MIAA pick 'em

[hoopdreams]

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

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Saturday, February 22

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

[gohope]

Saturday, February 22:

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


Safe Travels to all Teams and Fans!! 

[Civic Minded]

Saturday, February 22

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

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Last chance to make a move here... either going to be a hero or a zero

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

If this was middle of the season I probably would have gone Hope 4, Calvin 3, Trine 2, Alma 1... but I can't win if I agree with everyone else

[shawn]

sat
4 alma
3 calvin
2hope
1 trine

[gobrits]

Saturday, Feb. 22

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

[FyteOnne]

Saturday, Feb. 22

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

[tyrone]

SATURDAY

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

[devossed]

Hope 4
Calvin 3
Kzoo 2
Olivet 1

[sac]

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

Can't win if I don't pick Albion and Kalamazoo ...........and probably can't win by picking them either

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Congrats to Civic Minded on winning the 2014 MIAA Pick Em Contest!!!!!!

Final Standings:

Player	Points	Wins	Losses	Percentage
Civic Minded	121	46	10	0.821
Flying Dutch Fan	118	45	11	0.804
maroonandgold	118	44	12	0.786
calalum	117	45	11	0.804
northb	117	45	11	0.804
gohope	117	43	13	0.768
sac	116	43	13	0.768
Happy Calvin Guy	113	45	11	0.804
hoopdreams	113	42	14	0.75
bballfan13	112	44	12	0.786
FCGrizzliesGrad	111	43	13	0.768
Roughrider	111	41	15	0.732
realist	110	41	15	0.732
oldknight	109	42	14	0.75
GoBrits	109	41	14	0.745
FyteOnne	105	42	14	0.75
devossed	105	38	14	0.731
BogeyMan	104	40	12	0.769
hope1	94	34	14	0.708
KzooHornet	92	34	22	0.607
tyrone	88	33	19	0.635
shawn	74	29	11	0.725
Kellogg Center	44	15	9	0.625
Hopester	17	6	6	0.5
knights2000	17	6	6	0.5
monsoon	17	6	6	0.5
pointlem	13	5	3	0.625
HopeConvert	7	2	2	0.5

[Civic Minded]

Wha?  Huh?  Me?  Woohoo!     I will carry the honor proudly.  Thanks!

[sac]

MIAA PICK'EM CONTEST MIRED IN CONTROVERSY            
Feb. 23, 2014
Holland, MI.

Controversy erupted today at the headquarters of FDF, Inc. when a group of disgruntled gambling enthusiasts protested the results of this years MIAA pick'em contest when it was revealed the champion known only as CivicMinded may have had an inappropriate relationship with the commissioner.  "She's been sleeping with him" quoted an anonymous source.  "They told me right to my face, it was disgusting, too much information, I was so shocked I started yelling soccer references at basketball players".



"It raises a lot of questions about the results, none of us get to see this spreadsheet with the results, it would be very easy to slip a point or two in there."

"It must be the shorts" stated the anonymous source.

A regular contest supporter by the named GoHope was quoted "the possibility of sleeping with the commissioner never occurred to me, had I known that I might have tried harder, like Calvin.  Would you like some candy?"

The controversy has raised questions about future participation as well.  Hoopdreams was quoted as saying  "I have it from a good source no one from Hudsonville will ever participate in this contest again.  A lot of bridges have been burned, past contest participants are not happy with FDF being in charge."   When asked to site those sources his reply was "I know basketball pick'em contests if you want to know message me and I'll tell you everything".

Another participant, Knightslappy, stated "you expect some regression to the mean, but in this case its hard to tell if the multipliers are being used correctly, standard deviations suggest something isn't right the results seems outside the expected result."

A realist described the loss of faith in the commissioners leadership this way "he didn't have us ready to pick.  As a commissioner you have to have your pickers ready to pick.  How he handled the postponed games was very predictable.  Other commissioners have their pickers ready and try something new when the same old thing doesn't.  We have a lot of talented pickers and we should be better at picking"

As recourse many in the pick'em community are demanding an independent investigator to look into possible wrong doing, one worried pick'er, Wiz, said about the possibility of an independent investigator "I just hope we don't get the bald one."

Some in the picking community just hope the controversy dies but as others have pointed out, nothing ever really dies with this group.

[monsoon]

MIAA PICK'EM CONTEST MIRED IN CONTROVERSY            
Feb. 23, 2014
Holland, MI.

Controversy erupted today at the headquarters of FDF, Inc. when a group of disgruntled gambling enthusiasts protested the results of this years MIAA pick'em contest...

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