Daily Fantasy Basketball (Fictional)

[Young Drachma]

I need to find a way to play slower. I sim seasons, take over teams and I just can't really follow anything because I tend to get bored easily. I do want to play quickly because I like having seasons to look at, but doing a huge stat dump won't be interesting to anyone because you don't know the players or the league.

I'd love to find a way to get more immersed in knowing who the various guys are AND seeing what makes great teams great, because I think it's like "ok sure, Kansas or somebody won the national title. But who led them there? What was their season like? Without belaboring the storyline.

Here are the various games I'll employ from time to time:

Top Gun - Choose six tournament players and total their points.
Starting Five Pick 5 teams (one has to be a double-digit seed) and award points for seed times round in the NCAAs.

I figured these games will give me a chance to really see how teams are/do and give me a rooting interest as the years go on, while also being able to pick teams I like if I start to notice teams or whatever.

But those are tournament games. In the regular season, I'd like to do a mini-version of my real-life fantasy college basketball league. Except there is no one to play against and I didn't really want to manufacture a whole setup against "myself"

So instead, I'm going to do a "daily fantasy" league where I pick a (different) player in five games per week. If I beat the league best, I get to collect on a jackpot. The idea is to keep playing until I run out of money.

Might be lame, but it's a way for me to share boxscores with you of interesting teams around college basketball, without just doing a stat-dump of a program that isn't going to matter to anyone but me (and even that's a marginal thing.)

Each week I can play in a different buy-in type game, if I want. The biggest difference in playing this way is it's not DFS where I can affix a price onto a player because I'm not going to constantly generate price values on guys, so instead I have to just get $ for performance and hope I guess right, essentially.

If you have a better idea, share it.

[Young Drachma]

So I'm starting in 2035-36. It's a continuation league from my other NCAA dynasty (Minnesota State) with the same teams, as well as some newer ones, but no fictional schools other than Minnesota State exist in this dynasty, though there are some D2 and D3 schools playing at the D1 level.

Daily Fantasy (DFS)
How this works is, each month I get 5 entries. With them, I pick a roster essentially of five guys picking one game for the month for each dude. (If some reason my guy I pick gets injured or doesn't start when I pick him, I can replace him so long as the month hasn't ended.)

Each monthly entry costs me $20.

Here's what I get depending on how much my "team" scores during that month. (Had to adjust these numbers based on the increased scoring bonuses that my fantasy league doesn't have.)

220 (or higher): $125
210-219: $100
200-209: $75
190-199: $50
180-189: $35
170-179: $25

Anything lower and I get nothing. In future months, I can play in higher stakes games for higher purses, but not until I have more money. I start with $100.

Scoring is based on a version of most daily fantasy situations:

Points: 1 pt
Rebounds: 1.2 pt
Assists: 1.5 pt
Blocks: 2 pt
Steals: 2 pt
3 pointers made: .5 pt
Turnovers: -1 pt

[Young Drachma]

Given I do not really know this league well at all, despite being around it in a simulated fashion, I'll kind of have to shoot in the dark and hope for the best.

The other hitch is, to create some kinds of constraints is that each month, I can't use the same guys more than once. So I can only use a guy once for the entire year if I choose him, so I can't ride a horse that works for the whole year in each month or whatever.

Also have to hope the game I pick him is a good night, etc.

I'm going to sim the first week of the season, just so we can get a few guys with some stats and maybe use that as a benchmark to pick people.

Also, this first month, going to probably going with programs I feel like people will care about, as a way to maybe hook in people who don't share my obsession for mid-majors, haha.

Here's my first roster. These dudes have been putting up big numbers in the non-conference, so interested to see if they can keep it up for me.

Here we go.

[Young Drachma]

I simmed the month so I wouldn't be tempted to change my mind.

Here's how we did in November. I'll post each guy's box score, in part so you can see how my league plays these days. For a while, offense was kind of depressed in this league and so I kind of got tired of it and wanted to see a college league that reflected the "run & gun with five wing dudes" nature of basketball right now. So scoring is way up the past few years in my league, I basically wanted to get more 20+ PPG scorers in my league, because there weren't very many at all compared to real life.

Anyway...here's how we did.

Cummings Lee had a double-double against Rutgers which made me think he'd be a guy worth having. Instead, Colorado College gave Mississippi State all they could handle and he didn't factor like I'd hoped.


Mississippi State 92, Colorado College 91

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Mississippi State (2-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Leo Dupuis C 32 4-10 7-8 2 10 2 3 15
Cummings Lee PF 29 7-14 4-6 4 7 3 3 18
Cecil Bell SF 29 6-12 1-2 2 5 4 1 18
Brian Grissom SG 34 1-4 0-0 4 9 2 2 3
Reggie Hough PG 23 8-9 3-5 1 3 4 4 22
Abel Lyles PG 19 0-1 1-2 0 1 4 3 1
Ben Aldrich PF 8 2-6 0-0 3 3 0 5 5
Armand Albert SF 11 1-5 2-4 0 2 2 3 4
Marc Forrest C 11 2-2 0-0 1 4 0 1 4
Roy Bedard C 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 15 (L.Dupuis 1, C.Lee 2, C.Bell 5, B.Grissom
2, R.Hough 1, A.Lyles 1, A.Albert 2, M.Forrest 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (L.Dupuis 3, A.Albert 1)
Steals: 5 (C.Lee 2, C.Bell 1, R.Hough 2)
3P FGs: 10-20 (C.Bell 5-10, B.Grissom 1-3, R.Hough 3-4,
B.Aldrich 1-1, A.Albert 0-2)

Colorado College (1-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Adan Slater C 29 3-5 3-4 1 7 1 3 9
Abel Gonzales PF 23 3-8 5-7 2 2 0 4 11
Aaron Ayres SF 34 7-14 0-1 3 5 2 3 15
Edwin Greene SG 25 2-6 2-2 0 3 5 2 8
Adam Lew PG 24 9-14 3-6 0 4 3 4 23
Adolph Adcock SG 25 3-7 3-5 0 1 3 2 10
Ali Babin PG 6 2-3 2-3 0 1 0 1 7
Nelson Ireland SF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
August Arroyo C 17 3-4 0-0 2 4 0 2 6
Adrian Taber PF 5 0-1 2-2 1 4 0 0 2
Alvaro Hammonds C 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 8 (A.Slater 3, A.Lew 3, A.Adcock 1,
A.Hammonds 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Gonzales 1, A.Adcock 1, A.Arroyo 1)
Steals: 8 (A.Slater 1, A.Gonzales 1, A.Ayres 3,
E.Greene 1, A.Adcock 1, A.Arroyo 1)
3P FGs: 7-20 (A.Ayres 1-6, E.Greene 2-3, A.Lew 2-6,
A.Adcock 1-3, A.Babin 1-2)

Player of Game: PG Reggie Hough (MSST)


Aaron Evers of North Alabama is averaging a double-double. I thought Jackson State would be a walkover game and they'd have a big night. I was wrong.


Jackson State 82, North Alabama 54

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North Alabama (0-4, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Alan Matthews C 34 4-11 0-1 3 10 0 2 8
Aaron Evers PF 17 3-8 1-2 2 12 1 4 7
Maxwell Allman SF 22 3-8 1-1 1 2 0 4 8
Reuben Shore SG 30 3-8 0-0 1 5 2 2 8
Donny Alicea PG 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Alvaro Benitez SF 17 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 3
Daren Klinger SG 10 1-3 2-2 0 0 1 0 4
Sheldon Andrus PG 14 3-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 7
Adrian Goetz PF 21 2-3 1-2 0 1 0 2 5
Edmund Antoine PG 7 0-5 2-2 0 1 0 1 2
Alan Ponce SF 9 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 2
Adam Armstrong PF 5 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0
Felix Hoppe C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 19 (A.Matthews 1, A.Evers 2, R.Shore 5,
D.Alicea 2, A.Benitez 1, D.Klinger 3, S.Andrus 1,
A.Goetz 3, A.Armstrong 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (A.Matthews 5, A.Evers 1, M.Allman 1,
F.Hoppe 1)
Steals: 5 (A.Matthews 1, A.Benitez 1, S.Andrus 2,
A.Armstrong 1)
3P FGs: 5-23 (M.Allman 1-5, R.Shore 2-6, D.Alicea 0-2,
A.Benitez 1-3, D.Klinger 0-2, S.Andrus 1-2, E.Antoine
0-2, A.Ponce 0-1)

Jackson State (1-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dwayne Albrecht C 29 5-12 2-3 1 11 3 1 12
Aaron Gould PF 32 7-19 6-9 10 15 3 2 20
Isaiah Denny SF 29 0-5 1-3 0 4 1 3 1
Angel Looney SG 32 8-15 0-0 5 8 4 1 20
Abel Judd PG 33 6-11 3-4 1 4 4 2 17
Alfonso Angel C 16 0-0 0-1 1 4 1 1 0
Andres Romero PG 9 2-2 2-2 0 0 1 0 7
Angel Agnew SG 5 0-1 1-2 0 1 0 1 1
Adam Bartlett SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Adan Maclean SF 8 0-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 2
Pasquale Albert PF 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Agustin Alcorn PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 9 (D.Albrecht 2, A.Gould 1, I.Denny 1,
A.Judd 1, A.Angel 1, A.Maclean 1, P.Albert 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (D.Albrecht 2, A.Gould 2)
Steals: 6 (A.Looney 2, A.Judd 3, A.Angel 1)
3P FGs: 7-16 (I.Denny 0-1, A.Looney 4-8, A.Judd 2-6,
A.Romero 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Angel Looney (JKST)


Adam Akers is one of the best scoring players in the country. Not sure exactly why he came back for his senior year, but nonetheless, he's here and I thought he'd be able to help us with a huge night. They won big, but it wasn't a 30+ performance or anything.


CCNY 77, Fairfield 45

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CCNY (1-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Abel Arnett C 31 3-5 0-0 4 13 1 2 6
Marshaun Connelly PF 30 4-10 4-5 1 4 3 2 12
Albert Blaine SF 30 3-5 2-2 4 16 4 2 8
Alejandro Reynoso SG 30 4-8 0-0 1 3 3 2 12
Adam Akers PG 31 9-22 4-6 1 1 3 3 25
Adrian Brock PF 14 0-1 2-2 1 1 1 1 2
Cameron Morgan SF 15 1-2 0-1 0 2 1 2 2
Kerry Rowan SG 9 2-3 0-0 1 2 1 0 4
Marty Sanchez PG 3 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 0 2
Daniel Arndt PG 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Clement Loveless C 4 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Bart Cabrera SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (A.Blaine 3, A.Reynoso 3, A.Akers 3,
C.Morgan 2, K.Rowan 1, C.Loveless 1)
Blocked Shots: 9 (A.Arnett 3, M.Connelly 5, A.Reynoso 1)
Steals: 4 (A.Akers 2, K.Rowan 1, C.Loveless 1)
3P FGs: 7-20 (A.Blaine 0-2, A.Reynoso 4-8, A.Akers 3-9,
K.Rowan 0-1)

Fairfield (0-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Wayne Stevenson C 26 1-3 1-2 3 5 0 3 3
Morgan Mcclung PF 28 4-12 0-1 0 5 2 1 8
August Beck SF 31 1-5 2-6 1 2 1 3 4
Gonzalo Higgins SG 29 4-10 0-1 2 5 7 3 10
Adrian Frazer PG 27 4-11 1-1 1 4 2 2 10
Brooklyn Murray C 19 3-5 0-0 2 6 1 1 6
Andy Bandy PG 16 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 0
Adan Larose SG 9 1-1 2-2 0 0 2 0 4
Allen Weston SF 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Isaiah Scott PF 7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 0
Earnest Benner C 2 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 15 (W.Stevenson 1, M.Mcclung 3, A.Beck 2,
G.Higgins 3, A.Frazer 1, B.Murray 3, A.Larose 1,
E.Benner 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 4 (M.Mcclung 1, G.Higgins 1, B.Murray 1,
A.Weston 1)
3P FGs: 3-17 (A.Beck 0-4, G.Higgins 2-5, A.Frazer 1-3,
A.Bandy 0-2, A.Weston 0-1, E.Benner 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Adam Akers (CCNY)

[Young Drachma]

Perry Harmon of Michigan was national freshman of the year. Figured he was the kind of guy to take in a game like this and he did not disappointed in his regular season debut, in a big televised national game against Georgetown.


Michigan 105, Georgetown 93

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Georgetown (0-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Howard Howard C 35 2-6 0-1 2 12 3 4 4
Arnold Giordano PF 11 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 4 6
Stewart Pereira SF 23 4-6 1-2 0 3 2 4 11
Archie Newkirk SG 32 8-13 2-2 0 1 8 4 23
Fletcher Ramos PG 34 9-16 5-6 0 3 6 2 25
Adam Whitmore SG 16 0-2 0-1 0 2 2 0 0
Maurice Batchelor SF 8 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 2
Kareem Yarbrough SG 5 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 5
Hubert Rafferty PF 15 3-4 1-2 3 4 2 5 7
Bob Babin PF 16 4-4 2-2 1 4 1 0 10
Abel Newman SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Arron Duran C 3 0-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 0

Turnovers: 22 (H.Howard 4, S.Pereira 1, A.Newkirk 4,
F.Ramos 8, A.Whitmore 1, M.Batchelor 1, K.Yarbrough 1,
H.Rafferty 1, A.Newman 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (S.Pereira 1, A.Whitmore 1, H.Rafferty
4)
Steals: 2 (S.Pereira 1, M.Batchelor 1)
3P FGs: 12-21 (H.Howard 0-1, A.Giordano 2-2, S.Pereira
2-3, A.Newkirk 5-7, F.Ramos 2-5, A.Whitmore 0-1,
K.Yarbrough 1-1, A.Duran 0-1)

Michigan (1-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jame Briggs C 34 7-12 5-7 1 11 2 2 19
Hassan Al-Amin PF 28 3-6 5-6 5 12 2 2 11
Dominic Cooper SF 35 8-15 1-2 1 1 4 4 18
Perry Harmon SG 32 9-20 3-5 5 7 2 3 27
Londell Barstow PG 25 3-7 2-2 0 0 9 4 9
Alejandro Sharpe PG 14 4-7 3-5 1 3 3 3 12
Blair Melancon SF 9 2-3 0-0 2 3 2 2 4
Stephan Hanna PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Lucero SG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3
Donnell Billups C 17 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 10 (J.Briggs 1, D.Cooper 2, P.Harmon 2,
L.Barstow 3, A.Sharpe 1, D.Billups 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Briggs 1, H.Al-Amin 1)
Steals: 8 (H.Al-Amin 1, D.Cooper 2, L.Barstow 3,
S.Hanna 1, D.Billups 1)
3P FGs: 10-27 (D.Cooper 1-4, P.Harmon 6-14, L.Barstow
1-3, A.Sharpe 1-4, B.Melancon 0-1, A.Lucero 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Perry Harmon (MICH)


With four players in the books, we're at 133.4 points and need about 36 or so more to get anywhere in the money. A tall order, but Bobbie Siebert of Denver has had a monster start to the year including two 30+ games. Hopefully, he came through for us.


Denver 87, Northern Colorado 78

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Northern Colorado (1-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Doyle Keller C 31 8-17 2-2 3 13 1 1 18
Alberto Mcdaniel PF 32 4-9 3-4 3 7 5 3 11
Alexis Adam SF 27 2-6 4-5 0 0 0 2 10
Levi Mccallister SG 28 2-11 6-8 4 5 4 4 11
Arthur Arndt PG 33 5-9 0-0 1 3 2 3 12
Clarence Layne SG 13 2-5 1-2 3 5 1 1 7
Van Atwood SG 9 2-4 0-0 1 1 0 0 5
Kyle Coward SF 10 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 1 0
Ervin Smalls PF 12 1-3 0-0 3 4 1 1 2
Jorge Lombardo C 4 0-1 2-2 1 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 13 (D.Keller 2, A.Mcdaniel 4, A.Adam 3,
L.Mccallister 1, V.Atwood 1, K.Coward 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (A.Arndt 1, C.Layne 1)
Steals: 8 (A.Mcdaniel 2, L.Mccallister 2, A.Arndt 1,
C.Layne 1, K.Coward 1, J.Lombardo 1)
3P FGs: 8-22 (A.Adam 2-5, L.Mccallister 1-7, A.Arndt
2-6, C.Layne 2-3, V.Atwood 1-1)

Denver (5-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Zachary Baggett C 25 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 4 4
Arnold Dexter PF 25 3-4 1-2 2 8 0 3 7
Bobbie Seibert SF 32 10-20 4-6 5 7 4 4 29
Alfonso Ashworth SG 25 5-10 5-5 0 1 3 4 19
Adolfo Marr PG 35 6-13 0-2 4 5 2 2 14
Adolph Ireland C 26 1-3 1-2 0 10 2 3 3
Royce Grey SG 19 2-6 1-1 1 2 1 0 6
Jacob Bentley SF 8 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0
Adrian Chambliss PF 5 1-2 0-0 2 2 1 0 2
Ali Acevedo SF 1 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3

Turnovers: 13 (B.Seibert 4, A.Ashworth 3, A.Marr 2,
A.Ireland 2, J.Bentley 1, A.Chambliss 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (Z.Baggett 1, A.Dexter 1, B.Seibert 1,
A.Ashworth 1)
Steals: 8 (A.Dexter 2, B.Seibert 3, A.Ashworth 2,
J.Bentley 1)
3P FGs: 13-30 (B.Seibert 5-10, A.Ashworth 4-7, A.Marr
2-6, R.Grey 1-5, A.Acevedo 1-2)

Player of Game: SF Bobbie Seibert (DEN)


Seibert comes through as I'd hoped and it puts us in the money. I make $35 in November and make my money back plus some.

Not a bad start to this at all and I'm enjoying having some modest investment (figuratively) in the regular season games for once.

[Young Drachma]

Now that I have a model for how this works...I could do the same format over an entire game night where I pick five players (2 G, 2 F and 1 FLEX) and could mix my NBA league into this format, which works better since there are games every night over there. I'd keep the same bank (currently at $115) and this idea here is that I'd just keep this dynasty going by trying to make quick bux in the different fantasy setups inventing other formats. (Your ideas are welcomed...now that you see a basic structure.)

All in all, it's just a way for me to get to know the league/players better.

[Young Drachma]

December 9, 2035 POLLS


Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Ohio State (71) 6-0 1799 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Iowa State 6-0 1727 4 Big 12 Conference
3. West Virginia (1) 4-0 1657 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
4. CCNY 4-0 1576 7 Big East Conference
5. Arizona State 6-0 1508 5 Pac-16 Conference
6. Michigan 3-0 1426 10 Big Ten Conference
7. Loyola Marymount 4-0 1320 17 West Coast Conference
8. Stanford 4-0 1302 16 Pac-16 Conference
9. Texas Tech 3-0 1223 20 Pac-16 Conference
10. Colorado 4-0 1123 23 Pac-16 Conference
11. Vanderbilt 3-0 1093 18 Southeastern Conference
12. Marquette 4-0 1040 19 Big East Conference
13. Georgia Tech 3-0 969 21 Big Ten Conference
14. Texas 4-1 733 24 Pac-16 Conference
15. Rhode Island 7-1 721 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
16. Texas A&M 4-1 604 NR Southeastern Conference
17. Penn State 6-1 554 3 Big Ten Conference
18. Boise State 2-0 536 NR Big 12 Conference
19. Maryland 5-1 445 NR Big Ten Conference
20. Clemson 4-1 413 NR Southeastern Conference
21. Boston College 3-0 384 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Oklahoma State 5-0 324 NR Pac-16 Conference
23. San Francisco 5-0 221 NR West Coast Conference
24. UCLA 4-1 166 NR Pac-16 Conference
25. Virginia Tech 5-1 130 9 Atlantic Coast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Santa Clara 6-1 86 West Coast Conference
Duke 3-0 84 Atlantic Coast Conference
Syracuse 3-0 60 Atlantic Coast Conference
Seton Hall 5-1 58 Big East Conference
Texas-Arlington 4-0 28 Sun Belt Conference
Colorado State 3-1 20 Big 12 Conference
Gonzaga 5-0 12 West Coast Conference
Auburn 3-1 11 Southeastern Conference
Memphis 5-1 11 Big 12 Conference
East Tennessee State 3-0 10 Southern Conference
Iona 6-0 9 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Alabama 2-1 5 Southeastern Conference

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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Pepperdine 3-1 5 West Coast Conference
Louisiana-Lafayette 4-0 4 Sun Belt Conference
Cincinnati 4-1 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
Minnesota 6-1 1 Big Ten Conference
UNLV 4-1 1 Big 12 Conference



Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Texas-Arlington (55) 4-0 1774 9 Sun Belt Conference
2. East Tennessee State (10) 3-0 1714 8 Southern Conference
3. Louisiana-Lafayette 4-0 1658 12 Sun Belt Conference
4. Iona (7) 6-0 1603 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
5. Chicago State 3-0 1520 14 Horizon League
6. Alaska 6-1 1329 NR Western Athletic Conference
7. USC Upstate 3-1 1272 1 Atlantic Sun Conference
8. Oakland 4-0 1241 23 Horizon League
9. Bowling Green 3-0 1179 25 Mid-American Conference
10. Tennessee-Martin 3-1 1163 2 Ohio Valley Conference
11. Rice 2-1 1095 3 Western Athletic Conference
12. North Carolina A&T 3-0 1028 NR Conference USA
13. Kennesaw State 5-1 977 7 Atlantic Sun Conference
14. Miami (OH) 1-1 837 NR Mid-American Conference
15. Georgia Southern 1-1 773 6 Sun Belt Conference
16. North Dakota 3-1 739 10 Big Sky Conference
17. Towson 3-1 574 NR Colonial Athletic Association
18. Sewanee 1-1 470 NR Southern Conference
19. Akron 0-1 362 NR Mid-American Conference
20. Siena 2-1 354 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
21. Louisiana-Monroe 3-1 353 13 Sun Belt Conference
22. Columbia 0-1 341 NR Ivy League
23. Arkansas-Little Rock 2-1 217 NR Sun Belt Conference
24. New Mexico State 3-0 179 NR Western Athletic Conference
25. Northern Arizona 2-0 154 NR Big Sky Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Niagara 5-1 111 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
St. Peter's 2-1 83 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
New Orleans 3-1 75 Southern Conference
Wofford 2-1 43 Southern Conference
North Dakota State 3-2 38 Mid-American Conference
UTSA 4-1 36 Western Athletic Conference
Radford 3-1 23 Big South Conference
Northern Colorado 2-1 21 Big Sky Conference
Binghamton 0-1 20 America East Conference
Yale 3-1 15 Ivy League
Campbell 3-1 14 Big South Conference
UC San Diego 2-1 8 Big West Conference

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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Winthrop 2-1 6 Big South Conference
Robert Morris 2-1 1 Northeast Conference

[Young Drachma]

Going to attempt to play a DFS style. Same scoring format.

The different will be the mode of game I play. We'll call this format 250 or better. The goal isn't to lose all of my money this year, so I'm going to chill on the high octane playing until we work our way up.

PRIZES: $500 TOTAL PRIZE POOL


250 (or higher): $250
240-249: $100
230-239: $75
220-229: $50
200-219: $25


The trick is, you have to play with the day's slate of games which makes it trickier than if you're cherry-picking dudes. The rules of "not the same player twice in a season" for DFS Monthly fantasy does not apply for the daily games.

So my goal is to score 200 or more points to get "in the money." Here's the slate of games for Dec 3rd.



DECEMBER 03, 2035 SCHEDULE

Games
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New Mexico (2-3) at Oregon (1-1)
New Hampshire (2-3) at Siena (2-1)
St. Peter's (2-1) at NJIT (2-3)
North Carolina Central (0-4), at Marshall (1-3)
Ole Miss (2-2), at USC (1-1)
St. Francis (NY) (2-2), at UC San Diego (2-1)
Tennessee Tech (1-2) at UAB (2-5)
Rutgers (2-2) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (4-2)
SIU-Edwardsville (1-3) at Miami (3-2)
Nicholls State (0-4), at UC Riverside (2-2)
Norfolk State (2-2), at Mount St. Mary's (1-3)
Michigan State (1-3) at Army (1-2)
#21 Boston College (3-0), at TCU (2-1)
UCF (1-4) at Citadel (0-1)
Central Arkansas (1-3), at Nebraska-Omaha (1-6)
Northern Colorado (2-1), at Texas-Arlington (4-0)
Southern University (2-1) at Southeastern Louisiana (1-2)
Lehigh (2-2) at Delaware State (1-2)
New Mexico State (3-0) at Grand Canyon (2-2)
Quinnipiac (2-3), at Coast Guard (2-2)
Grambling State (1-4), at Louisiana Tech (2-4)
Savannah State (1-3) at Kennesaw State (5-1)
Tulsa (3-3) at Sewanee (1-1)
Old Dominion (4-3) at East Tennessee State (3-0)
Texas Southern (3-3), at Sam Houston State (0-3)
Davidson (1-2), at Miami (OH) (1-1)
Navy (5-1) at Marist (1-4)
Gardner-Webb (0-3) at Purdue (4-3)
Buffalo (3-2), at James Madison (2-3)
#22 Oklahoma State (5-0) at Chicago State (3-0)
DePaul (2-2), at Nebraska-Kearney (2-2)
South Carolina (0-3) at Georgia Southern (1-1)
Montana State (0-3) at South Dakota State (3-3)
Pacific (5-1) at UC Irvine (0-2)
Notre Dame (2-1) at Arkansas State (1-2)
Cleveland State (0-2) at Bowling Green (3-0)
Binghamton (0-1) at #19 Maryland (5-1)
East Carolina (4-2) at Bucknell (3-1)
Northern Illinois (1-3) at UTSA (4-1)
#24 UCLA (4-1) at Florida Gulf Coast (1-3)
Dartmouth (2-2) at Maryland-Eastern Shore (3-2)
Hawaii (2-2) at Vermont (3-1)
Fresno State (1-2) at UT Rio Grande Valley (1-1)
Belmont (0-4) at Houston Baptist (1-1)
#16 Texas A&M (4-1) vs. #23 San Francisco (5-0)



Here's my roster for 12/3. It's a grab bag of talent and no idea what'll work, but we'll see what happens.


