NCAA basketball 2011, a What If Sports Replay

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St. Louis- 76 @ Rhode Island- 69

Charlotte- 62 @ Richmond- 52

George Washington- 56 @ LaSalle- 66

Xavier- 70 @ Dayton- 60 -- Mark Lyons had 19 points and Tu Holloway had 16 to lead Xavier.

Duquesne- 76 @ VCU- 74

George Mason- 73 @ Fordham- 57

St. Bonaventure- 67 @ St. Joes- 59

UMass- 62 @ #9 Temple- 64 -- Anthony Lee hit the game winning buzzer beater from the free throw line and Temple survives.

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San Diego St.- 59 @ Montana- 68

Denver- 61 @ Nevada- 56

Weber St.- 42 @ Wyoming- 66 -- Apparently Weber St. forgot to show up tonight, as they were held to just 35.7% shooting. Ouch!

UNLV- 80 @ Boise St.- 51 -- UNLV led by 20 at halftime and were led in scoring by Chace Stanback with 19.

BYU- 74 @ Lamar- 84

New Mexico St.- 80 @ South Dakota St.- 74

#17 Colorado St.- 64 @ Air Force- 71 -- Mike Fitzgerald scored 18 to lead Air Force to the upset win.

TCU- 67 @ New Mexico- 72

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#7 Duke- 82 @ Loyola (MD)- 77

Georgia Tech- 62 @ Virginia Tech- 68

Boston College- 55 @ Miami- 49 -- The Hurricanes shot just 33% from the field and could never get on track.

Florida St.- 57 @ Clemson- 67

Wake Forest- 49 @ Harvard- 61

#25 Davidson- 71 @ Drexel- 68 -- Chris Czerapowicz hit the game winning three pointer at the buzzer for Davidson.

Virginia- 62 @ Maryland- 59 -- Sammy Zeglinski buried a three to win the game at the buzzer for Virginia.

N.C. State- 70 @ #1 North Carolina- 72 -- The Tarheels stay undefeated, barely. Tyler Zeller led the Heels with 20 points.

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Marquette- 83 @ Pitt- 86 (OT) -- Vander Blue hit a bucket to send the game to OT and then Lamar Patterson hit the game winning three pointer in OT for Pitt.

Rutgers- 77 @ Seton Hall- 79 (OT) -- Herb Pope hit the game winner in OT and had 21 for the game.

St. Johns- 52 @ South Florida- 58

#14 Notre Dame- 67 @ Louisville- 74 -- Chane Behanan scored 19 to lead Louisville to a big win.

#5 UConn- 65 @ DePaul- 51

Providence- 78 @ Villanova- 59

Georgetown- 72 @ West Virginia- 48 -- Hollis Thompson had 22 and Jason Clark had 21 for the Hoyas as they held West Virginia to just 16 first half points.

Cincinnati- 44 @ #20 Syracuse- 56

[bbgunn]

Originally Posted by collegesportsfanms

Sorry bb, not this one. I had to leave a lot of schools out. I will get Hawaii in for the next one I do though. Hope you keep following along!

I'll definitely keep following along. Just (sniff) a bit (sniff) sad, that's all.

[collegesportsfanms]

Mr. Gunn, you have my word that both Alabama and Hawaii will be in the next one I do, which will take place probably at the start of next basketball season

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Texas A&M- 55 @ #13 Creighton- 71

Akron- 69 @ Ohio- 78

Marshall- 64 @ Texas Tech- 61

#10 Texas- 73 @ #14 Baylor- 62 -- Myck Kabongo led Texas with 21 points, 6 assists, and 4 rebounds.

Oklahoma St- 45 @ Missouri- 60

Oklahoma- 95 @ Kansas St.- 92 (3 OT) -- This game is an instant classic any way you look at it. Oklahoma needed a tip-in to send the game into ot #2, and Rodney McGruder hit the game tying shot at the buzzer to force the 3rd extra frame. Oklahoma took a 95-92 lead with a minute and a half to go and K-State missed their last 5 shots, 3 in the last 10 seconds.

#8 Kansas- 78 @ Iowa St.- 68 -- Thomas Robinson was a beast for the Jayhawks, with 25 points and 14 boards.

Oral Roberts- 62 @ Wichita St.- 89

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Washington St.- 65 @ USC- 51

Loyola Marymount- 90 @ #25 Long Beach St.- 88 (OT) -- Anthony Ireland scored 23 to lead Marymount.

