Week 12 Winners & Losers

Week 12 was a roller coaster, with some big winners and some big losers.

Winners & Losers

Jutdog (+30, 12-4) was the big winner, as Seton Hall knocked off #9 Syracuse, BYU defended their home court against #4 San Diego State, and 5 more wins against other players catapulted him out of 10th place and into the running again (although only 8th place...).

Mooseye (+25, 11-4) was the other big winner, with New Mexico picking off #9 BYU, and 5 more wins against other players. Western Kentucky won two, keeping them from getting dropped, Wichita State swept 2 to keep them in the Missouri Valley hunt, and even lowly Wake Forest won a game before being dropped. Mooseye rose from 7th place a week ago to 4th place, just 25 back from the Mighty Gunz.

Other good scores for the week: Boaris is back with +22 off a 12-3 record, Gunz is firing again with +21 despite a 9-7 record, Jaybird picked up +20 off a 10-6 record, and Slake B started winning again picking up +20 off a 10-6 record.

The biggest loser this week was Akaoni, who could only get three of his teams to win a game, and one of them, Texas Tech, he dropped after a 2-0 performance. Villanova, Butler, Florida St, Northwestern, and Dayton all went win-less for the week, netting Akaoni a total of +7 off a depressing 5-9 week.

Teams of the Week

Louisville (Boaris) beat West Virginia (Mad Mader) and #5 UCONN (Mooseye) for 8 points, moving them into second place in the Big East, and moving Boaris from 9th place to 6th place on the leader board.

Georgetown (Gunz) beat St. Johns (Babblemur) and #8 Villanova (Akaoni) for 8 points, giving the Hoyas a winning record (5-4) in the Big East and Gunz some ammo for holding onto first place.

Standings After Week 12

* Current with all Jan 30 (Sunday) Games
* 1. Gunz 227 (113-55)
* 2. Mad Mader 206 (111-51)
* 3. Babblemur 205 (112-55)
* 4. Mooseye 202 (110-56)
* 5. McGrumps 199 (121-49)
* 6. Boaris 195 (114-48)
* 7. Jaybird 194 (113-53)
* 8. The CEO 193 (113-50)
* 9. Jutdog 188 (110-56)
* 10. Akaoni 187 (115-54)
* 11. Slake B 172 (98-64)
* 12. Some Guy in Illinois 161 (105-61)
* 13. Musashisan 146 (96-71)

Expanda Draft: the Rundown

At CEO's request, I thought I'd post the Expanda Draft picks on the front page.

1. Musashisan - Duquesne A10
2. SGII - Cincinnati Big East
3. Slake B - Cleveland State Horizon
4. Jutdog - Belmont Atl Sun
5. Boaris - Northern Colorado Big Sky
6. Jaybird - Valparaiso Horizon
7. Mooseye - Coastal Carolina Big South
8. The CEO - Bucknell Patriot
9. Akaoni - Colorado State Mountain West
10 McGrumps - Ball State MAC
11. Babblemur - Florida Atlantic Sun Belt
12. Mad Mader - Montana Big Sky
13. Gunz - Harvard Ivy

14. Gunz - Vermont American East
15. Mad Mader - Charleston Southern
16. Babblemur - Long Island NEC
17. McGrumps - Jackson State SWAC
18. Akaoni - Hofstra Colonial
19. The CEO - Buffalo MAC
20. Mooseye - Hampton MEAC
21. Jaybird - Austin Peay
22. Boaris - Bethune-Cookman
23. Jutdog - California
24. Slake B - Arkansas
25. SGII - McNeese State
26. Musashisan - Providence Big East

Add / Drop Round (Optional)

27. Musashisan - Drops Iowa, Adds South Carolina
28. SGII - PASS
29. Slake B - PASS
30. Jutdog - Drops Weber St, Adds Kent State
31. Boaris - Drops Loyola Marymount, Adds Nebraska
32. Jaybird - PASS
33. Mooseye - Drops Wake Forest, Adds Texas Southern
34. The CEO - Drops Satan Barbara, Adds Marshall
35. Akaoni - Drops Texas Tech, Adds Denver Sun Belt
36. McGrumps - PASS
37. Babblemur - PASS
38. Mad Mader - Drops St. Louis, Adds UMASS
39. Gunz - Drops Bradley, Adds Santa Clara

Let's Roll!