F Andy Matheny RUT @UWW
FLEX Abraham Nesmith OSU @CHIST
G Devante Cordell BC @TCU
G Harold Acosta MD vs. BING
C Wyndell Woods SFRAN vs. TAMU

[Young Drachma]

So yeah, that didn't go well. At all. Probably need to stay away from the big conference programs. Or something. No idea.

http://i.imgur.com/Vgfy6Gkh.png


Wisconsin-Whitewater 93, Rutgers 75

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Rutgers (2-3, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Will Salisbury C 29 1-3 0-0 1 10 1 1 2
Adrian Alexander PF 31 6-9 5-5 2 5 1 5 17
Andy Matheny SF 27 3-9 2-2 0 1 5 0 10
Abraham Pemberton SG 27 4-8 0-0 2 4 4 3 12
Frankie Hayes PG 30 5-10 0-0 1 2 3 2 12
Alejandro Pearson SF 23 1-8 1-2 1 4 1 4 4
Darin Abernathy PG 10 2-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 5
K.J. Baumann SG 9 2-4 2-2 0 1 2 1 8
Carey Abernathy SF 7 0-3 2-2 1 1 0 2 2
Andrew Alderman PF 8 1-3 1-1 1 3 0 2 3

Turnovers: 19 (W.Salisbury 1, A.Alexander 3, A.Matheny
3, A.Pemberton 2, F.Hayes 2, A.Pearson 4, D.Abernathy
2, C.Abernathy 1, A.Alderman 1)
Blocked Shots: 9 (W.Salisbury 1, A.Alexander 3,
A.Matheny 4, A.Pemberton 1)
Steals: 3 (A.Alexander 1, A.Pemberton 1, A.Pearson 1)
3P FGs: 12-27 (A.Matheny 2-4, A.Pemberton 4-7, F.Hayes
2-4, A.Pearson 1-6, D.Abernathy 1-1, K.Baumann 2-4,
C.Abernathy 0-1)

Wisconsin-Whitewater (5-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Wilson Abbott C 30 5-9 4-4 4 10 1 2 14
Reynaldo Barrett PF 31 3-10 4-4 5 8 0 3 11
Paul Hammon SF 24 5-12 2-2 0 4 3 4 14
Adolfo Contreras SG 33 5-14 1-2 3 7 5 0 15
Abel Shank PG 24 2-4 4-4 1 2 3 2 9
Alberto Beam SF 24 5-9 3-4 2 3 2 1 14
Adan Rainey PG 6 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 5
Aaron Barlow C 15 3-4 0-3 1 3 0 1 6
Lincoln Abrams SG 6 0-1 3-4 0 1 0 1 3
Fletcher Sutter PF 5 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2
Jay Vogt SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (W.Abbott 1, R.Barrett 1, P.Hammon 4,
A.Contreras 4, A.Barlow 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (R.Barrett 2, P.Hammon 1, F.Sutter 1)
Steals: 10 (W.Abbott 1, P.Hammon 4, A.Contreras 1,
A.Shank 1, A.Beam 3)
3P FGs: 10-23 (R.Barrett 1-3, P.Hammon 2-6, A.Contreras
4-7, A.Shank 1-3, A.Beam 1-3, A.Rainey 1-1)

Player of Game: SF Alberto Beam (UW-W)



Maryland 94, Binghamton 78

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Binghamton (0-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Teddy Lauer C 27 1-3 0-0 1 5 0 3 2
M. Scarbrough PF 22 6-8 5-8 2 3 0 4 18
Lyle Scroggins SF 32 3-18 8-9 1 5 3 2 14
Adan Olive SG 32 3-10 4-6 1 1 5 3 12
Denver Ross PG 28 5-9 1-1 0 1 3 2 12
Gerry Lea SF 19 1-4 1-4 2 3 1 5 3
Issac Beach PG 10 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 1 5
Robin Fisk PG 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 3
Adan Gallagher PF 18 0-2 2-2 2 6 2 3 2
Adan Bratcher SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Adan Mayhew SF 4 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Agustin Alford C 5 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 5

Turnovers: 9 (T.Lauer 2, A.Olive 4, D.Ross 2,
A.Gallagher 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Scarbrough 1, A.Gallagher 2)
Steals: 5 (M.Scarbrough 1, D.Ross 2, G.Lea 1, I.Beach 1)
3P FGs: 7-18 (M.Scarbrough 1-1, L.Scroggins 0-1,
A.Olive 2-5, D.Ross 1-4, G.Lea 0-2, I.Beach 1-2,
R.Fisk 1-1, A.Gallagher 0-1, A.Alford 1-1)

Maryland (6-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Angelo Bernard C 29 3-5 4-4 2 9 2 5 10
Indra Bailey PF 31 1-10 1-3 1 9 2 3 3
Adam Betancourt SF 27 6-12 2-2 5 12 3 5 16
Harold Acosta SG 25 7-9 1-3 3 5 0 4 19
Adam Mclain PG 31 6-8 2-3 1 2 9 5 16
Antoine Albrecht SG 12 0-2 4-4 0 3 0 2 4
Angelo Beck SG 14 1-4 2-2 0 0 1 1 4
Cleo Arsenault PF 13 6-7 2-3 3 5 0 2 15
Jody Arevalo C 8 2-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 7
Ryan Abbott PG 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Augie Boyle C 6 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 1 0

Turnovers: 17 (A.Bernard 1, I.Bailey 3, A.Betancourt 2,
H.Acosta 4, A.Mclain 4, A.Beck 1, C.Arsenault 1,
J.Arevalo 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Bernard 4, I.Bailey 1)
Steals: 4 (A.Mclain 3, C.Arsenault 1)
3P FGs: 10-23 (A.Betancourt 2-7, H.Acosta 4-5, A.Mclain
2-3, A.Albrecht 0-2, A.Beck 0-3, C.Arsenault 1-1,
J.Arevalo 1-1, A.Boyle 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Adam Mclain (MD)



Chicago State 63, Oklahoma State 55

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Oklahoma State (5-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Abraham Nesmith C 36 0-14 2-4 1 6 1 1 2
Dean Chitwood PF 34 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 1 2
Antony Aponte SF 28 2-3 0-0 1 3 0 3 6
Antonio Betz SG 32 3-14 0-2 2 3 5 1 7
Arthur Arroyo PG 37 9-17 9-10 2 4 5 3 32
Art Alonso SF 14 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 2
Emil Agnew SG 6 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 2
Adan Fredrickson SF 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Guillermo Fincher PF 9 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0

Turnovers: 18 (A.Nesmith 2, D.Chitwood 2, A.Aponte 2,
A.Betz 3, A.Arroyo 7, E.Agnew 1, A.Fredrickson 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Nesmith 1, D.Chitwood 1, G.Fincher
1)
Steals: 11 (A.Nesmith 2, A.Aponte 1, A.Betz 1, A.Arroyo
5, A.Alonso 1, A.Fredrickson 1)
3P FGs: 8-27 (A.Aponte 2-3, A.Betz 1-10, A.Arroyo 5-12,
A.Alonso 0-1, G.Fincher 0-1)

Chicago State (4-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nelson Alonzo C 33 2-7 1-2 3 17 5 3 5
Arron Garza PF 35 1-2 0-0 1 8 1 2 2
Marco Pipkin SF 30 4-8 0-0 1 3 1 4 8
Julian Larson SG 35 6-14 0-0 2 3 5 2 15
Abraham Hamblin PG 36 7-10 4-4 0 3 0 4 22
Delbert Weed SG 10 1-4 0-0 0 2 1 2 2
Joesph Hendrix SF 8 1-2 2-2 0 2 1 0 5
Alvaro Beals PF 9 2-3 0-0 1 3 0 2 4
Charles Bowen C 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

Turnovers: 28 (N.Alonzo 3, A.Garza 3, M.Pipkin 8,
J.Larson 10, A.Hamblin 3, A.Beals 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (N.Alonzo 4, A.Garza 2)
Steals: 9 (N.Alonzo 3, A.Garza 1, M.Pipkin 3, A.Hamblin
2)
3P FGs: 8-21 (A.Garza 0-1, M.Pipkin 0-2, J.Larson 3-10,
A.Hamblin 4-5, D.Weed 0-1, J.Hendrix 1-2)

Player of Game: PG Arthur Arroyo (OKST)



Texas A&M 84, San Francisco 72

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San Francisco (5-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Wyndell Woods C 34 4-8 6-9 0 9 1 2 14
Bobby Ainsworth PF 18 2-4 3-4 3 5 0 4 7
Alejandro Withrow SF 32 1-4 3-5 2 4 1 3 5
Tyree Gooch SG 27 6-15 0-1 3 4 4 4 15
Glen Lilly PG 29 3-8 1-1 0 3 4 2 7
Eloy Merino PG 23 3-6 2-2 3 4 2 2 9
Eutropio Moya PF 19 3-6 2-4 1 4 1 2 8
Mauricio Yu PG 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 5
Lee Ledoux SF 12 1-2 0-0 1 5 0 1 2
Glen Larose C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 25 (W.Woods 4, B.Ainsworth 3, A.Withrow 3,
T.Gooch 3, G.Lilly 2, E.Merino 6, E.Moya 2, L.Ledoux 2)
Blocked Shots: 12 (W.Woods 7, G.Lilly 1, E.Merino 1,
E.Moya 1, L.Ledoux 1, G.Larose 1)
Steals: 6 (W.Woods 1, A.Withrow 2, T.Gooch 1, G.Lilly 2)
3P FGs: 5-16 (B.Ainsworth 0-1, A.Withrow 0-2, T.Gooch
3-8, G.Lilly 0-3, E.Merino 1-1, M.Yu 1-1)

Texas A&M (5-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Joseph Forman C 23 1-5 3-4 1 8 0 4 5
Alphonso Timm PF 24 6-9 2-2 2 5 0 5 14
Alejandro Heinz SF 34 5-13 2-3 4 9 1 4 13
Aaron Cornett SG 26 7-17 3-4 1 3 3 1 17
Zachary Emanuel PG 30 3-7 0-0 3 4 10 3 8
Rudy Daniels SG 14 0-4 4-5 1 1 4 2 4
Wesley Stoddard SF 10 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 5
Kurtis Montanez PG 4 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 8
Santiago Andrade SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Alfonso Abner PF 13 1-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 2
Alan Altman PF 10 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 1 2
Abel Fairchild C 10 2-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 6

Turnovers: 14 (A.Timm 1, A.Heinz 3, A.Cornett 2,
Z.Emanuel 6, W.Stoddard 1, A.Altman 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Forman 1, A.Timm 1, A.Heinz 1,
A.Abner 2)
Steals: 10 (A.Cornett 2, Z.Emanuel 4, R.Daniels 1,
A.Altman 2, A.Fairchild 1)
3P FGs: 6-17 (A.Heinz 1-5, A.Cornett 0-4, Z.Emanuel
2-4, W.Stoddard 1-2, K.Montanez 2-2)

Player of Game: PG Zachary Emanuel (TA&M)



Boston College 59, TCU 57

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Boston College (4-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bobby Bringhurst C 32 5-8 0-0 5 13 3 3 10
Adam Hairston PF 33 5-9 1-1 0 8 1 1 11
Allen Santos SF 21 2-5 0-0 1 3 0 3 4
Alonzo Tellez SG 33 4-7 0-0 0 6 5 2 8
Devante Cordell PG 33 5-18 3-3 0 2 8 3 14
Theron Abner PG 8 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 3 3
Vernon Stevenson SF 18 2-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 5
Hugo Pitts SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Leocadio Marquez SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Reinaldo Perales PF 8 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2
Aaron Abbott SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Lucero C 7 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 2 2

Turnovers: 17 (B.Bringhurst 1, A.Hairston 1, A.Santos
4, A.Tellez 5, D.Cordell 1, T.Abner 2, V.Stevenson 2,
H.Pitts 1)
Blocked Shots: 16 (A.Hairston 13, A.Santos 1, D.Cordell
1, R.Perales 1)
Steals: 2 (A.Tellez 1, H.Pitts 1)
3P FGs: 3-18 (A.Santos 0-1, A.Tellez 0-3, D.Cordell
1-9, T.Abner 1-3, V.Stevenson 1-2)

TCU (2-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jefferson McGrath PF 34 4-8 0-0 9 12 1 2 8
D. Aldridge C 31 2-16 5-6 4 9 1 1 9
Adolph Gillis SF 34 1-7 1-1 2 8 4 2 3
Graham Linton SG 28 5-17 3-4 1 4 1 1 16
Daylon White PG 21 2-7 3-3 1 4 0 1 7
Carlitos Delgado PG 17 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 4
Brett Hallman C 13 0-2 0-0 1 2 2 0 0
Roscoe Mccloskey SF 6 1-2 1-1 1 1 0 2 3
Brady Autry PG 10 1-1 5-5 0 2 1 0 7
Cliff Paz SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Alberto Sheffield PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (J.McGrath 1, D.Aldridge 2, A.Gillis 2,
G.Linton 2, D.White 3, B.Hallman 1, B.Autry 1, C.Paz 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.McGrath 1, A.Gillis 1, D.White 1,
B.Hallman 2)
Steals: 8 (J.McGrath 4, D.Aldridge 1, G.Linton 1,
D.White 1, B.Hallman 1)
3P FGs: 3-22 (J.McGrath 0-1, D.Aldridge 0-3, A.Gillis
0-4, G.Linton 3-11, D.White 0-1, C.Delgado 0-2)

Player of Game: PF Adam Hairston (BC)

[Young Drachma]

I'm contemplating playing multiple entries in a night to increase my odds of winning $ like a REEL SHARK playing DFS. I feel like playing this way feels just as random as real life playing in my fantasy league in real life where guys sometimes just don't show up despite having a few good games previously, etc. Also considering doing randomized point thresholds for winning jackpots, so that I can possibly get lucky on some nights, but that it can go both ways.

What I might also do -- though this would be tedious and ridic -- is for a night or two take a look at the scores and figure out the best performances of the night from that particular day, giving me a sense of what a good score is for this league and then use that as a benchmark. Right now, I'm mostly basing it on real life except RL DFS has bigger rosters than how I play.

[Young Drachma]

Here's the games on the docket for today. I'm still feeling myself out with this...looking at high scoring teams or whatever.

I'd like to play higher stakes, tbh, but I should just be smart about this. Eventually, I'll pick better days for games when there's matchups/teams that I want to bet with rather than trying to play everyday or whatever.

Going to play an entry before bed.


DECEMBER 04, 2035 SCHEDULE

Games
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#3 West Virginia (4-0) at Appalachian State (1-2)
Missouri State (2-2) at SMU (2-1)
Pennsylvania (1-4) at Baylor (2-3)
UTEP (0-3) at Oklahoma (3-2)
LIU Brooklyn (2-4) at Villanova (3-2)
Central Michigan (4-2), at #6 Michigan (3-0)
Akron (0-1), at St. Bonaventure (3-3)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2-3), at Denver (5-3)
Mercer (2-2) at #13 Georgia Tech (3-0)
Bryant University (2-4), at UMBC (3-2)
Cal Baptist (1-3) at Texas State (0-3)
Liberty (1-3) at Virginia (1-2)
St. Francis (PA) (0-3) at George Mason (4-2)
Utah Valley (0-1) at Portland (1-3)
Austin Peay (3-3), at South Alabama (1-5)
Utah (2-3) at Idaho (2-2)
Coppin State (1-5) at #4 CCNY (4-0)
Georgetown (1-3) at Hampton (1-5)
Canisius (4-4) at Pittsburgh (4-1)
Seton Hall (5-1) at Princeton (4-1)
Washington (2-1) at Wyoming (0-6)
Alabama State (1-2), at Alabama (2-1)
Florida (3-1) at Bethune-Cookman (1-4)
Illinois-Chicago (1-4) at Lafayette (1-3)
Troy (2-4) at Abilene Christian (0-4)
Kansas State (2-1) at Western Illinois (1-2)
Oakland (4-0) at Eastern Oregon (2-2)
Southeast Missouri State (1-3) at Cornell (1-3)
New Orleans (3-1) at Northwestern State (0-3)
Ohio (2-2) at Palm Beach Atlantic (2-2)
Charleston (2-3) at Chattanooga (3-2)
Drake (3-2) at IPFW (3-2)
North Carolina A&T (3-0), at Eastern Washington (3-1)
Delaware (0-4) at Stony Brook (2-2)
Central Connecticut State (1-4) at Harvard (2-4)
Loyola (MD) (2-2) at Long Beach State (0-3)
Green Bay (1-3) at West Texas A&M (0-4)


I did a sample run of an earlier set of games this year just to get a sense of what a max/top score night would look like and that 220+ range is what I ran across, I'm sure a computer could synthesize an optimal lineup but besides that...I think it's hard to get to 200+ and 250+ would require an unotherworldly night from somebody.

Anyway, we'll see how my roster tonight goes for 12/4:

12/4/35 PLAYER TEAM
G Justin Winters CMU MICH
G Perry Harmon MICH CMU
FLEX Ben Krauss TXST CALBAP
F Marshaun Connelly CCNY COPPIN
F Otis Jackson-Wood GMU STFR(PA)

[Young Drachma]

I provide the box scores so you can see how random games in my universe play out, as a contrast to maybe a different league since my FBCB.ini file is custom. Didn't come close to finishing in the money, though. Just a rough night.

Down to $75 after a respectable night, but didn't get two big games out of anybody which is what you need, so despite Otis Jackson-Wood's HUGE night, nobody else truly came to play.

http://i.imgur.com/Noz07Fbh.png



George Mason 75, St. Francis (PA) 67

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St. Francis (PA) (0-4, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Quinton Bain C 30 6-8 1-2 0 6 0 4 15
Abraham Chance PF 32 2-9 3-5 2 4 0 0 7
Leland Wilber SF 32 6-14 3-4 2 7 2 5 18
Buddy Niles SG 33 3-15 1-2 1 5 4 3 8
Cedric Ratcliff PG 35 4-5 0-0 0 0 3 3 9
Adam Wilburn SG 11 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 2
Arron Stine PG 7 0-2 0-0 2 4 2 0 0
Sterling Baird SF 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3
Kelvin Ames PF 12 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 2 3
Beau Hooks C 6 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 18 (Q.Bain 3, L.Wilber 2, B.Niles 4,
C.Ratcliff 7, A.Wilburn 1, A.Stine 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 6 (Q.Bain 1, A.Chance 1, L.Wilber 3, A.Wilburn
1)
3P FGs: 9-23 (Q.Bain 2-2, A.Chance 0-1, L.Wilber 3-4,
B.Niles 1-10, C.Ratcliff 1-2, A.Wilburn 0-1, A.Stine
0-1, S.Baird 1-1, K.Ames 1-1)

George Mason (5-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Agustin Amaya C 33 2-4 2-5 2 10 1 2 6
Adrian Ahmed PF 35 2-3 2-2 2 10 0 1 6
Otis Jackson-Wood SF 33 14-20 3-4 3 8 3 3 35
R. Cooper-White SG 31 2-12 2-3 2 6 5 2 7
Errol Bartlett PG 29 3-9 0-0 1 4 5 4 7
Elliott Custer PG 11 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 3
Albert Pollock SF 11 3-6 0-0 0 2 0 0 7
Harris Foley PG 5 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 2
R. Diaz Moliner PF 9 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Philip Proctor C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 19 (A.Amaya 1, A.Ahmed 5, O.Jackson-Wood 5,
R.Cooper-White 3, E.Bartlett 1, E.Custer 1, A.Pollock
3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (A.Amaya 1, A.Ahmed 1, R.Cooper-White
2)
Steals: 9 (O.Jackson-Wood 5, R.Cooper-White 1,
E.Bartlett 1, E.Custer 2)
3P FGs: 8-26 (O.Jackson-Wood 4-8, R.Cooper-White 1-9,
E.Bartlett 1-6, E.Custer 1-2, A.Pollock 1-1)

Player of Game: SF Otis Jackson-Wood (GMU)



Michigan 90, Central Michigan 74

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Central Michigan (4-3, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Mike Rose C 28 1-5 1-2 2 6 1 0 3
Zedekiah Berlin PF 31 4-11 1-3 1 4 3 1 9
Lionel Beck SF 27 1-3 1-2 1 5 2 3 3
Numbers Latimer SG 29 3-5 2-3 1 5 0 2 9
Justin Winters PG 33 6-15 5-8 0 3 2 2 22
Abraham Albers PG 14 5-5 1-3 1 2 1 0 13
Lamont Arndt SF 12 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 3 6
Adam Upchurch SF 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3
Alberto Gable SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Derrick Fitch PF 13 1-1 2-2 3 3 0 1 4
Antoine Nunley C 7 1-2 0-0 1 2 1 1 2

Turnovers: 22 (M.Rose 3, Z.Berlin 1, L.Beck 3,
N.Latimer 3, J.Winters 5, A.Albers 5, L.Arndt 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (L.Beck 1, D.Fitch 1, A.Nunley 1)
Steals: 9 (M.Rose 3, Z.Berlin 1, N.Latimer 2, J.Winters
1, A.Albers 1, D.Fitch 1)
3P FGs: 11-23 (N.Latimer 1-3, J.Winters 5-11, A.Albers
2-2, L.Arndt 2-5, A.Upchurch 1-1, A.Nunley 0-1)

Michigan (4-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jame Briggs C 29 6-7 3-4 2 10 4 3 15
Hassan Al-Amin PF 28 3-5 2-4 2 7 0 3 8
Dominic Cooper SF 33 10-18 1-2 4 4 5 2 23
Perry Harmon SG 29 5-11 0-0 0 5 2 2 12
Londell Barstow PG 26 6-9 0-0 0 0 4 4 15
Alejandro Sharpe PG 13 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 5 6
Blair Melancon SF 11 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 5
Stephan Hanna PG 3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Al Lucero SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Donnell Billups C 20 0-4 1-2 0 3 0 1 1
Tommy Shepherd PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2

Turnovers: 17 (J.Briggs 2, H.Al-Amin 2, D.Cooper 1,
P.Harmon 3, L.Barstow 6, A.Sharpe 1, A.Lucero 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (J.Briggs 2, H.Al-Amin 2, D.Cooper 1,
D.Billups 1)
Steals: 8 (H.Al-Amin 1, D.Cooper 3, P.Harmon 1,
L.Barstow 2, T.Shepherd 1)
3P FGs: 10-14 (D.Cooper 2-3, P.Harmon 2-3, L.Barstow
3-4, A.Sharpe 2-2, B.Melancon 1-2)

Player of Game: SF Dominic Cooper (MICH)



Texas State 83, Cal Baptist 64

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Cal Baptist (1-4, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Adan Ballard C 13 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 5 4
Logan Billups PF 30 2-6 1-2 0 7 0 3 5
Jake Berman SF 18 1-7 2-2 2 6 0 3 5
Guillermo Alvarez SG 26 5-12 0-1 2 3 2 3 14
Benito Lopez PG 28 3-6 1-4 0 2 3 3 7
Kyle Montez SG 17 2-7 0-0 1 1 1 0 5
Vance Gragg SG 13 1-3 0-0 1 2 0 1 2
Abel Winter PF 20 4-7 0-0 5 6 0 4 8
Edwardo Beasley SF 13 1-5 4-6 1 2 2 2 6
Boyd Alaniz C 11 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 2 3
Antoine Roche C 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Adam Phelps SG 4 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 0 5
Agustin Samuel SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Alfaro PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (A.Ballard 1, L.Billups 2, J.Berman 1,
G.Alvarez 6, K.Montez 1, A.Winter 3)
Blocked Shots: 1 (L.Billups 1)
Steals: 3 (B.Lopez 2, A.Samuel 1)
3P FGs: 8-29 (J.Berman 1-5, G.Alvarez 4-10, B.Lopez
0-1, K.Montez 1-5, V.Gragg 0-2, E.Beasley 0-2,
B.Alaniz 1-2, A.Phelps 1-2)

Texas State (1-3, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Earl Shea C 33 11-19 14-21 4 16 2 3 39
Genaro Colburn PF 23 1-8 0-0 5 13 2 3 2
Coy Beers SF 33 1-4 4-5 1 4 3 2 6
Ben Krauss SG 18 3-6 0-1 0 0 4 4 6
Andy Gay PG 27 5-10 0-0 3 4 1 4 13
Alberto Herrero SG 17 2-5 1-2 4 4 2 1 6
Truman Valdez SG 13 2-4 1-2 1 3 2 1 7
Stephen Spain PF 22 2-2 0-0 0 5 0 2 4
Alton Bair PG 9 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 0
Antonio Wiese PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Adam Ferrari C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (E.Shea 1, G.Colburn 3, C.Beers 3,
B.Krauss 2, A.Herrero 5, S.Spain 2, A.Bair 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Shea 1)
Steals: 7 (E.Shea 2, C.Beers 1, A.Gay 1, S.Spain 1,
A.Bair 1, A.Wiese 1)
3P FGs: 9-22 (E.Shea 3-5, C.Beers 0-3, B.Krauss 0-2,
A.Gay 3-5, A.Herrero 1-2, T.Valdez 2-4, A.Bair 0-1)

Player of Game: C Earl Shea (TXST)



CCNY 89, Coppin State 44

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Coppin State (1-6, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Randall Beckett C 29 2-6 3-4 3 6 0 3 7
Adan Wahl PF 15 0-3 0-0 2 3 0 4 0
A. Duckworth SF 30 0-8 2-4 0 4 1 3 2
Adam Reddy SG 33 7-15 2-2 0 5 0 2 19
Alejandro Steel PG 27 3-8 1-2 1 3 1 2 9
Darren Bartlett C 18 1-3 0-0 1 4 0 4 2
Marcel Paterson SF 9 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Alex Ali PG 16 1-5 0-2 0 2 1 1 2
Ervin Albers PF 15 0-3 1-2 3 6 1 0 1
Loyd Nunley PF 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Adam Covert SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Alejandro Alaniz SG 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 2

Turnovers: 18 (R.Beckett 2, A.Duckworth 3, A.Reddy 7,
A.Steel 1, D.Bartlett 1, A.Ali 3, L.Nunley 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Steel 1, E.Albers 3, L.Nunley 1)
Steals: 5 (R.Beckett 1, A.Reddy 3, A.Steel 1)
3P FGs: 5-22 (A.Duckworth 0-4, A.Reddy 3-9, A.Steel
2-5, M.Paterson 0-1, A.Ali 0-2, A.Alaniz 0-1)

CCNY (5-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Abel Arnett C 32 5-5 0-0 4 12 1 1 11
Marshaun Connelly PF 25 4-8 8-10 1 4 1 4 16
Albert Blaine SF 20 3-7 0-0 2 8 4 4 8
Alejandro Reynoso SG 29 3-7 1-1 1 2 2 0 9
Adam Akers PG 20 6-17 0-4 2 2 0 4 14
Cameron Morgan SF 14 4-6 1-1 0 5 0 3 11
Kerry Rowan SG 17 4-6 2-2 2 4 3 2 11
Marty Sanchez PG 9 0-1 1-2 0 1 2 0 1
Daniel Arndt PG 5 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 5
Clement Loveless C 15 0-2 0-0 1 5 0 0 0
Heriberto Busby PF 6 0-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 0
Adrian Brock PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Bart Cabrera SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 10 (A.Arnett 1, M.Connelly 1, A.Blaine 1,
A.Reynoso 1, A.Akers 1, K.Rowan 3, C.Loveless 1,
H.Busby 1)
Blocked Shots: 13 (A.Arnett 7, M.Connelly 4, C.Loveless
1, H.Busby 1)
Steals: 4 (A.Blaine 1, A.Reynoso 1, K.Rowan 2)
3P FGs: 12-23 (A.Arnett 1-1, A.Blaine 2-5, A.Reynoso
2-6, A.Akers 2-4, C.Morgan 2-3, K.Rowan 1-1, M.Sanchez
0-1, D.Arndt 1-1, B.Cabrera 1-1)

Player of Game: C Abel Arnett (CCNY)

[Young Drachma]

If you ever stop by and want me to pick a guy from your favorite (or random) program on a night, do let me know and I'll do it or I'll do it on the day of their next game. This undertaking does surely help me know who plays on teams as I go through it.

