I feared I had selected Toledo, but checked and I went w/ Akron. I had been going back & forth on that one.
Might be wrong about it anyway, but safe for a minimum of a few hours, at least.
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Might be wrong about it anyway, but safe for a minimum of a few hours, at least.
I feel myself gradually sinking into quicksand.
The opposite of "immediate quicksand sinking," which I think is rare.
The opposite of "immediate quicksand sinking," which I think is rare.
Guys - after waiting for my laptop to finish updates for almost two hours (I haven't used it in a while), I'm having trouble getting my excel file to load up. I'm done with this for now. Sorry, but I won't have an update until either tonight or tomorrow morning. I'm getting hangry, and I want to get out of this hotel room!
Go Cyclones, BEAT THE BEARS!!!
Go Cyclones, BEAT THE BEARS!!!
don't think there were any title games last night, anyway!
Nope. Just tracking eliminations. Some people lost several teams yesterday.
Okay, here is the leaderboard after last night. I won't post another until tomorrow, because I am hopefully going to be celebrating tonight after a late tip-off time.
The new column to the right tells you what your best possible score is now (wins plus remaining possible wins).
Go CYCLONES!!!
The new column to the right tells you what your best possible score is now (wins plus remaining possible wins).
Go CYCLONES!!!
3/14/2024 | W | L | poss wins left | best score |
| AlaCyclone | 10 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
| CoachHines3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| Riceville98 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 21 |
| Cupped | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Mushroom Pinball | 8 | 9 | 15 | 23 |
| CoKane | 8 | 11 | 13 | 21 |
| Cycloner29 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 21 |
| cyclones500 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 21 |
| MeanDean | 8 | 11 | 13 | 21 |
| KC | 7 | 10 | 15 | 22 |
| BoomerClone | 7 | 11 | 14 | 21 |
| Cyclone North | 7 | 11 | 14 | 21 |
| Rulzzz | 7 | 11 | 14 | 21 |
| No Creativity | 7 | 12 | 13 | 20 |
| Gipper | 7 | 12 | 13 | 20 |
| Cyclonscin | 7 | 12 | 13 | 20 |
| August | 6 | 9 | 17 | 23 |
| bsaltyman | 6 | 11 | 15 | 21 |
| Cooler if you did | 6 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
| PSYclone | 6 | 13 | 13 | 19 |
| 1UNI2ISU | 6 | 13 | 13 | 19 |
| ForbinsAscynt | 6 | 14 | 12 | 18 |
| RonBurgundy | 4 | 14 | 14 | 18 |
Welp, I've equalled my win total from last season. Tiny victories!
And here is the leaderboard after the Friday games. I hope to be celebrating tonight, and traveling home tomorrow, so don't expect the next leader board until tomorrow afternoon. And at that point, I may just wait until the three Sunday championships conclude. I think it's a pretty good bet that @AlaCyclone will win back to backs, but to quote Laurence of Arabia "NOTHING is written until I say it is written"...with the exception of @cyclones500 , that is!
3/15/2024 | W | L | poss wins left | best score |
| AlaCyclone | 10 | 12 | 10 | 20 |
| CoachHines3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 17 |
| Riceville98 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 17 |
| Cycloner29 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 18 |
| cyclones500 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 18 |
| Mushroom Pinball | 8 | 15 | 9 | 17 |
| CoKane | 8 | 15 | 9 | 17 |
| Cupped | 8 | 15 | 9 | 17 |
| MeanDean | 8 | 16 | 8 | 16 |
| Rulzzz | 7 | 14 | 11 | 18 |
| BoomerClone | 7 | 15 | 10 | 17 |
| No Creativity | 7 | 16 | 9 | 16 |
| Cyclone North | 7 | 16 | 9 | 16 |
| Gipper | 7 | 16 | 9 | 16 |
| KC | 7 | 17 | 8 | 15 |
| Cyclonscin | 7 | 17 | 8 | 15 |
| bsaltyman | 6 | 16 | 10 | 16 |
| PSYclone | 6 | 16 | 10 | 16 |
| August | 6 | 17 | 9 | 15 |
| 1UNI2ISU | 6 | 18 | 8 | 14 |
| Cooler if you did | 6 | 19 | 7 | 13 |
| ForbinsAscynt | 6 | 20 | 6 | 12 |
| RonBurgundy | 4 | 17 | 11 | 15 |
And here is the leaderboard after the Friday games. I hope to be celebrating tonight, and traveling home tomorrow, so don't expect the next leader board until tomorrow afternoon. And at that point, I may just wait until the three Sunday championships conclude. I think it's a pretty good bet that @AlaCyclone will win back to backs, but to quote Laurence of Arabia "NOTHING is written until I say it is written"...with the exception of @cyclones500 , that is!
W L poss wins left best score AlaCyclone CoachHines3 Riceville98 Cycloner29 cyclones500 Mushroom Pinball CoKane Cupped MeanDean Rulzzz BoomerClone No Creativity Cyclone North Gipper KC Cyclonscin bsaltyman PSYclone August 1UNI2ISU Cooler if you did ForbinsAscynt RonBurgundy
@AlaCyclone has an inside track to a 2-peat.
You and I have been running neck and neck the whole way. I'm just happy my first time, not to be at or near the bottom. I honestly thought last year when this rolled around I'd studiously look at everything and carefully pick. With so many conferences I was overwhelmed so just did some "favorites" or "near favorites" and a few "whacky gut picks." Still fun to pay attention to all the tournaments instead of just a few.
Thanks KC for doing this. I know it's a royal PITA with computer issues.
If I can finish in the top half, I'll consider anything better "gravy."
It's my modest NIT-level goal at this point.
It's my modest NIT-level goal at this point.
I did have time, so here you go. Six people have games left, but no one can catch @AlaCyclone at this point. I have noted the remaining viable teams and their conferences.
3/16/2024 | W | L | poss wins left | best score | American: | Atlantic 10: | Big Ten: | Ivy | SEC: |
| AlaCyclone | 15 | 16 | 1 | 16 | UAB | ||||
| cyclones500 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| Cupped | 14 | 18 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| BoomerClone | 14 | 18 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| CoachHines3 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Riceville98 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Mushroom Pinball | 13 | 19 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| CoKane | 12 | 20 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Cycloner29 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| MeanDean | 12 | 20 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Gipper | 12 | 20 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| KC | 12 | 20 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Rulzzz | 12 | 20 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| PSYclone | 11 | 19 | 2 | 13 | Yale | Auburn | |||
| Cyclone North | 11 | 20 | 1 | 12 | Yale | ||||
| ForbinsAscynt | 11 | 20 | 1 | 12 | Yale | ||||
| August | 11 | 20 | 1 | 12 | VCU | ||||
| No Creativity | 11 | 21 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Cyclonscin | 11 | 21 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Cooler if you did | 11 | 21 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| bsaltyman | 10 | 21 | 1 | 11 | Illinois | ||||
| 1UNI2ISU | 9 | 23 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| RonBurgundy | 9 | 23 | 0 | 9 |
Considering how many top seeds were bounced, the scores aren't all that bad.
@AlaCyclone will become the first repeat champ of Auto-Bid Madness.
I don’t recognize any champion that did not have ISU winning the Big 12 in Hilton South.
@BoomerClone, @Cupped and @cyclones500 are the Peoples Champions.
AHEM...I don’t recognize any champion that did not have ISU winning the Big 12 in Hilton South.
@BoomerClone, @Cupped and @cyclones500 are the Peoples Champions.
Perhaps that could be one of the tiebreakers next season. Not that it helps you NOW, but triggered an idea.
