Predict the A-10 Tournament

[dethwing]

The third installment! Simply submit your picks for all 11 games, starting with the elimination games on tap for tuesday, culminating with the A-10 title game. And anyone who picks against X gets -10 points. Just kidding.

Here's the bracket: http://www.atlantic10.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/atl10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bracketmar6mens

Scoring:
First round: 1 Point
Second round: 2 Points
Semifinals: 4 Points
Final: 8 Points

For a max of 36.
Tiebreaker: Total points for final

My picks for reference (Because I'm going to win this time)

Duquense / Rhode Island / Dayton / Charlotte
Temple / Rhode Island / X / Charlotte
Temple / X
X
TB: 127

[dethwing]

Umm. That should be out of 28. Dunno why I thought that. For reference edition 1 in 2008 was won by "XU '11" with a score of 27/28. He missed only one first round match.

Last year it was a much more chaotic bracket, won by XUFinale with a score of 22/28. He missed one of the finalists(!!) and still took home the top spot.

[JAX 3758]

First Round Winners

St. Bona
Rhode Island
Dayton
Charlotte

Quarterfinal Winners (In BOLD)

Temple
St. Bona

Rhode Island
St. Louis

Flagship
UD

Charlotte
Richmond

Semifinal Winners (In BOLD)

Temple
Rhode Island

Flagship
Richmond

Championship Game Winner (In BOLD)

Temple
FLAGSHIP

[X-band '01]

FIRST ROUND
(9)Duquesne over (8)St. Bonaventure
(5)Rhode Island over (12)Saint Joseph's
(7)Dayton over (10)George Washington
(6)Charlotte over (11)Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
(1)Temple over (9)Duquesne
(5)Rhode Island over (4)Saint Louis
(2)Xavier over (7)Dayton
(3)Richmond over (6)Charlotte

SEMIFINALS
(5)Rhode Island over (1)Temple
(2)Xavier over (3)Richmond

CHAMPIONSHIP
(2)Xavier over (5)Rhode Island

[coasterville95]

Bracket warm up time!

FIRST ROUND
Duquesne/ St. Bonaventure - Ugh, do I have to? - St. Bonnie
Rhode Island/ Saint Joseph's - Rhode Island
Dayton / George Washington - Dayton
Charlotte / Massachusetts - Charlotte

QUARTERFINALS
Temple / St. Bonnie - Temple
Rhode Island / Saint Louis - St. Louis
Xavier(Flagship) / Dayton - Xavier (Flagship, proving @Dayton was an imposter team that kidknapped our team on the way into UD Arena)
Richmond / Charlotte - Richmond

SEMIFINALS
St. Louis / Temple - Temple
Xavier (Flagship) / Richmond - Xavier (Flagship, with less OT than the last time)

CHAMPIONSHIP
Xavier(Flagship) / Temple - Xavier (Flagship, extracting revenge, and raising its collective middle finger to the A10 Awards Committee)

So let it be written, so let it be done!

[DC Muskie]

First Round

Duquesne
URI
Dayton
Charlotte

Quarters

Temple
URI
The Show
Richmond

Semis

Temple
Richmond

Finals

Temple

They just play too well on both ends. No one has been able to break their pace in the game, and this tournament will allow them to carry pace since teams will be playing multiple games.

[BandAid]

Winners in bold

Round 1
Bonnies vs Duquesne
Rhode Island vs St. Joe's
Dayton vs GWashington
Charlotte vs UMass

Quarter Finals
Temple vs Duquesne
Saint Louis vs Rhode Island
Xavier vs Dayton
Richmond vs Charlotte

Semi-Finals
Temple vs Rhode Island
Xavier vs Richmond

Finals
Temple vs Xavier


Why not? There's no money involved...

