2008 Bracket Challenge

[stegmakk]

No prizes, or betting. Just a competition for bragging rights.

See This link for a pdf bracket: http://www.laxpower.com/update08/tourney08/Bracket-MD1.PDF

Send me an email with your TLF name, and picks in the format below:

1. Winner of Duke#1 vs Loyola #16
2. Winner of OSU#9 vs Cornell #8
3. Winner of #5 Hopkins vs #12 Hofstra
4. Winner of #4 UNC vs #13 Navy
5. Winner of #3 Syracuse vs #14 Canisius
6. Winner of #6 NotreDame vs #11 Colgate
7. Winner of #7 Maryland vs #10 Denver
8. Winner of #2 UVA vs #15 UMBC
....
9. Winner Duke/Loyola vs OSU/Cornell
10. Winner Hopkins/Hofstra vs UNC/Navy
11. Winner Cuse/Canisius vs Colgate/ND
12. Winner Maryland/Denver vs Uva/UMBC
....
13. Winner Duke/Loyola/OSU/Cornell vs Hopkins/Hofstra/UNC/Navy
14. Winner Cuse/Canisius/Colgate/ND vs Maryland/Denver/UVA/UMBC
....
15. Winner Duke/Loyola/OSU/Cornell/Hopkins/Hofstra/UNC/Navy vs Cuse/Canisius/Colgate/ND/Maryland/Denver/UVA/UMBC
TIEBREAKER: Total Goals scored in final (without going over)

[stegmakk]

Cutoff will be 24 hours before 1st FO (verified by email time stamp).

Scoring is as follows:
1st Round Game = 1 Base Point plus Bonus Points for Seed
QF = 2 Base Points plus Bonus Points for Seed
Semi = 4 Base Points plus Bonus Points for Seed
Final = 8 Base Points plus Bonus Points for Seed

Bonus points work as follows:
If you pick #12 over #5 in the 1st round and #12 beats #5, you get - 1 for the game PLUS 12 for the seed winning. If you picked #5 and #5 beat 12, youd get 1 for the game PLUS 5 for the seed.

I'll post everyone's names that entered, and their standings after each round.

[HoosUrDaddy]

What's your email?

[navylax161]

just click his username and go down to "send an email to stegmakk"

[stegmakk]

Keep the emails coming.

So far:
CApenguin88 - Best Possile Points=85 - Champ=Duke - Tiebreaker=25
navylax161- Best Possile Points=103 - Champ=Duke - Tiebreaker=24
stegmakk- Best Possile Points=89 - Champ=Syracuse - Tiebreaker=22
shogunstud31- Best Possile Points=83 - Champ=Duke - Tiebreaker=20
redwinger788- Best Possile Points=104 - Champ=Hopkins - Tiebreaker=14
HoosUrDaddy - Best Possile Points=95 - Champ=UVA - Tiebreaker=19

[HoosUrDaddy]

Keep the emails coming.

So far:
CApenguin88 - Best Possile Points=85 - Champ=Duke - Tiebreaker=25
navylax161- Best Possile Points=103 - Champ=Duke - Tiebreaker=24
stegmakk- Best Possile Points=89 - Champ=Syracuse - Tiebreaker=22
shogunstud31- Best Possile Points=83 - Champ=Duke - Tiebreaker=20
redwinger788- Best Possile Points=104 - Champ=Hopkins - Tiebreaker=14
HoosUrDaddy - Best Possile Points=95 - Champ=UVA - Tiebreaker=19
Is this for First Round only? Or the whole tournament. Just Wondering?

[stegmakk]

Is this for First Round only? Or the whole tournament. Just Wondering?

whole tournament
(reason why some best possible scores are way higher, they picked an underdog taking it deep.)

[stegmakk]

Hurry and get picks in...15 are entered...
Entry - Champion - Best Possible - Tiebreaker
CApenguin88 - Duke - 85 - 25
navylax161 - Duke - 103 - 24
stegmakk - Syracuse - 89 - 22
shogunstud31 - Duke - 83 - 20
redwinger788 - Hopkins - 104 - 14
HoosUrDaddy - UVA - 95 - 19
stamforddman - Duke - 85 - 23
Lax4life528 - Duke - 99 - 18
Lacrossebum03 - Hopkins - 101 - 22
laxer6 - Duke - 90 - 23
dub-b08 - Duke - 93 - 28
awesomeman - Duke - 93 - 24
prof. mushroom - Duke - 90 - 23
Spenny - Duke - 89 - 33
jdTurtle02 - Duke - 90 - 25

[Lacrossebum03]

At least I got 1 upset right today (Navy over UNC).... Ohio State/Cornell mess everyone else up too?

[HoosUrDaddy]

At least I got 1 upset right today (Navy over UNC).... Ohio State/Cornell mess everyone else up too?
Messed me up... so did Navy over UNC. That one will hurt me badly.

Well, I'm 2 out 4 so far. 50% Lets hope tomorrow is a new day.

[Prof. Mushroom]

At least I got 1 upset right today (Navy over UNC).... Ohio State/Cornell mess everyone else up too?

Drat the luck. That was one of the harder games to predict for sure, but I was really hoping for UNC to take that game...UNC's loss makes my record 3-1. I predicted the OSU win. :thumbsup:
The Prof.