[Young Drachma]

http://i.imgur.com/UK5XMqgh.png

I put down another $20 on a slate for the games on 12/5/35 and well..the result was similar. Can't quite score on a multiple slate of guys who have big nights to get me over the hump. But maybe as I know teams better, I can construct an evening that provides me with an advantage.

Going to sim into January now and hope conference play is kinder to me, before I run out of cash. Down to $55. Maybe after one more night attempting this, I'll just skip to the tournament and try to play a tournament game instead, at least now I have a DFS format to work with.

[Young Drachma]

Actually had a solid night, but couldn't get into the money because 1) one of the guys underperformed as usual and 2) turnovers like whoa. So. many. turnovers.

http://i.imgur.com/ZLZcNVdh.png

Anyway, we're down to $35. Rather than lose my shirt in the NCAA tournament, we're going to "make" some money by doing a NCAA tournament recap where I do a tournament preview of all of the teams in the tournament (like this one (http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/167501024/ncaa-tournament-rankings-all-68-teams-title)) as another way for us to get better acquainted with the teams and help play better, as a result.

Next season, I'm probably going to attempt some NBA daily fantasy instead of college just to see if I can do better in that league where players are more consistent and I'm not subject to coach whims and randomness.

[Young Drachma]

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SJDAot4NNCI/V1TYGGagmaI/AAAAAAAALYQ/i2RjJc_qoaERqWhZtez6LfuiGvGOrG8_gCLcB/s1600/20160602_164408.jpg

Here's the 68-team preview of the 2035-36 NCAA tournament.

Since 2024, we've seen a run of major conference teams winning the national title. We'll see if this year will result in another big program adding a banner to their rafters.

PAST CHAMPIONS (1940-2034)


NCAA Champs

Season Team Record Opponent Score
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2034 Ohio State Buckeyes 32-7 Illinois State Redbirds 80-66
2033 Michigan State Spartans 34-3 San Francisco Dons 82-58
2032 Michigan State Spartans 32-6 Central Michigan Chippewas 82-66
2031 Boston College Eagles 29-11 Oregon Ducks 83-70
2030 Arkansas Razorbacks 29-8 UNLV Rebels 96-75
2029 Kentucky Wildcats 28-9 SMU Mustangs 101-100
2028 Oklahoma State Cowboys 33-6 Texas A&M Aggies 85-75
2027 Texas Longhorns 31-8 Saint Louis Billikens 86-68
2026 Texas Longhorns 31-8 Charleston Cougars 80-57
2025 St. John's Red Storm 34-3 Pittsburgh Panthers 82-80
2024 Xavier Musketeers 38-2 Clemson Tigers 68-59
2023 Alabama Crimson Tide 30-7 Saint Louis Billikens 76-72
2022 Arizona Wildcats 35-4 Ole Miss Rebels 69-62
2021 Saint Louis Billikens 28-9 Vanderbilt Commodores 91-81
2020 CCNY Beavers 34-4 St. John's Red Storm 71-69
2019 Fordham Rams 34-5 NC State Wolfpack 84-81
2018 Fordham Rams 39-0 Colorado State Rams 65-56
2017 CCNY Beavers 37-1 Iowa Hawkeyes 71-52
2016 Kentucky Wildcats 31-6 Tulane Green Wave 84-66
2015 CCNY Beavers 30-8 Michigan State Spartans 70-67
2014 UCLA Bruins 29-10 Minnesota State Screaming Eagles 80-78
2013 CCNY Beavers 34-5 Minnesota State Screaming Eagles 97-65
2012 SMU Mustangs 30-11 Michigan State Spartans 74-63
2011 Florida Gators 34-4 UAB Blazers 83-63
2010 UCLA Bruins 39-2 Michigan State Spartans 84-76
2009 CCNY Beavers 33-7 Arizona Wildcats 71-61
2008 Tennessee Volunteers 33-5 Cincinnati Bearcats 69-58
2007 CCNY Beavers 36-4 Central Michigan Chippewas 71-63
2006 California Bears 29-10 Stanford Cardinal 87-73
2005 Florida Gators 33-6 Memphis Tigers 82-74
2004 Creighton Bluejays 32-7 Kansas Jayhawks 68-55
2003 Florida Gators 31-8 Connecticut Huskies 77-75
2002 Virginia Tech Hokies 26-11 Tennessee Volunteers 79-58
2001 Albany Great Danes 31-7 Iowa State Cyclones 67-56
2000 CCNY Beavers 32-8 Florida Gators 75-57
1999 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 33-4 West Virginia Mountaineers 78-70
1998 Colorado State Rams 32-8 NC State Wolfpack 72-56
1997 UCLA Bruins 28-10 Connecticut Huskies 82-67
1996 Kansas Jayhawks 36-3 CCNY Beavers 72-57

Season Team Record Opponent Score
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1995 Connecticut Huskies 28-10 Nebraska Cornhuskers 56-52
1994 Oklahoma Sooners 31-8 Clemson Tigers 85-47
1993 Oklahoma Sooners 28-10 Texas A&M Aggies 75-66
1992 Connecticut Huskies 35-4 Indiana State Sycamores 78-54
1991 Houston Cougars 26-11 Stanford Cardinal 67-62
1990 Baylor Bears 32-6 Connecticut Huskies 58-56
1989 Seton Hall Pirates 32-7 Virginia Cavaliers 95-91
1988 USC Trojans 26-11 NC State Wolfpack 73-60
1987 Clemson Tigers 31-8 Florida Atlantic Owls 74-40
1986 UCLA Bruins 34-5 Florida Gators 66-63
1985 Pittsburgh Panthers 33-6 Florida Gators 62-57
1984 Colorado State Rams 32-5 Pittsburgh Panthers 65-37
1983 Texas Tech Red Raiders 31-7 Baylor Bears 81-58
1982 Southern Illinois Salukis 32-6 Kentucky Wildcats 38-35
1981 Chicago Maroons 34-3 Seton Hall Pirates 61-59
1980 Stanford Cardinal 27-11 North Carolina Tar Heels 65-59
1979 Florida State Seminoles 29-10 Oklahoma Sooners 67-52
1978 CCNY Beavers 39-1 North Carolina Tar Heels 102-94
1977 Nebraska Cornhuskers 28-9 Tennessee Volunteers 85-77
1976 Texas A&M Aggies 33-5 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 60-52
1975 Alabama Crimson Tide 31-8 Boston College Eagles 74-54
1974 Tennessee Volunteers 27-10 Chicago Maroons 60-57
1973 Oregon Ducks 36-3 West Virginia Mountaineers 77-75
1972 Oregon Ducks 29-8 Florida Gators 72-49
1971 Texas A&M Aggies 29-8 Maryland Terrapins 69-61
1970 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 28-8 Texas A&M Aggies 70-61
1969 Oregon Ducks 32-5 North Carolina Tar Heels 80-48
1968 Oregon Ducks 31-6 Pittsburgh Panthers 70-57
1967 CCNY Beavers 37-2 Texas Tech Red Raiders 67-58
1966 CCNY Beavers 37-3 Louisville Cardinals 63-47
1965 Florida State Seminoles 28-11 Tennessee Volunteers 71-51
1964 Charlotte 49ers 30-7 Creighton Bluejays 78-70
1963 CCNY Beavers 37-3 Houston Cougars 77-67
1962 CCNY Beavers 34-2 Florida Atlantic Owls 59-54
1961 Florida Gators 30-8 UTEP Miners 71-40
1960 Michigan State Spartans 34-4 Texas A&M Aggies 72-66
1959 Valparaiso Crusaders 29-8 Charlotte 49ers 59-36
1958 UCLA Bruins 29-9 Nebraska Cornhuskers 64-54
1957 Kentucky Wildcats 33-5 Michigan State Spartans 49-39
1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers 29-9 Syracuse Orangemen 92-72

Season Team Record Opponent Score
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1955 Nebraska Cornhuskers 27-11 Santa Clara Broncos 63-58
1954 Rhode Island Rams 28-7 Oregon Ducks 60-50
1953 Michigan Wolverines 30-8 Utah Utes 59-46
1952 Pepperdine Waves 31-6 TCU Horned Frogs 84-80
1951 Kansas State Wildcats 29-9 Pepperdine Waves 67-66
1950 Villanova Wildcats 37-1 Bucknell Bison 57-42
1949 Michigan State Spartans 35-3 Texas A&M Aggies 80-67
1948 Utah Utes 34-4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 90-79
1947 Louisville Cardinals 29-10 Villanova Wildcats 80-69
1946 Villanova Wildcats 38-1 Kentucky Wildcats 101-66
1945 Oregon Ducks 32-6 Western Illinois Leathernecks 81-68
1944 Georgia State Panthers 32-6 Villanova Wildcats 59-53
1943 George Washington Colonials 27-12 Valparaiso Crusaders 89-64
1942 Michigan State Spartans 36-2 Miami Hurricanes 65-56
1941 Dayton Flyers 36-2 Michigan State Spartans 72-64
1940 Gonzaga Bulldogs 33-6 Michigan State Spartans 70-60




68. UC Irvine (Big West) (16, West): The Anteaters weren't supposed to win a game in their own conference tournament, much less win the whole thing as a 9-seed and yet, here they are dancing. They're capable of scoring in buckets, they've put up 100+ this year in three regular season games including the Big West tournament domination over UC-Davis.


67. Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun) (16, East): #DunkCity is back in the tournament for the first time in 18 years and they're doing so playing in the First Four after losing 20 games during the regular season. Junior center Domingo Buckner is averaging 18.6 PPG and is the team leader in scoring and rebounding. If they're going to advance to date with top-seed Maryland in the next round, they'll need him to dominate.

66. Florida International (Conference USA) (16, East) This program has been starved for a post-season appearance, much less a trip to the Big Dance. This is the Panthers first NCAA bid since 1994 and their first time in any post-season tournament since a 2013 loss in the CIT Finals. It's been a LONG time. The cruel irony is that unlike this year, last year's team actually finished with a winning record; but did not get any post-season bid, so this year's team winning the Conference USA title to get here is poetic justice for those returning players who missed out last year. They don't have a dominant player and might end up struggling against the 20-loss FGCU team they're pitted against in an all-Florida battle for a trip to the main draw.

65. Delaware State (America East) (16, West) Delaware State is back in the tournament after a 14-year absence and only winning 2 games last year. The regular season and tournament champs of the America East feature a balanced attack with 4 players scoring in double digits. Center Adam Albrecht is averaging a double double (12.1 PPG/11.2 RPG) and could be an X-Factor against UC Irvine. The winner gets a date with Arizona.

64. Eastern Oregon (Frontier) (15, West) The Mountaineers are only in their 2nd season as a full D1 program and they're in the tournament, thanks to playing in the newly sprouted Frontier Conference. They are the 2nd-slowest pace team in the Frontier Conference, alas...don't expect fireworks from them or an especially long stay in the tournament.

63. Charleston Southern (Big South) (15, East) Their leading scorer Elbert Dunham is out for the year after an injury in the conference tournament semi-final. Still, they got here and with a deep rotation and averaging 78.6 PPG as a team, they know how to turn up the heat.

62. St. Bonaventure (A10) (15, West) - The Bonnies are coached by the son of Billy Latta, who I think played in the NBA. (Not sure why I created his son...) This is their 3rd NCAA appearance since 2000 and they're short-staffed with three of their best players nursing some kind of injury. It'll be tough sledding against a high-octane Wake Forest club average 100 PPG.

61. Utah State (WAC) (15, Midwest) - The Aggies are up against a Pepperdine team in the first round that didn't lose a conference game all year. But they beat #20 Rice in the WAC Finals to get here, so they've got giant killing aspirations. Their goal is to slow the game down considerably.

Going to do the other matchups by region, just because it's hard to do them since it's not a unified bracket in-game.

EAST REGION
Brown (Ivy) (14-seed) - This Brown team is dangerous, they've got four scorers averaging double-digit points this year. Could be a potential upset candidate if the stars align right.

Siena (MAAC) (13-seed) - The Saints are led by guard Bryon Qualls (18.8 PPG) and forward Alex Ledesma (17.2 PPG/9.0 RPG), a potent duo that notched non-conference wins against both Georgetown and Virginia in the regular season.

Maryland (Big Ten) (1-seed) - The Terps are the 12th best scoring team in the nation. Their deep rotation make them a real threat to go all the way, but their road will depend on whether their high-flying offense can stay hot through the sweet 16.

[Young Drachma]

Here's the entire tournament bracket.

http://i.imgur.com/uH9fN35h.png
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[Young Drachma]

Was looking at various bracket games (http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2013/03/ncaa_bracket_2013_bored_with_your_tourney_pool_here_are_11_alternate_ways.html) and ways to play. I've decided on the Bill James method for this year. You pick one team of each seed line and get points (per win) for as far as they advance.

#1 Seed (100 pts)
#2 Seed (110 pts)
#3 Seed (120 pts)
#4 Seed (130 pts)
#5 Seed (140 pts)
#6 Seed (150 pts)
#7 Seed (160 pts)
#8 Seed (170 pts)
#9 Seed (180 pts)
#10 Seed (190 pts)
#11 Seed (200 pts)
#12 Seed (210 pts)
#13 Seed (220 pts)
#14 Seed (230 pts)
#15 Seed (240 pts)
#16 Seed (250 pts)


I'm trying to figure out a benchmark of the highest total points someone could score in this game (realistically) as a way to figure out a prize pool, etc.

Going to use real life NCAA tournament results to come up with some kind of average number and then go from there.

[Young Drachma]

Seems the max score you could get in this game is 9000 points with a perfect bracket and a 16/15/14/13 in the Final Four with a 16-seed winning it all.

Given the engine in FBCB, this is obviously a lot more likely than in real life, hah.

I'm down to $35, I'm going to spend all of that and participate in a bracket pool that has a jackpot that'll let random.org decide.

The prize jackpot breakdown will go like this:

1st: 50%
2nd: 25%
3rd: 10%
4th: 5%
5th: 2%
6th-10th: 1%
11th-20th: .5%
21st-25th: .25%
26th-30th: .10%

[Young Drachma]

Since I'm playing against myself and I don't want to multiple ballots, I'm going to use random.org to determine the final scores, this is all before I started compiling my own roster or anything, so I have no idea what the final result will be for me.

I'll round the random.org figures up since everything in this game is scored in 10s and we'll generate 31 scores, with the idea that if I finish below 30th, I'll be out of the money anyway.

JACKPOT PURSE: $30,000

Here's the scores from the other players this year generated from random.org based on a range of 1500-7720. It's 35 scores, so I've got to finish in the Top 30 to get "in the money"

http://i.imgur.com/xZH7Tzv.png

[Young Drachma]

Here's are my picks for the 2035 Bracketless game:

1) Texas: I felt like Texas coach Ezra Stockton Jr., would channel the legacy of his all-time title winning dad (6 titles) into a deep run with this team. They were 29-4 in the regular season and this is the best team he's had there. It was a tough pick, because it's tough to bet against CCNY during the tournament no matter what. But went with my gut on Texas.

2) West Virginia: Saw them some in the regular season. Gil Brackett, their center is a bonafide star and they've just got a really deep roster all the way through the bench. Another team that I feel like has a long tournament run in them.

3) Texas Tech: 3-seeds were another tough choice for me. But the Red Raiders have two 18 PPG scorers in Shermell Abney and Gary Forster. Only losing two games in the Pac-16 makes me think they're battle tested.

4) Virginia Tech: Another team with two potent scorers that I saw during the regular season. They only went 8-7 in ACC play, which should worry me, but I decided it was their turn and went with them.

5) Boise State: This is not a confident pick, but I did it based on their defense stats. 3rd least points allowed in the nation.

6) SMU: They won 4 games against Top 50 opponents this year and are Top 10 in defense rebounding nationally.

7) Clemson: 7th in the nation in points allowed. Figured it might bode well.

8) Alabama: They're coming off a Final Four. Felt it was too dangerous to pick against them. Classic underseeding at 24-9 this year.

9) Minnesota State: If you read my previous dynasty, you'd know this is a homer pick. It will likely backfire, they're not the team I knew 20 years ago.

10) La Salle: See my earlier review of this team. I feel like they have some horses to luck into a run.

11) North Dakota: If they can overcome a tough Seton Hall team in the 1st round, I think this team could surprise. They've got both solid defense and a Top 100 offense.

12) Oklahoma State: A First Four team that won their initial game and are coming off back to back Sweet 16 appearances, I felt like it was a safe bet in a not-so-safe seed line.

13) Milwaukee: PG combo Adam Glass and Tracy Dion average over 40 PPG together.

14) Brown: See my earlier review. I feel like despite the Ivy tag, they're a better team that you'd expect.

15) Utah State: This is a tough line, but I felt like Utah State was the most complete 15-seed in the tournament. They also have two players from Helensburgh on their roster (See my Cities Skylines dynasty for more...) and four guys scoring in double-digits.

16) FIU: None of the 16-seeds inspired much confidence in me this year. But FIU seemed to have the most favorable matchup of any of the others.

[Young Drachma]

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It was a very chalky year in the end. West Virginia claims their first-ever national title.

I ended up in 23rd place, good for $75. Enough to get me back playing again next year.

[Young Drachma]

2036-37 TOURNAMENT

I didn't play at all this year, just watched. But naturally, because I didn't play, it was a year where all four of the Final Four seeds were double-digit seeds.

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[Young Drachma]

Clemson (24-11) was a Sweet 16 team last year. The program has won a national title (1987) and last appeared in the title game 12 years ago.

Loyola Marymount (24-13) is making their first tournament appearance in four years. This is their first-ever appearance beyond the Sweet 16.

George Mason (28-9) is in their first-ever Final Four. This is their 1st tournament appearance in 4 years.

Texas (24-11) lost in the Elite 8 last year. Their last Final Four appearance was back in 2026, when they won their 2nd straight national title.

The last team to win a national title with double-digit losses was Boston College in 2031.

[Young Drachma]

Loyola Marymount caps an unlikely win in the national title game, becoming the first west coast team to win a national title in 22 years. (UCLA, 2014)


Loyola Marymount 70, Texas 60

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Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jame Archer C 30 1-4 0-0 1 6 2 1 2
Joby Kobler PF 32 1-8 3-4 3 11 1 3 5
Rodolfo Munoz SF 29 2-15 1-2 1 5 1 1 5
Antonio Kovach SG 29 8-11 0-0 1 5 0 3 22
Eliseo Garcia PG 23 6-7 0-0 0 3 4 4 17
Jalen Larson SG 19 2-8 0-0 1 1 3 5 4
Kris Mckinnon PF 10 1-2 0-0 0 3 2 0 2
Johnny Hummel PG 9 0-5 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Owen Denson SF 10 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 3
Jake Acosta C 7 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
Adan Ezell SG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Abel Clinton C 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0

Turnovers: 13 (J.Kobler 1, R.Munoz 1, A.Kovach 5,
E.Garcia 2, J.Larson 2, O.Denson 1, J.Acosta 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Kobler 2, E.Garcia 1, K.Mckinnon 1)
Steals: 2 (R.Munoz 1, O.Denson 1)
3P FGs: 12-26 (J.Kobler 0-1, R.Munoz 0-4, A.Kovach 6-9,
E.Garcia 5-5, J.Larson 0-1, J.Hummel 0-2, O.Denson
1-3, A.Ezell 0-1)

Loyola Marymount:
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Esteban Upshaw C 22 0-4 0-0 5 7 0 1 0
Aaron Boyce PF 24 4-8 0-1 0 4 0 3 8
Floyd Eldridge SF 19 5-9 2-5 0 5 2 0 16
Carson Stacy SG 32 5-9 3-4 0 10 3 2 13
Valentín Martin PG 32 0-10 2-2 1 2 9 0 2
Adan Chan SF 25 6-12 4-5 1 6 2 3 20
Trent Raley PG 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Ernest Bowie PF 23 1-1 2-2 1 7 1 0 4
Moisés Navarro SG 5 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 3
Dustin Ivey C 9 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 2
Jonathon Wallis PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Agustin Boisvert SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (E.Upshaw 1, A.Boyce 4, F.Eldridge 2,
C.Stacy 2, V.Martin 1, A.Chan 2)
Blocked Shots: 9 (E.Upshaw 2, A.Boyce 2, F.Eldridge 2,
V.Martin 1, E.Bowie 2)
Steals: 5 (A.Boyce 1, F.Eldridge 1, V.Martin 2, E.Bowie
1)
3P FGs: 9-27 (F.Eldridge 4-5, C.Stacy 0-1, V.Martin
0-9, A.Chan 4-9, M.Navarro 1-3)

Player of Game: SF Adan Chan (LMU)

[Young Drachma]

Gonna play NBA DFS this season, because my NBA year is a year behind my college league, it'll be 2036-37, so the season I just simmed with the college league. I'm playing with Draft Kings scoring, so we'll have an 8-player roster and the scoring goes:


Players will accumulate points as follows:
Point = +1 PT
Made 3pt. shot = +0.5 PTs
Rebound = +1.25 PTs
Assist = +1.5 PTs
Steal = +2 PTs
Block = +2 PTs
Turnover = -0.5 PTs
Double-Double = +1.5PTs (MAX 1 PER PLAYER: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Blocks, Steals)
Triple-Double = +3PTs (MAX 1 PER PLAYER: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Blocks, Steals)


So far, only committing to trying this once unless it's more fun than tedious since I can't really automate much. I'll do my own roster and then each day generate the "most perfect lineup (https://playbook.draftkings.com/nba/nba-perfect-lineup-january-26th)" for the day and see how close I get.

Before I do that, I'm going to -- for my own purposes -- look at the Attribute Report and get a sense of the best leagues in the world in a kind of order and talk about what kind of players are in each.

I'm mostly curious for the college league purposes -- especially given how extensive both universes are -- where players end up, because I actually do a have a decent amount of mobility between my leagues, because my FBCB.ini file generates better players than a default league (part of why I find online leagues based on the kind of boring..) so there are legitimately good players who just never do much in the NBA in my setup, rather than a deal where you can clearly see a difference between NBA players are the rest.

[Young Drachma]

2036-37 PRO BASKETBALL BEST LEAGUES IN THE WORLD
I've gotten pretty good at rigging this over the years in-game, by rigidly controlling salary caps and keeping auto-inflation off, so that there isn't a lot of deviation. As a result, you see lots of dudes who go over to Greece or somewhere at the end of their careers, whereas the biggest NBA feeders tend to be Russia or China, when there are underclassmen who develop late.

