uconn

[k0ruptr]

Rashad Mccants - NC

[JeeberD]

Gerald Fitch - Kentucky


Gotta go to work now. Hope MC doesn't pick until I get home tonight...

[RPI-Fan]

Leave a list!!:)

[mckerney]

Blake Stepp, Gonzaga
Sean May, UNC

[k0ruptr]

damn jeebs didnt leave a list

[Marmel]

I dont know how ling he works, but we will have to skip him around 7 pm EST.

[k0ruptr]

I feel bad picking b4 jeebs. lets wait a bit.

[Ragone]

Jeeber picked the endless pasta bowl.. go ahead :)

[RPI-Fan]

Please pick before tomorrow AM. If he doesn't show us the respect to leave a list, we shouldn't be going way, way out of our way to protect his position.

[k0ruptr]

ok ok. delonte west, St. Joes

[Marmel]

Krauser, Piitsburgh

[Ragone]

Fransisco Garcia- Louisville

[RPI-Fan]

Wayne Simien, F, KU

[JeeberD]

I'm back! Sorry, I was running late and didn't have a chance to do any research befiore I headed out. My fault and I don't blame you guys for going ahead without me.

That said, I'm jumping in now...

Josh Childress, Stanford

[sooner333]

Tony Allen, Oklahoma State

[Suicane75]

Devin Harris- Wisconsin

[Marmel]

detoxrox, via list, selects: Ryan gomes, Providence.

[Marmel]

shorty is up for 2 picks now. Hopefully, he will log on before he goes to school :)

[Marmel]

we can move on to detoxrox.

[korme]

home from school!

Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga
B.J. Elder, Georgia Tech

[DeToxRox]

Chris Duhon, Duke

[Suicane75]

Erik Daniels- Kentucky

[Marmel]

sooner is up next.

[RPI-Fan]

Marmel said I could pick 1 hour after the most recent pick... With that, I take G Brandon Mouton of Texas.

We're gonna' have to fly tomorrow - 3 rounds in one day. Probably need to set a 20 minute time limit starting at 9am or so.

[k0ruptr]

lets get it goin guys we really need this done . send in lists if ure not gonna be around

[Marmel]

At this point, round 6 will probably be dropped. Any round not completly finished is elimiated as of tip off on Thursday.

[RPI-Fan]

I think we should set a 20 minute time limit on picks as of 9am EST tomorrow. From 9am-5pm, that's 8 hours. At 3 picks, per hour, it's 24 picks, which gets us through Round 5.

[JeeberD]

I'm fine with a quick draft all day tomorrow since I won't have to be at work until six central... :)

[Ragone]

Been a hour since rpi selected.. i take John Gilchrist.. Maryland

[k0ruptr]

same here, I've got nothin till late at nite tomorro, and I'm free all night tonight

[JeeberD]

i take John Gilchrist.. Maryland

One and out... :D

[Marmel]

I'll take Chris Paul from Wake Forest

[korme]

Would anyone be interested in the Excel spreadsheet I made for this? Or should I enjoy it for myself.

It has:
-The top 3 scorers for seeds 1-4
-The top 2 scorers for seeds 5-8
-The top scorer for seeds 9-14

[k0ruptr]

John Lucas - Oklahoma St.

[Marmel]

I got an excel spreadsheet set up for scoring, but nothing fancy. could you save it as an excel 5.0 file and email me?

[JeeberD]

John Lucas - Oklahoma St.

Bastard!!!!!!!!

Timmy Bowers - Miss State

[k0ruptr]

lol. good pick with bowers tho.

[Ragone]

Typically the teams you gotta watch out for making the upsets have had a near miss upset in the tourney over the past couple years.. richmond for instance.. or hampton.. Maryland plays that game like they played against duke.. Utep gonna get ran outta the gym..

[korme]

How do I save as an Excel 5.0 file?

[JeeberD]

I'm leaving for work in a few minutes and won't be back for four or five hours. Go ahead and use the list to make my picks, Marm...

[Marmel]

time check

[Marmel]

mckerney skipped x2

Jeeber, via list, selects: Marcus Melvin, NC State

[Marmel]

koruptr, me, then Ragone.