Parity Marks Week Eleven

The mandatory weekly update - Week Eleven

No standouts this week. Every player picked up between 12 and 19 points, between 6 and 11 wins, between 4 and 10 losses. The CEO topped all in most wins and fewest losses.

Rundown:

• The CEO +19 (11-4) - Vandy wins in and out of conference against Ole Miss and St. Mary's
  
• Akaoni +19 (9-7) - Villanova's win over Syracuse atones for the loss to UCONN
• Mad Mader +18 (10-4) - Syracuse drops two, are they still final four material?
  
• Gunz +18 (8-7) - Duke is back on track (unlike Clemson, Stanford and Bradley = 0-6)
• Slake B +17 (9-5) - Ohio State and Xavier picking up the slack
• Some Guy in Illinois +17 (9-7) - Washington earning their first round draft status
• Jaybird +17 (7-6) - Arizona & Temple stumble, Pitt and UTEP rumble
• Jutdog +16 (8-7) - Two big wins for Texas, BYU ready for the Aztecs this week
• Mooseye +16 (8-8) - at least UCONN is still kicking ass
• Boaris +15 (7-7) - K-State bombs, Utah State looks fine
• Babblemur +15 (7-8) - Takes a beating but still beating most of you
• McGrumps +14 (10-7) - Damn, what happened to Quinnipeac?
  
• Musashisan +12 (6-10) - Bright sides: Northern Iowa and Alabama; Dark sides: everyone else

Standings after Week Eleven:

• Current with all Jan 23 (Sunday) Games
• 1. Gunz 206 (104-48)
• 2. Mad Mader 189 (106-42)
• 3. Babblemur 189 (104-47)
• 4. McGrumps 180 (112-44)
• 5. Akaoni 180 (110-45)
• 6. The CEO 179 (105-44)
• 7. Mooseye 177 (99-52)
• 8. Jaybird 174 (103-47)
• 9. Boaris 173 (102-45)
• 10. Jutdog 158 (98-52)
• 11. Slake B 152 (88-58)
• 12. Some Guy in Illinois 151 (97-55)
• 13. Musashisan 133 (89-63)

A Collection of Trivial Pieces of Information

If Conference Points were distributed Today:

McGrumps (WCC, CUSA, Summit) = 20
Mooseye (Big12, SEC) = 18
Jaybird (BigEast, CUSA) = 16
Slake B (Big10, A10) = 16
Musashisan (SEC, BigWest) = 15
Boaris (CUSA, WAC) = 14
Babblemur (MWC, AmEast) = 13
Jutdog (Big12) = 9
Akaoni (ACC) = 9
Some Guy in IL (Pac10) = 9
Gunz (CAA) = 7
CEO (MAAC) = 6
Mad Mader ( zip ) = 0

Team Parity Award

McGrumps is STILL the only player whose entire squad has 10 wins or more. Next closest: Babblemur & Akaoni each have one team two wins away (could be a long wait for Ohio and Texas Tech...)

Giant Killer Award

Mooseye has logged in the most wins over Top 10 teams to date with 5, mostly due to surprising UCONN:

• #8 UCONN (Mooseye) defeats #7 Villanova (Akaoni)
• Charlotte (Mooseye) defeats #7 Tennessee (Boaris)
• Florida (Mooseye) defeats #6 Kansas State (Boaris)
• UCONN (Mooseye) defeats #2 Michigan St (Musa)
• UCONN (Mooseye) defeats #9 Kentucky (McGrumps)

The Babbleball Top 10 Rankings:

1. Duke (Gunz) 48 pts
2. Pittsburgh (Jaybird) 41 pts
3. Syracuse (Mad Mader) 41 pts
4. Notre Dame (Mad Mader) 37 pts
5. San Diego St (Babs) 35 pts
6. Ohio St (Slake B) 35 pts
7. Tennessee (Boaris) 35 pts
8. Minnesota (CEO) 34 pts
9. Kansas (Mooseye) 34 pts
10. Georgetown (Gunz) and UCONN (Mooseye) 33 pts

Best 8th round pick so far:

Quinnipeac by McGrumps, with 16 points off a 12-6 record, 2 wins over other players.

