Predict the A-10 Tourney

[dethwing]

As kind of a warm up for the NCAA tournament, I thought it might be fun to attempt to predict the A-10 bracket.

In case you're not familiar with the seedings, bracket is found here:

http://atlantic10.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/atl10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensbracket


Scoring:
Opening Round Games: 1 point
Quarterfinals: 2 points
Semifinals: 4 points
Championship: 8 points
Tiebreaker: Who will be the leading scorer for the tournament? [Total points, not PPG. Keep that in mind]. Ties will be broken based on what place your choice comes in overall.

My picks:
Dayton ; SJ; La Salle; Rhode Island
Xavier; SJ; Temple; Rhode Island
SJ [oh noes!] ; Temple
Temple

Scorer: Dionte Christmas

[Michigan Muskie]

Round 1: St. Louis, SJU, LaSalle, URI
Round 2: Xavier, SJU, Temple, UMass
Round 3: XU, UMass
Champion: Xavier

Leading scorer: Forbes

[XU '11]

Round 1
Dayton
St. Joe's
Duquesne
Charlotte

Round 2
Xavier
St. Joe's
Temple
Charlotte

Semis
St. Joe's
Temple

Championship
Temple

Leading Scorer:
Pat Calathes

[Newswired]

My picks:
Dayton ; SJ; Duquesne; Rhode Island
Xavier; SJ; Duquesne; UMASS
Xavier; UMASS
UMASS

Scorer: BJ Raymond

[Muskie]

Scoring:
Opening Round Games: SLU,SJU, LaS, RI
Quarterfinals: X, SJU, TU, UMASS
Semifinals: SJU, UMASS
Championship: SJU
Scorer: Gary Forbes

[XU05and07]

First Round
Dayton
St. Joes
Duquesne
Charlotte

Quarterfinals
Xavier
St. Joe's
Duquesne
UMass

Semifinals
Xavier
UMass

Finals
Xavier

Scorer: Forbes

[payday]

1st Round: SLU, St. Joe's, Duquesne, URI
2nd Round: XU, St. Joe's, Temple, UMass
3rd Round: XU, Temple
Champion: XU

Leading Scorer: Deonte Christmas

[DC Muskie]

1st Round
Dayton
SJU
La Salle
URI

2nd Round
Xavier
SJU
Temple
UMass

3rd Round
SJU
Temple

Champion
Temple

Scorer: Christmas

[Michigan Muskie]

Interesting how many people think SJU is going to beat X in the A-10 tourney. I guess I'm just not as impressed with them as others. They were riding the wave of serious intangibles in Philly and they did play us tough at the Cintas - no denying that. But they have some terrible losses on their resume indicating a heavy dose of vulnerability late in the season. I think away from Hawk Hill and without the inspiration of Jameer Nelson's presence X would take them easily.

I know they rise to the occasion when they face X, but I just don't see SJU taking down X 2 out of 3 this year - not in a year when X is expected to be contending for a Final Four appearance.

[xu95]

First Round
Dayton
St. Joes
LaSalle
Charlotte

Quarterfinals
Xavier
St. Joe's
Temple
UMass

Semifinals
Xavier
Temple

Finals
Temple

Scorer: Xmas

xu95

[Muskie]

Interesting how many people think SJU is going to beat X in the A-10 tourney. I guess I'm just not as impressed with them as others. They were riding the wave of serious intangibles in Philly and they did play us tough at the Cintas - no denying that. But they have some terrible losses on their resume indicating a heavy dose of vulnerability late in the season. I think away from Hawk Hill and without the inspiration of Jameer Nelson's presence X would take them easily.

I know they rise to the occasion when they face X, but I just don't see SJU taking down X 2 out of 3 this year - not in a year when X is expected to be contending for a Final Four appearance.

I'm left to wonder about Drew's ankle... that seriously weighed on my decision to take SJ's over X.

[DC Muskie]

When SJU decides they are going to play defense, they are a very hard team to beat. Martelli will have his guys ready to play some defense this week.

[chico]

It's a crapshoot since we don't know just how effective Lavender will be. It's good, though, that he and Sean have worked things out.

That being said, I still think X will have a tough time winning this thing. Being a homer, though, I have to pick them.

First Round
UD
SJU
LaSalle
Charlotte

Section Round
Xavier
SJU
Temple
Charlotte

Semi's
Xavier
Temple

Finals
Xavier

Leading Scorer - Goldwire, on account of him getting an extra first round game

[XURunner85]

Xavier wins every game they play, top scorer will be Duncan. Enough said. Can't beleive how many of you pick X to lose...shame on all of you..

[dethwing]

Some first round numbers:

Dayton 7
SLU 3

SJ 10
Fordham 0

La Salle 6
Duquense 4

RI 6
Char 4

[Retire33]

Hope this is not considered 'too late"

Round 1:
Dayton
St. Joes
Duquense
Charlotte

Round 2:
Xavier
Richmond
Temple
UMASS

Semis
Xavier
Temple

Finals
Xavier

Scorer: Tyndale

[dethwing]

I can't give you the Dayton game, but the others are fine.

