Little East Pick 'em League

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I was waiting on confirmation from express before I posted this one. So whether this is late on here, he has my pick recorded in time 
Bonus number 3: What will be the 2 vs. 7 matchup in the first round: RI College @ Southern Maine OR UMass-Dartmouth vs. Any Other Combination?

[7express]

For the bonus selections:

For bonus 1, Eastern beats Keene to lock up the #1 seed in the women's tournament (Eastern swept the season series so they own the tiebreaker).
For bonus 3, Southern Maine beat Plymouth, and RIC beat Western  so the 2/7 matchup (along with the 1/8 matchup) is set: that will be RI College @ Southern Maine.

Unfortunately, I didn't put lock times on the bonus this week mainly because they were scenario's and I didn't want to lock them all at once, but if you failed to select bonus 1 or bonus 3, unfortunately I will not accept those picks.  Bonus #2 (who will finish higher between Plymouth & Dartmouth) is still open however.

[AllStar]

Saturday, February 20:
Southern Maine () @ UMass-Dartmouth () 3
Plymouth State () @ Western Connecticut () 3
Eastern Connecticut () @ UMass-Boston () 3
Keene State () @ RI College () 3

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Wednesday, February 17:
UMass-Dartmouth (13-10, 6-6) @ UMass-Boston (6-16, 2-10) 7:30
Eastern Connecticut (16-7, 10-2) @ Keene State (13-10, 6-6) 7:30
Western Connecticut (14-9, 7-5) @ RI College (4-19, 3-9) 7:30
Plymouth State (15-8, 6-6) @ Southern Maine (14-9, 8-4) 7:30

Bonus tournament scenario's (once again no penalty for wrong/missed answers):
Bonus 1: Which team will win clinch the #1 seed in the WOMEN'S tournament:  Keene State or Eastern Connecticut?  They are tied at 9-3 atop the conference and play Wednesday in Keene.  Eastern won the first matchup, so if the win they'll clinch the 1 seed since they own the tiebreaker.  IF Keene wins, and they finish tied I believe Eastern would also win the tiebreaker since they'd have a better conference road record then Keene would.
Bonus number 2: Which team will finish with a HIGHER seed in the 2016 LEC tournament: Plymouth State or Dartmouth?  They are currently tied at 6-6 and Plymouth wins the tiebreaker since they swept the season series.

I was waiting on confirmation from express before I posted this one. So whether this is late on here, he has my pick recorded in time 
Bonus number 3: What will be the 2 vs. 7 matchup in the first round: RI College @ Southern Maine OR UMass-Dartmouth vs. Any Other Combination?

Saturday, February 20:
Southern Maine (15-9, 9-4) @ UMass-Dartmouth (14-10, 7-6) 3
Plymouth State (15-9, 6-7) @ Western Connecticut (14-10, 7-6) 3
Eastern Connecticut (16-8, 10-3) @ UMass-Boston (6-17, 2-11) 3
Keene State (14-10, 7-6) @ RI College (5-19, 4-9) 3

[7express]

Week 12 results:

UMass-Dartmouth 82 @ UMass-Boston 56
Eastern Connecticut 49 @ Keene State 75
Western Connecticut 69 @ RI College 72 (overtime)
Plymouth State 76 @ Southern Maine 89
Southern Maine 94 @ UMass-Dartmouth 102 (overtime)
Plymouth State 74 @ Western Connecticut 86 (overtime)
Eastern Connecticut 69 @ UMass-Boston 64
Keene State 62 @ RI College 48;

Bonus 1: Eastern Connecticut #1 seed, Keene State #2 seed
Bonus 2: Dartmouth #4 seed, Plymouth #6 seed
Bonus 3: RIC @ USM 2/7 game 1 Any Other combination 0

Week results:
Warriorcat 9-1 (forgot to bold a winner in the Plymouth/Western game  ) (+2 bonus; bonus 2, bonus 3) (90%)
magicman 8-2 (+2 bonus; bonus 1, bonus 2) (80%)
amh63 7-2 (+1 bonus; bonus 1) (77.8%)
7express 8-3 (+3 bonus; bonus 1, bonus 2, bonus 3) (72.7%)
Allstar 8-3 (+3 bonus; bonus 1, bonus 2, bonus 3) (72.7%)
booyakasha 7-3 (+2 bonus; bonus 2, bonus 3) (70%)
FCGrizzliesGrad 7-3 (+2 bonus; bonus 2, bonus 3) (70%)
WPI89 6-3 (+1 bonus; bonus 2) (66.7%)

Season results:
AllStar 109-42 (72.2%)
magicman 107-43 (71.3%)
FCGrizzliesGrad 108-44 (71.1%)
Warriorcat 100-43 (69.9%)
amh63 98-43 (69.5%)
WPI89 98-47 (67.6%)
7express 98-50 (66.2%)
booyakasha 94-49 (65.7%)

[7express]

I've decided I'm running the tournament.  I'll have quarterfinals and semifinals game with an extra bonus if you pick the correct championship game and pick the correct winner.  I'll make the quarterfinals games 2 points, semifinals 4 points with 1 point for picking bonus points correctly (once again, no penalty for wrong answer or for not picking the bonuses).

Quarterfinals:
#5 Western Connecticut (15-10, 8-6) @ #4 UMass-Dartmouth (15-10, 8-6) 7 PM
#8 UMass-Boston (6-18, 2-12) @ #1 Eastern Connecticut (17-8, 11-3) 7:30 PM
#6 Plymouth State (15-10, 6-8) @ #3 Keene State (15-10, 8-6) 7:30 PM
#7 RI College (5-20, 4-10) @ #2 Southern Maine (15-10, 9-5) 7:30 PM

Bonus 1: Over/under 185.5 points in Western/Dartmouth
Bonus 2: What will be a higher total: Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western

On Tuesday night I'll post the semifinal picks.

