NCAA Tourny Survivor pool- Season 2

[Lathum]

We did thi last year and it was a good time. Here is the link to last years thread if you want to check it out.

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=37005

We need 16 people so if you want to sign up just say your in. If there is alot of interest we can bump it to 32 people.

This is how it works. Each person starts with 4 teams, one from each region. So for example I would start with Uconn, Illinois, Pacific, and Iowa. Then using the point spread your team matches up against someone elses team.

So for example I have Uconn and Jeeber has Central Florida. If Uconn is a -25 favorite they have to cover the spread. If they do I move on with Uconn, if they don’t cover then I lose Uconn and Jeeber takes them over and moves on with them.

This is a lot of fun. Once we get 16 people I will randomly assign each person 4 teams. I thought about having a draft but I don’t think we would have the time, and the structure of something like this makes it impossible to cheat, however, since some people obviously have alma mater’s and favorites I though it wold be fun to be able to trade schools, but it would have to be in the same bracket and we’ll say the deadline is 10:00 Thursday morning on day one of the tourny. I will update where we are at after each round.

All of the betting lines will come from wagerline.com


OK, we got to 16 really quick so I will extend to 32 but if we don't get there anyone from 17-31 is SOL. Apologies in advance.

[Lathum]

24.chief rum- Florida

30.BrianD-ucla


we can go to 32 if need be.

[WSUCougar]

I'm in

[TLK]

I'm game...

[Samdari]

I'm in too.

[rafini]

Sign me up

[JeeberD]

I'm game...

[Neuqua]

I'm in too.

[Vince]

I'm there!

Damn Neuqua, I read your post at first, and thought that Farrah was signing up. Nice sig :)

[DeToxRox]

I'm game.

[TazFTW]

I'm in.

[kingfc22]

I'm in

[WVUFAN]

I'm in.

[tarcone]

im in too

[Airhog]

In like flynn

[Lathum]

It looks like we may have enough interest for 32 teams.

[Karlifornia]

I'm in for anything tourney related.

[saldana]

in if theres still room

[Ragone]

sign me up if you need 32 ;)

[Lathum]

front page bump

[SnDvls]

Looks fun add me in

[hoosiergoody]

please add me to the list

[saldana]

whoever gets monmouth, i need to trade for them.....alumni '96!!! go hawks, woot woot.

[timmynausea]

I'll join.

[Lathum]

12 more spots for 2 teams each.

[hoopsguy]

I'll play.

[JeeberD]

whoever gets monmouth, i need to trade for them.....alumni '96!!! go hawks, woot woot.


How much are you willing to pay? ;)

[albionmoonlight]

I'll join if you need me for 32. If >= 32 others sign up, though, I'll bow out.

[tarcone]

whoever gets monmouth, i need to trade for them.....alumni '96!!! go hawks, woot woot.

Ill trade them for Iowa....alumni '90!!! go hawks,woot woot :D

[Lathum]

bump

[saldana]

goddamn play-in game bullshit. if we lose to hampton i am gonna go down to the school and crap on the gym floor

[duckman]

In.

[Chief Rum]

Ooh! Me me!

[cmp]

I'd like in.

[JPhillips]

This looks fun. If you can handle the possibility of me missing the last weekend becuase of my China adoption I'd love to play.

[Chief Rum]

This looks fun. If you can handle the possibility of me missing the last weekend becuase of my China adoption I'd love to play.

I didn't know the Chinese were into adopting full-blown American men. Bring them down from the inside! ;)

[JPhillips]

Chief: I for one will be quite happy doing the will of our Chinese overlords!

[Lathum]

Jphillips good luck, as an adopted child I wish you the best of luck and commend you

[Lathum]

6 spots left people

[BillyNYC]

Sure, I'll be in.

[Sublime 2]

sure sign me up

[Lathum]

bump

4 spots left for 32

[Koryo]

I'm in.

[BrianD]

I'll jump in if there is room.

[Lathum]

Bump.

2 more spots then I'll randomly draw teams.

[Lathum]

Bump for the night crew. 2 spots left.

[PackerFanatic]

I will try it out, should be fun.

[digamma]

#32 checking in.