USBL doesn't send anyone to the NBA, I'm not entirely sure anyone from the USBL has ever played in the NBA for more than a few games, though I'm going to look.


1. NBA (USA) (106.1)


2035 NBA Season Summary Awards

Award Pos Name Team PPG RPG APG SPG BPG
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GM of the Year: Arron Shockley Thunder
Coach of the Year:

Most Valuable Player: SF Frankie Styles Jr. Mavericks 27.1 5.9 5.8 1.0 0.4
Rookie of the Year: C Glenn Kee Pelicans 11.6 5.5 1.3 0.5 1.6
Defender of the Year: PF Abel Spencer Bucks 17.1 8.2 2.0 1.7 2.4
6th Man of the Year: SF Adrian Sargent Rockets 23.0 3.3 2.8 0.4 0.1
Most Improved Player: SG Theron Mccue Trail Blazers 12.1 1.8 1.9 1.1 0.1

All-League 1st Team: C Rocky Watkins Celtics 19.1 7.2 1.8 0.2 1.5
All-League 1st Team: F Billy Crowder Suns 30.0 6.8 5.2 1.8 0.2
All-League 1st Team: F Frankie Styles Jr. Mavericks 27.1 5.9 5.8 1.0 0.4
All-League 1st Team: G Gavin Benoit Hornets 27.4 6.0 4.6 0.9 0.3
All-League 1st Team: G Ohan Palmer Timberwolves 21.3 5.3 11.0 2.5 0.2

All-League 2nd Team: C Enrique Worthington Bulls 19.4 7.5 1.9 0.6 1.4
All-League 2nd Team: F Dexter Armijo SuperSonics 35.1 5.9 2.9 1.8 0.3
All-League 2nd Team: F Jacques Deloffre Scouts 28.7 7.9 1.8 0.5 2.2
All-League 2nd Team: G Jay Mabry Hawks 28.1 4.5 6.7 1.3 0.2
All-League 2nd Team: G Harmen Glover Heat 31.7 5.3 6.7 1.1 0.1

All-League 3rd Team: C Adolph Barker Grizzlies 22.6 7.6 2.2 0.6 1.1
All-League 3rd Team: F Cornell Vinson Nuggets 30.0 2.8 4.2 1.3 0.7
All-League 3rd Team: F Tony Sturgis Jazz 26.4 6.4 3.3 1.1 0.6
All-League 3rd Team: G Taevion Franklin Thunder 33.6 4.3 4.2 1.7 0.3
All-League 3rd Team: G Bruce Crider Mavericks 21.1 2.1 10.5 1.4 0.1

All-Defense 1st Team: C Leonardo Arevalo Raptors 8.9 10.2 4.7 0.2 3.5
All-Defense 1st Team: F Abel Spencer Bucks 17.1 8.2 2.0 1.7 2.4
All-Defense 1st Team: F Lyle Cook Aces 18.2 8.6 1.8 1.5 1.8
All-Defense 1st Team: G Dejerius Adams Wizards 11.0 6.1 11.7 2.5 0.2
All-Defense 1st Team: G Ohan Palmer Timberwolves 21.3 5.3 11.0 2.5 0.2

All-Defense 2nd Team: C Aubrey Ingram Lakers 10.5 7.4 1.5 0.6 1.9
All-Defense 2nd Team: F Dionte Shields Aces 20.5 8.6 4.0 2.3 0.3
All-Defense 2nd Team: F Abraham Staten Hawks 11.6 6.9 5.6 2.1 0.7
All-Defense 2nd Team: G Kade Newton Warriors 11.6 4.3 8.5 2.4 0.2
All-Defense 2nd Team: G Da'quintin Barber Condors 25.0 5.8 4.3 2.3 0.2

All-Rookie 1st Team: C Glenn Kee Pelicans 11.6 5.5 1.3 0.5 1.6
All-Rookie 1st Team: F Adan Alaniz Celtics 10.8 7.0 1.4 0.2 1.0
All-Rookie 1st Team: F Adrian Narvaez Heat 8.6 4.6 1.3 0.2 0.4
All-Rookie 1st Team: G Dylan Sheridan Raptors 7.1 2.0 2.9 0.8 0.1
All-Rookie 1st Team: G Kris Lemon Raptors 10.5 1.8 2.3 1.4 0.1

All-Rookie 2nd Team: C Alexis Hobbs Thunder 6.5 5.3 1.3 0.5 0.1
All-Rookie 2nd Team: F Jackson Crouch Magic 6.3 6.8 2.5 0.4 0.5
All-Rookie 2nd Team: F Dave Abner Magic 5.5 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.1
All-Rookie 2nd Team: G Adam Ogden Timberwolves 6.5 1.6 2.8 0.4 0.0
All-Rookie 2nd Team: G Rollie Turner Clippers 7.7 1.2 1.4 0.5 0.1

[Young Drachma]

2. CBA (China) (83.6)
China is as close to the D-League as we have, except way better. You routinely see dudes come over here for a few years, develop and then come back to the States as real contributors. Since FBPB doesn't have any foreigner limits, my foreign leagues are essentially giant leagues of Americans but I'm good with it, since they all come from my FBCB classes (though I do let the game generate foreign draft classes so there are at least a semblance of foreign names besides the ones I add because I like realism-ish.)

But anyway, China is legitimately the 2nd best league in the world since I added it to this save, mostly because of the salaries. Their cap is set to $10m. Besides the NBA finishing school aspect of the league, it's the sort of place where a dude who was a 4-year player in college and started, can elevate his game and get paid better than anywhere else besides the NBA.

Looking around the league, it's a lot of fun looking at these guys because there are so many dudes that really came up from the bottom to get that six-figure payday after years of toiling in the lower leagues. Here's an example.


PLAYER DETAILS

#15 PG Sammie Sommer - Eagles
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Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
DOB: 2/11/2007 (30)
College: Elon
Hometown: Statesville, NC
Exp: 7

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: B C B- A C C- C- F+ F+ A- D C B+ C C+ A-
Potential: B C B A D D C F F A D C

Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $222,000
Length: 1

Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2036 CBA QIN 21 21 29.9 21.0 0.6 2.0 3.0 2.1 1.40 0.4 0.2 2.8
2035 CBA QIN 33 0 12.5 8.9 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.23 0.2 0.2 1.2
2034 ISL HER 50 50 25.8 16.2 0.8 2.3 3.2 1.9 1.72 0.4 0.2 1.8
2033 USBL CHT 56 56 31.6 24.0 1.5 3.3 2.5 2.0 1.28 0.5 0.2 2.7
2032 USBL CHT 58 58 32.1 23.1 1.1 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.25 0.6 0.2 2.8
2031 USBL CHT 58 58 29.6 19.6 0.9 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.19 0.4 0.2 2.7
2030 USBL CHT 56 56 29.8 19.3 1.2 2.4 2.9 1.9 1.50 0.3 0.2 2.3
2029 USBL HAR 58 0 20.5 11.6 0.7 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.32 0.4 0.1 1.8
Career 390 299 27.0 18.3 1.0 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.32 0.4 0.2 2.3

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2036 7.0 15.1 .462 3.7 5.4 .684 2.3 3.7 .615 1.4 4.4 .326 3.3 7.0 .466
2035 3.2 7.4 .429 0.7 1.0 .647 0.3 0.5 .688 1.0 3.1 .317 1.9 3.9 .484
2034 5.9 13.1 .448 1.0 1.5 .699 0.9 1.1 .786 1.6 4.7 .335 3.4 7.3 .469
2033 8.4 18.3 .461 1.7 2.3 .736 0.8 1.2 .687 2.2 6.6 .330 5.4 10.5 .519
2032 8.3 18.5 .447 1.8 2.3 .778 1.1 1.4 .775 2.4 6.9 .346 4.8 10.2 .471
2031 6.7 15.6 .432 2.1 2.5 .816 0.6 1.1 .587 2.1 6.3 .333 4.0 8.2 .486
2030 6.8 15.4 .438 1.5 2.1 .723 0.9 1.4 .667 1.5 5.2 .294 4.3 8.9 .486
2029 4.1 9.7 .422 0.9 1.1 .828 0.6 0.8 .673 1.0 3.3 .311 2.5 5.6 .449
Career 6.4 14.5 .443 1.6 2.1 .748 0.9 1.2 .684 1.7 5.2 .326 3.9 8.0 .483

Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2036 CBA QIN 21 21 628 441 13 42 63 45 9 4 59 -14
2035 CBA QIN 33 0 413 294 10 24 37 30 8 5 39 39
2034 ISL HER 50 50 1289 811 39 116 162 94 20 8 92 250
2033 USBL CHT 56 56 1772 1343 85 187 142 111 30 9 151 10
2032 USBL CHT 58 58 1864 1341 63 169 146 117 36 14 162 -24
2031 USBL CHT 58 58 1718 1134 53 157 137 115 21 12 154 -64
2030 USBL CHT 56 56 1671 1083 68 136 164 109 17 9 126 158
2029 USBL HAR 58 0 1190 672 41 88 82 62 22 8 102 42
Career 390 299 10545 7119 372 919 933 683 163 69 885 397

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2036 147 318 78 114 69 148
2035 105 245 22 34 62 128
2034 294 656 51 73 172 367
2033 472 1023 95 129 304 586
2032 479 1072 105 135 278 590
2031 391 906 120 147 232 477
2030 378 863 86 119 241 496
2029 237 562 53 64 145 323
Career 2503 5645 610 815 1503 3115

Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2036 CBA QIN 21 .598 1.39 13.2 9.5 28.6 2.7 5.8 4.2 19.3 77.9 2.6 -0.7 110.7 111.5
2035 CBA QIN 33 .565 1.20 11.3 9.2 31.1 3.0 4.2 3.6 18.9 48.9 1.6 1.2 101.7 97.1
2034 ISL HER 50 .590 1.24 17.2 10.0 25.7 3.7 7.4 5.5 22.7 224.8 7.5 5.0 114.0 103.6
2033 USBL CHT 56 .622 1.31 10.7 8.3 28.6 6.3 7.1 6.8 29.6 491.1 16.4 0.2 108.5 107.4
2032 USBL CHT 58 .592 1.25 10.5 8.4 28.6 4.2 6.8 5.5 27.4 456.9 15.2 -0.4 106.1 106.7
2031 USBL CHT 58 .584 1.25 11.2 9.4 27.2 3.9 6.9 5.5 25.4 370.0 12.3 -1.1 101.5 103.6
2030 USBL CHT 56 .592 1.25 13.8 9.2 25.8 5.0 4.9 4.9 24.6 338.1 11.3 2.8 110.6 105.9
2029 USBL HAR 58 .569 1.20 11.2 8.4 24.3 4.3 4.9 4.6 22.0 196.2 6.5 0.7 103.0 100.5
Career 390 .593 1.26 12.2 9.0 27.2 4.4 6.3 5.4 25.0 2203.9 73.5 1.0 107.3 105.0

Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2035 CBA QIN 3 0 13.7 11.3 1.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.20 0.3 0.7 1.3
2034 ISL HER 3 3 24.3 15.0 0.7 3.3 3.7 2.3 1.57 0.3 0.0 1.3
2030 USBL CHT 1 1 25.0 21.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 6.0 0.17 0.0 0.0 2.0
2029 USBL HAR 1 0 17.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 3.0
Career 8 4 19.5 12.5 0.9 2.8 2.3 2.3 0.00 0.3 0.3 1.6

Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2035 4.0 8.7 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 2.0 .333 3.3 6.3 .526
2034 5.3 14.0 .381 0.7 0.7 1.000 1.0 1.7 .600 0.7 4.7 .143 3.7 7.7 .478
2030 7.0 15.0 .467 4.0 4.0 1.000 4.0 5.0 .800 0.0 2.0 .000 3.0 8.0 .375
2029 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000
Career 4.4 10.8 .407 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.9 1.4 .636 0.5 3.1 .160 3.0 6.3 .480

Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2035 CBA QIN 3 0 41 34 4 6 6 5 1 2 4 -8
2034 ISL HER 3 3 73 45 2 10 11 7 1 0 4 22
2030 USBL CHT 1 1 25 21 1 5 1 6 0 0 2 4
2029 USBL HAR 1 0 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 -11
Career 8 4 156 100 7 22 18 18 2 2 13 7

Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2035 12 26 0 0 10 19
2034 16 42 2 2 11 23
2030 7 15 4 4 3 8
2029 0 3 0 0 0 0
Career 35 86 6 6 24 50

Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2035 CBA QIN 3 .654 1.31 16.2 13.5 31.9 12.1 6.9 9.7 19.7 5.4 0.2 -2.7 105.8 122.2
2034 ISL HER 3 .512 1.07 18.0 11.5 29.4 2.7 12.9 7.3 0.0 -12.0 -0.4 7.3 116.3 98.5
2030 USBL CHT 1 .588 1.40 4.2 25.0 40.0 6.3 19.0 13.5 0.0 -4.1 -0.1 4.0 93.2 88.1
2029 USBL HAR 1 .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 7.4 0.0 7.1 3.7 0.0 -2.8 -0.1 -11.0 56.5 96.0
Career 8 .562 1.16 14.4 14.4 29.4 5.1 11.9 8.4 5.2 -13.5 -0.5 0.9 104.6 103.6

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 32 3 6 7 2 2 4 11 23 8 11 6 14
Playoff 21 4 5 4 1 1 6 7 17 4 4 5 11
Career 50 4 8 8 3 3 7 18 33 10 14 11 19

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 85
Total Player of the Week: 8
Total Player of the Month: 2
Total All-Star Appearances: 5
Total All-League First Team : 3
Total All-League Second Team : 2
Total Scoring Leader : 1
2034 ISL All-Rookie First Team
2034 ISL All-League First Team
2034 ISL All-Star
2034 ISL Rookie Game Participant
2033 USBL Scoring Leader
2033 USBL All-League First Team
2033 USBL All-Star
2033 USBL 3-Point Shootout Champion
2032 USBL All-League Second Team
2032 USBL All-Star
2031 USBL All-League First Team
2031 USBL All-Star
2030 USBL All-League Second Team
2030 USBL All-Star
2030 USBL Rookie Game Participant
2029 USBL Rookie Game Participant
2024 High School: Rated *** and #418 overall by the FBCB scouting service.



So a three-star guy who didn't start in college, spends a few years in the USBL and shines, gets plugged into Israel and then gets a deal in China first as a benchwarmer and then as a starter. Neat story, right?

There aren't a ton of older dudes in the CBA from what I could tell, at least not as leaders in the league anyway. It's a young players league with a lot of these middle-class "glue" guys who really make up the league outside of the fringe NBA dudes getting million dollar checks for playing here over sticking around the NBA for less money as probable non-starters.

China is a massively offense-driven league. Teams average 101.2 PPG.

[Young Drachma]

RPBL (Russia) (78.8)
Russia has an $8m cap. Whereas China is a high-octane offense league, Russia isn't that at all. Teams here only average 78.3 PPG, so it's not a league where dudes can show up and dominate for whatever reason. Russia also tends to sign guys to longer-term contracts where they stay there for longer as opposed to 2-3 year stints or even shorter than we see from guys who go to China.


From what I can tell, if you kill it in Russia your next stop is probably China or maybe Spain. I don't see very many guys who go straight from Russia back to the NBA, in part, because it seems like all they'll end up doing is sitting on the bench. Example is former Russian league MVP Mason King. He's making $2m a year, but he's not getting any minutes on a very bad Knicks team and he had to go through Spain before he got his NBA deal again.



PLAYER DETAILS

#45 PF Mason King - Knicks
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Height: 6-7
Weight: 256
DOB: 12/29/2003 (33)
College: Coppin State
Hometown: Centreville, MD
Exp: 7

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: B- C B+ B C- D- B A+ D F+ D+ C- C- B+ D+ C+
Potential: B C B B D F B A D F D D

Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $2,414,930
Length: 2

Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2036 NBA NYK 26 0 9.5 2.9 0.9 1.8 0.5 0.4 1.09 0.2 0.1 0.5
2035 NBA NYK 28 0 6.0 2.1 0.3 1.5 0.5 0.1 4.33 0.2 0.0 0.3
2034 ACB FUE 47 47 31.0 15.9 2.7 8.6 1.4 1.9 0.77 0.5 0.2 1.6
2033 RPBL STP 58 58 31.0 16.6 2.3 8.6 1.3 1.4 0.91 0.7 0.4 1.3
2032 RPBL STP 58 58 30.7 18.4 2.6 8.1 1.4 1.8 0.78 0.6 0.3 1.4
2031 RPBL STP 58 58 30.7 15.9 2.2 7.1 1.1 1.6 0.67 0.6 0.3 1.2
2030 RPBL STP 50 50 31.1 17.2 2.6 8.2 1.7 1.8 0.95 0.5 0.1 1.6
2029 NBA DAL 58 4 17.9 7.3 0.9 3.7 0.7 1.0 0.63 0.6 0.1 1.0
Career 383 275 25.7 13.4 2.0 6.5 1.1 1.4 0.63 0.5 0.2 1.2

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2036 1.2 3.2 .366 0.3 0.4 .818 0.7 1.2 .531 0.3 0.7 .368 0.2 1.2 .194
2035 0.8 1.6 .478 0.3 0.4 .750 0.5 0.8 .609 0.1 0.3 .375 0.2 0.5 .333
2034 5.7 12.7 .452 2.4 3.1 .755 2.6 5.0 .513 1.2 3.3 .359 2.0 4.4 .452
2033 6.2 12.3 .507 2.1 2.8 .755 3.2 5.0 .638 1.0 3.0 .345 2.0 4.3 .468
2032 6.6 13.6 .486 2.9 3.7 .793 3.4 5.4 .637 0.9 2.9 .306 2.3 5.2 .431
2031 5.5 11.2 .496 3.4 4.6 .745 3.3 5.1 .640 0.8 2.6 .322 1.4 3.4 .414
2030 6.3 12.3 .511 3.2 3.8 .844 3.7 5.6 .662 1.2 3.3 .370 1.4 3.4 .400
2029 2.7 5.6 .480 1.0 1.4 .738 1.4 2.3 .618 0.4 1.4 .280 0.9 2.0 .465
Career 4.9 10.0 .487 2.2 2.8 .775 2.6 4.2 .620 0.8 2.4 .336 1.5 3.4 .431

Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2036 NBA NYK 26 0 248 75 23 47 12 11 6 2 14 -34
2035 NBA NYK 28 0 169 58 9 43 13 3 5 0 8 -34
2034 ACB FUE 47 47 1458 745 127 402 67 87 25 10 75 171
2033 RPBL STP 58 58 1799 964 135 498 74 81 40 21 77 450
2032 RPBL STP 58 58 1782 1066 150 471 83 106 32 17 81 371
2031 RPBL STP 58 58 1783 923 128 413 62 93 33 15 70 189
2030 RPBL STP 50 50 1557 860 128 408 86 91 25 6 80 130
2029 NBA DAL 58 4 1038 426 53 212 38 60 32 7 57 18
Career 383 275 9834 5117 753 2494 435 532 198 78 462 1261

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2036 30 82 9 11 6 31
2035 22 46 9 12 5 15
2034 270 598 111 147 94 208
2033 362 714 123 163 117 250
2032 383 788 169 213 131 304
2031 321 647 199 267 82 198
2030 315 616 162 192 68 170
2029 157 327 59 80 53 114
Career 1860 3818 841 1085 556 1290

Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2036 NBA NYK 26 .437 0.91 10.9 10.0 16.6 12.1 14.2 13.1 8.7 -10.2 -0.3 -1.3 108.7 121.5
2035 NBA NYK 28 .569 1.26 19.4 4.5 13.7 6.0 28.6 16.0 15.7 10.5 0.3 -1.2 105.8 118.0
2034 ACB FUE 47 .561 1.25 8.2 10.6 21.6 10.4 24.7 17.2 19.2 167.1 5.6 3.6 113.8 106.6
2033 RPBL STP 58 .613 1.35 7.9 8.6 19.4 9.5 23.5 16.8 22.7 301.4 10.0 7.8 112.5 99.4
2032 RPBL STP 58 .604 1.35 7.7 9.9 22.5 10.3 20.1 15.5 25.7 378.9 12.6 6.4 108.1 96.8
2031 RPBL STP 58 .605 1.43 6.7 10.1 19.1 8.8 19.0 14.0 21.3 260.7 8.7 3.3 109.0 103.2
2030 RPBL STP 50 .614 1.40 9.8 10.4 20.0 9.7 22.1 15.7 24.1 293.2 9.8 2.6 110.2 105.4
2029 NBA DAL 58 .588 1.30 8.3 13.0 17.0 5.9 20.3 12.6 14.8 50.8 1.7 0.3 106.7 105.1
Career 383 .596 1.34 8.3 10.1 19.9 9.3 21.5 15.4 21.4 1452.4 48.4 3.3 110.0 103.1

Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2034 ACB FUE 13 13 28.9 14.0 2.0 7.8 1.5 1.4 1.11 1.2 0.3 1.4
2033 RPBL STP 9 9 32.9 18.9 2.8 8.8 1.0 2.3 0.43 0.3 0.3 2.0
2032 RPBL STP 9 9 31.1 17.3 3.1 8.4 1.7 2.2 0.75 0.2 0.1 1.4
2031 RPBL STP 10 10 30.5 17.2 3.3 9.2 1.0 2.6 0.38 0.4 0.3 1.8
2030 RPBL STP 4 3 29.0 13.8 2.0 7.5 1.0 1.8 0.57 0.3 0.3 1.8
Career 45 44 30.5 16.3 2.7 8.4 1.3 2.0 0.57 0.6 0.3 1.6

Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2034 5.4 11.8 .455 1.7 2.6 .647 2.9 5.5 .535 0.9 2.8 .324 1.5 3.5 .435
2033 6.9 13.3 .517 2.4 3.0 .815 3.6 5.8 .615 0.7 2.6 .261 2.7 5.0 .533
2032 6.4 13.1 .492 2.6 3.4 .742 3.7 5.6 .660 0.9 3.3 .267 1.9 4.2 .447
2031 6.6 11.9 .555 2.9 4.0 .725 4.3 5.9 .729 1.2 3.4 .353 1.1 2.6 .423
2030 3.8 9.5 .395 5.3 5.8 .913 1.8 4.3 .412 1.0 2.5 .400 1.0 2.8 .364
Career 6.0 12.2 .494 2.6 3.4 .755 3.4 5.5 .614 0.9 3.0 .313 1.7 3.7 .458

Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2034 ACB FUE 13 13 376 182 26 101 20 18 16 4 18 106
2033 RPBL STP 9 9 296 170 25 79 9 21 3 3 18 14
2032 RPBL STP 9 9 280 156 28 76 15 20 2 1 13 66
2031 RPBL STP 10 10 305 172 33 92 10 26 4 3 18 -34
2030 RPBL STP 4 3 116 55 8 30 4 7 1 1 7 -12
Career 45 44 1373 735 120 378 58 92 26 12 74 140

Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2034 70 154 22 34 20 46
2033 62 120 22 27 24 45
2032 58 118 23 31 17 38
2031 66 119 29 40 11 26
2030 15 38 21 23 4 11
Career 271 549 117 155 76 166

Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2034 ACB FUE 13 .538 1.18 9.7 8.7 20.0 7.9 24.0 15.8 15.6 22.8 0.8 8.2 116.8 102.0
2033 RPBL STP 9 .644 1.42 5.6 13.0 20.8 10.6 22.0 16.5 15.1 15.9 0.5 1.6 115.0 112.4
2032 RPBL STP 9 .591 1.32 9.0 12.0 22.4 11.8 19.6 15.8 16.6 20.9 0.7 7.3 108.9 96.1
2031 RPBL STP 10 .628 1.45 5.8 15.0 21.8 12.2 25.4 18.3 15.7 19.1 0.6 -3.4 104.1 109.5
2030 RPBL STP 4 .583 1.45 6.8 11.9 19.0 7.2 26.2 15.4 13.1 2.8 0.1 -3.0 101.4 106.3
Career 45 .596 1.34 7.6 12.0 21.0 10.2 23.1 16.4 15.5 81.6 2.7 3.1 110.7 105.1

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 13 3 6 2 1 1 3 5 13 3 3 2 6
Playoff 32 7 14 4 3 2 7 13 23 8 8 5 9
Career 33 7 15 5 4 2 7 13 23 11 14 6 13

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 76
Total Player of the Week: 10
Total Player of the Month: 6
Total All-Star Appearances: 4
Total All-League First Team : 2
Total All-League Second Team : 1
Total Playoff MVP : 1
Total Most Valuable Player : 1
Total Championships: 3
Total Rebounds Leader : 1
2034 Liga ACB Champion
2033 RPBL Rebounds Leader
2033 RPBL All-League First Team
2033 RPBL Most Valuable Player
2033 RPBL All-Star
2032 Russian Professional Basketball League Champion
2032 RPBL Playoff MVP
2032 RPBL All-League First Team
2032 RPBL All-Star
2031 Russian Professional Basketball League Champion
2031 RPBL All-League Second Team
2031 RPBL All-Star
2030 RPBL All-Star
2030 RPBL Rookie Game Participant
2029 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
2029 NBA Rookie Game Participant
2025 2nd Team All-Conference (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
2021 High School: Rated *** and #1130 overall by the FBCB scouting service.

[Young Drachma]

ACB (Spain) (77.4)
Spain's salary cap is at $6.5 million. Average scoring is 83.6 PPG, my take anecdotally is that Spain seems to do a great job of putting tweeners to work. They also seem to be willing to pay for American bigs and unlike China, this is a veteran league with guys who have years of NBA experience throughout.

