POST SEASON: Bracket Challenge

[monsoon]

Woo hoo!!

[PoppersMacsLive]

Fill out your bracket and see how well you did. Just post your picks for every round or a picture of a filled out bracket or whatever way is easy for you to post and me to read. Get your bracket in by tipoff of the opening game.

1st round win = 1 point
2nd round win = 2 points
3rd round win = 4 points
Quarterfinals win = 7 points
Semifinals win = 12 points
Finals win = 20 points

https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2024/bracket

1st round winners (32 teams):
2nd round winners (16):
3rd round winners (8):
Quarterfinal winners (4):
Semifinal winners (2):
Champions (1):

Tiebreaker: Total points scored in the championship game:

[SpartyBlue]

Round 1  Hampton-Sydney/Stevens/Carnegie Mellon/Catholic/St. Thomas, TX/Whitworth/Neb. Wesleyan/Trinity, TX./Widener/Chris Newport/DeSales/Oswego/TCNJ/Keene St./PSU-H/Guilford/Case Western/Hope/Loras/UW Platteville/Wabash/Trine/Dubuque/Wash U/Randolph Macon/St. Joe, CT./Elmhurt/John Carroll/Swarthmore/Trinity, CT/Tufts/NYU

Round 2 Hampton-Sydney/Carnegie Mellon/St. Thomas, TX/Neb. Wesleyan/Chris Newport/DeSales/Keene St./Guilford/Case Western/UW-Platteville/Trine/Dubuque/Randolph Macon/John Carroll/Swarthmore/NYU

Sweet 16  Carnegie Mellon/St. Thomas, TX./DeSales/Guilford/Case Western/Trine/John Carroll/NYU

Elite 8  Carnegie Mellon/Guilford/Case Western/John Carroll

Final 4 Guilford/Case Western

Champ  Case Western Tiebreak 141

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

HSC over Farmingdale, CMU over Catholic, Cal Lu over CMS, NWU over Trinity.
Widener over CNU, Williams over Oswego, Keene over TCNJ, Guilford over PSUH.
CWRU over Hope, Loras over BLC, Trine over Wabash, WashU over Ill College.
RMC over USJ, Calvin over JCU, Trinity over VaWes, NYU over Stockton.

HSC over Cal Lu, Keene over Widener, Trine over CWRU, Trinity over Calvin.

HSC over Trinity.

[HOPEful]

HSC over Farmingdale, Catholic over CMU, Cal Lutheran over CMS, Trinity over Nebraska Wesleyan.
CNU over Widener, Williams over Oswego, Keene St. over Eastern, Guilford over Hood.
Hope over CWRU, Loras over UW Platteville, Trine over Coe, WashU over Ill College.
RMC over St Joe, John Carroll over Calvin, Trinity over Virginia Wes, NYU over Stockton.

HSC over Cal Lutheran, Keene St over CNU, Hope over Trine, Trinity over RMC.

Hope over HSC.

[7express]

Round 1: Hampden-Sydney (hereby known as H-S), Stevens, Rowan, Catholic, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (C-M-S), Cal Lutheran, Nebraska Wesleyan (NW), Trinity-TX, Widener, Chris Newport (CN), DeSales, Oswego, Eastern, Keene, Hood, Guilford, NYU, Tufts, Trinity-CT, Swathmore, John Carroll (JC), Calvin, St. Joes, Randolph-Macon (R-M), Wash U, Illinois College, Trine, Wabash, PLatteville, Loras, Hope, Case Western (CWR)
Round 2: CWR, Platteville, Trine, Wash U, R-M, JC, Trinity-CT, NYU, Guilford, Keene, Oswego, CN, NW, C-M-S, Catholic, H-S
Round 3: H-S, NW, CN, Keene, Trinity-CT, R-M, Wash U, CWR
Quarterfinals: Wash U, R-M, CN, H-S
Semifinals: CN, R-M
Final: Mr. Randolph-Macon over sir Christopher Newport 72-65; 137 total points.

[PoppersMacsLive]

Round of 64:
HSC, FSC, Rowan, Catholic, UST TX, CalLu, NE Wesleyan, Trinity TX. Widener, CNU, Williams, Oswego, TCNJ, Keene State, PSU-Harrisburg, Guilford. CWRU, Hope, Loras, UW-P, Coe, Trine, Dubuque, WashU. RMC, USJ CT, Elmhurst, JCU, Swat, Trinity CT, Tufts, NYU.

Round of 32: HSC, Catholic, CalLu, NE Wes. Widener, Oswego, Keene State, Guilford. Hope, Loras, Trine, WashU. RMC, JCU, Trinity CT, NYU.

Sweet 16: Catholic, NE Wes. Oswego, Guilford. Hope, Trine. RMC, Trinity CT.

Elite 8: Catholic, Guilford, Trine, Trinity CT.

Final 4: Trinity CT over Guilford, 121 points.

[ronk]

HSC over Farmingdale, Catholic over Rowan, Cal Lutheran over CMS, Trinity(TX) over Nebraska Wesleyan.
Widener over CNU, Oswego over Williams, Keene St. over Eastern, Guilford over Hood.
CWRU over Hope, Loras over UW Platteville, Trine over Coe, Wash U over Dubuque.
RMC over St Joe, John Carroll over Elmhurst, Trinity(CT) over Virginia Wes, NYU over Stockton.

HSC over Trinity(TX), Keene St over Oswego, CWRU over Trine, Trinity(CT) over John Carroll.