[Marmel]

koruptr skipped.

I'll take Craig Smith, Boston College.



Ragone is up.

[Ragone]

Justin Gray-Wake Forest

[RPI-Fan]

Jarrett Jack, GT

[k0ruptr]

holy crap. my guy is still there tho
keith langford - kansas

[Marmel]

sooner is still skipped. move on to suicane, please.

[Suicane75]

Luol Deng Duke

[mckerney]

Andre Emmett, Texas Tech

[mckerney]

Taliek Brown, UConn

[Marmel]

detox selects Sheldon Williams, Duke

[Marmel]

Shorty is up with double picks next.

[korme]

Rashad Anderson, Connecticut
Tony Bobbitt, Cincinnati

[sovereignstar]

Andre Emmett, Texas Tech
I've been waiting for someone to pick him.

[Marmel]

detox, via PM, selects: Dee Brown, Illinois

[Suicane75]

Deron Williams Illinois

[Marmel]

sooner is next, but he is being skipped until he catches up, so it is RPI.

[JeeberD]

You know, if we keep up this decent rate we might actually be able to get six rounds in...

[sooner333]

pick one of three

Gerald Fitch, Kentucky

[sooner333]

Pick two of three, Luis Flores, Manhattan

[sooner333]

pick three of three

Joey Graham, Oklahoma State

[Marmel]

Fitch was taken by Jeeber already, so you need to pick one more. Glad you were able to catch up at least. :)

[Marmel]

sooner and rpi.....skip them around 2:30 guys

[JeeberD]

Whew, internet was down all morning. Glad to see that I haven't been skipped or anything...

[k0ruptr]

... should be ragone up eh?

[Ragone]

I select Matt Freije

[RPI-Fan]

Julius Page, Pitt

[Marmel]

ragone, what team is matt freije on?

[Ragone]

Vanderbilt

[k0ruptr]

vanderbilt

[k0ruptr]

lol good job

[Marmel]

I will select Gerry McNamara from Syracuse.

[k0ruptr]

keep the pace up, I select anthony roberson florida

[JeeberD]

Matt Lottich - Stanford

[k0ruptr]

good one jeebs , it was either him or roberson for me.

[Marmel]

mckerney with double picks.
Remember, round 6 is a double digit seed only!

[JeeberD]

I'm not sure that I really like having two players from the same team on my squad, but I think Stanford will at least make it to the Elite Eight. If they get upset early I'll be in deep shit...

[Butter]

I will select Gerry McNamara from Syracuse.

You cockeyed optimist, you.

[JeeberD]

mckerney had better not steal my sixth round pick... :mad:

[Marmel]

Chris Paul is on the trading block for any other Big East player. I am just one short from my top 5 being Big East players. :)

[sooner333]

Morris Finley, UAB

I guess it was late and thought I didn't see Fitch's name.

[JeeberD]

MC's had his hour. Now it's time for my sixth round pick.

Omar mothafuckin' Thomas, boys and girls. And he'll be playing at least three games.

Oh, and he's a UTEP Miner, ya know...

[mckerney]

6th Rounder -
Jason Williams - UTEP

5th round choice coming shortly

[korme]

Jeebs, you got me on the UTEP bandwagon. Every kid at Milford has heard me talk about Omar Thomas and how UTEP will upset Maryland. I best not be let down.

[mckerney]

5th rounder
Marvin Lewis - Georgia TEch

[mckerney]

And yes Jeeber, I would have taken Thomas if I'd been here a little earlier.

[korme]

Michael Holley of ATH just picked UTEP to make the Sweet 16.

[JeeberD]

Jeebs, you got me on the UTEP bandwagon. Every kid at Milford has heard me talk about Omar Thomas and how UTEP will upset Maryland. I best not be let down.

Shorty, you're the little brother that I never had. My Miners will not let you down...

[JeeberD]

6th Rounder -
Jason Williams - UTEP

5th round choice coming shortly

J-Dub, eh? Interesting choice. He can be either electrifying or out of control. But if the Miners are going to win tomorrow morning the Miners will need him to play well. He and John Tofi both...

