Champion Week (18) Recap

McGrumps started the week in 8th place. 17 wins later he added +75 to his score, won three conference championships and put five teams in the Big Dance. Now he is in 6th place, but just 31 points out of first place.

Mooseye started the week in fourth place, then he won the MEAC, the Big 12, and the Big East, but only Florida was given an at large bid. Nonetheless, Mooseye holds first place with a 10 point lead and a number one seed.

Boaris was bitching and moaning about Tennessee while in 5th place last Monday. Despite a lack-luster performance during championship week he got two automatic bids and six at-large bids to put a league leading 8 teams in the Big Dance. All in all he added +62 points for the week and put himself in second place.

These three were the big winners of Championship Week, but lets not discount the valiant efforts of Babblemur (+47 and the MWC Title), Gunz (+43 and the ACC Title), The CEO (+42 and the Patriot League Title), Jutdog (+41 and the Colonial Title), and Mad Mader (+41 with five at-large bids).

However there is a thumping in the basement, and with some strong flagship teams leading them in the Big Dance it is time to pay more attention to Slake B (+32 and Ohio St) and SGII (+36 and Washington). On the other hand, I think we can wish a fond farewell to the hopes of Akaoni (+26 with 3 NCAA bids) and Musashisan (+15 with one NCAA bid.)

Standings after Week 18:

• Current with all Mar 13 (Sunday) Games
• 1. Mooseye 417 (185-96)
• 2. Boaris 407 (193-82)
• 4. Babblemur 399 (185-91)
• 3. Jutdog 398 (189-89)
• 5. Gunz 396 (176-100)
• 6. McGrumps 386 (197-87)
• 7. Mad Mader 381 (179-96)
• 8. Jaybird 360 (182-97)
• 9. The CEO 344 (181-93)
• 10. Slake B 335 (162-111)
• 11. Some Guy in Illinois 324 (172-104)
• 12. Akaoni 322 (172-102)
• 13. Musashisan 244 (141-132)

Number of Bids to the NCAA Tournament:

• 8 = Boaris
  
• 6 = Babblemur
• 5 = The CEO, Gunz, Jutdog, Mad Mader, McGrumps,
  
• 4 = Mooseye, SGII,
  
• 3 = Akaoni, Jaybird, Slake B,
  
• 1 = Musashisan
  

Number of Bids to the NIT:

• 4 = Akaoni, Mooseye,
  
• 3 = Gunz, Musashisan, SGII,
  
• 2 = Babblemur, Boaris, CEO, Jut, Mad Mader, McGrumps,
  
• 1 = Jaybird, Slake B,
  

What do you think? Like your seeds? Are you screwed?

Per request, a "Group" on ESPN for anyone interested:

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=67117

Mooseye Dominates Saturday Tourneys

Mooseye was the clear winner on Saturday, going 4-0 and winning the MEAC for +7, Kansas won the Big 12 for +10, and UCONN took 5 games to win the Big East for +10. This resulted in a 41 point DAY for Mooseye, catapulting him into a 22 point first place lead. On top of that, Florida made it to the SEC final today that could further pad his position.


Jutdog dropped 3 games, with only North Carolina advancing to an opportunity for a major conference tournament championship. He fell from first place to third place, as Boaris grabbed the Ivy League automatic bid and Utah State took the WAC for a total of 15 points.

Babblemur dropped to fourth place despite 13 points for San Diego State's affirming and dominating victory over BYU and Jutdog. Gunz held onto the fifth place spot despite Clemson and Harvard losses, but he has Duke facing off for the ACC title today.

Mad Mader got knocked out of the ACC race, but Penn State has risen to the Big Ten final today against Ohio State. Mader holds onto 6th place, 48 points out of first, down but not out.

McGrumps did his best to stay in contention by winning Conference USA and advancing Richmond and Kentucky into Sunday's tournament finales. The 17 points pushed him ahead of Jaybird, who followed a 4-0 Friday with an 0-4 Saturday. The CEO also had a goose egg on Saturday, while Akaoni in 10th place got Dayton into the Sunday A-10 final.

Some Guy in Illinois won the Pac-10 with Washington to pull within a point of 11th place Slake B, who is feeding off Ohio State and looking good for taking the Big 10 today. Musashisan lost 3 games to secure last place.

Four More Tournaments

The last four tournaments are today, giving seven players one last crack and a point boost before the NCAA Tournament kicks off.

SEC
Florida (Mooseye) vs. Kentucky (McGrumps)
Mooseye could really pad his lead going into the Big Dance with a win of the SEC, but McGrumps needs those points badly to remain competitive. At 55 points down, a win by Kentucky would narrow that deficit to 42 and threaten for 5th place.

Atlantic 10
Richmond (McGrumps) vs. Dayton (Akaoni)
McGrumps is the only player with two teams alive today, and a win over slumping Akaoni would add another 11 points to the day, which combined with a Kentucky win would put McG just 31 points down. For Akaoni the 11 points at best will keep him at pace with Slake B.