St. Marys- 76 @ Arizona St.- 61

UCLA- 65 @ Oregon- 75

Stanford- 56 @ California- 73 -- Cal lead by as many as 24 in the second half and were led by Allen Crabbe with 16.

Oregon St.- 72 @ Colorado- 64

Washington- 77 @ Arizona- 75 -- C.J. Wilcox led Washington with 18 points and 6 rebounds.

Gonzaga- 68 @ Utah- 51

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Arkansas- 68 @ South Carolina- 55

#11 Belmont- 70 @ Southern Miss- 80 -- Darnell Dodson had 24 and Angelo Johnson had 20 as Southern Miss probably played themselves into the top 25 with this win.

Mid. Tenn. St.- 63 @ Auburn- 48

Mississippi St.- 72 @ #2 Vanderbilt- 70 -- Arnett Moultrie led Miss. St. with 21 in the upset victory.

Ole Miss- 61 @ #3 Florida- 73

LSU- 60 @ Alabama- 64

Kentucky- 62 @ Tennessee- 65 -- I'm beginning to think the WIS sim doesn't like last years Kentucky team even though they really lost 2 games all season and won the national championship.

#21 Memphis- 77 @ Georgia- 67 -- Will Barton scored 27 to lead Memphis.

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Richmond- 67 @ George Washington- 65 (OT) -- Darien Brothers led Richmond with 21 including a key basket late in the second half to help force OT.

VCU- 61 @ George Mason- 75

Fordham- 70 @ Duquesne- 61

LaSalle- 67 @ Xavier- 74

Dayton- 58 @ St. Louis- 73

St. Joes- 71 @ UMass- 87

#9 Temple- 88 @ St. Bonaventure- 95 -- Da'Quan Cook scored 21 and St. Bonaventure shot almost 60% from the field.

Rhode Island- 69 @ Charlotte- 58

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Nevada- 73 @ Weber St.- 63 -- Malik Story led Nevada with 25 points.

Lamar- 86 @ New Mexico St.- 95 (OT) -- New Mexico St. absoultely controlled the OT period and were led by Bandja Sy with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

South Dakota St.- 83 @ BYU- 91

Wyoming- 59 @ #23 UNLV- 71

Boise St.- 71 @ San Diego St.- 78 -- The Aztecs had 3 players with 20or more points this game: Chase Tapley had 27, James Rahon had 24, and Jamaal Franklin had 20.

Air Force- 56 @ TCU- 67

New Mexico- 76 @ #19 Colorado St.- 59

Montana- 57 @ Denver- 75

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Virginia Tech- 64 @ Boston College- 54

Harvard- 76 @ #22 Davidson- 71 -- This game featured 12 lead changes and 7 ties, but Harvard was finally able to create some distance late.

Drexel- 59 @ Wake Forest- 50

Miami- 51 @ Florida St.- 78

Clemson- 73 @ #6 Duke- 82

Maryland- 69 @ N.C. State- 79

#1 North Carolina- 74 @ Virginia- 61 -- Tyler Zeller had 13 points, 10boards and Kendall Marshall had 8 points, 7 boards, 6 assists as the Heels remain undefeated.

Loyola (MD)- 72 @ Georgia Tech- 74 (OT) -- Erik Etherly had 25 for Loyola, including a buzzer beater to force OT, but Georgia Tech hung on.

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Seton Hall- 69 @ St. Johns- 57

DePaul- 55 @ Providence- 71

Villanova- 53 @ #4 UConn- 68 -- Shabazz Napier had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Huskies.

South Florida- 82 @ #16 Notre Dame- 76 (OT) -- The Irish actually trailed most of this game, but a late three pointer by Alex Dragicevich sent the game into OT, but the Bulls of S. Florida were just unstoppable tonight.

#24 Louisville- 65 @ Marquette- 71 (OT) -- Darius Johnson-Odom had 20 to lead Marquette as they get the win in OT.

West Virginia- 56 @ Cincinnati- 66

#17 Syracuse- 63 @ Georgetown- 66 -- The Hoyas led by 15 at halftime and made it hold up.

Pitt- 67 @ Rutgers- 64

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Minnesota- 69 @ Penn St.- 58

Illinois St.- 60 @ Butler- 50

#18 Murray St.- 58 @ Illinois- 67 -- D.J. Richardson led the Illini with 18 in the upset win.

