2008 Top Gun Game B - DRAFT THREAD

[Radii]

Game Rules:

1) Each participant drafts a team of 6 players.
2) Snake draft done on the forum.
3) You score as many points as each of your drafted players scores in the NCAA tournament.
4) One of your players must be from a team seeded 10th or lower.


Draft Rules:

There is a 1 hour clock that will run from 10am to 4pm eastern time Monday through Wednesday of next week. Drafting may begin immediately after the selection show ends. If a person has not sent a draft list and is unable to pick when the clock is running, I will auto-draft the top scorer who is on a team in the NCAA tournament from this list:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/leaders?groupId=50&cat=scoring&sort=AVG

If the draft is moving too slowly I reserve the right to extend the clock later in the week (ie have it from fro 10am-7pm if necessary to guarentee we finish).


Game B Participants and Draft Order


1. lathum
2. jbergey22
3. timmynausea
4. dacman
5. logan
6. radii
7. ram
8. ntndeacon


Lathum is up as soon as he is ready!

[Radii]

Draft Results

1.1. Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina (lathum)
1.2. Kevin Love, UCLA (jbergey22)
1.3. Roy Hibbert, Georgetown (timmynausea)
1.4. Wayne Ellington, North Carolina (dacman)
1.5. Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis (logan)
1.6. Brandon Rush, Kansas (radii)
1.7. OJ Mayo, USC (ram)
1.8. DJ Augustin, Texas (ntndeacon)

2.1. Sam Young, Pitt (ntndeacon)
2.2. Darren Collison, UCLA (ram)
2.3. Brook Lopez, Stanford (radii)
2.4. Chris Lofton, Tennessee (logan)
2.5. AJ Abrams, Texas (dacman)
2.6. A.J. Price, Connecticut (timmynausea)
2.7. Ty Lawson, North Carolina (jbergey22)
2.8. DeMarcus Nelson, Duke (lathum)

3.1 Josh Shipp, UCLA (lathum)
3.2 Mario Chalmers, Kansas (jbergey22)
3.3 Derrick Rose, Memphis (timmynausea)
3.4 Danny Green, North Carolina (dacman)
3.5 Jonathan Wallace, Georgetown (logan)
3.6 Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, (radii)
3.7 Russell Westbrook, UCLA (ram)
3.8 Jeff Adrian, UConn (ntndeacon)

4.1 Shan Foster, Vanderbilt (ntndeacon)
4.2 Darrell Arthur, Kansas (ram)
4.3 Michael Beasley, Kansas State (radii)
4.4 KC Rivers, Clemson (logan)
4.5 Stephen Curry, Davidson (dacman)
4.6 David Padgett, Louisville (timmynausea)
4.7 Kyle Singler, Duke (jbergey22)
4.8 JaJuan Smith, Tennessee (lathum)

5.1 Drew Lavender, Xavier (lathum)
5.2 Damion James, Texas (jbergey22)
5.3 Joe Alexander, West Virginia (timmynausea)
5.4 Brian Butch, Wisconsin (dacman)
5.5 Scottie Reynolds, Villanova (logan)
5.6 Josh Duncan, Xavier (radii)
5.7 Antonio Anderson, Memphis (ram)
5.8 Joe Crawford, Kentucky (ntndeacon)

6.1 Gerald Henderson, Duke (ntndeacon)
6.2 Jerryd Bayless, Arizona (ram)
6.3 Drew Neitzel, Michigan State (radii)
6.4 Jerel McNeal, Marquette (logan)
6.5 Tyler Smith, Tennessee (dacman)
6.6 Pat Calathes, Saint Joseph's (timmynausea)
6.7 Dionte Christmas, Temple, (jbergey22)
6.8 Patrick Mills- St. Marys (lathum)

[Lathum]

1.1 Tyler Hansbrough

[Radii]

please try to remember to PM the next person up when you make a pick. Also, 2nd post in the thread will be used to track the entire draft.

[jbergey22]

I'll take Kevin Love

Sorry for the delay, didnt know we starting right away...
Next up PM'd

[timmynausea]

I'm here and looking things over.

[timmynausea]

1.3 Roy Hibbert, Georgetown

[timmynausea]

I forgot to mention that I PM'd dacman as well.

[Radii]

thanks!

[Radii]

PM box is nice and empty for lists. Remember that the clock starts at 10am eastern time and we will get through 1 pick an hour minimum until 4pm. If we get through a bunch we'll keep it like that, if its slow we'll extend it from like 10am-6pm. If you're not sure you can be online during that time, make sure you have PM'd me a list!


If you pick close to me and would rather not send your picks to me, can always find someone else to send a list to. I dunno if FOFC has 'opened notifications' on PMs here but if you are concerned about me swiping a pick I will promise not to open anyone's PM in this game until its thier turn ;)

(this hasn't been an issue in past years but just in case)

[Logan]

Glad I checked...didn't realize I was still in this! :)

[Logan]

PM sent Radii.

