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Old 01-22-2017, 10:06 PM   #1
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Daily Fantasy Basketball (Fictional)

I need to find a way to play slower. I sim seasons, take over teams and I just can't really follow anything because I tend to get bored easily. I do want to play quickly because I like having seasons to look at, but doing a huge stat dump won't be interesting to anyone because you don't know the players or the league.

I'd love to find a way to get more immersed in knowing who the various guys are AND seeing what makes great teams great, because I think it's like "ok sure, Kansas or somebody won the national title. But who led them there? What was their season like? Without belaboring the storyline.

Here are the various games I'll employ from time to time:

Top Gun - Choose six tournament players and total their points.
Starting Five Pick 5 teams (one has to be a double-digit seed) and award points for seed times round in the NCAAs.

I figured these games will give me a chance to really see how teams are/do and give me a rooting interest as the years go on, while also being able to pick teams I like if I start to notice teams or whatever.

But those are tournament games. In the regular season, I'd like to do a mini-version of my real-life fantasy college basketball league. Except there is no one to play against and I didn't really want to manufacture a whole setup against "myself"

So instead, I'm going to do a "daily fantasy" league where I pick a (different) player in five games per week. If I beat the league best, I get to collect on a jackpot. The idea is to keep playing until I run out of money.

Might be lame, but it's a way for me to share boxscores with you of interesting teams around college basketball, without just doing a stat-dump of a program that isn't going to matter to anyone but me (and even that's a marginal thing.)

Each week I can play in a different buy-in type game, if I want. The biggest difference in playing this way is it's not DFS where I can affix a price onto a player because I'm not going to constantly generate price values on guys, so instead I have to just get $ for performance and hope I guess right, essentially.

If you have a better idea, share it.


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Old 01-22-2017, 10:28 PM   #2
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So I'm starting in 2035-36. It's a continuation league from my other NCAA dynasty (Minnesota State) with the same teams, as well as some newer ones, but no fictional schools other than Minnesota State exist in this dynasty, though there are some D2 and D3 schools playing at the D1 level.

Daily Fantasy (DFS)
How this works is, each month I get 5 entries. With them, I pick a roster essentially of five guys picking one game for the month for each dude. (If some reason my guy I pick gets injured or doesn't start when I pick him, I can replace him so long as the month hasn't ended.)

Each monthly entry costs me $20.

Here's what I get depending on how much my "team" scores during that month. (Had to adjust these numbers based on the increased scoring bonuses that my fantasy league doesn't have.)

220 (or higher): $125
210-219: $100
200-209: $75
190-199: $50
180-189: $35
170-179: $25

Anything lower and I get nothing. In future months, I can play in higher stakes games for higher purses, but not until I have more money. I start with $100.

Scoring is based on a version of most daily fantasy situations:
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Points: 1 pt
Rebounds: 1.2 pt
Assists: 1.5 pt
Blocks: 2 pt
Steals: 2 pt
3 pointers made: .5 pt
Turnovers: -1 pt

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Old 01-22-2017, 10:52 PM   #3
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November 2035 Roster

Given I do not really know this league well at all, despite being around it in a simulated fashion, I'll kind of have to shoot in the dark and hope for the best.

The other hitch is, to create some kinds of constraints is that each month, I can't use the same guys more than once. So I can only use a guy once for the entire year if I choose him, so I can't ride a horse that works for the whole year in each month or whatever.

Also have to hope the game I pick him is a good night, etc.

I'm going to sim the first week of the season, just so we can get a few guys with some stats and maybe use that as a benchmark to pick people.

Also, this first month, going to probably going with programs I feel like people will care about, as a way to maybe hook in people who don't share my obsession for mid-majors, haha.

Here's my first roster. These dudes have been putting up big numbers in the non-conference, so interested to see if they can keep it up for me.

Here we go.
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:02 PM   #4
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November results

I simmed the month so I wouldn't be tempted to change my mind.

Here's how we did in November. I'll post each guy's box score, in part so you can see how my league plays these days. For a while, offense was kind of depressed in this league and so I kind of got tired of it and wanted to see a college league that reflected the "run & gun with five wing dudes" nature of basketball right now. So scoring is way up the past few years in my league, I basically wanted to get more 20+ PPG scorers in my league, because there weren't very many at all compared to real life.

Anyway...here's how we did.

Cummings Lee had a double-double against Rutgers which made me think he'd be a guy worth having. Instead, Colorado College gave Mississippi State all they could handle and he didn't factor like I'd hoped.

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Mississippi State 92, Colorado College 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mississippi State (2-1, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Leo Dupuis C 32 4-10 7-8 2 10 2 3 15 Cummings Lee PF 29 7-14 4-6 4 7 3 3 18 Cecil Bell SF 29 6-12 1-2 2 5 4 1 18 Brian Grissom SG 34 1-4 0-0 4 9 2 2 3 Reggie Hough PG 23 8-9 3-5 1 3 4 4 22 Abel Lyles PG 19 0-1 1-2 0 1 4 3 1 Ben Aldrich PF 8 2-6 0-0 3 3 0 5 5 Armand Albert SF 11 1-5 2-4 0 2 2 3 4 Marc Forrest C 11 2-2 0-0 1 4 0 1 4 Roy Bedard C 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Turnovers: 15 (L.Dupuis 1, C.Lee 2, C.Bell 5, B.Grissom 2, R.Hough 1, A.Lyles 1, A.Albert 2, M.Forrest 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (L.Dupuis 3, A.Albert 1) Steals: 5 (C.Lee 2, C.Bell 1, R.Hough 2) 3P FGs: 10-20 (C.Bell 5-10, B.Grissom 1-3, R.Hough 3-4, B.Aldrich 1-1, A.Albert 0-2) Colorado College (1-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Adan Slater C 29 3-5 3-4 1 7 1 3 9 Abel Gonzales PF 23 3-8 5-7 2 2 0 4 11 Aaron Ayres SF 34 7-14 0-1 3 5 2 3 15 Edwin Greene SG 25 2-6 2-2 0 3 5 2 8 Adam Lew PG 24 9-14 3-6 0 4 3 4 23 Adolph Adcock SG 25 3-7 3-5 0 1 3 2 10 Ali Babin PG 6 2-3 2-3 0 1 0 1 7 Nelson Ireland SF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 August Arroyo C 17 3-4 0-0 2 4 0 2 6 Adrian Taber PF 5 0-1 2-2 1 4 0 0 2 Alvaro Hammonds C 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 8 (A.Slater 3, A.Lew 3, A.Adcock 1, A.Hammonds 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Gonzales 1, A.Adcock 1, A.Arroyo 1) Steals: 8 (A.Slater 1, A.Gonzales 1, A.Ayres 3, E.Greene 1, A.Adcock 1, A.Arroyo 1) 3P FGs: 7-20 (A.Ayres 1-6, E.Greene 2-3, A.Lew 2-6, A.Adcock 1-3, A.Babin 1-2) Player of Game: PG Reggie Hough (MSST)

Aaron Evers of North Alabama is averaging a double-double. I thought Jackson State would be a walkover game and they'd have a big night. I was wrong.

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Jackson State 82, North Alabama 54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Alabama (0-4, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Alan Matthews C 34 4-11 0-1 3 10 0 2 8 Aaron Evers PF 17 3-8 1-2 2 12 1 4 7 Maxwell Allman SF 22 3-8 1-1 1 2 0 4 8 Reuben Shore SG 30 3-8 0-0 1 5 2 2 8 Donny Alicea PG 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Alvaro Benitez SF 17 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 3 Daren Klinger SG 10 1-3 2-2 0 0 1 0 4 Sheldon Andrus PG 14 3-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 7 Adrian Goetz PF 21 2-3 1-2 0 1 0 2 5 Edmund Antoine PG 7 0-5 2-2 0 1 0 1 2 Alan Ponce SF 9 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 Adam Armstrong PF 5 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 Felix Hoppe C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 19 (A.Matthews 1, A.Evers 2, R.Shore 5, D.Alicea 2, A.Benitez 1, D.Klinger 3, S.Andrus 1, A.Goetz 3, A.Armstrong 1) Blocked Shots: 8 (A.Matthews 5, A.Evers 1, M.Allman 1, F.Hoppe 1) Steals: 5 (A.Matthews 1, A.Benitez 1, S.Andrus 2, A.Armstrong 1) 3P FGs: 5-23 (M.Allman 1-5, R.Shore 2-6, D.Alicea 0-2, A.Benitez 1-3, D.Klinger 0-2, S.Andrus 1-2, E.Antoine 0-2, A.Ponce 0-1) Jackson State (1-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Dwayne Albrecht C 29 5-12 2-3 1 11 3 1 12 Aaron Gould PF 32 7-19 6-9 10 15 3 2 20 Isaiah Denny SF 29 0-5 1-3 0 4 1 3 1 Angel Looney SG 32 8-15 0-0 5 8 4 1 20 Abel Judd PG 33 6-11 3-4 1 4 4 2 17 Alfonso Angel C 16 0-0 0-1 1 4 1 1 0 Andres Romero PG 9 2-2 2-2 0 0 1 0 7 Angel Agnew SG 5 0-1 1-2 0 1 0 1 1 Adam Bartlett SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Adan Maclean SF 8 0-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 2 Pasquale Albert PF 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 2 Agustin Alcorn PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 9 (D.Albrecht 2, A.Gould 1, I.Denny 1, A.Judd 1, A.Angel 1, A.Maclean 1, P.Albert 2) Blocked Shots: 4 (D.Albrecht 2, A.Gould 2) Steals: 6 (A.Looney 2, A.Judd 3, A.Angel 1) 3P FGs: 7-16 (I.Denny 0-1, A.Looney 4-8, A.Judd 2-6, A.Romero 1-1) Player of Game: SG Angel Looney (JKST)

Adam Akers is one of the best scoring players in the country. Not sure exactly why he came back for his senior year, but nonetheless, he's here and I thought he'd be able to help us with a huge night. They won big, but it wasn't a 30+ performance or anything.

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CCNY 77, Fairfield 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CCNY (1-0, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Abel Arnett C 31 3-5 0-0 4 13 1 2 6 Marshaun Connelly PF 30 4-10 4-5 1 4 3 2 12 Albert Blaine SF 30 3-5 2-2 4 16 4 2 8 Alejandro Reynoso SG 30 4-8 0-0 1 3 3 2 12 Adam Akers PG 31 9-22 4-6 1 1 3 3 25 Adrian Brock PF 14 0-1 2-2 1 1 1 1 2 Cameron Morgan SF 15 1-2 0-1 0 2 1 2 2 Kerry Rowan SG 9 2-3 0-0 1 2 1 0 4 Marty Sanchez PG 3 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 0 2 Daniel Arndt PG 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Clement Loveless C 4 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 Bart Cabrera SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 13 (A.Blaine 3, A.Reynoso 3, A.Akers 3, C.Morgan 2, K.Rowan 1, C.Loveless 1) Blocked Shots: 9 (A.Arnett 3, M.Connelly 5, A.Reynoso 1) Steals: 4 (A.Akers 2, K.Rowan 1, C.Loveless 1) 3P FGs: 7-20 (A.Blaine 0-2, A.Reynoso 4-8, A.Akers 3-9, K.Rowan 0-1) Fairfield (0-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Wayne Stevenson C 26 1-3 1-2 3 5 0 3 3 Morgan Mcclung PF 28 4-12 0-1 0 5 2 1 8 August Beck SF 31 1-5 2-6 1 2 1 3 4 Gonzalo Higgins SG 29 4-10 0-1 2 5 7 3 10 Adrian Frazer PG 27 4-11 1-1 1 4 2 2 10 Brooklyn Murray C 19 3-5 0-0 2 6 1 1 6 Andy Bandy PG 16 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 Adan Larose SG 9 1-1 2-2 0 0 2 0 4 Allen Weston SF 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Isaiah Scott PF 7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 Earnest Benner C 2 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Turnovers: 15 (W.Stevenson 1, M.Mcclung 3, A.Beck 2, G.Higgins 3, A.Frazer 1, B.Murray 3, A.Larose 1, E.Benner 1) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 4 (M.Mcclung 1, G.Higgins 1, B.Murray 1, A.Weston 1) 3P FGs: 3-17 (A.Beck 0-4, G.Higgins 2-5, A.Frazer 1-3, A.Bandy 0-2, A.Weston 0-1, E.Benner 0-2) Player of Game: SG Adam Akers (CCNY)
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:10 PM   #5
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November Results continued

Perry Harmon of Michigan was national freshman of the year. Figured he was the kind of guy to take in a game like this and he did not disappointed in his regular season debut, in a big televised national game against Georgetown.

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Michigan 105, Georgetown 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgetown (0-1, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Howard Howard C 35 2-6 0-1 2 12 3 4 4 Arnold Giordano PF 11 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 4 6 Stewart Pereira SF 23 4-6 1-2 0 3 2 4 11 Archie Newkirk SG 32 8-13 2-2 0 1 8 4 23 Fletcher Ramos PG 34 9-16 5-6 0 3 6 2 25 Adam Whitmore SG 16 0-2 0-1 0 2 2 0 0 Maurice Batchelor SF 8 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 Kareem Yarbrough SG 5 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 5 Hubert Rafferty PF 15 3-4 1-2 3 4 2 5 7 Bob Babin PF 16 4-4 2-2 1 4 1 0 10 Abel Newman SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Arron Duran C 3 0-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 Turnovers: 22 (H.Howard 4, S.Pereira 1, A.Newkirk 4, F.Ramos 8, A.Whitmore 1, M.Batchelor 1, K.Yarbrough 1, H.Rafferty 1, A.Newman 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (S.Pereira 1, A.Whitmore 1, H.Rafferty 4) Steals: 2 (S.Pereira 1, M.Batchelor 1) 3P FGs: 12-21 (H.Howard 0-1, A.Giordano 2-2, S.Pereira 2-3, A.Newkirk 5-7, F.Ramos 2-5, A.Whitmore 0-1, K.Yarbrough 1-1, A.Duran 0-1) Michigan (1-0, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jame Briggs C 34 7-12 5-7 1 11 2 2 19 Hassan Al-Amin PF 28 3-6 5-6 5 12 2 2 11 Dominic Cooper SF 35 8-15 1-2 1 1 4 4 18 Perry Harmon SG 32 9-20 3-5 5 7 2 3 27 Londell Barstow PG 25 3-7 2-2 0 0 9 4 9 Alejandro Sharpe PG 14 4-7 3-5 1 3 3 3 12 Blair Melancon SF 9 2-3 0-0 2 3 2 2 4 Stephan Hanna PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Al Lucero SG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 Donnell Billups C 17 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Turnovers: 10 (J.Briggs 1, D.Cooper 2, P.Harmon 2, L.Barstow 3, A.Sharpe 1, D.Billups 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Briggs 1, H.Al-Amin 1) Steals: 8 (H.Al-Amin 1, D.Cooper 2, L.Barstow 3, S.Hanna 1, D.Billups 1) 3P FGs: 10-27 (D.Cooper 1-4, P.Harmon 6-14, L.Barstow 1-3, A.Sharpe 1-4, B.Melancon 0-1, A.Lucero 1-1) Player of Game: SG Perry Harmon (MICH)

With four players in the books, we're at 133.4 points and need about 36 or so more to get anywhere in the money. A tall order, but Bobbie Siebert of Denver has had a monster start to the year including two 30+ games. Hopefully, he came through for us.

