2015 Top Gun Game A draft thread

[britrock88]

For reference:


Game Rules

1) Participants sign up to play in this thread. I will break up participants into groups to try to keep group sizes between 8 and 12 participants.
2) Each participant drafts a team of 6 players participating in the NCAA Tournament. Each participant must draft a player from a team seeded 10-16.
3) Participants' teams will be formed by a snake draft conducted in a separate forum thread.
-----a) The draft will start immediately after the Selection Show and run until complete. If not completed by Thursday morning, I will auto-fill participants' teams according to lists or my own judgment.
-----b) A draft clock will run from 10am to 6pm EDT each day. During this window, each participant will have 1 hour after the previous selection to draft a player. After 1 hour has elapsed, subsequent participants may cut in line to make selections. The skipped participant may back-fill their selection at any time. (NOTE: this rule relies on participants PMing the teams after them in the draft order. I will use discretion to resolve circumstances involving missed PMs and skipped picks.)
-----c) Please do not sign up if you are unable to 1) participate during the day, 2) send in lists, or 3) be content to back-fill your way to a title like Karl can.
4) Participants' teams scores equal the sum of the teams' players' scoring in the NCAA Tournament.
5) Play-in games do not count towards the standings unless a player is drafted before his team's play-in game and his team loses its play-in game.

Draft Order
1. Sublime 2
2. Vince, Pt. II
3. henry296
4. stevew
5. Logan
6. tarcone
7. Karlifornia
8. B & B
9. murrayyyyy

[britrock88]

Draft Results
1.1 Sublime 2 - Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
1.2 Vince, Pt. II - Perry Ellis, Kansas
1.3 henry296 - Brice Johnson, North Carolina
1.4 stevew - Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
1.5 Logan - Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
1.6 tarcone - Melo Trimble, Maryland
1.7 Karlifornia - Wayne Selden, Kansas
1.8 B & B - Grayson Allen, Duke
1.9 murrayyyyy - Dillon Brooks, Oregon

2.1 murrayyyyy - Jamal Murray, Kentucky
2.2 B & B - Josh Hart, Villanova
2.3 Karlifornia - Sheldon McClellan, Miami
2.4 tarcone - Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
2.5 Logan - Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
2.6 stevew - Justin Jackson, North Carolina
2.7 henry296 - Jakob Poeltl, Utah
2.8 Vince, Pt. II - Jalen Jones, Texas A&M
2.9 Sublime 2 - Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga (10+)

3.1 Sublime 2 - Kris Dunn, Providence
3.2 Vince, Pt. II - Bryn Forbes, Michigan State
3.3 henry296 - Devin Williams, West Virginia
3.4 stevew - Georges Niang, Iowa State
3.5 Logan - Ron Baker, Wichita State (10+)
3.6 tarcone - Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
3.7 Karlifornia - Jaysean Paige, West Virginia
3.8 B & B - Danuel House, Texas A&M
3.9 murrayyyyy - Elgin Cook, Oregon

4.1 murrayyyyy - Tyler Dorsey, Oregon
4.2 B & B - AJ Hammons, Purdue
4.3 Karlifornia - Jaylen Brown, California
4.4 tarcone - Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
4.5 Logan - Frank Mason, Kansas
4.6 stevew - Isaiah Taylor, Texas
4.7 henry296 - Brandon Ingram, Duke
4.8 Vince, Pt. II - Melvin Johnson, VCU (10+)
4.9 Sublime 2 - Taurean Prince, Baylor

5.1 Sublime 2 - Ivan Rabb, California
5.2 Vince, Pt. II - Fred VanVleet, Wichita State (10+)
5.3 henry296 - Marcus Paige, North Carolina
5.4 stevew - Michael Young, Pittsburgh (10+)
5.5 Logan - Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
5.6 tarcone - Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin (10+)
5.7 Karlifornia - AJ English, Iona (10+)
5.8 B & B - Tyrone Wallace, California
5.9 murrayyyyy - Ben Bentil, Providence

