NCAA "Pick 5" - Year 2

Butter · 03-12-2007, 08:43 AM

I ran this last year, and it was pretty fun... For those of you who are new, or don't remember, here's how it works:

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 first round, 2 for the second, 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 North Carolina (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 Tar Heels. Or, if you pick Belmont, and they win 2 games, they would get (15+1) + (15+2) = 33 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.

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.

Also, I apologize in advance, but I will be out of town from March 16th until March 24th... but I will have my laptop, so I may be able to update the scores periodically, but the updates won't be quite as regular as they were last year.

The opening round game does not count, for purposes of this game.

2006 champ: TazFTW, 83 points
Last season, Taz had it locked up by the Final 4 by nailing 4 of the Final 8 schools (Texas, UCLA, UConn, LSU), and getting #4 seed Boston College to the Sweet 16.

Here are a list of teams, broken down by seeds, for your convenience:

No. 1 seeds
Florida
Kansas
North Carolina
Ohio State

No. 2 seeds
Georgetown
Memphis
UCLA
Wisconsin

No. 3 seeds
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Texas A&M
Washington State

No. 4 seeds
Maryland
Southern Illinois
Texas
Virginia

No. 5 seeds
Butler
Southern Cal
Tennessee
Virginia Tech

No. 6 seeds
Duke
Louisville
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt

No. 7 seeds
Boston College
Indiana
Nevada
UNLV

No. 8 seeds
Arizona
Brigham Young
Kentucky
Marquette

No. 9 seeds
Michigan State
Purdue
Villanova
Xavier

No. 10 seeds
Creighton
Georgia Tech
Gonzaga
Texas Tech

No. 11 seeds
George Washington
Stanford
Virginia Commonwealth
Winthrop

No. 12 seeds
Arkansas
Illinois
Long Beach State
Old Dominion

No. 13 seeds
Albany
Davidson
Holy Cross
New Mexico State

No. 14 seeds
Miami
Oral Roberts
Pennsylvania
Wright State

No. 15 seeds
Belmont
North Texas
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Weber State

No. 16 seeds
Central Connecticut State
Eastern Kentucky
Florida A&M
Jackson State
Niagara

Butter · 03-12-2007, 08:44 AM

Player	Total	Tms left
Butter_of_69	21	5
Arles	19	5
adubroff	19	4
wade moore	17	4
digamma	15	5
gold101	15	4
Thomkal	14	5
MikeVic	14	4
hoosiergoody	12	5
Gary Gorski	12	3
Scholes	11	5
Danny	10	5
hoopsguy	10	5
nilodor	10	5
Ragone	10	5
bhlloy	9	4
timmynausea	9	4
Logan	8	5
ram	8	5
TazFTW	7	5
BillyNYC	7	4
Karlifornia	7	4
larrymcg421	7	4
Lathum	7	4
sooner333	7	4
henry296	6	5
ntndeacon	6	4
CleBrownsfan	4	5
lordscarlet	3	5
Neuqua	3	5
kingfc22	3	4
LoneStarGirl	3	4
14ers	2	5
ImTheCrew	2	3
KevinNU7	0	2

Updated through games of Thursday, March 15.

Butter · 03-12-2007, 08:46 AM

My picks:

Ohio State (1)
Georgetown (2)
Texas A&M (3)
UNLV (7)
VCU (11)

wade moore · 03-12-2007, 08:49 AM

VCU (11)
Tennessee (5)
Ohio St. (1)
Old Dominion (12)
Georgetown (2)

I'm not getting hosed by being a homer for the wrong CAA team this year.

hoopsguy · 03-12-2007, 08:50 AM

Glad to see this one up and running again this year.

timmynausea · 03-12-2007, 08:50 AM

Georgetown (2)
Ohio State (1)
Old Dominion (12)
Pittsburgh (3)
Texas (4)

Butter · 03-12-2007, 08:57 AM

I guess so far, the 3 of us better be rooting for Ohio St. and Georgetown.