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Denver 87, Northern Colorado 78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Colorado (1-1, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Doyle Keller C 31 8-17 2-2 3 13 1 1 18 Alberto Mcdaniel PF 32 4-9 3-4 3 7 5 3 11 Alexis Adam SF 27 2-6 4-5 0 0 0 2 10 Levi Mccallister SG 28 2-11 6-8 4 5 4 4 11 Arthur Arndt PG 33 5-9 0-0 1 3 2 3 12 Clarence Layne SG 13 2-5 1-2 3 5 1 1 7 Van Atwood SG 9 2-4 0-0 1 1 0 0 5 Kyle Coward SF 10 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 1 0 Ervin Smalls PF 12 1-3 0-0 3 4 1 1 2 Jorge Lombardo C 4 0-1 2-2 1 2 0 0 2 Turnovers: 13 (D.Keller 2, A.Mcdaniel 4, A.Adam 3, L.Mccallister 1, V.Atwood 1, K.Coward 2) Blocked Shots: 2 (A.Arndt 1, C.Layne 1) Steals: 8 (A.Mcdaniel 2, L.Mccallister 2, A.Arndt 1, C.Layne 1, K.Coward 1, J.Lombardo 1) 3P FGs: 8-22 (A.Adam 2-5, L.Mccallister 1-7, A.Arndt 2-6, C.Layne 2-3, V.Atwood 1-1) Denver (5-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Zachary Baggett C 25 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 4 4 Arnold Dexter PF 25 3-4 1-2 2 8 0 3 7 Bobbie Seibert SF 32 10-20 4-6 5 7 4 4 29 Alfonso Ashworth SG 25 5-10 5-5 0 1 3 4 19 Adolfo Marr PG 35 6-13 0-2 4 5 2 2 14 Adolph Ireland C 26 1-3 1-2 0 10 2 3 3 Royce Grey SG 19 2-6 1-1 1 2 1 0 6 Jacob Bentley SF 8 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 Adrian Chambliss PF 5 1-2 0-0 2 2 1 0 2 Ali Acevedo SF 1 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 Turnovers: 13 (B.Seibert 4, A.Ashworth 3, A.Marr 2, A.Ireland 2, J.Bentley 1, A.Chambliss 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (Z.Baggett 1, A.Dexter 1, B.Seibert 1, A.Ashworth 1) Steals: 8 (A.Dexter 2, B.Seibert 3, A.Ashworth 2, J.Bentley 1) 3P FGs: 13-30 (B.Seibert 5-10, A.Ashworth 4-7, A.Marr 2-6, R.Grey 1-5, A.Acevedo 1-2) Player of Game: SF Bobbie Seibert (DEN)

Seibert comes through as I'd hoped and it puts us in the money. I make $35 in November and make my money back plus some.

Not a bad start to this at all and I'm enjoying having some modest investment (figuratively) in the regular season games for once.
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:19 PM   #6
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Now that I have a model for how this works...I could do the same format over an entire game night where I pick five players (2 G, 2 F and 1 FLEX) and could mix my NBA league into this format, which works better since there are games every night over there. I'd keep the same bank (currently at $115) and this idea here is that I'd just keep this dynasty going by trying to make quick bux in the different fantasy setups inventing other formats. (Your ideas are welcomed...now that you see a basic structure.)

All in all, it's just a way for me to get to know the league/players better.

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Old 01-23-2017, 12:01 PM   #7
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Top 25 Poll (Major & Mid-Major) - Dec 9, 2035

December 9, 2035 POLLS

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Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ohio State (71) 6-0 1799 1 Big Ten Conference 2. Iowa State 6-0 1727 4 Big 12 Conference 3. West Virginia (1) 4-0 1657 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. CCNY 4-0 1576 7 Big East Conference 5. Arizona State 6-0 1508 5 Pac-16 Conference 6. Michigan 3-0 1426 10 Big Ten Conference 7. Loyola Marymount 4-0 1320 17 West Coast Conference 8. Stanford 4-0 1302 16 Pac-16 Conference 9. Texas Tech 3-0 1223 20 Pac-16 Conference 10. Colorado 4-0 1123 23 Pac-16 Conference 11. Vanderbilt 3-0 1093 18 Southeastern Conference 12. Marquette 4-0 1040 19 Big East Conference 13. Georgia Tech 3-0 969 21 Big Ten Conference 14. Texas 4-1 733 24 Pac-16 Conference 15. Rhode Island 7-1 721 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 16. Texas A&M 4-1 604 NR Southeastern Conference 17. Penn State 6-1 554 3 Big Ten Conference 18. Boise State 2-0 536 NR Big 12 Conference 19. Maryland 5-1 445 NR Big Ten Conference 20. Clemson 4-1 413 NR Southeastern Conference 21. Boston College 3-0 384 NR Atlantic Coast Conference 22. Oklahoma State 5-0 324 NR Pac-16 Conference 23. San Francisco 5-0 221 NR West Coast Conference 24. UCLA 4-1 166 NR Pac-16 Conference 25. Virginia Tech 5-1 130 9 Atlantic Coast Conference Others Receiving Votes: Santa Clara 6-1 86 West Coast Conference Duke 3-0 84 Atlantic Coast Conference Syracuse 3-0 60 Atlantic Coast Conference Seton Hall 5-1 58 Big East Conference Texas-Arlington 4-0 28 Sun Belt Conference Colorado State 3-1 20 Big 12 Conference Gonzaga 5-0 12 West Coast Conference Auburn 3-1 11 Southeastern Conference Memphis 5-1 11 Big 12 Conference East Tennessee State 3-0 10 Southern Conference Iona 6-0 9 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Alabama 2-1 5 Southeastern Conference # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pepperdine 3-1 5 West Coast Conference Louisiana-Lafayette 4-0 4 Sun Belt Conference Cincinnati 4-1 1 Atlantic Coast Conference Minnesota 6-1 1 Big Ten Conference UNLV 4-1 1 Big 12 Conference

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Mid Major Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Texas-Arlington (55) 4-0 1774 9 Sun Belt Conference 2. East Tennessee State (10) 3-0 1714 8 Southern Conference 3. Louisiana-Lafayette 4-0 1658 12 Sun Belt Conference 4. Iona (7) 6-0 1603 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 5. Chicago State 3-0 1520 14 Horizon League 6. Alaska 6-1 1329 NR Western Athletic Conference 7. USC Upstate 3-1 1272 1 Atlantic Sun Conference 8. Oakland 4-0 1241 23 Horizon League 9. Bowling Green 3-0 1179 25 Mid-American Conference 10. Tennessee-Martin 3-1 1163 2 Ohio Valley Conference 11. Rice 2-1 1095 3 Western Athletic Conference 12. North Carolina A&T 3-0 1028 NR Conference USA 13. Kennesaw State 5-1 977 7 Atlantic Sun Conference 14. Miami (OH) 1-1 837 NR Mid-American Conference 15. Georgia Southern 1-1 773 6 Sun Belt Conference 16. North Dakota 3-1 739 10 Big Sky Conference 17. Towson 3-1 574 NR Colonial Athletic Association 18. Sewanee 1-1 470 NR Southern Conference 19. Akron 0-1 362 NR Mid-American Conference 20. Siena 2-1 354 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 21. Louisiana-Monroe 3-1 353 13 Sun Belt Conference 22. Columbia 0-1 341 NR Ivy League 23. Arkansas-Little Rock 2-1 217 NR Sun Belt Conference 24. New Mexico State 3-0 179 NR Western Athletic Conference 25. Northern Arizona 2-0 154 NR Big Sky Conference Others Receiving Votes: Niagara 5-1 111 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference St. Peter's 2-1 83 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference New Orleans 3-1 75 Southern Conference Wofford 2-1 43 Southern Conference North Dakota State 3-2 38 Mid-American Conference UTSA 4-1 36 Western Athletic Conference Radford 3-1 23 Big South Conference Northern Colorado 2-1 21 Big Sky Conference Binghamton 0-1 20 America East Conference Yale 3-1 15 Ivy League Campbell 3-1 14 Big South Conference UC San Diego 2-1 8 Big West Conference # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winthrop 2-1 6 Big South Conference Robert Morris 2-1 1 Northeast Conference
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Old 01-23-2017, 12:37 PM   #8
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Going to attempt to play a DFS style. Same scoring format.

The different will be the mode of game I play. We'll call this format 250 or better. The goal isn't to lose all of my money this year, so I'm going to chill on the high octane playing until we work our way up.

PRIZES: $500 TOTAL PRIZE POOL

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250 (or higher): $250
240-249: $100
230-239: $75
220-229: $50
200-219: $25

The trick is, you have to play with the day's slate of games which makes it trickier than if you're cherry-picking dudes. The rules of "not the same player twice in a season" for DFS Monthly fantasy does not apply for the daily games.

So my goal is to score 200 or more points to get "in the money." Here's the slate of games for Dec 3rd.

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Here's my roster for 12/3. It's a grab bag of talent and no idea what'll work, but we'll see what happens.

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F Andy Matheny RUT @UWW
FLEX Abraham Nesmith OSU @CHIST
G Devante Cordell BC @TCU
G Harold Acosta MD vs. BING
C Wyndell Woods SFRAN vs. TAMU

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Old 01-23-2017, 01:50 PM   #9
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12/3/35 - DFS Results

So yeah, that didn't go well. At all. Probably need to stay away from the big conference programs. Or something. No idea.



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Wisconsin-Whitewater 93, Rutgers 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rutgers (2-3, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Will Salisbury C 29 1-3 0-0 1 10 1 1 2 Adrian Alexander PF 31 6-9 5-5 2 5 1 5 17 Andy Matheny SF 27 3-9 2-2 0 1 5 0 10 Abraham Pemberton SG 27 4-8 0-0 2 4 4 3 12 Frankie Hayes PG 30 5-10 0-0 1 2 3 2 12 Alejandro Pearson SF 23 1-8 1-2 1 4 1 4 4 Darin Abernathy PG 10 2-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 5 K.J. Baumann SG 9 2-4 2-2 0 1 2 1 8 Carey Abernathy SF 7 0-3 2-2 1 1 0 2 2 Andrew Alderman PF 8 1-3 1-1 1 3 0 2 3 Turnovers: 19 (W.Salisbury 1, A.Alexander 3, A.Matheny 3, A.Pemberton 2, F.Hayes 2, A.Pearson 4, D.Abernathy 2, C.Abernathy 1, A.Alderman 1) Blocked Shots: 9 (W.Salisbury 1, A.Alexander 3, A.Matheny 4, A.Pemberton 1) Steals: 3 (A.Alexander 1, A.Pemberton 1, A.Pearson 1) 3P FGs: 12-27 (A.Matheny 2-4, A.Pemberton 4-7, F.Hayes 2-4, A.Pearson 1-6, D.Abernathy 1-1, K.Baumann 2-4, C.Abernathy 0-1) Wisconsin-Whitewater (5-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Wilson Abbott C 30 5-9 4-4 4 10 1 2 14 Reynaldo Barrett PF 31 3-10 4-4 5 8 0 3 11 Paul Hammon SF 24 5-12 2-2 0 4 3 4 14 Adolfo Contreras SG 33 5-14 1-2 3 7 5 0 15 Abel Shank PG 24 2-4 4-4 1 2 3 2 9 Alberto Beam SF 24 5-9 3-4 2 3 2 1 14 Adan Rainey PG 6 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 5 Aaron Barlow C 15 3-4 0-3 1 3 0 1 6 Lincoln Abrams SG 6 0-1 3-4 0 1 0 1 3 Fletcher Sutter PF 5 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 Jay Vogt SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 12 (W.Abbott 1, R.Barrett 1, P.Hammon 4, A.Contreras 4, A.Barlow 2) Blocked Shots: 4 (R.Barrett 2, P.Hammon 1, F.Sutter 1) Steals: 10 (W.Abbott 1, P.Hammon 4, A.Contreras 1, A.Shank 1, A.Beam 3) 3P FGs: 10-23 (R.Barrett 1-3, P.Hammon 2-6, A.Contreras 4-7, A.Shank 1-3, A.Beam 1-3, A.Rainey 1-1) Player of Game: SF Alberto Beam (UW-W)

