2015 Top Gun Game A draft thread
 

For reference:


Game Rules

1) Participants sign up to play in this thread. I will break up participants into groups to try to keep group sizes between 8 and 12 participants.
2) Each participant drafts a team of 6 players participating in the NCAA Tournament. Each participant must draft a player from a team seeded 10-16.
3) Participants' teams will be formed by a snake draft conducted in a separate forum thread.
-----a) The draft will start immediately after the Selection Show and run until complete. If not completed by Thursday morning, I will auto-fill participants' teams according to lists or my own judgment.
-----b) A draft clock will run from 10am to 6pm EDT each day. During this window, each participant will have 1 hour after the previous selection to draft a player. After 1 hour has elapsed, subsequent participants may cut in line to make selections. The skipped participant may back-fill their selection at any time. (NOTE: this rule relies on participants PMing the teams after them in the draft order. I will use discretion to resolve circumstances involving missed PMs and skipped picks.)
-----c) Please do not sign up if you are unable to 1) participate during the day, 2) send in lists, or 3) be content to back-fill your way to a title like Karl can.
4) Participants' teams scores equal the sum of the teams' players' scoring in the NCAA Tournament.
5) Play-in games do not count towards the standings unless a player is drafted before his team's play-in game and his team loses its play-in game.

Draft Order
1. Sublime 2
2. Vince, Pt. II
3. henry296
4. stevew
5. Logan
6. tarcone
7. Karlifornia
8. B & B
9. murrayyyyy

Draft Results
1.1 Sublime 2 - Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
1.2 Vince, Pt. II - Perry Ellis, Kansas
1.3 henry296 - Brice Johnson, North Carolina
1.4 stevew - Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
1.5 Logan - Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
1.6 tarcone - Melo Trimble, Maryland
1.7 Karlifornia - Wayne Selden, Kansas
1.8 B & B - Grayson Allen, Duke
1.9 murrayyyyy - Dillon Brooks, Oregon

2.1 murrayyyyy - Jamal Murray, Kentucky
2.2 B & B - Josh Hart, Villanova
2.3 Karlifornia - Sheldon McClellan, Miami
2.4 tarcone - Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
2.5 Logan - Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
2.6 stevew - Justin Jackson, North Carolina
2.7 henry296 - Jakob Poeltl, Utah
2.8 Vince, Pt. II - Jalen Jones, Texas A&M
2.9 Sublime 2 - Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga (10+)

3.1 Sublime 2 - Kris Dunn, Providence
3.2 Vince, Pt. II - Bryn Forbes, Michigan State
3.3 henry296 - Devin Williams, West Virginia
3.4 stevew - Georges Niang, Iowa State
3.5 Logan - Ron Baker, Wichita State (10+)
3.6 tarcone - Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
3.7 Karlifornia - Jaysean Paige, West Virginia
3.8 B & B - Danuel House, Texas A&M
3.9 murrayyyyy - Elgin Cook, Oregon

4.1 murrayyyyy - Tyler Dorsey, Oregon
4.2 B & B - AJ Hammons, Purdue
4.3 Karlifornia - Jaylen Brown, California
4.4 tarcone - Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
4.5 Logan - Frank Mason, Kansas
4.6 stevew - Isaiah Taylor, Texas
4.7 henry296 - Brandon Ingram, Duke
4.8 Vince, Pt. II - Melvin Johnson, VCU (10+)
4.9 Sublime 2 - Taurean Prince, Baylor

5.1 Sublime 2 - Ivan Rabb, California
5.2 Vince, Pt. II - Fred VanVleet, Wichita State (10+)
5.3 henry296 - Marcus Paige, North Carolina
5.4 stevew - Michael Young, Pittsburgh (10+)
5.5 Logan - Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
5.6 tarcone - Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin (10+)
5.7 Karlifornia - AJ English, Iona (10+)
5.8 B & B - Tyrone Wallace, California
5.9 murrayyyyy - Ben Bentil, Providence

6.1 murrayyyyy - Marvell Harris, Fresno State (10+)
6.2 B & B - Korey Billbury, VCU (10+)
6.3 Karlifornia - Isaiah Miles, Saint Joseph's
6.4 tarcone - Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
6.5 Logan - Jordan Woodard, Oklahoma
6.6 stevew - Gabe York, Arizona
6.7 henry296 - Michael Gbinije, Syracuse (10+)
6.8 Vince, Pt. II - Edmond Sumner, Xavier
6.9 Sublime 2 - Kris Jenkins, Villanova

Teams

Sublime 2
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga (10+)
Kris Dunn, Providence
Taurean Prince, Baylor
Ivan Rabb, California
Kris Jenkins, Villanova

Vince, Pt. II
Perry Ellis, Kansas
Jalen Jones, Texas A&M
Bryn Forbes, Michigan State
Melvin Johnson, VCU (10+)
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State (10+)
Edmund Sumer, Xavier

henry296
Brice Johnson, North Carolina
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Devin Williams, West Virginia
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Marcus Paige, North Carolina
Michael Gbinije, Syracuse (10+)

stevew
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Justin Jackson, North Carolina
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Isaiah Taylor, Texas
Michael Young, Pittsburgh (10+)
Gabe York, Arizona

