Predict the 2019 Big East Tournament

[dethwing]

Last year I took home the honor and glory with 16 points.

Here is this year's bracket:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Big_East_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament

Rules:
Pick the winner of every match up, including opening round games.

Scores:
Opening Round matches: 1/2 point each.
Quarters: 1 point each
Semis: 2 points each
Final: 4 points

Maximum: 13 points

Bonus: Choose a player who you think will score the most tournament points. Each player way be selected a max of 3 times each.

The high scorer will be worth 5 bonus points. Second 4 and so on down to 5th for 1 point.

My Picks: (Gotta defend my title)

Prov / SJ
V / X / SJ / GT
V / SJ
V

Scorer: Ponds for SJ (Please indicate the team for your scorer just to make my life easier)

Good Luck!

[fellahmuskie]

Providence, DePaul
Nova, Georgetown, X, Marquette
X, Marquette
X

Howard (Marquette)

[SM#24]

Providence, St. John's
Villanova, X, Marquette, Georgetown
X, Marquette
X

Howard (Marquette)

[Cincypunk.org]

Providence, St. John's
Providence, X, St. John's, Georgetown
X, Georgetown
X

Scruggs

[Michigan Muskie]

I never win these things, so I'm going contrarian.

Butler, DePaul
Nova, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown
Nova, Georgetown
Georgetown

Leading Scorer: Govan

[Lloyd Braun]

Butler-SJU
Nova-CU-MU-SH
Nova-SH
SH

M. Powell SH

[kellernr]

Providence/ St. Johns
Nova/XU/Marquette/G'Town
XU/Marquette
XU

Naji

[Masterofreality]

This:
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[scoscox]

interesting that we struggled with creighton and handled st johns and st johns slaughtered creighton twice. hope that bodes well

[Masterofreality]

interesting that we struggled with creighton and handled st johns and st johns slaughtered creighton twice. hope that bodes well

Should we "Press Them"?

[chico]

Providence,St. John's
Nova, Xavier, St. John's, Seton Hall
Xavier, St. John's
Xavier

Scorer: Ponds (St. John's)

[webxu]

Butler/SJ
NOVA/X/Marq/SH
X/SH
X

Powell SH

[X-band '01]

Opening Round:
Providence/DePaul

Quarterfinals:
Villanova/Xavier/Marquette/Georgetown

Semifinals:
Xavier/Marquette

Championship:
Xavier

Leading Scorer: Markus Howard, Marquette

[XUBob]

I’m horrible at these but let’s give it a shot.

Providence/St. John’s

Villanova/X/Georgetown/Marquette

X/Marquette

X

Scruggs in a surprise run

[dethwing]

10 entries so far. Keep 'em coming! :)

[bobbiemcgee]

Providence,St. John's
Nova, Xavier, St. John's, Seton Hall
Xavier, St. John's
Xavier

Scorer: Naji X

[SkyWalker]

Butler/St. John's
Villanova/Xavier/Marquette/Seton Hall
Xavier/Seton Hall
Seton Hall

Powell Seton Hall

[dethwing]

12 entries so far, here are the breakdowns:

Providence 8, Butler 4
St. Johns 9, DePaul 3

Nova 11, Prov 1
X 10, Creighton 2
Marquette 7, St Johns 4, and DePaul 1
GTown 7, Seton Hall 5

X 9, Nova 3
Marquette 4, Seton Hall 3, St Johns 3, Georgetown 2 (Holy Options Batman)

X 8, Hall 2, Georgetown 1, Nova 1

Powell has been selected 3 times so far, so he is off the table.

Other popular picks include Scruggs, Ponds, Naji, and Howard all with 2 each.

Picks must be in before tip of opening round games.

[bleedXblue]

Seton hall is playing really well. Would be surprised to not see them in the final.

X has a tough slate with Creighton and Nova..........just to get to the finals.

[Xville]

Providence sju

Nova/creighton/marquette/hall

Nova/hall

Hall

[Xville]

Forgot my scorer:

Booth nova

[KabeX]

PC / SJ
V / CU / MU / GT
V / GT
V

Top Scorer: Booth (VU)

[xukeith]

providence/ DePaul

Nova/ Creighton/ Marq/ Hall

Nova / Hall

Hall

Scorer: Powell

[D-West & PO-Z]

Last year I took home the honor and glory with 16 points.

Here is this year's bracket:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Big_East_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament

Rules:
Pick the winner of every match up, including opening round games.

Scores:
Opening Round matches: 1/2 point each.
Quarters: 1 point each
Semis: 2 points each
Final: 4 points

Maximum: 13 points

Bonus: Choose a player who you think will score the most tournament points. Each player way be selected a max of 3 times each.

The high scorer will be worth 5 bonus points. Second 4 and so on down to 5th for 1 point.

