Predict the A-10 Tournament

[dethwing]

Coming back for a second year, it's time to warm up for those NCAA brackets by doing the same thing on a smaller scale. Last year, XU '11 won with a score of 27/28. Will he defend his title?
Here's the bracket:

http://atlantic10.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/atl10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bracketmar7

Scoring:
1 point per first round game
2 points per quarter final
4 points per semi final
8 points for champion

Tiebreaker: Who will be the tournaments leading scorer?
Tiebreaker 2: Who will be the tournaments leading rebounder?

Entries must be submitted before the beginning of the first game, March 11 noon.

[dethwing]

Here's my entry:

Saint Louis
Saint Joseph
Duquense
Richmond

Xavier
Saint Joseph
Duquense
Dayton

Xavier
Dayton

Xavier

TB 1: BJ Raymond
TB 2: Chris Wright

[AdamtheFlyer]

Give this a try:

La Salle
Saint Josephs
UMass
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
Rhody
Dayton

Xavier
Dayton

Dayton

TB1: Marcus Johnson
TB2: Jason Love

[waggy]

Miller Time:

La Salle
Saint Joseph
Massachusetts
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
Massachusetts
Richmond

Xavier
Massachusetts

Xavier

TB 1: Derrick Brown
TB 2: Derrick Brown

[zeuph1998]

I'll give it a shot.

St. Louis
St. Joes
Duquesne
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
Rhody
Dayton

Temple
Rhody

Rhody

Jimmy Barron
Lavoy Allen

[The Chief11089]

Well...

St. Louis
St. Joes
UMass
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
Rhode Island
Richmond

Temple
Rhode Island

Temple

TB: Dionte Christmas
TB: Kahiem Seawright

[Cincypunk.org]

St Louis
St Joes
Duquesne
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
Duquesne
Richmond

Duquesne
Xavier

Xavier

Scorer: Raymond
Rebounder: D Brown

[dc_x]

LaSalle
St. Joes
Duquesne
St. Bonny

Xavier
Temple
URI
Dayton

Xavier
URI

URI

TB1 - Seawright
TB2 - DBrown


- I don't think X or UD wins this thing. The last NCAA at-large lock to win this was GW in 2005. Desperate teams seem to have an advantage.

[AviatorX]

Here goes nothing.

SLU
St. Joes
UMASS
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
URI
Dayton

Xavier
Dayton

Xavier

TB1--Marcus Johnson
TB2--Derrick Brown

[Michigan Muskie]

I don't remember this from last year - looks entertaining.

Round 1:
LaSalle
Charlotte
Duquesne
Richmond

Round 2:
Xavier
Temple
Dayton
Rhody

Round 3:
Xavier
Rhody

Champion:
Xavier

Leading Scorer: J. Baron
Leading Rebounder: D. Brown

[Muskie]

Round 1:
St. Louis
St. Joe's
Duquesne
Richmond

Round 2:
Xavier
Temple
Rhode Island
Dayton

Round 3:
Xavier
Rhode Island

Champion:
Xavier

Leading Scorer: Jimmy Barron
Leading Rebounder: Chris Wright

[Espe]

LaSalle
St Joes
UMass
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
Rhode Island
Dayton

Xavier
Rhode Island

Rhode Island

Jimmy Barron
Jason Love

[XURunner85]

LaSalle
St. Joes
Duquesne
Richmond

Xavier
Temple
Rhode Island
Dayton

Xavier
Rhode Island

Xavier

Jimmy Baron Jr
Derrick Brown

[MuskieMark]

Slu
St Joes
Umass
Richmond

X
Temple
RI
Dayton

X
RI

X

Jimmy Baron
Jason Love

[Xavier Bob]

Round 1

LaSalle
St.Joe's
Duquesne
Richmond

Quarters

Xavier
St. Joe's
Rhode Island
Dayton

Semis

Xavier
Rhode Island

Champion

Xavier

MVP---D. Brown
Rebounds D. Brown

[dethwing]

14 entries so far, some numbers of interest:

Round 1:
SLU 7
La Salle 7

SJ 13
Charlotte 1

Duquense 8
Mass 6

Richmond 13
St Bonn 1

Round 2:
Xavier 14

SJ 2
Temple 12

Duquense 2
RI 11
Mass 1

Dayton 11
Richmond 3

Round 3:
Xavier 12
Temple 2

Dayton 3
Mass 1
RI 9
Duquense 1

Round 4:
Xavier 9
Dayton 1
RI 3
Temple 1

The only matches of disagreement right now are the two oppening tilts between Duquense and Mass, and SLU vs La Salle. And no one is picking a 4 games in 4 days winner.

[THRILLHOUSE]

LaSalle
St. Joe's
Duquesne
Richmond

XU
Temple
Rhody
Richmond

XU
Rhody

XU

Scoring: BJ Raymond
Rebounds: Derrick Brown

[XU05and07]

1st Round
LaSalle
St. Joseph's
UMass
Richmond

2nd Round
Xavier
St. Joseph's
Rhode Island
Richmond

Semifinals
Xavier
Rhode Island

Finals
Xavier

Leading Scorer: BJ Raymond
Leading Rebounder: Jason Love

[XUFinale]

La Salle
St. Josephs
Duquesne
St. Bonaventure

Xavier
Temple
Duquesne
Dayton

Temple
Dayton

Temple

Dionte Christmas
Dionte Christmas

[dethwing]

SLU pulls it out in OT, and SJ bests Charlotte. Seven out of seventeen entries got both.


dethwing 2
Cincypunk.org 2
AviatorX 2
Zeuph1998 2
The Chief11089 2
Muskie 2
XU11 2

AdamtheFlyer 1
dc x 1
waggy 1
Espe 1
XURunner 1
Xavierbob 1
Thrillhouse 1
XU05and07 1
XUFinale 1

Michigan Muskie 0

[dethwing]

Down to 4 perfects. All have Richmond to finish off day 1. In fact, only DCx and Xufinale went against the Spiders, and both have 2.