Logan
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Ron Baker, Wichita State (10+)
Frank Mason, Kansas
Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
Jordan Woodard, Oklahoma

tarcone
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin (10+)
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin

Karlifornia
Wayne Selden, Kansas
Sheldon McClellan, Miami
Jaysean Paige, West Virginia
Jaylen Brown, California
AJ English, Iona (10+)
Isaiah Miles, Saint Joseph's

B & B
Grayson Allen, Duke
Josh Hart, Villanova
Danuel House, Texas A&M
AJ Hammons, Purdue
Tyrone Wallace, California
Korey Billbury, VCU (10+)

murrayyyyy
Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Jamal Murray, Kentucky
Elgin Cook, Oregon
Tyler Dorsey, Oregon
Ben Bentil, Providence
Marvell Harris, Fresno State (10+)

Always a fun time. Let's go!

1.1 Denzel Valentine, MSU

Damn you.

1.2 Perry Ellis, Kansas

1.3 Brice Johnson, UNC

For stevew,

1.4 Buddy Hield, Oklahoma

Can't believe Hield almost fell to me. I really didn't like this slot, would have preferred to be later on in the 1st/early 2nd with how top heavy it seems this year.

1.5 Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia

I did PM tarcone, BTW.

It was hard passing on Hield even though I don't see Oklahoma going far in the tournament.

So am I supposed to PM the next man up once time expires? I see it's Karl here...and he's a perpetual list guy. I'll PM brit to see what the move is.

I sent a list....I leave for class in 5 minutes. I'll be back at 4 eastern

Yep, covering Karl's list now. Been a busy day for a would-be draft mod.

For Karl:

1.7 Wayne Selden, Kansas

picking

1-6 Melo Trimble Maryland

Of course today we get a major gas outage. I've got 2,500 customers without service due to a sinkhole. I'll try to get a list together before shit really hits the fan, but I may be spotty for the rest of the afternoon.

Grayson Allen - Puke

1.9 Dillion Brooks, Oregon

2.1 Jamal Murray, Kentucky (great last name)

Josh Hart, NOVA

For Karl:

2.3 Sheldon McClellan, Miami

PMing tarcone.

You can skip me this round if necessary. Will have a list later tonight.

2-4 Trevon Bluiettt Xavier

PM Sent

2.5 Tyler Ulis, Kentucky

I didn't see steve's post so I PMed him. I'll follow up with a PM to henry giving him 15ish minutes.

2.7 Jakob Poeltl, Utah

That works. I wanted to try not to screw Steve over too badly. Now that the clock has rolled over to tomorrow for Vince, we should be good.

Keep picking overnight, folks! 6 rounds in 3 days takes some vigilance. :)

2.8 Jalen Jones, Texas A&M

2.9 Kyle Wiltjer

2.6 Justin Jackson UNC

Sublime gets another, then back to Vince and Henry and PM me and I'll pick someone.

3.1 Kris Dunn

3.2 Bryn Forbes, Michigan State

3.3 Devin Williams, WVU

3.4 Georges Niang Iowa State

PM'd logan

Sorry for the holdup guys.

3.5 Ron Baker, Wichita State

Edit: just a heads up, I changed my pick after a few minutes. I left my list at work and blanked on someone I had higher. If that's not kosher, it's totally cool and I'll switch back. Honestly not sure if we've dealt with that before.

3-6 Yogi Ferrell Indiana

PM sent

Damn. Was really hoping he'd swing back around.

I forgot to make a list and I'm busy but I'll try to get on to make my 5th rounder so feel free to skip me in the 4th

Karl's pick:

3.7 Jaysean Paige, West Virginia

3.8 Danuel House, A+M

3.9 Elgin Cook, Oregon

4.1 Tyler Dorsey, Oregon

That's a bold strategy Cotton... Let's see if it pays off.

Ha...interesting and good luck. I think at this point you've committed yourself to throwing a few real bucks down on them. 14/1 from what I saw on CBSS.

My favorite part of the draft is the strategic aspects.


4.2 AJ Hammons , Purdue

Ah I had him targeted as my next pick.

Going into my 3.8 pick, I had three guys targeted.

The goal was to take one, and hope that murrayyy didn't take BOTH of the other two.

Mission accomplished.

(quack quack)

I think sitting in the 9 hole I felt "lucky" to have a 1 seed drop to me that averaged 80 pts a game. I originally had Allen and Murray marked for my b2b picks thinking someone would take all the 1's and 2's before I got a chance. As soon as the best 1/2's starting having their 2nd best scorer taken I figured there was really no other option besides taking some Cal kids.

I can get Oregon +225 just to make the final four right now. That's about as far as I'd trust them with a future bet.