The Third Annual and (As Far As We Know) World's Only Big Ten Tournament Bracket Contest
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 8, 2010 11:00 AM CST
in Michigan State Spartans Basketball
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PrintThe BTT bracket is now set. Why wait to make predictions about a bunch of teams you know almost nothing about (Quinnipiac? Sam Houston? Stony Brook?) when you can make predictions right now about the 11 teams you’ve been watching nonstop for the past 10 weeks?
Same rules as last year:
To submit an entry in the contest, post a comment to this blog post. Include your pick for the winner of each of the 10 games of the tournament. Scoring will be as follows:
- Round 1 winners (3): 1 point each
- Semi-finalists (4): 2 points each
- Finalists (2): 4 points each
- Champion (1): 8 points
- Total points available: 27
In keeping with the tempo-free statistics bent of this blog, the tie-breaker will be the number of possessions in the final game of the tournament. The official data source for that number will be StatSheet. For the less statistically-inclined, go ahead and pick a random number between 55 and 75.
Here’s an example of a contest entry, based on the assumption of the higher seed winning each game:
- Game 1: Michigan
- Game 2: Northwestern
- Game 3: Minnesota
- Game 4: Ohio State
- Game 5: Wisconsin
- Game 6: Purdue
- Game 7: Michigan State
- Game 8: Ohio State
- Game 9: Purdue
- Game 10: Ohio State
- Tie-breaker: XX possessions
(Feel free to drop the "Game" on each line to save time, but please include the numbers.)
Legal boilerplate:
- All entries must be received by 2:00 ET on Thursday (before the tip-off of Game 1) to be valid.
- In the case of a tie between one or more contestants in both contest points and the number of possessions in the final, the winner will be determined by coin-flip or other random mechanism determined by the The Only Colors, Inc.
- The prize for the contest winner consists of one (1) copy of When March Went Mad by Seth Davis.
- The Only Colors, Inc. is the final authority regarding interpretation of the contest rules and determination of the winner.
- Live contest scoring updates will be provided only to the extent one or more generous readers volunteer to compile and update the results.
Happy bracket filling outing.
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Big Ten Tourney
1.) Michigan
2.) Northwestern
3.) Penn St.
4.) Ohio State
5.) Wisconsin
6.) Northwestern
7.) Michigan State
8.) Wisconsin
9.) Michigan State
10.) Wisconsin
Total Possessions: 53
Hope I'm wrong on the last one
1.) Iowa
2.) Northwestern
3.) Minnesota
4.) Ohio State
5.) Illinois
6.) Purdue
7.) Michigan State
8.) Ohio State
9.) Michigan State
10.) Ohio State
TP: 63
White Sox fan; Jeppson's Malort man
by KarkoviceIsHawt on Mar 8, 2010 11:44 AM CST reply actions
This is a crapshoot
1.) Iowa
2.)Northwestern
3.) Penn State
4.)Ohio State
5.)Wisconsin
6.)Purdue
7.)MSU
8.)Wisconsin
9.)Purdue
10.) Wisconsin
TP: 61
Just for fun. I think if I want Seth's book I'll be buying it.
1. Michigan
2. Northwestern
3. Minnesota
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. Ohio State
9. MSU
10. Ohio statue
TP: 68
Here we go
* Game 1: Michigan
* Game 2: Northwestern
* Game 3: Minnesota
* Game 4: Michigan
* Game 5: Wisconsin
* Game 6: Northwestern
* Game 7: Michigan State
* Game 8: Wisconsin
* Game 9: Michigan State
* Game 10: Michigan State
* Tie-breaker: 62 possessions
March Mad Mad Madness
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Minnesota
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Purdue
Game 7: Michigan State
Game 8: Wisconsin
Game 9: Michigan State
Game 10: Wisconsin
Tiebreaker – 58 possessions
* Game 1: Iowa
* Game 2: Northwestern
* Game 3: Minnesota
* Game 4: Ohio State
* Game 5: Wisconsin
* Game 6: Purdue
* Game 7: Michigan State
* Game 8: Ohio State
* Game 9: Michigan State
* Game 10: Michigan State
* Tie-breaker: 70 possessions
by Spartan Dawg B110 on Mar 8, 2010 12:45 PM CST reply actions
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Indiana
Game 3: Minnesota
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Purdue
Game 7: Michigan State
Game 8: Ohio State
Game 9: Michigan State
Game 10: Michigan State
Tiebreaker – 66 possessions
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Contest Entry
* Game 1: Michigan
* Game 2: Northwestern
* Game 3: Penn State
* Game 4: Ohio State
* Game 5: Wisconsin
* Game 6: Purdue
* Game 7: Michigan State
* Game 8: Wisconsin
* Game 9: Michigan State
* Game 10: Michigan State
* Tie-breaker: 61 possessions
I'd love to be wrong, but....
