SH Madness Recap
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:10 am
Looking at just raw scores, outside of the oddities known as the CBI and WBI (which skewed my overal performance DRAMATICALLY), I was generally within about 10 points either way of .500 in the various D-I tournaments that I tried my hand at. The CIT was tough because they didn't post a true bracket; that forced me to choose as soon as they posted each round, which was something of a challenge. In any event, I failed to choose a single D-I champion and only got ONE team that made the finals (that being Butler). That counts the Girls NCAAs with tonight's final, as I had both National Semi losers meeting in the Finals. Interestingly enough, I did better with the girls tournaments than with the boys.
The GOOD news is that due to the way the points fell in the CBS-13 online NCAA Tournament contest, I finished in a two-way tie for 21st out of 618 (which put me in the 96th percentile), and that after knowing I'd lose all 64 points in the Final because I still had Villanova from the UCONN half of the bracket winning out. I was in a four-way tie for 11th place going into the final, and knew I'd drop, but not how far, so I'm happy that I only lost ten spots. And I whipped the station weatherman's tail. LOL.
Anyways, here's the summary:
Boys NCAA: Predicted Final: Villanova d. Butler
Actual Final: UCONN d. Butler
Performance: 39/67 58.2%
Boys NIT: Predicted Final: Cal d. BC
Actual Final: Wichita St d. Bama
Performance: 13/28 46.4%
Boys CIT: Predicted Final: Unknown due to non-bracket format
Actual: Santa Clara d. Iona
Performance: 10/23 43.5%
Boys CBI: Predicted Final: Weber State d. Miami (OH) 2-1
Actual Final: Oregon d. Creighton 2-1
Performance: 5/17 29.4%
Girls NCAA: Predicted Final: Tennessee d. Stanford
Actual Final: Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M (Tonight)
Performance: 43/63 68.3%
Girls NIT: Predicted Final: Cal d. Florida
Actual Final: Toledo d. U$C
Performance: 26/63 41.3%
Girls WBI: Predicted Final: Wright State d. Cleveland State
Actual Final: UAB d. CS Bakersfield
Performance: 5/14 35.7%
Boys Overall: 67/135 49.6%
Girls Overall: 74/137 54.0%
Overall: 141/272 51.8%
The GOOD news is that due to the way the points fell in the CBS-13 online NCAA Tournament contest, I finished in a two-way tie for 21st out of 618 (which put me in the 96th percentile), and that after knowing I'd lose all 64 points in the Final because I still had Villanova from the UCONN half of the bracket winning out. I was in a four-way tie for 11th place going into the final, and knew I'd drop, but not how far, so I'm happy that I only lost ten spots. And I whipped the station weatherman's tail. LOL.
Anyways, here's the summary:
Boys NCAA: Predicted Final: Villanova d. Butler
Actual Final: UCONN d. Butler
Performance: 39/67 58.2%
Boys NIT: Predicted Final: Cal d. BC
Actual Final: Wichita St d. Bama
Performance: 13/28 46.4%
Boys CIT: Predicted Final: Unknown due to non-bracket format
Actual: Santa Clara d. Iona
Performance: 10/23 43.5%
Boys CBI: Predicted Final: Weber State d. Miami (OH) 2-1
Actual Final: Oregon d. Creighton 2-1
Performance: 5/17 29.4%
Girls NCAA: Predicted Final: Tennessee d. Stanford
Actual Final: Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M (Tonight)
Performance: 43/63 68.3%
Girls NIT: Predicted Final: Cal d. Florida
Actual Final: Toledo d. U$C
Performance: 26/63 41.3%
Girls WBI: Predicted Final: Wright State d. Cleveland State
Actual Final: UAB d. CS Bakersfield
Performance: 5/14 35.7%
Boys Overall: 67/135 49.6%
Girls Overall: 74/137 54.0%
Overall: 141/272 51.8%
