OK, I'm a Bruin so what can I say?? Also, huge Big 10 fan and Brian Moline fan. Yep, The Card is going down...again. 1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn La Salle Illinois Oklahoma St. Virginia Washington St. West Virginia Texas A Memphis Dayton Oregon St. Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Army William & Mary Baylor FIU Florida UCLA San Diego Alabama Long Beach St. Tennessee Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Auburn Illinois Virginia Texas A Dayton Oregon St. Wake Forest Marquette William & Mary Florida UCLA Long Beach St. Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Illinois Virginia Oregon St. Marquette Florida UCLA Milwaukee Final Four Illinois Virginia Marquette UCLA Final Illinois UCLA National Champs UCLA
FIRST ROUND Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma St. Virginia Kentucky West Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Louisville Portland Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn St. North Carolina Baylor UCF Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami (FL) Pepperdine Ohio State Illinois St. Kansas Duke SECOND ROUND Stanford Santa Clara Maryland Notre Dame Virginia Texas A&M Louisville Florida St. Wake Forest Penn St. North Carolina Florida UCLA Pepperdine Illinois St. Duke THIRD ROUND Stanford Notre Dame Texas A&M Florida St. Penn St. North Carolina UCLA Duke FINAL FOUR Stanford Florida St. Penn St UCLA FINAL Stanford UCLA WINNER Stanford
Using soccerhunter's template but not his picks necessarily. I am abandoning last year's Santa Clara all the way approach because it appeared to jinx the team. I still anticipate Santa Clara winning it all, but I am using reverse double-secret jinx and picking Stanford. ****************************************** Stanford, South Carolina, Santa Clara, Boston College Auburn, Maryland, Illinois, Oklahoma Sate Virginia, Kentucky, W. Virginia, TAMU Memphis, Louisville, Oregon St, Florida St. Wake Forest, Boston U, Marquette, Penn State North Carolina, Balyor, FIU, Florida UCLA, San Diego, Miami, Pepperdine Tennessee, Milwaukee, Georgia, Duke ****************************************** Stanford, Santa Clara, Auburn, OK State Virginia, TAMU, Memphis, Florida State Wake Forest, Penn State, North Carolina, Florida UCLA, Miami, Milwaukee, Duke ****************************************** Stanford, OK State Virginia, Florida State Wake Forest, Florida UCLA, Duke *************** Stanford Florida State Wake Forest Duke *************** Stanford Duke *************** Stanford ***************
First Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma State Virginia Washington State West Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Dayton Oregon State Florida State Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn State North Carolina Baylor UCF Florida UCLA San Diego Miami Pepperdine Ohio State Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Maryland Oklahoma State Virginia West Virginia Memphis Florida State Wake Forest Penn State North Carolina Florida UCLA Pepperdine Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Maryland West Virginia Florida State Penn State North Carolina UCLA Duke College Cup Final Four Stanford West Virginia Penn State UCLA Semifinal Winners - Two Finalists remain Stanford UCLA National Champion Stanford
OK, we haven't heard from Kolabear on my proposed RPI v Massey subcontest, but I'll go ahead anyway and give the RPI list. Here it is: 1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Illinois Oklahoma St. Virginia Kentucky West Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Dayton Oregon St. Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn St. North Carolina Baylor UCF Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami (FL) Pepperdine Tennessee Milwaukee Kansas Duke 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Auburn Oklahoma St. Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Florida St. Wake Forest Penn St. North Carolina Florida UCLA Pepperdine Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Oklahoma St. Virginia Memphis Wake Forest Florida UCLA Duke Final Four Stanford Virginia Wake Forest Duke Final Stanford Duke National Champs Duke
First Round Stanford S. Carolina Santa Clara BC Auburn Maryland Illinois Okla. State UVa WSU WVU TAMU Memphis Louisville OSU FSU WFU BU Marq PSU UNC Baylor UCF Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami Pepp. Tenn Milwau UGA Duke Second Round Stanford BC Maryland Okla. State UVa WVU Memphis FSU WFU PSU UNC Florida UCLA Miami Milwau Duke Third Round Stanford Okla. State UVa FSU WFU UNC UCLA Duke Semifinals Stanford UVa WFU UCLA Championship Stanford Wake Forest National Champion Stanford