Purdue- 76 @ #20 Michigan- 52 -- Terone Johnson led Purdue with 23points as the Wolverines were absolutely hammered today.

Northwestern- 76 @ #12 Michigan St.- 64 -- Another upset as Drew Crawford lead Northwestern with 18.

Iowa- 66 @ #15 Indiana- 84

#5 Ohio St.- 66 @ #7 Wisconsin- 76 -- Jordan Taylor led the Badgers with 31 points in an awesome performance.

Northern Iowa- 71 @ Nebraska- 47

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I apologize but at this time I am not going to be able to post the standings. The simple reason is that I had another computer crash on my computer down in the basement, which is the computer that had the standings file in excel. It should be fixed by the end of next week, at which time I hope to be able to use my work computer and my other house computer to get through week 15. This would put us through cross divison play, and would be a perfect time to reveal the standings, after 8 weeks of conference play. However, we do still have the top 25 poll (which I was smart enough to create on the good, working computer upstairs): and here it is.

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Breaking News

The commissioner of the Whatifsports sim dynasty has made an announcement on the postseason format for the first season. When asked, here is what Mike Schaplowsky had to say:

"Obviously, all conferences will have a conference tournament. All 16 teams will be involved. The top team in the east division will play the bottom team in the west division, and so forth. The team with the best record within the conference will get the top seed. Anybody that is confused by this, we invite you to ask questions."

"As far as after conference tournaments, here is what I have decided... All 128 teams will get a chance to extend their season. We will have 4 postseason tournaments, the NCAA tournament, the NIT, the CBI, and the CIT. Prestige of the tournaments is in the exact order that I mentioned, which means you will see the worst of the worst in the CIT. Now, as far as numbers, we will have 64 in the NCAA tournament, 32 in the NIT, and 16 in each the CBI and CIT."

"As far as number of teams from each conference in each tournament.. we are going to try an equality project this first season. Each conference will get 8 teams into the NCAA, 4 teams into the NIT, and 2 teams in each of the CBI and CIT. There will be no more or no less for either tournament. I apologize in advance to any deserving teams that might get left out of the NCAA tournament, but this is what I have decided. All you readers, feel free to leave your feedback. I am going to try to set each tournament up so that no conference teams meet each other until very late in the tournament. I am looking at having just 2 teams from each conference in each region of the NCAA tournament.. 1 on the top half of the bracket, the other on the bottom half. This would insure no meetings until the Elite Eight. Now obviously this may not always come to form, based on seedings, but I will do my best."

"One final note as far as automatic qualifiers... the top team from each division (east and west) of each conference gets an auto bid to the NCAA tournament, as well as the conference tournament winner. If the conference tournament winner was the top team in their division, then the third auto bid will go to the conference tournament runner-up. Ideally, we would like to have the east division champ meet the west division champ in the conference tournament championship game, as these would be the best 2 teams from each conference. If that comes to form in any conference tournament, with those 2 teams already qualifying, the third auto bid would go to the better 2nd place team in the conference."

"Folks I know I have thrown a lot at you today, and I am sure there will be comments and questions. I welcome them all. For you loyal readers, I am asking for questions and comments about my postseason format, good or bad. I will respond to all, so don't hold back. Thanks to everybody for reading and following along with this dynasty, and I hope to see a fair amount of questions and comments within the next few days."

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California- 65 @ Loyola Marymount- 63

Long Beach St.- 69 @ Stanford- 75

Arizona- 56 @ UCLA- 74 -- David Wear scored 24 to lead the Bruins.

Utah- 48 @ #25 Washington- 64

USC- 57 @ Oregon St.- 66

Colorado- 81 @ St. Marys- 71 -- Andre Roberson had 22 points, 13 boards for Colorado.

Arizona St.- 72 @ #24 Gonzaga- 63 -- The Sun Devils shot 51% from the field and stunned the Zags.

Oregon- 77 @ Washington St.- 68

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#2 Florida- 89 @ #13 Belmont- 85 -- Bradley Beal scored 29 for Florida as this game will probably go down as an ESPN instant classic.

#17 Southern Miss- 62 @ Ole Miss- 78

Tennessee- 61 @ Mississippi St.- 64 -- Kenny Hall missed a 3 pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.

Georgia- 47 @ Kentucky- 79 -- Anthony Davis scored 25 points and Kentucky finally played a game on the WIS sim like I expected them to play.