Gunz Versus The World

Gunz has been in first place most of the season. He leads the league in points off other players with 84 (next closest is 70 to put it in perspective). So who has he been thumping on, and who gives him fits? Below is Gunz' W/L record against the other 12 players, in order of dominance:

• vs. McGrumps: 4-1
• vs. Slake B: 3-1
• vs. Musashisan: 6-2
• vs. The CEO: 5-2
  
• vs. Some Guy in IL: 7-3
• vs. Boaris: 6-3
• vs. Jutdog: 4-2
• vs. Mad Mader: 3-3
• vs. Mooseye: 1-1
• vs. Akaoni: 2-4
• vs. Babblemur: 1-3
• vs. Jaybird: 1-4
  

Rare Video of Lord Jut's first Basketball game as a little boy

Akaoni Blazes Week TEN

In another brutal week five top 10 teams fell, every player lost at least 4 games, top to bottom league parity tightened by five points as first place Boaris was held to +13 points while last place Musashisan picked up +18, only 67 points separate first from last.

Akaoni had the big week in points, scoring 27 off an 11-5 week, including Florida State knocking off #1 Duke and NC State, Villanova sweeping Louisville and Maryland, and Missouri State continuing their undefeated conference record in the Missouri Valley. His hot performance shot him up from 9th place to 5th place and just 27 back from first place.

Slake B brought in +24 points thanks to West Virginia's pop of Top 10 Purdue, as well as Ohio State and Xavier sweeping the week. Wright State won a big one against Butler, and Oregon beat USC before falling to UCLA. Slake slipped past Some Guy in Illinois on the leader board.

Some Guy in Illinois had the fewest points for the week, a measly +10 off an 8-8 record. He was 1-8 against other players, Illinois dropped two, NC State dropped two, Ole Miss dropped two, and SGII dropped back to 12th place.

The CEO and Jaybird turned in the best records for the week at 11-4. Gonzaga, Minnesota, Wofford and Santa Barbara all went undefeated for the week for The CEO. Pitt, Arizona, UTEP, Miss St and Morgan St. all went undefeated for Jaybird.

Gunz and Boaris were the only two players with losing records for the week. Gunz went 7-8 with 6 of his teams taking hits this week. Boaris needed a strong Saturday to make up for a 1-5 start for the week, finishing 6-7.

Week 11 looks to be loaded for points as Top 10's square off and conference play heats up.

Standings after Week 10

• Current with all Jan 16 (Sunday) Games
• 1. Gunz 188 (96-41)
• 2. Babblemur 174 (97-39)
• 3. Mad Mader 171 (96-38)
• 4. McGrumps 166 (102-37)
• 5. Akaoni 161 (101-38)
• 6. Mooseye 161 (91-44)
• 7. The CEO 160 (94-40)
• 8. Boaris 158 (95-38)
• 9. Jaybird 157 (96-41)
• 10. Jutdog 142 (90-45)
• 11. Slake B 135 (79-53)
• 12. Some Guy in Illinois 134 (88-48)
• 13. Musashisan 121 (83-53)

The Expanda-Draft Cometh

The Expanda-Draft aspect of this contest was put in for several reasons - to allow players to pick up teams that surprised everyone and are marching towards an NCAA birth, to add the possibility of "tweaking" your squad to improve your chances - especially for those bottom dwellers, and to give players a chance to pick up mid and low major conference teams that look like they are going to stomp their way into the Big Dance.

As we think about our draft options, consider these point rules:

- A team that wins a major conference (6) regular season earns 9 points
- A team that wins a mid-major conference (9) regular season earns 7 points
- A team that wins a non-major conference regular season earns 6 points
- 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
- A team that completes the regular conference season undefeated earns +3 points.

This is where a non-major team can be worth drafting - they win a dozen games (12 points) plus win their conference (6 pts) and tournament (4 pts). Plus keep in mind...

- Each team that makes the NCAA tourney receives 3 points

So while picking up a major conference team like Cincy or Virginia has the advantage of possible points against Duke or Pittsburgh, they may not see any of the points above.