[Neuqua]

Excellent, lets get this thing going!

[JeeberD]

Huzzah!

[Lathum]

teams to come shortly

[Lathum]

OK teams are up in post number 2. Everything was done with a random number generator so anything strange is mearly a coincidence. Each person has 2 teams, one from each side of the bracket. You may trade your teams, however remember that a trade could end up with your 2 teams matching up against each other. All trades must be completed to me and PM'd by noon on Thursday. The lines will follow soon.

[Lathum]

I will post the game lines closer to the start on the gamestime Thursday.

[timmynausea]

I'll gladly take offers on Pitt since I hate them and everything they stand for.

[Neuqua]

I'm not really partial to my teams either so if anyones interested just let me know.

[saldana]

lathum, are you going to keep track of every winner and loser for everyone or do we have todo it ourselves

[BillyNYC]

Both of mine are dealable.

[DeToxRox]

Montana and S. Illinois = the Sex

[Karlifornia]

I will trade either syracuse or ohio state...my wish list:

UCLA
Boston College
Florida
Duke

I'll consider any offer, though

[hoopsguy]

I will want to puke in my mouth if Air Force not only covers against Illinois, but pulls the upset, after being assigned this team.

However, if they do cover without picking up a W then I get the alma mater going forward, which is nice.

DeTox, Southern is traditionally a tough out in the tourney. I would be happy with those guys in the first round.

[WSUCougar]

I'll gladly take offers on Pitt since I hate them and everything they stand for.
I'll swap you Indiana (same regional).

[Lathum]

lathum, are you going to keep track of every winner and loser for everyone or do we have todo it ourselves
I will keep track and post as often as possible. I don't work Thursday, Friday or Saturday and don't go in untill Sunday at 5:00 so updates will be often.

[JeeberD]

Great...the chokers from UT and those WAC bastards Nevada.

[Samdari]

I will trade either syracuse or ohio state...my wish list:

UCLA
Boston College
Florida
Duke

I'll consider any offer, though

Winthrop?

[Lathum]

Great...the chokers from UT and those WAC bastards Nevada.
I thought you getting UT was a funny coincidence.

[timmynausea]

Sublime, I sent you a pm with a trade offer. Let me know if you got it and/or what you think.

Also I'd trade Wichita State for pretty much any team, if anyone wants them.

[SnDvls]

can we make trades after round one? might make it hard to keep track of though.

[SnDvls]

dola -

for example I have Albany in round one and UConn doesn't cover the spread so I get UConn and advance, but trade them for someone else who advances to round 2

[Lathum]

no. All trades must be made prior to the start of the tournament.

[Lathum]

I'll be posting the lines by 5:00PM tomorrow.

[timmynausea]

Sublime 2 and I have agreed to exchange Georgetown and Pitt.

[Sublime 2]

Agreed

[Vince]

Iona and Davidson? Wow.

[WSUCougar]

Anyone want to trade for Indiana?

[JeeberD]

If anyone wants UT just let me know...

[TazFTW]

Southern Alabama is available. They're like 'bama but from the deeper south.

[Karlifornia]

samdari, I'll trade you ohio state for winthrop

[Lathum]

Sublime 2 and I have agreed to exchange Georgetown and Pitt.
updated

[Samdari]

samdari, I'll trade you ohio state for winthrop

Sure, Do we just announce it here?

[Lathum]

Sure, Do we just announce it here?
thats fine.

[Lathum]

samdari, I'll trade you ohio state for winthrop
done

[JeeberD]

No one wants Texas?



:(

[Lathum]

No one wants Texas?



:(
lol

[timmynausea]

No one wants Texas?



:(


I'll give you Wichita State for Texas.

[JeeberD]

DEAL!

Edit: Actually, that would give me two teams on the same side of the bracket. I would prefer to get a team on the side away from Nevada, but if I don't get an offer for a team over there before 6pm central tonight then I'll accept your deal.

k?

[timmynausea]

Ok.

Right now I have two teams on the same side, actually. I'm not that concerned, though. I figure if both my teams make it to the final four I'm in good shape and guarenteed at least second place.