South Carolina- 69 @ LSU- 74

Alabama- 51 @ Mid. Tenn. St.- 64

Auburn- 55 @ #16 Memphis- 61

#4 Vanderbilt- 66 @ Arkansas- 61

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St. Louis- 73 @ VCU- 70

George Mason- 64 @ Dayton- 69

St. Bonaventure- 71 @ La Salle- 78 -- Andrew Nicholson had 29 for the Bonnies in a losing effort.

Charlotte- 74 @ #11 Temple- 83 -- Khalif Wyatt had 25 for Temple.

George Washington- 61 @ St. Joes- 64

UMass- 84 @ Fordham- 82 (OT) -- Branden Frazier had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists, and Chris Gaston had 18 points and 17 rebounds for Fordham, and they lost!

Duquesne- 82 @ Rhode Island- 66

Xavier- 65 @ Richmond- 59

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San Diego St.- 63 @ Lamar- 74

New Mexico St.- 77 @ Boise St.- 66

#23 Colorado St.- 74 @ Wyoming- 64

Denver- 63 @ #22 New Mexico- 61 -- Rob Lewis had 19 for Denver and they shocked New Mexico.

Weber St.- 60 @ Air Force- 56

TCU- 72 @ South Dakota St.- 79

BYU- 51 @ Montana- 46

#15 UNLV- 82 @ Nevada- 78 -- Mike Moser had 20 points and 9 boards to lead UNLV.

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#6 Duke- 65 @ #18 Harvard- 72 -- Harvard went on a 17-1 run in the second half to turn a 6 point deficit into a 10 lead and held it the rest of the game.

Davidson- 53 @ Clemson- 76

Virginia- 60 @ Miami- 66

Georgia Tech- 57 @ #1 North Carolina- 55 -- HUGE upset here, as the Tarheels shot just 33.3% and could never figure out GA Techs defense. Despite all that, Carolina still had a chance to win as Glen Rice Jr. missed 2 free throws for Tech with 3 seconds left, but all Carolina could do was heave a 65 footer that was well short as the buzzer sounded, and the last undefeated is now defeated.

Boston College- 54 @ Maryland- 71

N.C. State- 78 @ Drexel- 61

Wake Forest- 51 @ Loyola (MD)- 60

Florida St.- 67 @ Virginia Tech- 53

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Marquette- 68 @ DePaul- 73

Providence- 58 @ Louisville- 79 -- Louisville led by as many as 30 in this one.

Georgetown- 62 @ South Florida- 71

Rutgers- 66 @ #20 Syracuse- 55 -- Jerome Seagears had 16 points to lead upset minded Rutgers.

St. Johns- 70 @ West Virginia- 72

Cincinnati- 81 @ Villanova- 58 -- Dion Dixon was the leading scorer with 24 for Cincy, and Cashmere Wright added 16.

#3 UConn- 78 @ Pittsburgh- 57

#21 Notre Dame- 77 @ Seton Hall- 71

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#14 Michigan St.- 71 @ Illinois St.- 66 -- Draymond Green had 26 to lead the Spartans.

Butler- 65 @ Northwestern- 70

#5 Wisconsin- 44 @ Purdue- 54 -- Wisconsin shot just 28.3% for the game. Wow!

Nebraska- 50 @ #8 Ohio St.- 75

Penn St.- 49 @ Iowa- 65

#12 Indiana- 73 @ Murray St.- 63 -- Indiana led 47-26 at halftime.

Illinois- 55 @ Northern Iowa- 71

Michigan- 72 @ Minnesota- 62

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Missouri- 74 @ Akron- 83

Ohio- 72 @ Oklahoma St.- 61 -- Nick Kellogg led the Bobcats with 19 points.

Iowa St.- 63 @ #9 Texas- 51

Wichita St.- 64 @ #7 Kansas- 76

#10 Creighton- 86 @ Oklahoma- 84 (OT) -- As usual, Doug McDermott lit up his opponent with 35 points. However, it took a Grant Gibbs baseline jumper with 20 seconds left for Creighton to send the game into overtime. Oklahoma had a chance to win in regulation but couldn't get it done.

Kansas St.- 78 @ Marshall- 69

Texas Tech- 56 @ Oral Roberts- 68

#19 Baylor- 82 @ Texas A&M- 81 -- Quincy Acy hit a jumper at the buzzer as Baylor avoided the upset.

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Here is the top 25 as we begin Week 13, and for the first time all season, you'll noticed there is a new #1 as North Carolina finally lost in Week 12.

