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Official 2022-23 College Basketball Thread: UCONN - One Shining Moment

THIS IS A POOL I ENTER EVERY YEAR... Was interested in seeing which teams everyone would take with this kind of format. I have my 8 picked, but maybe I'm dumb.

When you choose a team, each time they win you generate the number of points for their seed. So, if you have a 10 seed, each time they win a gain you get 10 points. An 8 seed each time will gain you 8. Etc.. In total, you pick 8 teams. As a strategy, it's not advisable to be picking the low seed given a 1 seed winning the championship will only generate 6 points.
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Wakeforest22890 said:
The 15 and 16 seeds aren’t the “last teams” in the tournament. They’re automatically qualified just like every other conference champion. If anything the actual last 8 teams in the field (qualifying through at large bids) should be the teams playing in the First Four. The 15/16 seeds are the “worst” teams in the tournament once the field is filled but they’re not the last teams in
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daaberry said:
I’m actually for the opposite. The low seeds earned the automatic bid and deserve to be on the 64 team bracket. I think they should take the final 8 at-large teams and play 4 games for their ticket to 64. Viewership would spike and those are all bubble teams. The alternative for me is pick 64 and get rid of it all together.
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My counter-argument would be that the last four in are the last four in because some shitheel teams in shitheel conferences won their conference tourney. In a perfect world, where the regular season conference winner or a 2nd/3rd place finisher wins their conference tourney, you don't get these below-500 teams messing it up for everybody else. Yes, I love when the crappy teams win their conference tourney because it's a great story, but those last four teams deserve a spot more than the 11-18 conference tourney winners.
 
DeacsATS said:
THIS IS A POOL I ENTER EVERY YEAR... Was interested in seeing which teams everyone would take with this kind of format. I have my 8 picked, but maybe I'm dumb.
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You pick several 7/8/9/10 seeds right? If any of them win one game you get more points than picking the 1 seed that wins it all, and if any of them make the S16 you get more than picking a 2 seed to win it all.
 
In past years, I think ~80-90 total points usually wins it.

I generally pick a few double digits seeds and then 5s or 6s that I think can make the final four.

I don't think I've ever won, but I've been close enough to earn $$$ a few times.

Seems more difficult this year.
 
DeacsATS said:
THIS IS A POOL I ENTER EVERY YEAR... Was interested in seeing which teams everyone would take with this kind of format. I have my 8 picked, but maybe I'm dumb.
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My quick take would be Kent State, Memphis, Creighton, NC State, Duke, UConn, Providence, and Arizona State.

You often get 11-seeds with a high variance that can go on a run and you'd rack up some decent points in a format like this. I also think whichever team wins that Creighton/NC State matchup could keep advancing and I'm comfortable picking on Purude's region.
 
My first stab at it was: West Virginia, Creighton, Utah St, Duke, UK, Kent St, Texas A&M, Boise St

But I think I'm going to drop Duke and put in Drake
 
DeacsATS said:
THIS IS A POOL I ENTER EVERY YEAR... Was interested in seeing which teams everyone would take with this kind of format. I have my 8 picked, but maybe I'm dumb.
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Creighton
Utah State
Kentucky
Boise State
Duke
Memphis
Connecticut
Auburn
 
Looked it up and last year 115 points won... Abnormally high because UNC was worth 40 points (5 wins x 8 seed) & Miami was worth 30 (3 wins x 10 seed).

If you had those 2, you did well.

St. Peters would have been worth 45 (3 wins x 15 seed), but nobody picked them (30 entries).
 
EatLeadCommie said:
My counter-argument would be that the last four in are the last four in because some shitheel teams in shitheel conferences won their conference tourney. In a perfect world, where the regular season conference winner or a 2nd/3rd place finisher wins their conference tourney, you don't get these below-500 teams messing it up for everybody else. Yes, I love when the crappy teams win their conference tourney because it's a great story, but those last four teams deserve a spot more than the 11-18 conference tourney winners.
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I mean, the format is conference winners automatically qualify so I think it's fair to have them actually in the full field without having to play in the First Four. But I definitely see the other side.
 
DeacsATS said:
THIS IS A POOL I ENTER EVERY YEAR... Was interested in seeing which teams everyone would take with this kind of format. I have my 8 picked, but maybe I'm dumb.
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I'd take:

2. Marquette
3. Gonzaga
4. Uconn
6. Iowa State
6. Creighton
8. Memphis
10. Utah State
13. Kent State
 
Have a tough time taking a 2 seed when the Final Four would only get you 8 points and I can get more than that guessing the right outcome in an 8/9 game.

But Gonzaga at 3 is tempting with that draw. Same goes for UConn.
 
I think I'm gonna have to take Oral Roberts ML this evening...

Just feels like Duke gonna lose.
 
just put some money down on ARI to win it all, which means theyll prob lose first round.
 
The tournament comes HOT out of the gate. WVU-Maryland, UVA-Furman, and Utah State-Mizzou all solid storylines and projected to be close games. Narratives!

Is the Big 12 hot shit like metrics say?
Is UVA a threat to get upset again with their tempo and style, is the ACC underrated?
Can the MWC break their 10 game losing streak in a toss up game?
What do we make of the SEC in general?
Will Big 10 continue to struggle come tournament time?
 
TAMU -3
Zona -14.5
Bama -24
U 141.5 in Chas/SDSU game
Boise +105

If you want to make money, fade me.
 
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