March 13, 2006

Sweet 16 Swell Picks Contest

Jimmy the Greek we're not. More like Zorba the Greek, but what's March Madness without a little competitive blood running through We Is ND's veins? The contributors are offering their Sweet 16 choices and picking out to the eventual champ. Winner gets a TBA prize involving a mad props shout out, major respect, a special post dedicated to the champ (and maybe even a champion's beer). We're opening the doors to our readers to join in the picking frenzy so if you post your picks BEFORE games begin Thursday, you stand to win the aforementioned TBA immaterial yet glorious acclaim of Inaugural Champ of WeIsND's Sweet 16 Swell Picks Contest.

The scoring system is easy. For each team that advances to the given round, you get the designated point value. Add them up to determine a winner, with the tiebreaker being closest guess to the total points scored in the Championship game.
Sweet 16: 2 points
Elite 8: 4 points
Final 4: 6 points
Finals: 8 points
Champ: 10 points

On to the picks! (which can be viewed in the comments section below)

8 comments:

  1. Jimmy's Swell Picks
    16: Duke
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Memphis
    Pittsburgh
    Gonzaga
    Marquette
    Connecticut
    Illinois
    North Carolina
    Wichita St.
    Villanova
    Nevada
    Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Georgetown

    8: LSU
    WVU
    Pitt
    Gonzaga
    UConn
    UNC
    Nova
    G'Town

    4: WVU
    Gonzaga
    UConn
    Nova

    2: Gonzaga
    UConn

    1: UConn

    Tiebreaker: 165 Points

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  2. Anonymous8:05 PM

    Dan's Swell Picks:
    16:
    Duke
    Syracuse
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Arkansas
    Pittsburgh
    Gonzaga
    UCLA
    Connecticut
    Illinois
    Michigan St.
    Seton Hall
    Villanova
    Nevda
    Florida
    Georgetown

    8:
    Duke
    Texas
    Pitt
    UCLA
    UConn
    MSU
    Nova
    Florida

    4:
    Duke
    UCLA
    UConn
    Nova

    2:
    Duke
    UConn

    1:
    UConn

    Tiebreaker: ?

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  3. Matt's Picks
    16:
    Duke
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Memphis
    Pitt
    Gonzaga
    UCLA
    Uconn
    Illinois
    UNC
    Wichita State
    Villanova
    Boston College
    Florida
    Georgetown

    8:
    Duke
    Texas
    Pitt
    UCLA
    Uconn
    UNC
    Villanova
    Florida

    4:
    Duke
    UCLA
    UConn
    Florida

    2:
    Duke
    UConn

    1:
    UConn

    Score - 148

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  4. S16:
    Duke
    Syracuse
    Iowa
    California
    Memphis
    Kansas
    Indiana
    UCLA
    Connecticut
    Illinois
    North Carolina
    Seton Hall
    Villanova
    Boston College
    Oklahoma
    Georgetown

    Elite8:
    Duke
    Iowa
    Kansas
    UCLA
    Connecticut
    North Carolina
    Boston College
    Georgetown

    Final4:
    Duke
    UCLA
    Connecticut
    Boston College

    Final2:
    UCLA
    Connecticut

    Champion:
    Connecticut

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  5. Day 1 eligible teams remaining:

    Jimmy- 6 of 8
    Dan- 5 of 8
    Matt- 8 of 8!
    Doug- 5 of 8

    Some quality hoopage on display today. Day 2 should be that much better with green beer involved.

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  6. All 16 still alive!!! Could this be history in the making?

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  7. And then there were 16. How'd we do?

    Matt
    13 = 26 points
    Max Score Potential- 100

    Jimmy
    10 = 20 points
    Max Score Potential- 94

    Dan
    9 = 18 points
    Max Score Potential- 92

    Doug
    7 = 14 points
    Max Score Potential- 84

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  8. I'm still counting, though still fuming about BC's end game deterioration. Chalk it up as one more reason to continue despising the Eagles.

    Standings heading into the Final Four weekend:

    Matt: 5 of 8; 2 of 4; 20+12+26=58 points

    Dan: 5 of 8; 1 of 4; 20+6+18=44 points

    Jimmy: 3 of 8; 0 of 4; 12+0+20=30 points

    Doug: 2 of 8; 1 of 4; 8+6+14=28 points

    Since Matt and Dan both had a Duke-UConn final, the suspense is gone and Matt is crowned champion. Sadly, Doug's the only one of us who still stands to score points this weekend. Go Bruins!

    Lips, you're prize is forthcoming.

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