March Madness Starting Ten (2013)

[Young Drachma]

Season 1 (Starting Eight)

BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR, NOW WITH TWO MORE PLAYERS ADDED

Here's the premise:

1. You pick a roster of any 810 players from the NCAA tournament field.
2. You score as many points as each of your drafted players scores in the NCAA tournament.
3. You get a multiplier for the seed of his team. (i.e. if Nate Wolters of 14th seeded South Dakota State scores 18 points, you would earn 252 points.)
4. "First Four"/play-in round games do not count towards the players point total.
5. Deadline is tip-off of the first games on Thursday.
6. There's a multiplier to each round the player scores points in.

So the 1st round (of 64) is just x1, each round after adds a x1 so:

Round of 32: x2
Sweet 16: x3
Elite 8: x4
Final 4: x5
Championship: x6

So if you have a guy who is a 1 seed who scores 20 points in the sweet 16, it'd be worth 60 points. If he's was on a 2-seed team that'd be 120 points and so forth. If you pick this year's VCU and manage to get them to the Final Four? Jackpot. But what's nice is, a 18 point game from a 3-seed in the Elite 8 is worth 216 points (18 x 3 x 4) which will make up a lot of ground from the guy who scored 288 points for his 16-seed who had a guy scoring 18 points in their one-and-done game. Make sense?

There is no draft, you just pick a roster of 10 players that you want. Make any changes you want up through the deadline, any edits after that will not be counted.

Have at it.

[muns]

Sweet. Looking forward to this one again

[Young Drachma]

Ok, starting this off here.
You can make change up until tip-off of the first game of the First Four, just edit the post and maybe PM me, so me (or wade) can make the spreadsheet change.

Will Cherry, Montana
Ben McLemore, Kansas
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
Jake Cohen, Davidson
Marshall Henderson, Mississippi
Kenny Kadji, Miami
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
James McAdoo, UNC
Sam Dekker, Wisconsin
Mike Muscala, Bucknell

[britrock88]

I'll be in to try to defend my title, don't you worry. Just a little caught up in the Top Gun drafts at the moment.

[murrayyyyy]

Deshaun Thomas, Ohio St
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
Russ Smith, Lousiville
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Christian Watford, Indiana
Shane Larkin, Miami
Ben McLemore, Kansas
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Kenny Boynton, Florida
Trey Burke, Michigan

[Ragone]

Russ Smith, Louisville
Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Shane Larkin, Miami(Fla)
Treyvon Graham, Vcu
Allen Crabbe, California
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State University
Ian Clark, Belmont
Ben Mclemore, Kansas
Brandon Paul, Illinois

[henry296]

I would like to try two if that is ok. One would be all top seeds and the other players expected to lose in the first round. Would that be ok.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by henry296

I would like to try two if that is ok. One would be all top seeds and the other players expected to lose in the first round. Would that be ok.

Post your actual "contest" entry and then I will share out a copy of the spreadsheet and you can create your own permutations to your heart's content. It's just data collection for a game like this is sort of PITA from the outset, so adding superflous entries adds to the work.

[muns]

Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Otto Porter, Georgetown
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
Trey Burke, Michigan
Russ Smith, Louisville
Shane Larkin, Miami
Kenny Boynton, Florida
Keith Appling, Michigan State
Will Clyburn, Iowa State
Anthony Bennett, UNLV

[Butter]

Doug McDermott, Creighton
Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss
Khalif Wyatt, Temple
Nate Wolters, South Dakota St.
Trey Burke, Michigan
Ian Clark, Belmont
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
Rotnei Clarke, Butler
Matthew Dellavedova, St. Mary's
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame

[muns]

Bumping this as well. Come on and join in!