I endorse a variation on this methodology, using a strong homeristic bonus element. Thus, to paraphrase SCU, I anticipate the Fighting Irish shocking the world and winning it all, but I am using a modified Elo-Massey aRPI Top Drawer naked eye reverse double-secret jinx and picking ND's greatest rival (no, not Louisville): UNC 1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma St. Virginia Kentucky West Virginia Texas A Memphis Louisville Portland Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Army North Carolina Baylor FIU Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami (FL) Pepperdine Tennessee Milwaukee Kansas Duke 2nd Round Stanford Santa Clara Maryland Notre Dame Virginia Texas A Louisville Florida St. Wake Forest Marquette North Carolina Florida UCLA Pepperdine Tennessee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Notre Dame Virginia Louisville Wake Forest North Carolina UCLA Duke Final Four Stanford Virginia North Carolina Duke Final Stanford North Carolina National Champs North Carolina
Thought you might be interested on the real results - 1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara BC Auburn La Salle Notre Dame Oklahoma State Virginia Kentucky West Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Dayton Oregon State Florida State Wake Forest Boston U Marquette Penn State North Carolina Baylor UCF Florida UCLA UR Irvine Miami Long Beach State Tennessee UW-Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Santa Clara Auburn Oklahoma State Virginia Texas A&M Dayton Florida State Wake Forest Marquette North Carolina Florida UCLA Long Beach State UW-Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Auburn Texas A&M Florida State Marquette Florida UCLA UW-Milwaukee College Cup Stanford Texas A&M Marquette UCLA Final Stanford UCLA National Championship Stanford 3-1 UCLA
You and I are the only ones so far to have zero ACC teams in the College Cup. I have 7 ACC teams in the Sweet 16, with zero of them getting to the College Cup.
Thanks to everyone for submitting their picks so far. Less than 24 hours left. I wonder if we are going to get entries from CW or DM? 28 entries so far 1 Virginia 14 Stanford 4 Duke 1 Penn St. 2 Florida St. 2 UCLA 1 Oklahoma St. 1 Wake Forest 2 North Carolina I think ESPN had a few million entries for men's basketball and had one perfect bracket. I don't think we quite have the numbers for that... but who knows maybe soccershins has the magic entry.
1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Illinois Oklahoma St. Virginia Washington St. West Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Dayton Oregon St. Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn St. North Carolina Baylor UCF Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami (FL) Pepperdine Tennessee Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Santa Clara Maryland Illinois Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Florida St. Wake Forest Marquette North Carolina Florida UCLA Pepperdine Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Illinois Virginia Florida St. Wake Forest North Carolina UCLA Duke Final Four Stanford Virginia Wake Forest UCLA Final Stanford Wake Forest National Champs Stanford
So far for the first round games... 29 entries... Stanford.........100.00%..||....0.00%.........Montana Texas..............6.90%..||...93.10%.........South Carolina Santa Clara.......89.66%..||...10.34%.........California Marist.............0.00%..||..100.00%.........Boston College Auburn............96.55%..||....3.45%.........Utah St. La Salle..........20.69%..||...79.31%.........Maryland Illinois..........48.28%..||...51.72%.........Notre Dame Ark.-Pine Bluff....0.00%..||..100.00%.........Oklahoma St. Virginia.........100.00%..||....0.00%.........Long Island Washington St.....34.48%..||...65.52%.........Kentucky West Virginia.....75.86%..||...24.14%.........Virginia Tech LSU................0.00%..||..100.00%.........Texas A&M Memphis..........100.00%..||....0.00%.........UT Martin Dayton............55.17%..||...44.83%.........Louisville Oregon St.........72.41%..||...27.59%.........Portland Samford............0.00%..||..100.00%.........Florida St. Wake Forest......100.00%..||....0.00%.........Oakland Harvard...........10.34%..