MIAA pick 'em

[Flying Dutch Fan]

And the final standings.  As stated in the rules "The ultimate winner to be decided by point total.  Any ties in point total will be broken by pick percentage."   Therefore our winner is... me 

Player	Points	Wins	Losses	Percentage
Flying Dutch Fan	125	47	9	0.839
Hope22	125	45	11	0.804
scottiedawg	124	48	8	0.857
Civic Minded	124	45	11	0.804
GreatScot!?	123	47	9	0.839
Happy Calvin Guy	123	46	10	0.821
HOPEful	123	46	10	0.821
TUAngola	123	46	10	0.821
FCGrizzliesGrad	122	45	11	0.804
knightvision	121	44	12	0.786
maroonandgold	120	45	10	0.818
Kellogg Center	119	42	14	0.75
hope1	118	44	12	0.786
gohope	117	43	13	0.768
calalum	115	42	14	0.75
GoBrits	114	44	12	0.786
oldknight	114	44	12	0.786
realist	113	40	16	0.714
Dutch_Man	112	41	13	0.759
tyrone	110	41	11	0.788
sflzman	109	39	17	0.696
Roughrider	106	41	11	0.788
devossed	104	38	10	0.792
FyteOnne	104	41	12	0.774
KnightSlappy	76	30	10	0.75
HupHolland	67	25	7	0.781
Dutchman17	44	16	4	0.8
Winifred Durfee	41	14	6	0.7
Sjt0412	36	13	3	0.813
KzooHornet	26	8	8	0.5

[HOPEful]

Nicely done and thanks again!!

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Shenanigans... I demand a recount... I think someone has been slipping a few extra points in when no one was looking

May I suggest something for next year, how about a bonus point or two if you not only get all 4 games correct but have them in order from blowout to closest? For instance this last gameday if you had Alma at 4 (they won by 12), Trine at 3 (they won by 10), Adrian at 2 (they won by 7), and Hope at 1 (they won by 4) you'd get the bonus.

[Hope22]

I accept the outcome FDF, and really you deserve the win anyway with all the totalling up of points you do. Thanks!

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I accept the outcome FDF, and really you deserve the win anyway with all the totalling up of points you do. Thanks!

Thanks - and congrats on your picks as well

[oldknight]

I accept the outcome FDF, and really you deserve the win anyway with all the totalling up of points you do. Thanks!

Thanks - and congrats on your picks as well

Congrats to FDF. I recommend the commissioner use that gift certificate to Russ' Restaurant he neglected to send to last year's pick 'em winner  and treat CM to a Twinburger

[scottiedawg]

Thanks FDF!

If I had just gone with Trine instead of Albion for my 1-pointer, I would've had it!!  Darn!

[Happy Calvin Guy]

Thanks FDF!

If I had just gone with Trine instead of Albion for my 1-pointer, I would've had it!!  Darn!

....and if the Knights could hit a few free throws I would have finished first instead of sixth. Thanks all for another fun pick em season, and best of luck in the NCAAs to hopefully a couple of deserving MIAA teams.

[sflzman]

I appreciate all the work, FDF. As poorly as I always do, it's still fun nevertheless!

[Flying Dutch Fan]

For several years, Roughrider has requested that I post some career picking stats.  Likewise, GoHope would ask me about it from time to time.  Sadly, they have both moved on to a better place in the last few months - so it is with a bit of sadness that I post this in their honor. 

This list includes every pick 'em player who has made at least 100 picks over the years - and they are sorted by # of correct picks

Player	# Right	# Wrong	Pick %	Total Points
Flying Dutch Fan	534	180	0.748	1001
calalum	530	180	0.746	986
GoHope	511	203	0.716	951
Civic Minded	508	202	0.715	970
tyrone	501	189	0.726	887
Roughrider	434	170	0.719	919
realist	396	160	0.712	945
KnightSlappy	340	124	0.733	780
hope1	336	152	0.689	696
Happy Calvin Guy	335	113	0.748	892
devossed	278	122	0.695	654
ziggy	278	90	0.755	607
Sac	276	102	0.730	321
northb	263	104	0.717	536
FyteOnne	259	123	0.678	645
GoBrits	257	130	0.664	695
maroonandgold	243	84	0.743	654
monsoon	238	96	0.713	562
13wapiti	232	92	0.716	624
ChicagoHopeNut	202	78	0.721	535
BogeyMan	199	73	0.732	406
Goodknight	198	65	0.753	108
Shawn	194	78	0.713	297
Thealmascots	185	102	0.645	309
cmlundy	182	90	0.669	488
hoopdreams	180	68	0.726	481
hope80	175	77	0.694	461
oldknight	173	51	0.772	455.5
scottiedawg	169	59	0.741	441
andrewhope	166	44	0.790	119
Hopester	165	79	0.676	442
andersdy	157	47	0.770	198
sflzman	137	67	0.672	385
knights2000	136	48	0.739	331
FCGrizzliesGrad	128	40	0.762	339
bballfan13	127	41	0.756	335
HopeConvert	117	63	0.650	236
tniem	111	29	0.793
Arena	110	41	0.728	104
MIdoubleA	105	35	0.750	118
Kellogg Center	101	35	0.743	278
Dark Knight	94	36	0.723
Dutchmen 4 Life	93	43	0.684	250
dren	86	43	0.667
HOPEful	84	28	0.750	222
Mr. Ypsi	82	30	0.732	221
hornet fan	79	25	0.760	109
DoTheDew	78	30	0.722
statguy	76	36	0.679	102
calvin66	76	36	0.679	207

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Sorry for the last minute reminder, conference play starts tomorrow, and we will have a Pick 'Em contest.  No change in the rules from the last few years, and everyone is welcome.

- Prior to the beginning of the first game on any given day, pick the winner of each game.  You must also indicate confidence points 1 through 4 (and you must use each confidence number once for each game day).  If you picked the winning team, you will be awarded the number of confidence points you put on that game (See example below).

- Any late picks will be counted as incorrect, and no points will be awarded.

- I will post a weekly update on the standings. 

- The ultimate winner to be decided by point total.  Any ties in point total will be broken by pick percentage.  If a tie still exists, the commissioner automatically wins- just kidding.

- Any disputes may be taken up with the commissioner (that's me) and I will make a final and fair ruling (I promise).


Pick Em example:

Let's say I used the picks below (the team I picked to win is bolded) and the number is my confidence points:

Team A vs Team B - 2
Team C vs Team D - 4
Team E vs Team F - 3
Team G vs Team H - 1

If the winning teams are B, D, F, and H, I would have gone 3-1 and have accrued 7 points.

[HOPEful]

Thanks for making this happen again this season FDF! I'll happily be the first to pick!

Wednesday, January 4th
Hope @ Albion - 4
Calvin @ Trine - 3
Kalamazoo @ Alma - 2
Adrian @ Olivet - 1

[FyteOnne]

Thanks for doing this again!

Wednesday, Jan. 4

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

[Flying Dutch Fan]

For Jan 4

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

[Hope22]

4 - Hope
3 - Trine
2 - Alma
1 - Adrian