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NCAA Pick 5 - 2014 edition
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You pick five teams from this year's NCAA Tournament field. Points are awarded based on how far each of your teams advance, with bonus points given based on the team's seed. You get one point for winning in the Second (formerly first) round, 2 for the Third Round, 3 for the regional semis, 4 for the regional finals, 5 for the national semifinal, and 6 for the national championship. Then, for each game your team wins, you get points that match the number of seed they are. For example, say you picked Wichita State (a No. 1 seed), and they advanced to the Final Four. You would get: (1+1) + (2+1) + (3+1) + (4+1) = 14 points for selecting the Shockers. Or, if you pick Mercer, and they win 2 games, they would get (14+1) + (14+2) = 31 points. As you can see, a well placed 10+ seeded team notching an upset or two is just as valuable as a 1 or 2 seed going to the Final 4. First Four games do not count towards any point totals. Good luck, everyone! Any questions, just post them here. Post your picks here, too. If you want to change your picks, just edit your post. Any posts with an edit time of after Thursday, noon Eastern will be ruled ineligible.
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03-16-2014, 06:52 PM | #2 |
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Previous winners:
2006 - TazFTW, 83 pts. 2007 - ram, 89 pts. 2008 - No game 2009 - mauboy1, 87 pts. 2010 - ntndeacon, 98 pts. 2011 - timmynausea, 100 pts. 2012 - Coffee Warlord / gstelmack, co-champions, 70 pts. 2013 - Lathum, 101 pts. Lathum set a game record, netting a combined 62 points for getting Louisville and Michigan in the final game right, then supplementing with 27 points on Oregon, 12 for OSU, and a complete whiff on Wisconsin.
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03-16-2014, 07:05 PM | #3 |
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I see two very obvious picks that will be on 95% of lists.
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03-16-2014, 07:15 PM | #4 |
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Gotta go with the A10 again.
(11) Dayton (10) St. Joseph's (5) St. Louis (5) VCU (6) UMass Can't squeeze in GW, even if they win their first game, they aren't winning their second.
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03-17-2014, 12:00 AM | #5 |
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My worst competition! Looking forward to taking another stab at it.
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03-18-2014, 07:09 AM | #6 |
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(11) Tennessee
(4) Louisville (4) Michigan St (8) Kentucky (2) Wisconsin (Homer pick!) Last edited by mauchow : 03-20-2014 at 07:05 AM. |
03-18-2014, 08:02 AM | #7 |
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11 Tennessee/Iowa
8 Kentucky 9 Oklahoma State 7 Uconn 13 Stephen F Austin
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03-18-2014, 10:48 AM | #8 |
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1- Florida
4- Louisville 4- Michigan State 9- Oklahoma St 3- Duke |
03-18-2014, 10:52 AM | #9 |
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3) Creighton
1) Wichita State 4) Louisville 10) BYU 9) Oklahoma State |
03-18-2014, 11:26 AM | #10 |
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7. UConn
4. Michigan State 8. Kentucky 11. Dayton 10. BYU Last edited by Sublime 2 : 03-18-2014 at 11:27 AM. |
03-18-2014, 11:47 AM | #11 |
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11 Dayton
11 Tenn/Iowa 8 Kentucky 4 Louisville 4 Michigan State |
03-18-2014, 12:07 PM | #12 |
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6 UNC
11 TN/Iowa 4 Louisville 7 Connecticut 4 UCLA |
03-18-2014, 12:21 PM | #13 |
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4) Louisville
4) Michigan St 6) Baylor 8) Kentucky 12) SF Austin
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03-18-2014, 02:31 PM | #14 |
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13 Tulsa
11 Tennessee/Iowa 9 Oklahoma St 8 Kentucky 3 Iowa St
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03-18-2014, 03:22 PM | #15 |
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4) San Diego State
13) Delaware 2) Kansas 10) Arizona State 3) Creighton
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03-18-2014, 04:35 PM | #16 | |
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3 Creighton
5 VCU 12 NDSU 13 Delaware 2 Michigan
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03-18-2014, 05:23 PM | #17 |
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4 Louisville
4 Michigan state 11 Providence 4 UCLA 12 NDSU |
03-19-2014, 07:40 AM | #18 |
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10-St. Joseph's
4-Michigan State 6-Baylor 3-Duke 6-North Carolina Last edited by muns : 03-19-2014 at 07:56 AM. |
03-19-2014, 03:17 PM | #19 |
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(3) Creighton
(4) Louisville (4) Michigan State (6) Ohio State (11) Iowa/Tennessee |
03-19-2014, 03:46 PM | #20 |
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(1) Florida
(2) Wisconsin (3) Iowa St (6) Ohio St (12) NC St.
