It is anyone's game! In theory...
Championship Week proved that the Endgame is worth as much as the rest of the season, as in one week Boaris shot into first place, Jutdog and Babblemur replaced Gunz and Jaybird in the #3 and #4 slots, and NotaTurtle slipped back down into 8th place.
Lets get right to it - the NCAA Tournament
Jutdog and Boaris lead the pack with 7 bids a piece. Babblemur and The CEO follow with 6 each, Phunmunki, Gunz, and Akaoni got 5 bids each, 4 for Jaybird and NotaTurtle, and 3 for struggling Some Guy in Illinois.
Quality vs. Quantity?
#1 and #2 seeds are at a decided advantage.
Boaris: Kansas (#1), Ohio St (#2),
Akaoni: Syracuse (#1),
Gunz: Duke (#1),
Jaybird: Kentucky (#1),
Jutdog: West Virginia (#2), Kansas St (#2)
Phunmunki: Villanova (#2),
Distribution
Unlike last year, when the match ups put the bulk of Jut's teams in the same bracket-branch, this year sees player teams pretty well distributed. Boaris has BYU vs. Florida in round one, Babblemur has Butler and Vandy potentially facing off in round two, The CEO has both Clemson and Morgan St in the same group of 4, but otherwise all players have the potential to see all their teams in the Sweet 16.
NIT
There is a direct correlation between how many NCAA bids a player got versus how many NIT bids a player got. Whose in the running for the NIT? Some Guy in Illinois: 5, followed by Jaybird with 4.
The NIT may be as much fun to follow as the NCAA Tourney. Its the WCS - the "woulda coulda shoulda" tournament, featuring top seeds Illinois, Virginia Tech, Mississippi St, and Arizona St.
NCAA Scoring:
From the rules:
- A team that makes the post-season NIT final 4 receives 2 points*
- A team that makes the post-season NIT championship receives 4 points*
- The team that wins the post-season NIT championship receives 7 points*
- Each team that makes the NCAA tourney receives 4 points
- Each team earns 2 points for a NCAA tourney round 1 win*
- Each team earns 5 points for a NCAA tourney round 2 win*
- Each team earns 8 points for a NCAA tourney round 3 win*
- Each team earns 12 points for a NCAA tourney round 4 win*
- Each team earns 16 points for reaching the NCAA final*
- The team that wins the NCAA tourney earns 20 points.*
- * Each post-season win over another player will also include +2 points
9 comments:
I know I suck, but I'm confused. Why aren't Arizona and Miami playing in the CBI? Did they decline?
Good question. I'm betting that they turned it down.
Here is the CBI line-up:
http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cbi/news/2010/cbi_100314.html
Akron and Charleston appear to be the only player teams in that field.
But then again, here is the 16 team CIT field:
http://www.collegesports-fans.com/ncaa-tournament/cit-basketball-tournament.html
Featuring player teams: Creighton, Western Carolina, Pacific, Portland, and Louisiana Tech.
Ron, have you formed your babblebracket group on ESPN yet?
dammit - boston college? they knocked down Miami twice, UNC once, and pulled off a win over Clemson and several other junkies. I thought for certain they'd appear in the post season somewhere.
Oklahoma and Charlotte just killed me, I was debating taking Lehigh or Charlotte, and figured Charlotte had the potential of head to head matuchup (you're all welcome for those easy points).
Good luck guys, with Michigan St playing like they are, I don't see the CEO contending this year
-THE CEO
i'm pretty certain charlotte didn't kill you, as everyone had at least one terrible expansion team worth under 7 points or so.
However, I'm confident you're done for the year, joining your good friend SGII.
I have 9 potential points today. Look out Jut! I'm gonna getcha! I'm gonna getcha! The Tribe is going to turn it up in the NIT!
The CEO speaks:
Final Four: Kansas, West Virginia, Villanova, Kansas State (looks like Jutdog could push Boaris's Kansas)
Great Eight: Kansas, Georgetown, Syracuse, K State, Kentucky, W Virginia, Duke, Villanova
Don't say I didn't tell you all
-THE CEO
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