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Kentucky- 57 @ #1 Florida- 81 -- The Gators made sure their stay at the top would not be a one week event, hammering Kentucky.

Mississippi St.- 79 @ Alabama- 67

Ole Miss- 61 @ South Carolina- 51

#17 Memphis- 68 @ #21 Southern Miss- 54 -- Joe Jackson scored 17 for Memphis in this top 25 battle.

Mid. Tenn. St.- 80 @ Tennessee- 58

LSU- 51 @ Georgia- 61

Arkansas- 71 @ Auburn- 50

#15 Belmont- 71 @ #3 Vanderbilt- 65 -- A great game as Belmont gets a nice comeback win after trailing by double digits in the first half.

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#10 Temple- 65 @ St. Louis- 74 -- Brian Conklin scored 24 as St. Louis got an upset win.

LaSalle- 65 @ UMass- 76

Dayton- 70 @ George Washington- 59

Rhode Island- 78 @ George Mason- 73

Fordham- 72 @ St. Bonaventure- 79

St. Joes- 57 @ Charlotte- 68

Richmond- 77 @ Duquesne- 63 -- Darrius Garrett had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks for Richmond.

VCU- 57 @ Xavier- 67

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#23 New Mexico- 72 @ San Diego St.- 73 -- Jamaal Franklin got the game winner at the buzzer as the Aztecs stun New Mexico.

Wyoming- 57 @ TCU- 58 -- A wild one as Leonard Washington gave Wyoming a 57-55 lead with 1 second to go, but TCU converted on the long baseball pass to find Kyan Anderson in the right corner and he put up a hurried, off balance three that went in at the buzzer to steal the thunder away from Wyoming and give TCU a big win.

Boise St.- 54 @ Weber St.- 68

Montana- 54 @ New Mexico St.- 65

South Dakota St.- 69 @ #20 Colorado St.- 63 -- Nate Wolters scored 20 for South Dakota St. in the win.

Air Force- 56 @ Denver- 70

Nevada- 57 @ BYU- 74

Lamar- 78 @ #14 UNLV- 64 -- Not a good week for top 25 teams in the MWC, as all 3 lose. Mike James led Lamar with 18 points and 6 boards.

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#4 North Carolina- 85 @ #8 Duke- 87 -- Carolina is now on a 2 game losing streak after winning 11 to start the season.

Miami- 65 @ N.C. State- 66 -- Scott Wood hit the game winner from the free throw line for the Wolfpack.

Clemson- 73 @ Boston College- 54

Loyola (MD)- 59 @ Davidson- 74

Drexel- 49 @ Virginia- 65

Maryland- 70 @ Georgia Tech- 60 -- Terrell Stoglin had 27 points for Maryland.

Virginia Tech- 59 @ Wake Forest- 55

#16 Harvard- 61 @ Florida St.- 52

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Syracuse- 76 @ Marquette- 70

South Florida- 69 @ Cincinnati- 63

#25 Louisville- 77 @ St. Johns- 72

Pittsburgh- 80 @ Providence- 68 -- Tray Woodall led Pitt with 17 points and 8 assists.

Villanova- 54 @ Georgetown- 64

West Virginia- 68 @ Rutgers- 73 -- Eli Carter led Rutgers with 23 points.

Seton Hall- 50 @ #2 UConn- 69

DePaul- 62 @ #19 Notre Dame- 64 -- DePaul led by 9 at halftime but couldn't hold on.

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#7 Ohio St.- 75 @ #13 Michigan St.- 71 -- Jared Sullinger had 21 points and 8 boards to lead the Buckeyes.

Purdue- 74 @ #11 Indiana- 81

Northwestern- 64 @ Penn St.- 66

Northern Iowa- 68 @ Butler- 72 (OT) -- Austin Pehl hit a jumpshot at the buzzer to force OT for the Panthers, but Butler pulled away in the extra frame.

Murray St.- 61 @ #6 Wisconsin- 79

Iowa- 59 @ Nebraska- 68

Minnesota- 75 @ Illinois- 70

Illinois St.- 74 @ Michigan- 56

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#5 Kansas- 79 @ Missouri- 78 -- Kevin Young had the last 4 points for KU, including the game winner at the buzzer.