HSC over CWRU.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

1st weekend:
Hampden-Sydney over Stevens; Catholic over Rowan; CMS over Cal Lutheran; Nebraska Wesleyan over Trinity (TX)
Widener over Chris Newport; Oswego St over Williams; Keene St over TCNJ; Guilford over Hood
CWRU over Anderson; UW-Platteville over Loras; Trine over Wabash; Wisconsin Lutheran over Dubuque
Randolph-Macon over St Joseph; John Carroll over Calvin; Trinity (CT) over Swarthmore; NYU over Stockton

2nd weekend:
Hampden-Sydney over Nebraska Wesleyan
Keene St over Oswego St
CWRU over Wisconsin Lutheran
Randolph-Macon over Trinity (CT)

Final weekend:
Randolph-Macon over Hampden-Sydney 129 points

[NCF]

Round 1
Hampden-Sydney,Farmingdale St.,Rowan,Catholic,CMS,Cal Lu,Nebraska Wesleyan,Trinity, TX,Widener,CNU,Williams,Oswego St.,TCNJ,Keene State,PSU-Harrisburg,Guilford,CWR,Hope,Loras,Platteville,Coe,Trine,Dubuque,Wash U.,RMC,St.Joe, CT,Calvin,John Carroll,Virginia Wesleyan,Trinity,CT,Tufts,

Round 2
HampdenSydney,Catholic,Trinity,TX,OswegoState,Keene,CWR,Platteville,Coe,Dubuque,RMCJohn Carroll,Trinity,CT,

Sweet 16
Hampden-Sydney,Trinity,TX,Oswego,Keene,Platteville,Coe,John Carroll,Trinity,CT.

Elite 8
Hampden-Sydney,Keene,Platteville,John Carroll

Final 4
Hampden-Sydney,John Carroll

Champion:Hampden-Sydney,124 points

[CollegeGolf18]

1st round winners (32 teams): Hampden-Sydney, Farmingdale, Rowan, Catholic, St. Thomas (TX), Whitworth, Nebraska Wesleyan, Trinity (TX), Widener, Christopher Newport, Williams, Oswego State, TCNJ, Keene State, Hood, Guilford, Case, Anderson, Loras, UW-Platteville, Coe, Trine, Dubuque, Wash U. Randolph-Macon, St. Joseph (CT), Calvin, John Carroll, Virginia Wesleyan, Trinity (CT), Stockton, NYU

2nd round winners (16): Hampden-Sydney, Catholic, St. Thomas (TX), Trinity (TX), Christopher Newport, Oswego State, Keene State, Guilford, Case, Loras, Trine, Wash U. Randolph-Macon, John Carroll, Trinity (CT), NYU

3rd round winners (8): Hampden-Sydney, Trinity (TX), Oswego State, Guilford, Case, Wash U, Randolph-Macon, NYU

Quarterfinal winners (4): Hampden-Sydney, Oswego State, Wash U. NYU

Semifinal winners (2): Hampden-Sydney, NYU

Champions (1): NYU

[CollegeGolf18]

1st round winners (32 teams): Hampden-Sydney, Farmingdale, Rowan, Catholic, St. Thomas (TX), Whitworth, Nebraska Wesleyan, Trinity (TX), Widener, Christopher Newport, Williams, Oswego State, TCNJ, Keene State, Hood, Guilford, Case, Anderson, Loras, UW-Platteville, Coe, Trine, Dubuque, Wash U. Randolph-Macon, St. Joseph (CT), Calvin, John Carroll, Virginia Wesleyan, Trinity (CT), Stockton, NYU

2nd round winners (16): Hampden-Sydney, Catholic, St. Thomas (TX), Trinity (TX), Christopher Newport, Oswego State, Keene State, Guilford, Case, Loras, Trine, Wash U. Randolph-Macon, John Carroll, Trinity (CT), NYU

3rd round winners (8): Hampden-Sydney, Trinity (TX), Oswego State, Guilford, Case, Wash U, Randolph-Macon, NYU

Quarterfinal winners (4): Hampden-Sydney, Oswego State, Wash U. NYU

Semifinal winners (2): Hampden-Sydney, NYU

Champions (1): NYU

Quoting because I forgot a tiebreaker. 135 points in title game.

[PoppersMacsLive]

Hopefully I did not make any math errors. Correct me if I did!

Name    R1    R2      Total   Max
7xprss   26   24      50   154
Ryan__   24   22      46   142
HOPE__   26   18      44   101
Poppers   26   16      42   127
FCGG__   22   20      42   138
Golf___   24   18      42   88
Sparty_   23   18      41   93
Ronk___   25   16      41   133
NCF____   26   12      38   107

[PoppersMacsLive]

It is down to Ryan and myself. If Guilford beats HSC or Trinity wins the National Championship, I win; otherwise, Ryan wins.

Name   R1   R2   R3   QF   SF   Finals   Total   Max
Ryan    24    22    16    21                             83      127
Poppers26  16   16     21                            79       123
HOPE   26   18   16   14                             74        86
7xprss   26   24   16   7                                 73     73
Ronk   25   16   12    14                               67    99
FCGG   22   20   12   7                                 61   73
Golf       24   18   8     7                                     57   69
NCF     26   12   12   7                                  57   89
Sparty   23   18   8   7                                      56   68

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Cool.  I thought I was doing pretty well. Only 4 of 8 in the sectional finals, but I nailed 3 of 4 remaining.  Go HSC, I guess!