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Maryland 94, Binghamton 78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Binghamton (0-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Teddy Lauer C 27 1-3 0-0 1 5 0 3 2 M. Scarbrough PF 22 6-8 5-8 2 3 0 4 18 Lyle Scroggins SF 32 3-18 8-9 1 5 3 2 14 Adan Olive SG 32 3-10 4-6 1 1 5 3 12 Denver Ross PG 28 5-9 1-1 0 1 3 2 12 Gerry Lea SF 19 1-4 1-4 2 3 1 5 3 Issac Beach PG 10 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 1 5 Robin Fisk PG 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 3 Adan Gallagher PF 18 0-2 2-2 2 6 2 3 2 Adan Bratcher SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Adan Mayhew SF 4 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 Agustin Alford C 5 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 Turnovers: 9 (T.Lauer 2, A.Olive 4, D.Ross 2, A.Gallagher 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Scarbrough 1, A.Gallagher 2) Steals: 5 (M.Scarbrough 1, D.Ross 2, G.Lea 1, I.Beach 1) 3P FGs: 7-18 (M.Scarbrough 1-1, L.Scroggins 0-1, A.Olive 2-5, D.Ross 1-4, G.Lea 0-2, I.Beach 1-2, R.Fisk 1-1, A.Gallagher 0-1, A.Alford 1-1) Maryland (6-1, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Angelo Bernard C 29 3-5 4-4 2 9 2 5 10 Indra Bailey PF 31 1-10 1-3 1 9 2 3 3 Adam Betancourt SF 27 6-12 2-2 5 12 3 5 16 Harold Acosta SG 25 7-9 1-3 3 5 0 4 19 Adam Mclain PG 31 6-8 2-3 1 2 9 5 16 Antoine Albrecht SG 12 0-2 4-4 0 3 0 2 4 Angelo Beck SG 14 1-4 2-2 0 0 1 1 4 Cleo Arsenault PF 13 6-7 2-3 3 5 0 2 15 Jody Arevalo C 8 2-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 7 Ryan Abbott PG 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Augie Boyle C 6 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 Turnovers: 17 (A.Bernard 1, I.Bailey 3, A.Betancourt 2, H.Acosta 4, A.Mclain 4, A.Beck 1, C.Arsenault 1, J.Arevalo 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Bernard 4, I.Bailey 1) Steals: 4 (A.Mclain 3, C.Arsenault 1) 3P FGs: 10-23 (A.Betancourt 2-7, H.Acosta 4-5, A.Mclain 2-3, A.Albrecht 0-2, A.Beck 0-3, C.Arsenault 1-1, J.Arevalo 1-1, A.Boyle 0-1) Player of Game: PG Adam Mclain (MD)

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Chicago State 63, Oklahoma State 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma State (5-1, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Abraham Nesmith C 36 0-14 2-4 1 6 1 1 2 Dean Chitwood PF 34 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 1 2 Antony Aponte SF 28 2-3 0-0 1 3 0 3 6 Antonio Betz SG 32 3-14 0-2 2 3 5 1 7 Arthur Arroyo PG 37 9-17 9-10 2 4 5 3 32 Art Alonso SF 14 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 2 Emil Agnew SG 6 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 2 Adan Fredrickson SF 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 Guillermo Fincher PF 9 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 Turnovers: 18 (A.Nesmith 2, D.Chitwood 2, A.Aponte 2, A.Betz 3, A.Arroyo 7, E.Agnew 1, A.Fredrickson 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Nesmith 1, D.Chitwood 1, G.Fincher 1) Steals: 11 (A.Nesmith 2, A.Aponte 1, A.Betz 1, A.Arroyo 5, A.Alonso 1, A.Fredrickson 1) 3P FGs: 8-27 (A.Aponte 2-3, A.Betz 1-10, A.Arroyo 5-12, A.Alonso 0-1, G.Fincher 0-1) Chicago State (4-0, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Nelson Alonzo C 33 2-7 1-2 3 17 5 3 5 Arron Garza PF 35 1-2 0-0 1 8 1 2 2 Marco Pipkin SF 30 4-8 0-0 1 3 1 4 8 Julian Larson SG 35 6-14 0-0 2 3 5 2 15 Abraham Hamblin PG 36 7-10 4-4 0 3 0 4 22 Delbert Weed SG 10 1-4 0-0 0 2 1 2 2 Joesph Hendrix SF 8 1-2 2-2 0 2 1 0 5 Alvaro Beals PF 9 2-3 0-0 1 3 0 2 4 Charles Bowen C 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 28 (N.Alonzo 3, A.Garza 3, M.Pipkin 8, J.Larson 10, A.Hamblin 3, A.Beals 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (N.Alonzo 4, A.Garza 2) Steals: 9 (N.Alonzo 3, A.Garza 1, M.Pipkin 3, A.Hamblin 2) 3P FGs: 8-21 (A.Garza 0-1, M.Pipkin 0-2, J.Larson 3-10, A.Hamblin 4-5, D.Weed 0-1, J.Hendrix 1-2) Player of Game: PG Arthur Arroyo (OKST)

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Texas A&M 84, San Francisco 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Francisco (5-1, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Wyndell Woods C 34 4-8 6-9 0 9 1 2 14 Bobby Ainsworth PF 18 2-4 3-4 3 5 0 4 7 Alejandro Withrow SF 32 1-4 3-5 2 4 1 3 5 Tyree Gooch SG 27 6-15 0-1 3 4 4 4 15 Glen Lilly PG 29 3-8 1-1 0 3 4 2 7 Eloy Merino PG 23 3-6 2-2 3 4 2 2 9 Eutropio Moya PF 19 3-6 2-4 1 4 1 2 8 Mauricio Yu PG 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 Lee Ledoux SF 12 1-2 0-0 1 5 0 1 2 Glen Larose C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Turnovers: 25 (W.Woods 4, B.Ainsworth 3, A.Withrow 3, T.Gooch 3, G.Lilly 2, E.Merino 6, E.Moya 2, L.Ledoux 2) Blocked Shots: 12 (W.Woods 7, G.Lilly 1, E.Merino 1, E.Moya 1, L.Ledoux 1, G.Larose 1) Steals: 6 (W.Woods 1, A.Withrow 2, T.Gooch 1, G.Lilly 2) 3P FGs: 5-16 (B.Ainsworth 0-1, A.Withrow 0-2, T.Gooch 3-8, G.Lilly 0-3, E.Merino 1-1, M.Yu 1-1) Texas A&M (5-1, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Joseph Forman C 23 1-5 3-4 1 8 0 4 5 Alphonso Timm PF 24 6-9 2-2 2 5 0 5 14 Alejandro Heinz SF 34 5-13 2-3 4 9 1 4 13 Aaron Cornett SG 26 7-17 3-4 1 3 3 1 17 Zachary Emanuel PG 30 3-7 0-0 3 4 10 3 8 Rudy Daniels SG 14 0-4 4-5 1 1 4 2 4 Wesley Stoddard SF 10 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 5 Kurtis Montanez PG 4 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 8 Santiago Andrade SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Alfonso Abner PF 13 1-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 2 Alan Altman PF 10 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 1 2 Abel Fairchild C 10 2-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 6 Turnovers: 14 (A.Timm 1, A.Heinz 3, A.Cornett 2, Z.Emanuel 6, W.Stoddard 1, A.Altman 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Forman 1, A.Timm 1, A.Heinz 1, A.Abner 2) Steals: 10 (A.Cornett 2, Z.Emanuel 4, R.Daniels 1, A.Altman 2, A.Fairchild 1) 3P FGs: 6-17 (A.Heinz 1-5, A.Cornett 0-4, Z.Emanuel 2-4, W.Stoddard 1-2, K.Montanez 2-2) Player of Game: PG Zachary Emanuel (TA&M)

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Boston College 59, TCU 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston College (4-0, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Bobby Bringhurst C 32 5-8 0-0 5 13 3 3 10 Adam Hairston PF 33 5-9 1-1 0 8 1 1 11 Allen Santos SF 21 2-5 0-0 1 3 0 3 4 Alonzo Tellez SG 33 4-7 0-0 0 6 5 2 8 Devante Cordell PG 33 5-18 3-3 0 2 8 3 14 Theron Abner PG 8 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 3 3 Vernon Stevenson SF 18 2-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 5 Hugo Pitts SG 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Leocadio Marquez SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Reinaldo Perales PF 8 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 Aaron Abbott SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Lucero C 7 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 2 2 Turnovers: 17 (B.Bringhurst 1, A.Hairston 1, A.Santos 4, A.Tellez 5, D.Cordell 1, T.Abner 2, V.Stevenson 2, H.Pitts 1) Blocked Shots: 16 (A.Hairston 13, A.Santos 1, D.Cordell 1, R.Perales 1) Steals: 2 (A.Tellez 1, H.Pitts 1) 3P FGs: 3-18 (A.Santos 0-1, A.Tellez 0-3, D.Cordell 1-9, T.Abner 1-3, V.Stevenson 1-2) TCU (2-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jefferson McGrath PF 34 4-8 0-0 9 12 1 2 8 D. Aldridge C 31 2-16 5-6 4 9 1 1 9 Adolph Gillis SF 34 1-7 1-1 2 8 4 2 3 Graham Linton SG 28 5-17 3-4 1 4 1 1 16 Daylon White PG 21 2-7 3-3 1 4 0 1 7 Carlitos Delgado PG 17 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 Brett Hallman C 13 0-2 0-0 1 2 2 0 0 Roscoe Mccloskey SF 6 1-2 1-1 1 1 0 2 3 Brady Autry PG 10 1-1 5-5 0 2 1 0 7 Cliff Paz SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Alberto Sheffield PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 14 (J.McGrath 1, D.Aldridge 2, A.Gillis 2, G.Linton 2, D.White 3, B.Hallman 1, B.Autry 1, C.Paz 2) Blocked Shots: 5 (J.McGrath 1, A.Gillis 1, D.White 1, B.Hallman 2) Steals: 8 (J.McGrath 4, D.Aldridge 1, G.Linton 1, D.White 1, B.Hallman 1) 3P FGs: 3-22 (J.McGrath 0-1, D.Aldridge 0-3, A.Gillis 0-4, G.Linton 3-11, D.White 0-1, C.Delgado 0-2) Player of Game: PF Adam Hairston (BC)

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Old 01-23-2017, 03:19 PM   #10
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I'm contemplating playing multiple entries in a night to increase my odds of winning $ like a REEL SHARK playing DFS. I feel like playing this way feels just as random as real life playing in my fantasy league in real life where guys sometimes just don't show up despite having a few good games previously, etc. Also considering doing randomized point thresholds for winning jackpots, so that I can possibly get lucky on some nights, but that it can go both ways.

What I might also do -- though this would be tedious and ridic -- is for a night or two take a look at the scores and figure out the best performances of the night from that particular day, giving me a sense of what a good score is for this league and then use that as a benchmark. Right now, I'm mostly basing it on real life except RL DFS has bigger rosters than how I play.

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Old 01-23-2017, 11:11 PM   #11
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Here's the games on the docket for today. I'm still feeling myself out with this...looking at high scoring teams or whatever.

I'd like to play higher stakes, tbh, but I should just be smart about this. Eventually, I'll pick better days for games when there's matchups/teams that I want to bet with rather than trying to play everyday or whatever.

Going to play an entry before bed.

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DECEMBER 04, 2035 SCHEDULE Games -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 West Virginia (4-0) at Appalachian State (1-2) Missouri State (2-2) at SMU (2-1) Pennsylvania (1-4) at Baylor (2-3) UTEP (0-3) at Oklahoma (3-2) LIU Brooklyn (2-4) at Villanova (3-2) Central Michigan (4-2), at #6 Michigan (3-0) Akron (0-1), at St. Bonaventure (3-3) Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2-3), at Denver (5-3) Mercer (2-2) at #13 Georgia Tech (3-0) Bryant University (2-4), at UMBC (3-2) Cal Baptist (1-3) at Texas State (0-3) Liberty (1-3) at Virginia (1-2) St. Francis (PA) (0-3) at George Mason (4-2) Utah Valley (0-1) at Portland (1-3) Austin Peay (3-3), at South Alabama (1-5) Utah (2-3) at Idaho (2-2) Coppin State (1-5) at #4 CCNY (4-0) Georgetown (1-3) at Hampton (1-5) Canisius (4-4) at Pittsburgh (4-1) Seton Hall (5-1) at Princeton (4-1) Washington (2-1) at Wyoming (0-6) Alabama State (1-2), at Alabama (2-1) Florida (3-1) at Bethune-Cookman (1-4) Illinois-Chicago (1-4) at Lafayette (1-3) Troy (2-4) at Abilene Christian (0-4) Kansas State (2-1) at Western Illinois (1-2) Oakland (4-0) at Eastern Oregon (2-2) Southeast Missouri State (1-3) at Cornell (1-3) New Orleans (3-1) at Northwestern State (0-3) Ohio (2-2) at Palm Beach Atlantic (2-2) Charleston (2-3) at Chattanooga (3-2) Drake (3-2) at IPFW (3-2) North Carolina A&T (3-0), at Eastern Washington (3-1) Delaware (0-4) at Stony Brook (2-2) Central Connecticut State (1-4) at Harvard (2-4) Loyola (MD) (2-2) at Long Beach State (0-3) Green Bay (1-3) at West Texas A&M (0-4)

I did a sample run of an earlier set of games this year just to get a sense of what a max/top score night would look like and that 220+ range is what I ran across, I'm sure a computer could synthesize an optimal lineup but besides that...I think it's hard to get to 200+ and 250+ would require an unotherworldly night from somebody.

Anyway, we'll see how my roster tonight goes for 12/4:

12/4/35 PLAYER TEAM
G Justin Winters CMU MICH
G Perry Harmon MICH CMU
FLEX Ben Krauss TXST CALBAP
F Marshaun Connelly CCNY COPPIN
F Otis Jackson-Wood GMU STFR(PA)
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Old 01-23-2017, 11:20 PM   #12
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12/4: RESULTS

I provide the box scores so you can see how random games in my universe play out, as a contrast to maybe a different league since my FBCB.ini file is custom. Didn't come close to finishing in the money, though. Just a rough night.

Down to $75 after a respectable night, but didn't get two big games out of anybody which is what you need, so despite Otis Jackson-Wood's HUGE night, nobody else truly came to play.