ImTheCrew · 03-12-2007, 09:37 AM

id love to play

Kansas (1)
Tennessee(5)
Marquette(8)
George Washington(11)
North Carolina (1)

cmp · 03-12-2007, 12:49 PM

Florida (1)
UCLA (2)
Texas A&M (3)
Boston College (7)
George Washington (11)

LoneStarGirl · 03-12-2007, 03:36 PM

Memphis (2)
texas (4)
Georgetown (2)
Texas Tech (10)
Kentucky (8)

Yah im going to lose

Lathum · 03-12-2007, 04:56 PM

Georgetown (2)
Florida (1)
Duke (6)
Texas A&M (3)
Texas (4)

Logan · 03-12-2007, 05:58 PM

Sounds fun.

Pittsburgh (3)
Texas A&M (3)
Texas (4)
Villanova (9)
Creighton (10)

sooner333 · 03-12-2007, 05:59 PM

Georgetown (2)
Texas A&M (3)
Tennssee (5)
Illinois (12)
Oral Roberts (14)

EDIT: ORU is a 14, not a 13. A&M is a 3, not a 2. No teams were changed in this edit.

Butter · 03-13-2007, 06:33 AM

Bump.

Gary Gorski · 03-13-2007, 12:09 PM

ok count me in

Ohio St (1)
UCLA (2)
Louisville (6)
Old Dominion (12)
Oral Roberts (14)

Butter · 03-13-2007, 01:44 PM

Only 10 so far, let's get this up to at least 25 players!

Neuqua · 03-13-2007, 02:12 PM

Georgetown (2)
Illinois (12)
Tennessee (5)
Wisconsin (2)
Texas (4)

Karlifornia · 03-13-2007, 03:50 PM

UCLA (2)
Oregon (3)
Washington State (3)
USC (5)
Stanford (11)

KevinNU7 · 03-13-2007, 03:55 PM

Texas (4)
Duke (6)
Creighton (10)
Texas Tech (10)
Old Dominion (12)

adubroff · 03-13-2007, 03:59 PM

I go:

GW(11)
Texas(4)
Texas A&M(3)
VCU(11)
Georgetown(2)

wade moore · 03-13-2007, 05:47 PM

A lot of people jumping on the CAA bandwagon - I love it!

digamma · 03-13-2007, 05:50 PM

Georgia Tech (10)
Texas (4)
Vanderbilt (6)
UCLA (2)
Maryland (4)

Thomkal · 03-13-2007, 06:51 PM

North Carolina (1)
UCLA (2)
Texas A&M (3)
Maryland (4)
Illinois (12)

Thanks for running this again Butter.

MikeVic · 03-13-2007, 08:01 PM

Florida (1)
North Carolina (1)
Louisville (6)
Maryland (4)
Oral Roberts (14)

Danny · 03-13-2007, 08:40 PM

Louisville (6)
Georgia Tech (10)
UCLA (2)
Tennesee (5)
Texas (4)

nilodor · 03-13-2007, 09:22 PM

Florida (1)
Georgetown (2)
Louisville (6)
Villanova (9)
Winthrop (11)

henry296 · 03-13-2007, 10:19 PM

Texas A&M (3)
Ohio State (1)
Texas (4)
Georgia Tech (10)
Tennessee (4)

Ragone · 03-14-2007, 01:37 AM

Georgetown(2)
Louisville(6)
Illinois(12)
Oregon(3)
Florida(1)

larrymcg421 · 03-14-2007, 01:40 AM

Old Dominion (12)
Pittsburgh (3)
Georgetown (2)
Virginia (4)
Arizona (8)

CleBrownsfan · 03-14-2007, 06:35 AM

Florida (1)
Texas (4)
Texas A & M (3)
Southern Ill (4)
Villanova (9)

Arles · 03-14-2007, 10:21 AM

I'll throw my hat in:

Florida (1)
UCLA (2)
Texas A&M (3)
Texas (4)
VCU (11)

hoopsguy · 03-14-2007, 10:40 AM

Texas A&M (3)
Notre Dame (6)
Georgetown (2)
UCLA (2)
Creighton (10)

BillyNYC · 03-14-2007, 10:46 PM

Florida (1)
Texas (4)
Tennessee (5)
Louisville (6)
Old Dominion (12)

ntndeacon · 03-14-2007, 11:20 PM

North Carolina (1)
Wisconsin (2)
Nevada (7)
Texas A&M (3)
Duke (6)

