NCAA Pick 5 - 2012 edition

Butter · 03-12-2012, 10:39 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 Wildcats. Or, if you pick St. Bonaventure, 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 · 03-12-2012, 10:39 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.

Timmy won last year with picks of (3) UConn, (4) Kentucky, (12) Richmond, (7) Washington, and (12) Utah State.

Utah State scored no points, but the combo of UConn's national title, UK making the Final 4, and Richmond making the Sweet 16 gave timmy a record point total.

jbergey22 · 03-12-2012, 10:41 AM

Texas
NC State
UNLV
New Mexico
North Carolina

Coffee Warlord · 03-12-2012, 10:45 AM

#2 Kansas
#11 Colorado
#11 Texas
#7 Florida
#5 Vanderbilt

Marmel · 03-12-2012, 10:54 AM

Marquette
San Diego St
Florida St
Florida
Connecticut

dacman · 03-12-2012, 11:03 AM

Louisville
Vandy
Florida St
Colorado
Iona

bhlloy · 03-12-2012, 11:04 AM

Murray State
Memphis
Florida State
Harvard
Connecticut

QuikSand · 03-12-2012, 11:05 AM

13 New Mexico State
5 Temple
6 San Diego State
6 Cincinnati
3 Baylor

Young Drachma · 03-12-2012, 11:25 AM

Murray State
Ohio State
Missouri
Memphis
Creighton

britrock88 · 03-12-2012, 12:01 PM

Way too East-heavy, but here goes:

Ohio State (East #2)
Wisconsin (East #4)
Wichita State (South #5)
Kansas State (East #8)
Belmont (Midwest #14)

Butter · 03-12-2012, 12:19 PM

Georgetown
Murray St.
Wichita St.
Ohio St.
Long Beach St.

Julio Riddols · 03-12-2012, 12:30 PM

NC State
Cincinnati
Notre Dame
Long Beach State
Harvard

dfisher · 03-12-2012, 02:23 PM

Marquette
New Mexico
UNLV
Memphis
Vanderbilt

Lathum · 03-12-2012, 02:47 PM

Cal
Kentucky
NC State
Mizzou
Baylor

Karlifornia · 03-12-2012, 04:18 PM

(12) Harvard
(8) Creighton
(6) UNLV
(4) Louisville
(2) Missouri

kingfc22 · 03-13-2012, 11:10 PM

(2) Missouri
(3) Baylor
(5) Vanderbilt
(6) Murray State
(12) Long Beach State

Ragone · 03-14-2012, 06:43 AM

Louisville
Baylor
Belmont
Murray State
West Virginia

Butter · 03-14-2012, 06:55 AM

dacman loses Iona before we even get out of the gate. Ouch.

wade moore · 03-14-2012, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

13 New Mexico State
5 Temple
6 San Diego State
6 Cincinnati
3 Baylor

What happened to gamblin' Quiksand?!

wade moore · 03-14-2012, 07:30 AM

12 VCU
6 San Diego State
8 Kansas St.
6 Murray St.
1 Kentucky

mauchow · 03-14-2012, 07:31 AM

New Mexico
Wisconsin
Wichita St
Virginia
Ohio St

timmynausea · 03-14-2012, 08:28 AM

I didn't realize I set a record last year. That's awesome.

N.C. State (11)
WVU (10)
Michigan (4)
Louisville (4)
Baylor (3)

muns · 03-14-2012, 10:51 AM

3-Baylor
3-Florida State
5-Vanderbilt
4-Michigan
7-Florida

wade moore · 03-14-2012, 11:20 AM

Butter: Do you need me to setup the scoring spreadsheet?

Butter · 03-14-2012, 12:02 PM

No, I've got it here, though I appreciate the offer. I will post to Google Spreadsheets once this gets going.

henry296 · 03-14-2012, 09:11 PM

Murray State
San Diego State
West Virginia
Kentucky
UNC

Grover · 03-14-2012, 09:48 PM

Michigan
New Mexico
NC State
West Virginia
Kentucky

Panthersfan75 · 03-14-2012, 10:10 PM

(12)Long Beach St
(5)Vanderbilt
(3)Baylor
(14)Belmont
(1)UNC

Arles · 03-14-2012, 10:42 PM

(1) Kentucky
(11) Texas
(5) Vandy
(2) Ohio State
(3) Baylor

ntndeacon · 03-14-2012, 11:56 PM

(6) San Diego St
(5) New Mexico
(3) Marquette
(12) South Florida
(10) West Virginia

Butter · 03-15-2012, 07:06 AM

At 24 players, let's get it to 30.