[Muskie91]

FIRST ROUND
(8)St. Bonaventure vs (9)Duquesne
(5)Rhode Island vs (12)Saint Joseph's
(7)Dayton vs (10)George Washington
(6)Charlotte vs (11)Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
(1)Temple vs (9)Duquesne
(4)Saint Louis vs (5)Rhode Island
(2)Xavier vs (7)Dayton
(3)Richmond vs (6)Charlotte

SEMIFINALS
(1)Temple vs (4)Saint Louis
(2)Xavier vs (3)Richmond

CHAMPIONSHIP
(2)Xavier vs (1)Temple

[Muskie]

FIRST ROUND (winner in bold)
(9)Duquesne v (8)St. Bonaventure
(5)Rhode Island v (12)Saint Joseph's
(7)Dayton v (10)George Washington
(6)Charlotte v (11)Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
(1)Temple v (8)St. Bonaventure
(5)Rhode Island v (4)Saint Louis
(2)Xavier v (7)Dayton
(3)Richmond v (6)Charlotte

SEMIFINALS
(4)Saint Louis v (1)Temple
(2)Xavier v (3)Richmond

CHAMPIONSHIP
(2)Xavier v (1)Temple

[Snipe]

FIRST ROUND (winner in bold)
(8)St. Bonaventure v (9)Duquesne
(5)Rhode Island v (12)Saint Joseph's
(7)Dayton v (10)George Washington
(6)Charlotte v (11)Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
(1)Temple v (8)St. Bonaventure
(5)Rhode Island v (4)Saint Louis
(2)Xavier v (7)Dayton
(3)Richmond v (6)Charlotte

SEMIFINALS
(4)Saint Louis v (1)Temple
(2)Xavier v (3)Richmond

CHAMPIONSHIP
(4)Saint Louis v (3)Richmond

We never seem to win the darn thing...

[drudy23]

Winners in bold...I'll go a little against the grain here:

Round 1
Bonnies vs Duquesne
Rhode Island vs St. Joe's
Dayton vs GWashington
Charlotte vs UMass

Quarter Finals
Temple vs Duquesne
Saint Louis vs St. Joe's
Xavier vs Dayton
Richmond vs UMass

Semi-Finals
Temple vs St Joe's
Dayton vs Richmond

Finals
St. Joe's vs Dayton

[Juice]

FIRST ROUND
Duquesne/ St. Bonaventure - Duquesne
Rhode Island/ Saint Joseph's - Rhode Island
Dayton / George Washington - Dayton
Charlotte / Massachusetts - Charlotte

QUARTERFINALS
Temple / Duquesne - Temple
Rhode Island / Saint Louis - Rhode Island
Xavier / Dayton - Xavier
Richmond / Charlotte - Richmond

SEMIFINALS
Rhode Island / Temple - Temple
Xavier / Richmond - Xavier

CHAMPIONSHIP
Xavier / Temple - Xavier

[Pete Delkus]

FIRST ROUND
St. Bonaventure
RI
Dayton
Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
Temple
Rhode Island
Dayton
Richmond

SEMIFINALS
Temple
Dayton

CHAMPIONSHIP
Temple


uggggg

[SkyWalker]

FIRST ROUND
(9)Duquesne over (8)St. Bonaventure
(5)Rhode Island over (12)Saint Joseph's
(7)Dayton over (10)George Washington
(6)Charlotte over (11)Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
(1)Temple over (9)Duquesne
(4)Saint Louis over (5)Rhode Island
(2)Xavier over (7)Dayton
(3)Richmond over (6)Charlotte

SEMIFINALS
(1)Temple over (4)Saint Louis
(3)Richmond over (2)Xavier

CHAMPIONSHIP
(3)Richmond over (1)Temple

[dethwing]

Duquense 8
St B 5

RI 13

Dayton 13

Charlotte 11
UMass 2

2nd round:
Temple 13

RI 7
SLU 5
SJ 1

X 11
Dayton 2

Richmond 12
Charlotte 1

Semi's:

Temple 10
RI 1
SLU 1
SJ 1

X 8
Richmond 3
Dayton 2

Finals:
X 8
Temple 2
SLU 1
Dayton 1
Richmond 1

Seems the only games in doubt by the masses are the Duques @ St B tonight, and the potential quarterfinal match between RI and SLU.

Also...no one posted tiebreaks. I guess this doesn't matter if you don't mind being tied.