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George Mason 75, St. Francis (PA) 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Francis (PA) (0-4, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Quinton Bain C 30 6-8 1-2 0 6 0 4 15 Abraham Chance PF 32 2-9 3-5 2 4 0 0 7 Leland Wilber SF 32 6-14 3-4 2 7 2 5 18 Buddy Niles SG 33 3-15 1-2 1 5 4 3 8 Cedric Ratcliff PG 35 4-5 0-0 0 0 3 3 9 Adam Wilburn SG 11 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 Arron Stine PG 7 0-2 0-0 2 4 2 0 0 Sterling Baird SF 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3 Kelvin Ames PF 12 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 2 3 Beau Hooks C 6 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Turnovers: 18 (Q.Bain 3, L.Wilber 2, B.Niles 4, C.Ratcliff 7, A.Wilburn 1, A.Stine 1) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 6 (Q.Bain 1, A.Chance 1, L.Wilber 3, A.Wilburn 1) 3P FGs: 9-23 (Q.Bain 2-2, A.Chance 0-1, L.Wilber 3-4, B.Niles 1-10, C.Ratcliff 1-2, A.Wilburn 0-1, A.Stine 0-1, S.Baird 1-1, K.Ames 1-1) George Mason (5-2, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Agustin Amaya C 33 2-4 2-5 2 10 1 2 6 Adrian Ahmed PF 35 2-3 2-2 2 10 0 1 6 Otis Jackson-Wood SF 33 14-20 3-4 3 8 3 3 35 R. Cooper-White SG 31 2-12 2-3 2 6 5 2 7 Errol Bartlett PG 29 3-9 0-0 1 4 5 4 7 Elliott Custer PG 11 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 Albert Pollock SF 11 3-6 0-0 0 2 0 0 7 Harris Foley PG 5 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 2 R. Diaz Moliner PF 9 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 Philip Proctor C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 19 (A.Amaya 1, A.Ahmed 5, O.Jackson-Wood 5, R.Cooper-White 3, E.Bartlett 1, E.Custer 1, A.Pollock 3) Blocked Shots: 4 (A.Amaya 1, A.Ahmed 1, R.Cooper-White 2) Steals: 9 (O.Jackson-Wood 5, R.Cooper-White 1, E.Bartlett 1, E.Custer 2) 3P FGs: 8-26 (O.Jackson-Wood 4-8, R.Cooper-White 1-9, E.Bartlett 1-6, E.Custer 1-2, A.Pollock 1-1) Player of Game: SF Otis Jackson-Wood (GMU)

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Michigan 90, Central Michigan 74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Michigan (4-3, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Mike Rose C 28 1-5 1-2 2 6 1 0 3 Zedekiah Berlin PF 31 4-11 1-3 1 4 3 1 9 Lionel Beck SF 27 1-3 1-2 1 5 2 3 3 Numbers Latimer SG 29 3-5 2-3 1 5 0 2 9 Justin Winters PG 33 6-15 5-8 0 3 2 2 22 Abraham Albers PG 14 5-5 1-3 1 2 1 0 13 Lamont Arndt SF 12 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 3 6 Adam Upchurch SF 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 Alberto Gable SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Derrick Fitch PF 13 1-1 2-2 3 3 0 1 4 Antoine Nunley C 7 1-2 0-0 1 2 1 1 2 Turnovers: 22 (M.Rose 3, Z.Berlin 1, L.Beck 3, N.Latimer 3, J.Winters 5, A.Albers 5, L.Arndt 2) Blocked Shots: 3 (L.Beck 1, D.Fitch 1, A.Nunley 1) Steals: 9 (M.Rose 3, Z.Berlin 1, N.Latimer 2, J.Winters 1, A.Albers 1, D.Fitch 1) 3P FGs: 11-23 (N.Latimer 1-3, J.Winters 5-11, A.Albers 2-2, L.Arndt 2-5, A.Upchurch 1-1, A.Nunley 0-1) Michigan (4-0, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jame Briggs C 29 6-7 3-4 2 10 4 3 15 Hassan Al-Amin PF 28 3-5 2-4 2 7 0 3 8 Dominic Cooper SF 33 10-18 1-2 4 4 5 2 23 Perry Harmon SG 29 5-11 0-0 0 5 2 2 12 Londell Barstow PG 26 6-9 0-0 0 0 4 4 15 Alejandro Sharpe PG 13 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 5 6 Blair Melancon SF 11 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 Stephan Hanna PG 3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 Al Lucero SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Donnell Billups C 20 0-4 1-2 0 3 0 1 1 Tommy Shepherd PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Turnovers: 17 (J.Briggs 2, H.Al-Amin 2, D.Cooper 1, P.Harmon 3, L.Barstow 6, A.Sharpe 1, A.Lucero 2) Blocked Shots: 6 (J.Briggs 2, H.Al-Amin 2, D.Cooper 1, D.Billups 1) Steals: 8 (H.Al-Amin 1, D.Cooper 3, P.Harmon 1, L.Barstow 2, T.Shepherd 1) 3P FGs: 10-14 (D.Cooper 2-3, P.Harmon 2-3, L.Barstow 3-4, A.Sharpe 2-2, B.Melancon 1-2) Player of Game: SF Dominic Cooper (MICH)

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Texas State 83, Cal Baptist 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Baptist (1-4, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Adan Ballard C 13 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 5 4 Logan Billups PF 30 2-6 1-2 0 7 0 3 5 Jake Berman SF 18 1-7 2-2 2 6 0 3 5 Guillermo Alvarez SG 26 5-12 0-1 2 3 2 3 14 Benito Lopez PG 28 3-6 1-4 0 2 3 3 7 Kyle Montez SG 17 2-7 0-0 1 1 1 0 5 Vance Gragg SG 13 1-3 0-0 1 2 0 1 2 Abel Winter PF 20 4-7 0-0 5 6 0 4 8 Edwardo Beasley SF 13 1-5 4-6 1 2 2 2 6 Boyd Alaniz C 11 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 2 3 Antoine Roche C 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 Adam Phelps SG 4 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 0 5 Agustin Samuel SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Al Alfaro PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 14 (A.Ballard 1, L.Billups 2, J.Berman 1, G.Alvarez 6, K.Montez 1, A.Winter 3) Blocked Shots: 1 (L.Billups 1) Steals: 3 (B.Lopez 2, A.Samuel 1) 3P FGs: 8-29 (J.Berman 1-5, G.Alvarez 4-10, B.Lopez 0-1, K.Montez 1-5, V.Gragg 0-2, E.Beasley 0-2, B.Alaniz 1-2, A.Phelps 1-2) Texas State (1-3, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Earl Shea C 33 11-19 14-21 4 16 2 3 39 Genaro Colburn PF 23 1-8 0-0 5 13 2 3 2 Coy Beers SF 33 1-4 4-5 1 4 3 2 6 Ben Krauss SG 18 3-6 0-1 0 0 4 4 6 Andy Gay PG 27 5-10 0-0 3 4 1 4 13 Alberto Herrero SG 17 2-5 1-2 4 4 2 1 6 Truman Valdez SG 13 2-4 1-2 1 3 2 1 7 Stephen Spain PF 22 2-2 0-0 0 5 0 2 4 Alton Bair PG 9 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 Antonio Wiese PF 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Adam Ferrari C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 17 (E.Shea 1, G.Colburn 3, C.Beers 3, B.Krauss 2, A.Herrero 5, S.Spain 2, A.Bair 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Shea 1) Steals: 7 (E.Shea 2, C.Beers 1, A.Gay 1, S.Spain 1, A.Bair 1, A.Wiese 1) 3P FGs: 9-22 (E.Shea 3-5, C.Beers 0-3, B.Krauss 0-2, A.Gay 3-5, A.Herrero 1-2, T.Valdez 2-4, A.Bair 0-1) Player of Game: C Earl Shea (TXST)

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CCNY 89, Coppin State 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coppin State (1-6, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Randall Beckett C 29 2-6 3-4 3 6 0 3 7 Adan Wahl PF 15 0-3 0-0 2 3 0 4 0 A. Duckworth SF 30 0-8 2-4 0 4 1 3 2 Adam Reddy SG 33 7-15 2-2 0 5 0 2 19 Alejandro Steel PG 27 3-8 1-2 1 3 1 2 9 Darren Bartlett C 18 1-3 0-0 1 4 0 4 2 Marcel Paterson SF 9 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Alex Ali PG 16 1-5 0-2 0 2 1 1 2 Ervin Albers PF 15 0-3 1-2 3 6 1 0 1 Loyd Nunley PF 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Adam Covert SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Alejandro Alaniz SG 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 2 Turnovers: 18 (R.Beckett 2, A.Duckworth 3, A.Reddy 7, A.Steel 1, D.Bartlett 1, A.Ali 3, L.Nunley 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Steel 1, E.Albers 3, L.Nunley 1) Steals: 5 (R.Beckett 1, A.Reddy 3, A.Steel 1) 3P FGs: 5-22 (A.Duckworth 0-4, A.Reddy 3-9, A.Steel 2-5, M.Paterson 0-1, A.Ali 0-2, A.Alaniz 0-1) CCNY (5-0, 0-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Abel Arnett C 32 5-5 0-0 4 12 1 1 11 Marshaun Connelly PF 25 4-8 8-10 1 4 1 4 16 Albert Blaine SF 20 3-7 0-0 2 8 4 4 8 Alejandro Reynoso SG 29 3-7 1-1 1 2 2 0 9 Adam Akers PG 20 6-17 0-4 2 2 0 4 14 Cameron Morgan SF 14 4-6 1-1 0 5 0 3 11 Kerry Rowan SG 17 4-6 2-2 2 4 3 2 11 Marty Sanchez PG 9 0-1 1-2 0 1 2 0 1 Daniel Arndt PG 5 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 5 Clement Loveless C 15 0-2 0-0 1 5 0 0 0 Heriberto Busby PF 6 0-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 Adrian Brock PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Bart Cabrera SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Turnovers: 10 (A.Arnett 1, M.Connelly 1, A.Blaine 1, A.Reynoso 1, A.Akers 1, K.Rowan 3, C.Loveless 1, H.Busby 1) Blocked Shots: 13 (A.Arnett 7, M.Connelly 4, C.Loveless 1, H.Busby 1) Steals: 4 (A.Blaine 1, A.Reynoso 1, K.Rowan 2) 3P FGs: 12-23 (A.Arnett 1-1, A.Blaine 2-5, A.Reynoso 2-6, A.Akers 2-4, C.Morgan 2-3, K.Rowan 1-1, M.Sanchez 0-1, D.Arndt 1-1, B.Cabrera 1-1) Player of Game: C Abel Arnett (CCNY)

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Old 01-24-2017, 06:11 PM   #13
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If you ever stop by and want me to pick a guy from your favorite (or random) program on a night, do let me know and I'll do it or I'll do it on the day of their next game. This undertaking does surely help me know who plays on teams as I go through it.
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I put down another $20 on a slate for the games on 12/5/35 and well..the result was similar. Can't quite score on a multiple slate of guys who have big nights to get me over the hump. But maybe as I know teams better, I can construct an evening that provides me with an advantage.

Going to sim into January now and hope conference play is kinder to me, before I run out of cash. Down to $55. Maybe after one more night attempting this, I'll just skip to the tournament and try to play a tournament game instead, at least now I have a DFS format to work with.

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Old 01-24-2017, 09:39 PM   #15
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Actually had a solid night, but couldn't get into the money because 1) one of the guys underperformed as usual and 2) turnovers like whoa. So. many. turnovers.



Anyway, we're down to $35. Rather than lose my shirt in the NCAA tournament, we're going to "make" some money by doing a NCAA tournament recap where I do a tournament preview of all of the teams in the tournament (like this one) as another way for us to get better acquainted with the teams and help play better, as a result.

Next season, I'm probably going to attempt some NBA daily fantasy instead of college just to see if I can do better in that league where players are more consistent and I'm not subject to coach whims and randomness.
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2035-36 NCAA TOURNAMENT PREVIEW



Here's the 68-team preview of the 2035-36 NCAA tournament.

Since 2024, we've seen a run of major conference teams winning the national title. We'll see if this year will result in another big program adding a banner to their rafters.

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68. UC Irvine (Big West) (16, West): The Anteaters weren't supposed to win a game in their own conference tournament, much less win the whole thing as a 9-seed and yet, here they are dancing. They're capable of scoring in buckets, they've put up 100+ this year in three regular season games including the Big West tournament domination over UC-Davis.


67. Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun) (16, East): #DunkCity is back in the tournament for the first time in 18 years and they're doing so playing in the First Four after losing 20 games during the regular season. Junior center Domingo Buckner is averaging 18.6 PPG and is the team leader in scoring and rebounding. If they're going to advance to date with top-seed Maryland in the next round, they'll need him to dominate.

66. Florida International (Conference USA) (16, East) This program has been starved for a post-season appearance, much less a trip to the Big Dance. This is the Panthers first NCAA bid since 1994 and their first time in any post-season tournament since a 2013 loss in the CIT Finals. It's been a LONG time. The cruel irony is that unlike this year, last year's team actually finished with a winning record; but did not get any post-season bid, so this year's team winning the Conference USA title to get here is poetic justice for those returning players who missed out last year. They don't have a dominant player and might end up struggling against the 20-loss FGCU team they're pitted against in an all-Florida battle for a trip to the main draw.

65. Delaware State (America East) (16, West) Delaware State is back in the tournament after a 14-year absence and only winning 2 games last year. The regular season and tournament champs of the America East feature a balanced attack with 4 players scoring in double digits. Center Adam Albrecht is averaging a double double (12.1 PPG/11.2 RPG) and could be an X-Factor against UC Irvine. The winner gets a date with Arizona.

64. Eastern Oregon (Frontier) (15, West) The Mountaineers are only in their 2nd season as a full D1 program and they're in the tournament, thanks to playing in the newly sprouted Frontier Conference. They are the 2nd-slowest pace team in the Frontier Conference, alas...don't expect fireworks from them or an especially long stay in the tournament.

63. Charleston Southern (Big South) (15, East) Their leading scorer Elbert Dunham is out for the year after an injury in the conference tournament semi-final. Still, they got here and with a deep rotation and averaging 78.6 PPG as a team, they know how to turn up the heat.

62. St. Bonaventure (A10) (15, West) - The Bonnies are coached by the son of Billy Latta, who I think played in the NBA. (Not sure why I created his son...) This is their 3rd NCAA appearance since 2000 and they're short-staffed with three of their best players nursing some kind of injury. It'll be tough sledding against a high-octane Wake Forest club average 100 PPG.

61. Utah State (WAC) (15, Midwest) - The Aggies are up against a Pepperdine team in the first round that didn't lose a conference game all year. But they beat #20 Rice in the WAC Finals to get here, so they've got giant killing aspirations. Their goal is to slow the game down considerably.

Going to do the other matchups by region, just because it's hard to do them since it's not a unified bracket in-game.

EAST REGION
Brown (Ivy) (14-seed) - This Brown team is dangerous, they've got four scorers averaging double-digit points this year. Could be a potential upset candidate if the stars align right.

Siena (MAAC) (13-seed) - The Saints are led by guard Bryon Qualls (18.8 PPG) and forward Alex Ledesma (17.2 PPG/9.0 RPG), a potent duo that notched non-conference wins against both Georgetown and Virginia in the regular season.

Maryland (Big Ten) (1-seed) - The Terps are the 12th best scoring team in the nation. Their deep rotation make them a real threat to go all the way, but their road will depend on whether their high-flying offense can stay hot through the sweet 16.

