Bracket Challenge

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

First Weekend: CNU over MSM, Trinity over Whitman, Tufts over DeSales, Amherst over RIC, Smith over Emmanuel, UWW over DePauw, BW over Gettysburg, Simpson over UWO, Hope over Marietta, Millikin over Eau Claire, NYU over Bates, NJCU over Babson, Messiah over Ithaca, Trine over JCU, Rhodes over UMHB, Transylvania over SVa

Second Weekend: Trinity over Tufts, Simpson over Smith, Hope over NYU,  Trine over Transylvania

Third Weekend: Hope over Simpson

[Baldini]

1st round
Chris Newport, Johns Hopkins, Trinity, Whitman, Tufts, DeSales, St. John Fisher, Amherst

Smith, Emmanuel, DePauw, UW-Whitewater, Gettysburg, Baldwin-Wallace, UW-Oshkosh, Simpson

Hope, Marietta, Wartburg, UW-Eau Claire, NYU, Bates, Babson, Scranton

Ithaca, Messiah, John Carroll, Trine, Mary Hardin-Baylor, E Texas Baptist, Shenandoah, Transylvania

2nd round
Chris Newport, Whitman, Tufts, Amherst

Smith, UW-Whitewater, Baldwin Wallace, Simpson

Hope, UW-Eau Claire, NYU, Scranton

Messiah, Trine, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Transylvania

Sweet 16
Chris Newport, Amherst, UW-Whitewater, Simpson

UW-Eau Claire, NYU, Trine, Transylvania

Elite 8
Chris Newport, UW-Whitewater, UW-Eau Claire, Transylvania

Final 4
UW-Whitewater, Transylvania

Championship
Transylvania

141 points

[bulk19]

Round 1
Christopher Newport, Johns Hopkins, Trinity, Whitman, Tufts, DeSales, St. John Fisher, Amherst
Smith, Emmanuel, DePauw, Whitewater, Gettysburg, Baldwin-Wallace, Wisconsin Lutheran, Simpson
Hope, Marietta, Wartburg, Eau Claire, NYU, Roger Williams, New Paltz, Scranton
Ithaca, Messiah, John Carroll, Trine, Mary Hardin-Baylor, E Texas Baptist, Southern Virginia, Transylvania

Round 2
Christopher Newport, Whitman, Tufts, Amherst
Smith, Whitewater, Baldwin-Wallace, Simpson
Hope, Eau Claire, Roger Williams, Scranton
Ithaca, Trine, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Transylvania

Round 3
Whitman, Amherst
Smith, Simpson
Eau Claire, Scranton
Trine, Transylvania

Round 4
Amherst, Simpson, Eau Claire, Trine

Round 5
Simpson, Eau Claire

Round 6
Eau Claire +111

[Riley Zayas]

Round 1: CNU, Johns Hopkins, Trinity (TX), Whitman, Tufts, DeSakes, St. John Fisher, Amherst, Smith, Brooklyn, DePauw, UWW, Gettysburg, Baldwin-Wallace, Oshkosh, Simpson, Hope, Marietta, Wartburg, Eau-Claire, NYU, Bates, SUNY New Paltz, Scranton, Ithaca, Messiah, John Carroll, Trine, UMHB, ETBU, Southern Virginia, Transylvania

Round 2: CNU, Whitman, Tufts, Amherst, Smith, UWW, Baldwin-Wallace, Simpson, Hope, Wartburg, Bates, Scranton, Messiah, Trine, UMHB, Transylvania

Round 3: CNU, Amherst, UWW, Simpson, Hope, Bates, Trine, UMHB

Final Four: CNU, Simpson, Hope, Trine

National Championship Game: Hope, 65, CNU, 61

[MrMaus]

Round 1:
CNU, Johns Hopkins, Trinity TX, Whitman, Tufts, DeSales, St. John Fisher, Amherst
Smith, Emmanuel MA, DePauw, Whitewater, Gettysburg, Baldwin-Wallace, Oshkosh, Simpson
Hope, Marietta, Wartburg, Eau Claire, NYU, Bates, Babson, NJC
Ithaca, Springfield, John Carroll, Trine, MHB, ETB, Shenandoah, Transylvania