6.1 murrayyyyy - Marvell Harris, Fresno State (10+)
6.2 B & B - Korey Billbury, VCU (10+)
6.3 Karlifornia - Isaiah Miles, Saint Joseph's
6.4 tarcone - Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
6.5 Logan - Jordan Woodard, Oklahoma
6.6 stevew - Gabe York, Arizona
6.7 henry296 - Michael Gbinije, Syracuse (10+)
6.8 Vince, Pt. II - Edmond Sumner, Xavier
6.9 Sublime 2 - Kris Jenkins, Villanova

[britrock88]

Teams

Sublime 2
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga (10+)
Kris Dunn, Providence
Taurean Prince, Baylor
Ivan Rabb, California
Kris Jenkins, Villanova

Vince, Pt. II
Perry Ellis, Kansas
Jalen Jones, Texas A&M
Bryn Forbes, Michigan State
Melvin Johnson, VCU (10+)
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State (10+)
Edmund Sumer, Xavier

henry296
Brice Johnson, North Carolina
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Devin Williams, West Virginia
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Marcus Paige, North Carolina
Michael Gbinije, Syracuse (10+)

stevew
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Justin Jackson, North Carolina
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Isaiah Taylor, Texas
Michael Young, Pittsburgh (10+)
Gabe York, Arizona

Logan
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Ron Baker, Wichita State (10+)
Frank Mason, Kansas
Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
Jordan Woodard, Oklahoma

tarcone
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin (10+)
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin

Karlifornia
Wayne Selden, Kansas
Sheldon McClellan, Miami
Jaysean Paige, West Virginia
Jaylen Brown, California
AJ English, Iona (10+)
Isaiah Miles, Saint Joseph's

B & B
Grayson Allen, Duke
Josh Hart, Villanova
Danuel House, Texas A&M
AJ Hammons, Purdue
Tyrone Wallace, California
Korey Billbury, VCU (10+)

murrayyyyy
Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Jamal Murray, Kentucky
Elgin Cook, Oregon
Tyler Dorsey, Oregon
Ben Bentil, Providence
Marvell Harris, Fresno State (10+)

[Logan]

Always a fun time. Let's go!

[Sublime 2]

1.1 Denzel Valentine, MSU

[Vince, Pt. II]

Damn you.

1.2 Perry Ellis, Kansas

[henry296]

1.3 Brice Johnson, UNC

[britrock88]

For stevew,

1.4 Buddy Hield, Oklahoma

[Logan]

Can't believe Hield almost fell to me. I really didn't like this slot, would have preferred to be later on in the 1st/early 2nd with how top heavy it seems this year.

1.5 Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia

[Logan]

I did PM tarcone, BTW.

[Vince, Pt. II]

It was hard passing on Hield even though I don't see Oklahoma going far in the tournament.

[Logan]

So am I supposed to PM the next man up once time expires? I see it's Karl here...and he's a perpetual list guy. I'll PM brit to see what the move is.

[Karlifornia]

I sent a list....I leave for class in 5 minutes. I'll be back at 4 eastern

[britrock88]

Yep, covering Karl's list now. Been a busy day for a would-be draft mod.

[britrock88]

For Karl:

1.7 Wayne Selden, Kansas

[tarcone]

picking

[tarcone]

1-6 Melo Trimble Maryland

[Vince, Pt. II]

Of course today we get a major gas outage. I've got 2,500 customers without service due to a sinkhole. I'll try to get a list together before shit really hits the fan, but I may be spotty for the rest of the afternoon.

[B & B]

Grayson Allen - Puke

[murrayyyyy]

1.9 Dillion Brooks, Oregon

[murrayyyyy]

2.1 Jamal Murray, Kentucky (great last name)

[B & B]

Josh Hart, NOVA

[britrock88]

For Karl:

2.3 Sheldon McClellan, Miami

PMing tarcone.

