Two more days of basketball have elapsed, sands through the hourglass, more of our lives taken from us, a death by a thousand cuts. It really makes you question... who were the top seven studs and duds from the second round of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament?
THE STUDS
| OWNER | ROUND | SELECTION | PLAYER | TEAM | SEED | GAME2_SCORE |
| 1 | James | 6 | 54 | Trevon Bluiett | Xavier | 11 | 55.0 |
| 2 | Gav | 8 | 72 | Miles Bridges | Michigan St | 9 | 48.5 |
| 3 | Shawn | 5 | 43 | Jacorey Williams | Middle Tenn | 12 | 44.5 |
| 4 | Stu | 5 | 46 | Bryant McIntosh | Northwestern | 8 | 43.0 |
| 5 | Gav | 5 | 49 | Ethan Happ | Wisconsin | 8 | 39.5 |
| 6 | Brian | 3 | 21 | Caleb Swanigan | Purdue | 4 | 38.0 |
| 7 | Jake | 3 | 28 | Bonzie Colson | Notre Dame | 5 | 36.0 |
You can do it, put your Bluiett to it! (Rhyming "it" with "it" was one of Ice Cube's greatest lyrical feats.) Gav, Shawn, Stu, and Jake also got nice performances from their players' swan song.
THE DUDS
| OWNER | ROUND | SELECTION | PLAYER | TEAM | SEED | GAME2_SCORE |
| 1 | Chris | 4 | 36 | Hassan Martin | Rhode Island | 11 | 0.5 |
| 2 | Stu | 8 | 75 | Carlton Bragg | Kansas | 1 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Dan | 4 | 31 | Quentin Snider | Louisville | 2 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Gav | 7 | 69 | Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. | Baylor | 3 | 5.0 |
| 5 | James | 3 | 27 | Mikal Bridges | Villanova | 1 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Shawn | 4 | 38 | Isaiah Briscoe | Kentucky | 2 | 8.0 |
| 7 | James | 8 | 74 | Giddy Potts | Middle Tenn | 12 | 8.0 |
Holy moly, look at all these jerks! I double-checked to be sure, and these sucks really did suck this much! Martin and Snider were each responsible for their team failing to advance. Carlton Bragg is Carlton Bragg. The Baylor tall dude only attempted three shots.
And despite the poor outing from the Rhode Island Ram, Chris has claimed the seat of the catbirds.
He's got 7 student-athletes left, and is seated on the seat despite getting only 23 points TOTAL from his second-round pick of UNC's Joel Berry II. Remember how I joked about Frankenberry last round? Hilarious. His biggest point totals have been generated by his seven-seed stars from Michigan and South Carolina. Improbable!
Jake fell to fourth place, and has only three men remaining. Conner Frankamp, yikes. Jake got 17.5 points out of that loser, who played TWO games with the BONUS MULTIPLIER. The best thing about Frankamp this year was him inspiring that Frankenberry joke from the last round. God, that was so funny.
Here's a look at how the owned players are doing:
And here's a look at the worst performances of the tourney. This shows every player we drafted or were likely to draft (a top two or three scorer from their team). Joel Berry II is the 150th ranked player out of 179. Jake has two of these bottom-feeders, and that's not going to get it done in March, friend. Canyon Barry isn't lighting it up, but he's still alive, and he's not the worst pick of the draft by any means. That dishonor likely belongs to Shawn for drafting Villanova's Kris Jenkins in the second round. Drafting the hero of last year's championship team that returned 3/5 of its staring lineup and earned the #1 overall seed? WHAT AN IDIOT!
