Big East Tournament Pool
by Quinn1979 on Mar 7, 2010 2:38 PM EST
79 comments
I’m going to run another Big East Tournament pool this year. This time, the scoring system will have a twist because otherwise the format of the tournament doesn’t encourage risk taking (ie, you already know for sure one team playing in each 3rd round game). As a result, here is the modified scoring system:
1. Round 1: you will receive points equal to 50% of the winning team's seed if you get it correct. For example, if you choose Providence (and they win), you will get 7.5 points.
2. Rounds 2-3: each time you get a game correct, you will receive points equal to that team's seed. For example, if you choose Depaul to win their 2nd and 3rd games (and they do), you get 32 total points for these two rounds (in addition to 8 points from round 1).
3. Semifinals: For each semifinal game you choose correct, you will get the greater of (i) the team's seed or (ii) 8 points.
4. Final: If you choose the winner correctly, you will receive 16 points.
I haven’t gotten this fully-approved by the powers-that-be that run this site, but I think it’s a pretty safe bet that they’ll let the winner write 1,000 words on any Big East or NCAA Tournament-related topic that they choose with an auto-bump to the front page.
To submit your picks, respond below in chronological order using the Big East Tournament bracket here. For example, if you were going to default to choosing the highest seeds, your submission would look like this:
- USF
- UConn
- Seton Hall
- Cincinnati
- Georgetown
- Marquette
- Notre Dame
- Louisville
- Syracuse
- Villanova
- Pittsburgh
- West Virginia
- Syracuse
- Pittsburgh
- Syracuse
GOOD LUCK!
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1. DePaul
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. Marquette
7. Seton Hall
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Villanova
11. Pittsburgh
12. Louisville
13. Syracuse
14. Louisville
15. Syracuse
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 7, 2010 3:38 PM EST reply actions
Stop Reyonlds = Stop Villanova
Not buying their stock this year.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 9, 2010 2:17 AM EST up reply actions
I don't know if it's even so much stop Reynolds
If you stop Fisher or Pena, which is very possible looking at the stat swings, they are highly vulnerable. And their road is really hard, playing Marquette, who lost by 2 twice, and Syracuse, who pounded them. You should have written this before I picked Nova
In retrospect
I think WVU would beat Louisville 7 times out of 10 and should’ve logically picked them to beat L’ville. But I didn’t.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 9, 2010 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
Looking to defend last year's title
1. USF
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. Marquette
7. Seton Hall
8. Louisville
9. Georgetown
10. Villanova
11. Pittsburgh
12. West Virginia
13. Villanova
14. West Virginia
15. West Virginia
Last year's title?
Then I’m looking for your Op-Ed.
Winnar
That’s why Quinn came up with a scoring system that is so complicated, he can just make up the results showing he won.
I'm not worried
I’m just questioning your motivation for winning if you’re not going to deliver the bumped Op-Ed piece that you’re entitled to.
already composing my 1000 words
1. USF
2. UCONN
3. Providence
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. UCONN
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9, Syracuse
10. UCONN
11. Pitt
12. Louisville
13. Syracuse
14. Louisville
15. Syracuse
Forget the Orange
USF
UConn
Seton
Cinci
USF
MarKet
Seton
UL
Cuse
MarKet
Pitt
UL
Cuse
UL
UL
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
Depaul
Uconn
Hall
Cincy
GT
Uconn
Hall
UL
GT
Nova
Pitt
UL
Nova
Pitt
Nova
Great scoring idea for the first round!
It rewards those who correctly pick the upsets. I like it.
1. USF
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincy
5. USF
6. Marquette
7. Seton Hall
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Nova
11. Pitt
12. Louisville
13. Nova
14. Louisville
15. Nova
Tiebreaker: UK will be mentioned by the announcers 4 times during Louisville’s first game.
CardsFan922's picks
1. USF
2. UConn
3. Provo
4. Rutgers
5. Georgetown
6. UConn
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Cuse
10. Nova
11. Notre Dame
12. WVU
13. Cuse
14. NDU
15. Cuse
Note: these picks assume that Notre Dame realizes it is a better team with Gody not getting 75% of its shots and not reverting to pre-Gody-injury form.
1. South Florida
2. Connecticut
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincinnati
5. South Florida
6. Marquette
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Villanova
11. Pittsburgh
12. West Virginia
13. Villanova
14. West Virginia
15. Villanova
In hindsight
my picks were stupid. I think Nova is going to lose to Syracuse by 15. Someone should have told me to wait a day instead of jumping in as soon as this was posted.
