Predicting Pool C

[fantastic50]

New contest idea ... predict the Pool C berth teams, starting well before season's end.

For each of the five Mondays leading up to (and including) Selection Monday, pick the 20 teams that you expect to receive Pool C berths.  One point for each eventually-correct pick each week, for a total of 100 possible points.

This gets tricky because good teams are clearly more likely to get in the tournament, but often also more likely to win Pool A bids, removing them from Pool C consideration.

[Smitty Oom]

Maybe you get half points if they get in with Pool A?

Either way, I'm down for this and would love it.

[Gregory Sager]

Sounds interesting. Count me in.

[Greek Tragedy]

Maybe you get half points if they get in with Pool A?

Either way, I'm down for this and would love it.

That's a good challenge to guess what team would get the Pool A, so not getting points for that Pool A is part of figuring out and guessing who'd get the Pool C...upsets and all.

[fantastic50]

Maybe you get half points if they get in with Pool A?

Either way, I'm down for this and would love it.

That's a good challenge to guess what team would get the Pool A, so not getting points for that Pool A is part of figuring out and guessing who'd get the Pool C...upsets and all.

My thought in only giving points for actual Pool C teams was to increase the strategy involved, having to think through which conference leaders might be more likely to get upset in their conference tournaments.

[Greek Tragedy]

Maybe you get half points if they get in with Pool A?

Either way, I'm down for this and would love it.

That's a good challenge to guess what team would get the Pool A, so not getting points for that Pool A is part of figuring out and guessing who'd get the Pool C...upsets and all.

My thought in only giving points for actual Pool C teams was to increase the strategy involved, having to think through which conference leaders might be more likely to get upset in their conference tournaments.

Yeah, that was my line of thinking.

[fantastic50]

Deadline of noon Monday each week?

[Smitty Oom]

Yeah I'm down with any rules. I was just spit balling. Noon Monday deadline sounds good to me.

[Greek Tragedy]

Deadline of noon Monday each week?

Starting tomorrow?

[fantastic50]

Yes, first round of picks today or tomorrow morning.

Any volunteers to do the scoring after the tournament field is announced? 

[fantastic50]

I'll go first...

Amherst
Capital
Emory
Hamilton
Loras
Marietta
Nichols
Oswego State
Ramapo
Randolph-Macon
Rowan
St. John's
St. Thomas
Swarthmore
UW-La Crosse
Wabash
Wesleyan
Wheaton (Ill.)
Williams
Wooster

[NCF]

1. Middlebury
2. Hamilton
3. Williams
4. Amherst
5. Wheaton
6. North Central
7. Loras
8. Whitworth
9. Wabash
10. Wooster
11.St, John's
12. St. Thomas
13. John Carroll
14. Marietta
15. Chicago
16. MIT
17. Swarthmore
18. Plattsburgh
19. Oswego
20. Capital

[Greek Tragedy]

Yes, first round of picks today or tomorrow morning.

Any volunteers to do the scoring after the tournament field is announced? 

Your league, you volunteered yourself. LOL

[ronk]

Amherst
Arcadia
Capital
Christopher Newport
Hamilton
LaRoche
Loras
Marietta
Oswego State
Plattsburgh St
PS-Behrend
St. John's
St. Thomas
Scranton
Swarthmore
UW-La Crosse
Wabash
Whitworth
Williams
Wooster

[Smitty Oom]

1. Whitworth
2. St. John's
3. Loras
4. UW-Lacrosse
5. UW-Stevens Point
6. Wheaton (Ill)
7. North Central (Ill)
8. Wabash
9. Amherst
10. Wesleyan
11. Williams
12. Hamilton
13. Capital
14. Lynchburg
15. Emory
16. Middlebury
17. Wittenberg
18. Gordon
19. St. Thomas
20. Plattsburgh St