2010 Yahoo Tournament Pick-em

[Chip R]

I've already sent out an e-mail to everyone who played last year and posted it on my Facebook profile to anyone who is on here and I've friended on FB. Otherwise you can play at

http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1?tid=107122

Group ID # is: 20819
Password is: chapman

I see a couple have already joined so let's get the party started.

[Chip R]

Bump

[BuckeyeRed27]

Just out of curiosity do you have the standings from last years tournament?

[forfreelin04]

Thanks for inviting me again Chip.

I'm riding on Baylor quite a bit. Duke and Villanova each meet criteria that suggests they will not go to the Final Four. I believe Duke's scoring pct was too low for a No 1 seed and Nova had lost too many games in their last 10.

The No 2 seeds qualifying for the Final Four was astounding. Here's an expert from the article I'm referring too. Written by Peter Tieran at Bracket Science.com

Two seeds: There are also 11 attributes that mark second-seeded pretenders. Avoid any two seed with one or more of these characteristics:
1. They've won fewer than six of their past 10 pre-tourney games.
2. Their coach has been to the dance fewer than four times.
3. Their winning percentage is lower than .765 or higher than .900.
4. They have an SOS rating weaker than 40.
5. They give up 56.8 points per game or less, suggesting a slow-tempo style of play.
6. Their scoring margin is less than 8.7 or more than 18.5 points per game.
7. They rely on guards for more than 77 percent of their points.
8. They have more than one freshman starter or more than three senior starters.
9. They get outrebounded.
10. They shoot less than .450 from the floor.
11. Their assist-to-field goal percentage is less than .500.
They are a 0-52 in reaching the Final Four with any ONE of these qualities.

In case you were wondering, tOSU has a SOS weaker than 40. You could also make a case about guard play if you consider Evan Turner a guard. I also believe WVU shoots less than .450 from the floor. I believe KSU doesn't qualify thanks to their coach not being to the dance.

[KittyDuran]

IIRC in the previous years you could print out your results in bracket form - even though it was two pages. But this year, I can't get it to work. Any suggestions?

[AtomicDumpling]

Looks like my bracket is toast already. Darn Georgetown and Vanderbilt killed me.

[BuckeyeRed27]

Here are the standings going into the Final Four:


Rank Bracket 1 2 3 4 Semis Finals Points Possible Pts
1 Kleese 24 20 24 16 - Kansas 84 100
2 halcyon 25 20 20 16 - Kansas 81 97
3 BuckeyeRed27 23 16 20 16 - Kansas 75 91
4 bucksfan's bracket 21 20 16 16 - Kansas 73 89
5 BuckeyeRedleg 21 14 20 16 - Ohio St. 71 87
6 Gainesville Red 23 18 20 8 - Kansas 69 69
6 TeamCasey 23 22 16 8 - Kansas 69 69
8 Reds Fanatic 21 18 20 8 - Kansas 67 83
8 Crosley68 21 18 20 8 - Kansas 67 67
10 Razor Shines 24 18 16 8 - Kansas 66 66
11 LincolnParkRed 24 20 12 8 - Kentucky 64 64
12 Oh baby I love this team! * 23 16 16 8 - Syracuse 63 63
12 Hoosier Red 21 18 16 8 - Kansas 63 63
12 NJReds 25 22 16 0 - Kentucky 63 63
15 JF's Jayhawks 22 16 16 8 - Kansas 62 62
15 Cin City Redlegs 24 14 16 8 - Kentucky 62 62
17 Sonny's 23 18 12 8 - Kansas 61 61
18 HayPay 20 20 12 8 - Duke 60 108
18 Hello Kitty! 22 18 12 8 - Kentucky 60 60
20 RichRedJMU 23 16 12 8 - Kansas 59 75
20 ForFreelin04 23 20 16 0 - Kansas 59 59
20 The Bluegrass Mountaineer 23 16 20 0 - Kentucky 59 59
20 Eric_the_Red 27 20 12 0 - Kansas 59 59
24 Cumbelandredskin 20 18 20 0 - Kansas 58 58
25 Gilpdawg 23 18 16 0 - Kansas 57 57
26 Danny Serafini 26 18 12 0 - Kentucky 56 56
26 SuperBarry11 22 14 20 0 - Kansas 56 56
28 OnBaseMachine 23 16 8 8 - West Virginia 55 103
28 smith288 - Pwnage 23 16 8 8 - Kansas 55 55
28 reds1869 21 22 12 0 - Kentucky 55 55
31 Slyder's Kiss of Death 22 16 8 8 - West Virginia 54 102
31 cusejuice 24 18 12 0 - Syracuse 54 54
31 Will Bucky get Lucky? 22 16 8 8 - Kentucky 54 54
34 Oneupper 21 12 12 8 - Kansas 53 53
34 Cyclone792 21 16 16 0 - Syracuse 53 53
34 Cincy09 21 16 16 0 - Syracuse 53 53
37 FutureRedsGM 24 16 12 0 - Kentucky 52 52
38 redlegs212 20 14 16 0 - Kansas 50 50
39 BracketClogger 24 16 8 0 - Kansas 48 48
39 Bracket Buster 22 22 4 0 - Ohio St. 48 48
39 puffy 22 14 4 8 - Kansas 48 48
42 Cal's Cardiac Cats 19 14 12 0 - Kentucky 45 45
42 HumnHilghtFreel's Picks 21 12 12 0 - Kentucky 45 45
44 redsfan30 25 14 4 0 - Kansas 43 43
44 AtomicDumpling 21 10 12 0 - Kansas 43 43
44 Andy 19 12 12 0 - Kentucky 43 43
47 TheBurn 21 12 8 0 - Florida St. 41 41
48 joshnky 21 14 4 0 - Kansas 39 39
49 camisadelgolf - - - - - No Pick 0 -

[Slyder]

Wow I could still come back and finish second. Its upto WVU.