March Madness Fantasy 2016 - The Draft

Wow, the world has just finished watching the first play-in game for the 2016 Men's Basketball Championship or whatever March Madness is officially called. Florida Gulf Coast dominated Farleigh-Dickinson, a school I refuse to take the time to look up the proper spelling of.

Last night was our fantasy draft. Let's take a look at the teams, and see how Florida Gulf Coast factors into our league.

THE TEAMS

ROUND	SELECTION	OWNER	PLAYER	TEAM	SEED	REGION
1	1	Chris	Denzel Valentine	Michigan St.	2	MW
2	20	Chris	Ben Bentil	Providence	9	E
3	21	Chris	Domantas Sabonis	Gonzaga	11	MW
4	40	Chris	Bryn Forbes	Michigan St.	2	MW
5	41	Chris	Devin Williams	West Virginia	3	E
6	60	Chris	Danuel House	Texas A&M	3	W
7	61	Chris	Landen Lucas	Kansas	1	S
8	80	Chris	Michael Young	Pittsburgh	10	E
1	2	Dan	Perry Ellis	Kansas	1	S
2	19	Dan	Ryan Spangler	Oklahoma	2	E
3	22	Dan	Matt Costello	Michigan St.	2	MW
4	39	Dan	Tyler Dorsey	Oregon	1	W
5	42	Dan	Jaysean Paige	West Virginia	3	E
6	59	Dan	A.J. English	Iona	13	MW
7	62	Dan	Isaiah Miles	St. Joseph's	8	W
8	79	Dan	Jordan Loveridge	Utah	3	MW
1	3	Brian	Buddy Hield	Oklahoma	2	E
2	18	Brian	Joel Berry II	N. Carolina	1	E
3	23	Brian	Kris Jenkins	Villanova	2	S
4	38	Brian	London Perrantes	Virginia	1	MW
5	43	Brian	Sheldon McClellan	Miami (FL)	3	S
6	58	Brian	Isaiah Whitehead	Seton Hall	6	MW
7	63	Brian	Tyrone Wallace	California	4	S
8	78	Brian	Marc-Eddy Norelia	Fla Gulf Coast	16	E
1	4	Gavin	Frank Mason III	Kansas	1	S
2	17	Gavin	Jalen Jones	Texas A&M	3	W
3	24	Gavin	Georges Niang	Iowa St.	4	MW
4	37	Gavin	Jamal Murray	Kentucky	4	E
5	44	Gavin	Daniel Hamilton	Connecticut	9	S
6	57	Gavin	Zach Auguste	Notre Dame	6	E
7	64	Gavin	Josh Scott	Colorado	8	S
8	77	Gavin	Fred VanVleet	Wichita St.	11	S
1	5	Chuck	Devonte' Graham	Kansas	1	S
2	16	Chuck	Trevon Bluiett	Xavier	2	E
3	25	Chuck	Isaiah Cousins	Oklahoma	2	E
4	36	Chuck	Kris Dunn	Providence	9	E
5	45	Chuck	A.J. Hammons	Purdue	5	MW
6	56	Chuck	Jaylen Brown	California	4	S
7	65	Chuck	James Woodard	Tulsa	11	E
8	76	Chuck	Carrington Love	Green Bay	14	W
1	6	Bob	Brice Johnson	N. Carolina	1	E
2	15	Bob	Anthony Gill	Virginia	1	MW
3	26	Bob	Chris Boucher	Oregon	1	W
4	35	Bob	Elgin Cook	Oregon	1	W
5	46	Bob	Jordan Woodard	Oklahoma	2	E
6	55	Bob	Michael Gbinije	Syracuse	10	MW
7	66	Bob	Roosevelt Jones	Butler	9	MW
8	75	Bob	Gary Clark	Cincinnati	9	W
1	7	Stu	Marcus Paige	N. Carolina	1	E
2	14	Stu	Josh Hart	Villanova	2	S
3	27	Stu	Ryan Anderson	Arizona	6	S
4	34	Stu	Angel Rodriguez	Miami (FL)	3	S
5	47	Stu	Yogi Ferrell	Indiana	5	E
6	54	Stu	Zach Smith	Texas Tech	8	MW
7	67	Stu	Wes Washpun	Northern Iowa	11	W
8	74	Stu	Tyler Self / Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk	Kansas	1	S
1	8	Luke	Jakob Poeltl	Utah	3	MW
2	13	Luke	Tyler Ulis	Kentucky	4	E
3	28	Luke	Ron Baker	Wichita St.	11	S
4	33	Luke	Jarrod Uthoff	Iowa	7	S
5	48	Luke	Ryan Arcidiacono	Villanova	2	S
6	53	Luke	Taurean Prince	Baylor	5	W
7	68	Luke	Shaquille Harrison	Tulsa	11	E
8	73	Luke	Marshall Plumlee	Duke	4	W
1	9	James	Malcolm Brogdon	Virginia	1	MW
2	12	James	Grayson Allen	Duke	4	W
3	29	James	Justin Jackson	N. Carolina	1	E
4	32	James	Kennedy Meeks	N. Carolina	1	E
5	49	James	Brandon Ingram	Duke	4	W
6	52	James	Daniel Ochefu	Villanova	2	S
7	69	James	James Farr	Xavier	2	E
8	72	James	Monte Morris	Iowa St.	4	MW
1	10	Shawn	Wayne Selden Jr.	Kansas	1	S
2	11	Shawn	Dillon Brooks	Oregon	1	W
3	30	Shawn	Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga	11	MW
4	31	Shawn	Josh Hagins	AR Little Rock	12	MW
5	50	Shawn	Melo Trimble	Maryland	5	S
6	51	Shawn	Myles Davis	Xavier	2	E
7	70	Shawn	Casey Jones	Chattanooga	12	E
8	71	Shawn	Abdel Nader	Iowa St.	4	MW