Gtown
1. USF
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Nati
5. GTown
6. UConn
7. ND
8. Louisville
9. Gtown
10. Uconn
11. ND
12. Louisville
13. GTown
14. Louisville
15. Gtown
1. USF
2. St. JOhns
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincy
5. G Town
6. St. Johns
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. G Town
10. Nova
11. Pitt
12. Louisville
13. G Town
14. Louisville
15. G Town
by Chicago's Cardinal 3 on Mar 7, 2010 6:22 PM EST reply actions
1. USF
2. Connecticut
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. Connecticut
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Connecticut
11. Notre Dame
12. Louisville
13. Syracuse
14. Notre Dame
15. Syracuse
by REALISTICCARDSFAN on Mar 7, 2010 6:44 PM EST reply actions
1. USF
2. St Johns
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincy
5. USF
6. Marq
7. Seton Hall
8. Louisville
9. Cuse
10. Villanova
11. Pitt
12. WVU
13. Cuse
14. WVU
15. Cuse
by Cambroni Cardinals on Mar 7, 2010 11:05 PM EST reply actions
1. USF
2. Connecticut
3. Seton Hall
4. Rutgers
5. USF
6. Marquette
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9.Syracuse
10. Marquette
11. Pittsburgh
12. Louisville
13. Syracuse
14. Pittsburgh
15. Syracuse
by Chris Redman is my hero on Mar 8, 2010 12:51 AM EST reply actions
My article will be about the Calenberg Uplands
1. DePaul
2. St. John’s
3. Providence
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. Marquette
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Marquette
11. Pittsburgh
12. West Virginia
13. Syracuse
14. Pittsburgh
15. Pittsburgh
1. South Florida
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. UConn
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Georgetown
10. Villanova
11. Pittsburgh
12. West Virginia
13. Villanova
14. Pittsburgh
15. Villanova
Too many people have put Cuse over UofL in the finals
You guys must have missed the memo, we don’t lose to Syracuse.
True, but
it’s really hard to beat a good team three times in one season. Time and again you see teams win the first two and lose the third. I hope we don’t have to face them again (and I hope it’s because Villanova upsets them – I want to see that rematch).
You must have missed the memo
The phrase missed the memo = stopped being cool in 1999.
Best Regards,
Guy who picked Cuse over L’ville.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 8, 2010 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
I don't even attempt to be cool anymore.
I’m stuck on “Wazzup?!”
by CardinalDude on Mar 8, 2010 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
Trick Question
(“Wazzup” was never considered cool)
by UL is my hot hot sex on Mar 8, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
Hometown Love...
1. USF
2. UCONN
3. Providence
4. Cinci
5. Georgetown
6. UConn
7. Notre Dame
8. UofL
9. Syracuse
10. Nova
11. Pitt
12. UofL
13. Syracuse
14. UofL
15. UofL (Pitino>>Boeheim)
All the way baby
1 – USF
2 – St. Johns
3 – Seton Hall
4 – Rutgers
5 – GTown
6 – Marquette
7 – ND
8 – UL
9 – Syr
10 – Marq
11 – ND
12 – UL
13 – Syr
14 – UL
15 – UL
we end up with a 4 or 5 seed
hopefully watching a lot of late night basketball this week
1. USF
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. UConn
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Georgetown
10. Villanova
11. Notre Dame
12. Louisville
13. Georgetown
14. Notre Dame
15. Georgetown
Tie Breaker – avg number of times Anvillen is referenced in an Open Game thread this week – 50 million bajillion
NO ONE POSTS BUT ME
1. USF
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Rutgers
5. USF
6. UConn
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Villanova
11. Pittsburgh
12. West Virginia
13. Syracuse
14. West Virginia
15. Syracuse
by Mike Rutherford on Mar 8, 2010 12:52 PM EST reply actions
Go Cards!
1 DePaul
2 St. John’s
3 Seton Hall
4 Cincinnati
5 Georgetown
6 Connecticut
7 Seton Hall
8 Louisville
9 Georgetown
10 Villanova
11 Seton Hall
12 Louisville
13 Georgetown
14 Louisville
15 Louisville
Might as well submit one
1 USF
2 Connecticut
3 Providence
4 Rutgers
5 USF
6 UConn
7 Notre Dame
8 Louisville
9 Syracuse
10 Villanova
11 Notre Dame
12 Louisville
13 Villanova
14 Louisville
15 Villanova
Don't think it'll play out this way, but why not... (at least my finals are unique so far)
1 USF
2 Connecticut
3 Seton Hall
4 Cincinnati
5 Georgetown
6 Marquette
7 Seton Hall
8 Louisville
9 Georgetown
10 Marquette
11 Pittsburgh
12 West Virginia
13 Georgetown
14 Pittsburgh
15 Pittsburgh
Seeing Luke speak at the Syracuse postgame has given me the ability to win this pool...
Either that or get out of jail from my drug charges and speak to kids at Freedom Hall…
1. USF
2. UCONN
3. Providence
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. UCONN
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. UCONN
11. Pittsburgh
12. Louisville
13. Syracuse
14. Pittsburgh
15. Syracuse
by Luke Whitehead's Rap Career on Mar 8, 2010 5:03 PM EST reply actions
1. USF
2. Uconn
3. Providence
4. Cincinati
5. Georgetown
6. Uconn
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10.Villanova
11. Notre Dame
12. Louisville
13. Villanova
14. Notre Dame
15. Notre Dame
by neverwrongponchowright on Mar 8, 2010 6:25 PM EST reply actions
My entry
1. USF
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. UConn
7. Seton Hall
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Villanova
11. Pittsburgh
12. Louisville
13. Villanova
14. Pittsburgh
15. Villanova
1. USF
2. UCONN
3. SETON
4. CINCY
5. G-TOWN
6. UCONN
7. ND
8. UL
9. SYR
10. NOVA
11. PITT
12. UL
13. NOVA
14. UL
15. UL
by LaBradford Smith on Mar 9, 2010 8:18 AM EST reply actions
1. South Florida
2. UConn
3. Seton Hall
4. Cincy
5. Gtown
6. Marquette
7. ND
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Villanova
11. Pitt
12. Louisville
13. Villanova
14. Pitt
15. Pitt
They gone have to stop sleeping on me one day.. I gotta be one of the best
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