ACC
North Carolina (Jut) vs. Duke (Gunz)
Jutdog fell 25 points out of first yesterday, Gunz sits 43 points out. This clash of Top 10 teams guarantees the winner a 15 point return, critical for entering the Tournament competitively.

Big 10
Ohio St (Slake) vs. Penn St (Mad Mader)
Mad Mader has the odds stacked against him this game, but Penn State may have proven they are Tourney-worthy after their Big 10 run.

Selection Sunday

Tournament selection begins tonight - every team that receives a bid to the NCAA Tournament will get +3 points.

Saturday Smackdown

Friday was a HUGE day that paid off for some and sunk the rest. Almost every game was a head to head match up, and for Jutdog (4-1), Jaybird (4-1), Mooseye (4-2), and McGrumps (4-3) it paid off.

And for Babblemur (1-4), Some Guy in Illinois (1-4), Slake (1-3), and Akaoni (1-2) dreams were dashed like whiskey across the bar.

Others still cling to home like McGrumps who lost the MAC and SWAC but put three teams into games today, and Musashisan who could give three teams auto-bids this weekend with Michigan State, Alabama and Long Beach State.

Mad Mader lost both his Big East games (Syracuse and Notre Dame) but has the unlikely duo of Virginia Tech and Penn State in the Semis.

Gunz lost the Big 10 last night but went double down for the ACC with Duke and Clemson facing Mad Mader and Jut today.

The CEO lost teams earlier in the week but is still gaining points thanks to Vanderbilt and Bucknell's victory in the Patriot League.

Boaris lost three tourney games but has Louisville in the Big East Finale, Utah State prepared to take the WAC, and Princeton facing off with Harvard for the Ivy auto-bid.

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Saturday Smackdown

This is the day that Lord Jut could take an insurmountable lead.

Championships on the Line:

Big 12 (7 points +3 for the auto-bid)
#10 Texas (Jut) vs. #2 Kansas (Mooseye)
This is a big one for both Jut and fourth place Mooseye, who is just 13 points down.

Mountain West (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
#8 BYU (Jut) vs. #7 San Diego St (Babblemur)
Babblemur's last team playing this week, with smack talk all year about these two teams. Aztecs need payback for two losses, Jimmer needs a date.

Pac 10 (7 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Arizona (Jaybird) vs. Washington (Some Guy in Illinois)
A must win for SGII to avoid being written off.

Big East (7 points +3 for the auto-bid)
UCONN (Mooseye) vs. Louisville (Boaris)
A great match up pitting second place Boaris against fourth place Mooseye for a pile of points.

Ivy (+3 for the auto-bid)
Princeton (Boaris) vs. Harvard (Gunz)
Fifth place Gunz needs another auto-bid to keep up with the pack, Duke can't carry Gunz anymore.

WAC (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Utah State (Boaris) vs. Boise St (_)
Second place Boaris needs these uncontested points.

Conference USA (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Memphis (McGrumps) vs. UTEP (Jaybird)
Jaybird is contesting four conference championships at this point, McGrumps is contesting three.

Southland (4 points +3 for the auto-bid)
McNeese St (SGII) vs. Texas San Antonio (_)
SGII should lock up these easy points.

Big West (4 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Long Beach St (Musashisan) vs. UC Santa Barbara (_)
Come on, Musa.

MEAC (4 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Hampton (Mooseye) vs. Morgan St (Jaybird)
The Hampton pick totally redeems itself with a win here.

MAC (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Kent State (Jut) vs. Akron (_)
Easy points for Lord Jut

Big Ten
Michigan St (Musa) vs. Penn St (Mad Mader)
Ohio St (Slake B) vs. Michigan (_)
No Illinois, no Purdue, no Wisconsin... -yawn-

ACC
North Carolina (Jut) vs. Clemson (Gunz)
Duke (Gunz) vs. Virginia Tech (Mad Mader)
Heading for a big Sunday showdown.

Charts & Graphs

Lunch Break Charts and Graphs

of a most trivial nature

Who is bringing home the bacon so far this week?




OK so you are losing, but are you gaining ground?



Who gets to try and take down Lord Jut today?