Round 2:
CNU, Whitman, Tufts, Amherst
Smith, Whitewater, Gettysburg, Simpson
Hope, Eau Claire, Bates, NJC
Ithaca, Trine, ETB, Transylvania

Round 3:
Whitman, Amherst
Whitewater, Simpson
Hope, Bates
Trine, Transylvania

Round 4:
Amherst, Whitewater, Hope, Trine

Round 5: Amherst, Hope

Hope 65 Amherst 50

[gordonmann]

Wow! Picking New Jersey City to win two games, including at Scranton!

I like bold picks even if I don't often offer them.

[MrMaus]

https://masseyratings.com/tourn?t=1512

Massey Bracket is out ... still don't get why the WIAC is so heavily valued, but sometimes math works in mysterious ways. Certain that the model has had challenges this year, but always an interesting data point.

Sum, Average and Median of ratings by bracket:
CNU = 1434, 95.6, 54.5 (2 top 10, 4 top 20) lowest 5, highest 309
Smith = 1052, 65.7, 46.0 (4 top 10, 7 top 20) lowest 3, highest 308 (also has #4 Whitewater)
Hope = 920, 57.5,  45.0 (3 top 10, 4 top 20) lowest 1, highest 151 (NJC)
Transylvania = 975, 60.9 39.0 (1 top 10, 3 top 20) lowest 2, highest 191
(La Crosse #19 and Calvin #20 did not make it, so only 18 of the top 20)

[7express]

I somehow missed this before yesterday.  I filled out my bracket, and I would've just coped everything I have on here to the bracket challenge anyways.  I would have had 9 misses in the first round: Johns Hopkins, Hardin-Simmons, Cortland, RI College, Emmanuel, Salisbury, Roger Williams, Wartburg and Wittenberg.

I had: Hope, Wartburg, NYU, Scranton, Ithaca, Trine, MHB, Transy, Simpson, Gettysburg, Whitewater, Smith, Amherst, Tufts, Hardin-Simmoms and Newport in round 2

I had: Newport, Amherst, Whitewater, Gettysburg, Transy, Trine, Scranton & Hope in round 3.

I had: Hope, Trine, Whitewater & Amherst in the quarterfinals.

I had: Whitewater & Hope in the semifinals

I had Whitewater over Hope in the final

[Riley Zayas]

Standings after the first round of games:

Apologies for the formatting issue...will have that corrected when I put out the second round results after today's games
                            Round 1 Total        Overall Total
True To The Cru            27                        27

Ryan                            26                       26

Baldini                         26                        26

MrMaus                        26                        26

Bulk19                         24                        24

HOPEful                       24                         24

7Express                     23                          23

Ronk                          22                          22

FCGrizzlies                  22                          22

VT Alum                     20                           20

[Augie2020]

Wow! Picking New Jersey City to win two games, including at Scranton!

I like bold picks even if I don't often offer them.

How did that work out?

[gordonmann]

Hey, I had Simpson in the national title game. D'oh!

I'm in no position to criticize.

[Riley Zayas]

Hey, I had Simpson in the national title game. D'oh!

I'm in no position to criticize.

That might just be the upset of the tournament...I had Simpson going to the Final Four...very surprising loss for a team that looked unstoppable most of the season

[scottiedawg]

I hadn't watched Simpson enough to form a strong opinion, but watched them vs Dubuque late in the year and the two teams looked very even.

[Baldini]

I hadn't watched Simpson enough to form a strong opinion, but watched them vs Dubuque late in the year and the two teams looked very even.

Lol, from the guy who has been pimping Simpson all season.

[gordonmann]

I think I only watched Simpson played Wartburg, but I was really impressed by the guards' size and shooting ability. Those guards did not shoot well last night, whether that was due to a bad night, Oshkosh's usually stingy defense or maybe feeling off-kilter with the tornadoes going through the area. Nash, Rasmussen and Freeland who are all really good shot 4 for 22.