So it's a grown-folks league but with better NBA guys, so I can see why guys end up passing through here at the end of their careers or at some mid-point en route back to the States. They can pay their feature players at the same level of a China or Russia, they just rely on them to do more. So a guy would opt for Spain and making good money and getting to play, over being the 9th or 10th guy on an NBA roster.

Serie A (Italy) (76.4)
Italy's salary cap is $5.5 million, but unlike the other leagues, only one team is over the cap here. So they just don't get to spend it, probably because their intended dudes are on the bottom of NBA rosters, playing in Spain, China or Russia. Which is interesting. So who plays in Italia?

It's a lot of guards who are productive players, but aren't really good enough to hack it in the NBA. It's also a lot of NBA veteran bigs who come over here at various stages of their career, but for the most part, the highest paid players on teams over here are guys who have paid their dues in other Euro leagues (or possibly, China) and then get paid #1 dude cash to come play in Italy where they'll start and probably dominate.

Here's a guy who spent years in Finland, before getting the seven-figure check from an Italian team. Another USBL alum, too. I love that having so many leagues means dudes get to develop and can extend their careers. If I only had one league, most of these guys would never be heard from again.



PLAYER DETAILS

#22 SG Darwin Keenan - Brindisi
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Height: 6-4
Weight: 209
DOB: 10/15/2007 (29)
College: Sacred Heart
Hometown: Long Island City, NY
Exp: 8

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: C C C A- C C- C C- C- C D+ C A- C C- A-
Potential: C C C B C D C D C C D D

Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $1,268,111
Length: 2

Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2036Serie BRI 34 34 31.1 15.4 1.6 4.5 2.6 1.8 1.48 0.7 0.3 1.4
2035 FIN KOB 31 31 29.1 21.8 2.1 5.6 1.7 2.1 0.81 0.7 0.1 1.7
2034 FIN KOB 28 28 29.4 19.0 2.0 6.0 2.8 1.8 1.56 0.6 0.3 1.0
2033 FIN KOB 32 32 29.4 17.4 1.2 3.7 2.0 1.7 1.16 0.5 0.3 1.3
2032 FIN KOB 32 32 28.3 15.5 1.0 3.4 1.9 1.8 1.09 0.4 0.2 1.3
2031 LNB GIM 42 42 24.9 9.3 1.0 2.5 1.7 1.3 1.36 0.3 0.0 0.9
2030 LNB GIM 48 5 22.1 8.0 0.9 2.5 1.3 1.4 0.91 0.4 0.2 1.1
2029 USBL CHT 58 58 31.2 12.3 1.3 3.3 1.8 2.1 0.85 0.3 0.2 1.4
2028 USBL HAR 53 0 30.0 10.7 1.2 3.3 1.7 1.7 1.02 0.3 0.2 1.4
Career 358 262 28.3 13.5 1.3 3.7 1.9 1.7 1.02 0.4 0.2 1.3

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2036 5.7 13.2 .430 1.4 2.5 .583 1.4 2.4 .605 1.6 4.2 .378 2.6 6.6 .400
2035 7.8 16.0 .488 2.7 5.2 .525 2.4 3.6 .655 1.9 4.7 .414 3.5 7.7 .454
2034 6.5 14.3 .454 2.7 5.0 .547 1.7 2.7 .640 1.4 4.6 .302 3.4 7.0 .482
2033 6.1 12.9 .472 2.3 3.6 .629 1.5 2.3 .658 1.7 4.4 .376 2.9 6.2 .472
2032 5.6 12.3 .453 1.4 2.6 .536 1.3 2.2 .623 1.3 3.8 .331 3.0 6.3 .468
2031 3.4 8.1 .412 1.0 2.0 .476 1.0 1.5 .656 0.7 2.5 .290 1.6 4.1 .398
2030 2.9 7.3 .389 0.9 1.4 .618 0.7 1.3 .516 0.7 2.2 .327 1.5 3.8 .383
2029 4.5 11.4 .392 1.2 2.0 .576 1.2 2.1 .597 1.1 4.0 .272 2.2 5.4 .403
2028 3.9 10.8 .362 1.2 2.2 .574 1.3 2.0 .673 1.0 4.1 .252 1.6 4.8 .328
Career 4.8 11.4 .425 1.5 2.7 .561 1.3 2.1 .628 1.2 3.8 .320 2.3 5.5 .418

Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2036Serie BRI 34 34 1058 525 53 154 89 60 24 9 46 -22
2035 FIN KOB 31 31 902 677 64 175 52 64 23 2 53 1
2034 FIN KOB 28 28 823 532 56 167 78 50 17 7 29 268
2033 FIN KOB 32 32 940 557 37 117 64 55 17 10 43 74
2032 FIN KOB 32 32 904 496 32 109 61 56 12 7 40 0
2031 LNB GIM 42 42 1045 390 44 105 72 53 11 2 36 -43
2030 LNB GIM 48 5 1061 386 43 119 63 69 20 9 55 -41
2029 USBL CHT 58 58 1810 714 75 189 105 123 16 10 80 -337
2028 USBL HAR 53 0 1591 565 65 175 91 89 14 9 76 -189
Career 358 262 10134 4842 469 1310 675 619 154 65 458 -289

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2036 193 449 49 84 90 225
2035 242 496 85 162 108 238
2034 181 399 76 139 94 195
2033 195 413 73 116 94 199
2032 178 393 45 84 95 203
2031 141 342 40 84 68 171
2030 137 352 42 68 70 183
2029 260 664 68 118 126 313
2028 208 575 66 115 83 253
Career 1735 4083 544 970 828 1980

Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2036Serie BRI 34 .539 1.17 14.0 9.4 22.7 6.2 11.7 9.0 19.0 134.4 4.5 -0.6 105.4 106.4
2035 FIN KOB 31 .596 1.36 7.6 9.4 28.0 7.8 15.4 11.3 29.2 252.0 8.4 0.0 103.8 104.2
2034 FIN KOB 28 .578 1.33 13.3 8.5 25.9 8.2 15.8 12.1 29.3 230.7 7.7 9.6 113.8 94.5
2033 FIN KOB 32 .599 1.35 11.0 9.4 23.4 5.3 10.2 7.9 24.9 201.6 6.7 2.3 109.8 106.0
2032 FIN KOB 32 .577 1.26 11.2 10.2 23.7 4.3 10.5 7.4 21.9 154.1 5.1 0.0 101.2 101.2
2031 LNB GIM 42 .515 1.14 14.3 10.5 17.9 5.2 7.3 6.2 14.2 57.0 1.9 -1.0 99.8 102.6
2030 LNB GIM 48 .505 1.10 12.3 13.4 18.2 4.4 9.0 6.6 13.1 40.5 1.4 -0.9 95.6 97.5
2029 USBL CHT 58 .499 1.08 11.1 13.0 19.5 4.8 8.3 6.5 12.5 53.5 1.8 -5.8 99.2 109.4
2028 USBL HAR 53 .450 0.98 11.3 11.0 19.6 4.8 8.7 6.7 11.8 31.2 1.0 -3.6 90.0 97.3
Career 358 .537 1.19 11.6 10.7 21.6 5.5 10.4 7.9 18.1 1155.0 38.5 -0.8 101.0 102.6

Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2034 FIN KOB 2 2 31.0 14.5 1.0 5.0 3.5 3.0 1.17 0.5 0.0 1.5
2033 FIN KOB 1 1 31.0 11.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.00 1.0 0.0 1.0
2031 LNB GIM 3 3 22.7 8.7 0.7 2.0 1.7 1.0 1.67 1.0 0.0 1.0
Career 6 6 26.8 11.0 0.8 3.3 2.2 1.5 1.67 0.8 0.0 1.2

Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2034 5.0 14.0 .357 2.5 3.0 .833 1.5 3.0 .500 1.5 4.5 .333 2.0 6.5 .308
2033 4.0 12.0 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 4.0 .000 3.0 5.0 .600
2031 3.7 9.0 .407 0.3 0.7 .500 1.7 3.7 .455 1.0 2.3 .429 1.0 3.0 .333
Career 4.2 11.2 .373 1.0 1.3 .750 1.5 3.3 .450 1.0 3.3 .300 1.7 4.5 .370

Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2034 FIN KOB 2 2 62 29 2 10 7 6 1 0 3 16
2033 FIN KOB 1 1 31 11 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 -6
2031 LNB GIM 3 3 68 26 2 6 5 3 3 0 3 -11
Career 6 6 161 66 5 20 13 9 5 0 7 -1

Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2034 10 28 5 6 4 13
2033 4 12 0 0 3 5
2031 11 27 1 2 3 9
Career 25 67 6 8 10 27

Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2034 FIN KOB 2 .452 1.04 15.9 13.6 24.8 3.6 16.7 9.7 0.0 -9.7 -0.3 8.0 100.0 89.9
2033 FIN KOB 1 .500 0.92 7.7 0.0 17.0 4.0 17.6 9.5 0.0 -4.9 -0.2 -6.0 102.0 109.4
2031 LNB GIM 3 .464 0.96 13.9 8.3 20.1 3.1 7.1 5.0 7.8 -2.7 -0.1 -3.7 95.9 104.1
Career 6 .465 0.99 14.0 9.7 21.3 3.4 12.4 7.5 3.3 -17.3 -0.6 -0.2 98.6 99.3

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 31 6 10 7 3 2 7 12 26 7 11 7 12
Playoff 18 1 6 4 2 0 3 7 16 3 4 4 9
Career 34 6 12 7 3 2 7 14 26 13 18 8 15

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 58
Total Player of the Week: 14
Total Player of the Month: 6
Total All-Star Appearances: 5
Total All-League First Team : 3
Total All-League Second Team : 1
Total Most Valuable Player : 3
Total Championships: 1
Total Scoring Leader : 2
2036 SerieA All-Star
2036 SerieA 3-Point Shootout Champion
2035 FIN Scoring Leader
2035 FIN All-League First Team
2035 FIN Most Valuable Player
2035 FIN All-Star
2034 Korisliiga Champion
2034 FIN Scoring Leader
2034 FIN All-League First Team
2034 FIN Most Valuable Player
2034 FIN All-Star
2033 FIN All-League First Team
2033 FIN Most Valuable Player
2033 FIN All-Star
2032 FIN All-Rookie First Team
2032 FIN All-League Second Team
2032 FIN Rookie of the Year
2032 FIN All-Star
2029 USBL Rookie Game MVP
2029 USBL Rookie Game Participant
2023 High School: Rated * and #1470 overall by the FBCB scouting service.




I'll profile the other leagues later.


PROA (France) (71.6)
GBL (Greece) (71.6)
LNB (Argentina) (71.5)
ABL (Australia) (69.3)
ISL (Israel) (69.2)
BPL (England) (66.3)
PRL (Puerto Rico) (65.8)
BBL (Germany) (64.2)
CBL (Canada) (62.8)
USBL (USA) (61.6)
FIN (Finland) (60.6)

[Young Drachma]

France (71.6) - The French league is mostly comprised of sub-NBA dudes. The few guys who have NBA experience here are actually over-the-hill veteran types who come here to get a last big contract (usually around $1m) before they end their careers. It's also a solid league for upwardly mobile guys, but you don't see as many guys who come to France as a finishing school for the bigger leagues. There are some middle-class guys who get to start here who'd probably ride the end of the pine in the NBA, but there just aren't as many as in the upper tier leagues. France has a $3.5m salary cap.

Greece (71.6) - Greece has a $3m salary cap. The league is legitimately worst from a depth perspective than say, China, Russia or even Italy. France is on par, but because of the slightly smaller cap, I feel like Greece is a good league for journeyman players.

Here's a good example of a dude. Glover Oburne is a former All-American in high school, Mr. Basketball in Wisconsin and was a two-time NBA Rookie Game participant. But after four years as a NBA starter, he left for China, then Italy and now at 31, he's playing in Greece. He's very Josh Childress or somebody like that who left the NBA for more money.



PLAYER DETAILS

#16 PG Glover Oburne - Panathinaikos
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Height: 6-3
Weight: 205
DOB: 4/26/2005 (31)
College: Pittsburgh
Hometown: Racine, WI
Exp: 10

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: C- C+ A C+ F C- A- C C B+ C+ F A- B- C+ A-
Potential: D C A C F D B D D B C F

Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $1,031,829
Length: 2

Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2036 GBL PAN 32 32 29.8 18.2 2.2 5.6 3.5 2.9 1.18 1.3 0.1 1.3
2035Serie BRI 52 52 27.4 11.4 2.0 4.6 2.3 2.2 1.07 1.0 0.1 1.3
2034Serie BRI 52 52 28.1 17.8 1.8 4.6 3.4 2.8 1.23 1.2 0.2 1.4
2033 CBA ZHG 30 0 31.6 18.2 1.8 4.9 2.8 2.1 1.30 1.8 0.3 1.5
2032 CBA ZHG 29 29 36.0 12.6 2.6 5.9 4.3 2.3 1.85 1.3 0.1 2.0
2031 CBA ZHG 33 33 34.2 15.4 2.6 6.0 5.1 2.5 2.07 1.9 0.1 2.0
2030 CBA ZHG 27 27 36.9 19.8 3.5 7.9 5.1 2.8 1.83 1.6 0.1 1.9
2029 NBA WAS 66 66 35.3 15.5 2.3 5.1 3.6 2.3 1.56 1.9 0.0 1.9
2028 NBA WAS 66 66 36.8 16.7 2.7 6.1 3.7 2.9 1.28 2.0 0.1 2.0
2027 NBA WAS 64 64 36.9 15.4 2.2 4.5 3.8 2.3 1.68 1.8 0.1 1.8
2026 NBA WAS 61 60 32.3 10.4 1.8 4.1 2.9 2.2 1.34 1.5 0.1 2.0
Career 512 481 33.3 15.2 2.3 5.2 3.6 2.5 1.34 1.6 0.1 1.8

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2036 6.3 13.5 .467 3.5 4.0 .868 2.8 4.1 .682 1.4 4.6 .311 2.1 4.8 .431
2035 3.7 8.9 .416 3.0 3.4 .893 1.7 2.9 .597 1.0 3.1 .309 1.0 2.9 .351
2034 5.9 12.7 .463 4.4 4.9 .890 2.8 4.0 .702 1.4 4.2 .341 1.6 4.5 .365
2033 6.1 12.7 .482 4.0 4.5 .896 2.9 4.4 .667 1.3 3.4 .369 1.9 4.9 .395
2032 4.9 12.2 .400 1.1 1.2 .914 1.3 1.5 .841 2.0 5.6 .350 1.7 5.1 .324
2031 5.6 14.8 .378 2.2 2.5 .889 1.2 1.7 .745 2.3 7.1 .326 2.0 6.0 .337
2030 7.4 17.2 .433 2.0 2.2 .898 1.6 2.4 .652 2.9 7.8 .374 2.9 6.9 .422
2029 5.6 13.6 .412 2.1 2.2 .966 1.5 2.1 .700 2.0 6.1 .330 2.1 5.4 .391
2028 6.0 14.4 .418 2.2 2.4 .911 1.5 2.2 .687 2.0 6.5 .314 2.5 5.7 .430
2027 5.7 14.4 .397 1.8 1.9 .967 1.7 2.4 .722 1.8 6.1 .304 2.2 6.0 .362
2026 4.0 11.4 .348 1.3 1.4 .895 1.1 1.9 .591 1.6 5.0 .326 1.2 4.4 .269
Career 5.4 13.1 .415 2.4 2.7 .907 1.8 2.6 .680 1.8 5.4 .328 1.9 5.1 .372

Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2036 GBL PAN 32 32 954 582 70 178 111 94 43 3 42 226
2035Serie BRI 52 52 1425 595 103 240 121 113 54 3 69 -30
2034Serie BRI 52 52 1462 924 92 239 179 145 63 11 74 159
2033 CBA ZHG 30 0 949 547 53 146 83 64 53 8 46 359
2032 CBA ZHG 29 29 1045 364 74 170 124 67 38 4 59 176
2031 CBA ZHG 33 33 1130 507 87 197 168 81 62 2 65 73
2030 CBA ZHG 27 27 995 534 94 212 137 75 44 4 51 288
2029 NBA WAS 66 66 2332 1021 151 339 236 151 126 2 128 -218
2028 NBA WAS 66 66 2426 1103 175 405 244 191 132 5 132 -111
2027 NBA WAS 64 64 2359 985 143 289 243 145 117 4 116 -147
2026 NBA WAS 61 60 1972 632 112 252 179 134 94 6 121 -205
Career 512 481 17049 7794 1154 2667 1825 1260 826 52 903 570

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2036 202 433 112 129 66 153
2035 192 462 158 177 53 151
2034 306 661 227 255 85 233
2033 184 382 121 135 58 147
2032 142 355 32 35 48 148
2031 184 487 72 81 67 199
2030 201 464 53 59 79 187
2029 370 898 141 146 140 358
2028 398 953 144 158 163 379
2027 365 920 117 121 138 381
2026 241 693 77 86 73 271
Career 2785 6708 1254 1382 970 2607

Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2036 GBL PAN 32 .594 1.34 16.0 13.5 26.5 9.1 13.3 11.2 25.0 199.1 6.6 7.1 105.9 93.5
2035Serie BRI 52 .552 1.29 15.6 14.6 20.4 8.7 11.7 10.2 17.9 158.0 5.3 -0.6 105.4 107.1
2034Serie BRI 52 .598 1.40 16.3 13.2 27.9 8.3 12.1 10.3 26.4 335.4 11.2 3.1 111.8 106.0
2033 CBA ZHG 30 .621 1.43 14.1 10.9 21.8 7.4 10.5 9.1 24.1 192.2 6.4 12.0 117.6 97.1
2032 CBA ZHG 29 .492 1.03 22.1 11.9 17.6 8.7 11.2 9.9 13.2 42.9 1.4 6.1 110.7 102.5
2031 CBA ZHG 33 .486 1.04 21.8 10.5 22.4 8.8 11.7 10.2 17.8 123.1 4.1 2.2 109.1 105.7
2030 CBA ZHG 27 .545 1.15 19.5 10.7 23.6 10.8 13.2 12.0 22.1 171.8 5.7 10.7 112.2 97.0
2029 NBA WAS 66 .530 1.14 17.5 11.2 20.9 8.1 10.5 9.3 16.4 206.8 6.9 -3.3 105.9 110.4
2028 NBA WAS 66 .540 1.16 16.7 13.1 21.9 9.0 12.4 10.6 17.4 248.1 8.3 -1.7 107.6 109.5
2027 NBA WAS 64 .506 1.07 17.9 10.7 21.0 7.4 8.5 7.9 15.2 165.8 5.5 -2.3 110.4 113.7
2026 NBA WAS 61 .432 0.91 17.1 12.8 19.1 6.5 9.7 8.0 9.9 -17.5 -0.6 -3.4 104.7 109.8
Career 512 .533 1.16 17.5 12.1 21.8 8.3 11.1 9.7 17.7 1825.5 60.9 1.1 108.6 106.7

Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2034Serie BRI 8 8 28.0 13.5 2.1 5.4 4.5 3.3 1.38 1.0 0.3 1.8
2033 CBA ZHG 2 0 26.5 18.5 1.5 5.0 2.0 4.0 0.50 0.5 0.0 2.0
2032 CBA ZHG 8 8 39.1 14.6 3.5 5.9 4.0 2.9 1.39 2.1 0.3 1.8
2031 CBA ZHG 3 3 31.7 9.7 2.7 5.3 3.7 2.7 1.38 2.0 0.0 2.0
2030 CBA ZHG 10 10 38.0 19.4 3.5 8.3 6.1 3.6 1.69 1.5 0.1 1.5
Career 31 29 34.4 15.6 2.9 6.4 4.6 3.3 1.69 1.5 0.2 1.7

Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2034 4.5 12.0 .375 3.0 3.5 .857 2.0 4.0 .500 1.0 4.1 .242 1.5 3.9 .387
2033 6.5 13.0 .500 2.5 3.5 .714 2.0 3.0 .667 1.5 4.0 .375 3.0 6.0 .500
2032 5.6 14.3 .395 0.9 1.1 .778 1.4 1.9 .733 1.8 6.8 .259 2.5 5.6 .444
2031 3.7 10.7 .344 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.7 1.3 .500 2.0 5.7 .353 1.0 3.7 .273
2030 7.2 17.2 .419 1.9 1.9 1.000 2.0 2.7 .741 2.1 7.7 .273 3.1 6.8 .456
Career 5.7 14.2 .402 1.9 2.2 .881 1.7 2.7 .631 1.7 6.1 .275 2.3 5.4 .431

Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2034Serie BRI 8 8 224 108 17 43 36 26 8 2 14 -18
2033 CBA ZHG 2 0 53 37 3 10 4 8 1 0 4 18
2032 CBA ZHG 8 8 313 117 28 47 32 23 17 2 14 -22
2031 CBA ZHG 3 3 95 29 8 16 11 8 6 0 6 -20
2030 CBA ZHG 10 10 380 194 35 83 61 36 15 1 15 126
Career 31 29 1065 485 91 199 144 101 47 5 53 84

Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2034 36 96 24 28 12 31
2033 13 26 5 7 6 12
2032 45 114 7 9 20 45
2031 11 32 4 4 3 11
2030 72 172 19 19 31 68
Career 177 440 59 67 72 167

Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2034Serie BRI 8 .500 1.13 21.2 15.3 26.8 9.2 13.4 11.3 11.9 3.1 0.1 -2.3 101.0 104.6
2033 CBA ZHG 2 .621 1.42 9.8 19.5 27.5 9.1 12.5 11.2 17.6 5.6 0.2 9.0 108.1 89.0
2032 CBA ZHG 8 .492 1.03 18.5 13.3 19.1 10.4 7.1 8.8 12.1 7.4 0.2 -2.8 102.4 106.0
2031 CBA ZHG 3 .412 0.91 20.8 15.1 19.1 9.2 10.3 9.7 9.6 -1.3 0.0 -6.7 88.6 96.8
2030 CBA ZHG 10 .539 1.13 22.0 13.0 24.6 11.1 14.0 12.6 18.8 47.3 1.6 12.6 111.0 93.2
Career 31 .516 1.10 20.2 14.1 23.1 10.2 11.5 10.9 14.5 62.0 2.1 2.7 104.2 99.6

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 30 5 11 9 4 1 7 12 20 9 12 6 10
Playoff 31 9 13 11 3 1 6 12 26 9 10 5 10
Career 47 9 14 11 6 2 8 16 27 18 19 8 14

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 77
Total Player of the Week: 7
Total Player of the Month: 3
Total All-Star Appearances: 4
Total All-League First Team : 1
Total All-League Third Team : 1
Total All-Defensive Second Team : 3
Total Sixth Man of the Year : 1
Total Championships: 1
2036 GBL All-Star
2035 SerieA All-Star
2034 SerieA All-Defensive Second Team
2034 SerieA All-Rookie First Team
2034 SerieA All-League First Team
2034 SerieA All-Star
2034 SerieA Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2034 SerieA Rookie Game Participant
2033 CBA All-Defensive Second Team
2033 CBA All-League Third Team
2033 CBA Sixth Man of the Year
2033 CBA All-Star
2033 CBA Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2031 CBA All-Defensive Second Team
2031 CBA Rookie Game Participant
2030 Chinese Basketball Association Champion
2030 CBA All-Rookie Second Team
2027 NBA Rookie Game Participant
2026 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
2026 NBA Rookie Game Participant
2024 2nd Team All-Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2021 High School: All-American
2021 High School: Mr. Basketball (Wisconsin)
2021 High School: All-State (Wisconsin)
2021 High School: Rated ***** and #10 overall by the FBCB scouting service.

[Young Drachma]

Argentina - Argentina's salary cap is just over a $1m. It's a journeyman's league with very few NBA alums who make it here. No big surprise, really. The highest paid player in the league went from Canada to the USBL to Argentina mid-career.