[k0ruptr]

mike williams - western michigan

[RPI-Fan]

J-Dub, eh? Interesting choice. He can be either electrifying or out of control. But if the Miners are going to win tomorrow morning the Miners will need him to play well. He and John Tofi both...

Funny how that's a completely accurate descripition of EVERY Jason Williams in the game of basketball:)

[Marmel]

Tim Smith, E. Tenn. State

[korme]

Screw you Marmel :mad:!!

[Marmel]

ragone skipped, rpi is up.

[RPI-Fan]

Keith Waleskowski, Dayton

[Ragone]

Antoine Landry.. La Lafeyette

[Marmel]

via PM, sooner selects: 1. Ben Reed, Western Michigan

[Marmel]

Suicane, Detox and Shorty and then we are done!

[k0ruptr]

u guys can do it. grr u better

[Marmel]

c'mon guys!

[korme]

so i can just pick now?

LUIS FLORES, MANHATTAN!!!

[Marmel]

shorty,

1) you are not up yet, so send me a list!
2) Flores was already taken you moron. :)

[k0ruptr]

LMAO good stuff

[korme]

1) update the draft picks, dickface, and i won't make that mistake
2) blame rpi-fan for my pick

[k0ruptr]

yikes. feisty.

[Marmel]

He was taken in round 4, and the list had him in it already, douchebag:

36 - rpi - Jarrett Jack, GT
37 - sooner - Luis Flores, Manhattan
38 - suicane - Luol Deng, Duke

[korme]

listen assclown, if sooner hadn't picked flores in the 4th, this ridiculous argument would not be taking place! so f that

[k0ruptr]

lol yea blame it on sooner

[korme]

i had "so blame sooner" written, but figured he might not know i'm kidding like marmel does, so i erased it.

ps marmel - i'm not kidding

[Suicane75]

Nick Jacobson- Utah

[Marmel]

shorty, i am not kidding either. You really are a douchebag.

[korme]

i can accept that. i am the bigger person here.

[Marmel]

A 15 year old kid named 'shorty' can NEVER be the BIGGER person. Sorry <i>kid.</i>

[korme]

i almost wrote bigger man, but i knew the comeback would be there. little did i know you were all but unprepared for any use of person, as well.

[Suicane75]

There is sooooo much sexual tension in this thread right now.

[DeToxRox]

oh shiz. my pick. i am here boys. thinkin of a pick now.

[DeToxRox]

Luke Whitehead, Louisville

[mckerney]

Shorty, you're the little brother that I never had. My Miners will not let you down...

Hey, I've been pimping the Miners too... :(

I've even been banned from my friends from using them in March Madness.

[korme]

Kirk Snyder

Nevada


LET US PLAY.

[sooner333]

Shorty- I take all offensive remarks, kidding or not, personally. I understand you were kidding and "just joking" but my feelings were hurt. I will now not be able to watch the tournament in the same light.

[JeeberD]

Hey, I've been pimping the Miners too... :(

I've even been banned from my friends from using them in March Madness.

Too bad Omar Duran isn't as good in real life as he is on March Madness... :(

You know you're my boy, MC...


Kirk Snyder

Nevada


Excellent pick, Shorty. Nevada's going to the Sweet Sixteen...

[mckerney]

Too bad Omar Duran isn't as good in real life as he is on March Madness... :(

True, though I'd love to see what they did in the tourney if they were able to hit 31 of 60 from 3 like in the game. :D


You know you're my boy, MC...

:)

[mckerney]

Dola:

Just nine and a half hours until tip off against Maryland. Should be a helluva a game.

[JeeberD]

Just four hours and thirty-seven minutes.

I'm so pumped....

[Marmel]

Jeeber, your boys better not let me down!

[JeeberD]

They better not let me down either!

[Butter]

Keith Waleskowski, Dayton

All due respect, a better bet would have been Ramod Marshall for Dayton, he is capable of scoring 25 points in the blink of an eye.... sadly, he's been in a dreadful shooting slump coming into the tourney. If Marshall's off, UD's going home early.

Jeeber - UTEP-Maryland is the 1st game of the day here, so let's hope the boys in orange can get it done.

[JeeberD]

Excellent pick, Shorty. Nevada's going to the Sweet Sixteen...

I love those rare occasions when I'm right about something... :D