The expansion is set to adding only 3 teams to the NCAA tourney, making the total a balanced 68 teams.
So, let's reconsider the following rule improvements:
Restructure NCAA Tourney Points:
~ Reduce the point reward for "making the NCAA" from 4pts to 3 pts. For many teams, there is already a significant boost from winning their league tourney. (Past Comments suggest this is highly supported)
~ Increase round 1 win from 2pts to 3 pts (Past Comments suggest this is highly supported)
~ New proposal: Play-In round win: 2 pts
Thoughts?
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Best and Worst of 09/10 part 3 of 3
Round 3:
~ Best: In looking at the teams taken in round 3, it really looks like a pile of shit. Out of this, Babs and Maryland snagged this award, pulling in 60 pts from pick #30. While Maryland was looking good coming into the season, I don't think many - including Babs - had Maryland sharing the ACC title.
~ runner-up: Xavier was very good this year despite losing some key players from last year's solid squad. Yet, they still managed to make a strong run at the end and snag Phunmunki one of her only positive notes this year, bringing in 55 points from pick 25.
~ Worst: CEO and Oklahoma at pick 23.Remarkably, this team has 3 players who think they did well enough to jump to the League. Maybe a little more teamwork, practice, and execution first boys, or its the D-League calling. Oklahoma's disappearance from all things important in college basketball snagged the CEO only 23 points and a Babblemur Worst of the Worst Award. Well done.
~ runner-up: TIE. Tulsa and SGII, Gunz and UCLA. 26 points from both. Not good boys. UCLA only won 14 games all year. Seven more wins from these fools and Gunz wins the league.
Round 2:
~ Best: Babs and Butler, at pick 11, bringing in the second highest point total of all teams this year at 119. This is amazing - I just didn't think a team from a conference with few others selected could snag so many points. But with undefeated conf season, tourney champs, a few good wins during the year, and an awesome NCAA run, this team snags a Babblemur Top 5 award.
~ runner-up: Jutdog and Tennessee. Tenn brought in 75 points from pick 12, which is a solid outing when considering half your lineup is arrested and jailed for drugs and illegal guns with the ID removed. Bab's was right to say he just didn't feel comfortable with those thugs. That said, it really seemed that getting rid of their preseason all-american thug and the other junkies made the team seriously better, taking them deep in the tourney and getting wins over #1 Kansas and #1 Kentucky.
~ Worst: Not too difficult here. Phunmunki wins a Babblemur Worst of the Worst award scoring only 26 points from the 16th pick. I didn't like this pick, but Babs was talking them up highly and Phunny bought it. Michigan just was not good this year.
~ runner-up: Turtle's UCONN, bringing 36 points from pick 13. Maybe here is a trend - lose a monster interior player and your stock goes way down (see Oklahoma). These guys just didn't have it together this year.
Round 1:
~ Best: Hands down Gunz and Duke snag this trophy. 168 points is just massive, and they did it with much more than just the NCAA Final Four points. Duke had endless wins over other players (almost 50 pts!!), they won a preseason and postseason tourney, and they tied for the ACC league. Surprisingly, Duke had ZERO wins over another AP Top 10 team. Duke does win a Babblemur Top 5 award.
~ runner-up: TIE. Jutdog with West Virginia (pick 9) and Jaybird with Kentucky (pick 2). West Virginia really paid off for Jutdog bringing in a third best 112 points. Kentucky snagged Jaybird 108 points. Both of these squads tie for a Babblemur Top 5 award.
~ Worst: SGII rounds out the last Worst of the Worst awards with UNC bringing in 41 points from pick 4. This would explain his horrendous performance this past year. Might we suggest placing teams in a hat and allowing Cara to pick (its been over 12 years, so if that's not her name we can pretend).
~ runner-up: Despite spending over half of the season in the top 5 in the country, Akaoni's Texas disappeared when anything mattered, bringing in only 50 points. Texas is starting to become consistent, in that they bring in great players who don't win when it matters. May Iowans take them again and again.
~ Best: In looking at the teams taken in round 3, it really looks like a pile of shit. Out of this, Babs and Maryland snagged this award, pulling in 60 pts from pick #30. While Maryland was looking good coming into the season, I don't think many - including Babs - had Maryland sharing the ACC title.
~ runner-up: Xavier was very good this year despite losing some key players from last year's solid squad. Yet, they still managed to make a strong run at the end and snag Phunmunki one of her only positive notes this year, bringing in 55 points from pick 25.
~ Worst: CEO and Oklahoma at pick 23.Remarkably, this team has 3 players who think they did well enough to jump to the League. Maybe a little more teamwork, practice, and execution first boys, or its the D-League calling. Oklahoma's disappearance from all things important in college basketball snagged the CEO only 23 points and a Babblemur Worst of the Worst Award. Well done.
~ runner-up: TIE. Tulsa and SGII, Gunz and UCLA. 26 points from both. Not good boys. UCLA only won 14 games all year. Seven more wins from these fools and Gunz wins the league.