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Old 01-25-2017, 08:32 AM   #17
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2035-36 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET

Here's the entire tournament bracket.





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Was looking at various bracket games and ways to play. I've decided on the Bill James method for this year. You pick one team of each seed line and get points (per win) for as far as they advance.

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#1 Seed (100 pts)
#2 Seed (110 pts)
#3 Seed (120 pts)
#4 Seed (130 pts)
#5 Seed (140 pts)
#6 Seed (150 pts)
#7 Seed (160 pts)
#8 Seed (170 pts)
#9 Seed (180 pts)
#10 Seed (190 pts)
#11 Seed (200 pts)
#12 Seed (210 pts)
#13 Seed (220 pts)
#14 Seed (230 pts)
#15 Seed (240 pts)
#16 Seed (250 pts)

I'm trying to figure out a benchmark of the highest total points someone could score in this game (realistically) as a way to figure out a prize pool, etc.

Going to use real life NCAA tournament results to come up with some kind of average number and then go from there.
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Old 01-25-2017, 02:03 PM   #19
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Seems the max score you could get in this game is 9000 points with a perfect bracket and a 16/15/14/13 in the Final Four with a 16-seed winning it all.

Given the engine in FBCB, this is obviously a lot more likely than in real life, hah.

I'm down to $35, I'm going to spend all of that and participate in a bracket pool that has a jackpot that'll let random.org decide.

The prize jackpot breakdown will go like this:
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1st: 50%
2nd: 25%
3rd: 10%
4th: 5%
5th: 2%
6th-10th: 1%
11th-20th: .5%
21st-25th: .25%
26th-30th: .10%
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Old 01-25-2017, 02:33 PM   #20
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Since I'm playing against myself and I don't want to multiple ballots, I'm going to use random.org to determine the final scores, this is all before I started compiling my own roster or anything, so I have no idea what the final result will be for me.

I'll round the random.org figures up since everything in this game is scored in 10s and we'll generate 31 scores, with the idea that if I finish below 30th, I'll be out of the money anyway.

JACKPOT PURSE: $30,000

Here's the scores from the other players this year generated from random.org based on a range of 1500-7720. It's 35 scores, so I've got to finish in the Top 30 to get "in the money"

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Old 01-25-2017, 03:07 PM   #21
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Here's are my picks for the 2035 Bracketless game:

1) Texas: I felt like Texas coach Ezra Stockton Jr., would channel the legacy of his all-time title winning dad (6 titles) into a deep run with this team. They were 29-4 in the regular season and this is the best team he's had there. It was a tough pick, because it's tough to bet against CCNY during the tournament no matter what. But went with my gut on Texas.

2) West Virginia: Saw them some in the regular season. Gil Brackett, their center is a bonafide star and they've just got a really deep roster all the way through the bench. Another team that I feel like has a long tournament run in them.

3) Texas Tech: 3-seeds were another tough choice for me. But the Red Raiders have two 18 PPG scorers in Shermell Abney and Gary Forster. Only losing two games in the Pac-16 makes me think they're battle tested.

4) Virginia Tech: Another team with two potent scorers that I saw during the regular season. They only went 8-7 in ACC play, which should worry me, but I decided it was their turn and went with them.

5) Boise State: This is not a confident pick, but I did it based on their defense stats. 3rd least points allowed in the nation.

6) SMU: They won 4 games against Top 50 opponents this year and are Top 10 in defense rebounding nationally.

7) Clemson: 7th in the nation in points allowed. Figured it might bode well.

8) Alabama: They're coming off a Final Four. Felt it was too dangerous to pick against them. Classic underseeding at 24-9 this year.

9) Minnesota State: If you read my previous dynasty, you'd know this is a homer pick. It will likely backfire, they're not the team I knew 20 years ago.

10) La Salle: See my earlier review of this team. I feel like they have some horses to luck into a run.

11) North Dakota: If they can overcome a tough Seton Hall team in the 1st round, I think this team could surprise. They've got both solid defense and a Top 100 offense.

12) Oklahoma State: A First Four team that won their initial game and are coming off back to back Sweet 16 appearances, I felt like it was a safe bet in a not-so-safe seed line.

13) Milwaukee: PG combo Adam Glass and Tracy Dion average over 40 PPG together.

14) Brown: See my earlier review. I feel like despite the Ivy tag, they're a better team that you'd expect.

15) Utah State: This is a tough line, but I felt like Utah State was the most complete 15-seed in the tournament. They also have two players from Helensburgh on their roster (See my Cities Skylines dynasty for more...) and four guys scoring in double-digits.

16) FIU: None of the 16-seeds inspired much confidence in me this year. But FIU seemed to have the most favorable matchup of any of the others.
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2035-36 TOURNAMENT RESULTS









It was a very chalky year in the end. West Virginia claims their first-ever national title.

I ended up in 23rd place, good for $75. Enough to get me back playing again next year.
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Old 01-26-2017, 04:36 PM   #23
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2036-37 TOURNAMENT

I didn't play at all this year, just watched. But naturally, because I didn't play, it was a year where all four of the Final Four seeds were double-digit seeds.









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Clemson (24-11) was a Sweet 16 team last year. The program has won a national title (1987) and last appeared in the title game 12 years ago.

Loyola Marymount (24-13) is making their first tournament appearance in four years. This is their first-ever appearance beyond the Sweet 16.

George Mason (28-9) is in their first-ever Final Four. This is their 1st tournament appearance in 4 years.

Texas (24-11) lost in the Elite 8 last year. Their last Final Four appearance was back in 2026, when they won their 2nd straight national title.

The last team to win a national title with double-digit losses was Boston College in 2031.

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Loyola Marymount caps an unlikely win in the national title game, becoming the first west coast team to win a national title in 22 years. (UCLA, 2014)

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Loyola Marymount 70, Texas 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jame Archer C 30 1-4 0-0 1 6 2 1 2 Joby Kobler PF 32 1-8 3-4 3 11 1 3 5 Rodolfo Munoz SF 29 2-15 1-2 1 5 1 1 5 Antonio Kovach SG 29 8-11 0-0 1 5 0 3 22 Eliseo Garcia PG 23 6-7 0-0 0 3 4 4 17 Jalen Larson SG 19 2-8 0-0 1 1 3 5 4 Kris Mckinnon PF 10 1-2 0-0 0 3 2 0 2 Johnny Hummel PG 9 0-5 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 Owen Denson SF 10 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 3 Jake Acosta C 7 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 Adan Ezell SG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Abel Clinton C 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Turnovers: 13 (J.Kobler 1, R.Munoz 1, A.Kovach 5, E.Garcia 2, J.Larson 2, O.Denson 1, J.Acosta 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Kobler 2, E.Garcia 1, K.Mckinnon 1) Steals: 2 (R.Munoz 1, O.Denson 1) 3P FGs: 12-26 (J.Kobler 0-1, R.Munoz 0-4, A.Kovach 6-9, E.Garcia 5-5, J.Larson 0-1, J.Hummel 0-2, O.Denson 1-3, A.Ezell 0-1) Loyola Marymount: Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Esteban Upshaw C 22 0-4 0-0 5 7 0 1 0 Aaron Boyce PF 24 4-8 0-1 0 4 0 3 8 Floyd Eldridge SF 19 5-9 2-5 0 5 2 0 16 Carson Stacy SG 32 5-9 3-4 0 10 3 2 13 Valentín Martin PG 32 0-10 2-2 1 2 9 0 2 Adan Chan SF 25 6-12 4-5 1 6 2 3 20 Trent Raley PG 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Ernest Bowie PF 23 1-1 2-2 1 7 1 0 4 Moisés Navarro SG 5 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 3 Dustin Ivey C 9 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 2 Jonathon Wallis PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Agustin Boisvert SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 12 (E.Upshaw 1, A.Boyce 4, F.Eldridge 2, C.Stacy 2, V.Martin 1, A.Chan 2) Blocked Shots: 9 (E.Upshaw 2, A.Boyce 2, F.Eldridge 2, V.Martin 1, E.Bowie 2) Steals: 5 (A.Boyce 1, F.Eldridge 1, V.Martin 2, E.Bowie 1) 3P FGs: 9-27 (F.Eldridge 4-5, C.Stacy 0-1, V.Martin 0-9, A.Chan 4-9, M.Navarro 1-3) Player of Game: SF Adan Chan (LMU)
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Gonna play NBA DFS this season, because my NBA year is a year behind my college league, it'll be 2036-37, so the season I just simmed with the college league. I'm playing with Draft Kings scoring, so we'll have an 8-player roster and the scoring goes:

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Players will accumulate points as follows:
Point = +1 PT
Made 3pt. shot = +0.5 PTs
Rebound = +1.25 PTs
Assist = +1.5 PTs
Steal = +2 PTs
Block = +2 PTs
Turnover = -0.5 PTs
Double-Double = +1.5PTs (MAX 1 PER PLAYER: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Blocks, Steals)
Triple-Double = +3PTs (MAX 1 PER PLAYER: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Blocks, Steals)

So far, only committing to trying this once unless it's more fun than tedious since I can't really automate much. I'll do my own roster and then each day generate the "most perfect lineup" for the day and see how close I get.

Before I do that, I'm going to -- for my own purposes -- look at the Attribute Report and get a sense of the best leagues in the world in a kind of order and talk about what kind of players are in each.

I'm mostly curious for the college league purposes -- especially given how extensive both universes are -- where players end up, because I actually do a have a decent amount of mobility between my leagues, because my FBCB.ini file generates better players than a default league (part of why I find online leagues based on the kind of boring..) so there are legitimately good players who just never do much in the NBA in my setup, rather than a deal where you can clearly see a difference between NBA players are the rest.
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2036-37 PRO BASKETBALL BEST LEAGUES IN THE WORLD
I've gotten pretty good at rigging this over the years in-game, by rigidly controlling salary caps and keeping auto-inflation off, so that there isn't a lot of deviation. As a result, you see lots of dudes who go over to Greece or somewhere at the end of their careers, whereas the biggest NBA feeders tend to be Russia or China, when there are underclassmen who develop late.

USBL doesn't send anyone to the NBA, I'm not entirely sure anyone from the USBL has ever played in the NBA for more than a few games, though I'm going to look.


1. NBA (USA) (106.1)
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2. CBA (China) (83.6)
China is as close to the D-League as we have, except way better. You routinely see dudes come over here for a few years, develop and then come back to the States as real contributors. Since FBPB doesn't have any foreigner limits, my foreign leagues are essentially giant leagues of Americans but I'm good with it, since they all come from my FBCB classes (though I do let the game generate foreign draft classes so there are at least a semblance of foreign names besides the ones I add because I like realism-ish.)

But anyway, China is legitimately the 2nd best league in the world since I added it to this save, mostly because of the salaries. Their cap is set to $10m. Besides the NBA finishing school aspect of the league, it's the sort of place where a dude who was a 4-year player in college and started, can elevate his game and get paid better than anywhere else besides the NBA.

Looking around the league, it's a lot of fun looking at these guys because there are so many dudes that really came up from the bottom to get that six-figure payday after years of toiling in the lower leagues. Here's an example.

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So a three-star guy who didn't start in college, spends a few years in the USBL and shines, gets plugged into Israel and then gets a deal in China first as a benchwarmer and then as a starter. Neat story, right?

There aren't a ton of older dudes in the CBA from what I could tell, at least not as leaders in the league anyway. It's a young players league with a lot of these middle-class "glue" guys who really make up the league outside of the fringe NBA dudes getting million dollar checks for playing here over sticking around the NBA for less money as probable non-starters.

China is a massively offense-driven league. Teams average 101.2 PPG.
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RPBL (Russia) (78.8)
Russia has an $8m cap. Whereas China is a high-octane offense league, Russia isn't that at all. Teams here only average 78.3 PPG, so it's not a league where dudes can show up and dominate for whatever reason. Russia also tends to sign guys to longer-term contracts where they stay there for longer as opposed to 2-3 year stints or even shorter than we see from guys who go to China.


From what I can tell, if you kill it in Russia your next stop is probably China or maybe Spain. I don't see very many guys who go straight from Russia back to the NBA, in part, because it seems like all they'll end up doing is sitting on the bench. Example is former Russian league MVP Mason King. He's making $2m a year, but he's not getting any minutes on a very bad Knicks team and he had to go through Spain before he got his NBA deal again.

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ACB (Spain) (77.4)
Spain's salary cap is at $6.5 million. Average scoring is 83.6 PPG, my take anecdotally is that Spain seems to do a great job of putting tweeners to work. They also seem to be willing to pay for American bigs and unlike China, this is a veteran league with guys who have years of NBA experience throughout.

So it's a grown-folks league but with better NBA guys, so I can see why guys end up passing through here at the end of their careers or at some mid-point en route back to the States. They can pay their feature players at the same level of a China or Russia, they just rely on them to do more. So a guy would opt for Spain and making good money and getting to play, over being the 9th or 10th guy on an NBA roster.

Serie A (Italy) (76.4)
Italy's salary cap is $5.5 million, but unlike the other leagues, only one team is over the cap here. So they just don't get to spend it, probably because their intended dudes are on the bottom of NBA rosters, playing in Spain, China or Russia. Which is interesting. So who plays in Italia?

It's a lot of guards who are productive players, but aren't really good enough to hack it in the NBA. It's also a lot of NBA veteran bigs who come over here at various stages of their career, but for the most part, the highest paid players on teams over here are guys who have paid their dues in other Euro leagues (or possibly, China) and then get paid #1 dude cash to come play in Italy where they'll start and probably dominate.

Here's a guy who spent years in Finland, before getting the seven-figure check from an Italian team. Another USBL alum, too. I love that having so many leagues means dudes get to develop and can extend their careers. If I only had one league, most of these guys would never be heard from again.

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I'll profile the other leagues later.


PROA (France) (71.6)
GBL (Greece) (71.6)
LNB (Argentina) (71.5)
ABL (Australia) (69.3)
ISL (Israel) (69.2)
BPL (England) (66.3)
PRL (Puerto Rico) (65.8)
BBL (Germany) (64.2)
CBL (Canada) (62.8)
USBL (USA) (61.6)
FIN (Finland) (60.6)
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France (71.6) - The French league is mostly comprised of sub-NBA dudes. The few guys who have NBA experience here are actually over-the-hill veteran types who come here to get a last big contract (usually around $1m) before they end their careers. It's also a solid league for upwardly mobile guys, but you don't see as many guys who come to France as a finishing school for the bigger leagues. There are some middle-class guys who get to start here who'd probably ride the end of the pine in the NBA, but there just aren't as many as in the upper tier leagues. France has a $3.5m salary cap.

