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2018 Postseason

No team or player head-to-head games this postseason, so we'll go right to the full recap:

PF Tim Sheppard (Michigan State)- redshirting -- 28-6, 14-4 Big Ten.

3/16/18- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (14) American (W 88-66).
3/18/18- NCAA Midwest Region Second Round vs. (6) Illinois State (L 76-68).

C Jace Hunter (Pittsburgh)- redshirting -- 22-14, 9-9 Big East.

3/15/18- NIT East Region Quarterfinal vs. (5) Hawaii (W 66-46).
3/17/18- NIT East Region Semifinal at (1) UNLV (W 83-49).
3/24/18- NIT East Region Championship vs. (6) Kansas State (W 73-68).
3/27/18- NIT National Semifinal vs. (2W) Creighton (W 79-43).
3/29/18- NIT Championship vs. (2E) Texas A&M (L 88-83, OT).

PG Dean Hoo (Marquette)- redshirting -- 27-8, 13-5 Big East.

3/16/18- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (13) Butler (W 74-57).
3/18/18- NCAA Midwest Region Second Rund vs. (5) Illinois (L 70-55).

PG David Ginsberg (Syracuse) -- 30-6, 13-5 Big East.

3/16/18- NCAA East Region First Round vs. (16) Georgia (W 69-41), 9 mins played, 6 points, 2 FGM, 2 3PM, 1 rebound, 2 assists = 17 fantasy points.
3/18/18- NCAA East Region Second Round vs. (8) Boston College (W 71-54), 9 mins played, 6 points, 2 FGM, 2 3PM, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 turnover = 15 fantasy points.
3/23/18- NCAA East Region Semifinal vs. (5) Missouri State (L 93-90), 7 mins played, 1 point, 1 FTM, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 foul = 4.5 fantasy points.

36.5 fantasy points/25 mins played = 1.460 for the postseason.

SG Al Mighty (Texas) -- 31-5, 14-2 Big 12.

3/15/18- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (16) Pacific (W 98-82), 34 mins played, 21 points, 9 FGM, 2 FTM, 1 3PM, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers, 1 foul = 40.5 fantasy points.
3/17/18- NCAA Midwest Region Second Round vs. (8) UCLA (W 86-80), 33 mins played, 26 points, 8 FGM, 6 FTM, 4 3 PM, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, 4 turnovers, 3 fouls = 44 fantasy points.
3/23/18- NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal vs. (5) Illinois (L 89-77), 25 mins played, 11 points, 1 3PM, 2 rebounds, 3 turnovers, fouled out = -3.5 fantasy points.

81 fantasy points/92 mins played = .880 for the postseason.

SF Rob Nielsen (Stanford) -- 26-9, 12-6 Pac 10.

3/16/18- NCAA South Region First Round vs. (8) Indiana (L 94-80), 16 mins played, 8 points, 3 FGM, 2 3PM, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 1 foul = 23 fantasy points.

23 fantasy points/16 mins played = 1.438 for the postseason.

Postseason Fantasy Rankings

#1- David Ginsberg (Syracuse)- 1.460
#2- Rob Nielsen (Stanford)- 1.438
#3- Al Mighty (Texas)- .880

A big postseason victory for David, as he wins the first postseason ranking showdown, but it wasn't by much. His production on lack of minutes certainly helped his cause, but that's all that matters, is what you do with the minutes you get. It didn't matter that Syracuse played 3 games in the postseason and Stanford only played 1 game, because that 1 game that Rob played in was almost good enough to win this postseason fantasy ranking. Of course, if Al doesn't foul out and have so many turnovers in Texas' game against Illinois, he probably wins this postseason contest, as he had a couple monster games otherwise.

2017-2018 Season Fantasy Rankings

#1- Al Mighty (Texas)- .896
#2- Rob Nielsen (Stanford)- .827
#3- David Ginsberg (Syracuse)- .778

Al led the way by winning 10 weekly fantasy ranking contests and 3 monthly fantasy rankings contests. He also helped his cause by earning 3 POTG awards and had 1 double-double. None of our other 2 players had either of those. Watch out for David next season though, he really showed great consistency after Jan. 1, and won the 2018 postseason ranking award.

Next year, we'll have at least 3 more players in the mix that will be on the court, so not only will we have overall challenges, but we'll also have challenges by class (sophomore, freshman). Gonna be fun, I'll get the 2018-2019 season started in the next couple days