[Lax4life528]

yea, i had mostly first round favorites so not good for me

[Lacrossebum03]

Well Navy steps up to big games and I like them in the playoffs, so I picked em easy over NC. I never saw OSU play this season, and I had no idea Cornell's D was that bad. 3-1 on the day as well. Tomorrows Lineup for me: Hop, VA, Cuse, ND (Colgate could pull an upset if they play like they did vs. Cuse)

[HoosUrDaddy]

I'm not doing well right now...

50% right...

The ones I got right...
Syracuse win
Virginia win
Duke win
Maryland win

Unless Virginia wins out... I'm in deep trouble for winning bracket predictions. At least 3 of my 4 semi-final teams are left.

[navylax161]

5/8 in the first round, with already one loss in the second round. 34/52 points so far, which is about so-so i guess.

[CTWavelax]

missed ohio state and cornell..cornell's D sucks

[Lacrossebum03]

Missed OSU/Cornell too. I agree with you on Cornell's D sucking. I'll take 7 of 8 though.

[stegmakk]

UPDATES:
Only 3 picked Navy...half of us knew Cornell would lose...cuse, uva, duke were all unanimously correct for 1st round...
Name Total Points Best Possible
Lacrossebum03: 44 92
dub-b08: 44 84
redwinger788: 40 99
jdTurtle02: 40 85
CApenguin88: 40 80
stamford dman: 40 80
hbslax4: 36 78
laxer6: 33 73
prof. mushroom: 33 73
veronalax33: 33 68
stegmakk: 32 67
dodgerlax34: 30 70
shogunstud31: 30 69
Laxplaya6912: 30 63
navylax161: 27 59
awesomeman: 25 65
Lax4life528: 24 66
goaliegod: 24 56
Spenny: 23 63
HoosUrDaddy: 17 50

[HoosUrDaddy]

the only way I will dig my way out of this hole is if 3 of my 4 final four make it there... (Duke, Virginia, Cuse) and Virginia wins it. It's a long shot but I believe.

[Lacrossebum03]

I'm satisfied with T-1st place after round 1. I Don't think I will win out though...

[Lacrossebum03]

Hop over Navy
Cuse over ND
Duke over [cornell] now OSU
UVA over MD

[HoosUrDaddy]

Hop over Navy
Cuse over ND
Duke over [cornell] now OSU
UVA over MD
I'd say that's not that bad. I am about the same... except JHU isn't there. =/ I'd say if you don't get all them right you'll have 3 out of 4.

[dub-b08]

how in the hell would u leave out hopkins, i know they had a rough start but there hopkins and wanted payback.

[Lax4life528]

Well there goes my bracket.

[HoosUrDaddy]

I just realized that the odds are 4-11. 4 predicted teams other than Duke to win the bracket and 11 people predicted Duke to win the bracket. So if Duke loss any where before championships in the bracket depending on who they picked Duke beating could eliminate like 3/4 of everyone.

:idea: OSU? or JHU?

[dub-b08]

11 of 12 correct so far

[Habach]

11 of 12 correct so far

Same, I only missed the colgate game.

[stegmakk]

Updates...
Name Total Points Best Possible
Lacrossebum03: 63 92
dub-b08: 63 84
CApenguin88: 59 80
stamford dman: 59 80
hbslax4: 55 78
jdTurtle02: 55 76
laxer6: 52 73
prof. mushroom: 52 73
redwinger788: 50 82
dodgerlax34: 49 70
shogunstud31: 49 69
veronalax33: 45 68
stegmakk: 44 67
awesomeman: 44 65
Laxplaya6912: 42 63
Spenny: 42 63
navylax161: 39 59
goaliegod: 68 56
Lax4life528: 32 57
HoosUrDaddy: 29 50

[goaliegod]

Good luck to those still in the race!

[HoosUrDaddy]

goaliegod, you have 38 not 68.. you suckI'm pretty sure he was kidding... like sarcasm.

At least my best buddie lacrossebum is still in this race. Unless I get the championship right i'm screwed for not ending in last.

[stegmakk]

I'll be at the games so to give you a heads up...
If Duke wins it all, dub-b08 wins
If Hopkins wins it all, Lacrossebum03 wins
If Cuse wins it all, hbslax4 wins
If UVA over Duke, then dub-b08
If UVA over Hopkins, then Lacrossebum03

[Lacrossebum03]

What are the final stats? I think I finished 2nd.

[Lax4life528]

Wow, I failed.

[navylax161]

to say the least i did... horrible...

[Lacrossebum03]

Who else here picked Hop over Duke? Or was I the only one?

[stegmakk]

Final Tally:
1. Lacrossebum03
2. hbslax4
3. dub-b08
t4. CApenguin88
t4. stamford dman
6. veronalax33
t7. jdTurtle02
t7. stegmakk
t9. laxer6
t9. prof. mushroom
t9. redwinger788
12. dodgerlax34
13. awesomeman
t14. shogunstud31
t14. Laxplaya6912
t14. Spenny
17. navylax161
18. goaliegod
19. Lax4life528
20. HoosUrDaddy

[stegmakk]

Who else here picked Hop over Duke? Or was I the only one?
Redwinger also picked Hop over Duke...but he also picked ND in teh NC against them

[Lacrossebum03]

Can someone let Quint Kessenich know that someone outside of the Hopkins program did actually believe they would beat Duke. Two people actually.