NCAA Tournament

dahlby · March 05, 2011, 01:13:53 AM

Finals from Chapman University, Orange Ca pod.

In the first game George Fox held on to defeat Occidental College 53-46.
The night cap saw LA College downing Chapman 61-60 in a nail biter.
I will do a little recap in the West Region topic under SCIAC.

Mr. Ypsi · March 05, 2011, 01:56:07 AM

Quote from: sunny on March 04, 2011, 11:39:35 PM
Well, I didn't enter the challenge, but take it on faith that I am 26-5 right now (come on Chapman!).

Oddly one of my five misses was Wisconsin Lutheran winning ... which is funny since I was the only voter to vote for them each of the last two weeks. The lesson - never pick against yourself! The other four were Geneseo, Mount Union, Eastern Connecticut and Williams.

Especially odd since UWL tied with Wis LU in the 12th week (I think - for some reason d3hoops gives week 13 , then nothing since week 10 on the Top 25). Since you couldn't have given a #25 vote to both of them, I wonder who the chicken-hearted voter to UWL might have been?!

David Collinge · March 05, 2011, 03:44:03 AM

Quote from: sunny on March 04, 2011, 11:39:35 PM
Well, I didn't enter the challenge, but take it on faith that I am 26-5 right now (come on Chapman!).

Oddly one of my five misses was Wisconsin Lutheran winning ... which is funny since I was the only voter to vote for them each of the last two weeks. The lesson - never pick against yourself! The other four were Geneseo, Mount Union, Eastern Connecticut and Williams.

Chapman failed to come on, so you missed six. So did I, and it makes me feel good that I kept up with a poll voter! Like you, I missed on La. College, Mt. Union, Muhlenberg, and Wisc Luth's wins, and also lost with Lewis & Clark and my only sentimental pick, Denison. Mount and Muhlenberg wiped out two of my Sweet Sixteen, and that may hurt. But I'm okay with 26 out of 32 (my score on the men's bracket as well, I'm all equal opportunity like that!)

GuyFormerlyPSBBG · March 05, 2011, 06:03:15 AM

Quote from: gordonmann on March 04, 2011, 11:34:33 PM
Guy:

Nice showing by the Pride. Congrats on the win. I think they'll handle Juniata tomorrow night. Then again, we both know how good I am at predicting things.

Your predictions are good. I really thought Greensboro would have their hands full last night. Greensboro has more NCAA tournament experience and coaches that have been there before. Most of the doubt I had this weekend was that first round game. (That would have helped your story with sweet 16 and St. Vincent) I think Greensboro wins 73-60 tonight. Too bad I won't be able to watch it. I was going off the posted time, but the announcer said 5:30 not 7. I made plans for that time.

Maine 1 · March 05, 2011, 07:11:54 AM

Another good showing by the NESCAC teams in the first round last night. 3 wins out of 4, and Williams lost to a last second shot. Amherst ran all over a very weak Husson team, but in their last two games, Amherst is showing that they are ready for a strong run.

martin · March 05, 2011, 08:52:33 AM

Quote from: gordonmann on March 04, 2011, 11:34:33 PM
Guy:

Nice showing by the Pride. Congrats on the win. I think they'll handle Juniata tomorrow night. Then again, we both know how good I am at predicting things.

Gordon,

In addtition to being a D3Hoops guru, are you also an amateur sports broadcaster and a financial disaster doctor?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/03/04/134265471/the-friday-podcast-a-city-throws-in-the-towel

A guy with orange-ish hair and an enormous laugh!!!

gordonmann · March 05, 2011, 01:10:24 PM

I was wondering when someone might find that.

I'll take amateurish as an, um, compliment?

martin · March 05, 2011, 01:20:14 PM

Quote from: gordonmann on March 05, 2011, 01:10:24 PM
I was wondering when someone might find that.

D3hoops has an eclectic and well informed following. I am surprised that it took so long for someone to post on it.

I hope people listen to the Planet Money podcast - and read its blog - for reasons beyond the chance to hear your enormous laugh. It is great at explaining economics. The shows it did for "This American Life" on the financial meltdown were outstanding.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/planet-money

I have an MBA and a CPA certificate. Friends and family were asking me to explain what happened. I tried - but then just started referring them to those stories.

gordonmann · March 05, 2011, 01:31:56 PM

Yeah, they do a nice job turning very technical problems into something you can understand and enjoy.

David Collinge · March 05, 2011, 02:14:15 PM

Quote from: gordonmann on March 05, 2011, 01:10:24 PM
I was wondering when someone might find that.

I'll take amateurish as an, um, compliment?

"Amateur," at its root, means someone who does what he does out of love or passion. Taken that way, it's always a compliment.

gordonmann · March 05, 2011, 02:38:37 PM

Well there you go then.

Pat Coleman · March 05, 2011, 02:59:40 PM

Quote from: GuyFormerlyPSBBG on March 04, 2011, 10:13:16 PM
I am pretty upset about my bracket challenge. Somehow my bracket got screwed up after I submitted. I publicly stated CNU and Amherst on the side of the bracket. I just looked at it there is stevens and williams. How did that happen? My bracket is therefore now "charlie sheened"

Is there a bug in the mix or sabotage

Is this still displaying as such?

Just Bill · March 05, 2011, 03:07:30 PM

My definition of amatuer is "doing the things that I would love to do for a career but haven't been able to figure out how to get paid for them... yet."

deiscanton · March 05, 2011, 03:20:57 PM

I am 28-4 on my bracket in the D3Photography.com Bracket Challenge on the women's side through the end of the first round.

I missed on these 4 games:

(1) Howard Payne over Lewis & Clark-- I picked Lewis & Clark.
(2) Muhlenberg over Williams-- I picked Williams
(3) Mt. Union over Wis. Whitewater-- I picked Wis. Whitewater
(4) Wisconsin Lutheran over Wis. La Crosse-- I picked Wis. La Crosse

4 misses are not bad for the first day-- Let's see what happens today.

Mr. Ypsi · March 05, 2011, 07:00:34 PM

Quote from: deiscanton on March 05, 2011, 03:20:57 PM
I am 28-4 on my bracket in the D3Photography.com Bracket Challenge on the women's side through the end of the first round.

I missed on these 4 games:

(1) Howard Payne over Lewis & Clark-- I picked Lewis & Clark.
(2) Muhlenberg over Williams-- I picked Williams
(3) Mt. Union over Wis. Whitewater-- I picked Wis. Whitewater
(4) Wisconsin Lutheran over Wis. La Crosse-- I picked Wis. La Crosse

4 misses are not bad for the first day-- Let's see what happens today.

Good showing! I missed those four and, alas, five others - 23-9 will put we down quite a ways (especially since I've already lost out on three games for today (my predicted winners already lost yesterday).

My slight hope for a comeback is that I haven't yet lost any predicted winners for round three or beyond.