||...89.66%.........Boston U. Marquette........100.00%..||....0.00%.........Toledo Army...............6.90%..||...93.10%.........Penn St. North Carolina....93.10%..||....6.90%.........William & Mary Texas..............0.00%..||..100.00%.........Baylor UCF...............82.76%..||...17.24%.........FIU Fla. Gulf Coast....0.00%..||..100.00%.........Florida UCLA..............96.55%..||....3.45%.........New Mexico San Diego.........37.93%..||...62.07%.........UC Irvine Miami (FL)........79.31%..||...20.69%.........Alabama Long Beach St.....10.34%..||...89.66%.........Pepperdine Tennessee.........75.86%..||...24.14%.........Ohio St. Illinois St.......13.79%..||...86.21%.........Milwaukee Kansas............24.14%..||...75.86%.........Georgia Radford............0.00%..||..100.00%.........Duke
1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma St. Virginia Washington St. West Virginia Texas A Memphis Dayton Oregon St. Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Toledo Penn St. North Carolina Baylor FIU Florida UCLA San Diego Miami (FL) Pepperdine Tennessee Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Santa Clara Auburn Notre Dame Virginia West Virginia Dayton Florida St. Wake Forest Toledo North Carolina Florida UCLA Miami (FL) Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Notre Dame Virginia Florida St. Wake Forest North Carolina UCLA Duke Final Four Notre Dame Virginia North Carolina Duke Final Notre Dame North Carolina National Champs Notre Dame
Best of luck to everyone in the ACC this year! I hope the Heels can run deep against Wake and Duke! First time I don't see us beating Stanford, but hope I am proven wrong! 1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma St. Virginia Kentucky West Virginia Texas A Memphis Dayton Portland Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn St. North Carolina Baylor UCF Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami (FL) Pepperdine Tennessee Milwaukee Kansas Duke 2nd Round Stanford Santa Clara Maryland Notre Dame Virginia Texas A Memphis Florida St. Wake Forest Penn St. North Carolina Florida UCLA Pepperdine Tennessee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Maryland Texas A Florida St. Wake Forest North Carolina UCLA Duke Final Four Stanford Florida St. North Carolina Duke Final Stanford North Carolina National Champs Stanford
Wow, some of these seem way off in the percentages related to likely outcomes and some seem off. I'm not saying the "favored" teams won't win, but based on the "odds" created by these percentages, I'd expect to see more "upsets" than one would expect with serious odds. Way off: Texas v South Carolina Santa Clara v Cal Auburn v Utah State LSU v Texas A&M Tennessee v Ohio State Off: Washington State v Kentucky West Virginia v Virginia Tech Oregon State v Portland Harvard v Boston U UCLA v New Mexico San Diego v UCI Miami v Alabama Long Beach State v Pepperdine Illinois State v Milwaukee Kansas v Georgia
GoCourage, if Kolabear punts on the RPI v Massey challenge, can I get a pass to be a late entry (my second entry since I already have entered the RPI) if I put in a Massey ratings entry bound to the Massey ratings through the 11/6 games? I may get it in tomorrow, but I have to leave for Corvallis at 3:00 pm WST in order to be assured of getting tickets for the Oregon State v Portland game. (There are no advance ticket sales.)
I'm bringing the requisite dose of crazy with my picks. Picked FSU to win it all at the beginning of the year and sticking with it. 1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Utah St. Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma St. Virginia Kentucky West Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Dayton Oregon St. Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn St. North Carolina Baylor FIU Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami (FL) Long Beach St. Tennessee Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Santa Clara Maryland Oklahoma St. Virginia West Virginia Dayton Florida St. Boston U. Marquette North Carolina Florida UC Irvine Long Beach St. Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Stanford Oklahoma St. West Virginia Florida St. Marquette North Carolina UC Irvine Duke Final Four Stanford Florida St. Marquette Duke Final Florida St. Duke National Champs Florida St.
That's no problem. The ratings won't change so the prediction based on them better be static. You can enter it when you get time.