[Lathum]

here is the link to wagerline.com where we will use the lines from. This link may not be safe for work so if anyone is uncomfortable going to the site let me know and I'll do my best to post the line for your game.

http://www.wagerline.com/Scores-Odds/NCAAB.aspx?pos=125

[Sublime 2]

Ouch...didn't even notice my trade put me w/ two teams in the SAME bracket. That ought to do me in!

[JeeberD]

DEAL!

Edit: Actually, that would give me two teams on the same side of the bracket. I would prefer to get a team on the side away from Nevada, but if I don't get an offer for a team over there before 6pm central tonight then I'll accept your deal.

k?

I never got an offer I liked, so I consider this trade consummated.

[timmynausea]

I never got an offer I liked, so I consider this trade consummated.


Ok sweet. Thanks Jeeber.

Just to be clear - I get Texas and Jeebs gets Wichita St.

[saldana]

Ok sweet. Thanks Jeeber.

Just to be clear - I get Texas and Jeebs gets Wichita St.


that trade is looking good for you so far jeebs

[JPhillips]

Damn you Pacific. I need you to lose by less than eight so I can get B.C.

If all goes well I could have Texas and B.C. by the end of the weekend!

[JeeberD]

that trade is looking good for you so far jeebs

Seton Hall is creeping back into the game, but WSU has just gotta win by three...

[TazFTW]

Come on, Southern 'bama! Lose by less than 8.5 points.

[JPhillips]

DAMNIT!!!!

From Pacific or BC to out in about a minute.

[Lathum]

Early results

wsucougar moves on with UWM
ragone moves on with BC
jeebs moves on with Witchita St.

[TazFTW]

Come on, Southern 'bama! Lose by less than 8.5 points.

Well that was ugly.

[Lathum]

more results

chief rum moves on with florida
detox moves on with montana
radio captures Tennessee from airhog
tarcone moves on with alabama

[DeToxRox]

MONTANA!

PWND!

[saldana]

how many does monmouth need to stay within for me to steal nova? (i cant get to the lines from work)

[TazFTW]

19.5

[BrianD]

Thank you Gonzaga for giving up the last second meaningless layup. I just avoided being the first person eliminated.

[saldana]

19.5
thats it...i would have thought it was more than that...give the points

[kingfc22]

Still alive with LSU, not to sure about Murray St. tomorrow however.

[Vince]

I can't believe I've only got 10 and 7 points to give. Does that seem a little low to anyone else?

[Lathum]

results from yesterday

Texas A&M covered so Hoosier keeps them and moves on
Washington covered so I move on with them
Duke didn't cover so airhog looses them and gold 101 captures them
Indiana covered so WSU Cougar moves on with them
Illinois covered so albionmoonlight moves on with them
Gonzaga didn't cover so duckman looses them and briand captures them
GW and UNC Wilmington pushed so according to the rules from last year the team with the fewest turnovers moves on which would be samdari with GW
LSU covered against Iona so kingfc22 moves on with them
UCLA covered over Belmont so sndvls moves on with them
Montana beat Nevada outright so detox moves on with them
Florida covered against S Alabama so chief rum moves on with them


that should bring us up to speed. Any mistaes or questions let me know.

[JeeberD]

Stupid WAC bastards Nevada... :mad:

GO SHOCKERS!!!

[Lathum]

early result

samdari loses ohio state and vince captures them

[Raiders Army]

Iowa beat!

[TazFTW]

FU Iowa!

[Vince]

early result

samdari loses ohio state and vince captures them

Woo! And here I thought Davidson was worthless :)

[JPhillips]

WOOHOO!!!

I stay alive with NC State. I didn't think they had a chance after their dismal showing in the ACC Tourny. Here's hoping they lose, but cover against Texas!

[kingfc22]

Looks like I'll be taking over UNC.

[WSUCougar]

2 for 2, baybee!

