Saturday, March 23, 2013

March Madness Fantasy - Round of 64

Well, I had a nice vacation. Gav was over here, and we stared at these screens and Sean Connery and the "You Work, I Win" opulent pig flyer and the notecards marking U-Verse's channels for the 4 networks showing the tournament games.


As is March tradition, Gav brought Major Peters with him. We had some bloody marys and some beers and some Texas chili (3/4 of a cup of chili powder is ludicrous, use 1/4 cup instead) and some imitation cheetos and some beers and some peanut M&Ms and some brownies and some blueberry muffins and some OJ and some Johnsonville andouille sausages and some sweet potato fries.


Gav also helped with data entry, and I crunched the numbers this morning after restocking on groceries ahead of the class 3 snow killstorm. Here is the leaderboard - note that the "Active" column indicates if the player's team won and advanced to the current round.



Owner Player School Active
Game0
Game1
Total
Brian G Marcus Smart Oklahoma State No 0 22 22

C.J. Leslie North Carolina State No 0 40.5 40.5

C.J. Fair Syracuse Yes 0 16 16

Brandon Triche Syracuse Yes 0 23 23

Tim Hardaway Jr. Michigan Yes 0 25 25

Deshaun Thomas Ohio State Yes 0 29 29

Allen Crabbe California Yes 0 44 44

P.J. Hairston North Carolina Yes 0 47 47




0 246.5 246.5
Alex Rodney McGruder Kansas State No 0 21 21

Shabazz Muhammad UCLA No 0 24 24

Anthony Bennett UNLV No 0 26 26

Romero Osby Oklahoma No 0 47 47

Rotnei Clarke Butler Yes 0 20 20

Jeff Withey Kansas Yes 0 28 28

Jamaal Franklin San Diego State Yes 0 32 32

Doug McDermott Creighton Yes 0 34 34




0 232 232
Dan Nate Wolters South Dakota State No 0 28.5 28.5

Ian Clark Belmont No 0 32 32

Matthew Dellavedova Saint Mary's No 46 24 70

Peyton Siva Louisville Yes 0 13 13

Cody Zeller Indiana Yes 0 14 14

Lenzelle Smith, Jr. Ohio State Yes 0 15 15

Patric Young Florida Yes 0 26 26

Seth Curry Duke Yes 0 32 32




46 184.5 230.5
Chris Mike Muscala Bucknell No 0 28 28

Travis Releford Kansas Yes 0 14 14

Gorgui Dieng Louisville Yes 0 14 14

Perry Ellis Kansas Yes 0 16 16

Keith Appling Michigan State Yes 0 22 22

Marshall Henderson Mississippi Yes 0 33 33

Murphy Holloway Mississippi Yes 0 33 33

Khalif Wyatt Temple Yes 0 56 56




0 216 216
Shawn Le'Bryan Nash Oklahoma State No 0 12 12

Andre Roberson Colorado No 0 28 28

Alex Kirk New Mexico No 0 33 33

Adreian Payne Michigan State Yes 0 8 8

Vander Blue Marquette Yes 0 18 18

Victor Oladipo Indiana Yes 0 19 19

Juvonte Reddic VCU Yes 0 27 27

Trevor Mbakwe Minnesota Yes 0 32.5 32.5




0 177.5 177.5
Brian R Steven Pledger Oklahoma No 0 7.5 7.5

Sean Kilpatrick Cincinnati No 0 34 34

Solomon Hill Arizona Yes 0 12 12

Adonis Thomas Memphis Yes 0 14 14

Ben McLemore Kansas Yes 0 16 16

E.J. Singler Oregon Yes 0 21.5 21.5

James Michael McAdoo North Carolina Yes 0 29.5 29.5

Derrick Nix Michigan State Yes 0 37 37




0 171.5 171.5
Bobby Anthony Drmic Boise State No 46 0 46

Chane Behanan Louisville Yes 0 8 8

Aaron Craft Ohio State Yes 0 10 10

Trey Burke Michigan Yes 0 13 13

Scottie Wilbekin Florida Yes 0 14 14

Durand Scott Miami Yes 0 24 24

Erik Murphy Florida Yes 0 27 27

Mason Plumlee Duke Yes 0 29 29




46 125 171
James Otto Porter Jr. Georgetown No 0 26 26

Richard Howell North Carolina State No 0 41.5 41.5

Treveon Graham VCU Yes 0 8 8

James Southerland Syracuse Yes 0 13 13

Elias Harris Gonzaga Yes 0 13 13

Christian Watford Indiana Yes 0 16 16

Michael Carter-Williams Syracuse Yes 0 19 19

Reggie Bullock North Carolina Yes 0 30 30




0 166.5 166.5
Gavin Elijah Johnson Kansas Yes 0 7 7

Kevin Young Kansas Yes 0 12 12

Ryan Kelly Duke Yes 0 15 15

Shane Larkin Miami Yes 0 20 20

Carl Hall Wichita State Yes 0 23.5 23.5

Colton Iverson Colorado State Yes 0 27.5 27.5

Kelly Olynyk Gonzaga Yes 0 29 29

Dwayne Evans Saint Louis Yes 0 31 31




0 165 165
Peter Angel Rodriguez Kansas State No 0 4 4

Marcos Knight Middle Tennessee No 42 0 42

Mike Rosario Florida Yes 0 10 10

Kenny Kadji Miami Yes 0 10 10

Kenny Boynton Florida Yes 0 13 13

Will Clyburn Iowa State Yes 0 15.5 15.5

Quinn Cook Duke Yes 0 17 17

Russ Smith Louisville Yes 0 22 22




42 91.5 133.5

Gavin noticed that the player he drafted for Georgetown has been out for some time with academic issues, so we replaced that guy with Kevin Young of KU. This was done prior to KU's tipoff, so it was nice and legal. As a result, Gav was the only owner to have all his players survive into the round of 32. Chris and Bobby had 7 of 8 players advance. Alex was hit hardest, with half of his players taken down.

The top performers came from players earning the 1.5x scoring bonus. Chris' early 4th round choice of Temple's Wyatt paid off huge, with 56 points. Each drafted play-in game (Game 0) player did okay; Dan had the only one who made it to the round of 64, earning 70 total points. Had Dellavedova hit his buzzer beater against Memphis, he'd be earning more points today.


The final player selected showed his lack of worth in K-State's loss to La Salle -- Angel scored 4 lousy points, including his terrible, terrible desperation shot from behind the backboard to end the game. Aaron Craft is on this list? OH GODDAMN IT I FORGOT TO INCLUDE STEALS IN THE FORMULA. I think we axed them last year, but I told people they counted this year. So I guess I can add them back. I'll do it next round, because it would take me another hour or so to re-format this junk.


Derrick Nix of Michigan State and PJ Hairston of UNC are the top late-round performers so far.


Here is a histogram. It's pretty fun, I guess. Some poor bastard from Akron had a negative 1 output due to turnovers. 3 La Salle players make up the top 6 scorers, including the top 2.




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