Game 1 – Michigan
Game 2 – Northwestern
Game 3 – Penn State
Game 4 – Ohio State
Game 5 – Wisconsin
Game 6 – Purdue
Game 7 – Michigan State
Game 8 – Wisconsin
Game 9 – Purdue
Game 10 – Purdue
Based on Efficiency, you have to go with Wisky (Throws up in Mouth)
1. UM
2. NW
3. PS
4. OSU
5. Wisky
6. NW
7. MSU
8. Wisky
9. MSU
10. Wisky
58 Possesions
champion
1. Michigan
2. Indiana
3. Minnesota
4. Ohio State
5. Illinois
6. Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Ohio State
9. Michigan State
10. Ohio State
65 Possesion
Contest Entry
1. Iowa
2. Northwestern
3. Minnesota
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Ohio State
9. Michigan State
10. Ohio State (I Hate myself)
Possesions – 61
Contest
First time posting. Here’s how its gonna play out.
1. Michigan
2. Northwestern
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Wisconsin
9. Michigan State
10. Wisconsin (Bo owns us unfortunately)
56 possessions
It's so hard to pick against us in anything.
1. Michigan (unfortunately)
2. Indiana
3. Penn St.
4. Ohio St.
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. Michigan St.
8. Ohio St.
9. Michigan St.
10. Ohio St.
69 possessions
How it gonna be
1. Michigan
2. NU
3. Minny
4. OSU
5. Wisky
6. NU
7. MSU
8. Wisky
9. MSU
10. MSU
58 possessions
BTT picks
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Penn State
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Northwestern
Game 7: Michigan State
Game 8: Ohio State
Game 9: Michigan State
Game 10: Michigan State
TP: 64
Picks
Game 1: Iowa
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Minnesota
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Purdue
Game 7: Michigan State
Game 8: Wisconsin
Game 9: Michigan State
Game 10: Michigan State
Tie-breaker: 62 possessions
by Spartan Sports Page on Mar 8, 2010 4:40 PM CST reply actions
B10 Tournament picks
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: PSU
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Northwestern
Game 7: Michigan State
Game 8: Ohio State
Game 9: Michigan State
Game 10: Michigan State
Tie-breaker: 67 possessions
Lets Do This
1 Michigan
2 Northwestern
3 Minnesota
4 tOSU
5 Wisky
6 Purdue
7 Sparty
8 Wisky
9 MSU
10 Wisky
Tiebreaker 61
* Game 1: Michigan
* Game 2: Northwestern
* Game 3: Minnesota
* Game 4: Ohio State
* Game 5: Illinois
* Game 6: Northwestern
* Game 7: Michigan State
* Game 8: Ohio State
* Game 9: Michigan State
* Game 10: Ohio State
* Tie-breaker: 68 possessions
"There are no next times when you're competing for big things." - Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
BTT
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Penn State
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Purdue
Game 7: Michigan State
Game 8: Wisconsin
Game 9: Purdue
Game 10: Wisconsin
Tie-breaker: 57 possessions
Darts in the dark
1. Michigan
2. Indiana
3. Minnesota
4. Ohio State
5. Illinois
6. Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Illinois
9. Michigan State
10. Michigan State
TP: 61
All little unorthodox
1. Michigan
2. Indiana
3. Penn State
4. Michigan
5. Wisconsin
6. Northwestern
7. Michigan State
8. Wisconsin
9. Michigan State
10. Michigan State
TP: 59
Anything is possible in March!