Top Teams heading into the Beast of the Season

1. Duke with 74 (Gunz) - pick 2
2. Kansas with 72 (Mooseye) - pick 10
2. Ohio State also with 72 (Slake B) - pick 4
4. Pittsburgh with 71 (Jaybird) - pick 7
5. North Carolina with 65 (Jutdog) - pick 9
5. Florida with 65 (Mooseye) - pick 17

7. Notre Dame with 63 (Mad Mader) - pick 65
8. Arizona with 62 (Jaybird) - pick 33
9. BYU with 60 (Jutdog) - pick 35
10. Gonzaga with 58 (CEO) - pick 8
10. Syracuse with 58 (MadMader) - pick 13

12. Purdue with 57 (Babs) - pick 3
12. Old Dominion with 57 (Jutdog) - pick 44
12. Xavier with 57 (Slake B) - pick 30
15. Butler with 55 (Akaoni) - pick 21
15. St. John's with 55 (Babs) - pick 50

Absent from this list:

Pick 1: Mich St

Pick 5: Kansas St

Pick 11: Kentucky

Pick 12: Washington

Week 17: Jutdog, Jaybird, Boaris, Mooseye and Slake Win Big

As the regular season (mostly) came to a close on Sunday, conference champ points and a few conference tournaments were doled out and the Leader Board was shaken up and stirred. It was a big time week for five players, and a pile of shit for the other 8. Lets recap:

Conference Champs

Mooseye came on strong winning two Major conferences (SEC and Big 12), and thanks to the expanda-draft two minors (BigSouth and SWAC) for 30 points. Jutdog was right behind him also with four conferences: ACC, Mountain West, MAC, and the Atlantic Sun for 29 points. Boaris was the only other player to win four conferences (WAC, CUSA, Big Sky, MEAC) and could make it five with the Ivy. He picked up 26 points for his efforts.

Slake B took 3 conferences (Big10, A-10, Horizon) for 23 points, the CEO took 3 conferences (WCC, MAAC, and Patriot) for 19 points, and Some Guy in Illinois took 3 (Colonial, OVC, Southland) for 19 points. The rest of us had 2 conferences or less, with special notice going to Jaybird who won two majors (Big East and Pac 10) for 18 points.

Who's Dancing and Who Isn't

Belmont (Jutdog) is the only player team that has made it to the Dance so far. Other conference winners have choked in their tournaments leaving their futures in the hands of the Tourneygods, including Missouri St (Akaoni), Florida Atlantic (Babs), Fairfield (The CEO), Vermont (Gunz), Coastal Carolina (Mooseye), Cleveland State (Slake), and Murray State (SGII). Unlike George Mason (SGII), most of these teams will NOT get an at-large bid, despite some impressive seasons. The NIT will be a full boat.

Player Performance Ratings

Here's how everyone did this last week. Note that with all of the conference champ points added in points were quite inflated, but not also that those with the best W-L records were the recipients of those points...

1. Jutdog +61 (15-5)
2. Jaybird +52 (16-5)
3. Boaris +48 (15-4)
4. Mooseye +44 (14-7)
5. Slake B +42 (12-9)
6. SGII +26 (10-9)
7. McGrumps +22 (12-7)
8. Mad Mader +21 (11-7)
9. Gunz +19 (11-8)
10. Babs +18 (10-8)
11. Akaoni +15 (7-11)
12. The CEO +14 (10-10)
13. Musashisan +14 (8-10)

Week 18 Preview

This week is all about winning. The only games scheduled are tournament games, and if you lose, you don't play anymore games and can't get any more points for the week. Duh, right? Consider that almost all of the Major conference teams are player owned - that means possibly 2-4 games this week per team, almost all against other players, with big points for surviving undefeated, plus guarantees for the Big Dance. Here's the points that are important this week:

- A team that wins a major conference (6) tournament earns 7 points
- A team that wins a mid-major conference (9) tournament earns 5 points
- A team that wins a non-major conference (16) tournament earns 4 points

Wait! There's more!

- Each team that makes the NCAA tourney receives 3 points

So Six teams will run the Majors and bring in 10 points each, plus a likely 9 more from 3 wins over other players. The 9 Mid-Majors will have 9 teams bringing home 8 points each plus wins against others. Remaining Minors will bring home 7 points.

Then on Sunday, as the NCAA Selection is announced, all at-large teams selected for the Big Dancey Dance will have their +3 points added up as well.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! TREMBLE IN FEAR & HOPE!

Standings After Week 17

• Current with all Mar 6 (Sunday) Games
• 1. Jutdog 357 (179-82)
• 2. Gunz 353 (171-93)
• 3. Babblemur 352 (175-85)
• 4. Mooseye 346 (170-92)
• 5. Boaris 345 (182-75)
• 6. Mad Mader 340 (169-86)
• 7. Jaybird 336 (175-90)
• 8. McGrumps 311 (180-82)
• 9. Slake B 303 (156-105)
• 10. The CEO 302 (173-87)
• 11. Akaoni 296 (166-96)
• 12. Some Guy in Illinois 288 (163-97)
• 13. Musashisan 229 (135-123)

Open Thread for Sunday Trash Talk

Austin Peay and Murray State blew it in the OVC.

Fairfield just bombed out in the MAAC.

Coastal Carolina Caves in the whatever conference.

BYU wins with Virgins.

George Mason loses first in 18 games to VCU in Colonial

Boston College downed by Wake?

Tennessee sucks to Kentucky

Minnesota can't beat anyone

And Jut's in first place???? WTF???????????