Round 2:
~ Best: Babs and Butler, at pick 11, bringing in the second highest point total of all teams this year at 119. This is amazing - I just didn't think a team from a conference with few others selected could snag so many points. But with undefeated conf season, tourney champs, a few good wins during the year, and an awesome NCAA run, this team snags a Babblemur Top 5 award.
~ runner-up: Jutdog and Tennessee. Tenn brought in 75 points from pick 12, which is a solid outing when considering half your lineup is arrested and jailed for drugs and illegal guns with the ID removed. Bab's was right to say he just didn't feel comfortable with those thugs. That said, it really seemed that getting rid of their preseason all-american thug and the other junkies made the team seriously better, taking them deep in the tourney and getting wins over #1 Kansas and #1 Kentucky.
~ Worst: Not too difficult here. Phunmunki wins a Babblemur Worst of the Worst award scoring only 26 points from the 16th pick. I didn't like this pick, but Babs was talking them up highly and Phunny bought it. Michigan just was not good this year.
~ runner-up: Turtle's UCONN, bringing 36 points from pick 13. Maybe here is a trend - lose a monster interior player and your stock goes way down (see Oklahoma). These guys just didn't have it together this year.
Round 1:
~ Best: Hands down Gunz and Duke snag this trophy. 168 points is just massive, and they did it with much more than just the NCAA Final Four points. Duke had endless wins over other players (almost 50 pts!!), they won a preseason and postseason tourney, and they tied for the ACC league. Surprisingly, Duke had ZERO wins over another AP Top 10 team. Duke does win a Babblemur Top 5 award.
~ runner-up: TIE. Jutdog with West Virginia (pick 9) and Jaybird with Kentucky (pick 2). West Virginia really paid off for Jutdog bringing in a third best 112 points. Kentucky snagged Jaybird 108 points. Both of these squads tie for a Babblemur Top 5 award.
~ Worst: SGII rounds out the last Worst of the Worst awards with UNC bringing in 41 points from pick 4. This would explain his horrendous performance this past year. Might we suggest placing teams in a hat and allowing Cara to pick (its been over 12 years, so if that's not her name we can pretend).
~ runner-up: Despite spending over half of the season in the top 5 in the country, Akaoni's Texas disappeared when anything mattered, bringing in only 50 points. Texas is starting to become consistent, in that they bring in great players who don't win when it matters. May Iowans take them again and again.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Best and Worst of 09/10 part 2 of 3
Round 6:
~ Best: Pittsburgh and Akaoni. Bringing in 53 pts in this round was 12 better than the closest squad, and was a bit of a surprise to many who saw Pitt lose a lot from the previous year. Pitt is looking to be a top 10 team in the preseason next year.
~ runner-up: San Diego State by CEO. Overall, this round was an underperformer, with the 2nd place team only bringing in 41 points from pick 59.
~ Worst: Oregon State by Phunmunki - expected by many to have a repeat season of the previous year, Oregon State brought back much of its core along with a solid recruiting class only to finish far worse than the previous year. While this team was eventually dropped, they only brought in 11 points, making them the lowestest performer of the regular draft. Pick 56.
~ runner-up: TIE: Boston College by Jutdog brining in only 27 points from pick #52 and Jacksonville by Babs with only 28 points from pick #51. Boston college returned 4 starters and 2 bench players from a 20+ win squad last year, but the loss of their leading scorer proved to be too much. This shows the difference between a program such as BC and the likes of Pitt and Syracuse, who both lose tons and yet are excellent squads the following year. BC kicked out their coach after that performance. Jacksonville was fine, but probably could have been picked in the last round.
Round 5:
~ Best: This was a great round, with 6 teams scoring over 45 points. But Akaoni's Syracuse brought in 34 points more than is closest competitor. The 94 total points from Cuse snagged them a Babblemur Top 5 pick.
~ runner-up: Gunz's Wisconsin was another excellent, finishing with 60 points from pick 46. The Badgers have continually shown that they need to be a top pick in our league, due to their tough out of conference scheduling and solid big 10 play. The Badgers knocked off two of the final four teams this year, including Duke.
~ Worst: Creighton, selected by SGII, bringing in only 18 points from the #44 pick. This was a bad one.
~ runner-up: Jaybird and Western Kentucky just did not meet any of the expectations coming into this year, and as a result, WK ended with only 25 pts from the 42 pick. This continues the trend of underperforming mid majors picked early, strengthening the rule that unless the team is a top 25 squad or in a conference with multiple teams selected, they aren't worthy of a top 4 round pick. WK finished 21-13, which isn't too bad, but even had they won 6 more games finishing 27-7, they would probably only have brought in an additional 7 - 10 points.
Round 4:
~ Best: Tie: Jutdog's Kansas State was a solid performer this year, bringing in 75 points from the #32 pick. This slot is shared though, by the somewhat suprisingly high score brought in by the CEO's Northern Iowa, with 73 points from pick 38. These two teams both receive Babblemur top 5 picks (they tie, meaning we'll have 6 in the top 5).