PLAYER DETAILS

#26 SG Lukasz Blaszczyk - Boca Juniors
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Height: 6-6
Weight: 221
DOB: 12/18/2007 (29)
College: None
Hometown: Strzegom, Poland
Exp: 7

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: D C B A- F+ F+ D- F D- F+ D- F+ A- B A A
Potential: D C B A F D D F D F D F

Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $315,000
Length: 6

Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2036 LNB BOC 32 32 26.6 15.9 0.7 2.3 1.0 2.1 0.47 0.4 0.1 2.5
2035 USBL LOU 51 51 33.8 18.2 1.3 3.4 2.1 2.0 1.01 0.3 0.2 2.6
2034 USBL LOU 56 56 33.6 18.8 0.7 2.6 1.7 2.0 0.85 0.2 0.2 3.0
2033 USBL LOU 41 41 30.3 11.5 0.6 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.25 0.4 0.1 2.6
2032 USBL LOU 58 58 29.3 13.0 0.6 2.2 1.7 1.8 0.94 0.4 0.1 2.5
2031 CBL EDM 38 0 18.9 9.0 0.7 2.0 0.9 0.9 1.00 0.4 0.1 2.4
2030 CBL EDM 46 0 16.2 6.9 0.3 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.88 0.2 0.1 2.0
2029 CBL WND 48 0 20.0 7.0 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.04 0.3 0.1 1.9
Career 370 238 26.5 12.7 0.7 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.04 0.3 0.1 2.4

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2036 5.7 10.7 .535 2.2 3.0 .711 2.8 4.2 .672 0.6 1.9 .311 2.3 4.6 .503
2035 6.2 10.8 .577 3.9 5.4 .717 3.4 4.6 .734 1.0 2.4 .410 1.8 3.8 .490
2034 6.1 11.6 .525 4.4 6.1 .718 3.2 4.4 .721 0.6 2.3 .271 2.3 4.9 .467
2033 3.9 8.2 .473 2.3 3.0 .768 1.9 3.0 .624 0.6 1.7 .333 1.4 3.5 .408
2032 4.3 8.3 .520 2.8 3.9 .718 2.3 3.0 .770 0.4 1.9 .204 1.6 3.4 .472
2031 2.6 5.9 .442 2.7 3.3 .823 1.0 1.7 .609 0.4 1.4 .327 1.1 2.8 .398
2030 2.2 4.8 .455 1.8 2.3 .769 1.2 1.7 .679 0.3 1.4 .254 0.7 1.8 .395
2029 2.3 4.9 .473 1.6 2.4 .690 1.2 1.9 .637 0.4 1.4 .318 0.7 1.7 .413
Career 4.2 8.2 .514 2.8 3.8 .733 2.2 3.1 .699 0.5 1.8 .303 1.5 3.3 .454

Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2036 LNB BOC 32 32 850 509 22 72 32 68 13 4 80 -84
2035 USBL LOU 51 51 1726 928 68 171 105 104 14 8 133 102
2034 USBL LOU 56 56 1879 1051 41 146 94 110 13 11 168 74
2033 USBL LOU 41 41 1244 472 23 97 85 68 18 6 105 -59
2032 USBL LOU 58 58 1702 754 34 126 99 105 23 7 143 130
2031 CBL EDM 38 0 720 343 27 76 34 34 14 5 91 117
2030 CBL EDM 46 0 743 317 15 55 43 49 10 3 92 -118
2029 CBL WND 48 0 958 335 17 61 56 54 12 3 92 65
Career 370 238 9822 4709 247 804 548 592 117 47 904 227

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2036 183 342 69 97 74 147
2035 318 551 198 276 94 192
2034 340 648 244 340 127 272
2033 159 336 96 125 58 142
2032 249 479 163 227 93 197
2031 99 224 102 124 43 108
2030 101 222 83 108 32 81
2029 112 237 78 113 33 80
Career 1561 3039 1033 1410 554 1219

Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2036 LNB BOC 32 .660 1.49 6.6 14.0 21.9 3.2 7.1 5.2 20.4 126.2 4.2 -2.6 100.1 105.5
2035 USBL LOU 51 .690 1.68 11.9 11.8 19.0 6.1 8.2 7.2 23.2 328.3 10.9 2.0 110.2 105.7
2034 USBL LOU 56 .659 1.62 9.4 11.0 19.9 3.4 7.3 5.5 22.1 324.1 10.8 1.3 112.8 110.3
2033 USBL LOU 41 .604 1.40 15.6 12.5 15.6 2.9 7.6 5.5 14.8 80.3 2.7 -1.4 108.8 111.7
2032 USBL LOU 58 .651 1.57 12.6 13.4 16.1 2.6 6.3 4.5 16.8 160.9 5.4 2.2 107.8 103.7
2031 CBL EDM 38 .616 1.53 9.8 9.8 17.7 4.8 8.2 6.6 19.5 97.1 3.2 3.1 105.1 93.3
2030 CBL EDM 46 .585 1.43 11.9 13.5 17.6 2.6 6.2 4.5 15.5 54.9 1.8 -2.6 97.2 106.5
2029 CBL WND 48 .585 1.41 14.1 13.6 14.7 2.4 5.7 4.1 12.3 26.3 0.9 1.4 105.7 102.1
Career 370 .643 1.55 11.4 12.3 17.9 3.5 7.1 5.4 18.7 1198.2 39.9 0.6 107.3 105.7

Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2035 USBL LOU 1 1 35.0 31.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.50 2.0 0.0 5.0
2032 USBL LOU 3 3 32.7 9.7 0.7 2.0 0.7 1.7 0.40 0.0 0.7 2.0
2029 CBL WND 3 0 19.7 7.3 0.3 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.00 0.3 0.0 2.0
Career 7 4 27.4 11.7 0.4 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.00 0.4 0.3 2.4

Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2035 13.0 22.0 .591 0.0 4.0 .000 7.0 10.0 .700 1.0 3.0 .333 5.0 9.0 .556
2032 3.7 9.7 .379 2.0 3.3 .600 2.0 4.0 .500 1.3 3.3 .400 0.3 2.3 .143
2029 2.3 5.7 .412 2.0 2.3 .857 1.7 2.3 .714 0.0 0.7 .000 0.7 2.7 .250
Career 4.4 9.7 .456 1.7 3.0 .571 2.6 4.1 .621 0.7 2.1 .333 1.1 3.4 .333

Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2035 USBL LOU 1 1 35 31 0 1 1 2 2 0 5 5
2032 USBL LOU 3 3 98 29 2 6 2 5 0 2 6 3
2029 CBL WND 3 0 59 22 1 3 6 6 1 0 6 3
Career 7 4 192 82 3 10 9 13 3 2 17 11

Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2035 13 22 0 4 5 9
2032 11 29 6 10 1 7
2029 7 17 6 7 2 8
Career 31 68 12 21 8 24

Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2035 USBL LOU 1 .667 1.41 3.7 7.4 29.0 0.0 4.3 2.0 0.0 -5.5 -0.2 5.0 109.5 101.6
2032 USBL LOU 3 .424 1.00 5.0 12.5 15.9 2.5 4.8 3.7 0.0 -15.4 -0.5 1.0 106.1 105.6
2029 CBL WND 3 .550 1.29 18.8 18.8 18.7 2.4 3.6 3.1 0.0 -9.2 -0.3 1.0 94.4 93.3
Career 7 .532 1.21 9.1 13.1 19.1 2.0 4.3 3.2 0.0 -30.1 -1.0 1.6 103.1 101.2

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 31 4 7 3 2 1 5 10 17 8 9 5 8
Playoff 31 1 3 3 2 1 2 13 22 4 6 5 9
Career 36 6 12 6 2 2 7 13 22 15 19 6 12

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 42
Total Player of the Week: 1
Total Player of the Month: 2
Total All-Star Appearances: 3
Total All-League Second Team : 1
2036 LNB All-Star
2035 USBL All-League Second Team
2035 USBL All-Star
2034 USBL All-Star
2034 USBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2032 USBL All-Rookie Second Team
2032 USBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2031 CBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2030 CBL Rookie Game Participant
2029 CBL Rookie Game Participant


Israel - Average scoring here is 72.6 PPG, the league salary cap is just under $2m. Despite the cash, the league tends to get scraps relative to the other leagues. There are an odd few -- mostly big men -- NBA alums usually on the far downslope of their careers.

But that's about it. The league is a mix of younger guys a few years into their career and the rest are people who are journeyman types.

[Young Drachma]

The lower leagues are where all of those guys who played at lower level schools end up after graduation. They sometimes graduate between those leagues, but it's a lot of bouncing around.

In doing this exercise, I realized we didn't have a league anywhere in the six-figure salary range, it drops off from Israel down to the Puerto Rican League which is just under 100k in salary cap.

I think we'll elevate the cap in the German league next year to compensate and over time, talent there should get better.

[Young Drachma]

It's past the halfway mark of the 2036-37 NBA season. I went back and looked at a schedule to try to assemble the best DFS lineup of the day.

Here's the "perfect" lineup for 2/28/37

http://i.imgur.com/zwQXZYXh.png

[Young Drachma]

http://i.imgur.com/XRHNXDQh.png
2/23

Did another sample night of perfect lineup scoring for DFS (423 points) so I think 400+ is where perfect is most nights.

[Young Drachma]

As silly as it is, I'm actually semi-enjoying this idea of simming NBA days and just figuring out the best lineup. It serves my purposes of "immersion" or whatever and getting more familiar with the NBA league, if nothing else.

Meanwhile, in the college league, I'll probably keep doing the Bracketless game.

[Young Drachma]

Here's the 2037-38 NCAA tournament brackets.

http://i.imgur.com/bVBSReIh.png

http://i.imgur.com/1COTpDdh.png

http://i.imgur.com/nK6xGFAh.png

http://i.imgur.com/8uzcoWzh.png

[Young Drachma]

Here's the tournament bids breakdown by conference:


America East: 1
American: 1
A10: 2
ACC: 5
ASun: 1
Big 12: 3
Big East: 5
Big Sky: 1
Big South: 1
Big Ten: 7
Big West: 1
CAA: 1
C-USA: 1
Frontier: 1
Heritage: 1
Horizon: 1
Ivy: 1
MAAC: 1
MAC: 1
Northeast: 1
OVC: 1
Pac-16: 8
Patriot: 1
SEC: 8
SoCon: 2
Southland: 1
Summit: 1
Sun Belt: 1
West Coast: 7
WAC: 2


Here are my tournament picks for the Bracketless game:

<s> 1 - Penn State (26-6, Big Ten) Looking at this year's field, I have a hard time picking a top seed that'll survive their draw just because of how strong some of the lower seeds are, at least historically. But this Penn State team is among the top scoring in the country (88.5 PPG, 8th in the nation) and went 7-3 against Top 50 teams. Plus, that program has come so close a bunch of times over the past two decades and I feel like at some point, they're just due to break through. </S>

1 - UConn (28-6, ACC) - I originally picked Penn State in this spot, but then I took a closer look at UConn. They haven't won a national title since 1995, so this isn't the UConn you're accustomed to, but they had a dominant year in a Top 5 conference and a whopping 10-1 against Top 50 teams. They're the 12th best scoring team in the country (86.9 PPG) and the consensus #1 team in the country in both poll and RPI. The tournament isn't always kind to these types of teams, but given I haven't really picked anyone in the top half of their bracket, I feel like if a top seed is going to make it to the Final Four, why not these guys? Their first-year head coach Alejandro Gibbs took Marquette to the Elite 8 three years ago, so he knows how to win.

2 - Mississippi Valley State (32-0, Heritage) This upstate program had a massive turnaround making the tournament last year for the first time since 1986. They're back again and are easily the top defensive team in the country, allowing opponents only 56.1 PPG.

My worry with them is that they don't really put up a ton of points and their regular season schedule is hot garbage including OOC which only included one Top 50 game. That said, I feel like you shouldn't bet against an undefeated team this time of year and perhaps this is the year they're able to ride the wave all the way to the Final Four. The forward duo is Andre Kidwell (15.8 PPG) and Quinton Knowles (14.3 PPG) will have to show up to give them any real chance.

3 - Tulane (25-8, Big 12) I don't know if Tulane is the safe choice here, but I'm picking them anyway. Their leading scorer - Alberto Ashcraft (16.1 PPG) gives me confidence, they have a solid bench core and I think their road to a deep tournament run looks more clear to me than any of the other 3-seeds. The Green Wave were 7-4 against Top 50 teams in the regular season and are 14th in the nation in scoring defense (69.4 PPG).

4 - City College of New York (27-7, Big East) I don't think you should bet against the best program of all-time, especially when they're 16 years removed from their last national title. They're due a championship and despite their dismal record against the Top 50 this year (3-5), they're the 5th best scoring team in the country (89.6 PPG) and I don't think anyone in their half of the bracket can really take them down. Lastly, this is a team that lost in the Elite 8 last year, so it makes me think they've still got battle tested guys on their roster who are committed to unfinished business in this year's tournament.

5 - Baylor (24-8, Big 12) This was a tough decision between Baylor or Texas A&M, but I went with the top scoring team in the nation (91 PPG). Their head coach Austin Braswell Jr. is in his first year with the team after six years at Kansas State and I think he will help them improve on last year's first round exit. Junior forward Andrew Cade averages 15 PPG and 6.3 RPG.

6 - Kansas (23-10, Big Ten) I think this is a classic underseed job. The Jayhawks went 9-6 in the B1G this year, they're the 7th best scoring team in the country, their chronic problem was their ability to be very Jekyll and Hyde on any given night. They lost to 4 teams in the Top 50, but on any given night, they can blow you out of the gym. Sophomore guard Adam Blackwell (18.5 PPG) and sophomore forward Donnell Fair (15.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG) are the best 1-2 combo in the nation, so I just have to put my money on these guys.

7 - Wofford (30-4, Southern) This team is scary good. Sure, they play in a junk conference but they're Top 20 in the nation in scoring (85.6 PPG) and Top 30 in scoring defense (70.5 PPG allowed) and I haven't seen any team that mirrors that so far. Short of a few missteps, they're the kind of upstart that I feel like if the stars align right could end up going far.

8 - Loyola Marymount (25-6, West Coast) I originally picked Penn State, who these guys would meet in the 2nd round meaning somebody would go home. But seeing this team here made me change my mind preemptively. But I just have a hard time going against the defending champs who surely got seeded here because they're in a junk conference. They're a top 30 team in both offense and defense, and four of their leading scorers are in double-digit point figures. This team is experienced, has five seniors and two juniors and I just don't see any reason to bet against them.

9 - San Diego (23-8, West Coast) Five scorers on this team in double digits for the season including senior guard Mac Leake (14.5 PPG). Another reason to like them in addition to their high scoring offense (90.3 PPG), is the fact that they have six seniors on this roster. I knew nothing about them until just now, but the WCC has played above its weight lately and was a five-bid league this year.

10 - Northern Iowa (26-7, Summit) Another senior-laden team that's balanced on both offense and defense. Their star is senior forward Alex Betts who is the team's leading scorer (16.4 PPG) and second-leading rebounder (6.0 RPG).

11 - Seattle (23-11, West Coast) Teams at this seed line are always flawed. But this Redhawks team beat Loyola Marymount twice and Oregon in their season opener. They're one of the Top 25 ball distributing teams in the country (19.8 APG) and they shoot 40% from the three point line.

12 - Rice (25-7, WAC) Led by senior PG Jeremy Nielsen (16.3 PPG, 4.8 APG), I chose this team mostly because they didn't class with many of my other picks in their immediate bracket. Plus, that St. John's team they face in the first round looks like prime upset material.

13 - IPFW (26-6, Horizon) The Mastadons are the 5th best defensive team in the country. Senior guard Ramiro Vega is their offensive engine (17.8 PPG) and his ability to take over games coupled with lock-down defense makes me think they have an outside chance at surprising folks.

14 - Wyoming (22-13, Frontier) This is a pure homer pick. This is Wyoming's first tournament appearance in 42 years. The Pokes are led by first-year head coach 28-year old Quinton Akers, who will surely get lots of calls after this season is over. They won 20 games last year though, so this isn't a total worst to first, situation.

15 - Jacksonville (22-11, Atlantic Sun) The Dolphins are the 4th best offensive rebounding team in the country.

16 - Charleston Southern (16-16, Big South) The Bucs are missing their star point guard Elbert Dunham (15.0 PPG) so I don't think they have a prayer, but the other sixteen seeds include a William & Mary team that went 3-10 in the AAC and a University of Denver club that went 14-21 (3-13 in the WCC) but not only won the WCC tournament somehow, but also won their opening round game to advance to the round of 64.

[Young Drachma]

http://i.imgur.com/FwHTGs0h.png

So I somehow managed in the midst of the chaos of this year's tournament to pick two Final Four teams, but I only finished with 40 more points than last year because I struck out so much on teams that didn't get out of the first round.

This year's jackpot was over $80k, so I ended up making $203 for finishing in the exact same spot as I did last year - 24th.

Alabama beat Seattle for the national title, it's Bama's first title since 2023, further cementing the legacy of head coach Billy Freeman Jr., who took this job 16 years ago and transformed the program into a perennial contender. He's now got two national titles to his credit.


Alabama 90, Seattle 68

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Alabama (33-6, 13-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jeffery Chambers C 22 3-6 1-2 2 6 3 3 7
Gordon Roberson PF 27 6-12 0-1 9 11 1 1 12
Jimmie Mills SF 20 4-6 0-0 1 2 0 1 9
Caleb Mitchell SG 27 4-8 0-0 1 2 1 3 10
Nicholas Drake PG 22 2-8 0-0 0 2 9 3 5
Toby Wells PG 18 4-4 0-0 0 2 5 2 11
Anton Florence C 22 4-7 0-0 2 5 1 3 8
Billy Koch SG 13 4-5 2-2 1 3 2 1 12
Patrick Nolan SF 15 3-3 2-3 1 2 1 4 9
Jimmie Mills SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Tony Charles PF 8 2-2 1-2 0 1 0 3 5

Turnovers: 17 (J.Chambers 1, G.Roberson 3, J.Mills 1,
C.Mitchell 4, N.Drake 1, T.Wells 2, A.Florence 1,
B.Koch 1, P.Nolan 1, J.Mills 1, T.Charles 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Chambers 3, C.Mitchell 1,
A.Florence 2, T.Charles 1)
Steals: 7 (J.Mills 1, C.Mitchell 3, N.Drake 1,
A.Florence 1, P.Nolan 1)
3P FGs: 10-13 (J.Mills 1-1, C.Mitchell 2-2, N.Drake
1-3, T.Wells 3-3, B.Koch 2-3, P.Nolan 1-1)

Seattle (28-12, 9-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Al Ahmed C 32 8-16 0-0 9 13 0 1 16
Dylan Mccord PF 23 2-3 1-2 2 6 3 4 5
Leon Smallwood SF 29 3-6 2-2 3 4 1 2 10
Stewart Abraham SG 22 4-7 0-1 0 2 2 2 9
Brayden Finch PG 21 2-11 0-0 0 1 7 2 5
Theodore Ackerman PG 26 4-8 3-6 2 2 5 2 14
Abel Grace SG 12 1-3 0-1 1 1 1 1 3
Adam Addison SG 7 1-3 1-2 0 1 0 1 4
Abel Sledge SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Alfred Winn C 16 0-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 0
Adrian Cobbs PF 9 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 18 (A.Ahmed 1, D.Mccord 3, L.Smallwood 3,
S.Abraham 4, T.Ackerman 6, A.Cobbs 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (A.Ahmed 5, L.Smallwood 1)
Steals: 5 (L.Smallwood 2, T.Ackerman 2, A.Grace 1)
3P FGs: 9-23 (L.Smallwood 2-4, S.Abraham 1-3, B.Finch
1-6, T.Ackerman 3-5, A.Grace 1-2, A.Addison 1-3)

Player of Game: SG Billy Koch (ALA)


FINAL FOUR: 1) UConn 1) Alabama 11) Seattle 11) Richmond

[Young Drachma]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...
This past season, an underclassmen was named National Player of the Year. It made me want to go back and look to see the last time a Freshman or Sophomore won that award. The last time was 2025 when Colorado State sophomore Ohan Palmer claimed the award.

I wondered what ever happened to him. Turns out, he was the 1st overall pick of 2027, is a 7x All-Star and delivered on all of that promise he had way back then. Not bad!


PLAYER DETAILS

#14 PG Ohan Palmer - Timberwolves
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Height: 6-2
Weight: 199
DOB: 5/6/2006 (30)
College: Colorado State
Hometown: Nucla, CO
Exp: 9

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: B+ C+ A+ A+ A- A D A B B+ A+ C- A+ C+ B+ A+
Potential: B C A A B A D A B B A C

Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $23,852,570
Length: 1

Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2036 NBA MIN 38 37 34.3 20.0 0.8 6.0 11.2 2.3 4.93 2.7 0.3 1.9
2035 NBA MIN 66 66 36.2 21.3 0.8 5.3 11.0 2.9 3.76 2.5 0.2 2.2
2034 NBA MIN 43 43 34.2 20.0 0.9 5.0 9.9 2.5 3.98 2.1 0.3 2.2
2033 NBA MIN 66 66 37.1 23.8 0.7 5.1 10.8 3.3 3.31 2.5 0.2 2.3
2032 NBA MIN 66 66 36.1 21.7 0.9 5.4 9.3 2.9 3.18 2.2 0.2 2.7
2031 NBA MIN 66 66 36.0 19.6 0.7 5.5 10.2 2.7 3.81 2.8 0.2 2.5
2030 NBA DEN 53 53 35.4 23.8 0.7 5.2 9.6 3.3 2.89 2.5 0.2 2.7
2029 NBA DEN 66 0 13.9 8.7 0.3 2.6 3.8 1.2 3.16 1.2 0.1 0.9
2028 NBA DEN 66 24 28.5 16.9 0.5 4.5 8.3 2.1 3.93 2.0 0.2 2.3
2027 NBA DEN 66 66 34.9 19.0 0.6 4.8 9.3 3.0 3.09 2.1 0.2 2.4
Career 596 487 32.4 19.3 0.7 4.9 9.2 2.6 3.09 2.2 0.2 2.2

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2036 6.8 12.7 .537 3.0 3.2 .942 2.4 3.7 .645 1.1 2.9 .382 3.3 6.1 .545
2035 6.8 14.5 .472 4.7 5.0 .940 3.2 5.2 .613 0.8 3.2 .245 2.9 6.1 .473
2034 6.7 13.4 .498 4.2 4.6 .919 3.4 5.6 .606 0.9 2.7 .322 2.4 5.0 .475
2033 8.1 16.0 .507 4.3 4.6 .940 4.2 6.6 .636 0.7 2.9 .240 3.2 6.5 .497
2032 7.2 14.5 .496 4.2 4.6 .921 3.4 5.7 .586 0.7 2.4 .275 3.2 6.3 .500
2031 6.4 12.2 .524 4.3 4.7 .929 3.3 5.4 .607 0.6 1.8 .303 2.5 4.9 .514
2030 7.5 14.0 .538 5.5 5.8 .939 3.7 5.8 .638 0.5 1.7 .304 3.3 6.4 .512
2029 2.8 5.3 .528 2.0 2.2 .925 1.6 2.4 .667 0.2 0.6 .324 1.1 2.4 .440
2028 5.3 10.8 .493 4.0 4.2 .946 2.7 4.5 .591 0.4 1.3 .326 2.2 5.0 .450
2027 5.9 12.8 .457 5.0 5.2 .948 3.0 5.1 .581 0.6 2.2 .265 2.3 5.5 .418
Career 6.3 12.6 .501 4.1 4.4 .936 3.1 5.0 .613 0.6 2.1 .287 2.6 5.4 .483

Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2036 NBA MIN 38 37 1305 761 29 227 424 86 102 11 74 443
2035 NBA MIN 66 66 2388 1405 53 351 729 194 164 11 144 371
2034 NBA MIN 43 43 1470 859 37 217 426 107 92 11 96 139
2033 NBA MIN 66 66 2447 1569 44 334 712 215 163 12 154 192
2032 NBA MIN 66 66 2380 1434 57 357 614 193 144 15 177 -151
2031 NBA MIN 66 66 2375 1295 48 362 671 176 184 12 162 257
2030 NBA DEN 53 53 1874 1262 38 275 508 176 134 8 142 233
2029 NBA DEN 66 0 915 577 22 170 250 79 77 5 58 198
2028 NBA DEN 66 24 1879 1113 34 296 546 139 131 11 153 293
2027 NBA DEN 66 66 2303 1253 38 318 615 199 139 16 161 -29
Career 596 487 19336 11528 400 2907 5495 1564 1330 112 1321 1946

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2036 260 484 114 121 127 233
2035 451 955 313 333 190 402
2034 287 576 182 198 103 217
2033 536 1057 283 301 214 431
2032 474 955 278 302 208 416
2031 421 804 287 309 166 323
2030 399 741 290 309 174 340
2029 186 352 135 146 70 159
2028 352 714 262 277 147 327
2027 387 847 328 346 151 361
Career 3753 7485 2472 2642 1550 3209

Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2036 NBA MIN 38 .708 1.57 40.5 8.2 23.8 3.2 19.6 11.8 30.6 382.6 12.8 11.7 126.5 108.0
2035 NBA MIN 66 .637 1.47 36.0 9.6 26.0 3.0 17.5 10.1 27.7 594.5 19.8 5.6 122.5 113.9
2034 NBA MIN 43 .649 1.49 35.6 8.9 25.4 3.4 16.5 9.9 29.2 399.4 13.3 3.2 119.6 114.0
2033 NBA MIN 66 .659 1.48 33.6 10.2 27.2 2.4 16.4 9.3 29.3 666.6 22.2 2.9 117.6 113.5
2032 NBA MIN 66 .659 1.50 32.4 10.2 25.5 3.3 17.4 10.4 28.1 608.3 20.3 -2.3 113.4 116.5
2031 NBA MIN 66 .689 1.61 37.5 9.8 22.3 2.7 18.0 10.3 28.9 633.1 21.1 3.9 116.6 110.5
2030 NBA DEN 53 .719 1.70 32.5 11.3 25.3 2.8 16.4 9.8 29.9 528.0 17.6 4.4 117.5 110.0
2029 NBA DEN 66 .692 1.64 33.6 10.6 24.4 3.1 18.8 11.4 30.5 266.0 8.9 3.0 114.9 103.7
2028 NBA DEN 66 .665 1.56 35.9 9.1 23.5 2.3 17.3 9.9 28.6 492.2 16.4 4.4 118.1 110.5
2027 NBA DEN 66 .627 1.48 33.9 11.0 24.0 2.1 15.4 8.8 25.4 493.4 16.4 -0.4 110.1 110.4
Career 596 .667 1.54 35.0 10.0 24.8 2.8 17.2 10.0 28.5 5064.0 168.8 3.3 117.3 111.7

Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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2035 NBA MIN 16 16 33.9 18.7 0.9 4.3 10.6 3.4 3.13 1.9 0.0 2.3
2033 NBA MIN 6 6 39.7 27.7 0.5 5.3 11.8 3.5 3.38 2.7 0.2 2.5
2031 NBA MIN 13 13 37.2 19.0 0.7 5.0 11.4 3.2 3.61 3.3 0.2 2.2
2030 NBA DEN 5 2 21.8 16.6 0.0 4.4 3.0 3.4 0.88 1.6 0.0 2.4
2029 NBA DEN 4 0 14.3 7.8 0.0 1.8 3.3 1.8 1.86 1.3 0.0 1.3
2028 NBA DEN 11 0 31.1 17.7 0.6 6.2 7.8 1.6 4.78 3.1 0.2 2.7
Career 55 37 32.2 18.6 0.6 4.8 9.1 2.9 4.78 2.5 0.1 2.3

Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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2035 6.5 14.3 .454 3.4 3.5 .964 3.2 5.6 .573 1.0 3.4 .296 2.3 5.4 .430
2033 9.8 17.3 .567 4.7 4.8 .966 5.7 7.8 .723 0.8 3.3 .250 3.3 6.2 .541
2031 5.9 10.8 .550 4.6 4.8 .968 2.6 4.2 .618 0.8 2.1 .370 2.5 4.5 .569
2030 5.6 9.6 .583 2.8 3.0 .933 2.2 3.8 .579 0.8 1.4 .571 2.6 4.4 .591
2029 3.0 6.3 .480 0.8 0.8 1.000 2.0 3.3 .615 0.0 0.8 .000 1.0 2.3 .444
2028 5.6 12.2 .463 4.5 4.7 .942 3.4 4.6 .725 0.3 1.5 .176 2.0 6.0 .333
Career 6.2 12.4 .503 3.8 3.9 .959 3.2 5.0 .639 0.7 2.3 .297 2.3 5.1 .464

Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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2035 NBA MIN 16 16 542 299 14 68 169 54 31 0 36 24
2033 NBA MIN 6 6 238 166 3 32 71 21 16 1 15 6
2031 NBA MIN 13 13 483 247 9 65 148 41 43 3 29 8
2030 NBA DEN 5 2 109 83 0 22 15 17 8 0 12 -26
2029 NBA DEN 4 0 57 31 0 7 13 7 5 0 5 -43
2028 NBA DEN 11 0 342 195 7 68 86 18 34 2 30 21
Career 55 37 1771 1021 33 262 502 158 137 6 127 -10

Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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2035 104 229 54 56 37 86
2033 59 104 28 29 20 37
2031 77 140 60 62 33 58
2030 28 48 14 15 13 22
2029 12 25 3 3 4 9
2028 62 134 49 52 22 66
Career 342 680 208 217 129 278

Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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2035 NBA MIN 16 .591 1.31 35.4 11.3 26.5 3.6 14.8 9.0 19.0 64.7 2.2 1.5 120.7 118.1
2033 NBA MIN 6 .709 1.60 34.0 10.0 26.6 1.8 17.6 9.7 26.0 53.2 1.8 1.0 121.7 120.6
2031 NBA MIN 13 .743 1.76 41.6 11.5 20.9 2.6 17.1 9.7 24.4 96.0 3.2 0.6 119.6 118.6
2030 NBA DEN 5 .764 1.73 17.2 19.5 26.6 0.0 24.4 12.0 22.2 18.2 0.6 -5.2 99.1 110.3
2029 NBA DEN 4 .615 1.24 28.3 15.2 24.2 0.0 18.9 7.1 18.8 6.6 0.2 -10.8 89.8 124.6
2028 NBA DEN 11 .624 1.46 33.0 6.9 23.3 2.5 23.0 12.5 24.8 70.1 2.3 1.9 108.6 107.2
Career 55 .658 1.50 35.0 11.0 24.3 2.5 18.3 10.2 22.7 308.8 10.3 -0.2 115.6 116.2

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 39 3 13 18 8 2 6 14 22 11 12 7 12
Playoff 40 3 10 21 10 1 8 15 25 14 14 7 12
Career 45 4 13 21 10 3 10 15 27 20 21 9 14

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 226
Total Player of the Week: 14
Total Player of the Month: 9
Total All-Star Appearances: 7
Total All-Star Game MVP : 1
Total All-League First Team : 4
Total All-League Second Team : 1
Total All-League Third Team : 2
Total All-Defensive First Team : 2
Total All-Defensive Second Team : 1
Total Sixth Man of the Year : 2
Total Most Valuable Player : 1
Total Steals Leader : 1
2036 NBA All-Star
2035 NBA All-Defensive First Team
2035 NBA All-League First Team
2035 NBA All-Star
2033 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
2033 NBA All-League First Team
2033 NBA Most Valuable Player
2033 NBA All-Star
2032 NBA All-League First Team
2032 NBA All-Star
2031 NBA Steals Leader
2031 NBA All-Defensive First Team
2031 NBA All-League First Team
2031 NBA All-Star
2030 NBA All-League Third Team
2030 NBA All-Star Game MVP
2030 NBA All-Star
2029 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
2028 NBA All-League Third Team
2028 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
2028 NBA All-Star
2027 NBA All-Rookie First Team
2027 NBA All-League Second Team
2027 NBA Rookie of the Year
2027 NBA Rookie Game MVP
2027 NBA Rookie Game Participant
2026 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
2026 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
2026 1st Team All-American
2025 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
2025 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
2025 1st Team All-American
2025 National Player of the Year
2023 High School: Mr. Basketball (Colorado)
2023 High School: All-State (Colorado)
2023 High School: Rated ***** and #3 overall by the FBCB scouting service.

[Young Drachma]

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Actually not a high scoring night despite the monster 65 point game from Bruce Crider, just over 400 points as the perfect lineup for March 5th.

[Young Drachma]

Legitimately sick today and home, so not being able to do much else other than sleep, will probably be burning off a few seasons today or finding a game within a game within a game to get semi-immersed into.

[Young Drachma]

Here's the brackets for the 2038-39 TOURNAMENT. Might just play FOFC favorites Top Gun and Pick Five for this tourney rather than my Bracketless game.


2038-39 NCAA TOURNAMENT
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[Young Drachma]

Played all of the games this year:

Pick 5:

7) Wyoming
3) Penn State
11) Kentucky
3) Colorado
4) Oklahoma State

My final score was a mere 55 points. Only PSU, UK and OK State advanced beyond the first round. Scored the most on Kentucky who only went two rounds as an 11-seed.

Top Gun:

Juanito Canecia, Montana (50 pts)
Archie Sisk, West Virginia (49 pts)
Robby Cerda, SMU (24 pts)
Antoine Sayers, Georgia Tech (56 pts)
Adrian Latimer, Indiana (24 pts)
Potty Johnson, Ole Miss (63 pts)

Potty Johnson of Ole Miss is the only guy I have left heading into the Final Four. My total score of 266 is pretty good, but would not win me the FOFC version of the game at any point, though if Johnson gets two more games and can get me over 300, it'd be a solid showing. Still, this is the best I've done in the game real or fictional. Helps when you don't have to compete against others in a draft, obviously.

Bracketless:

1) Alabama
2) Pepperdine
3) Georgia Tech
4) UConn
5) Santa Clara
6) CCNY
7) Wyoming
8) Montana
9) Albany
10) Temple
11) Rhode Island
12) Fordham
13) Drexel
14) UAB
15) Iona
16) Sam Houston State

I got seven teams out of the first round, not an abysmal showing, but pretty close. Heading into the Final Four, I have one team (Pepperdine) and my total score is only 1540, lower than I've logged either of the past two years by far.

I was bad at picking low seeds to advance, mostly. Also I've learned in three years of playing this game, the best thing is to pick as many teams that'll survive through the weekend as possible if you want to notch a lot of points, getting a perfect two-day score would get you 5600 points. Take out the 15 and 16 seeds and you're still flying high, but I tend to maximize for upsets rather than picking a more event bracketless.

[Young Drachma]

Ole Miss wins their first national title, after knocking off Ohio State.


Ole Miss 78, Ohio State 70

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Ohio State (29-9, 11-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nathan Berry C 20 5-12 0-0 3 5 4 5 11
Jeffrey Mcintyre PF 27 8-16 0-0 0 1 1 5 16
Alex Abreu SF 34 6-18 0-0 8 11 3 1 12
Agustin Krause SG 30 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 5
Rudy Reynolds PG 24 4-8 0-0 3 3 4 4 9
Ian Sherwood PG 9 0-1 0-0 1 2 4 4 0
Marshall Gaither SF 16 6-9 0-0 6 7 1 1 13
Aaron Drayton C 25 0-4 0-0 2 6 1 1 0
Jamar McWilliams PG 7 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Jonathan Aldridge PF 8 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 2

Turnovers: 17 (N.Berry 3, J.Mcintyre 2, A.Abreu 1,
A.Krause 4, R.Reynolds 2, I.Sherwood 3, A.Drayton 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (N.Berry 1, J.Mcintyre 2, A.Abreu 1,
A.Drayton 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Mcintyre 1, A.Abreu 1, A.Krause 1,
R.Reynolds 1, J.Aldridge 1)
3P FGs: 4-17 (N.Berry 1-1, A.Abreu 0-6, A.Krause 1-2,
R.Reynolds 1-3, I.Sherwood 0-1, M.Gaither 1-3,
J.McWilliams 0-1)

Ole Miss (32-6, 14-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Van Mchenry C 27 3-9 2-4 9 11 1 2 8
Charlie Bolden PF 31 5-15 1-2 4 7 0 2 11
Horace Riddell SF 28 3-5 2-2 2 3 0 4 9
Fred Richard SG 19 3-7 5-6 1 2 2 4 11
Potty Johnson SG 33 4-10 2-2 4 12 8 0 10
Roman Mann PG 13 3-4 0-0 0 2 1 0 7
Manuel Illescas PG 23 2-4 4-5 0 2 4 0 9
Leo Bruneau SF 9 5-5 1-2 0 1 1 0 11
Erwin Dewitt C 10 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Billy Adams PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Monroe Nix PG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 16 (V.Mchenry 1, C.Bolden 3, H.Riddell 3,
F.Richard 1, P.Johnson 4, R.Mann 1, M.Illescas 2,
M.Nix 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (C.Bolden 2, H.Riddell 3, P.Johnson 2)
Steals: 9 (F.Richard 3, P.Johnson 3, M.Illescas 3)
3P FGs: 3-8 (H.Riddell 1-2, P.Johnson 0-2, R.Mann 1-1,
M.Illescas 1-2, M.Nix 0-1)

Player of Game: PG Potty Johnson (MISS)


FINAL FOUR: 1) Ole Miss 2) Pepperdine 5) La Salle 5) Ohio State

[Young Drachma]

Going to change the underclassman declare early rule to juniors/seniors after using 2-and-done for a while. My reasoning is, I'd like to see how the balance of power shifts if guys have to spend three years in college. I feel like we see them so briefly and then they're gone before they come into their own.

Plus it'll slow the talent flow to the pros slightly so the classes aren't so top heavy with underclassmen. We'll see how it goes, of course.

[Young Drachma]

Top 50 scorers all-time. All this list does is make you wonder how good Aaron Chambers really was.


Player Records

# Player Team Date Record
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1 Harold Hartman Wofford 2029 3172
2 Kurt Aquino Fresno State 2033 3013
3 Jeffrey Alaniz Georgia 2034 2980
4 Anthony Ahrens Eastern Washington 2030 2931
5 Aaron Chambers SMU 1983 2855
6 Charles Amos Stetson 2031 2759
7 Emil Fields North Dakota 2032 2750
8 Otis Bilodeau East Tennessee State 2036 2736
9 Marquis Jackson UCLA 2035 2722
10 Fernando Maynard Alcorn State 2030 2718
11 Adam Akers CCNY 2035 2715
12 Harley Faulkner Utah State 2032 2680
13 Adam Mark Saint Joseph's 2021 2660
14 Antoine Faison Lipscomb 2034 2644
15 Rob Kramer Wofford 2033 2624
16 Alonzo Biddle Austin Peay 2030 2608
17 Jacwill Ali Dayton 2031 2607
18 Kyle Abney Louisiana Tech 2035 2589
19 Adolfo Waugh Alaska-Anchorage 2031 2585
20 Fredrick Bolling Minnesota 2035 2564
21 Myron Denton Sam Houston State 2031 2548
22 Micheal Barron North Alabama 2034 2543
23 Marshall Herzog Eastern Michigan 2029 2538
24 Shaqaan Taylor-Lee Virginia 2031 2536
25 Noah Murry Alaska-Anchorage 2035 2536
26 Al Guthrie Rice 2033 2534
27 Andy Napoleon Saint Louis 2009 2523
28 Brock Parry Buffalo 2034 2523
29 Adan Richey Winthrop 2036 2508
30 Adolph Beam St. Francis (PA) 2032 2503
31 Kenny Ammons San Diego 2027 2502
32 Clayton Wallen Central Connecticut State 2030 2496
33 Aaron Alger Grand Canyon 2031 2492
34 Michael Audley Louisiana-Lafayette 2034 2490
35 Rusty Leonard Mercer 2027 2489
36 Anton Pina Iowa 2032 2483
37 Tim Loomis William & Mary 2033 2482
38 August Ruth Texas-Arlington 2035 2481
39 Agustin Ennis Abilene Christian 2032 2475

# Player Team Date Record
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40 Armando Metzler Old Dominion 2034 2474
41 Ignacio Alexander Iona 2033 2472
42 Alvaro Bearden Middle Tennessee 2031 2465
43 Wilbur Packer Ohio 2031 2431
44 Luke Shores Grand Canyon 2026 2426
45 Matthew Spaulding Pennsylvania 2017 2419
46 Art Betts Arizona State 2034 2411
47 Adan Savoy Troy 2030 2409
48 Allan Handley Georgia State 2034 2407
49 Brad Concepcion Drexel 2030 2405
50 Adan Glass Milwaukee 2035 2405

[Young Drachma]

Turns out, besides one All-Star appearance, Aaron Chambers, 5th leading scorer of all time in college history, ended up not being that great.



PLAYER DETAILS

#26 SF Aaron Chambers
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Height: 6-10
Weight: 266
DOB: 10/25/1963 (73)
College: SMU
Hometown: Coleman, TX
Exp: 7


Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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1998 GBL KOL 9 0 8.4 3.7 0.6 1.8 0.6 0.9 0.63 0.4 0.0 0.0
1991 NBA SAC 3 0 4.0 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.00 0.0 0.3 0.3
1988 NBA DAL 7 0 1.7 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 3.00 0.3 0.0 0.0
1987 NBA DAL 9 0 2.9 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.25 0.1 0.0 0.2
1986 NBA DAL 62 0 15.9 8.6 1.0 2.6 1.3 1.2 1.05 0.8 0.2 0.8
1985 NBA DAL 61 59 37.6 14.8 2.7 7.3 2.6 1.4 1.78 0.8 0.8 1.6
1984 NBA DAL 62 62 38.5 22.7 2.8 7.9 2.3 1.8 1.27 1.6 1.2 1.9
Career 213 121 27.2 13.7 1.9 5.2 1.8 1.3 1.27 0.9 0.6 1.2

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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1998 1.3 3.2 .414 1.0 1.2 .818 1.0 1.6 .643 0.3 1.2 .273 0.0 0.4 .000
1991 0.7 1.0 .667 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 .000
1988 0.7 1.0 .714 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.6 0.6 1.000 0.1 0.3 .500 0.0 0.1 .000
1987 0.7 0.9 .750 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000
1986 3.2 5.3 .603 2.0 2.1 .931 2.5 3.2 .786 0.5 1.2 .387 0.3 1.0 .271
1985 5.6 9.3 .606 3.1 3.3 .931 4.5 6.1 .737 0.6 1.8 .343 0.5 1.4 .365
1984 8.5 13.8 .614 5.0 5.4 .928 6.9 9.7 .710 0.9 2.2 .430 0.7 1.9 .342
Career 5.1 8.5 .607 3.0 3.2 .928 4.1 5.6 .732 0.6 1.6 .385 0.4 1.3 .332

Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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1998 GBL KOL 9 0 76 33 5 16 5 8 4 0 0 -11
1991 NBA SAC 3 0 12 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2
1988 NBA DAL 7 0 12 11 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 8
1987 NBA DAL 9 0 26 15 1 2 1 4 1 0 2 -21
1986 NBA DAL 62 0 983 536 59 163 79 75 49 12 48 25
1985 NBA DAL 61 59 2292 905 163 447 157 88 48 50 97 79
1984 NBA DAL 62 62 2390 1406 173 487 142 112 98 72 116 143
Career 213 121 5791 2910 402 1117 388 287 202 135 264 225

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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1998 12 29 9 11 0 4
1991 2 3 0 0 0 0
1988 5 7 1 1 0 1
1987 6 8 1 1 2 2
1986 199 330 122 131 16 59
1985 343 566 188 202 31 85
1984 527 858 311 335 41 120
Career 1094 1801 632 681 90 271

Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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1998 GBL KOL 9 .471 1.14 10.6 17.0 22.3 7.1 16.9 11.9 15.0 5.1 0.2 -1.2 95.1 102.1
1991 NBA SAC 3 .667 1.33 25.0 0.0 11.5 14.3 0.0 5.9 18.3 1.4 0.0 0.7 125.0 121.1
1988 NBA DAL 7 .857 1.57 30.0 0.0 29.0 0.0 6.7 3.8 49.5 7.0 0.2 1.1 92.3 64.0
1987 NBA DAL 9 1.000 1.88 7.7 30.8 20.2 6.3 4.2 5.0 16.8 2.5 0.1 -2.3 82.2 120.8
1986 NBA DAL 62 .691 1.62 14.6 13.8 20.2 7.3 12.0 9.7 21.8 165.8 5.5 0.4 107.4 108.3
1985 NBA DAL 61 .690 1.60 17.4 9.8 14.0 9.0 15.1 12.1 18.4 236.7 7.9 1.3 112.9 111.3
1984 NBA DAL 62 .700 1.64 11.3 8.9 19.5 9.5 16.2 12.9 25.0 480.0 16.0 2.3 115.4 112.7
Career 213 .693 1.62 14.0 10.3 17.5 8.9 14.9 12.0 21.7 898.4 29.9 1.1 112.6 111.2

Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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1991 NBA SAC 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 NBA DAL 3 3 40.3 10.0 1.0 5.0 2.0 1.3 1.50 0.7 0.7 2.0
1984 NBA DAL 13 13 40.4 22.7 3.5 8.1 2.5 2.5 1.00 2.3 1.1 2.2
Career 213 121 27.2 13.7 1.9 5.2 1.8 1.3 1.00 0.9 0.6 1.2

Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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1991 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000
1985 3.7 7.7 .478 2.7 3.0 .889 3.0 4.7 .643 0.7 2.0 .333 0.0 1.0 .000
1984 8.7 14.9 .582 4.8 5.2 .940 7.2 9.8 .734 1.0 3.2 .310 0.5 1.8 .250
Career 5.1 8.5 .607 3.0 3.2 .928 4.1 5.6 .732 0.6 1.6 .385 0.4 1.3 .332

Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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1991 NBA SAC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 NBA DAL 3 3 121 30 3 15 6 4 2 2 6 -24
1984 NBA DAL 13 13 525 295 46 105 32 32 30 14 29 7
Career 213 121 5791 2910 402 1117 388 287 202 135 264 225

Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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1991 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 11 23 8 9 0 3
1984 113 194 63 67 6 24
Career 1094 1801 632 681 90 271

Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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1991 NBA SAC 1 .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 1.0 100.0 0.0
1985 NBA DAL 3 .556 1.30 16.2 10.8 10.8 2.8 10.3 6.7 7.7 -6.9 -0.2 -8.0 94.3 104.5
1984 NBA DAL 13 .664 1.52 11.1 11.1 20.7 10.6 14.0 12.3 18.7 56.0 1.9 0.5 110.0 108.8
Career 213 .693 1.62 14.0 10.3 18.8 9.1 13.1 11.1 16.6 48.9 1.6 1.1 112.6 111.2

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Playoff 36 7 12 6 7 3 6 16 25 12 12 1 4
Career 40 8 14 8 7 6 6 16 25 12 12 4 6

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 31
Total All-Star Appearances: 1
Total All-League Second Team : 1
1987 NBA Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
1985 NBA Rookie Game Participant
1984 NBA All-Rookie First Team
1984 NBA All-League Second Team
1984 NBA Rookie of the Year
1984 NBA All-Star
1984 NBA Rookie Game Participant
1983 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
1983 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
1983 1st Team All-American
1983 National Player of the Year
1982 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
1982 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
1982 1st Team All-American
1982 National Player of the Year
1981 Conference Freshman of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
1981 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference)
1981 Freshman All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
1981 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference)
1981 Freshman All-American
1981 1st Team All-American
1981 National Freshman of the Year
1981 National Player of the Year
1980 High School: Rated ***** and #1951 overall by the FBCB scouting service.

[Young Drachma]

I rebuilt the first and last name file for North Americans again, because the game one never did it for me & the most recent one I was using was based on real life names but the frequencies were screwy and a lot of the names were out dated.

On my first glance, my new one should save me from having to spend 1+ renaming dudes into something semi-plausible.

[Young Drachma]

Today's the 5th anniversary of Linsanity going HAM against the Lakers. I wonder who our Linsanity would be in this league.

[Young Drachma]

I'm kinda bored with this again and text simming in general, but I do miss playing. I just don't have the time to get invested in a real story, so I think what I'm going to do now is working a 3-4 year storyline where I follow a few programs rebuilding efforts and see how things pan out for them.

I've been avoiding doing any player editing for a while, but since it doesn't really matter and I'm really only playing for sandbox reasons, I'm just going to edit a few existing rosters of a few programs - but naturally I haven't decided where to do that yet or what I'd like to do beyond just sandboxing and following the programs and see how they perform over the period of time.

[Young Drachma]

I think I figured out my next storyline. This UConn women winning 100 straight games makes me wonder how good a team could be. Even in an era of parity. What would the greatest team of all-time look like? The FBCB engine does a fairly good job of regulating things so there isn't a lot of wild unchecked dynasties that happen in-game unedited from what I've seen.

Plus, it's just the nature of college basketball's insanity I think that you don't see too many men's dynasties a la UCLA or what UConn is doing on the women's side the past few decades.

So what if we built a program that was in that image. Eventually, we'd work on getting another counterweight to them a la UConn-Tennessee, but in the interim, the focus is on one program right now.

Of course, because it's me, we're going to probably pick a program that's not already doing great, but find a program that essentially rises from the ashes and then becomes a dominant player for whatever reason, at least that'll be the storyline anyway whether it works or not, I will have absolutely no idea.

But I feel like this is just the storyline I need to get me immersed into this. Then I'll have players to follow into the pros. But I'm simming a bit too slowly right now or simming seasons to no real aim and I'd like to fix it.

[Young Drachma]

Instead of picking some down on its luck program to start, I actually went searching for the program with the most Final Four appearances without a title. I figured that was a good place to start. The answer? In this dynasty, that's TCU (9 Final Fours, no titles). But nothing appealed to me about having a TCU be a dominant storyline to be honest.

The next program with the most Final Fours with a title? UNC (7), now that's a storyline I can get behind. So we'll start with UNC first.

[Young Drachma]

2042-43 SEASON RECAP
UNC ran the table until their 8th Final Four appearance (and 1st in 20 years) where they lost to Kansas. Texas won the National title.


#1 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 60 Record Vs 1-50: 9-1 Poll Rank: #1
Season Record: 37-1 Record Vs 51-100: 10-0 RPI Rank: #2
Conference Record: 15-0 Record Vs 101-200: 7-0
Home Record: 14-0 Record Vs 200+: 11-0


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 85.5 1 3 Points 48.5 1 1 Points 36.9 1 1
O.Reb 16.6 1 16 O.Reb 9.2 1 1 O.Reb 7.4 1 1
D.Reb 22.9 12 244 D.Reb 16.3 1 1 D.Reb 6.6 1 1
Rebounds 39.6 3 79 Rebounds 25.5 1 1 Rebounds 14.1 1 1
Assists 19.4 7 42 Assists 11.0 1 1 Assists 8.4 1 2
Steals 12.7 1 1 Steals 5.6 4 119 Steals 7.1 1 1
Blocks 7.1 1 6 Blocks 3.7 4 233 Blocks 3.4 1 8
Turnovers 16.6 6 163 Turnovers 27.0 1 1 Turnovers -10.4 1 1
Fouls 19.8 6 77 Fouls 19.2 13 354 Fouls 0.6 10 245
FG% .523 1 1 FG% .375 1 1 FG% .148 1 1
FT% .778 1 1 FT% .692 12 268 FT% .086 1 5
3P% .418 1 8 3P% .328 1 16 3P% .090 1 1
PPS 1.34 1 1 PPS 1.04 1 2 PPS .305 1 1
Adj. FG% .576 1 1 Adj. FG% .426 1 1 Adj. FG% .150 1 1



2042 OVERALL AWARDS

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Player of the Year:

JR C Cyrus Velez UTSA 24.3 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.4 APG 0.2 SPG, 2.6 BPG

Freshman of the Year:
FR SG Marley Clemons North Carolina 15.1 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 3.3 APG 2.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG

Coach of the Year:
Alex Gaskin North Carolina 37 - 1 (15 - 0)

All-league 1st Team:
C JR Cyrus Velez UTSA 24.3 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.2 SPG, 2.6 BPG
PF SR Flavio Moreno Clemson 23.7 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.4 SPG, 3.4 BPG
SF SR Payton Santiago Long Beach State 20.2 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 2.7 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG
SG SR Kinzo Manaka Oregon 12.5 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 5.6 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.0 BPG
PG JR Early Weaver Maryland 8.7 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 9.3 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-league 2nd Team:
C SR Phil Abney Southern Illinois 10.5 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 2.6 BPG
PF SO Jerold Graham Colorado 18.6 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG
SF SR Adam Solis Alabama 15.8 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 3.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.4 BPG
SG FR Marley Clemons North Carolina 15.1 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 3.3 APG, 2.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG
PG SR Angel Merrell Fordham 21.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.0 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-league 3rd Team:
C JR Andrew Wilkerson George Mason 13.2 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.3 SPG, 1.8 BPG
PF SR Sammie Flaherty Houston 9.8 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 5.4 APG, 0.2 SPG, 2.8 BPG
SF SR Aly Hanaia Fordham 13.0 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.6 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG
SG SR Monroe Fish Navy 18.9 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.2 BPG
PG SR Darrell Lai Alcorn State 23.8 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 1.9 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-freshman Team:
C FR Asa Whalen Boston College 11.4 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.3 SPG, 3.5 BPG
PF FR Dante Crowe La Salle 8.0 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 1.0 APG, 1.2 SPG, 2.4 BPG
SF FR Greg McBride Rhode Island 13.6 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 2.2 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG
SG FR Marley Clemons North Carolina 15.1 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 3.3 APG, 2.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG
PG FR Will Ramirez Rice 8.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 5.3 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.0 BPG

[Young Drachma]

2043-44: Navy will be the next program to get a bit of an injection. I moved all of the academies besides Coast Guard into the Big 12 last season from the AAC, but they're the only major conference program now to never have had an All-American.