Greece (71.6) - Greece has a $3m salary cap. The league is legitimately worst from a depth perspective than say, China, Russia or even Italy. France is on par, but because of the slightly smaller cap, I feel like Greece is a good league for journeyman players.

Here's a good example of a dude. Glover Oburne is a former All-American in high school, Mr. Basketball in Wisconsin and was a two-time NBA Rookie Game participant. But after four years as a NBA starter, he left for China, then Italy and now at 31, he's playing in Greece. He's very Josh Childress or somebody like that who left the NBA for more money.

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Argentina - Argentina's salary cap is just over a $1m. It's a journeyman's league with very few NBA alums who make it here. No big surprise, really. The highest paid player in the league went from Canada to the USBL to Argentina mid-career.

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PLAYER DETAILS #26 SG Lukasz Blaszczyk - Boca Juniors ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-6 Weight: 221 DOB: 12/18/2007 (29) College: None Hometown: Strzegom, Poland Exp: 7 Attributes: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: D C B A- F+ F+ D- F D- F+ D- F+ A- B A A Potential: D C B A F D D F D F D F Health: Good Status: Active Roster Salary: $315,000 Length: 6 Stat Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 LNB BOC 32 32 26.6 15.9 0.7 2.3 1.0 2.1 0.47 0.4 0.1 2.5 2035 USBL LOU 51 51 33.8 18.2 1.3 3.4 2.1 2.0 1.01 0.3 0.2 2.6 2034 USBL LOU 56 56 33.6 18.8 0.7 2.6 1.7 2.0 0.85 0.2 0.2 3.0 2033 USBL LOU 41 41 30.3 11.5 0.6 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.25 0.4 0.1 2.6 2032 USBL LOU 58 58 29.3 13.0 0.6 2.2 1.7 1.8 0.94 0.4 0.1 2.5 2031 CBL EDM 38 0 18.9 9.0 0.7 2.0 0.9 0.9 1.00 0.4 0.1 2.4 2030 CBL EDM 46 0 16.2 6.9 0.3 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.88 0.2 0.1 2.0 2029 CBL WND 48 0 20.0 7.0 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.04 0.3 0.1 1.9 Career 370 238 26.5 12.7 0.7 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.04 0.3 0.1 2.4 Shooting Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 5.7 10.7 .535 2.2 3.0 .711 2.8 4.2 .672 0.6 1.9 .311 2.3 4.6 .503 2035 6.2 10.8 .577 3.9 5.4 .717 3.4 4.6 .734 1.0 2.4 .410 1.8 3.8 .490 2034 6.1 11.6 .525 4.4 6.1 .718 3.2 4.4 .721 0.6 2.3 .271 2.3 4.9 .467 2033 3.9 8.2 .473 2.3 3.0 .768 1.9 3.0 .624 0.6 1.7 .333 1.4 3.5 .408 2032 4.3 8.3 .520 2.8 3.9 .718 2.3 3.0 .770 0.4 1.9 .204 1.6 3.4 .472 2031 2.6 5.9 .442 2.7 3.3 .823 1.0 1.7 .609 0.4 1.4 .327 1.1 2.8 .398 2030 2.2 4.8 .455 1.8 2.3 .769 1.2 1.7 .679 0.3 1.4 .254 0.7 1.8 .395 2029 2.3 4.9 .473 1.6 2.4 .690 1.2 1.9 .637 0.4 1.4 .318 0.7 1.7 .413 Career 4.2 8.2 .514 2.8 3.8 .733 2.2 3.1 .699 0.5 1.8 .303 1.5 3.3 .454 Stat Totals: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 LNB BOC 32 32 850 509 22 72 32 68 13 4 80 -84 2035 USBL LOU 51 51 1726 928 68 171 105 104 14 8 133 102 2034 USBL LOU 56 56 1879 1051 41 146 94 110 13 11 168 74 2033 USBL LOU 41 41 1244 472 23 97 85 68 18 6 105 -59 2032 USBL LOU 58 58 1702 754 34 126 99 105 23 7 143 130 2031 CBL EDM 38 0 720 343 27 76 34 34 14 5 91 117 2030 CBL EDM 46 0 743 317 15 55 43 49 10 3 92 -118 2029 CBL WND 48 0 958 335 17 61 56 54 12 3 92 65 Career 370 238 9822 4709 247 804 548 592 117 47 904 227 Shooting Totals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 183 342 69 97 74 147 2035 318 551 198 276 94 192 2034 340 648 244 340 127 272 2033 159 336 96 125 58 142 2032 249 479 163 227 93 197 2031 99 224 102 124 43 108 2030 101 222 83 108 32 81 2029 112 237 78 113 33 80 Career 1561 3039 1033 1410 554 1219 Efficiency: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 LNB BOC 32 .660 1.49 6.6 14.0 21.9 3.2 7.1 5.2 20.4 126.2 4.2 -2.6 100.1 105.5 2035 USBL LOU 51 .690 1.68 11.9 11.8 19.0 6.1 8.2 7.2 23.2 328.3 10.9 2.0 110.2 105.7 2034 USBL LOU 56 .659 1.62 9.4 11.0 19.9 3.4 7.3 5.5 22.1 324.1 10.8 1.3 112.8 110.3 2033 USBL LOU 41 .604 1.40 15.6 12.5 15.6 2.9 7.6 5.5 14.8 80.3 2.7 -1.4 108.8 111.7 2032 USBL LOU 58 .651 1.57 12.6 13.4 16.1 2.6 6.3 4.5 16.8 160.9 5.4 2.2 107.8 103.7 2031 CBL EDM 38 .616 1.53 9.8 9.8 17.7 4.8 8.2 6.6 19.5 97.1 3.2 3.1 105.1 93.3 2030 CBL EDM 46 .585 1.43 11.9 13.5 17.6 2.6 6.2 4.5 15.5 54.9 1.8 -2.6 97.2 106.5 2029 CBL WND 48 .585 1.41 14.1 13.6 14.7 2.4 5.7 4.1 12.3 26.3 0.9 1.4 105.7 102.1 Career 370 .643 1.55 11.4 12.3 17.9 3.5 7.1 5.4 18.7 1198.2 39.9 0.6 107.3 105.7 Playoff Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 USBL LOU 1 1 35.0 31.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.50 2.0 0.0 5.0 2032 USBL LOU 3 3 32.7 9.7 0.7 2.0 0.7 1.7 0.40 0.0 0.7 2.0 2029 CBL WND 3 0 19.7 7.3 0.3 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.00 0.3 0.0 2.0 Career 7 4 27.4 11.7 0.4 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.00 0.4 0.3 2.4 Playoff Shooting Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 13.0 22.0 .591 0.0 4.0 .000 7.0 10.0 .700 1.0 3.0 .333 5.0 9.0 .556 2032 3.7 9.7 .379 2.0 3.3 .600 2.0 4.0 .500 1.3 3.3 .400 0.3 2.3 .143 2029 2.3 5.7 .412 2.0 2.3 .857 1.7 2.3 .714 0.0 0.7 .000 0.7 2.7 .250 Career 4.4 9.7 .456 1.7 3.0 .571 2.6 4.1 .621 0.7 2.1 .333 1.1 3.4 .333 Playoff Totals: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 USBL LOU 1 1 35 31 0 1 1 2 2 0 5 5 2032 USBL LOU 3 3 98 29 2 6 2 5 0 2 6 3 2029 CBL WND 3 0 59 22 1 3 6 6 1 0 6 3 Career 7 4 192 82 3 10 9 13 3 2 17 11 Playoff Shooting Totals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 13 22 0 4 5 9 2032 11 29 6 10 1 7 2029 7 17 6 7 2 8 Career 31 68 12 21 8 24 Playoff Efficiency: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 USBL LOU 1 .667 1.41 3.7 7.4 29.0 0.0 4.3 2.0 0.0 -5.5 -0.2 5.0 109.5 101.6 2032 USBL LOU 3 .424 1.00 5.0 12.5 15.9 2.5 4.8 3.7 0.0 -15.4 -0.5 1.0 106.1 105.6 2029 CBL WND 3 .550 1.29 18.8 18.8 18.7 2.4 3.6 3.1 0.0 -9.2 -0.3 1.0 94.4 93.3 Career 7 .532 1.21 9.1 13.1 19.1 2.0 4.3 3.2 0.0 -30.1 -1.0 1.6 103.1 101.2 Career Highs: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 31 4 7 3 2 1 5 10 17 8 9 5 8 Playoff 31 1 3 3 2 1 2 13 22 4 6 5 9 Career 36 6 12 6 2 2 7 13 22 15 19 6 12 Awards & Achievements: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Player of the Game: 42 Total Player of the Week: 1 Total Player of the Month: 2 Total All-Star Appearances: 3 Total All-League Second Team : 1 2036 LNB All-Star 2035 USBL All-League Second Team 2035 USBL All-Star 2034 USBL All-Star 2034 USBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion 2032 USBL All-Rookie Second Team 2032 USBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion 2031 CBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion 2030 CBL Rookie Game Participant 2029 CBL Rookie Game Participant

Israel - Average scoring here is 72.6 PPG, the league salary cap is just under $2m. Despite the cash, the league tends to get scraps relative to the other leagues. There are an odd few -- mostly big men -- NBA alums usually on the far downslope of their careers.

But that's about it. The league is a mix of younger guys a few years into their career and the rest are people who are journeyman types.
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Old 01-27-2017, 01:51 PM   #33
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The lower leagues are where all of those guys who played at lower level schools end up after graduation. They sometimes graduate between those leagues, but it's a lot of bouncing around.

In doing this exercise, I realized we didn't have a league anywhere in the six-figure salary range, it drops off from Israel down to the Puerto Rican League which is just under 100k in salary cap.

I think we'll elevate the cap in the German league next year to compensate and over time, talent there should get better.
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It's past the halfway mark of the 2036-37 NBA season. I went back and looked at a schedule to try to assemble the best DFS lineup of the day.

Here's the "perfect" lineup for 2/28/37

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2/23

Did another sample night of perfect lineup scoring for DFS (423 points) so I think 400+ is where perfect is most nights.
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As silly as it is, I'm actually semi-enjoying this idea of simming NBA days and just figuring out the best lineup. It serves my purposes of "immersion" or whatever and getting more familiar with the NBA league, if nothing else.

Meanwhile, in the college league, I'll probably keep doing the Bracketless game.
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2037-38 TOURNAMENT/BRACKETLESS

Here's the 2037-38 NCAA tournament brackets.







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Bracketless 2037-38 - Tournament Picks

Here's the tournament bids breakdown by conference:

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America East: 1
American: 1
A10: 2
ACC: 5
ASun: 1
Big 12: 3
Big East: 5
Big Sky: 1
Big South: 1
Big Ten: 7
Big West: 1
CAA: 1
C-USA: 1
Frontier: 1
Heritage: 1
Horizon: 1
Ivy: 1
MAAC: 1
MAC: 1
Northeast: 1
OVC: 1
Pac-16: 8
Patriot: 1
SEC: 8
SoCon: 2
Southland: 1
Summit: 1
Sun Belt: 1
West Coast: 7
WAC: 2

Here are my tournament picks for the Bracketless game:

1 - Penn State (26-6, Big Ten) Looking at this year's field, I have a hard time picking a top seed that'll survive their draw just because of how strong some of the lower seeds are, at least historically. But this Penn State team is among the top scoring in the country (88.5 PPG, 8th in the nation) and went 7-3 against Top 50 teams. Plus, that program has come so close a bunch of times over the past two decades and I feel like at some point, they're just due to break through.

1 - UConn (28-6, ACC) - I originally picked Penn State in this spot, but then I took a closer look at UConn. They haven't won a national title since 1995, so this isn't the UConn you're accustomed to, but they had a dominant year in a Top 5 conference and a whopping 10-1 against Top 50 teams. They're the 12th best scoring team in the country (86.9 PPG) and the consensus #1 team in the country in both poll and RPI. The tournament isn't always kind to these types of teams, but given I haven't really picked anyone in the top half of their bracket, I feel like if a top seed is going to make it to the Final Four, why not these guys? Their first-year head coach Alejandro Gibbs took Marquette to the Elite 8 three years ago, so he knows how to win.

2 - Mississippi Valley State (32-0, Heritage)
This upstate program had a massive turnaround making the tournament last year for the first time since 1986. They're back again and are easily the top defensive team in the country, allowing opponents only 56.1 PPG.

My worry with them is that they don't really put up a ton of points and their regular season schedule is hot garbage including OOC which only included one Top 50 game. That said, I feel like you shouldn't bet against an undefeated team this time of year and perhaps this is the year they're able to ride the wave all the way to the Final Four. The forward duo is Andre Kidwell (15.8 PPG) and Quinton Knowles (14.3 PPG) will have to show up to give them any real chance.

3 - Tulane (25-8, Big 12)
I don't know if Tulane is the safe choice here, but I'm picking them anyway. Their leading scorer - Alberto Ashcraft (16.1 PPG) gives me confidence, they have a solid bench core and I think their road to a deep tournament run looks more clear to me than any of the other 3-seeds. The Green Wave were 7-4 against Top 50 teams in the regular season and are 14th in the nation in scoring defense (69.4 PPG).

4 - City College of New York (27-7, Big East) I don't think you should bet against the best program of all-time, especially when they're 16 years removed from their last national title. They're due a championship and despite their dismal record against the Top 50 this year (3-5), they're the 5th best scoring team in the country (89.6 PPG) and I don't think anyone in their half of the bracket can really take them down. Lastly, this is a team that lost in the Elite 8 last year, so it makes me think they've still got battle tested guys on their roster who are committed to unfinished business in this year's tournament.

5 - Baylor (24-8, Big 12)
This was a tough decision between Baylor or Texas A&M, but I went with the top scoring team in the nation (91 PPG). Their head coach Austin Braswell Jr. is in his first year with the team after six years at Kansas State and I think he will help them improve on last year's first round exit. Junior forward Andrew Cade averages 15 PPG and 6.3 RPG.