~ runner-up: Notaturtle's Gonzaga was a surprise to many, losing 4 of their top 6 players. However, as we've seen with many of the best systems in the league, their bench players were better than most other conference starters. Zaga brought in 59 pts from the 33 pick, and will only be better next year.
~ Worst: South Carolina was bad this year. This probably cost Akaoni the league, as a few of his other picks made the top 5 list. At pick 34, SC only snagged 29 points.
~ runner-up: Arizona State was called out early as a bad pick, and proved to be as bad as expected. Although appearing as a possible contender in the aweful Pac 10, Zona St didn't really accomplish anything this year, and brought in only 34 points from the 37th pick. SGII again makes the worst of the worst list.
~ Best: Pittsburgh and Akaoni. Bringing in 53 pts in this round was 12 better than the closest squad, and was a bit of a surprise to many who saw Pitt lose a lot from the previous year. Pitt is looking to be a top 10 team in the preseason next year.
~ runner-up: San Diego State by CEO. Overall, this round was an underperformer, with the 2nd place team only bringing in 41 points from pick 59.
~ Worst: Oregon State by Phunmunki - expected by many to have a repeat season of the previous year, Oregon State brought back much of its core along with a solid recruiting class only to finish far worse than the previous year. While this team was eventually dropped, they only brought in 11 points, making them the lowestest performer of the regular draft. Pick 56.
~ runner-up: TIE: Boston College by Jutdog brining in only 27 points from pick #52 and Jacksonville by Babs with only 28 points from pick #51. Boston college returned 4 starters and 2 bench players from a 20+ win squad last year, but the loss of their leading scorer proved to be too much. This shows the difference between a program such as BC and the likes of Pitt and Syracuse, who both lose tons and yet are excellent squads the following year. BC kicked out their coach after that performance. Jacksonville was fine, but probably could have been picked in the last round.
Round 5:
~ Best: This was a great round, with 6 teams scoring over 45 points. But Akaoni's Syracuse brought in 34 points more than is closest competitor. The 94 total points from Cuse snagged them a Babblemur Top 5 pick.
~ runner-up: Gunz's Wisconsin was another excellent, finishing with 60 points from pick 46. The Badgers have continually shown that they need to be a top pick in our league, due to their tough out of conference scheduling and solid big 10 play. The Badgers knocked off two of the final four teams this year, including Duke.
~ Worst: Creighton, selected by SGII, bringing in only 18 points from the #44 pick. This was a bad one.
~ runner-up: Jaybird and Western Kentucky just did not meet any of the expectations coming into this year, and as a result, WK ended with only 25 pts from the 42 pick. This continues the trend of underperforming mid majors picked early, strengthening the rule that unless the team is a top 25 squad or in a conference with multiple teams selected, they aren't worthy of a top 4 round pick. WK finished 21-13, which isn't too bad, but even had they won 6 more games finishing 27-7, they would probably only have brought in an additional 7 - 10 points.
Round 4:
~ Best: Tie: Jutdog's Kansas State was a solid performer this year, bringing in 75 points from the #32 pick. This slot is shared though, by the somewhat suprisingly high score brought in by the CEO's Northern Iowa, with 73 points from pick 38. These two teams both receive Babblemur top 5 picks (they tie, meaning we'll have 6 in the top 5).
~ runner-up: Notaturtle's Gonzaga was a surprise to many, losing 4 of their top 6 players. However, as we've seen with many of the best systems in the league, their bench players were better than most other conference starters. Zaga brought in 59 pts from the 33 pick, and will only be better next year.
~ Worst: South Carolina was bad this year. This probably cost Akaoni the league, as a few of his other picks made the top 5 list. At pick 34, SC only snagged 29 points.
~ runner-up: Arizona State was called out early as a bad pick, and proved to be as bad as expected. Although appearing as a possible contender in the aweful Pac 10, Zona St didn't really accomplish anything this year, and brought in only 34 points from the 37th pick. SGII again makes the worst of the worst list.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
2009-10 Babbleball Final Standings
Congratulations to Jutdog, Gunz and Akaoni for finishing 1-2-3 this year!
Final Standings for 2009-10 (with last team "alive")
Final Standings for 2009-10 (with last team "alive")
- 1. Jutdog - 483 (207-90) West Virginia lost to Duke in the Final Four
- 2. Gunz - 478 (203-101) Duke as National Champions
- 3. Akaoni - 469 (210-89) Baylor lost to Duke in Elite 8
- 4. Babblemur - 455 (205-90) Butler lost to Duke in championship game
- 5. Boaris - 448 (214-85) Ohio St lost to Tennessee in Sweet 16
- 6. Jaybird - 429 (206-94) Dayton won NIT championship
- 7. The CEO - 409 (192-104) Michigan St lost to Butler in Final Four
- 8. NotaTurtle - 376 (176-113) Purdue lost to Duke in Sweet 16
- 9. Phunmunki - 335 (173-110) Xavier lost to Kansas St in Sweet 16
- 10. Some Guy in Illinois - 311 (185-112) North Carolina lost to Dayton in NIT finals
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