[Lathum]

updates coming in a while, I have a 2 year olds birthday party to go to :(

[JeeberD]

Try not to get too drunk, ok? ;)

[Lathum]

West virginia covered so Lathum moves on with them
UNC won but didn't cover so so kingfc22 captures them
'Nova won but didn't cover Saldana captures them
Uconn didn't cover so sndvls captures them
Texas won but didn't cover so chief rum moves on with them
Georgetown won and covered so timmy moves on with them
Bradley won outright so hoopsguy moves on with them
Northwestern state won outright so albionmoonlight moves on with them
George Mason won outright so gold101 moves on with them
NC State won and covered so Jphillips moves on with them
Arizona won outright so billnyc moves on with them
pitt won and covered so Sublime 2 moves on with them
Kentucky won and covered so Koryo moves on with them
Bucknell won outright so digama moves on with them
Memphis won and covered so rafini moves on with them

[timmynausea]

My trades appear to have backfired. Georgetown is still alive, but they are only 2.5 point underdogs tomorrow against Ohio State. I was figuring OSU would be favored by more. Hopefully the Hoyas can make this happen.

[JeeberD]

Heck yeah, go Shockers!!!

[hoopsguy]

G'town as a 2.5 point dog (7 vs 2) playing a near-home game for the favorite? Home is usually worth 4 points, and I would have to think that at least half of those points go towards a Dayton game. Just a bizarre number if you know nothing about either team. Knowing both of those teams, sounds about right ...

[cmp]

I still have Duke it looks like and if George Mason loses to UNC by 5 or less I'll pick up UNC also.

[kingfc22]

I lost LSU, but I picked up UNC yesterday.

[Lathum]

ok, results from yesterday

Washington won outright so I move on with them
Gongaga covered so BrianD moves on with them
UCLA won but didn't cover so tarcone captures them
LSU won but didn't cover so hoosier captures them
BC won and covered so Ragone moves on with them
Wichita state won outright so jeeber moves on with them
Florida covered so chief rum moves on with them
duke covered so gold101 moves on with them

[Vince]

My trades appear to have backfired. Georgetown is still alive, but they are only 2.5 point underdogs tomorrow against Ohio State. I was figuring OSU would be favored by more. Hopefully the Hoyas can make this happen.

Hopefully not :)

[tarcone]

Woo Hoo thabks for not trading me texas for alabama Jeebs

[JeeberD]

No prblem. I'm pretty damn happy with the Shockers that I got for them instead... :)

[Lathum]

updates

Bradley won outright so hoopsguy moves on with them
Memphis won and covered so Rafini moves on with them
George Mason won outright so gold 101 moves on with them
Uconn won but didn't cover so Koryo captures them
West Virginia won and covered so Lathum moves on with them
Texas won and covered so chief rum moves on with them
Goergetown won outright so Timmy moves on with them
'Nova won but didn't cover so billnyc moves on with them

[WSUCougar]

Weeping...weeping...

[kingfc22]

And I'm out

[SnDvls]

was there anyone who was one and done with both teams?

[Lathum]

hard to remember because i just edit the post with each persons teams but i think there were a few people.

[saldana]

i'm out

[TazFTW]

was there anyone who was one and done with both teams?

I had Iowa and Southern Alabama eliminated in the first round.

[Lathum]

ok, updating after an exciting night!

LSU won outright so hoosier moves on with them
Memphis covered so rafini moves on with them
Texas won but didn't cover so Lathum moves on with them
UCLA won but didn't cover so briand moves on with them

[Lathum]

ok, updating the last couple of games

Washington and Uconn pushed, but uconn had more turnovers so Lathum captures them
Florida won and covered so chiefrum moves on with them
George Mason won outright so gold101 moves on with them
'Nova won but didn't cover so Ragone moves on with them

[Lathum]

yesterdays games

LSU won outright so hoosier moves on with them
UCLA won and covered so brianD moves on with them

[cmp]

I never thought I'd still be alive with George Mason.

[hoosiergoody]

yesterdays games

LSU won outright so hoosier moves on with them
UCLA won and covered so brianD moves on with them


So I am willing to lose with LSU or have UCLA win but not cover here, since I have a chance to win $$ with UCLA in my one other pool that i am still alive in... This is going to be one interesting final four!

[Lathum]

chiefrum vs. brianD for the title

[BrianD]

Looks like I took 2nd. Not too bad.

[Chief Rum]

I won something after all. Heh...I would trade it in for a UCLA victory.