6 - Kansas (23-10, Big Ten) I think this is a classic underseed job. The Jayhawks went 9-6 in the B1G this year, they're the 7th best scoring team in the country, their chronic problem was their ability to be very Jekyll and Hyde on any given night. They lost to 4 teams in the Top 50, but on any given night, they can blow you out of the gym. Sophomore guard Adam Blackwell (18.5 PPG) and sophomore forward Donnell Fair (15.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG) are the best 1-2 combo in the nation, so I just have to put my money on these guys.

7 - Wofford (30-4, Southern)
This team is scary good. Sure, they play in a junk conference but they're Top 20 in the nation in scoring (85.6 PPG) and Top 30 in scoring defense (70.5 PPG allowed) and I haven't seen any team that mirrors that so far. Short of a few missteps, they're the kind of upstart that I feel like if the stars align right could end up going far.

8 - Loyola Marymount (25-6, West Coast) I originally picked Penn State, who these guys would meet in the 2nd round meaning somebody would go home. But seeing this team here made me change my mind preemptively. But I just have a hard time going against the defending champs who surely got seeded here because they're in a junk conference. They're a top 30 team in both offense and defense, and four of their leading scorers are in double-digit point figures. This team is experienced, has five seniors and two juniors and I just don't see any reason to bet against them.

9 - San Diego (23-8, West Coast) Five scorers on this team in double digits for the season including senior guard Mac Leake (14.5 PPG). Another reason to like them in addition to their high scoring offense (90.3 PPG), is the fact that they have six seniors on this roster. I knew nothing about them until just now, but the WCC has played above its weight lately and was a five-bid league this year.

10 - Northern Iowa (26-7, Summit) Another senior-laden team that's balanced on both offense and defense. Their star is senior forward Alex Betts who is the team's leading scorer (16.4 PPG) and second-leading rebounder (6.0 RPG).

11 - Seattle (23-11, West Coast) Teams at this seed line are always flawed. But this Redhawks team beat Loyola Marymount twice and Oregon in their season opener. They're one of the Top 25 ball distributing teams in the country (19.8 APG) and they shoot 40% from the three point line.

12 - Rice (25-7, WAC) Led by senior PG Jeremy Nielsen (16.3 PPG, 4.8 APG), I chose this team mostly because they didn't class with many of my other picks in their immediate bracket. Plus, that St. John's team they face in the first round looks like prime upset material.

13 - IPFW (26-6, Horizon) The Mastadons are the 5th best defensive team in the country. Senior guard Ramiro Vega is their offensive engine (17.8 PPG) and his ability to take over games coupled with lock-down defense makes me think they have an outside chance at surprising folks.

14 - Wyoming (22-13, Frontier)
This is a pure homer pick. This is Wyoming's first tournament appearance in 42 years. The Pokes are led by first-year head coach 28-year old Quinton Akers, who will surely get lots of calls after this season is over. They won 20 games last year though, so this isn't a total worst to first, situation.

15 - Jacksonville (22-11, Atlantic Sun) The Dolphins are the 4th best offensive rebounding team in the country.

16 - Charleston Southern (16-16, Big South)
The Bucs are missing their star point guard Elbert Dunham (15.0 PPG) so I don't think they have a prayer, but the other sixteen seeds include a William & Mary team that went 3-10 in the AAC and a University of Denver club that went 14-21 (3-13 in the WCC) but not only won the WCC tournament somehow, but also won their opening round game to advance to the round of 64.
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So I somehow managed in the midst of the chaos of this year's tournament to pick two Final Four teams, but I only finished with 40 more points than last year because I struck out so much on teams that didn't get out of the first round.

This year's jackpot was over $80k, so I ended up making $203 for finishing in the exact same spot as I did last year - 24th.

Alabama beat Seattle for the national title, it's Bama's first title since 2023, further cementing the legacy of head coach Billy Freeman Jr., who took this job 16 years ago and transformed the program into a perennial contender. He's now got two national titles to his credit.

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Alabama 90, Seattle 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alabama (33-6, 13-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Jeffery Chambers C 22 3-6 1-2 2 6 3 3 7 Gordon Roberson PF 27 6-12 0-1 9 11 1 1 12 Jimmie Mills SF 20 4-6 0-0 1 2 0 1 9 Caleb Mitchell SG 27 4-8 0-0 1 2 1 3 10 Nicholas Drake PG 22 2-8 0-0 0 2 9 3 5 Toby Wells PG 18 4-4 0-0 0 2 5 2 11 Anton Florence C 22 4-7 0-0 2 5 1 3 8 Billy Koch SG 13 4-5 2-2 1 3 2 1 12 Patrick Nolan SF 15 3-3 2-3 1 2 1 4 9 Jimmie Mills SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 2 Tony Charles PF 8 2-2 1-2 0 1 0 3 5 Turnovers: 17 (J.Chambers 1, G.Roberson 3, J.Mills 1, C.Mitchell 4, N.Drake 1, T.Wells 2, A.Florence 1, B.Koch 1, P.Nolan 1, J.Mills 1, T.Charles 1) Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Chambers 3, C.Mitchell 1, A.Florence 2, T.Charles 1) Steals: 7 (J.Mills 1, C.Mitchell 3, N.Drake 1, A.Florence 1, P.Nolan 1) 3P FGs: 10-13 (J.Mills 1-1, C.Mitchell 2-2, N.Drake 1-3, T.Wells 3-3, B.Koch 2-3, P.Nolan 1-1) Seattle (28-12, 9-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Al Ahmed C 32 8-16 0-0 9 13 0 1 16 Dylan Mccord PF 23 2-3 1-2 2 6 3 4 5 Leon Smallwood SF 29 3-6 2-2 3 4 1 2 10 Stewart Abraham SG 22 4-7 0-1 0 2 2 2 9 Brayden Finch PG 21 2-11 0-0 0 1 7 2 5 Theodore Ackerman PG 26 4-8 3-6 2 2 5 2 14 Abel Grace SG 12 1-3 0-1 1 1 1 1 3 Adam Addison SG 7 1-3 1-2 0 1 0 1 4 Abel Sledge SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Alfred Winn C 16 0-3 0-0 1 1 1 1 0 Adrian Cobbs PF 9 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 0 2 Turnovers: 18 (A.Ahmed 1, D.Mccord 3, L.Smallwood 3, S.Abraham 4, T.Ackerman 6, A.Cobbs 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (A.Ahmed 5, L.Smallwood 1) Steals: 5 (L.Smallwood 2, T.Ackerman 2, A.Grace 1) 3P FGs: 9-23 (L.Smallwood 2-4, S.Abraham 1-3, B.Finch 1-6, T.Ackerman 3-5, A.Grace 1-2, A.Addison 1-3) Player of Game: SG Billy Koch (ALA)

FINAL FOUR: 1) UConn 1) Alabama 11) Seattle 11) Richmond
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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...
This past season, an underclassmen was named National Player of the Year. It made me want to go back and look to see the last time a Freshman or Sophomore won that award. The last time was 2025 when Colorado State sophomore Ohan Palmer claimed the award.

I wondered what ever happened to him. Turns out, he was the 1st overall pick of 2027, is a 7x All-Star and delivered on all of that promise he had way back then. Not bad!

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PLAYER DETAILS #14 PG Ohan Palmer - Timberwolves ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-2 Weight: 199 DOB: 5/6/2006 (30) College: Colorado State Hometown: Nucla, CO Exp: 9 Attributes: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: B+ C+ A+ A+ A- A D A B B+ A+ C- A+ C+ B+ A+ Potential: B C A A B A D A B B A C Health: Good Status: Active Roster Salary: $23,852,570 Length: 1 Stat Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 NBA MIN 38 37 34.3 20.0 0.8 6.0 11.2 2.3 4.93 2.7 0.3 1.9 2035 NBA MIN 66 66 36.2 21.3 0.8 5.3 11.0 2.9 3.76 2.5 0.2 2.2 2034 NBA MIN 43 43 34.2 20.0 0.9 5.0 9.9 2.5 3.98 2.1 0.3 2.2 2033 NBA MIN 66 66 37.1 23.8 0.7 5.1 10.8 3.3 3.31 2.5 0.2 2.3 2032 NBA MIN 66 66 36.1 21.7 0.9 5.4 9.3 2.9 3.18 2.2 0.2 2.7 2031 NBA MIN 66 66 36.0 19.6 0.7 5.5 10.2 2.7 3.81 2.8 0.2 2.5 2030 NBA DEN 53 53 35.4 23.8 0.7 5.2 9.6 3.3 2.89 2.5 0.2 2.7 2029 NBA DEN 66 0 13.9 8.7 0.3 2.6 3.8 1.2 3.16 1.2 0.1 0.9 2028 NBA DEN 66 24 28.5 16.9 0.5 4.5 8.3 2.1 3.93 2.0 0.2 2.3 2027 NBA DEN 66 66 34.9 19.0 0.6 4.8 9.3 3.0 3.09 2.1 0.2 2.4 Career 596 487 32.4 19.3 0.7 4.9 9.2 2.6 3.09 2.2 0.2 2.2 Shooting Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 6.8 12.7 .537 3.0 3.2 .942 2.4 3.7 .645 1.1 2.9 .382 3.3 6.1 .545 2035 6.8 14.5 .472 4.7 5.0 .940 3.2 5.2 .613 0.8 3.2 .245 2.9 6.1 .473 2034 6.7 13.4 .498 4.2 4.6 .919 3.4 5.6 .606 0.9 2.7 .322 2.4 5.0 .475 2033 8.1 16.0 .507 4.3 4.6 .940 4.2 6.6 .636 0.7 2.9 .240 3.2 6.5 .497 2032 7.2 14.5 .496 4.2 4.6 .921 3.4 5.7 .586 0.7 2.4 .275 3.2 6.3 .500 2031 6.4 12.2 .524 4.3 4.7 .929 3.3 5.4 .607 0.6 1.8 .303 2.5 4.9 .514 2030 7.5 14.0 .538 5.5 5.8 .939 3.7 5.8 .638 0.5 1.7 .304 3.3 6.4 .512 2029 2.8 5.3 .528 2.0 2.2 .925 1.6 2.4 .667 0.2 0.6 .324 1.1 2.4 .440 2028 5.3 10.8 .493 4.0 4.2 .946 2.7 4.5 .591 0.4 1.3 .326 2.2 5.0 .450 2027 5.9 12.8 .457 5.0 5.2 .948 3.0 5.1 .581 0.6 2.2 .265 2.3 5.5 .418 Career 6.3 12.6 .501 4.1 4.4 .936 3.1 5.0 .613 0.6 2.1 .287 2.6 5.4 .483 Stat Totals: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 NBA MIN 38 37 1305 761 29 227 424 86 102 11 74 443 2035 NBA MIN 66 66 2388 1405 53 351 729 194 164 11 144 371 2034 NBA MIN 43 43 1470 859 37 217 426 107 92 11 96 139 2033 NBA MIN 66 66 2447 1569 44 334 712 215 163 12 154 192 2032 NBA MIN 66 66 2380 1434 57 357 614 193 144 15 177 -151 2031 NBA MIN 66 66 2375 1295 48 362 671 176 184 12 162 257 2030 NBA DEN 53 53 1874 1262 38 275 508 176 134 8 142 233 2029 NBA DEN 66 0 915 577 22 170 250 79 77 5 58 198 2028 NBA DEN 66 24 1879 1113 34 296 546 139 131 11 153 293 2027 NBA DEN 66 66 2303 1253 38 318 615 199 139 16 161 -29 Career 596 487 19336 11528 400 2907 5495 1564 1330 112 1321 1946 Shooting Totals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 260 484 114 121 127 233 2035 451 955 313 333 190 402 2034 287 576 182 198 103 217 2033 536 1057 283 301 214 431 2032 474 955 278 302 208 416 2031 421 804 287 309 166 323 2030 399 741 290 309 174 340 2029 186 352 135 146 70 159 2028 352 714 262 277 147 327 2027 387 847 328 346 151 361 Career 3753 7485 2472 2642 1550 3209 Efficiency: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2036 NBA MIN 38 .708 1.57 40.5 8.2 23.8 3.2 19.6 11.8 30.6 382.6 12.8 11.7 126.5 108.0 2035 NBA MIN 66 .637 1.47 36.0 9.6 26.0 3.0 17.5 10.1 27.7 594.5 19.8 5.6 122.5 113.9 2034 NBA MIN 43 .649 1.49 35.6 8.9 25.4 3.4 16.5 9.9 29.2 399.4 13.3 3.2 119.6 114.0 2033 NBA MIN 66 .659 1.48 33.6 10.2 27.2 2.4 16.4 9.3 29.3 666.6 22.2 2.9 117.6 113.5 2032 NBA MIN 66 .659 1.50 32.4 10.2 25.5 3.3 17.4 10.4 28.1 608.3 20.3 -2.3 113.4 116.5 2031 NBA MIN 66 .689 1.61 37.5 9.8 22.3 2.7 18.0 10.3 28.9 633.1 21.1 3.9 116.6 110.5 2030 NBA DEN 53 .719 1.70 32.5 11.3 25.3 2.8 16.4 9.8 29.9 528.0 17.6 4.4 117.5 110.0 2029 NBA DEN 66 .692 1.64 33.6 10.6 24.4 3.1 18.8 11.4 30.5 266.0 8.9 3.0 114.9 103.7 2028 NBA DEN 66 .665 1.56 35.9 9.1 23.5 2.3 17.3 9.9 28.6 492.2 16.4 4.4 118.1 110.5 2027 NBA DEN 66 .627 1.48 33.9 11.0 24.0 2.1 15.4 8.8 25.4 493.4 16.4 -0.4 110.1 110.4 Career 596 .667 1.54 35.0 10.0 24.8 2.8 17.2 10.0 28.5 5064.0 168.8 3.3 117.3 111.7 Playoff Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 NBA MIN 16 16 33.9 18.7 0.9 4.3 10.6 3.4 3.13 1.9 0.0 2.3 2033 NBA MIN 6 6 39.7 27.7 0.5 5.3 11.8 3.5 3.38 2.7 0.2 2.5 2031 NBA MIN 13 13 37.2 19.0 0.7 5.0 11.4 3.2 3.61 3.3 0.2 2.2 2030 NBA DEN 5 2 21.8 16.6 0.0 4.4 3.0 3.4 0.88 1.6 0.0 2.4 2029 NBA DEN 4 0 14.3 7.8 0.0 1.8 3.3 1.8 1.86 1.3 0.0 1.3 2028 NBA DEN 11 0 31.1 17.7 0.6 6.2 7.8 1.6 4.78 3.1 0.2 2.7 Career 55 37 32.2 18.6 0.6 4.8 9.1 2.9 4.78 2.5 0.1 2.3 Playoff Shooting Averages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 6.5 14.3 .454 3.4 3.5 .964 3.2 5.6 .573 1.0 3.4 .296 2.3 5.4 .430 2033 9.8 17.3 .567 4.7 4.8 .966 5.7 7.8 .723 0.8 3.3 .250 3.3 6.2 .541 2031 5.9 10.8 .550 4.6 4.8 .968 2.6 4.2 .618 0.8 2.1 .370 2.5 4.5 .569 2030 5.6 9.6 .583 2.8 3.0 .933 2.2 3.8 .579 0.8 1.4 .571 2.6 4.4 .591 2029 3.0 6.3 .480 0.8 0.8 1.000 2.0 3.3 .615 0.0 0.8 .000 1.0 2.3 .444 2028 5.6 12.2 .463 4.5 4.7 .942 3.4 4.6 .725 0.3 1.5 .176 2.0 6.0 .333 Career 6.2 12.4 .503 3.8 3.9 .959 3.2 5.0 .639 0.7 2.3 .297 2.3 5.1 .464 Playoff Totals: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 NBA MIN 16 16 542 299 14 68 169 54 31 0 36 24 2033 NBA MIN 6 6 238 166 3 32 71 21 16 1 15 6 2031 NBA MIN 13 13 483 247 9 65 148 41 43 3 29 8 2030 NBA DEN 5 2 109 83 0 22 15 17 8 0 12 -26 2029 NBA DEN 4 0 57 31 0 7 13 7 5 0 5 -43 2028 NBA DEN 11 0 342 195 7 68 86 18 34 2 30 21 Career 55 37 1771 1021 33 262 502 158 137 6 127 -10 Playoff Shooting Totals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 104 229 54 56 37 86 2033 59 104 28 29 20 37 2031 77 140 60 62 33 58 2030 28 48 14 15 13 22 2029 12 25 3 3 4 9 2028 62 134 49 52 22 66 Career 342 680 208 217 129 278 Playoff Efficiency: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2035 NBA MIN 16 .591 1.31 35.4 11.3 26.5 3.6 14.8 9.0 19.0 64.7 2.2 1.5 120.7 118.1 2033 NBA MIN 6 .709 1.60 34.0 10.0 26.6 1.8 17.6 9.7 26.0 53.2 1.8 1.0 121.7 120.6 2031 NBA MIN 13 .743 1.76 41.6 11.5 20.9 2.6 17.1 9.7 24.4 96.0 3.2 0.6 119.6 118.6 2030 NBA DEN 5 .764 1.73 17.2 19.5 26.6 0.0 24.4 12.0 22.2 18.2 0.6 -5.2 99.1 110.3 2029 NBA DEN 4 .615 1.24 28.3 15.2 24.2 0.0 18.9 7.1 18.8 6.6 0.2 -10.8 89.8 124.6 2028 NBA DEN 11 .624 1.46 33.0 6.9 23.3 2.5 23.0 12.5 24.8 70.1 2.3 1.9 108.6 107.2 Career 55 .658 1.50 35.0 11.0 24.3 2.5 18.3 10.2 22.7 308.8 10.3 -0.2 115.6 116.2 Career Highs: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 39 3 13 18 8 2 6 14 22 11 12 7 12 Playoff 40 3 10 21 10 1 8 15 25 14 14 7 12 Career 45 4 13 21 10 3 10 15 27 20 21 9 14 Awards & Achievements: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Player of the Game: 226 Total Player of the Week: 14 Total Player of the Month: 9 Total All-Star Appearances: 7 Total All-Star Game MVP : 1 Total All-League First Team : 4 Total All-League Second Team : 1 Total All-League Third Team : 2 Total All-Defensive First Team : 2 Total All-Defensive Second Team : 1 Total Sixth Man of the Year : 2 Total Most Valuable Player : 1 Total Steals Leader : 1 2036 NBA All-Star 2035 NBA All-Defensive First Team 2035 NBA All-League First Team 2035 NBA All-Star 2033 NBA All-Defensive Second Team 2033 NBA All-League First Team 2033 NBA Most Valuable Player 2033 NBA All-Star 2032 NBA All-League First Team 2032 NBA All-Star 2031 NBA Steals Leader 2031 NBA All-Defensive First Team 2031 NBA All-League First Team 2031 NBA All-Star 2030 NBA All-League Third Team 2030 NBA All-Star Game MVP 2030 NBA All-Star 2029 NBA Sixth Man of the Year 2028 NBA All-League Third Team 2028 NBA Sixth Man of the Year 2028 NBA All-Star 2027 NBA All-Rookie First Team 2027 NBA All-League Second Team 2027 NBA Rookie of the Year 2027 NBA Rookie Game MVP 2027 NBA Rookie Game Participant 2026 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference) 2026 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference) 2026 1st Team All-American 2025 Conference Player of the Year (Big 12 Conference) 2025 1st Team All-Conference (Big 12 Conference) 2025 1st Team All-American 2025 National Player of the Year 2023 High School: Mr. Basketball (Colorado) 2023 High School: All-State (Colorado) 2023 High School: Rated ***** and #3 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
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Old 01-29-2017, 08:07 PM   #41
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Actually not a high scoring night despite the monster 65 point game from Bruce Crider, just over 400 points as the perfect lineup for March 5th.
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Old 01-31-2017, 05:14 AM   #42
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Legitimately sick today and home, so not being able to do much else other than sleep, will probably be burning off a few seasons today or finding a game within a game within a game to get semi-immersed into.
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Old 01-31-2017, 11:57 AM   #43
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Here's the brackets for the 2038-39 TOURNAMENT. Might just play FOFC favorites Top Gun and Pick Five for this tourney rather than my Bracketless game.