But probably not that. :)
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 9, 2010 8:11 AM CST up reply actions
Damn!
See, I knew I’d mess this up, which is why I waited and almost didn’t do it. More proof that practical comprehension and intellect have zero relation. I’m halfway through a PhD program but cannot follow this bracket scenario. Awh, hell.
I'm guessing I intended 2. Northwestern and got confused.
I struggle with the thinky-thinky sometimes.
My entry
1. Michigan
2. Northwestern
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Northwestern
7. Michigan State
8. Wisconsin
9. Michigan State
10. Wisconsin
Possessions: 59
(Hoping for some reverse jinx action if the predicted final actually pans out.)
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 8, 2010 8:28 PM CST reply actions
It pains me to post this
Game 1 Iowa
Game 2 Northwestern
Game 3 Minnesota
Game 4 Ohio State
Game 5 Wisconsin
Game 6 Purdue
Game 7 Michigan State
Game 8 Wisconsin
Game 9 Michigan State
Game 10 Wisconsin
Possessions: 60
I might do mid-tourney updates if I have time
Also, I assume we’re doing the usual “Pick 16” contest for the Main Event?
1: Michigan
2: Northwestern
3: Penn State
4: Ohio State
5: Illinois (go with the team that needs it more)
6: Purdue
7: MSU
8: Ohio State
9: MSU
10: Ohio State
Tiebreak: 65
That's the plan
Maybe a standard bracket contest, as well.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 9, 2010 8:10 AM CST up reply actions
These picks are pure FACE
1. Michigan
2. Northwestern
3. Penn State
4. Michigan
5. Illinois
6. Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Illinois
9. Michigan State
10. Michigan State
Tie Break: 69
Thad Matta’s got a stupid countenance and so I’m letting visceral revulsion guide my picks.
Well I thought I'd be a little cutsey with these picks but...
…picking Ann Arbor to beat Evan Turner? Wow, it hurts my Friday brain.
I would really hate to see it fall this way...
1: Michigan
2: Indiana
3: Penn State
4: Ohio State
5: Wisconsin
6: Purdue
7: Michigan State
8: Ohio State
9: Purdue
10: Purdue
Tie-breaker: 64 possessions
Very smart to go with Purdue
from a game theory standpoint.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Mar 9, 2010 8:11 AM CST up reply actions
Boosh!
1: Michigan
2: Northwestern
3: Minnesota
4: Ohio State
5: Wisconsin
6: Northwestern
7: Michigan State
8: Wisconsin
9: Michigan State
10: Michigan State
Possessions: 57
Get 'er done spartans!
1: Michigan
2: Indiana
3: Minnesota
4: Ohio State
5: Illinois
6: Purdue
7: Michigan State
8: Ohio State
9: Michigan State
10: Michigan State
Tie-Breaker: 66 possesions
Interesting
So far, here is what people have picked for the champion:
MSU: 14
Wisconsin: 9
OSU: 8
Purdue: 2
I really don't think Purdue has the juice sans Hummel
I think the MSU letdown says a lot, but we’ll see.
Just to be different from everyone else
1: Michigan
2: Indiana
3: Penn State
4: Ohio State
5: Wisconsin
6: Purdue
7: Penn State
8: Wisconsin
9: Purdue
10: Wisconsin
Tie-breaker: 62 possessions
Here goes everything...
1. Iowa (“Little Sister!!!”)
2. Northworstern
3. Minny
4. Ohio State (Using the definite article ‘the’ in defiance of accepted usage and any whit of common sense whatsoever; you’ll pay for that, Matta)
5. Whiskey
6. Purdue, for a minute.
7. MSU, natch.
8. Whiskey in a jar with a big upset! (told you to drop ‘the’, bitches.)
9. MSU- a legit pick here.
10. MSU- Bo Ryan’s zombie squad falls, and the Earth is saved.
TP: 75 (we’re talking ‘28 Days Later’ zombies, not George Romero zombies)
Go State!
This is perhaps the boldest pick of all
As far as I can tell, 75 possessions in an MSU-Wisconsin game has never happened.