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| OWNER | ROUND | SELECTION | PLAYER | TEAM | SEED | TOTAL_GAMES | TOTAL_SCORE |
| 150 | Chris | 2 | 16 | Joel Berry II | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 151 | Shawn | 2 | 18 | Kris Jenkins | Villanova | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 152 |
| 0 | 0 | Zach Lofton | Texas Southern | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 153 |
| 0 | 0 | Wesley Person | Troy | 15 | 1 | 22.5 |
| 154 |
| 0 | 0 | Josh Perkins | Gonzaga | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 155 |
| 0 | 0 | Kyron Cartwright | Providence | 11 | 1 | 21.5 |
| 156 |
| 0 | 0 | Jaylen Johnson | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| 157 |
| 0 | 0 | Justin Tillman | VCU | 10 | 1 | 20.5 |
| 158 | Luke | 8 | 77 | Canyon Barry | Florida | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 159 |
| 0 | 0 | Demontrae Jefferson | Texas Southern | 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 160 |
| 0 | 0 | Christavious Gill | New Orleans | 16 | 1 | 19.5 |
| 161 |
| 0 | 0 | KeVaughn Allen | Florida | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 162 |
| 0 | 0 | Justin Jackson | Maryland | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 163 |
| 0 | 0 | C.J. Bryce | UNCW | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 164 |
| 0 | 0 | Darral Willis Jr. | Wichita St | 10 | 1 | 17.5 |
| 165 | Jake | 8 | 73 | Conner Frankamp | Wichita St | 10 | 1 | 17.5 |
| 166 |
| 0 | 0 | Marcus Foster | Creighton | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 167 | Jake | 5 | 48 | Melo Trimble | Maryland | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 168 |
| 0 | 0 | Kendall Pollard | Dayton | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 169 |
| 0 | 0 | Justin Patton | Creighton | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 170 |
| 0 | 0 | Reed Tellinghuisen | South Dakota St | 16 | 1 | 15.5 |
| 171 |
| 0 | 0 | Devon Hall | Virginia | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 172 |
| 0 | 0 | Demetris Morant | Florida Gulf Coast | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 173 |
| 0 | 0 | Jeff Roberson | Vanderbilt | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 174 | Stu | 8 | 75 | Carlton Bragg | Kansas | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 175 |
| 0 | 0 | Charles Cooke | Dayton | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 176 | Bob | 8 | 79 | Ben Moore | SMU | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 177 |
| 0 | 0 | Desonta Bradford | E Tenn St | 13 | 1 | 10 |
| 178 | Gav | 6 | 52 | Nate Mason | Minnesota | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 179 |
| 0 | 0 | Rickey McGill | Iona | 14 | 1 | 3 |
So, who can catch Chris? Luke and myself have the most remaining players, but have the most ground to make up.
CHRIS NEEDS Gonzaga to advance. If his lesser-seeded stars from Florida, Michigan, and South Carolina lose, he'd be best served by an Oregon vs Gonzaga final. KU wins may or may not be good for him, since Lucas may not put up big stats while Mason and Jackson do.
STU NEEDS Purdue to upset KU, and to meet UNC in the Final Four. He really only has 3 active players, since his fourth active player is Carlton Bragg. It's kind of like how George Martin was the fifth Beatle, but he really wasn't a Beatle at all.
BRIAN NEEDS to come to grips with the fact he is completely screwed. KU's Mason will knock out Purdue's Swanigan, or vice versa. And his Gonzaga guy is cancelled out by Chris' Zag. Still, with enough injuries or plane crashes, I suppose Mason could take him to titletown.
JAKE NEEDS Arizona, Kentucky, and KU to reach the Final Four, and his guys on those teams to score very many points.
JAMES NEEDS Xavier to win at least one or two more games, preferably every game. And Kentucky to win on the other side of the bracket.
GAV NEEDS Gonzaga, UNC, and Wisconsin in the Final Four, Wisconsin being the most important for Happ's bonus points.
SHAWN NEEDS Arizona to meet KU in the final. His WV and Kentucky players are more of role players that won't pile up a ton of points.
BOB NEEDS Butler to win big, and also be transferred to another region, and also for UCLA and Kentucky to be split up into other regions. Or, for Independence Day aliens to hover over KC, NYC, and San Jose before unleashing their destruction beam, leaving only the South region players unscathed.
DAN NEEDS Arizona (I've got the PG and the weird Euro forward) to meet UCLA or Oregon in the final. My UNC guy is probably better off eliminated, since UNC also helps Gav, Chris, and Stu.
LUKE NEEDS Baylor to best Canyon Barry and reach the Final Four, beat West Virginia, and attend the championship vs UCLA. UCLA vs KU on the other side of the bracket could be very nice, if his guys have very nice games.