[warriorcat]

Quarterfinals:
#5 Western Connecticut (15-10, 8-6) @ #4 UMass-Dartmouth (15-10, 8-6) 7 PM
#8 UMass-Boston (6-18, 2-12) @ #1 Eastern Connecticut (17-8, 11-3) 7:30 PM
#6 Plymouth State (15-10, 6-8) @ #3 Keene State (15-10, 8-6) 7:30 PM
#7 RI College (5-20, 4-10) @ #2 Southern Maine (15-10, 9-5) 7:30 PM

Bonus 1: Over/under 185.5 points in Western/Dartmouth
Bonus 2: What will be a higher total: Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western

[WPI89]

Quarterfinals:
#5 Western Connecticut (15-10, 8-6) @ #4 UMass-Dartmouth (15-10, 8-6) 7 PM
#8 UMass-Boston (6-18, 2-12) @ #1 Eastern Connecticut (17-8, 11-3) 7:30 PM
#6 Plymouth State (15-10, 6-8) @ #3 Keene State (15-10, 8-6) 7:30 PM
#7 RI College (5-20, 4-10) @ #2 Southern Maine (15-10, 9-5) 7:30 PM

Bonus 1: Over/under 185.5 points in Western/Dartmouth
Bonus 2: What will be a higher total: Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western

[amh63]

Wow....Tourny picks!
I'm not a fool....got to go with the picks of Warriorcat....a conference close follower and the top picker of last week  .
Going for a boat ride this afternoon in 80 degree weather...to cool off.  Still checking in on the games.
No...did not go to the Daytonna race yesterday...a good one....but was at the beach down the road...wife shopping...go figure...tough day .
Anyway, good luck home teams!

[warriorcat]

Wow....Tourny picks!
I'm not a fool....got to go with the picks of Warriorcat....a conference close follower and the top picker of last week  .
Going for a boat ride this afternoon in 80 degree weather...to cool off.  Still checking in on the games.
No...did not go to the Daytonna race yesterday...a good one....but was at the beach down the road...wife shopping...go figure...tough day .
Anyway, good luck home teams!

Thank you for the vote of confidence.  There is a case to be made for any one of the teams seeded 3 through 6 for being in the semis on Friday.  I just went with the home teams figuring that that was the only thing I could see that separated them. 

[AllStar]

Quarterfinals:
#5 Western Connecticut (15-10, 8-6) @ #4 UMass-Dartmouth (15-10, 8-6) 7 PM
#8 UMass-Boston (6-18, 2-12) @ #1 Eastern Connecticut (17-8, 11-3) 7:30 PM
#6 Plymouth State (15-10, 6-8) @ #3 Keene State (15-10, 8-6) 7:30 PM
#7 RI College (5-20, 4-10) @ #2 Southern Maine (15-10, 9-5) 7:30 PM

Bonus 1: Over/under 185.5 points in Western/Dartmouth
Bonus 2: What will be a higher total: Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western

On Tuesday night I'll post the semifinal picks.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Quarterfinals:
#5 Western Connecticut (15-10, 8-6) @ #4 UMass-Dartmouth (15-10, 8-6) 7 PM
#8 UMass-Boston (6-18, 2-12) @ #1 Eastern Connecticut (17-8, 11-3) 7:30 PM
#6 Plymouth State (15-10, 6-8) @ #3 Keene State (15-10, 8-6) 7:30 PM
#7 RI College (5-20, 4-10) @ #2 Southern Maine (15-10, 9-5) 7:30 PM

Bonus 1: Over/under 185.5 points in Western/Dartmouth
Bonus 2: What will be a higher total: Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western (considering Western is counted on both sides that makes it 3 teams vs 2... if you gave me 25 points I might go the other way)

[7express]

Quarterfinals:
#5 Western Connecticut (15-10, 8-6) @ #4 UMass-Dartmouth (15-10, 8-6) 7 PM
#8 UMass-Boston (6-18, 2-12) @ #1 Eastern Connecticut (17-8, 11-3) 7:30 PM
#6 Plymouth State (15-10, 6-8) @ #3 Keene State (15-10, 8-6) 7:30 PM
#7 RI College (5-20, 4-10) @ #2 Southern Maine (15-10, 9-5) 7:30 PM

Bonus 1: Over/under 185.5 points in Western/Dartmouth
Bonus 2: What will be a higher total: Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western

[magicman]

Quarterfinals:
#5 Western Connecticut (15-10, 8-6) @ #4 UMass-Dartmouth (15-10, 8-6) 7 PM
#8 UMass-Boston (6-18, 2-12) @ #1 Eastern Connecticut (17-8, 11-3) 7:30 PM
#6 Plymouth State (15-10, 6-8) @ #3 Keene State (15-10, 8-6) 7:30 PM
#7 RI College (5-20, 4-10) @ #2 Southern Maine (15-10, 9-5) 7:30 PM

Bonus 1: Over/under 185.5 points in Western/Dartmouth
Bonus 2: What will be a higher total: Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western.

[7express]

Combined points of 4 road teams or points scored from Keene State, Dartmouth & Western (considering Western is counted on both sides that makes it 3 teams vs 2... if you gave me 25 points I might go the other way)
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It looks incredibly easy at first glace but then you break it down: Plymouth, RIC & Boston probably won't score.  I'd say between those 3 they probably only get about 175 points which is only about an average of 58 points.  Meanwhile Dartmouth & Keene can easily get 175 by themselves and since Western is in both categories they'll have the points from both side.  I picked 4 road teams as well, but really I wouldn't be surprised if the total came out to like 278 for the road and 260 for Keene/Western/Dartmouth or something like that.  This isn't a complete a slam dunk!