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athlete37

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Mar 15, 2010 12:18 AM
Does anyone on here want to do an 8 man pool where each person drafts 8 teams (in S-curve fashion) and you receive points for each game each of your teams wins multiplied by their seed? For instance, you receive 8 points if you draft Ohio State and they make it to the Final Four (4 wins x 2 seed). Or if you select Xavier and they make the sweet 16, you receive 12 points (6 seed x 2 wins). It's fun and every team has to be chosen through the eight rounds (If you select the play-in game the last round you simply get the winner and they have to knock off the 1 seed for you to get points). The first 7 people to reply will be in with me
Mar 15, 2010 12:18am
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Mar 15, 2010 12:24 AM
I should clarify that your score is based on the combination of the points your eight teams score for you, not simply the team who scores the most points
Mar 15, 2010 12:24am
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Mar 15, 2010 12:43 AM
Im in. How exactly does it work?
Mar 15, 2010 12:43am
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athlete37

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Mar 15, 2010 12:48 AM
Okay, so each round in the draft consists of 8 picks, there are 8 rounds (64 teams if you combine the play-in teams to 1). Each person drafts a team, teams seeded lower that have upset potential are more valuable but also risky (If Old Dominion gets 11 points per win they register because they are an eleven seed, so they would score you 11 points by beating ND, but nothing if they lose). 1 seeds actually tend to go in the later rounds since even if they win the tourney they only score you six points. Person who's 8 teams score the most collective points win.
Mar 15, 2010 12:48am
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burt07

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Mar 15, 2010 12:51 AM
I'm down, I used to do this with my dad and two of my brothers for a number of years. Ours was just simply drafting teams and whoever won won, but this sounds fun.
Mar 15, 2010 12:51am
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athlete37

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Mar 15, 2010 12:56 AM
Alright, so we have 3. Ideally we have the other 5 tomorrow and can start tomorrow night. We'll have to figure out some way to do the ordering unless you guess just wanna do it in order of joining (in an S-curve the person to pick first in the first round also picks last in even numbered rounds and ends up with a useless 16 seed in his last pick)
Mar 15, 2010 12:56am
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sportswizuhrd

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Mar 15, 2010 1:09 AM
Why not.
Mar 15, 2010 1:09am
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Mar 15, 2010 1:10 AM
athlete37 wrote: Alright, so we have 3. Ideally we have the other 5 tomorrow and can start tomorrow night. We'll have to figure out some way to do the ordering unless you guess just wanna do it in order of joining (in an S-curve the person to pick first in the first round also picks last in even numbered rounds and ends up with a useless 16 seed in his last pick)
I say just use a random number organizer. Assign us all numbers and put them in the generator.
Mar 15, 2010 1:10am
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Azubuike24

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Mar 15, 2010 1:13 AM
I love these. I'm in.
Mar 15, 2010 1:13am
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Mar 15, 2010 1:18 AM
alright, here is the generator we will use: http://www.random.org/sequences/?min=1&max=7&col=1&format=html&rnd=new

the numbers for the generator will be order joined:
1. myself (athlete37)
2. laley23
3. burt07
4. sportswhizuhrd
5. Azubuike24
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?

Laley23, I'll let you generate in order to be fair, don't generate till we have though, don't wanna scare anyone off by a bad pick (although I'd rather have 8 and 9 than 1 and 16 I think)
Mar 15, 2010 1:18am
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Mar 15, 2010 1:19 AM
Yeah, getting the 16 seed would blow. But at the same time, the whole last round is basically for naught. 16s and 15s have no shot.
Mar 15, 2010 1:19am
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cview

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Mar 15, 2010 1:58 AM
I'll do it. How exactly are we doing it? On here or on another website?
Mar 15, 2010 1:58am
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Mar 15, 2010 2:03 AM
cview wrote: I'll do it. How exactly are we doing it? On here or on another website?
I assume on here. Scoring is easy. Multiply the seed by each round they win.
Mar 15, 2010 2:03am
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cview

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Mar 15, 2010 2:07 AM
Laley23 wrote:
cview wrote: I'll do it. How exactly are we doing it? On here or on another website?
I assume on here. Scoring is easy. Multiply the seed by each round they win.
Easy now. I'm getting a Big Ten education. What is this multiplication you speak of?

I was just curious if ESPN or Yahoo had something where you could set this up and it would eliminate the teams that had been chosen. I'm all about laziness and not searching through the thread. :)
Mar 15, 2010 2:07am
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Mar 15, 2010 8:53 AM
cview wrote:
Laley23 wrote:
cview wrote: I'll do it. How exactly are we doing it? On here or on another website?
I assume on here. Scoring is easy. Multiply the seed by each round they win.
Easy now. I'm getting a Big Ten education. What is this multiplication you speak of?