[larrymcg421]

Shane Larkin, Miami
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
Otto Porter, Georgetown
Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Treveon Graham, VCU
Khaliff Wyatt, Temple
Trey Burke, Michigan
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State

[kingfc22]

Matthew Dellavedova, St. Mary's
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Allen Crabbe, Cal
Marshall Henderson, Mississippi
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
Trey Burke, Michigan
Otto Porter, Georgetown
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
Mason Plumlee, Duke

[henry296]

Here are my picks

Cody Zeller
Victor Oladipo
Russ Smith
Kelly Olynyk
Ben McLemore
Doug McDermott
Ian Clark
Otto Porter
Rotnei Clark
Deshaun Thomas

[Vince, Pt. II]

1. Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
2. Trey Burke, Michigan
3. Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
4. Kendall Williams, New Mexico
5. Mark Lyons, Arizona
6. E.J. Singler, Oregon
7. Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State
8. James Southerland, Syracuse
9. Shane Larkin, Miami
10. Seth Curry, Duke

[britrock88]

Doug McDermott, Creighton
Mike Muscala, Bucknell
Marshall Henderson, Mississippi
Ian Clark, Belmont
Trey Burke, Michigan
Erik Murphy, Florida
Spencer Dinwiddie, Colorado
Andre Hollins, Minnesota
Will Clyburn, Iowa State
CJ Fair, Syracuse

I have a feeling that this is a much more aggressive tack than I took last year. We'll see what kind of results come about...

[britrock88]

Picked Doug McDermott last year, too, and another guy named CJ.

[Panthersfan75]

Spencer Dinwiddie-colorado
Russ Smith-Louisville
Doug McDermott-Creighton
Tray Woodall-Pittsburgh
Mike Muscala-Bucknell
Ian Clark-Belmont
Deshuan Thomas-Ohio State
E.J. Singler-Oregon
Nate Walters-South Dakota St.
Trey Burke-Michigan

[Comey]

Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
Trey Burke, Michigan
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Cody Zeller, Indiana
Anthony Bennett, UNLV
Ryan Kelly, Duke
Treveon Graham, VCU
Otto Porter, Georgetown
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Dwayne Evans, St. Louis

[spleen1015]

1. Doug McDermott, Creighton
2. Nate Wolters, South Dakota St.
3. Marshall Henderson, Mississippi
4. Khalif Wyatt, Temple
5. Deshaun Thomas, Ohio St.
6. Trey Burke, Michigan
7. Mason Plumlee, Duke
8. Ryan Kelly, Duke
9. Rotnei Clarke, Butler
10. Russ Smith, Louisville

[B & B]

Dellavedova, St. Marys
Evans, St.Louis
Ian Clark, Belmont
D.Thomas, Ohio St
Plumlee, Duke
Burke, Michigan
Boynton, Florida
Zeller, Indiana
Larkin, Miami
Muscala, Bucknell

[wade moore]

Thought I'd have a little fun with my roster. Clearly no meaning for points, but just fun for me to try to fill out an actual "roster". I can't find where I had the spreadsheet on Google Docs last year, so I don't remember what kind of team won last year. But I used this as a chance with 10 guys to basically have 5 guys from top 4 seeds and 5 guys from 5 and below seeds.

Starters:

C Kenny Kadji, Miami
F Deshaun Thomas, OSU
G Russ Smith, Louisville
G Seth Curry, Duke
G Andre Hollins, Minnesota

Bench:
F C.J. Fair, Syracuse
F Juvonte Reddic, VCU
G A.J. Davis, JMU
G Matthew Dellavedova, St. Mary's
G Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss

[britrock88]

Here are last year's winners:

Originally Posted by britrock88

Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin
Cody Zeller, Indiana
Will Barton, Memphis
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Robbie Hummel, Purdue
CJ Leslie, NC State
J'Covan Brown, Texas

[wade moore]

Hrm.. brit reposting his winning team makes me think I shouldn't have gone quite so low-seed heavy .

[britrock88]

Well, I took a different tack this year, too. I can't dig up the spreadsheet, but I do remember that CJ Leslie was responsible for something like 1200 of the 3500 points I scored with NC State advancing to the Sweet 16. I just hit 100% on the relatively small number of low seeds, as Purdue and Texas both won a game, too.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by britrock88

Well, I took a different tack this year, too. I can't dig up the spreadsheet, but I do remember that CJ Leslie was responsible for something like 1200 of the 3500 points I scored with NC State advancing to the Sweet 16. I just hit 100% on the relatively small number of low seeds, as Purdue and Texas both won a game, too.

Yeah.. and I think it was between me and you and I was fairly Low-Seed heavy. Really, one player, especially if few other people take him, can really carry your team in this game if you get lucky.

