Nontraditional Contest Updates: We Have a Winner

by SpartanDan on Mar 30, 2010 11:39 AM CDT

I'll plan on updating scores daily. Meanwhile, some interesting stats:

Most picked teams: Kansas 25 of 27, West Virginia 22, Baylor 21, MSU 18, Wisconsin 17, BYU and Siena 16 each.
Teams above 14 not picked at all: UNLV (8 seed), New Mexico State (12 seed). Two 14+ seeds got a single pick each; they'll be listed below.
Solo picks: Houston (Con-T), Vermont (Seer), Vanderbilt (vanman), Florida (mikehead), Wake Forest (vanman), Wofford (wbrianr), Montana (SpartanDan), Clemson (ChicagoDan), Cal (wbrianr)
Most popular low seeds (8+): Siena 16, UTEP 13, Utah St 13, Murray St 12, San Diego St 12, Minnesota 11, Gonzaga 10, Old Dominion 10
Rooting for chaos (highest total of seeds picked): Richard Coletta (136 total), Con-T and SpartanDan (127)
All chalk: let's hope (61), vanman (63), GBBound (66)
Hedging your bets (picking both teams in the same game): msufan23 (Xavier and Minnesota, Temple and Cornell), steinfi2 (Siena and Purdue)

Standings heading into the Final Four:

Rank	Name	Rd1 Pts	Rd1 Teams	Rd2 Pts	Rd2 Teams	Rd3 Pts	Rd3 Teams	Rd4 Pts	Rd4 Teams	Teams left	Total
1	rook34	65	13	36	9	19	7	17	4	MSU, But, WV, Duke	137
2	KJ	62	11	39	7	12	4	9	2	But, WV	122
3	Seer	69	11	30	6	12	4	9	2	But, WV	120
4	vert_et_blanc	56	10	36	6	13	4	14	3	MSU, But, Duke	119
5	SpartanDan	70	11	26	5	10	3	9	2	MSU, WV	115
t-6	wifeofaspartan	56	12	27	6	15	4	15	3	MSU, But, WV	113
t-6	RobbingGormanThomas	80	13	11	4	11	4	11	3	MSU, WV, Duke	113
t-6	TheCrestedHelm	53	13	39	9	10	4	11	3	MSU, WV, Duke	113
9	SpartyForPrez	71	11	25	5	10	3	6	1	MSU	112
10	Con-T	74	11	28	5	5	2	3	1	WV	110
11	TMadison25	63	11	28	6	13	4	3	1	WV	107
12	RewertsSpartan	54	13	31	8	12	4	9	2	MSU, WV	106
t-13	msufan23	50	10	32	8	11	4	11	3	MSU, WV, Duke	104
t-13	MSUBeefman1	58	11	25	6	12	4	9	2	MSU, WV	104
15	steinfi2	54	10	19	5	15	4	15	3	MSU, But, WV	103
16	kroif04	58	11	25	5	10	3	9	2	MSU, WV	102
17	GBBound	38	12	26	9	17	6	17	4	MSU, But, WV, Duke	98
18	wbrianr	51	9	26	4	14	3	6	1	MSU	97
19	mikehead	52	9	23	5	9	3	9	2	MSU, WV	93
20	ChicagoDan	52	10	20	6	9	4	11	3	MSU, WV, Duke	92
21	Richard Coletta	68	9	21	2	0	0	0	0	None	89
22	zbscubbies	45	9	22	4	10	3	9	2	But, WV	86
23	my2fish	37	12	26	8	13	5	9	2	MSU, WV	85
24	Chris in Kzoo	54	9	18	4	7	3	3	1	WV	82
25	vanman	36	12	16	7	13	5	11	3	MSU, WV, Duke	76
26	umhoops	45	10	15	4	2	2	2	1	Duke	64
27	let's hope	28	11	18	8	9	5	5	2	WV, Duke	60

Since rook34 is in the lead right now and has all of the Final Four teams in his 16, no one can catch him. Top three for each possible championship game:

Butler vs. West Virginia (regardless of winner): rook34, KJ, Seer
Butler over Duke: rook34, vert_et_blanc, KJ
Duke over Butler: rook34, vert_et_blanc, tie between RobbingGormanThomas and TheCrestedHelm for 3rd
MSU over West Virginia: rook34, SpartanDan, vert_et_blanc
West Virginia over MSU: rook34, SpartanDan, KJ
MSU vs. Duke (regardless of winner): rook34, vert_et_blanc, tie between RobbingGormanThomas and TheCrestedHelm for 3rd

Top 16 teams to pick if the tournament were already over, plus the one other still alive:

Cornell (24)
Washington (22)
Michigan State* (21)
Butler* (21)
St. Mary's (20)
Tennessee (18)
Northern Iowa (18)
Ohio (14)
Murray St. (13)
Xavier (12)
Old Dominion (11)
Georgia Tech (10)
Missouri (10)
Baylor (9)
Wake Forest (9)
West Virginia* (9)

Duke scores 5 points right now; they would have to reach the final to crack the top 16 (would be tied at 9 if they are runner-up, 15 if they win it all). Someone with the top 16 picks as of now would have 241 points and would be assured at least 249 (8 for the first semifinal).

This is a FanPost, written by a member of the TOC community. It does not represent the official positions of The Only Colors, Inc.--largely because we have no official positions.

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