[Young Drachma]

2043-44: Navy and North Carolina both make the Final Four undefeated, but get pitted against each other in a cruel twist of bad bracketing by the committee.

Maryland, also a top-seed and 6-seed Tennessee are the other two teams to make it to the Final Four.

Navy wins the National Title, running the table and UNC gets denied again despite back-to-back Final Four appearances. They're cursed.


Navy 77, North Carolina 66

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North Carolina (37-1, 15-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kit Rivas C 31 2-4 0-0 1 5 0 0 4
Hayden Sharp PF 16 2-4 0-0 1 1 0 3 4
Kai Gray SF 27 5-15 0-0 2 5 1 1 11
Wyatt Walker SG 32 9-14 1-2 4 5 2 0 24
Eric Eason PG 32 4-10 2-2 0 3 14 5 12
Danny Christopher PF 23 3-6 0-0 3 3 0 1 6
Bobby Mendez SG 5 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 4 1
Avery Mills SF 19 0-1 0-0 4 8 1 0 0
Lyle Randall PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Mohammed Olson C 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Ramirez SG 4 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 4

Turnovers: 23 (K.Rivas 2, H.Sharp 1, K.Gray 2, W.Walker
6, E.Eason 4, D.Christopher 2, B.Mendez 1, A.Mills 3,
L.Randall 1, M.Olson 1)
Blocked Shots: 9 (K.Rivas 6, H.Sharp 2, B.Mendez 1)
Steals: 6 (K.Rivas 1, K.Gray 1, W.Walker 1, E.Eason 2,
B.Mendez 1)
3P FGs: 8-20 (H.Sharp 0-1, K.Gray 1-3, W.Walker 5-7,
E.Eason 2-7, A.Mills 0-1, L.Randall 0-1)

Navy (38-0, 15-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nick Rose C 20 2-5 0-0 5 8 0 4 4
Nick Hensley PF 34 4-8 0-0 4 9 1 0 10
Reese Shelton SF 31 13-22 0-0 5 8 0 4 26
Aaren Nieves SG 30 6-10 0-0 0 0 9 5 13
Killian Weeks PG 34 6-11 3-4 0 2 7 2 16
Toby Holden PG 13 0-3 2-3 0 0 1 0 2
Sean Hopkins SF 15 1-2 0-0 1 2 5 0 2
Morgan Rogers PF 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Rickey Delgado SF 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Damon Demers PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Nathanel Stevens C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Gibson PG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 2

Turnovers: 17 (N.Rose 3, N.Hensley 2, R.Shelton 4,
A.Nieves 2, K.Weeks 4, S.Hopkins 1, M.Rogers 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (N.Rose 2, N.Hensley 1)
Steals: 11 (R.Shelton 1, A.Nieves 3, K.Weeks 4,
T.Holden 1, R.Delgado 1, D.Demers 1)
3P FGs: 4-8 (N.Hensley 2-3, A.Nieves 1-2, K.Weeks 1-1,
T.Holden 0-1, S.Hopkins 0-1)

Player of Game: SF Reese Shelton (NAVY)



#1 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 67 Record Vs 1-50: 15-0 Poll Rank: #1
Season Record: 39-0 Record Vs 51-100: 6-0 RPI Rank: #2
Conference Record: 15-0 Record Vs 101-200: 13-0
Home Record: 15-0 Record Vs 200+: 5-0


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 85.1 1 8 Points 54.4 1 1 Points 30.7 1 1
O.Reb 15.7 1 45 O.Reb 10.4 1 3 O.Reb 5.3 1 3
D.Reb 20.7 15 370 D.Reb 18.9 1 2 D.Reb 1.7 5 68
Rebounds 36.4 10 270 Rebounds 29.4 1 2 Rebounds 7.0 1 10
Assists 21.7 1 10 Assists 12.4 1 1 Assists 9.4 1 1
Steals 12.0 1 1 Steals 4.1 1 4 Steals 7.9 1 1
Blocks 4.1 8 130 Blocks 4.1 4 270 Blocks 0.1 7 163
Turnovers 13.7 1 2 Turnovers 27.4 1 1 Turnovers -13.7 1 1
Fouls 19.2 3 24 Fouls 19.5 12 352 Fouls -0.4 5 158
FG% .526 1 1 FG% .411 1 13 FG% .115 1 1
FT% .704 8 88 FT% .736 16 380 FT% -.031 14 298
3P% .392 5 75 3P% .330 2 18 3P% .063 2 23
PPS 1.29 2 20 PPS 1.13 1 26 PPS .163 1 8
Adj. FG% .560 1 4 Adj. FG% .462 1 12 Adj. FG% .098 1 2



#2 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 69 Record Vs 1-50: 16-1 Poll Rank: #2
Season Record: 37-1 Record Vs 51-100: 6-0 RPI Rank: #1
Conference Record: 15-0 Record Vs 101-200: 12-0
Home Record: 13-0 Record Vs 200+: 3-0


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 86.8 1 2 Points 61.8 1 2 Points 25.0 1 2
O.Reb 17.0 1 6 O.Reb 10.2 1 2 O.Reb 6.8 1 1
D.Reb 23.1 13 265 D.Reb 18.2 1 1 D.Reb 4.9 1 8
Rebounds 40.1 6 60 Rebounds 28.4 1 1 Rebounds 11.7 1 1
Assists 21.4 3 14 Assists 15.1 1 63 Assists 6.3 1 8
Steals 10.7 1 2 Steals 4.8 1 20 Steals 5.9 1 2
Blocks 6.0 6 33 Blocks 3.8 3 233 Blocks 2.2 2 39
Turnovers 15.9 5 84 Turnovers 22.6 1 2 Turnovers -6.7 1 2
Fouls 20.7 9 172 Fouls 20.0 14 314 Fouls 0.7 11 260
FG% .511 1 2 FG% .433 4 62 FG% .078 2 7
FT% .742 1 10 FT% .657 1 43 FT% .085 1 7
3P% .412 3 20 3P% .371 7 198 3P% .041 3 45
PPS 1.32 1 5 PPS 1.18 5 100 PPS .144 2 16
Adj. FG% .566 1 3 Adj. FG% .490 5 78 Adj. FG% .076 1 7

[Young Drachma]

The other stuff I want to figure out is, tempo and putting together teams that do something really well. FBCB doesn't have coaches that only emphasize 3pt play or lock down defense or the Syracuse zone or a Princeton-style. You need to play in a competitive online league to get a semblance of that.

But I'd like to model it and see what kinds of distinctions we get, so I'm going to pick a few programs and have them running a certain system or at least having personnel that can operate in a particular kind of system so that hopefully the game adapts.

We'll have some teams that are just lock down defenders across the board, teams that are full of dudes who just shoot the three ball to the peril of other things and perhaps some other varieties and then see what that ends up bringing us.

[Young Drachma]

2044-45
FEATURE PROGRAMS

COLUMBIA: (Ivy) - Grinnell-offense minded, 3 pointer or bust squad.
WILLIAM & MARY (AAC) - Lockdown Defense

RECRUITING
I had no impact on any of this:

North Carolina (22nd in the nation)
Navy (40th in the nation)

[Young Drachma]

All four of our feature teams made the tournament in 2044-45. Navy and UNC again made the Final Four. UNC beat Navy for their only loss of the year thus far in a regular season game that must've been a hell of a barn burner.


North Carolina 87, Navy 79

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Navy (13-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nick Rose C 31 1-3 1-2 2 5 0 0 3
Nathanel Stevens PF 32 0-2 2-2 1 7 0 2 2
Reese Shelton SF 31 7-14 4-6 1 9 3 3 18
Sammie Davis SG 23 4-4 0-0 0 0 3 5 9
Killian Weeks PG 9 2-3 0-0 0 0 2 1 4
Aaren Nieves SG 19 4-7 0-0 0 1 0 5 9
Morgan Rogers C 11 3-3 3-4 1 2 3 1 9
Toby Holden PG 21 4-9 4-4 0 0 5 4 15
David Wynn SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Frank Raymond PF 8 2-3 0-0 0 3 0 1 4
Don Gibson PG 3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Alec Henley SF 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Turnovers: 23 (N.Rose 2, N.Stevens 1, R.Shelton 4,
S.Davis 6, K.Weeks 1, A.Nieves 3, T.Holden 3,
F.Raymond 1, D.Gibson 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (N.Rose 1, N.Stevens 3, S.Davis 1)
Steals: 5 (R.Shelton 2, S.Davis 1, K.Weeks 1, D.Wynn 1)
3P FGs: 6-14 (N.Rose 0-1, R.Shelton 0-1, S.Davis 1-1,
A.Nieves 1-2, T.Holden 3-8, A.Henley 1-1)

North Carolina (15-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Hayden Sharp C 32 5-7 2-2 2 7 1 3 12
Danny Christopher PF 24 2-8 0-0 5 10 0 5 4
John Clark SF 28 5-13 2-3 0 1 0 4 12
Marley Clemons SG 33 7-12 4-4 0 1 10 3 19
Eric Eason PG 30 5-13 1-2 3 6 9 4 13
Bobby Mendez PG 19 3-6 2-5 3 5 5 2 9
Avery Mills C 21 4-5 1-2 0 2 1 1 10
Lyle Randall PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard McNeal SG 2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
Mohammed Olson C 8 3-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 6

Turnovers: 13 (H.Sharp 3, D.Christopher 2, J.Clark 3,
M.Clemons 1, E.Eason 3, R.McNeal 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (H.Sharp 1, D.Christopher 1, M.Clemons
1)
Steals: 13 (H.Sharp 1, D.Christopher 2, J.Clark 2,
M.Clemons 2, E.Eason 5, B.Mendez 1)
3P FGs: 5-17 (H.Sharp 0-1, J.Clark 0-4, M.Clemons 1-3,
E.Eason 2-6, B.Mendez 1-2, A.Mills 1-1)

Player of Game: SG Marley Clemons (UNC)



Columbia was an 8-seed, but lost in the 2nd round to... UNC. William and Mary somehow managed to be a top seed, but lost in the 2nd round to San Diego in an ugly game score that it delights me to see.


San Diego 47, William & Mary 45

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San Diego (27-9, 10-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Huey Grant C 27 5-7 0-0 2 5 0 4 10
Mike Gray PF 34 2-6 0-0 2 12 1 3 4
Glen Reynolds SF 31 3-7 2-5 2 7 3 2 8
Neil Means SG 27 1-3 2-2 1 2 2 4 4
Paul Foster PG 34 2-4 4-6 0 3 4 4 8
Scott Wright PG 15 0-2 4-4 0 1 1 0 4
Garth Bean SF 7 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 2
Marcus Parham SF 5 2-2 1-1 1 2 1 0 5
Mark Perez C 14 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Roky Timmons C 4 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Francis Chisholm C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 27 (H.Grant 2, M.Gray 6, G.Reynolds 5,
N.Means 4, P.Foster 2, G.Bean 2, M.Parham 2, M.Perez 4)
Blocked Shots: 3 (H.Grant 1, P.Foster 1, S.Wright 1)
Steals: 5 (G.Reynolds 2, N.Means 1, P.Foster 2)
3P FGs: 0-8 (G.Reynolds 0-3, N.Means 0-2, S.Wright 0-2,
G.Bean 0-1)

William & Mary (31-5, 13-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Drew Wilder C 22 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 4 0
Bobby Galloway PF 33 2-7 2-2 2 4 1 3 6
Mell Barry SF 25 3-7 0-0 0 1 1 3 6
Geoffrey Quick SG 12 4-6 0-0 1 3 0 4 10
Elliott McDonald PG 20 1-2 0-0 1 3 3 4 3
Mike Davila SG 20 2-4 0-2 0 2 4 0 6
Adan Churchill SF 22 2-7 1-2 2 4 1 1 7
Jayson Nichols C 19 2-5 0-0 3 5 0 2 4
Samual Dunham PG 18 1-7 1-2 0 0 0 1 3
Rex Sanders SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
David Jarrett PF 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 17 (D.Wilder 1, B.Galloway 2, M.Barry 4,
G.Quick 2, E.McDonald 1, M.Davila 1, A.Churchill 4,
J.Nichols 1, S.Dunham 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (S.Dunham 1)
Steals: 8 (M.Barry 1, M.Davila 2, A.Churchill 5)
3P FGs: 7-18 (B.Galloway 0-2, M.Barry 0-1, G.Quick 2-3,
E.McDonald 1-1, M.Davila 2-4, A.Churchill 2-5,
S.Dunham 0-2)

Player of Game: PG Paul Foster (USD)

[Young Drachma]

Navy beat North Carolina in the national title game. UNC is apparently cursed.


Navy 78, North Carolina 62

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Navy (38-1, 15-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nick Rose C 31 5-8 0-3 3 8 1 1 10
Nathanel Stevens PF 33 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 3 2
Reese Shelton SF 33 9-18 0-0 0 6 2 1 18
Sammie Davis SG 29 3-9 0-0 3 4 6 4 7
Killian Weeks PG 17 4-6 4-4 1 3 5 4 13
Aaren Nieves PG 22 4-4 0-0 2 3 3 1 9
Morgan Rogers SF 13 2-4 2-2 0 4 1 1 7
Toby Holden PG 12 1-2 3-4 0 0 3 1 6
David Wynn SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Raymond PF 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Alec Henley SF 2 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 4

Turnovers: 20 (N.Rose 1, N.Stevens 3, R.Shelton 3,
S.Davis 5, K.Weeks 2, A.Nieves 2, M.Rogers 2, T.Holden
1, D.Wynn 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (N.Rose 2, N.Stevens 1, R.Shelton 1)
Steals: 11 (N.Rose 1, R.Shelton 3, S.Davis 2, K.Weeks
3, A.Nieves 1, M.Rogers 1)
3P FGs: 5-11 (S.Davis 1-3, K.Weeks 1-2, A.Nieves 1-1,
M.Rogers 1-3, T.Holden 1-2)

North Carolina (39-1, 15-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Hayden Sharp C 30 1-2 0-0 1 5 1 3 2
Danny Christopher PF 25 2-7 3-4 2 4 0 2 7
John Clark SF 28 1-7 2-2 1 4 3 3 4
Marley Clemons SG 30 7-11 1-2 1 4 4 4 15
Eric Eason PG 31 5-10 2-2 1 2 2 2 16
Bobby Mendez SG 21 0-5 2-2 1 4 4 1 2
Avery Mills C 23 5-6 0-0 2 5 0 3 12
Lyle Randall PG 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0
Richard McNeal SG 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Mohammed Olson C 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Darell DeJesus PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunter Foster C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

Turnovers: 30 (H.Sharp 10, D.Christopher 2, J.Clark 2,
M.Clemons 5, E.Eason 10, L.Randall 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (H.Sharp 2, M.Clemons 1)
Steals: 6 (J.Clark 1, M.Clemons 3, E.Eason 1, L.Randall
1)
3P FGs: 6-19 (D.Christopher 0-1, J.Clark 0-4, E.Eason
4-7, B.Mendez 0-4, A.Mills 2-3)

Player of Game: PG Killian Weeks (NAVY)


Here's what the feature programs looked like statwise:


#3 WILLIAM & MARY TRIBE TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 51 Record Vs 1-50: 8-3 Poll Rank: #3
Season Record: 31-5 Record Vs 51-100: 4-0 RPI Rank: #4
Conference Record: 13-1 Record Vs 101-200: 11-2
Home Record: 9-3 Record Vs 200+: 8-0


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 65.8 12 346 Points 49.7 1 1 Points 16.1 1 4
O.Reb 10.0 12 379 O.Reb 7.6 1 1 O.Reb 2.4 2 48
D.Reb 14.6 12 380 D.Reb 20.8 1 8 D.Reb -6.1 12 379
Rebounds 24.6 12 380 Rebounds 28.3 1 2 Rebounds -3.8 12 329
Assists 15.4 7 211 Assists 10.2 1 1 Assists 5.2 1 8
Steals 6.9 4 74 Steals 5.1 1 43 Steals 1.9 3 43
Blocks 2.8 10 261 Blocks 3.3 1 106 Blocks -0.6 7 209
Turnovers 14.2 1 7 Turnovers 27.5 1 2 Turnovers -13.3 1 2
Fouls 22.6 10 351 Fouls 18.3 12 374 Fouls 4.3 11 377
FG% .465 5 79 FG% .472 10 332 FG% -.007 8 212
FT% .740 1 11 FT% .685 9 233 FT% .055 1 27
3P% .397 2 39 3P% .375 10 258 3P% .022 4 102
PPS 1.24 3 71 PPS 1.42 12 380 PPS -.179 12 373
Adj. FG% .523 4 68 Adj. FG% .530 12 348 Adj. FG% -.008 8 221



#17 COLUMBIA LIONS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 29 Record Vs 1-50: 1-2 Poll Rank: #17
Season Record: 28-5 Record Vs 51-100: 4-1 RPI Rank: #46
Conference Record: 11-3 Record Vs 101-200: 6-2
Home Record: 12-2 Record Vs 200+: 17-0


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 79.5 2 47 Points 63.2 1 8 Points 16.3 1 3
O.Reb 13.5 3 219 O.Reb 12.9 2 105 O.Reb 0.6 2 143
D.Reb 23.5 4 220 D.Reb 19.4 1 4 D.Reb 4.1 1 4
Rebounds 37.0 3 233 Rebounds 32.3 1 6 Rebounds 4.7 1 29
Assists 15.1 5 227 Assists 13.3 1 6 Assists 1.8 2 79
Steals 6.1 2 162 Steals 4.8 2 22 Steals 1.3 1 67
Blocks 6.4 1 22 Blocks 3.4 6 133 Blocks 3.0 1 20
Turnovers 15.2 4 35 Turnovers 18.3 1 69 Turnovers -3.2 1 34
Fouls 20.9 6 207 Fouls 21.7 2 71 Fouls -0.8 3 116
FG% .495 1 9 FG% .406 1 5 FG% .089 1 5
FT% .734 2 16 FT% .711 7 363 FT% .023 4 108
3P% .476 1 1 3P% .350 2 83 3P% .126 1 1
PPS 1.36 1 2 PPS 1.12 1 38 PPS .237 1 1
Adj. FG% .560 1 5 Adj. FG% .462 1 11 Adj. FG% .099 1 4



#2 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 78 Record Vs 1-50: 22-1 Poll Rank: #2
Season Record: 39-1 Record Vs 51-100: 6-0 RPI Rank: #1
Conference Record: 15-0 Record Vs 101-200: 6-0
Home Record: 14-0 Record Vs 200+: 5-0


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 93.0 1 1 Points 62.3 1 5 Points 30.7 1 2
O.Reb 16.5 1 24 O.Reb 10.1 1 2 O.Reb 6.5 1 1
D.Reb 23.9 8 181 D.Reb 19.2 1 3 D.Reb 4.8 1 3
Rebounds 40.5 2 44 Rebounds 29.3 1 3 Rebounds 11.2 1 1
Assists 24.6 1 1 Assists 14.4 1 30 Assists 10.3 1 2
Steals 11.2 1 2 Steals 4.3 1 4 Steals 6.9 1 2
Blocks 4.9 7 82 Blocks 4.3 8 302 Blocks 0.6 8 131
Turnovers 14.3 1 9 Turnovers 24.2 1 3 Turnovers -9.9 1 3
Fouls 20.5 9 147 Fouls 20.0 11 294 Fouls 0.5 10 242
FG% .537 1 2 FG% .425 2 43 FG% .112 1 2
FT% .693 10 125 FT% .704 15 347 FT% -.012 13 233
3P% .450 1 2 3P% .348 1 79 3P% .102 1 3
PPS 1.33 1 4 PPS 1.16 5 103 PPS .164 2 11
Adj. FG% .585 1 2 Adj. FG% .479 2 51 Adj. FG% .107 1 2



#1 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 80 Record Vs 1-50: 20-1 Poll Rank: #1
Season Record: 38-1 Record Vs 51-100: 8-0 RPI Rank: #2
Conference Record: 15-0 Record Vs 101-200: 7-0
Home Record: 14-0 Record Vs 200+: 3-0


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 89.1 1 2 Points 53.8 1 2 Points 35.3 1 1
O.Reb 13.8 11 188 O.Reb 10.4 1 3 O.Reb 3.4 4 19
D.Reb 20.7 16 371 D.Reb 16.8 1 1 D.Reb 3.8 1 8
Rebounds 34.5 16 345 Rebounds 27.3 1 1 Rebounds 7.2 2 5
Assists 22.7 1 4 Assists 12.4 1 2 Assists 10.3 1 1
Steals 12.6 1 1 Steals 4.6 1 10 Steals 8.0 1 1
Blocks 4.8 6 85 Blocks 4.2 7 279 Blocks 0.6 7 124
Turnovers 15.0 1 27 Turnovers 28.6 1 1 Turnovers -13.6 1 1
Fouls 20.4 9 138 Fouls 19.0 16 363 Fouls 1.4 13 315
FG% .559 1 1 FG% .408 1 11 FG% .152 1 1
FT% .799 1 1 FT% .684 8 223 FT% .115 1 1
3P% .403 2 28 3P% .334 2 32 3P% .069 3 12
PPS 1.37 1 1 PPS 1.15 2 64 PPS .226 1 3
Adj. FG% .594 1 1 Adj. FG% .463 1 14 Adj. FG% .131 1 1

[Young Drachma]

2044-45 AWARD WINNERS
2044 OVERALL AWARDS

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Player of the Year:

JR PG Killian Weeks Navy 12.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 7.5 APG 2.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG

Freshman of the Year:
FR SF Jerry Dubois Princeton 14.8 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.9 APG 0.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG

Coach of the Year:
Daniel Morris William & Mary 31 - 5 (13 - 1)

All-league 1st Team:
C JR Daniel Davis Texas Tech 21.4 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.9 SPG, 1.1 BPG
PF SR Dino Gray Kansas 14.7 PPG, 13.4 RPG, 2.1 APG, 0.8 SPG, 1.2 BPG
SF JR Reese Shelton Navy 20.2 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.5 APG, 2.3 SPG, 0.8 BPG
SG JR Marley Clemons North Carolina 15.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 4.7 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.7 BPG
PG JR Killian Weeks Navy 12.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 7.5 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-league 2nd Team:
C SR Glen Johnson Memphis 11.7 PPG, 12.4 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.1 SPG, 1.8 BPG
PF SR Jared Meeks South Dakota 17.8 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SF SR Chris Baugh Yale 17.5 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 2.7 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SG JR Kermit Harvey Illinois State 15.4 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 4.3 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG SR Frederic Schneider Miami 9.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 8.4 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG

All-league 3rd Team:
C SR Grant Moore Miami (OH) 12.2 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.7 SPG, 1.7 BPG
PF SR Giovanni Barron Georgia Tech 8.8 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 3.0 APG, 0.6 SPG, 3.3 BPG
SF SR Will Foley Southern Illinois 16.3 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG
SG SR Caleb Duffy Louisiana-Lafayette 16.8 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG
PG SR Emery Hurt Georgia Tech 12.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 8.5 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-freshman Team:
C FR John Jennings Drake 6.8 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.6 BPG
PF FR Mike Campbell Louisville 7.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.6 BPG
SF FR Jerry Dubois Princeton 14.8 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG
SG FR Brian Valenzuela Oregon 9.6 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG FR Ray Whaley North Dakota State 8.7 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 5.4 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG

[Young Drachma]

With Navy and UNC losing a combined 3/5ths of the all-league 1st team, I imagine next year will probably look different in terms of dominance.

UNC is 113-3 in the last 3 seasons and has ZERO national titles to show for it. Which is kind of hilarious. It's like UConn without the rings.

Navy is 77-1 in the last two years and are now back-to-back national champions after being an also-ran for years.

Navy's undefeated season last year (39-0) was only the 2nd time ever that a team ran the table. Fordham did the same in 2018.

[Young Drachma]

Whenever I try to play the pro game, I just find myself kinda bored with the pace of it. 2044 I expanded the NBA by two teams for the first time in two decades. The New Jersey Dragons and Anaheim Seals will join the eastern and western conferences respectively.

I'm kicking around doing a thing where I try to win in all of the non-NBA leagues I have loaded first and then letting my experienced coach head to the NBA David Blatt style and see how that works out like a journeyman or whatever. Given it might take a whole career before he'd be able to pull that off, it might be interesting, but mostly I'm curious to explore the players that end up in these far-off leagues more than even what's going on in the NBA.

[liamdavid4]

There is a lot of money in everyday fiction, and this book teaches you what it takes to win. Whether you've never played fantasy sports before, or are seasoned veterans looking to break into everyday fantasy basketball, this book is right for you.

[Dantooine98]

^^What book are you referring to?