#12 Texas- 78 @ Kansas St.- 69

Oklahoma St.- 59 @ #9 Creighton- 68

Oral Roberts- 73 @ Ohio- 53

Marshall- 74 @ Iowa St.- 65

Oklahoma- 66 @ Wichita St.- 58 -- Steven Pledger led OU with 25 points and 7 boards.

Texas A&M- 66 @ Texas Tech- 56

Akron- 86 @ #18 Baylor- 87 (OT) -- Brett McClanahan hit a 3 for Akron to send the game to OT, and Pierre Jackson answered with the last word, getting a three in OT to give Baylor the win by the narrowest of margins

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#22 Washington- 71 @ California- 73 -- A 20 point effort from Cal's Jorge Gutierrez combined with a 19 point effort by Justin Cobbs gave Cal the win.

UCLA- 66 @ Colorado- 57

Stanford- 69 @ USC- 51

Gonzaga- 69 @ Long Beach St.- 71 -- Casper Ware had a 24 point effort for Long Beach.

St. Marys- 85 @ Arizona- 73

#24 Oregon St.- 53 @ Utah- 44

Washington St.- 64 @ Arizona St.- 53

Loyola Marymount- 65 @ Oregon- 76

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I am seriously considering scrapping this project, for several reasons. 1, the 2012-2013 quicksims are out on whatifsports, and several times I have quicksimmed with a 2012-2013 team instead of a 2011-2012 team. Also, I'm not halfway through the season and I'm already burnt out with it. I need to figure out a way to make things shorter. Then, I've got a few people who are request certain teams to be in it. bbgunn wants Hawaii, and I've gotten a couple private messages from people who would be interested in certain teams.

So what I may do, and if anybody wants to help they can, is figure out a new setup for the 2012-2013 season, the teams to use, things like that. If we can get a setup going, then I can restart this project using the 2012-2013WIS setup. I would start it in the fall, probably around September or October (honestly I'm to the point where I'm almost in full baseball mode right now.)

So here are some questions I would like help answering:

1. How many teams? Is 128 good? or too many? or to few?
2. How should the teams be selected? Should I do like I did last time? top 8 conferences then fill them with the best teams from other conferences, plus whatever teams people want to see?
3. Non-conference or no non-conference? If I do non-conference how should I set it up?
4. How should conference play be set up?
5. Postseason play? How should it be set up?

These are all questions I'm seriously considering for the next one, and I am looking for responses helping me answer these questions? I'm open to any ideas, so I would appreciate any help I can get, so don't be shy with your opinions folks! Thanks

[bbgunn]

Hey, you don't have to put Hawaii in the game. I was just asking about them, but I would read the dynasty no matter what.

[collegesportsfanms]

bbgunn, trust me, its not just the fact that you want Hawaii in the game, its a lot of reasons.

First and foremost, I've kind of lost interest in this particular one. It was going to be a 29 week season.. I'm at week 13 and already getting burnt out. The first 10 weeks were fun, the last 3 weeks have seemed like a chore. The next one I do needs to be shortened somehow.

Second, its getting to be baseball season, and quite honestly I'm more focused on baseball projects than basketball projects (although I am trying to get a dynasty going in FBCB soon because that is a basketball game I always enjoy playing.) Other than that I have 2 baseball projects I focus on during baseball season.

Third, whatifsports has put the 2012-2013 teams onto the college basketball sim. I kept simming games with them because I would forget to set the year to 2011-2012, so my results were getting skewed and I kept having to resim games.

It's a combo of all these things bbgunn, but I have no problem putting Hawaii in the next one I do. I just have got to figure out a format that is shorter than this one was going to be, so that I don't lose interest halfway into it. This is where I'm struggling, so any help there would be greatly appreciated.

[Brian Swartz]

Since you plan on doing a tournament at the end anyway, I would just make one big tournament if it was me. That way you could do more detail on the games individually. By my count, if you put all the teams available in, you'd have 382(could be off one or two, looks like Delaware might be in there twice, but anyway).

Top 130 would get a first-round bye(base it on regular-season record or somesuch), you'd have the other 252 playing for the remaining 126 spots, then you'd be down to a 256-team single elimination standard tournament.

[collegesportsfanms]

Bryan, there are actually 347 D1 NCAA basketball teams. The only reason I know that is because I went to Wikipedia and found it there.

As for a big tournament.. I had thought about that idea, but I really did kind of enjoy doing the conference and season play. Maybe eliminate non-conference and just have conference play is an idea.

Thanks for your suggestion, I appreciate it, keep them coming!