MARCH MAYHEM: Final Four Predictions!

[7express]

Amherst
Nebraska Wesleyan
Whitman
Wash U

[augie77]

MIT
Wittenberg
Augustana
Whitman

[Greek Tragedy]

I'm sure I'll change this 10 times in the next week.

Hobart
Plattsburgh St
Emory
Stevens Point

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

MIT
Whitman
Hamilton
Augustana

[Greek Tragedy]

I was thinking about going Hamilton AND Williams, but what are the chances they'll be split up?

[WUPHF]

Amherst
Nebraska Wesleyan
Whitman
Wash U

Seriously?

[ronk]

I was thinking about going Hamilton AND Williams, but what are the chances they'll be split up?

95%

[Greek Tragedy]

I was thinking about going Hamilton AND Williams, but what are the chances they'll be split up?

95%

Seriously? They're only 2 1/2 hours away from each other. They may meet in the Elite 8, but I wouldn't think they'd be in entirely different brackets.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I was thinking about going Hamilton AND Williams, but what are the chances they'll be split up?

95%

Seriously? They're only 2 1/2 hours away from each other. They may meet in the Elite 8, but I wouldn't think they'd be in entirely different brackets.

Well, 4 NESCAC teams last year were in 2 separate brackets. Williams and Middlebury in the top left quadrant while Wesleyan and Hamilton were in the bottom right. So last year Hamilton and Williams wouldn't have met until the final if they had made it that far.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

#4 Whitman
#5 MIT
#8 Williams
#24 UW-Whitewater

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Picks so far...

Whitman - 6
MIT - 4
Williams - 3
Augustana - 2
Amherst - 1
Hamilton - 1
Nebraska Wesleyan - 1
UW-Oshkosh - 1
UW-Stevens Point - 1
UW-Whitewater - 1
Wash U - 1
Wittenberg - 1
Wooster - 1

[ronk]

I was thinking about going Hamilton AND Williams, but what are the chances they'll be split up?

95%

Seriously? They're only 2 1/2 hours away from each other. They may meet in the Elite 8, but I wouldn't think they'd be in entirely different brackets.

Well, 4 NESCAC teams last year were in 2 separate brackets. Williams and Middlebury in the top left quadrant while Wesleyan and Hamilton were in the bottom right. So last year Hamilton and Williams wouldn't have met until the final if they had made it that far.

Precisely; other evidence, albeit from the women's side, is Amherst/Bowdoin last year or Tufts the year before, meeting only in the final 4.

[Greek Tragedy]

I think it would be fun to predict the Fort Wayne Four before the season even starts.

1st round - 1 pt
2nd round - 2 pts
Sweet 16 - 3 pts
Elite 8 - 4 pts
Final 4  - 6 pts
Final - 8 pts
Winner - 10 pts

It's Smitty's thread, his choice.

I was thinking. This is a Final Four Predictions pool. So, really, no points should be awarded unless they make the Final Four. Rifht? What do you say, Smitty?

[7express]

Amherst
Nebraska Wesleyan
Whitman
Wash U

Seriously?

Why not??  Would anyone have picked Nebraska Wesleyan at this time last year??

[Smitty Oom]

I think it would be fun to predict the Fort Wayne Four before the season even starts.

1st round - 1 pt
2nd round - 2 pts
Sweet 16 - 3 pts
Elite 8 - 4 pts
Final 4  - 6 pts
Final - 8 pts
Winner - 10 pts

It's Smitty's thread, his choice.

I was thinking. This is a Final Four Predictions pool. So, really, no points should be awarded unless they make the Final Four. Rifht? What do you say, Smitty?

How about you really up the points for the final four, final and winner points and keep the early rounds low. This way in order to actually win you need teams to make it to the final four but in case Whitman and Williams make the final four with two other teams no one predicted (Concordia Moorhead and George Fox) the other two teams adding at least a couple points will serve almost as a tie breaker.

1st round - 1 pt
2nd round - 2 pts
Sweet 16 - 3 pts
Elite 8 - 4 pts
Final 4  - 25 pts
Final - 50 pts
Winner - 100 pts

Does that make sense? I don't know if I articulated it that well.... I can try again later today if need be.