Selection Sunday Final Standings!

All conference tournaments are now over and we wait for the Selection Show.  Below is a recap of today's action.

• Duke won the ACC
• St. Joe's won the Atlantic 
• UL Lafayette won the Sun Belt
• Florida won the ACC
• Michigan State won the B1G

For any interested in a bracket pool, here is the information.

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For access to the current excel standings document, use this link.  But the excel spreadsheet attached reflects the final standings.

• Congrats to Joel for dominating the 2014 pool!
• B.I. has won the Bonus Points category with (4) wins with teams that were 3 seeds or lower.
• Curt is playing for free next year.

Below is a reminder of the tie breaker process that determines our final standings:

• Overall Points
• Most Wins
• Least Amount of Losses
• Accuracy %
• Closest to Big 10 Championship Combined Score

Thanks for playing everyone!

Selection Sunday Eve - 13 More Teams Punch NCAA Tournament Tickets Today

We saw 13 conference championships played that impacted us today, this really shaped up the standings going into our last day tomorrow.  Below is a summary of the action today, along with a preview of what to watch for tomorrow on Selection Sunday!

American East

• In an upset, Albany knocked off Stoney Brook which resulted in bonus points for both B.I. and Doug

Conference USA

• Not an upset, but Tulsa knocked off LA Tech, which ended up only awarding points to Curt

Pac 12

• UCLA stunned Arizona to win the PAC 12 conference tournament championship

American Conference

• Louisville clobbered UConn in the inaugural American Conference tournament championship

MEAC

• North Carolina Central easily handled the Morgan State Bears

MAC

• Western Michigan destroyed Toledo to become the MAC tournament championship

Big Sky

• Weber State destroyed North Dakota for the Big Sky championship

Southland

• The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks defeated Sam Houston State

Big East

• In a pretty big upset, the Providence Friars beat Creighton to take the Big East Conference Championship title

Big 12

• Iowa State came from behind and beat Baylor, this helped B.I. clinch the Bonus Point category outright

WAC

• As expected, New Mexico State won the WAC with a easy win over Idaho

Big West

• We don't care since none of us have Cal Poly or CS Northridge

                       

                          

                    

                 

                      

For access to the current excel standings document, use this link.  The standings are now updated with all of tonight's action, and below is the current top 11 snapshot.  We have 11 people in the running for a Top 4 spot tomorrow.

Tomorrow, in our final day, we will have 5 conference championship games to watch until the Selection show later in the evening.

• Atlantic 10
• Chris, Rick, and Tim all have VCU, so a VCU win will propel them into a very tight race with Joel, Sohler, Rachel, and Young
• SEC
• Most of us have Florida, this game won't do much in determining the final standings
• Sun Belt
• Georgia State winning will make a very tight race between Tim, Chris, Rachel, and Young;  Georgia State + VCU winning will allow Chris and Tim to really challenge for a money spot
• ACC
• A Duke win really hurts Sohler, Chris, and BI;  A Duke + Florida win may take Sohler out of the running for a money spot; especially if VCU wins
• Big 10
• Rick and Joel are really invested in Michigan State;  A Michigan State + Duke win may clinch the number 1 spot for Joel and put Rick in a money spot;  These 2 wins would be a total of 4 points due to the bonus each team is worth

As you can see we have so many possible combinations tomorrow with 11 people in the running for a money spot or free 2015 spot.  Anyone who has been eliminated is shown as eliminated on the spreadsheet.

B.I. only has 1 team tomorrow, Florida.  So even though he is currently in X place, he can only gain 1 more point tomorrow.  However, it looks as though B.I. is going to win the Bonus Point pool outright.

As the standings begin to shape up, and since we only have 1 days left, below is a reminder of the tie breaker process that determines our final standings:

• Overall Points
• Most Wins
• Least Amount of Losses
• Accuracy %
• Closest to Big 10 Championship Combined Score

One last note, if you are marked as not paid please send your money in as soon as possible so I can quickly pay out the winners promptly.

Another Bloodbath of Losses, but we have 18 Championships in the Next 2 Days!

If you are marked as unpaid on the spreadsheet, please send in money so I can pay out the winners on Sunday.

Again, no conference championship games were played today, so today was another day of everyone racking up losses.

We had some pretty big upsets and popular pool teams lose today that contributed to losses:

• St. Louis
• Middle Tennessee
• North Carolina
• Norfolk State
• Kansas
• Syracuse
• Southern Miss
• UC Irvine
• Texas
• Northern Colorado
• Cincinnati

Tomorrow will bring us 13 Conference Championship games played over a span of 12 hours, I will attempt to update the standings throughout the day.

