2015 NCAA Pick 5

Butter · 03-16-2015, 08:07 AM

Rules

You pick five teams from this year's NCAA Tournament field. Points are awarded based on how far each of your teams advance, with bonus points given based on the team's seed. You get one point for winning in the Second (formerly first) round, 2 for the Third Round, 3 for the regional semis, 4 for the regional finals, 5 for the national semifinal, and 6 for the national championship. Then, for each game your team wins, you get points that match the number of seed they are.

For example, say you picked Kentucky (a No. 1 seed), and they advanced to the Final Four. You would get: (1+1) + (2+1) + (3+1) + (4+1) = 14 points for selecting the Shockers. Or, if you pick Albany, and they win 2 games, they would get (14+1) + (14+2) = 31 points.

As you can see, a well placed 10+ seeded team notching an upset or two is just as valuable as a 1 or 2 seed going to the Final 4.

First Four games do not count towards any point totals.

Good luck, everyone! Any questions, just post them here. Post your picks here, too.

If you want to change your picks, just edit your post. Any posts with an edit time of after Thursday, noon Eastern will be ruled ineligible.

Butter · 03-16-2015, 08:07 AM

Previous winners:

2006 - TazFTW, 83 pts.
2007 - ram, 89 pts.
2008 - No game
2009 - mauboy1, 87 pts.
2010 - ntndeacon, 98 pts.
2011 - timmynausea, 100 pts.
2012 - Coffee Warlord / gstelmack, co-champions, 70 pts.
2013 - Lathum, 101 pts.
2014 - Sublime 2 - 175 pts.

Sublime shattered the game points record last year by picking 7 seed UConn and 8 seed Kentucky, who both made the final, and Dayton the surprise 11-seed Elite 8 team. With 63, 55, and 39 points respectively, Sublime didn't really need the extra 18 points he got from Michigan State.

britrock88 · 03-16-2015, 01:28 PM

5 Northern Iowa
5 Utah
7 Wichita St.
11 Texas
13 Valparaiso

Young Drachma · 03-16-2015, 01:57 PM

12 Wyoming
4 Maryland
6 Butler
2 Gonzaga
6 Xavier

Karlifornia · 03-16-2015, 02:03 PM

My god, I did amazingly terrible last year. I'm going to try to not embarrass myself this time.

Karlifornia · 03-16-2015, 02:28 PM

12) Buffalo
9) LSU
7) Michigan State
5) Utah
5) Arkansas

muns · 03-16-2015, 03:20 PM

13) Eastern Washington
12) Buffalo
11) Texas
5) Northern Iowa
4) UNC

PackerFanatic · 03-16-2015, 03:51 PM

2) Gonzaga
6) Providence
7) Wichita State
7) Michigan State
13) Valparaiso

Butter · 03-17-2015, 02:22 PM

5) Northern Iowa
10) Davidson
11) Dayton
11) Texas
12) Buffalo

Subject to change if Dayton loses in the First Four.

QuikSand · 03-17-2015, 02:36 PM

5 Northern Iowa
6 Providence
7 Wichita State
10 Davidson
12 Stephen F Austin

Ragone · 03-17-2015, 02:42 PM

4 Louisville
7 Wichita State
12 Buffalo
13 Eastern Washington
14 Georgia State

Lathum · 03-17-2015, 02:45 PM

11 Texas
11 UCLA
3 Iowa State
1 Kentucky
7 Michigan State

murrayyyyy · 03-17-2015, 02:51 PM

13) UC Irvine
5) Utah
7) Wichita St
9) LSU
12) Boise St (If they lose Tues, sub in 12 Buffalo)

henry296 · 03-18-2015, 09:53 PM

1 Kentucky
12 Buffalo
13 Eastern Washington
3 Iowa St.
7 Michigan St

BillyNYC · 03-18-2015, 10:46 PM

1 Kentucky
3 Iowa State
5 Northern Iowa
11 Ole Miss
12 Stephen F Austin

Arles · 03-18-2015, 11:04 PM

1 Kentucky
2 Arizona
7 Wichita St
11 Texas
13 Eastern Washington

kingfc22 · 03-18-2015, 11:49 PM

1 Kentucky
4 UNC
6 SMU
7 Wichita St.
11 Dayton

mauchow · 03-18-2015, 11:54 PM

5. Northern Iowa
7. Wichita St
7. Michigan St
5. Utah
13. Valparaiso

Butter · 03-19-2015, 08:07 AM

Time's a-tickin'.

