***Auto-Bid Madness 2025***

[ImJustKCClone]

The penultimate leaderboard...although I think the chances of anyone catching ClonesTwenty1 at this point are slim to non-existent...

player	win	loss	ava
ClonesTwenty1	16	12	3
Cyclone North	15	13	3
Cycloner29	15	13	3
CoachHines3	13	16	2
CoKane	13	16	2
Gipper 2001	13	16	2
Cupped	13	15	3
riceville	13	15	3
coolerifyoudid	12	16	3
Cyclonsin	12	16	3
Rulzzz	12	16	3
ScottyP	12	16	3
CycloneEggie	12	15	4
KC	12	15	4
1UNI2ISU	12	16	3
cyclones500	10	17	4
Hubbs4cy	8	20	3
August (r 2 only)	8	19	4
Cyinthenorth	6	22	3
CyCoug	5	21	5
qwerty	4	26	1

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

It's crazy how hard these are to predict. Just getting above .500 is hard.

I did end up better than last year.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

The penultimate leaderboard...although I think the chances of anyone catching ClonesTwenty1 at this point are slim to non-existent...

player	win	loss	ava
ClonesTwenty1	16	12	3
Cyclone North	15	13	3
Cycloner29	15	13	3
CoachHines3	13	16	2
CoKane	13	16	2
Gipper 2001	13	16	2
Cupped	13	15	3
riceville	13	15	3
coolerifyoudid	12	16	3
Cyclonsin	12	16	3
Rulzzz	12	16	3
ScottyP	12	16	3
CycloneEggie	12	15	4
KC	12	15	4
1UNI2ISU	12	16	3
cyclones500	10	17	4
Hubbs4cy	8	20	3
August (r 2 only)	8	19	4
Cyinthenorth	6	22	3
CyCoug	5	21	5
qwerty	4	26	1

Not too bad for first year doing this!

 

[cyclones500]

Automatic bids thru 3/15:
ACC: Duke
America East: Bryant
ASUN: Lipscomb
Big 12: Houston
Big East: St. John’s
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: High Point
Big West: UC San Diego
CAA: UNC Wilmington
CUSA: Liberty
Horizon: Robert Morris
MAAC: Mount St. Mary’s
MEAC: Norfolk State
Mid-American: Akron
Missouri Valley: Drake
Mountain West: Colorado State
NEC: St. Francis (Pa.)
OVC: SIU Edwardsville
Patriot: American
SoCon: Wofford
Southland: McNeese
Summit: Omaha
Sun Belt: Troy
SWAC: Alabama State
West Coast: Gonzaga
WAC: Grand Canyon

Sunday 3/16
Championship games
American: (1) Memphis vs. (3) UAB
Atlantic 10: (1) VCU vs. (2) George Mason
Big Ten: (3) Michigan vs. (5) Wisconsin
Ivy: (1) Yale vs. (2) Cornell
SEC: (2) Florida vs. (4) Tennessee

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Yikes... not very good showing by me

 

[Cupped]

Wow! Pretty sure August was that stud high jumper that either left his warmups on or passed until the finals! Lot of contestants hoping to win out today including me!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Yikes... not very good showing by me

Cheer up - you beat CyCoug and qwerty. I think we need to explain the game to them again, @cyclones500 !

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Wow! Pretty sure August was that stud high jumper that either left his warmups on or passed until the finals! Lot of contestants hoping to win out today including me!

In a way, he DID wait for the last round since he forgot to place picks for the first group!

 

[cyclones500]

Cheer up - you beat CyCoug and qwerty. I think we need to explain the game to them again, @cyclones500 !

I might need to explain the game to myself!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I might need to explain the game to myself!

Considering only three of us are above water, I'm thinking ALL of us need a refresher!

 

[cyclones500]

The penultimate leaderboard...

Bonus point for using "penultimate."

 

[cyclones500]

Not too bad for first year doing this!

I like to tell participants to embrace winning, 'cuz you never know when it'll occur again.

I won the inaugural A-BM, but haven't repeated since.

 

[cyclones500]

A couple of notable quotes from this year's thread (I might have additional later)

“I love how people brag about (having) the worst record!” — @ImJustKCClone

“Make it stop.” — @Cyinthenorth

 

[ImJustKCClone]

A couple of notable quotes from this year's thread (I might have additional later)

“I love how people brag about (having) the worst record!” — @ImJustKCClone

“Make it stop.” — @Cyinthenorth

Cyinthenorth gets MY vote. I laughed so hard at that one!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I like to tell participants to embrace winning, 'cuz you never know when it'll occur again.

I won the inaugural A-BM, but haven't repeated since.

I was in a two way tie for first once, but lost to the other guy on the tie-breaker. AND I DON'T EVEN GET AN DANG HONORABLE MENTION!!!

 

[cycloner29]

I went into this tournament as a virgin and now feel like @CoachHines3 mom after a busy weekend! Thank god all my tests came back negative and I ended up toward the top of the heap!

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Cyinthenorth gets MY vote. I laughed so hard at that one!

I haven't gone back to count, but feels like I lost so many of these in the conference championship game or semifinals. So I was on the right track at least, but that doesn't count for anything unfortunately.

 

[cyclones500]

I haven't gone back to count, but feels like I lost so many of these in the conference championship game or semifinals. So I was on the right track at least, but that doesn't count for anything unfortunately.

Sometimes, it's more difficult to accept being on the cusp, but not getting over the hump.

Eyeballing it and trusting my so-called memory, I think there was an unusually large % of 1 vs 2 in this season's championships, so it's possible a lot more people were "this close."

This would've been a good season to go chalky. Of the 31 leagues, nine went to the #1. Only nine had a lower seed win in the title game (and four of those were 2 over 1). No 3 or 4 won auto-bid.

Big Sky: 2 over 1
Big Ten: 5 over 3
MAAC: 6 over 4
NEC: 3 over 1
OVC: 2 over 1
SoCon: 6 over 5
SWAC: 5 over 2
WCC: 2 over 1
WAC: 2 over 1

 

[cyclones500]

I was in a two way tie for first once, but lost to the other guy on the tie-breaker. AND I DON'T EVEN GET AN DANG HONORABLE MENTION!!!

"One true champion."*

* Well, except for 2020 (pandemic truncation) and 2016 (deadlock after 2 tiebreakers).

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Well ****! I worked this up yesterday but forgot to hit post! I'm so sorry!!!

Final scores! Congratulations to @ClonesTwenty1 for the win!

FINAL SCORES	win	loss
ClonesTwenty1	19	12
Cyclone North	18	13
Cycloner29	18	13
Cupped	16	15
CycloneEggie	16	15
KC	16	15
CoachHines3	15	16
CoKane	15	16
coolerifyoudid	15	16
Cyclonsin	15	16
Gipper 2001	15	16
riceville	15	16
Rulzzz	15	16
ScottyP	15	16
1UNI2ISU	14	17
cyclones500	13	18
August (r 2 only)	11	20
Hubbs4cy	11	20
Cyinthenorth	9	22
CyCoug	8	23
qwerty	4	27

On a side note, I finally managed to get out from under .500 on the very last day! Woot!