[dethwing]

Score after 2 games:

dethwing 2
XU11 2
Newswired 2
Chico 2
DC Muskie 2
XU05and07 2
XU95 2
Muskie 1
Payday 1
Michigan Muskies 1
Retire33 1
XURunner85 0

[dethwing]

Tie breaker in [] 's. Looks like I might have to ask for another tiebreaker, but we'll see what happens.

dethwing 3 [Christmas: 0]
XU95 3 [Christmas: 0]
DC Muskie 3 [Christmas: 0]
Chico 3 [Goldwire: 0]

XU11 2 [Calathes: 23]
XU05and07 2 [Forbes: 0]
Newswired 2 [Raymond: 0]
Muskie 2 [Christmas: 0]
Michigan Muskies 2 [Forbes: 0]

Payday 1 [Christmas: 0]
Retire33 1 [Tyndale: 0]
XURunner85 0 [Duncan: 0]

Either way this last match goes, two people will have a perfect opening round, with 2 of the top 4 taking each or RI and Charlotte.

[dethwing]

Charlotte pulls out the win. Congrats to Chico and Xu95 for having a perfect first round.

Chico 4 [Goldwire: 23]
XU95 4 [Christmas: 0]

XU11 3 [Calathes: 23]
dethwing 3 [Christmas: 0]
DC Muskie 3 [Christmas: 0]
XU05and07 3 [Forbes: 0]

Newswired 2 [Raymond: 0]
Muskie 2 [Christmas: 0]
Michigan Muskies 2 [Forbes: 0]
Retire33 2 [Tyndale: 0]

Payday 1 [Christmas: 0]

XURunner85 0 [Duncan: 0]

[dethwing]

Everyone had X, and only Retire33 picked against SJ.

Chico 8 [Goldwire: 23]
XU95 8 [Christmas: 0]

XU11 7 [Calathes: 34]
dethwing 7 [Christmas: 0]
DC Muskie 7 [Christmas: 0]
XU05and07 7 [Forbes: 0]

Newswired 6 [Raymond: 2]
Muskie 6 [Christmas: 0]
Michigan Muskies 6 [Forbes: 0]

Payday 5 [Christmas: 0]

Retire33 4 [Tyndale: 0]

XURunner85 2 [Duncan: 16]

[dethwing]

XU95 10 [Christmas: 29]
Chico 10 [Goldwire: 23]

XU11 9 [Calathes: 34]
dethwing 9 [Christmas: 29]
DC Muskie 9 [Christmas: 29]

Muskie 8 [Christmas: 29]
Michigan Muskies 8 [Forbes: 0]

Payday 7 [Christmas: 29]
XU05and07 7 [Forbes: 0]

Newswired 6 [Raymond: 2]

Retire33 6 [Tyndale: 14]

XURunner85 2 [Duncan: 16]

Two rebels picked against Temple. Both picked Duquense...who didn't even make it out of the first round. The tie at the top will be broken with the next game. Chico has Charlotte, while XU95 took Mass.
The genius that I am....took Rhode Island. Whoops.

[Retire33]

man i knew i should have taken Charlotte....Goldwire is a guy that can carry a team

By the way I should have 7

Rd 1: UD, SJU, Charlotte (3pt)
Rd 2: XU, Temple (4pt)

[dethwing]

Congratulations to Chico for 2 perfect rounds. 8 down, 3 to go.

Chico 12 [Goldwire: 47]
XU11 11 [Calathes: 34]
XU95 10 [Christmas: 29]

dethwing 9 [Christmas: 29]
DC Muskie 9 [Christmas: 29]

Muskie 8 [Christmas: 29]
Michigan Muskies 8 [Forbes: 14]

Payday 7 [Christmas: 29]
XU05and07 7 [Forbes: 14]

Retire33 6 [Tyndale: 14] [As I mentioned, I can't count the Dayton win, since that game had started by the time you posted]
Newswired 6 [Raymond: 2]

XURunner85 2 [Duncan: 16]

[dethwing]

XU11 27 [Calathes: 72]

dethwing 25 [Christmas: 57]
DC Muskie 25 [Christmas: 57]

Chico 16 [Goldwire: 65]
XU95 14 [Christmas: 57]
Muskie 12 [Christmas: 57]
Payday 11 [Christmas: 57]
Retire33 10 [Tyndale: 42]
Michigan Muskies 8 [Forbes: 14]
XU05and07 7 [Forbes: 14]
Newswired 6 [Raymond: 2]
XURunner85 2 [Duncan: 27]

Congratulations of XU11 ! 27 / 28 points, missing only the La Salle / Duqe opening round game AND picking the high scorer for the tournament.

I tied with DC Muskies for 2nd. Thanks to everyone for entering!

[XU '11]

Woot woot! What do I win?!? I can honestly say this was a contest I didn't want to win given my picks. Oh well.

[dethwing]

You win the praise and adulation of your peers, as well as the satisfaction of a job well done.

[XU '11]

It's just what I wanted!!!

[dethwing]

If you got all 11 matches right, you'd have gotten the super grand prize: $1,000,000.

But a pat on the back is just as nice, right?