14ers · 03-14-2007, 11:53 PM

Florida (1)
Kansas (1)
North Carolina (1)
Creighton (10)
Winthrop (11)

kingfc22 · 03-15-2007, 12:03 AM

Florida (1)
UCLA (2)
Oregon (3)
Texas (4)
Stanford (11)

TazFTW · 03-15-2007, 01:10 AM

UCLA (2)
North Carolina (1)
Ohio St. (1)
Notre Dame (6)
Texas (4)

bhlloy · 03-15-2007, 01:26 AM

UCLA(2)
Oral Roberts (14)
Texas A&M (3)
Oregon (3)
North Carolina (1)

lordscarlet · 03-15-2007, 05:47 AM

Florida(1)
Virginia Tech(5)
Georgetown(2)
Virginia(4)
Georgia Tech(10)

Butter · 03-15-2007, 07:10 AM

Up to 32... you have 4 more hours to sign in, then I will be constructing the spreadsheet and you're locked in.

wade moore · 03-15-2007, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Up to 32... you have 4 more hours to sign in, then I will be constructing the spreadsheet and you're locked in.

Once you're done, I'd be curious to see a pivot table of how many times each team was selected.

hoosiergoody · 03-15-2007, 07:23 AM

Florida (1)
Ohio St (1)
Georgetown (2)
Louisville (6)
Arkansas (12)

Butter · 03-15-2007, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

Once you're done, I'd be curious to see a pivot table of how many times each team was selected.

Well, too bad!

OK, seriously, I'll see what I can do.

wade moore · 03-15-2007, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Well, too bad!

OK, seriously, I'll see what I can do.

No major thing - if you know how to do pivot tables it should be easy, if you don't, it might not be so easy

Butter · 03-15-2007, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

No major thing - if you know how to do pivot tables it should be easy, if you don't, it might not be so easy

I actually need to learn it for my promotion, so I won't mind screwing around with it. This gives me a good testing ground for it!

lordscarlet · 03-15-2007, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Up to 32... you have 4 more hours to sign in, then I will be constructing the spreadsheet and you're locked in.

Google spreadsheets so we can all see.

ram · 03-15-2007, 08:36 AM

Florida (1)
Ohio St (1)
Georgetown (2)
UCLA (2)
Virginia Tech (5)

Scholes · 03-15-2007, 09:06 AM

North Carolina (1)
Georgia Tech (10)
Maryland (4)
Illinois (12)
Texas A&M (3)

Butter · 03-15-2007, 12:31 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, you are locked in.

Butter · 03-15-2007, 05:52 PM

Tried to upload the spreadsheet to Google, but it has a formatting problem thanks to all the formulas, I guess.

Here are the most popular teams taken, though (there are 35 players total):

Georgetown/Texas - 15
Texas A&M - 14
Florida - 13
UCLA - 12
Ohio St./UNC - 8
Tennessee/Louisville - 7

Surprising least popular teams:
#1's - Kansas, 2
#2's - Memphis, 1, Wisconsin, 2
#3's - Wash. St., 1
#5's - Butler, 0

KevinNU7 the early crier, with 2 teams out and no points... digamma leads after the first afternoon with 12 points and no lost teams.

Anyway, I'll update the scoring in post #2 of the thread in the morning.

03-12-2007, 08:50 AM	#6
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Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	I guess so far, the 3 of us better be rooting for Ohio St. and Georgetown. __________________ My listening habits

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03-13-2007, 06:33 AM	#14
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03-12-2007, 08:46 AM	#3
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03-12-2007, 08:50 AM	#5
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03-12-2007, 09:37 AM	#8
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03-12-2007, 12:49 PM	#9
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03-12-2007, 03:36 PM	#10
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03-12-2007, 04:56 PM	#11
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03-13-2007, 01:44 PM	#16
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03-13-2007, 03:59 PM	#20
adubroff High School JV Join Date: Nov 2006	I go: GW(11) Texas(4) Texas A&M(3) VCU(11) Georgetown(2)

03-13-2007, 05:50 PM	#22
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03-13-2007, 06:51 PM	#23
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03-13-2007, 08:01 PM	#24
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03-13-2007, 08:40 PM	#25
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Louisville (6) Georgia Tech (10) UCLA (2) Tennesee (5) Texas (4)

03-13-2007, 09:22 PM	#26
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