2021-22 Pick 'Em, Final Standings
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@dukedevilz handing @lurkeraspect84 a free win? Gonzaga/Arky is underway.
lol of course I would forget!
10- Kansas
8- Miami
6- Arizona
4- Duke
2- UCLA
Just curious. Who would you have picked and where would you have slotted them?
Probably similar. The biggest difference is, I probably would have picked Houston to win. Arizona had 38 turnovers in their first two games of the tournament. And facing Houston when you're having issues with ball security? Yikes. I think a lot of people saw that coming.
I'm thinking my picks may have been...
12- Kansas
10- Gonzaga
8- Miami
6- UCLA
4- Houston
2- Duke
You were up 2 points before this final week. Here's the juxtaposition of our picks.
lurkeraspect84
12 - Gonzaga
10 - KU
8 - UCLA
6 - Houston
4 - Iowa St
2 - Texas Tech
dukedevilz
10- Kansas
8- Miami
6- Arizona
4- Duke
2- UCLA
Currently, you've earned 6 points from the Houston win, while I received 4 points from the Duke win. That means you're actually up 4 points on me. Had Gonzaga won, this contest would have been over by now.
Kansas is a wash. So, the contest will be determined by the UCLA/UNC and Miami/Iowa State games.
Let's look at the different combinations:
UCLA and Iowa State wins: You beat me by 14 points
UCLA and Miami wins: You beat me by 2 points (even on the week)
North Carolina and Iowa State wins: You beat me by 8 points
North Carolina and Miami wins: I beat you by 4 points
My only chance at taking this is if North Carolina and Miami both win.... I think I'd rather just see North Carolina go ahead and lose. But, I'd take another Pick'Em title as a consolation. Odds are definitely in your favor.
Arizona losing cost me my shot at winning. Think I might actually drop to 4th or 5th. Was a fun season though. Look forward to doing it again next year.
Pretty wild. March Pick 'em Madness!
Should we do 75 points on anyone who picks the Champion right now...or some adaptation?
Shits and giggles. @dukedevilz already won and choose to end it.
Shits and giggles. @dukedevilz already won and choose to end it.
Crazy close! Didn't expect both games would go my way. Would rather UCLA just win, but I'll take it.
3 titles in 4 years. I think my biggest skill is just never missing games, though I did miss the start of this week lol.
Should we do 75 points on anyone who picks the Champion right now...or some adaptation?
Shits and giggles. @dukedevilz already won and choose to end it.
I've used the Sweet 16 as the finale because it's the last week where you can get 6 games. The Elite 8 is only 4 games, the window to get picks in is very small, and I won't have the scores tallied by then for certain posters to strategize.
Congrats guy. Truely. My first full year playing. Came up a little short.
I believe this was my 1st full year as well. I had fun.
@dukedevilz when you post the final tallies, will you post what the top 5 would've looked like w/o lowest score dropped? I'd like to see how close it was. If you don't have the time, no worries.
I'll see what I can do. Probably won't be until Monday.
Asterisk title. You did really, really well and very easily could have won.
naw, your biggest skill set is that you watch more games than anyone and know your shit.
Perfect attendance is NOT your biggest skill set. Perfect attendance is my best skill set and all it does is get me in back of the top 10 every year.
Congrats on the win and great job running the league again this year!
Yep. Brutal. On the positive side, 2 of my groomsmen live near Philly so I got to spend extended time with them catching up and drinking many beers for the first time in more than a decade. So it was a good weekend marred by a painful couple of hours.
Congrats to @WeAreDePaul on winning the final week. On the cumulative side, I got lucky on this one. I missed the Arkansas game. If they lost, lurk takes this easily. The Miami game is what put me over the top. Great season. Here are the final results.