RULES OF THE INTERIM DRAFT & RELEASE

- The last week of January, each player must draft 2 additional teams.

- Draft order will utilize snake method, with pick 1 going to last place point earner

- A voluntary third round will take place following the 2-round draft, in which one team from the original roster can be dropped and a new team picked up. All existing points from original team will remain. Order will continue snake method from round 2.

- Points will begin to be earned by the new teams on February 2, and new points will no longer be added for the discarded team effective February 2.


The draft order is set following the last game on: Sunday, January 23, 2011. Due to the number of picks, we'll be looking to get going right away Monday Jan 24. Current Draft Order if it happened today:

1. Musashisan 113 (79-49)
2. Slake B 116 (72-48)
3. Some Guy in Illinois 125 (81-43)
4. Jutdog 131 (83-40)
5. Jaybird 142 (89-39)
6.....


Top Major and Mid-Major Teams on the Radar:

1. Cincinnatti (16-1)
2. Virginia (10-6 every game is head to head)
3. Nebraska (13-3)
4. UCF (14-1)
5. Hostra (5-0 conf with 3 other players in)
6. Arkansas (11-4)
7. Boise St (4-0 conf)
8. Cleveland State (15-3)
9. Colorado St (11-5)
10. Tulane (12-4)
11. Marshall (12-4)
12. James Madison (13-3)
13. Iowa St (13-4)
14. George Washington (3-0 conf play; 10-5)
15. Duquense (2-0 conf play; 10-5)
16. Portland (12-4)

Babblemur on Top of Bloody Week Nine

Week Nine was bloody. Every player but one lost at least 5 games, and every player but two won no more than 10 games. Three top 10 teams were beat, and upsets struck everywhere. The point spread though was not as wide, the lowest was +12 (The CEO), the highest was Babblemur (+25). Everyone else took in between +14 and +20.

Gunz held onto first place for the 8th consecutive week. Although he struggled with a 9-7 record he still brought in +19 points off big wins by Clemson and Oklahoma State and consistent winning by Duke. Georgetown is a big concern now after losses to St. Johns and West Virginia. Bradley dropped three straight.

McGrumps held onto second place off a 12-5 record for +18, but Kentucky's loss to Georgia and Boston College's loss to Harvard sting. Richmond, St. Mary's and Oakland all brought home the bacon.

Babblemur rose from 6th place to 3rd place after winning 9 of 12 games for +25. The high points is credited to Georgia upsetting #10 Kentucky and Colorado upsetting #9 Missouri. Purdue picked up 6 points off wins over Penn St and Iowa, San Diego State won two straight to remain undefeated, St. John's picked off Georgetown, and USC nailed UCLA. Ohio however lost against Miami (OH) which is a bad sign, and Maine lost one they should have won.

The rest of the upper echelon include Mad Mader (+19, 7-5), Mooseye (+15, 9-7) and Boaris (+15, 9-5).

There was no change on the leader board for the bottom seven. The CEO lost ground off a 10-5 record for +12, Jaybird gained some off 10-5 record for +18. Akaoni went 11-8 for +17, Jutdog went 10-5 for +14, and Some Guy in Illinois went 10-5 for +16. Slake B turned up the volume with 20 points thanks to a strong week for Ohio State, West Virginia, Wright State and Miami (OH). Musashisan is keeping pace with +19 off a 9-7 record.

Looking Forward to Week Ten

Ran out of time. Sorry.


Standings after Week Nine

• Current with all Jan 9 (Sunday) Games
• 1. Gunz 175 (89-33)
• 2. McGrumps 151 (93-32)
• 3. Babblemur 151 (88-32)
• 4. Mad Mader 149 (86-32)
• 5. Mooseye 148 (82-38)
• 6. Boaris 146 (89-31)
• 7. The CEO 137 (83-36)
• 8. Jaybird 136 (85-37)
• 9. Akaoni 134 (90-33)
• 10. Jutdog 126 (80-40)
• 11. Some Guy in Illinois 124 (80-40)
• 12. Slake B 111 (69-48)
• 13. Musashisan 103 (73-48)