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03-19-2014, 10:27 PM | #21 |
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Kentucky
UConn Ohio State Duke Michigan State
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03-19-2014, 10:35 PM | #22 |
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11 Tenn/Iowa
4 Michigan State 4 Louisville 3 Duke 8 Kentucky |
03-19-2014, 11:00 PM | #23 |
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4 Louisville
4 Michigan St 6 North Carolina 6 Baylor 8 Kentucky |
03-19-2014, 11:56 PM | #24 |
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9 Pitt
4 Louisville 13 New Mexico State 7 Oregon 3 Creighton
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03-20-2014, 12:04 AM | #25 |
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(7) Oregon
(11) Tennessee (10) St. Joseph's (8) Kentucky (5) VCU |
03-20-2014, 02:27 AM | #26 |
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(9) Oklahoma State
(11) Tennessee (4) Louisville (3) Iowa State (2) Villanova
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03-20-2014, 06:23 AM | #27 |
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(4)UCLA
(4)MSU (4)Louisville (7)New Mexico (12)NDSU |
03-20-2014, 08:54 AM | #28 |
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2 hours. Surely we can get this thing to 30 players.
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03-20-2014, 10:25 AM | #29 |
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(3) Iowa St
(3) Syracuse (4) Louisville (9) Oklahoma st (11) Tennessee
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03-20-2014, 10:50 AM | #30 |
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(4) Louisville
(4) Michigan State (6) North Carolina (9) Oklahoma State (11) Dayton |
03-20-2014, 10:56 AM | #31 |
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(4) Michigan State
(7) New Mexico (12) North Dakota State (12) NC State (3) Creighton Last edited by Warhammer : 03-20-2014 at 10:57 AM. Reason: SFA -> NDSU misread my bracket |
03-20-2014, 02:05 PM | #32 |
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Got 26 in, which is right around last year's number. 38 different teams were picked.
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03-21-2014, 07:00 AM | #33 |
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03-21-2014, 07:07 AM | #34 |
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Standings after Day 1:
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03-22-2014, 08:01 AM | #35 |
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Still got all five. Woot.
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03-22-2014, 09:51 AM | #36 |
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Day 2 standings... lot of strong scores here. Days 3 and 4 will really start to reveal the contenders:
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03-22-2014, 09:53 AM | #37 | |
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Quote:
Updated.
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03-22-2014, 10:00 AM | #38 |
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The A10 gambit not paying off. UMass was the only team that wasn't in their game, VCU should've won their game, and St. Joe's went to OT. Oh well.
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03-22-2014, 10:22 AM | #39 |
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Only way I can beat quiksand is if dayton loses today and WI wins a couple more.
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03-22-2014, 04:24 PM | #40 |
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another ndsu win would really help.. damnit providence loss hurt
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Trying to work the math here to see if I even have a chance now.
Wisconsin has the (long-shot) possibility of scoring, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for a total of 25 points. You just picked up 13 and 14 for 27 on Dayton. I am already knocked out of this challenge, thanks to you, jerk! Quote:
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EDITED: Ah, scratch that, bad math on my part. There would be a possible 6 wins so we still have a chance but only if Wisconsin wins the Championship. Okay, I'm effed! Last edited by mauchow : 03-22-2014 at 10:20 PM. |
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03-23-2014, 07:37 PM | #42 |
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LIKE
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03-23-2014, 07:45 PM | #43 |
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03-23-2014, 08:46 PM | #44 |
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I am out of town until Monday night so I will update scoring as soon as I'm able.
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03-24-2014, 05:45 AM | #45 |
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Add me to the list of mathematically eliminated, as I have same remaining teams as QuikSand but fewer points through two rounds.
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03-25-2014, 07:06 AM | #46 |
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Spreadsheet updated. Quik kinda nailed the sweet spot this year, he got 2 lower seeds that have made it to the Sweet 16, and the 3 mid-range seed picks have also panned out.
So it's over for many of us (especially Karlifornia), but not all by any stretch. If UConn, Baylor, Wisconsin, and UCLA continue to do well and any of them can make it to the Final 4, then Quik's position is definitely in trouble. However if Dayton puts up another win, it'll be REAL tough for anyone to make up ground.
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03-25-2014, 07:15 AM | #47 |
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Damn.. likely a record breaking year. NJ QS
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03-26-2014, 09:51 AM | #48 |
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By my math, the only folks who can still win are the top 6. And QS has so many picks in common with the other 5 that some of them have very narrow opportunities to win (mauchow's entirely dependent on Wisconsin and Scarecrow's on Baylor, for example). Brutal.
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03-27-2014, 08:35 PM | #49 |
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Jeez, I'm out and I haven't lost anybody.....
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03-28-2014, 06:39 AM | #50 |
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Spreadsheet updated.
Here are the standings. It's a 2 horse race. Sublime 2 needs Kentucky to win tonight, Tennessee to lose, and UConn to win out to at least the final game. If they do that, he can win. Otherwise, it's going to be QS's game. Impressive by mauchow and QS to not have lost any teams by Day 6 of the tournament. QS is obliterating the field, already having captured the single year scoring record, and guaranteed of points tonight with the winner of UK/UL. The fact that there is still someone mathematically alive is impressive against those picks.
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