[wade moore]

30 minute warning! Only 10 playing right now, would love to get a few more.

[Chief Rum]

1. Kendall Williams, New Mexico
2. Mark Lyons, Arizona
3. Anthony Bennett, UNLV
4. Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
5. Trey Burke, Michigan
6. Otto Porter, Georgetown
7. Victor Oladipo, Indiana
8. Ryan Kelly, Duke
9. Rotnei Clarke, Butler
10. Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA

[wade moore]

Most picked guys:

Deshaun Thomas - 8
Trey Burke - 7
Marshall Henderson - 6
Russ Smith - 5
Otto Porter - 5
Shane Larkin - 5
Doug McDermott - 5


And we had a whopping 18 players that only one of us picked. So, we should get some good variety here in scoring.

[digamma]

Submitting a late entry which the contest runners can ignore or accept. Only choosing players who have not yet played:

Mason Plumlee, Duke
Ryan Kelly, Duke
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
Alan Crabbe, Cal
Wesley Saunders, Harvard
Rodney McGruder, K State
Kenny Boynton, Florida
Shane Larkin, Miami
Mark Lyons, Arizona
Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State

[Vince, Pt. II]

Singler not scoring much isn't part of the plan, but getting to the second round is huge. Not sure they can hang with St. Louis, but another win would be enormous.

[Young Drachma]

If I'd used my strategy from Top Gun in this game, I'd have been better off, I wanted to avoid double-dipping on some of my favored lotto tickets and it cost me, as the ones I picked there managed to work out...or kept my original plan of chalk. But it's all good.

[muns]

Losing Anthony Bennett is gonna hurt me. I didn't realize how dumb they play until I watched them last night

[wade moore]

Digamma is looking good. He had two double digit seeds and a 6 seed move on - that will be a big boost in round 2 whether those teams win or not.

[britrock88]

Looking forward to the scoring spreadsheet here... though I admit I haven't created the sheets for the Top Gun games yet, either.

[britrock88]

I take that back. Wade made an awesome spreadsheet... that doesn't have my team in it.

[britrock88]

Or anyone else between Vince and Wade's entries on this thread, for that matter.

[wade moore]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...0E&usp=sharing

[wade moore]

That look better?

[britrock88]

No, actually. I'm starting to think I'm missing something...

[wade moore]

I see the problem. I thought young drachma had put everyone in before I stepped in, but he hadnt. One of us will fill in the gap ASAP.

[britrock88]

Hehe. No worries, take your time. Glad I'm not going crazy looking at this spreadsheet.

[Young Drachma]

My bad. I thought I had everyone in there too.

[Young Drachma]

I went for cheap early points and got burned by Montana's guy who was a huge waste of a pick. Bastard.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by B & B

Dellavedova, St. Marys
Evans, St.Louis
Ian Clark, Belmont
D.Thomas, Ohio St
Plumlee, Duke
Burke, Michigan
Boynton, Florida
Zeller, Indiana
Larkin, Miami
Muscala, Bucknell

This was quite the annoying entry

[muns]

Dead Last... NICE!!!!!

[wade moore]

Quick Snapshot, see the google doc for more details. In a hurry to get to a sportsbar for the VCU game, so sorry about the formatting.

Player Total Players Left
butter_of_69 1470 5
britrock88 1335 7
Ragone 1209 8
spleen1015 1079 9
wademoore 1050 8
kingfc22 1040 7
Young Drachma 993 5
larrymcg421 951 7
digamma 938 10
Panterhsfan75 916 5
B&B 864 7
Comey 802 6
Vince Pt. II 695 9
Henry296 667 8
Chief Rum 581 7
murrayyyyy 424 10
muns 410 8

[muns]

Thanks for updating Wade

[B & B]

Originally Posted by wade moore

This was quite the annoying entry

was it cause I left off the first names, or the players selected? I was thisclose to putting Marshall Henderson in, but I cant stand him and didnt want to cheer for that douche.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by B & B

was it cause I left off the first names, or the players selected? I was thisclose to putting Marshall Henderson in, but I cant stand him and didnt want to cheer for that douche.

Yeah, it was cause of the first names . Not a major deal or anything, I was just in a rush and didn't know them all off the top of my head.