Week 20 Results
WeAreDePaul- 30
AWilli6995- 28
GE Nole- 26
rockycard- 26
boilerzz- 24
Exit Flagger- 22
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 22
dukedevilz- 22
duckboy33- 20
jhmossy- 20
lurkeraspect84- 16
Kevin Bryan- 12
IUfanBorden- 8
Cumulative Standings
TOP THREE
1. @dukedevilz- 281
2. @lurkeraspect84- 277
3. @Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 272
4TH THROUGH 10TH
4. @ExitFlagger- 271
5. @AWilli6995- 262
6. @Kevin Bryan- 259
7. @duckboy33- 257
8. @WeAreDePaul- 255
9. @jhmossy- 246
10. @IUfanBorden- 244
REST OF THE BUNCH
@boilerzz- 224
@GE Nole- 223
@ThePhog08- 155
@WestTexasRaider- 149
@MGC_07- 117
@coryfly- 114
@JimboBBN- 109
@Jaycg15- 71
@Noahtogo24- 70
@rockycard- 52
@bMORE607- 48
@mikeinknoxville- 46
@Lefty8- 45
@BasketBallJunkie-UK- 44
@hailtoyourvictor- 19
@fluoxetine- 15
@Villian07- 13
@PA_Panther- 12
@Dirt Road Boiler- 8
@Clay County Boiler- 7
Week 20 Results
WeAreDePaul- 30
AWilli6995- 28
GE Nole- 26
rockycard- 26
boilerzz- 24
Exit Flagger- 22
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 22
dukedevilz- 22
duckboy33- 20
jhmossy- 20
lurkeraspect84- 16
Kevin Bryan- 12
IUfanBorden- 8
Cumulative Standings
TOP THREE
1. @dukedevilz- 281
2. @lurkeraspect84- 277
3. @Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 272
4TH THROUGH 10TH
4. @ExitFlagger- 271
5. @AWilli6995- 262
6. @Kevin Bryan- 259
7. @duckboy33- 257
8. @WeAreDePaul- 255
9. @jhmossy- 246
10. @IUfanBorden- 244
REST OF THE BUNCH
@boilerzz- 224
@GE Nole- 223
@ThePhog08- 155
@WestTexasRaider- 149
@MGC_07- 117
@coryfly- 114
@JimboBBN- 109
@Jaycg15- 71
@Noahtogo24- 70
@rockycard- 52
@bMORE607- 48
@mikeinknoxville- 46
@Lefty8- 45
@BasketBallJunkie-UK- 44
@hailtoyourvictor- 19
@fluoxetine- 15
@Villian07- 13
@PA_Panther- 12
@Dirt Road Boiler- 8
@Clay County Boiler- 7
Here's what the scores look like if the lowest scores weren't dropped. Almost no changes in the standings would have occurred. Only Borden and Mossy at 9th and 10th. WeAreDePaul gets the crown for the most weeks won during the season.
Total Points (Lowest Week Not Dropped)
1. dukedevilz- 281
2. lurkeraspect84- 277
3. Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 276
4. ExitFlagger- 272
5. AWilli6995- 266
6. Kevin Bryan- 263
7. duckboy33- 259
8. WeAreDePaul- 255
9. IUfanBorden- 248
10. jhmossy-247
Most weeks won during the 2021-22 season
WeAreDePaul- 4
IUfanBorden- 3
ThePhog08- 3
dukedevilz- 2
lurkeraspect84- 2
duckboy33- 2
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 1
ExitFlagger- 1
AWilli6995- 1
jhmossy- 1
GE Nole- 1
coryfly- 1
Jaycg15- 1
Total Points (Lowest Week Not Dropped)
1. dukedevilz- 281
2. lurkeraspect84- 277
3. Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 276
4. ExitFlagger- 272
5. AWilli6995- 266
6. Kevin Bryan- 263
7. duckboy33- 259
8. WeAreDePaul- 255
9. IUfanBorden- 248
10. jhmossy-247
Most weeks won during the 2021-22 season
WeAreDePaul- 4
IUfanBorden- 3
ThePhog08- 3
dukedevilz- 2
lurkeraspect84- 2
duckboy33- 2
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 1
ExitFlagger- 1
AWilli6995- 1
jhmossy- 1
GE Nole- 1
coryfly- 1
Jaycg15- 1
Crazy we only won twice. Did you have a perfect score? I didn't. But we were right there all along.
@AWilli6995 had a really good last week. Jumped from 8th to 5th place, and passed Kevin in the process.
Now here's the kicker.
I knew I wouldn't really have time so I used the ESPN BPI. I gave multiple hints. (been cheating all along)
All those that finished below me didnt' do better than them all above me were better than the BPI.
I'd look up odds of % of winning and rank them in order.
Judge me as you want.
*except for the week Bert picked them.
zero doubt I know nothing about college ball. thought I'd give something to measure by.
Turns out BPI is better than the average fan.
I knew I wouldn't really have time so I used the ESPN BPI. I gave multiple hints. (been cheating all along)
All those that finished below me didnt' do better than them all above me were better than the BPI.
I'd look up odds of % of winning and rank them in order.
Judge me as you want.
*except for the week Bert picked them.
zero doubt I know nothing about college ball. thought I'd give something to measure by.
Turns out BPI is better than the average fan.
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@WeAreDePaul is a better Jew than me in terms of college basketball pickems but in no other ways
And all of my wins came in the later part of the season.
You guys are lucky this season ended when it did as I was on my way to winning this thing. Just needed 4-5 more weeks.
I would say that winning the most weeks in a way makes me the alt champ this season. I'm sure some are arguing right now that my accomplishments this season were greater than the guys at the top of the traditional seasons.
I faded down the stretch....just like Purd....uh......