In all probabilty, the 4 way at the top will remain untill Saint Joseph vs Temple, where of the 4 perfects, only I think Saint Joes will take down the Owls.

[waggy]

I'm out, "prematurely".

[dethwing]

And the final score after day 1:

Cincypunk.org 4
dethwing 4
Muskie 4
Zeuph1998 4

AviatorX 3
The Chief11089 3
Thrillhouse 3
Xavierbob 3
XU11 3
XURunner 3

AdamtheFlyer 2
dc x 2
Espe 2
Michigan Muskie 2
waggy 2
XU05and07 2
XUFinale 2

[Cincypunk.org]

4 for 4.

Heck yes.

[Michigan Muskie]

I'm drawing dead to Muskie. I stopped scrolling after that.

[dethwing]

And Cincipunk takes the solo lead, only one to get the first 7 matches right.

Entrant Score
Cincypunk.org 10

dethwing 8
Muskie 8
XUFinale 8
Zeuph1998 8

AviatorX 7
The Chief11089 7
Thrillhouse 7
XU11 7
XURunner 7
AdamtheFlyer 6
dc x 6
Espe 6
Michigan Muskie 6
waggy 6
Xavierbob 5
XU05and07 4

[dethwing]

Richmond comes close, but fails to deliver for the punk. That makes things much much tighter at the top.

Cincypunk.org 10
dethwing 10
Muskie 10
XUFinale 10
Zeuph1998 10

AviatorX 9
XU11 9
XURunner 9
AdamtheFlyer 8
dc x 8
Espe 8
Michigan Muskie 8
The Chief11089 7
Thrillhouse 7
Xavierbob 7
waggy 6
XU05and07 4

Although it's currently a 5 way tie at the top, really only 3 are in the running. Both Muskie and Zeuph have Rhode Island winning their semifinal game, which will be hard to do without them playing. Even worse, Zeuph had the Rams winning it all!

Of the other 3, it looks like the tiebreakers will be unneeded. We all have different scenarious for the final.

dethwing: X > Dayton
Cincy: X > Duquense
XUFinale: Temple > Dayton

Good luck to my competitors on day 3!

[Cincypunk.org]

Thanks for setting it up!

[Cincypunk.org]

Oh, just noticed you have Dayton in the finals! Those melonhumpers are gonna choke!

[dethwing]

Sorry for no updates yesterday, I was travelling home. Back into the city of Cincinnati for me!
So....two upsets yesterday giving us the following table:

Cincypunk.org 14
XUFinale 14
Zeuph1998 14

The Chief11089 11
dethwing 10
Muskie 10
AviatorX 9
XU11 9
XURunner 9
AdamtheFlyer 8
dc x 8
Espe 8
Michigan Muskie 8
Thrillhouse 7
Xavierbob 7
waggy 6
XU05and07 4

If Temple wins, then The Chief wins clear by 4 points. If not, I'll have to bust out the tiebreakers.

[The Chief11089]

Let's Go Owls beat the Fighting Everhearts!!

[XUFinale]

wait I have Temple winning too, why wouldn't I win?

[dethwing]

Good call, missed that when I was doing my check just before. Yeah, you'd be tied. Let me check on the status of TBs and I'll get back to you.

[dethwing]

Wow, I was looking at the wrong collumn. Let me try again!

If Temple wins, XUFinale wins by 3 points over the chief. If duquense wins, then the 3 of you stay tied.

[dethwing]

If Temple wins, XUFinale wins by 3 points over The Chief.
If not, then it comes down to how much Christmas scores in the loss.
Both Punk (Raymond, 36) and Zeuph (Barron 26) scorers are done. XU's pick of Christmas currently sits at 27. If Christmas scores 8 or less, Punk wins. 10 or more, and Finale wins.

If exactly nine, then it goes to Rebounds......Again, Punk is done at 12. And again, Finale went with Christmas who has 5. He would need at least 8 rebounds to win the 2nd tiebreak. No one else can win.

[dethwing]

A much more difficult to predit this year. Last year's champ scored 27/28 missing only one first round game. This year the winning score was only 22 / 28, missing 2 first round games and one of the two finalists!

Congratulations to XUFinale for winning edition two! Thanks everyone for playing.


1st. XUFinale 22
2nd. The Chief11089 19
3rd. Cincypunk.org 14 (TB 1:36)

Zeuph1998 14 (TB 1: 26)
dethwing 10
Muskie 10
AviatorX 9
XU11 9
XURunner 9
AdamtheFlyer 8
dc x 8
Espe 8
Michigan Muskie 8
Thrillhouse 7
Xavierbob 7
waggy 6
XU05and07 4

[THRILLHOUSE]

Well I did awful and am shocked but happy I didn't finish in dead last!