For the second round... 32 entries... we are one away from last years number of entries. I guess the community numbers stay pretty consistent over time. Thanks again to everyone for submitting their picks. Stanford........100.00%..||...0.00%.....Montana Texas.............0.00%..||...0.00%.....South Carolina - Santa Clara......53.13%..||...0.00%.....California Marist............0.00%..||..46.88%.....Boston College - Auburn...........34.38%..||...3.13%.....Utah St. La Salle..........6.25%..||..56.25%.....Maryland - Illinois.........18.75%..||..34.38%.....Notre Dame Ark.-Pine Bluff...0.00%..||..46.88%.....Oklahoma St. - Virginia........100.00%..||...0.00%.....Long Island Washington St.....0.00%..||...0.00%.....Kentucky - West Virginia....41.38%..||..13.79%.....Virginia Tech LSU...............0.00%..||..44.83%.....Texas A&M - Memphis..........62.50%..||...0.00%.....UT Martin Dayton...........28.13%..||...9.38%.....Louisville - Oregon St.........6.25%..||...0.00%.....Portland Samford...........0.00%..||..93.75%.....Florida St. - Wake Forest......93.75%..||...0.00%.....Oakland Harvard...........0.00%..||...6.25%.....Boston U. - Marquette........37.50%..||...3.13%.....Toledo Army..............0.00%..||..59.38%.....Penn St. - North Carolina...93.75%..||...6.25%.....William & Mary Texas.............0.00%..||...0.00%.....Baylor - UCF...............3.13%..||...0.00%.....FIU Fla. Gulf Coast...0.00%..||..96.88%.....Florida - UCLA.............93.75%..||...0.00%.....New Mexico San Diego.........0.00%..||...6.25%.....UC Irvine - Miami (FL).......15.63%..||...0.00%.....Alabama Long Beach St....12.50%..||..71.88%.....Pepperdine - Tennessee........12.50%..||...6.25%.....Ohio St. Illinois St.......9.38%..||..71.88%.....Milwaukee - Kansas............0.00%..||...0.00%.....Georgia Radford...........0.00%..||.100.00%.....Duke
1st Round Stanford South Carolina Santa Clara Boston College Auburn Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma St. Virginia Washington St. West Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Dayton Oregon St. Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn St. North Carolina Baylor FIU Florida UCLA UC Irvine Miami (FL) Pepperdine Ohio St. Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Auburn Oklahoma St. Virginia Texas A&M Memphis Florida St. Wake Forest Marquette North Carolina Florida UC Irvine Pepperdine Ohio St. Duke 3rd Round Stanford Oklahoma St. Texas A&M Florida St. Wake Forest North Carolina UC Irvine Duke Final Four Stanford Texas A&M North Carolina Duke Final Stanford Duke National Champs Stanford
These are Chris Henderson's picks from allwhitekit.com. Can we enter him against his will? Perhaps he already entered under a nom de plume? ****************************************** Stanford, South Carolina, Santa Clara, Boston College Utah St, Maryland, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State Virginia, Kentucky, W. Virginia, TAMU Memphis, Dayton, Oregon St, Florida St. Wake Forest, Boston U, Marquette, Penn State North Carolina, Baylor, FIU, Florida UCLA, UC Irvine, Miami, Long Beach St Tennessee, Milwaukee, Georgia, Duke ****************************************** Stanford, Santa Clara, Maryland, OK State Virginia, W. Virginia, Dayton, Florida State Boston U, Marquette, North Carolina, Florida UC Irvine, Long Beach St, Milwaukee, Duke ****************************************** Stanford, OK State W. Virginia, Florida State Marquette, North Carolina UC Irvine, Duke *************** Stanford Florida State Marquette Duke *************** Florida St Duke *************** Florida St ***************
Well my reign as past soccer contest champ will end shortly with these picks 1st Round Stanford South Carolina California Boston College Auburn Maryland Notre Dame Oklahoma St. Virginia Washington St. West Virginia Texas A Memphis Louisville Oregon St. Florida St. Wake Forest Boston U. Marquette Penn St. North Carolina Baylor UCF Florida UCLA San Diego Miami (FL) Pepperdine Ohio St. Milwaukee Georgia Duke 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Auburn Oklahoma St. Virginia West Virginia Louisville Florida St. Wake Forest Marquette North Carolina Florida UCLA Pepperdine Milwaukee Duke 3rd Round Boston College Oklahoma St. West Virginia Florida St. Marquette Florida Pepperdine Duke Final Four Boston College West Virginia Marquette Duke Final Boston College Duke National Champs Duke
Good idea. Feign humility so that when you kick behind again this year it won't look like you are bragging.