[dacman]

1.4 Wayne Ellington, UNC

[Radii]

Logan, via list, select:

Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis

[Radii]

1.6 - Brandon Rush, Kansas

[Radii]

PM'd ram

[Radii]

Ram is on the clock here, has til 11.

[Lathum]

we snake, correct?

[Radii]

we snake, correct?

yesyes.

[ram]

1.7 O.J. Mayo, USC

[Radii]

ntndeacon sent a list:

1.8 DJ Augustin, Texas
2.1 Sam Young, Pitt

[ntndeacon]

did not expect to actually get Augustin. woohoo!

[ram]

2.2 Darren Collison, UCLA

[jbergey22]

I am around Radi so I will make my pick when it comes up. Thanks

[Radii]

2.3 Brook Lopez, Stanford

[Logan]

2.4 - Chris Lofton, Tennessee

[dacman]

2.5 - A.J. Abrams, Texas

[Lathum]

wow, OJ mayo going pretty early

[timmynausea]

Getting caught up and will pick in a minute.

[Radii]

yeah I was a bit suprised to see Mayo. Lofton and Abrams were the other two guys I considered the most before I took Lopez. I guess I'm rooting for Stanford now :D I like Lofton but I think Tennessee is just a huge candidate to be upset early, and that UNC, Louisville, and Washington State are all much more likely to get out of that region than Tennessee, which is why I left him alone.

[timmynausea]

2.6 - A.J. Price, Connecticut

[jbergey22]

2.7 Ty Lawson, UNC

[Radii]

looks like I'm not getting any Tar Heels this year, grats you 3 that are getting players that are going to be playing 6 games ;)

Lathum's up for 2 picks.

[Logan]

If I remember correctly, I didn't like Lofton a lot last year, figuring they'd go out early...and he lit it up for his three games.

[jbergey22]

I couldnt let Lathum get two tar heels on his squad;)

[Lathum]

2.8- Demarcus Nelson- Duke

[Lathum]

3.1- Josh Shipp- UCLA

[jbergey22]

3.2 Mario Chalmers, Kansas

[timmynausea]

3.3 Derrick Rose, Memphis

[dacman]

3.4 Danny Green, UNC

[Logan]

3.5 Jonathan Wallace, Georgetown

This is going insanely quick.

[ntndeacon]

it really is. I dontr have my list of players at the office since I was sure there was no way we would get through the 3rd round

[Radii]

ntn once we get to you if you have already done the work and have a list at home that you want to go by there's no reason to force a clock on people at this point, as long as we get through a good bit tomorrow too we're flying.

[Radii]

3.6 - Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

[Lathum]

I almost took Harangody with my pick

[Radii]

pm'd ram(and I see he's here).


I dunno about Harangody, big time scorer with explosive potential, but could very very easily go out in round 2. My other top alternative htough was an 11 ppg scorer that isn't really guarenteed to go deep enough to make up for the scoring average difference.

[ntndeacon]

I appreciate thar radii It will be about 6-6:30 then when I get my picks in Central time of course.

[Lathum]

pm'd ram(and I see he's here).


I dunno about Harangody, big time scorer with explosive potential, but could very very easily go out in round 2. My other top alternative htough was an 11 ppg scorer that isn't really guarenteed to go deep enough to make up for the scoring average difference.

exactly why I didn't take him, I went with a guy who can hopefully play 5-6 games and put up 13 PPG instead of a guy who may put up 50 in 2 games.

There is another guy out there that I love but can't take but I will refrain from mentioning him until he is picked.

[ram]

3.7- Russell Westbrook, UCLA

[Lathum]

dola- FWIW I agree with Radii, no need to rush NTN here since we are cruising along.

[Radii]

I appreciate thar radii It will be about 6-6:30 then when I get my picks in Central time of course.

yeah that's cool by me.

[ntndeacon]

3.8 Jeff Adrian UConn

[ntndeacon]

4.1 Shan Foster Vanderbilt

[ram]

4.2 Darrell Arthur, Kansas

[Radii]

Seems like its about the right time now:

4.3 Michael Beasley, Kansas State

That'll cover my double digit seed player requirement.

[Lathum]

I really considered Beasley with my third pick

[Logan]

Haha...that was absolutely my next pick. Coming up...

[Radii]

:D

[Radii]

I am a bit suprised he lasted as long as he did. In a full game i would have taken him at the end of the 3rd round for sure, and would not have been suprised if someone picking K-State to make the sweet 16 had grabbed him earlier.

[ntndeacon]

I thought about him, but 1 round is what iexpect the Wildcats to give us, so I thought about Arthur and one other that will as of yet remain nameless.