[xavierj]

FIRST ROUND
Duquesne
Rhode Island
Dayton
Charlotte

QUARTERFINALS
Duquesne
Saint Louis
Dayton
Richmond

SEMIFINALS
SLU
Richmond


CHAMPIONSHIP
SLU

[Michigan Muskie]

Round 1:
St. Bonaventure
Rhode Island
George Washington
UMass

Round 2:
Temple
St. Louis
Xavier
Richmond

Round 3:
Xavier
Temple

Tournament Champ
Temple (essentially a home tournament for them again.)

Tie Breaker: 142

[SixFig]

FIRST ROUND (winner in Blue)
(8)St. Bonaventure v (9)Duquesne
(5)Rhode Island v (12)Saint Joseph's
(7)Dayton v (10)George Washington
(6)Charlotte v (11)Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
(1)Temple v (8)St. Bonaventure
(5)Rhode Island v (4)Saint Louis
(2)Xavier v (7)Dayton
(3)Richmond v (6)Charlotte

SEMIFINALS
(1) Temple vs (4) Saint Louis
(2) Xavier v (3) Richmond

FINALS
(2) Xavier vs. (4) SLU

Tiebreaker 118

[BandAid]

Also...no one posted tiebreaks. I guess this doesn't matter if you don't mind being tied.

Sorrys...my tiebreaker - 124

[Muskie1000]

Winners in bold...I'll go a little against the grain here:

Round 1
Bonnies vs Duquesne
Rhode Island vs St. Joe's
Dayton vs GWashington
Charlotte vs UMass

Quarter Finals
Temple vs Duquesne
Saint Louis vs St. Joe's
Xavier vs Dayton
Richmond vs UMass

Semi-Finals
Temple vs St Joe's
Dayton vs Richmond

Finals
St. Joe's vs Dayton

What have you been smoking?

[Jesuit4Life]

FIRST ROUND
(8)St. Bonaventure vs (9)Duquesne
(5)Rhode Island vs (12)Saint Joseph's
(7)Dayton vs (10)George Washington
(6)Charlotte vs (11)Massachusetts

QUARTERFINALS
(8)St. Bonaventure vs (1)Temple
(5)Rhode Island vs (4)St. Louis
(7)Dayton vs (2)Xavier
(6)Charlotte vs (3)Richmond

SEMIFINALS
(1)Temple vs (4)St. Louis
(2)Xavier vs (3)Richmond

CHAMPIONSHIP
(1)Temple vs (2)Xavier

TIEBREAKER: 136

[Michigan Muskie]

Stupid Dayton. They ruined what would have been a perfect 4 for 4 night.

[JAX 3758]

Sorry....I forgot to put my TIEBREAKER = 130

[dethwing]

Pete Delkus 4

JAX 3758 / Coasterville95 / Muskie / Snipe / Michigan Muskie / SixFig / Jesuit4Life 3

Everyone else 2.

And...about the Charlotte pick..whoops. Congrats to Pete for nailing the first round.

[Jesuit4Life]

Damn. I knew I should have went with UMass. Some A-10 team out of Dayton, Rhode Island, and Charlotte was destined to finish completely shitting the bed tonight. Most here probably hoped it'd be the Flyers (though Michigan Muskie was the only one who picked that way)... but I should have went with my first instinct with the Niners.

[dethwing]

Only XavierJ went against Temple, so nothing to update. Full standings at conclusion of round.

[coasterville95]

Lots of votes for both URI and SLU. That should start to build the scoring chasm. Unfortunately I am on the wrong side of the chasm!

[X-band '01]

I picked URI to go to the A-10 title game; I figured that was my one shot to win a contest like this. It's going to be hard for Temple to beat them 3x.

[dethwing]

11 -- Jax 3758
10 -- X-Band '01 / DC Muskie / BandAid / Juice / Pete Delkus
9 --- Coasterville95 / Muskie / Snipe / Michigan Muskie / SixFig / Jesuit4Life
8 --- dethwing / Muskie91 / Sky Walker
6 --- Drudy23
4 --- XavierJ

[dethwing]

18 - DC Muskie (Temple)
16 - Sky Walker (Richmond)

Everyone else is done. I'll give a final tally tomorrow.

[dethwing]

1st: 26--DC Muskie
2nd: 22--Pete Delkus
3rd: 17--Michigan Muskie
4th: 16--Sky Walker
5th: 15--Jax 3758

Thanks everyone for playing, enjoy your tournament.