Jutdog Clinches 2010 Babbleball Championship

Rhode Island's loss in the NIT Semis last night eliminated the last player capable of surpassing Jutdog's score, clinching the championship for Jutdog.

Four players have teams alive in the Final Four: Jutdog (West Virginia) with 483 points, Babblemur (Butler) with 436 points, Gunz (Duke) also with 436 points, and The CEO (Michigan State) with 409 points. Winning the national championship would net 42 points between the semi-final game and the championship, not enough to surpass Jut's 47 point lead over Babs and Gunz.

Akaoni at 469 and Boaris at 448 have both been eliminated from further post season play.

Jutdog's success this year can be attributed to a number of factors. First his teams performed very well against other players, his 152 points in this category was second only to Akaoni's 162. Secondly his teams powered up in post season play - 7 teams made the NCAA Tournament, 4 reaching the Sweet 16, 3 the Elite 8, and one in the Final Four, for 92 points so far, 34 more than the next closest. And credit must be given to fine basketball by West Virginia (112 pts), Tennessee and Kansas State (75 pts each), Cornell (50 pts) as well as Utah State (48 pts) and Minnesota (47 pts).

Jutdog's victory this year will add to his braggery as it is his first championship that will not be accompanied by an asterisk.

Second Place is still up in the air. Akaoni stands in second place now with 469, and can hang on as long as either Michigan State or West Virginia win the National Championship. Babblemur and Gunz could finish in second place with a National Championship for Butler or Duke respectively.

Week Twenty Preview

After nineteen weeks there are still nine players that can potentially win this contest, and only 26 points separates 6th place from 1st place. All games this last week were both critical and brutal as any loss eliminates that team from any future points.

Going into Week 20, who is left in play and what do they have to do:

NCAA Tourney (16 teams)
Midwest
Louisville (Jutdog) plays Arizona (Progress Media)
Michigan St (Babblemur) plays Kansas (Jaybird)
West
UCONN (HippieD) plays Purdue (Akaoni)
Memphis (Gunz) plays Missouri (Gunz)
East
Pittsburgh (Boaris) plays Xavier (Phunmunki)
Duke (The CEO) plays Villanova (The CEO)
South
North Carolina (Jaybird) plays Gonzaga (Phunmunki)
Oklahoma (Boaris) plays Syracuse (Babblemur)

NIT (9 teams left)
San Diego St (Babblemur) plays winner of St. Mary's (Progress) and Davidson (Progress)
Baylor (NotaTurtle) plays Auburn
Notre Dame (Gunz) plays winner of Creighton (Babs) & Kentucky (Boaris)
Florida (Akaoni) plays Penn St (Musashisan)

CBI (6 teams left)
Northeastern (Jaybird) plays UTEP (Turtle)
Richmond (HippieD) plays Charleston
Stanford (Boaris) plays Wichita St
Vermont (Phunmunki) plays Oregon St (Musashisan)

CIT (2 teams left)
Belmont (Phunmunki) plays Old Dominion (Gunz)
James Madison v. Liberty
Oakland v. Bradley
Idaho v. Pacific

Next NCAA Tourney rounds games are worth 8 points on top of the 1 point win and 2 points against other players (11 total). The sat-sun games will be worth 13 points plus the 1 point win and 2 points against other players (16 total). This weeks games are critical for everyone.