[Logan]

4.4 K.C. Rivers, Clemson

[dacman]

4.5 Stephen Curry, Davidson

[timmynausea]

I was hoping to get either Beasley or Curry this round. I'll have to look things over.

[timmynausea]

4.6 - David Padgett, Louisville

[jbergey22]

4.7 Kyle Singler, Duke

[Lathum]

4.8 JaJuan Smith- Tennessee

[Radii]

As everyone plans their picks for the final two rounds, remember that one of your players must come from a team seeded 10 or lower.

[Lathum]

5.1 Drew Lavender- Xavier

[Radii]

I was wondering when someone from Xavier would go

[Lathum]

I was wondering when someone from Xavier would go

not alot of PPG but they should coast to the sweet 16

[Radii]

not alot of PPG but they should coast to the sweet 16

yeah, bonus points since I have them upsetting duke if WVU doesn't do that first ;)

[jbergey22]

5.2 Damion James, Texas

[timmynausea]

Homer pick of the draft:

5.3 Joe Alexander, West Virginia

[Lathum]

Homer pick of the draft:

5.3 Joe Alexander, West Virginia

I really wanted him but I have a guy from Duke so it didn't make much sense

[jbergey22]

I can see my team getting behind early. Hopefully my strategy of drafting players on teams that I think will go a ways pays off later. It looks like this draft is moving quite a bit faster than the Game A draft.

[Logan]

I was targeting Alexander with this pick.

[dacman]

5.4 Brian Butch, Wisconsin

[Radii]

I very likely would have taken Butch this round, soild pickup this late.

[Logan]

Sorry I went to sleep so early last night...pick coming up.

[Logan]

I'm going to use this pick to knock out my double digit seed and also hedge my 4th rounder...

5.5 Scottie Reynolds - Villanova

[jbergey22]

Homer pick of the draft:

5.3 Joe Alexander, West Virginia

The hottest shooter in college basketball right now. They shouldnt have much of a problem with the dumbest team in college hoops again this year in the first round.

[Radii]

5.6 Josh Duncan, Xavier

[ram]

5.7 Antonio Anderson, Memphis

[Radii]

ntndeacon is up for his final two picks.

dacman, logan and I have used our double digit seed picks, everyone else will need to pick someone from a team seeded 10 or below with their final pick

[timmynausea]

I was hoping Scottie Reynolds would still be around for my last pick. I guess at least this way I'll probably end up with a little more diverse team. Had I landed Reynolds I'd have 5 Big East players.

[Radii]

I was hoping Scottie Reynolds would still be around for my last pick. I guess at least this way I'll probably end up with a little more diverse team. Had I landed Reynolds I'd have 5 Big East players.

this is the first year in awhile that I haven't taken 6 ACC players I think. I was hoping for Ellington this year(or hansbrough of course but once the draft order was out i knew that wasn't happening) but wasn't about to touch any of the other ACC teams.

[ntndeacon]

5.8 Joe Crawford, Kentucky

[ntndeacon]

6.1 Gerald Henderson Duke

[ram]

6.2 Jerryd Bayless, Arizona

[Radii]

6.3 Drew Neitzel, Michigan State

I had 3 players I was considering here, hope I picked the right one.

[Logan]

6.4 Jerel McNeal - Marquette

Awesome job getting through this guys. Thanks Radii for picking up my slack.

[dacman]

6.5 Tyler Smith, Tennessee

[timmynausea]

6.6 - Pat Calathes, Saint Joseph's

[jbergey22]

6.7 Dionte Christmas, Temple

[Lathum]

6.8- Patrick Mills- St. Marys

[Lathum]

gotta be a record for finishing.

[Radii]

gotta be a record for finishing.

without question. I've never seen one of these go off without a single person taking an autopick.

[Lathum]

guess we all have no life

[Radii]

6.3 Drew Neitzel, Michigan State

I had 3 players I was considering here, hope I picked the right one.


I was looking at Drake's leading scorer, Josh Young, and Eric Gordon from Indiana along with Neitzel here. I'm suprised a 15 ppg scorer from a 5 seed didn't get drafted at all. I honestly think that Gordon has a good chance to explode for 2 games, while Michigan State and Drake are very very unlikely to play more than 3 games and are both 1st round upset candidates too... I think I should have taken Gordon, but I couldn't bear to take someone that would cause me to want a player to light it up vs North Carolina :P

[Radii]

guess we all have no life

I certainly don't but everyone knew that already.

[dacman]

...I think I should have taken Gordon, but I couldn't bear to take someone that would cause me to want a player to light it up vs North Carolina :P


muck eye foo

[ntndeacon]

well ad since Gordon was taken in the other group, we will have at least one player different.