I was just curious if ESPN or Yahoo had something where you could set this up and it would eliminate the teams that had been chosen. I'm all about laziness and not searching through the thread. :)
We could put the remaining teams in the a post and delete them as they are picked. Just pick from that list.

The multiplication is....
Murray State, a 13 seed beats Vandy and then beats UTEP, a 12 in round two before losing. Murray state won 2 rounds, so they get you 13 x 2 = 26 points. UTEP a 12 seed won just their first round so they get 12 x 1 = 12 points.

Thus, picking the correct upsets in the first and second rounds is MORE important than picking the winner of the whole thing. More than likely the winner will be no worse than a 4 seed which will max out at 4 x 6 = 24 points (6 for a 1, 12 for a 2, etc). Its also why the last round is virtually useless because the 15 and 16 seeds will be picked and wont win. 15/16 x 0 (didnt win a round) = 0 points.
Mar 15, 2010 8:53am
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Mar 15, 2010 2:34 PM
athlete37 wrote: alright, here is the generator we will use: http://www.random.org/sequences/?min=1&max=7&col=1&format=html&rnd=new

the numbers for the generator will be order joined:
1. myself (athlete37)
2. laley23
3. burt07
4. sportswhizuhrd
5. Azubuike24
6. CView
7. CCRunner
8. ?

Laley23, I'll let you generate in order to be fair, don't generate till we have though, don't wanna scare anyone off by a bad pick (although I'd rather have 8 and 9 than 1 and 16 I think)
Need one more person to join and I will generate the order to be picked.
Mar 15, 2010 2:34pm
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Mar 15, 2010 3:02 PM
I'm in
Mar 15, 2010 3:02pm
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Nate

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Mar 15, 2010 3:03 PM
Damn, I'm late.
Mar 15, 2010 3:03pm
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Nate

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Mar 15, 2010 3:06 PM
It is confusing but he isn't explaining it right.

For every win for the team its a point times their seed. So if you take a #15 seed and they win 4 games, you get 60 pts. If you take a #1 seed and they win 4 games, you get 4 pts.
Mar 15, 2010 3:06pm
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Mar 15, 2010 3:08 PM
Keebler wrote: It is confusing but he isn't explaining it right.

For every win for the team its a point times their seed. So if you take a #15 seed and they win 4 games, you get 60 pts. If you take a #1 seed and they win 4 games, you get 4 pts.
lol, thats exactly what I said. I just said every round they win. if they win the whole thing its 6 rounds won. So seed 4 gets 16 points in that case. Anyways, about to make the picks.
Mar 15, 2010 3:08pm
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Mar 15, 2010 3:10 PM
1. athlete37
2. laley23
3. burt07
4. sportswhizuhrd
5. Azubuike24
6. CView
7. CCRunner
8. Leonardo

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Mar 15, 2010 3:10pm
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Mar 15, 2010 3:11 PM
So the order will be:

1. sportswizhurd
2. athlete
3. laley
4. cview
5. az
6. burt
7. ccrunner
8. leonardo
Mar 15, 2010 3:11pm
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Nate

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Mar 15, 2010 3:33 PM
Laley23 wrote:
Keebler wrote: It is confusing but he isn't explaining it right.

For every win for the team its a point times their seed. So if you take a #15 seed and they win 4 games, you get 60 pts. If you take a #1 seed and they win 4 games, you get 4 pts.
lol, thats exactly what I said. I just said every round they win. if they win the whole thing its 6 rounds won. So seed 4 gets 16 points in that case. Anyways, about to make the picks.
Yeah, but the OP is way too confusing. I had to read it like 3 times to understand.
Mar 15, 2010 3:33pm
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Mar 15, 2010 3:46 PM
Keebler wrote:
Laley23 wrote:
Keebler wrote: It is confusing but he isn't explaining it right.

For every win for the team its a point times their seed. So if you take a #15 seed and they win 4 games, you get 60 pts. If you take a #1 seed and they win 4 games, you get 4 pts.
lol, thats exactly what I said. I just said every round they win. if they win the whole thing its 6 rounds won. So seed 4 gets 16 points in that case. Anyways, about to make the picks.
Yeah, but the OP is way too confusing. I had to read it like 3 times to understand.
oh ok, I thought you meant my post was confusing. Yeah the OP was nuts....I had to even ask him to explain it again lol.
Mar 15, 2010 3:46pm
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athlete37

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Mar 15, 2010 4:52 PM
Sorry about that guys, definately could've shortened it. Let the Drafting begin tho, sportswhizuhrd is up
Mar 15, 2010 4:52pm