[jcmanson]

We will continue this into the conference tournament. You obviously can't make your picks until the pairings are announced which will be either late Saturday or Sunday. Let's keep the same sentiment going with a minor twist for this round. When the brackets are released, go ahead and pick ALL your winners through the championship game AND the spreads just like normal. You will NOT be able to change your picks after the first round is over or the second round. So once you make your picks they are final.

Scoring will be as follows:
Pick correct margin regardless of round-2 points
Pick correct winner in first round-1 point
Pick correct winner in semi's- 2 points
Pick correct champion- 3 points
Pick all 4 first round games correct-2 point bonus
Pick both semi-final games correct-2 point bonus
Pick entire bracket correct-5 point bonus

If you have any questions go ahead and ask them, to make sure we are all on the same page before the tourney starts.

[jcmanson]

Standings entering tournament play:
jcmanson: 70
beej: 69
sweet1: 66
posty: 63
fumble: 58
lefty: 40
atrain: 35
matthews: 33
realist: 28
14: 27
hype: 17

First round is Tuesday at 7pm, semi-finals Thursday at 6/8 pm and Championship game is Saturday at 12 (I think).

First round games:
Game 1: CSU @ UNC-A
Game 2: VMI @ Liberty
Game 3: Coastal @ High Point
Game 4: Radford @ Winthrop

Semi-finals (both games played at Asheville):
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner

Championship (played on highest remaining seed's home court):
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner

[ToTheLeft]

First round games:
Game 1: CSU @ UNC-A (UNC-A by 11-15)
Game 2: VMI @ Liberty (LU by 1-5)
Game 3: Coastal @ High Point (HPU by 1-5)
Game 4: Winthrop @ Radford (I think you mean RU at WU, but regardless, WU by 11-15)

Semi-finals (both games played at Asheville):
Game 5: Game 1 winner (UNCA) vs. Game 2 winner (LU) (LU by 1-5)
Game 6: Game 3 winner (HPU) vs. Game 4 winner (WU) (HPU by 6-10)

Championship (played on highest remaining seed's home court):
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner (HPU by 6-10)

[whmatthews]

Are we supposed to pick who we think is going to win now? Seems like everytime I pick the other team to beat us, we pull it out.

[whmatthews]

First round games:
Game 1: CSU @ UNC-A ------------ UNCA 11-20
Game 2: VMI @ Liberty------------- VMI 6-10
Game 3: Coastal @ High Point ----- HPU 6-10
Game 4: RU @ Winthrop ---------- WU 11-20

Semi-finals
Game 5: VMI vs. UNCA ------------- UNCA 1-5
Game 6: HPU vs. Winthrop --------- Winthrop 6-10

Game 7: Winthrop vs. UNCA -------- Winthrop 1-5

[jcmanson]

High Point has been known to choke when it matters, I'll be more than shocked if they win it all.

[BJWilliams]

Round 1

CSU (8 seed) @ UNC-A (1 seed) UNC-A 16-20
VMI (5 seed) @ Liberty (4 seed)

LU is smarting from losing twice to VMI in their own house. Just about all those guys remember last year in teh tournament AND last Tuesday. LU finally takes the Roo boys down and moves on

LU 6-10

Coastal (6 seed) @ High Point (3 seed) I would not be surprised if there was an upset here but I think HPU isnt gonna let Coastal do to them again what they did once already this year HPU 11-15

RU (7 seed) @ Winthrop (2 seed) I wwould love to see RU take these boys down but at this point...it aint happenin
WU 11-15

Semifinals
LU @ UNC-A LU 1-5
HPU@ WU HPU 1-5

Championship
LU @ HPU

LU may not run the Panthers over like they did in 04 but the boys get it done in and head to the school approved Big Dance LU 6-10

[sweetnahmah1]

First round games:
Game 1: CSU @ UNCA ------------- UNCA 16-20
Game 2: VMI @ Liberty ------------- LU 11-15
Game 3: Coastal @ High Point ----- CCU 1-5
Game 4: RU @ Winthrop ----------- WU 11-15

Semi-finals
Game 5: Liberty vs. UNCA ------------- LU 1-5
Game 6: Coastal vs. Winthrop ----- Coastal 6-10

Game 7: Coastal vs. Liberty -------- LIBERTY! 26-30!





















HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[ATrain]

Game 1: CSU @ UNC-A: UNCA 11-15
Game 2: VMI @ Liberty: LU 1-5
Game 3: Coastal @ High Point: CCU 1-5
Game 4: Radford @ Winthrop: WU 11-15

Semis:
LU @ UNCA: LU 1-5
CCU @ WU: WU 6-10

Final:
LU @ WU: WU 6-10

[thepostman]

Game 1: CSU @ UNC-A---UNCA by 6-10
Game 2: VMI @ Liberty---LU by 6-10
Game 3: Coastal @ High Point--High Point by 6-10
Game 4: Radford @ Winthrop---WU by 11-15

Semis

UNCA vs LU---LU by 1-5 (Kool-Aid I know...)
HPU vs Winthrop--WU by 6-10

Finals

LU vs WU---WU by 11-15

[Fumblerooskies]

First round games:
Game 1: CSU @ UNCA............UNCA 11-15
Game 2: VMI @ Liberty.............LU 1-5
Game 3: Coastal @ High Point...HPU 6-10
Game 4: Radford @ Winthrop.....WU 16-20

Semi-finals (both games played at Asheville):
Game 5: LU 6-10
Game 6: HPU 1-5

Championship (played on highest remaining seed's home court):
Game 7: HPU 16-20

[jcmanson]

1st round:
Asheville 11-15
Liberty 6-10
Coastal 1-5
Winthrop 16-20

Semi's:
Liberty 1-5
Winthrop 11-15

Finals:
Winthrop 6-10

[jcmanson]

Points after first round:
Lefty: 8
matthews: 3
Beej: 6
sweet1: 5
atrain: 3
posty: 6
fumble: 6
jcmanson: 3

[ToTheLeft]

Points after first round:
Lefty: 8
matthews: 3
Beej: 6
sweet1: 5
atrain: 3
posty: 6
fumble: 6
jcmanson: 3

Imagine if I had played all year.

[BJWilliams]

Points after first round:
Lefty: 8
matthews: 3
Beej: 6
sweet1: 5
atrain: 3
posty: 6
fumble: 6
jcmanson: 3

Before Quarterfinals:
jcmanson: 70
beej: 69
sweet1: 66
posty: 63
fumble: 58
lefty: 40
atrain: 35
matthews: 33
realist: 28
14: 27
hype: 17

After Quarterfinals:

beej: 75
jcmanson: 73
sweet1: 71
posty: 69
fumble: 64
lefty: 48
atrain: 38
matthews: 36
realist: 28
14: 27
hype: 17

[BJWilliams]

Winthrop wins by 8
UNCA wins by 18

Before Semifinals:

beej: 75
jcmanson: 73
sweet1: 71
posty: 69
fumble: 64
lefty: 48
atrain: 38
matthews: 36
realist: 28
14: 27
hype: 17

After Semifinals:

beej: 75
jcmanson: 75
sweet1: 73
postman: 71
fumble: 69
TTL: 50
whmatthews: 44
realist: 28
14: 27
hype: 17

Ok here is the deal...if Winthrop wins on Saturday, jc takes the whole enchilada. UNCA wins, this pretty much holds as it is...maybe a couple folks change position (as no one picked UNCA to win the whole tournament)

[jcmanson]

I win

Final standings:
jcmanson: 78
Beej: 75
posty: 74
sweet 1: 73
fumble: 69
lefty: 50
matthews: 47
atrain: 43

[thepostman]

the man you started this won....i smell conspiracy!!!!

[jcmanson]

I didn't start this, Sch14 did. I just kept it going after about 3 or 4 rounds.

[thepostman]

still sounds like an inside job to me....

i kid i kid....it was fun, and something to do...but I was kind of pulling for BJ..its hard to tell what he'll do knowing he lost this thing

[BJWilliams]

Oh woe is me...I lost...


In all seriousness, I had fun. It was great to remain competitive right down to the last game. Im looking forward to hopefully trying this with football in the fall. Congrats to JC for winning, you were consistent from the first round to the last. Enjoy your victory, hopefully I will be able to turn the tables next season.