2011 Final Four

[smedindy]

I've got Wooster over Larry - with Lincoln netting 3rd.

[woosterbooster]

Wooster over Amherst in one semi, Lincoln over Stout in the other.  Then Wooster topping Lincoln.

However.  I see Wittenberg coming out of their regional, and if Wooster gets that far (no easy chore) it won't be easy to get past the Tigers.  If they don't, I'm guessing that Wittenberg will win it all.

Only time will tell if there's a dominant team out there or if, as I suspect, there are about a dozen teams (or more) capable of winning this thing.  If that's the case, you could play it over and over and get a different final four every time.

[njlincolnlion]

Wooster Booster:

I thought you had Lincoln beating Wooster in your simulation.  Did you modify the program?   

[TeeDub]

Crap. Pat had to go and pick a Final Four that looks almost the same as mine, leaving me vulnerable to charges of plagiarism. 

Hope beats UW-Whitewater in the championship game; Amherst knocks off Virginia Wesleyan for third place.

Curious...how successful has Pat been at picking past tournaments?  This honestly is not a knock...I'm just curious how he has done?

[woosterbooster]

Wooster Booster:

I thought you had Lincoln beating Wooster in your simulation.  Did you modify the program?  

Actually, I did work on modifying it with the help of the guy who created it.  Then, it went and had Lake Erie knock off Wittenberg, followed by Randolph-Macon edging out Wooster.  I'm now convinced that it knows as little about DIII basketball as I do, so I made my own picks. :-)

Good luck to Lincoln.  I just can't wait until this whole things starts!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hey, I picked RMC over Wooster.

[njlincolnlion]

Wooster Booster:

Go Luck to Wooster, except if you guys play my Lincoln Lions.  .

[njlincolnlion]

Hoops Fan:

How far do you have Lincoln going, and who are you picking to beat them?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I've got them going down to VA Wesleyan.  I've said it before, the two ODAC teams were the only ones in the East I would have picked over Lincoln, they just got the bum deal of drawing them so early.  If it was CMU instead, I'd have Lincoln in the final four.

[njlincolnlion]

Hoops Fan:

I see........................ I think Lincoln Va. Wesleyan will be a great game, barring any early round upsets.  Call me a "homer", but I have to go with my Lions over the Marlins if they play.   

[John Gleich]

Jordis,

I'm almost sure that Pat picked Point to repeat last year (which they did) and I think he picked Williams to repeat the year before (which they ALMOST did...  )

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Pat's usually pretty good.  Does anyone recall who won the pick'em last year?

[Roughrider]

dhf, thanks for hosting this board.   

I know I'm a little late, but what the heck, just for the fun of it.  Been working too much, and travelling to the Hope regionals.

Hope over Va Wes for the title.
Amherst over Lawrence for third.

Roughrider

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Well, my final four all survived the first weekend.  I guess that's step one.  A bunch of tough match-ups coming up for them though.

IWU-Lawrence, Hope-Wittenberg, Amherst-Tufts, VA Wesleyan-Lincoln.

I wouldn't be suprised if the final four rep came from those games no matter the outcomes.

[Gregory Sager]

Nobody can accuse me of having my finger on the pulse of Illinois Wesleyan. I predicted that they would win the CCIW postseason tourney, and they lost. Then I predicted that they'd lose to UW-Whitewater, whom I had as my national runner-up, but they won instead.

And although I had Augustana advancing to the Elite Eight in my picks, I was ready to throw them overboard on Saturday when it looked as though they'd have to face UW-Stout without starting PG and sparkplug Drew Wessels, who spent the weekend fighting off a high fever. Turns out that the Doggies didn't need Wessels to win that game after all.

Given my current prognosticating slump, I would tremble if I were a fan of Hope, Amherst, or Virginia Wesleyan.