Butter · 03-15-2012, 07:10 AM

Changed my final team from San Diego St. to Long Beach St.

Figured I should get a 12 seed in there.

BillyNYC · 03-15-2012, 09:02 AM

1 Kentucky
5 Vanderbilt
10 Xavier
12 Long Beach State
12 South Florida

gstelmack · 03-15-2012, 09:37 AM

12 South Florida
11 NC State
5 Vanderbilt
14 Belmont
4 Louisville

whomario · 03-15-2012, 11:01 AM

5 Wichita State
6 Murray State
7 Saint Mary´s
9 UConn
11 Texas

Butter · 03-15-2012, 12:26 PM

Here are the seeds 1-14 that didn't get picked at all:

Seed	Team
1	Syracuse
1	Michigan St.
2	Duke
4	Indiana
7	Gonzaga
8	Iowa St.
9	Southern Miss.
9	Alabama
9	St. Louis
10	Purdue
11	Colorado St.
13	Montana
13	Ohio
13	Davidson
14	BYU
14	S. Dakota St.
14	St. Bonaventure

Butter · 03-15-2012, 12:29 PM

Link to the scoring spreadsheet... will update as often as I can.

Welcome to Google Docs

Butter · 03-15-2012, 07:15 PM

Through early games, Day 1:

Player	Total	Tms left
wade moore	16	5
britrock88	14	5
Ragone	12	5
mauboy1	11	5
dfisher	10	5
ntndeacon	10	5
bhlloy	7	4
Dark Cloud	7	5
Butter_of_69	7	4
kingfc22	7	4
henry296	7	5
whomario	7	5
jbergey22	6	5
Grover	6	5
dacman	5	4
Karlifornia	5	4
timmynausea	5	5
gstelmack	5	5
Marmel	4	5
Coffee Warlord	0	5
QuikSand	0	5
Julio Riddols	0	3
Lathum	0	4
muns	0	5
Panthersfan75	0	4
Arles	0	5
BillyNYC	0	4

mauchow · 03-15-2012, 07:34 PM

C'mon Wichita St!

Butter · 03-16-2012, 05:13 AM

Standings after Day 1:

Player	Total	Tms left
wade moore	31	5
dacman	23	4
Coffee Warlord	18	5
britrock88	17	4
kingfc22	17	4
Ragone	16	4
dfisher	16	4
Arles	15	5
mauboy1	14	4
gstelmack	11	5
Dark Cloud	10	5
muns	10	5
ntndeacon	10	4
Panthersfan75	10	4
Butter_of_69	10	3
henry296	9	4
timmynausea	9	4
Grover	8	4
BillyNYC	8	4
bhlloy	7	3
whomario	7	3
jbergey22	6	4
Lathum	6	4
Karlifornia	5	3
Marmel	4	4
QuikSand	4	4
Julio Riddols	0	3

Coffee Warlord · 03-16-2012, 08:05 AM

Whoo Buffs!

mauchow · 03-16-2012, 04:26 PM

I am likely done. Virginia was my last choice and was debating on them or a 1/2 seed. Ah well there is always next year.

Go Wisconsin and new Mexico!

gstelmack · 03-16-2012, 04:36 PM

Whiffed on the chic Belmont pick, but NC State helps out. Now to see if my Bulls can give me some points tonight...

Lathum · 03-16-2012, 04:37 PM

needed the NC state pick after missing out on CAL

Butter · 03-16-2012, 06:44 PM

Spreadsheet updated, only 1 person with all 5 teams left.

wade moore · 03-16-2012, 06:46 PM

Losing San Diego State hurts, but if VCU wins tomorrow I should be competitive still.

Butter · 03-17-2012, 06:48 AM

Spreadsheet updated.