ntndeacon · 03-19-2015, 09:15 AM

3.Iowa St.
5.Utah
7. Wichita St
10. Davidson
12. Buffalo

hoopsguy · 03-19-2015, 09:34 AM

7.Michigan State
11. Mississippi
13. E. Washington
2. Gonzaga
11. Dayton

Vince, Pt. II · 03-19-2015, 10:21 AM

1. Kentucky
5. Utah
7. Wichita State
7. Michigan State
11. Texas

wade moore · 03-19-2015, 10:30 AM

14 Northeastern
3 Baylor
13 EWU
7 VCU
4 Louisville

Panthersfan75 · 03-19-2015, 11:16 AM

7 Michigan St
12 Stephen F Austin
7 Wichita State
11 Dayton
3 Baylor

cartman · 03-19-2015, 11:19 AM

11 Texas
4 Louisville
7 Wichita State
5 Utah
3 Iowa State

Chief Rum · 03-19-2015, 11:50 AM

2 Virginia
6 Butler
5 Northern Iowa
6 Xavier
5 Utah

Sublime 2 · 03-19-2015, 12:01 PM

6 Providence
9 OK State
3 Baylor
3 Iowa State
4 Louisville

QuikSand · 03-19-2015, 03:03 PM

Nary a UAB to be seen...

britrock88 · 03-19-2015, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Nary a UAB to be seen...

But one Georgia State!

(WTG, Ragone!)

Butter · 03-20-2015, 10:56 AM

Standings after Day 1:

kingfc22 · 03-20-2015, 03:47 PM

Man, I was going back and forth between SMU and Ohio St as my last team. Of course, I choose wrong.

britrock88 · 03-21-2015, 12:43 PM

Shoot. mauchow ALREADY has me covered for the tourney.

Vince, Pt. II · 03-21-2015, 12:47 PM

I need UNI to lose something fierce, because he's essentially got me as well.

Lathum · 03-21-2015, 01:16 PM

UCLA would be nice for me,I think I am the only one who has them

Karlifornia · 03-21-2015, 01:22 PM

I need Arkansas to go in dry on UNC

Butter · 03-22-2015, 11:43 AM

Scoring update after Day 3:

Sublime 2 · 03-22-2015, 05:38 PM

It's like I sold my soul for last year's preformance...what a dreadful shitstorm this year was.

Butter · 03-23-2015, 08:25 AM

Scoring update after first weekend... It appears that Wichita State is the common denominator here... with only 2 of the top 10 not picking the Shockers.

Still a tight race going into the second weekend, with mauchow holding a slim lead, but Vince holding the most teams of anyone remaining. I'm the only player out of teams, so that's awesome.

Ragone · 03-23-2015, 12:55 PM

I wonder how much variation there would be if the team picking process was done via pm.. seems like nearly everyone had Wichita state..

Vince, Pt. II · 03-23-2015, 01:49 PM

Although I pay attention to who the others are picking in the Starting 10 game, for this one it's all gut for me.

kingfc22 · 03-23-2015, 03:38 PM

Looks like I need MSU to lose and for UNC to keep going.

Butter · 03-28-2015, 08:28 AM

I will be out of touch until after the Final 4. Next scoring update will be that Monday morning... It'll be a surprise to some of us at that time.

Butter · 04-06-2015, 01:25 PM

With nobody having Duke or Wisconsin, it looks like this year's competition is over. And we have our winner!

We have our second lowest winning score of all time, 82 points. Every single player had a team score zero points, which also speaks to the lack of major upsets in this tournament.

If you didn't have Michigan State, you were out, as the top 7 players all had the Spartans.

But it came down to the power of Utah and Wichita State just barely squeaking past UCLA.

Congrats to Vince, Pt. II who foiled Lathum's attempt to become the first repeat winner!

PackerFanatic · 04-07-2015, 11:35 AM

Good showing for my first year. Kind of a bummer I didn't hit on either of my upsets, otherwise I may have had a shot.

Vince, Pt. II · 04-07-2015, 02:12 PM

Hurrah, finally won one of these things

Impressed with Lathum's total considering he had two goose eggs.

Chief Rum · 04-07-2015, 02:21 PM

Congrats Vince!

Lathum · 04-07-2015, 03:26 PM

so close!

Congrats Vince

hoopsguy · 04-07-2015, 08:08 PM

Nice work, Vince!

03-16-2015, 08:07 AM	#2
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