MIAA pick 'em

[Hopester]

Adrian at Calvin  2
Alma at Trine  3
Kalamazoo at Hope  4
Olivet at Albion 1

[13wapiti]

Saturday, February 7


Kalamazoo at Hope, 4
Adrian at Calvin, 3
Olivet at Albion, 2
Alma at Trine, 1

[BogeyMan]

Olivet - 4
Hope - 3
Calvin - 2
Trine - 1

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Kalamazoo at Hope, 4
Adrian at Calvin, 3
Olivet at Albion, 2
Alma at Trine, 1

[shawn]

hope4
calvin3
olvet2
trine1

[sac]

Hope 4
Calvin 3
Trine 2
Albion 1

[jspiii]

Hope    4
Calvin   3
Trine     2
Albion   1

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Week 5 standings - check for errors

Player	Points	Wins	Losses	Percentage
Happy Calvin Guy	80	29	11	0.725
ziggy	75	29	11	0.725
BogeyMan	74	27	13	0.675
statguy	74	26	14	0.65
Hopester	73	28	12	0.7
arena	73	27	13	0.675
KnightSlappy	73	27	13	0.675
calalum	73	26	14	0.65
monsoon	73	25	15	0.625
scottiedawg	72	28	12	0.7
13wapiti	71	27	13	0.675
FDF	71	27	13	0.675
jspiii	71	26	14	0.65
calvin_grad	71	25	15	0.625
hope80	71	25	15	0.625
calvin66	69	26	14	0.65
hope_hoops1	69	26	14	0.65
realist	68	26	14	0.65
sac	68	26	14	0.65
hope1	66	24	16	0.6
HopeConvert	66	24	16	0.6
thealmascots	66	24	16	0.6
Roughrider	65	25	15	0.625
ChicagoHopeNut	65	24	16	0.6
gohope	64	23	17	0.575
Civic Minded	64	21	19	0.525
cmlundy	57	20	16	0.556
tyrone	50	18	14	0.563
shawn	43	16	8	0.667
wiz	35	14	10	0.583
hoopdreams	23	10	6	0.625
GoVols	22	8	8	0.5
ACHOOPS-00	20	7	5	0.583
bionbrit	13	6	2	0.75

[hope1]

wed feb 11

4  hope
3  olivet
2  adrian
1  albion

sat feb 14 

4  hope
3  albion
2 adrian
1  olivet

[hope80]

Feb.11
4 Hope
3 Adrian
2 Olivet
1 Albion
Feb. 14
4 Hope
3 Adrian
2 Albion
1 Olivet

[realist]

Wed. 11th
Calvin     1
Adrian     2
Albion     3
Olivet      4
  Sat. 14th
Calvin       1
Albion       2
Adrian       3
Hope         4

[GoVols]

Planning ahead
Wednesday
Albion over Trine, 4 points
Adrian over Alma 3 points
Calvin over Hope 2 points
Kalamazoo over Olivet, 1 point

Saturday
Albion over Kalamazoo, 4 points
Calvin over Olivet, 1 point
Adrian over Trine, 2 points
Hope over Alma, 3 points

[ziggy]

Wednesday, February 11
Albion at Trine, 3
Alma at Adrian, 2
Hope at Calvin, 1
Kalamazoo at Olivet, 4

[KnightSlappy]

Wednesday, February 11
Albion at Trine, 1
Alma at Adrian, 3
Hope at Calvin, 2
Kalamazoo at Olivet, 4

[Roughrider]

   MIAA Pick 'Em Trivia—Week #5 Edition (Ending 07-Feb-2009), or, Analyzing the Analysts   

Greetings once again, Pick'Em pickers.  You've seen the leader board posted by Commissioner FDF.  Here once again is "the story behind the story".  Another "upsetting" day picking-wise on Wednesday, but Saturday, in a rather unusual turn of events, all the favorites held serve, and the GPA went above 90% for the first time all season.  Go figure.   

POTW--Picker of the Week:  Props to monsoon for being the best of Week 5 at 7-1, with 19 points.  That performance was good enough to bump him from 17th place all the way up to 9th place.  Way to go, monsoon!   8)  Right behind him were calvin66 and Hopester with 18 points-7 wins, and arena with 17-7.  Nice job, guys.

14 pickers had 6 wins.  Among them, Week 4 leader HappyCalvinGuy did well enough to hold onto 1st place.  HCG has held that spot for 4 weeks in a row now.  Ziggy scored enough to move up to 2nd place, and bump BogeyMan down to 3rd.  Statguy drops from 3rd to 4th this week.
12 pickers, including yours truly RR and some part-timers, had 5 or less wins.   

Attendance:  Several pickers "missing in action".  Totals of pickers picking this week were 30 Wednesday, 28 Saturday.

The "not-so-coveted" "Aw Crap" Award this week goes to . . . (drum roll please) . . . tyrone, for being so busy with work that he forget to post his picks for Saturday AGAIN, the second time this season.  When he informed me of this at the game, I reminded him that he's only making it easier for me to catch him and FDF (well, at least him     ) in the career Pick'Em points standings.  Better luck next week, tyrone.  Gohope remembered just in time.  Gohope, we "hope" you're feeling better now.   

GPA (Group Pick Average) and GCPA (Group Confidence Point Average):
Wed. Feb 04:  Stunned by both the Albion-over-Hope and Kalamazoo-over-Adrian upsets, 30 contestants got only 60/120 wins correct for another dismal 50.0% GPA, and 177/300 points for a paltry 59.0% GCPA.

Sat. Feb. 7:  In quite the turnabout in picking form, 28 active contestants got 101/112 wins correct for a stellar 90.2% GPA for the day, but resulting in a still-failing 69.4% GPA for the week, and 262/280 points for a GCPA of 93.6% for the day and 75.7% for the week.

GMFPI (Games Most Frequently Picked Incorrectly) and PMFAI (Points Most Frequently Assigned Incorrectly):
Wed. Feb 04:
Albion over Hope, missed by 27 pickers.  68 points mis-assigned.  Congrats to the Britons.
Kalamazoo over Adrian in overtime, missed by 25 pickers.  45 points lost on Adrian.  Props to the Hornets.  My upset of the day and week.

Sat. Feb. 7:
No upsets today.  Trine over Alma, missed by only 7/28 pickers.  10 points assigned incorrectly.  Congrats to the Thunder.

Purely my opinion:
Flashback—one year ago this week, the Wednesday games were postponed to Thursday by the "Big Snow".  Nothing like that this week, though.  Winter was just enough to make for "dirty windshield" driving.

OK, a hoops opinion.  The big three are still hanging around.  Will there be more upsets?  Could be.   

And if there was an award for the most "bricked" dunks in a game, the Dutchmen may have staked their claim with two on Saturday.  Then again, Andy Venema was fouled on his attempt, so his brick shouldn't count against him.  And no, they weren't the best "bricks" in the history of D3, so don't get me started on that.   

And it's rivalry time once again.  Gotta lovit!

Other comments, observations, and conclusions are always welcome.


Roughrider