My Picks: (Gotta defend my title)

Prov / SJ
V / X / SJ / GT
V / SJ
V

Scorer: Ponds for SJ (Please indicate the team for your scorer just to make my life easier)

Good Luck!

I missed opening games but I'll fill out the rest:

Nova, X, St. Johns, Seton Hall
X, Seton Hall
X

Scorer: Naji X

[dethwing]

Scores after the opening round:


dethwing, CincyPunk.Org, Kellernr, Chicho, XUBob, BobbieMcGee, Xville, Kabex : 1

FellahMuskie, Lloyd Braun, WebXU, X-Band-01, Skywalker, XUKeith : 1/2

Michignan Muskie and D-West : 0

Bonus Scoring Standings:
Only Ponds was selected from teams playing yesterday (Dethwing and Chicho). He currently "leads" with 18.

Enjoy todays action!

[dethwing]

Everyone but CinciPunk had Nova, so he drops into a 3 way tie for last:

dethwing, Kellernr, Chicho, XUBob, BobbieMcGee, Xville, Kabex : 2

FellahMuskie, Lloyd Braun, WebXU, X-Band-01, Skywalker, XUKeith : 1.5

CincyPunk.Org, Michignan Muskie, D-West : 1

Ponds 18, Booth 13

[Michigan Muskie]

Everyone but CinciPunk had Nova, so he drops into a 3 way tie for last:

dethwing, Kellernr, Chicho, XUBob, BobbieMcGee, Xville, Kabex : 2

FellahMuskie, Lloyd Braun, WebXU, X-Band-01, Skywalker, XUKeith : 1.5

CincyPunk.Org, Michignan Muskie, D-West : 1

Ponds 18, Booth 13

So far my reverse jinx is working out nicely. Let's hope I fall into dead last place in a couple of hours.

[dethwing]

A Xavier win leaves the head group at 5 perfect brackets.

dethwing, Kellernr, Chicho, XUBob, BobbieMcGee : 3

FellahMuskie, WebXU, X-Band-01, Skywalker : 2.5

CincyPunk.Org, Xville, Kabex, D-West : 2

Lloyd Braun, XUKeith : 1.5

Michignan Muskie : 1


Ponds 18, Booth 13, Naji 11, Scruggs 9

I will be unable to give updates for the evening games till tomorrow.

GO X!!!!!

[dethwing]

In the lead pack 2 Picks for SJ and SH , 2 Picks for Marquette and GT, and 1 Pick (Me) for SJ and GT. There will be a perfect bracket going into the semis unless Marquette and Seton Hall win.

[Michigan Muskie]

A Xavier win leaves the head group at 5 perfect brackets.

dethwing, Kellernr, Chicho, XUBob, BobbieMcGee : 3

FellahMuskie, WebXU, X-Band-01, Skywalker : 2.5

CincyPunk.Org, Xville, Kabex, D-West : 2

Lloyd Braun, XUKeith : 1.5

Michignan Muskie : 1


Ponds 18, Booth 13, Naji 11, Scruggs 9

I will be unable to give updates for the evening games till tomorrow.

GO X!!!!!

You're welcome. All of you.

[noteggs]

Is it too late to take Hankins?

[dethwing]

Sorry for the late update, had a really bad stomach bug over the weekend.

Without further ado, here are the results:

Basic Scoring:

dethwing 9
Kabex 9
Xville 8
Lloyd Braun 7.5
XUKeith 7.5
WebXU 6.5
Skywalker 6.5
D-West 5
Kellernr 4
Chicho 4
XUBob 4
BobbieMcGee 4
FellahMuskie 3.5
X-Band-01 3.5
Michignan Muskie 3
CincyPunk.Org 2

By the way, no one got the final match correct. Everyone with Seton Hall in the final either had them winning it or losing to Xavier.
And everyone who had Nova winning it at all (Everyone being, two people. Guess who, haha), had the wrong match up.

But wait, here's where it got interesting. Bonus scoring. From my calculations:

Powell 78 (5 Points)
Booth 57 (4 Points)
Howard 51 (3 Points)
Scruggs 37 (2 Points)
Ponds 31 (1 Point)

Given a new total of...

Entry Total Score
Kabex 13
Lloyd Braun 12.5
XUKeith 12.5
Xville 12
WebXU 11.5
Skywalker 11.5
dethwing 10
FellahMuskie 6.5
X-Band-01 6.5
XUBob 6
D-West 5
Chicho 5
Kellernr 4
BobbieMcGee 4
CincyPunk.Org 4
Michignan Muskie 3


Kabex squeaks it out by 1/2 point. While my miserable bonus choice sent me down from tied for first to 7th. Yikes!

Thanks for playing and enjoy the tournaments.