2038-39 NCAA TOURNAMENT






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Old 01-31-2017, 01:42 PM   #44
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Played all of the games this year:

Pick 5:

7) Wyoming
3) Penn State
11) Kentucky
3) Colorado
4) Oklahoma State

My final score was a mere 55 points. Only PSU, UK and OK State advanced beyond the first round. Scored the most on Kentucky who only went two rounds as an 11-seed.

Top Gun:
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Juanito Canecia, Montana (50 pts)
Archie Sisk, West Virginia (49 pts)
Robby Cerda, SMU (24 pts)
Antoine Sayers, Georgia Tech (56 pts)
Adrian Latimer, Indiana (24 pts)
Potty Johnson, Ole Miss (63 pts)

Potty Johnson of Ole Miss is the only guy I have left heading into the Final Four. My total score of 266 is pretty good, but would not win me the FOFC version of the game at any point, though if Johnson gets two more games and can get me over 300, it'd be a solid showing. Still, this is the best I've done in the game real or fictional. Helps when you don't have to compete against others in a draft, obviously.

Bracketless:

1) Alabama
2) Pepperdine
3) Georgia Tech
4) UConn
5) Santa Clara
6) CCNY
7) Wyoming
8) Montana
9) Albany
10) Temple
11) Rhode Island
12) Fordham
13) Drexel
14) UAB
15) Iona
16) Sam Houston State

I got seven teams out of the first round, not an abysmal showing, but pretty close. Heading into the Final Four, I have one team (Pepperdine) and my total score is only 1540, lower than I've logged either of the past two years by far.

I was bad at picking low seeds to advance, mostly. Also I've learned in three years of playing this game, the best thing is to pick as many teams that'll survive through the weekend as possible if you want to notch a lot of points, getting a perfect two-day score would get you 5600 points. Take out the 15 and 16 seeds and you're still flying high, but I tend to maximize for upsets rather than picking a more event bracketless.
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Old 01-31-2017, 01:47 PM   #45
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Ole Miss wins their first national title, after knocking off Ohio State.

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Ole Miss 78, Ohio State 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohio State (29-9, 11-4): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Nathan Berry C 20 5-12 0-0 3 5 4 5 11 Jeffrey Mcintyre PF 27 8-16 0-0 0 1 1 5 16 Alex Abreu SF 34 6-18 0-0 8 11 3 1 12 Agustin Krause SG 30 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 5 Rudy Reynolds PG 24 4-8 0-0 3 3 4 4 9 Ian Sherwood PG 9 0-1 0-0 1 2 4 4 0 Marshall Gaither SF 16 6-9 0-0 6 7 1 1 13 Aaron Drayton C 25 0-4 0-0 2 6 1 1 0 Jamar McWilliams PG 7 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 2 Jonathan Aldridge PF 8 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 Turnovers: 17 (N.Berry 3, J.Mcintyre 2, A.Abreu 1, A.Krause 4, R.Reynolds 2, I.Sherwood 3, A.Drayton 2) Blocked Shots: 5 (N.Berry 1, J.Mcintyre 2, A.Abreu 1, A.Drayton 1) Steals: 5 (J.Mcintyre 1, A.Abreu 1, A.Krause 1, R.Reynolds 1, J.Aldridge 1) 3P FGs: 4-17 (N.Berry 1-1, A.Abreu 0-6, A.Krause 1-2, R.Reynolds 1-3, I.Sherwood 0-1, M.Gaither 1-3, J.McWilliams 0-1) Ole Miss (32-6, 14-4): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Van Mchenry C 27 3-9 2-4 9 11 1 2 8 Charlie Bolden PF 31 5-15 1-2 4 7 0 2 11 Horace Riddell SF 28 3-5 2-2 2 3 0 4 9 Fred Richard SG 19 3-7 5-6 1 2 2 4 11 Potty Johnson SG 33 4-10 2-2 4 12 8 0 10 Roman Mann PG 13 3-4 0-0 0 2 1 0 7 Manuel Illescas PG 23 2-4 4-5 0 2 4 0 9 Leo Bruneau SF 9 5-5 1-2 0 1 1 0 11 Erwin Dewitt C 10 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Billy Adams PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Monroe Nix PG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 16 (V.Mchenry 1, C.Bolden 3, H.Riddell 3, F.Richard 1, P.Johnson 4, R.Mann 1, M.Illescas 2, M.Nix 1) Blocked Shots: 7 (C.Bolden 2, H.Riddell 3, P.Johnson 2) Steals: 9 (F.Richard 3, P.Johnson 3, M.Illescas 3) 3P FGs: 3-8 (H.Riddell 1-2, P.Johnson 0-2, R.Mann 1-1, M.Illescas 1-2, M.Nix 0-1) Player of Game: PG Potty Johnson (MISS)

FINAL FOUR: 1) Ole Miss 2) Pepperdine 5) La Salle 5) Ohio State
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Old 01-31-2017, 04:02 PM   #46
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Going to change the underclassman declare early rule to juniors/seniors after using 2-and-done for a while. My reasoning is, I'd like to see how the balance of power shifts if guys have to spend three years in college. I feel like we see them so briefly and then they're gone before they come into their own.

Plus it'll slow the talent flow to the pros slightly so the classes aren't so top heavy with underclassmen. We'll see how it goes, of course.
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Top 50 scorers all-time. All this list does is make you wonder how good Aaron Chambers really was.

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Player Records # Player Team Date Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Harold Hartman Wofford 2029 3172 2 Kurt Aquino Fresno State 2033 3013 3 Jeffrey Alaniz Georgia 2034 2980 4 Anthony Ahrens Eastern Washington 2030 2931 5 Aaron Chambers SMU 1983 2855 6 Charles Amos Stetson 2031 2759 7 Emil Fields North Dakota 2032 2750 8 Otis Bilodeau East Tennessee State 2036 2736 9 Marquis Jackson UCLA 2035 2722 10 Fernando Maynard Alcorn State 2030 2718 11 Adam Akers CCNY 2035 2715 12 Harley Faulkner Utah State 2032 2680 13 Adam Mark Saint Joseph's 2021 2660 14 Antoine Faison Lipscomb 2034 2644 15 Rob Kramer Wofford 2033 2624 16 Alonzo Biddle Austin Peay 2030 2608 17 Jacwill Ali Dayton 2031 2607 18 Kyle Abney Louisiana Tech 2035 2589 19 Adolfo Waugh Alaska-Anchorage 2031 2585 20 Fredrick Bolling Minnesota 2035 2564 21 Myron Denton Sam Houston State 2031 2548 22 Micheal Barron North Alabama 2034 2543 23 Marshall Herzog Eastern Michigan 2029 2538 24 Shaqaan Taylor-Lee Virginia 2031 2536 25 Noah Murry Alaska-Anchorage 2035 2536 26 Al Guthrie Rice 2033 2534 27 Andy Napoleon Saint Louis 2009 2523 28 Brock Parry Buffalo 2034 2523 29 Adan Richey Winthrop 2036 2508 30 Adolph Beam St. Francis (PA) 2032 2503 31 Kenny Ammons San Diego 2027 2502 32 Clayton Wallen Central Connecticut State 2030 2496 33 Aaron Alger Grand Canyon 2031 2492 34 Michael Audley Louisiana-Lafayette 2034 2490 35 Rusty Leonard Mercer 2027 2489 36 Anton Pina Iowa 2032 2483 37 Tim Loomis William & Mary 2033 2482 38 August Ruth Texas-Arlington 2035 2481 39 Agustin Ennis Abilene Christian 2032 2475 # Player Team Date Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Armando Metzler Old Dominion 2034 2474 41 Ignacio Alexander Iona 2033 2472 42 Alvaro Bearden Middle Tennessee 2031 2465 43 Wilbur Packer Ohio 2031 2431 44 Luke Shores Grand Canyon 2026 2426 45 Matthew Spaulding Pennsylvania 2017 2419 46 Art Betts Arizona State 2034 2411 47 Adan Savoy Troy 2030 2409 48 Allan Handley Georgia State 2034 2407 49 Brad Concepcion Drexel 2030 2405 50 Adan Glass Milwaukee 2035 2405
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Turns out, besides one All-Star appearance, Aaron Chambers, 5th leading scorer of all time in college history, ended up not being that great.

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Old 01-31-2017, 04:29 PM   #49
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I rebuilt the first and last name file for North Americans again, because the game one never did it for me & the most recent one I was using was based on real life names but the frequencies were screwy and a lot of the names were out dated.

On my first glance, my new one should save me from having to spend 1+ renaming dudes into something semi-plausible.
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Today's the 5th anniversary of Linsanity going HAM against the Lakers. I wonder who our Linsanity would be in this league.
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