BY TEAM

#1 overall seed Kansas had the most players selected, with 6. Well, 7 if you include Tyler Self, who was picked by Stu after I promised him a 15x multiplier for Self’s output. In case this incites a riot among owners, Stu selected KU’s Svi Mykhailiuk as Self’s replacement. North Carolina had 5 picks, and Oregon, Oklahoma, and Villanova each had 4 players drafted.

DOUBLING UP

James’s team was autodrafted, and as a result (and possibly by his design) he has 2 North Carolina players and 2 Duke players. Chris chose 2 Michigan State players, and Bob chose 2 Oregon players.

BY SEED

18 1-seed players, 14 2-seed players, 10 4-seed players, and 8 3-seed players were chosen. No 15-seed players were drafted. A 16-seed player was drafted only because of a “fun punishment” I implemented as a result of Brian missing the draft - Marc-Eddy Norelia of Florida Gulf Coast. That 6'7" Haitian just finished schooling the other 16-seed in the play-in game tonight, putting up 20/10/5. (And Brian gets the 1.5x multiplier bonus for that stat line.)

BY SEED 1-7

58/80 players were from teams seeded 1-7. Bob has 4 1-seed players. All of James’ players are from 1, 2, and 4-seeds. Dan has 6 players from seeds 1-3 (2 of each).

BY SEED 8-16 (1.5x BONUS MULTIPLIER TEAMS)

22/80 players were from teams seeded 8-16. 7 11-seed players were drafted, followed by 5 9-seed players. Chris and Gavin have 3 bonus players. Brian has 1. James has none. Everyone else has 2.

MINIMUM, MEDIAN, AND MAXIMUM SEED OF PLAYER CHOSEN BY DRAFT ROUND

Round 1 1 1 3

Round 2 1 2 9

Round 3 1 3 11

Round 4 1 2.5 12

Round 5 2 3.5 9

Round 6 2 5.5 13

Round 7 1 8.5 12

Round 8 1 6.5 16

MEDIAN SEED BY OWNER(IN DRAFT ORDER)

Chris 3
Dan 2.5
Brian 2.5
Gavin 5
Chuck 4.5
Bob 1.5
Stu 4
Luke 4.5
James 2
Shawn 4.5

WHITE POWER

Known racist Luke drafted 5 white players.

WE’RE NOT NUMBER ONE

Luke is the only owner with no players from a 1-seed, which probably correlates well to those teams having few white players.

BY REGION

25 from the East (Chuck has 4)

21 from the South (Gav has 4)

20 from the Midwest (Bob, Chris, Dan, and Shawn each have 3)

14 from the West (Bob has 3)

Only Bob (the South) and Brian (the West) lack a player from each region.