For access to the current excel standings document, use this link.  The standings are now updated with most of tonight's action, and below is the current top 10 snapshot.

As the standings begin to shape up, and since we only have 2 days left, below is a reminder of the tie breaker process that determines our final standings:

• Overall Points
• Most Wins
• Least Amount of Losses
• Accuracy %
• Closest to Big 10 Championship Combined Score

The Losses Were Racked up Today

No conference championship games were played today, so today was a day of everyone racking up losses.  Surviving today and tomorrow in this pool is what separates the top of the pack -- No conference championship games will be played tomorrow either.

Craig Neal, New Mexico Head Coach, hands down wins "Creepiest NCAA Basketball Coach."

We had some pretty big upsets today that contributed to losses:

• Villanova
• Oklahoma
• UC Santa Barbara
• Iowa

For access to the current excel standings document, use this link.  The standings are now updated with most of tonight's action, and below is the current top 10 snapshot.

As the standings begin to shape up, and since we only have 3 days left, below is a reminder of the tie breaker process that determines our final standings:

• Overall Points
• Most Wins
• Least Amount of Losses
• Accuracy %
• Closest to Big 10 Championship Combined Score

7 More Conferences Tipped Off Today, But Only 1 Championship Game

75% of the conference tournaments are in progress or complete, and by tomorrow 100% of the conference tournaments will be in progress or complete.  The next 3 days are typically the busiest days in terms of racking up losses in this pool and we'll have a clearer picture of the standings by Saturday morning.

Games started at noon today with Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest, and will not end until around midnight tonight with Washington State vs. Stanford.  Every game being played today, and over the next 4 days, will be conference tournament games.

The only Championship game today was in the Patriot League, which resulted in a Boston University loss against American University.  No bonus points awarded for this one, however it did have impacts to the standings.

For access to the current excel standings document, use this link.  The standings are now updated with most of tonight's action and below is a Top 10 snapshot.

As the standings begin to shape up, and since we only have 4 days left, below is a reminder of the tie breaker process that determines our final standings:

• Overall Points
• Most Wins
• Least Amount of Losses
• Accuracy %
• Closest to Big 10 Championship Combined Score

NEC, Horizon, Summit, and West Coast Teams Punch Tickets

Despite only having a handful of games played today, 4 new conference champions punched tickets to the NCAA tournament tonight.  In the Horizon League the winner was a 5 seed, which would have resulted in bonus points, if anyone would have actually picked Milwaukee.  But in the NEC, 4 seed Mount St. Mary's upset Robert Morris - Nice job B.I. and Chris!

                        

For access to the current excel standings document, use this link.  The standings are now updated with all of tonight's action and below is a Top 10 snapshot.

Joel is off to one of the hottest starts anyone has ever had with 8 total points, but 6 other people are hanging with him in terms of points and accuracy.  If your accuracy is under 20% a third of the way through, it's going to be very tough to come back, although at this point no one is even close to being eliminated.  For those with poor accuracy, this is for you...

As the standings begin to shape up, and since we only have 5 days left, below is a reminder of the tie breaker process that determines our final standings:

• Overall Points
• Most Wins
• Least Amount of Losses
• Accuracy %
• Closest to Big 10 Championship Combined Score

We're also starting to see some separation in Bonus Point wins, which pays out 3 times the entry fee.  Even though the leader only has 2, this is a very hard category to make up ground on since not many conference champions are 3 seeds or lower.  If you have yet to score a bonus point and/or your Bonus Point Losses are close to equaling your Max Bonus Points, you going to quickly find yourself eliminated from being able to win the Bonus Points category.

Finally, if anyone cares, the SWAC tipped off this afternoon, but they are DEAD to me for the crap they pulled with their conference tournament.  As a reminder, we are pretending the SWAC does not exist in terms of impacts to our pool due to the winner may not actually be the winner and the winner may end up being the loser.  #SWACProblems

3 More teams Are Going to the NCAA Tournament

I don't have time to write a long entry today, but we had 3 more teams punch tickets for the NCAA Tournament -- that begins NEXT WEEK!

The Delaware Blue Hens scored with 12 seconds left in the game to beat William & Mary for the Colonial Conference championship.  Then, only a few seconds later, Iona missed a game tying 3-pointer resulting in a loss to MAAC conference tournament champion Manhattan.  A few hours later Wofford become the 8th team to punch a NCAA Tournament ticket with a Southern Conference championship.

                 

                                             

For access to the current excel standings document, use this link.  The standings are now updated with most of tonight's action.  BYU/San Francisco is the only game not reflected in the standings.