MSU Needs This
1. Michigan
2. Northwestern
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Ohio State
9. Michigan State
10. Michigan State
Tie Breaker: 66 Posses
THIS is the most wonderful time of the year
1. Michigan
2. Indiana
3. Penn State
4. OSU
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. Wisconsin
9. MSU
10. MSU in 61 tempo free possessions
Play 40
Go Green, Go White
game 1. Michigan
game 2. Indiana
game 3. Penn State
game 4. Ohio State
game 5. Wisconsin
game 6. Purdue
game 7. MSU
game 8. Ohio State
game 9. MSU
game 10. MSU
TB 63 possessions
Bo Ryan scares me
* Game 1: Michigan
* Game 2: Northwestern
* Game 3: Penn State
* Game 4: Ohio State
* Game 5: Wisconsin
* Game 6: Purdue
* Game 7: Michigan State
* Game 8: Wisconsin
* Game 9: Michigan State
* Game 10: Wisconsin
* Tie-breaker: 58 possessions
by Garthmeister J. on Mar 10, 2010 9:49 AM CST reply actions
NEXT STOP: FAILURE
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Minnesota
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Illinois
Game 6: Northwestern
Game 7: Michigan State
Game 8: Ohio State
Game 9: Michigan State
Game 10: Ohio State
As an actual employee of The Only Colors, Inc.
I’m ineligible for the prize. But let’s give this a whirl, anyway:
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Minnesota
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Purdue
Game 7: MSU
Game 8: Ohio State
Game 9: MSU
Game 10: Ohio State
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
Mostly wrong, but partly correct!
1. Michigan
2. Indiana
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Indiana
7. MSU
8. Ohio State
9. MSU
10. MSU
tie-breaker: 61 possesions
Too darn much Turner
1. Michigan
2. NU
3. Minn
4. OSU
5. Wisc
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. OSU
9. MSU
10. OSU
68 possessions
by spartanbballfan on Mar 10, 2010 9:08 PM CST reply actions
Bracket Chance
1- Michigan
2- Northwestern
3- Penn State
4- Ohio State
5- Wisconsin
6-Northwestern
7- MSU
8-Wisconsin
9-MSU
10-MSU
63 for tiebreaker
Payback for last year.......
1. IOWA
2. NU
3. Minn
4. OSU
5. Wisc
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. OSU
9. MSU
10. MSU
68 possessions
my picks
1. Michigan
2. Northwestern
3. Minny
4. OSU
5. Wisc
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. Wisc
9. MSU
10. MSU
Tiebreaker: 59
I’m voting with my heart on #10.
Nothing to see here....move along...
1. Michigan
2. Northwestern
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Illinois
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. OSU
9. MSU
10. MSU
63 possessions.
by RobbingGormanThomas on Mar 11, 2010 8:18 AM CST reply actions
My name is Witless and I'm a homer.
It’s been about a year since my last relapse.
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Penn State
Game 4: OSU
Game 5: Wiscy
Game 6: Purdue
Game 7: MSU
Game 8: Wiscy
Game 9: MSU
Game 10: MSU
Tie-breaker: 59 possessions.
Extra, probably unofficial tiebreaker: 11 Bo Ryan gaping reaction shots in Game 10.
Mark it down
Game 1: Michigan
Game 2: Northwestern
Game 3: Penn State
Game 4: Ohio State
Game 5: Wisconsin
Game 6: Northwestern
Game 7: MSU
Game 8: Wisconsin
Game 9: MSU
Game 10: MSU
MSU 71 OSU 66 too much depth for Matta's 5
Game 1:Michigan
Game 2:Ind
Game 3:Minn
Game 4:OSU
Game 5:Wisc
Game 6:Purdue
Game 7:MSU
Game 8:OSU
Game 9:MSU
Game 10:MSU
69 possesssions
Far-Too-Early Update
By my count…
11 entries have three points
31 entries have two points
9 entries have one point
Unfortunately, no one picked Iowa, Indiana and Penn State to win.
By my count
only 8 people picked Illinois to beat Wisconsin. I was not one of them.
PP-TPW.
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