2020 March Madness Sim

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So in lieu of eagerly awaiting the conclusion of conference tournaments and Selection Sunday, due to the Corona Virus, I have decided to carry out my own tourney. I hear the NCAA is considering releasing their official brackets, which if that happens in the next day or so I may restart this. If not then I will proceed with the Andy Katz bracket predictions. These games will be simulated with, What If Sports Sim Matchup engine.

I will post the brackets in another post, including the play in games, along with a schedule of when games will be simulated. Each game will get its own post with a box score included. I have also started up a Facebook page where I will post updates. Here is the link - https://www.facebook.com/College-Hoo...0398921601184/

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And here is a link to the brackets. Since of course I cannot seem to figure out how to upload an image.

https://images.app.goo.gl/PGYofmr2ZXwepN71A

The play in game matchups are below which I will sim tonight.

Texas Southern vs NC A&T
Memphis vs Arizona State
Virginia vs Wichita State
Monmouth vs Robert Morris

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Play in Game 1:

Texas Southern 72
North Carolina A&T 80

Big game by Ronald Jackson with 12 pts and 17 rebounds and Kameron Langley who posted a triple double with 14 pts, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. North Carolina A&T will next face #1 overall seed Baylor.

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Play in Game 2:

Memphis 78
Arizona State 72

With 4 of 5 starters in double digits led by Precious Achiuwa who also had 13 rebounds Memphis pulled away down the stretch. This win earns Memphis the right to play 5 seed Kentucky.

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Play in Game 3:

Virginia 77
Wichita State 71

The Cavaliers had 5 starters in double figures and shot 53% from the field. After falling behind by 8 points at half time the Shockers roared back and took a 57-55 lead with 11 minutes left in the game. After falling behind the Cavaliers retook the lead 61-59 and never looked back. Next up for the Cavaliers is 6 seed Creighton.

Virginia 77
Wichita State 71

The Cavaliers had 5 starters in double figures and shot 53% from the field. After falling behind by 8 points at half time the Shockers roared back and took a 57-55 lead with 11 minutes left in the game. After falling behind the Cavaliers retook the lead 61-59 and never looked back. Next up for the Cavaliers is 6 seed Creighton.

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Play in Game 4:

Monmouth 72
Robert Morris 60

16 pts off the bench by George Papas lead the Hawks who led the whole way in a game that was never in question. Next up for Monmouth is #1 seed San Diego State.

[tarcone]

You know the Florida state legislature has already determined that Florida St. is the champion right?

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But keep on Im watching

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Originally Posted by tarcone

You know the Florida state legislature has already determined that Florida St. is the champion right?

Hmm I guess we will have to let the games play out for now. More results coming today.

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Game 1 of the East region:

1 - San Diego State 78
16 - Monmouth 73

The Monmouth Hawks led this one at the half 38-37 and held the lead all the way until 14:39 left in the second half. After that it was the Yanni Wetzel and Matt Mitchell show as they would score all but 6 of the final 28 points for San Diego State. Definitely a bit of a scare for the Aztecs.

Just an FYI if you head on over to the Facebook page in the first post you can see the box scores.

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Game 2 of the East Region:

8 - Saint Mary's 76
9 - Texas Tech 79

Jordan Ford did all he could to lead Saint Mary's to a win pouring in 29 points on 12-21 shooting but in the end it was not enough. Saint Mary's blew a 9 point first half lead as the Red Raiders got hot in the second half, and made their free throws down the stretch to secure the win.

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Game 3 of the East Region:

5 - Kentucky 79
12 - Memphis 72

No 12 over 5 upset in this game. While the Wildcats only shot 39% from the field, Tyrese Maxey and Ashton Hagans let helped the Wildcats pull away down the stretch after going down 72-71. Maxey finished with 22 points while Hagan had 20 points and 7 assists.

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Game 4 of the East Region:

4 - Butler 67
13- Vermont 82

We have our first upset of the tournament and it's a big one. The Vermont Catamounts shot 52% from the field and almost 53% from 3 point land. Anthony Lamb led the way with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Big upset of the #4 seed.

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Game 5 of the East Region:

6 - Creighton 73
11 - Virginia 64

The Cavaliers dug a big hole in the first half after going down by 19 points. Creighton held off a second have charge by the Cavaliers who had cut the lead to 5 five but it was too little too late.

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Game 6 of the East Region:

3 - Maryland 67
14 - UC Irvine 63

A see saw battle that saw several lead changes but in the end the Terrapins Anthony Cowan and Jalen Smith were too much for the Anteaters.

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Game 7 of the East Region:

7 - Rutgers 64
10 - Houston 80

Houston started the game with a 13-0 run and never looked back. With seven players in double digits this game was never in doubt.

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Game 8 of the East Region:

2 - Duke 91
15 - Wright State 86

Not a lot of defense in this game which was the highest scoring of the tourney so far. Tre Jones led Duke with 24 points 5 rebounds and 8 assists while Vernon Carey added 21 points and 12 rebounds as Duke held off a late charge from Wright State.