Standings after Day 2:

Player	Total	Tms left
gstelmack	36	4
BillyNYC	32	4
wade moore	31	4
Coffee Warlord	29	4
dacman	27	4
ntndeacon	23	3
muns	22	4
timmynausea	21	3
Grover	20	3
jbergey22	20	3
Dark Cloud	19	3
Julio Riddols	19	2
Lathum	18	3
britrock88	17	3
kingfc22	17	3
Ragone	16	3
dfisher	16	3
Marmel	16	3
Arles	15	4
mauboy1	14	3
Butter_of_69	14	3
Karlifornia	14	2
Panthersfan75	12	3
henry296	11	3
QuikSand	11	2
bhlloy	11	2
whomario	7	1

gstelmack · 03-17-2012, 08:07 AM

Yay USF! Plus they get to face Ohio instead of Michigan in the next round.

Butter · 03-18-2012, 01:09 PM

Spreadsheet updated.

Standings after Day 3:

Player	Total	Tms left
gstelmack	42	3
BillyNYC	35	3
wade moore	34	1
dacman	33	2
timmynausea	32	3
Coffee Warlord	29	2
ntndeacon	28	2
muns	27	3
Arles	27	3
Julio Riddols	27	2
britrock88	27	2
Ragone	27	2
Lathum	26	3
mauboy1	24	2
QuikSand	24	2
Grover	23	2
Dark Cloud	23	2
kingfc22	22	1
Marmel	21	3
dfisher	21	1
jbergey22	20	2
Karlifornia	20	2
Butter_of_69	18	2
Panthersfan75	17	2
henry296	14	2
bhlloy	11	1
whomario	7	0

kingfc22 · 03-18-2012, 01:31 PM

I think this is my worst result ever in this game.

03-12-2012, 11:03 AM	#6
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britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI	Way too East-heavy, but here goes: Ohio State (East #2) Wisconsin (East #4) Wichita State (South #5) Kansas State (East #8) Belmont (Midwest #14) Last edited by britrock88 : 03-14-2012 at 12:09 AM. Reason: made picks

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03-12-2012, 10:39 AM	#2
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	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. Timmy won last year with picks of (3) UConn, (4) Kentucky, (12) Richmond, (7) Washington, and (12) Utah State. Utah State scored no points, but the combo of UConn's national title, UK making the Final 4, and Richmond making the Sweet 16 gave timmy a record point total. __________________ My listening habits Last edited by Butter : 03-12-2012 at 10:45 AM.

03-12-2012, 10:41 AM	#3
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Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Cal Kentucky NC State Mizzou Baylor

03-14-2012, 06:43 AM	#17
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Louisville Baylor Belmont Murray State West Virginia

03-14-2012, 06:55 AM	#18
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	dacman loses Iona before we even get out of the gate. Ouch. __________________ My listening habits

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03-14-2012, 08:28 AM	#22
timmynausea College Starter Join Date: Dec 2002	I didn't realize I set a record last year. That's awesome. N.C. State (11) WVU (10) Michigan (4) Louisville (4) Baylor (3)

03-14-2012, 10:51 AM	#23
muns Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Baltimore MD	3-Baylor 3-Florida State 5-Vanderbilt 4-Michigan 7-Florida

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03-15-2012, 07:06 AM	#31
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	At 24 players, let's get it to 30. __________________ My listening habits

03-15-2012, 07:10 AM	#32
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Changed my final team from San Diego St. to Long Beach St. Figured I should get a 12 seed in there. __________________ My listening habits

03-15-2012, 09:02 AM	#33
BillyNYC High School JV Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Berlin, Germany	1 Kentucky 5 Vanderbilt 10 Xavier 12 Long Beach State 12 South Florida

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Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Link to the scoring spreadsheet... will update as often as I can. Welcome to Google Docs __________________ My listening habits

03-15-2012, 07:34 PM	#39
mauchow Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Murfreesboro, TN	C'mon Wichita St!

03-16-2012, 08:05 AM	#41
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Whoo Buffs!

03-16-2012, 04:26 PM	#42
mauchow Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Murfreesboro, TN	I am likely done. Virginia was my last choice and was debating on them or a 1/2 seed. Ah well there is always next year. Go Wisconsin and new Mexico!