[stevew]

You can skip me this round if necessary. Will have a list later tonight.

[tarcone]

2-4 Trevon Bluiettt Xavier

PM Sent

[Logan]

2.5 Tyler Ulis, Kentucky

[Logan]

I didn't see steve's post so I PMed him. I'll follow up with a PM to henry giving him 15ish minutes.

[henry296]

2.7 Jakob Poeltl, Utah

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Logan

I didn't see steve's post so I PMed him. I'll follow up with a PM to henry giving him 15ish minutes.

That works. I wanted to try not to screw Steve over too badly. Now that the clock has rolled over to tomorrow for Vince, we should be good.

Keep picking overnight, folks! 6 rounds in 3 days takes some vigilance.

[Vince, Pt. II]

2.8 Jalen Jones, Texas A&M

[Sublime 2]

2.9 Kyle Wiltjer

[stevew]

2.6 Justin Jackson UNC

[stevew]

Sublime gets another, then back to Vince and Henry and PM me and I'll pick someone.

[Sublime 2]

3.1 Kris Dunn

[Vince, Pt. II]

3.2 Bryn Forbes, Michigan State

[henry296]

3.3 Devin Williams, WVU

[stevew]

3.4 Georges Niang Iowa State

PM'd logan

[Logan]

Sorry for the holdup guys.

3.5 Ron Baker, Wichita State

Edit: just a heads up, I changed my pick after a few minutes. I left my list at work and blanked on someone I had higher. If that's not kosher, it's totally cool and I'll switch back. Honestly not sure if we've dealt with that before.

[tarcone]

3-6 Yogi Ferrell Indiana

PM sent

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by Logan

Sorry for the holdup guys.

3.5 Ron Baker, Wichita State

Edit: just a heads up, I changed my pick after a few minutes. I left my list at work and blanked on someone I had higher. If that's not kosher, it's totally cool and I'll switch back. Honestly not sure if we've dealt with that before.

Damn. Was really hoping he'd swing back around.

[stevew]

I forgot to make a list and I'm busy but I'll try to get on to make my 5th rounder so feel free to skip me in the 4th

[britrock88]

Karl's pick:

3.7 Jaysean Paige, West Virginia

[B & B]

3.8 Danuel House, A+M

[murrayyyyy]

3.9 Elgin Cook, Oregon

[murrayyyyy]

4.1 Tyler Dorsey, Oregon

That's a bold strategy Cotton... Let's see if it pays off.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by murrayyyyy

4.1 Tyler Dorsey, Oregon

That's a bold strategy Cotton... Let's see if it pays off.

Ha...interesting and good luck. I think at this point you've committed yourself to throwing a few real bucks down on them. 14/1 from what I saw on CBSS.

[B & B]

My favorite part of the draft is the strategic aspects.


4.2 AJ Hammons , Purdue

[Logan]

Originally Posted by B & B

My favorite part of the draft is the strategic aspects.


4.2 AJ Hammons , Purdue

Ah I had him targeted as my next pick.

[B & B]

Going into my 3.8 pick, I had three guys targeted.

The goal was to take one, and hope that murrayyy didn't take BOTH of the other two.

Mission accomplished.

(quack quack)

[murrayyyyy]

Originally Posted by Logan

Ha...interesting and good luck. I think at this point you've committed yourself to throwing a few real bucks down on them. 14/1 from what I saw on CBSS.

I think sitting in the 9 hole I felt "lucky" to have a 1 seed drop to me that averaged 80 pts a game. I originally had Allen and Murray marked for my b2b picks thinking someone would take all the 1's and 2's before I got a chance. As soon as the best 1/2's starting having their 2nd best scorer taken I figured there was really no other option besides taking some Cal kids.

I can get Oregon +225 just to make the final four right now. That's about as far as I'd trust them with a future bet.