March Madness Fantasy - Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight

Shawn and I enjoyed texting during Wichita State's upset of Ohio State:

Sorry I didn't run the numbers after the Sweet Sixteen game. Let's review the best and worst of that round before we look at the post-Elite Eight leaderboard.

 Florida took care of Florida Gulf Coast, but 3 of their players earned DUD status. Meanwhile, Carl Hall stuffed the stat sheet in the Shocker win over La Salle, Russ Smith continued to dominate, and Trey Burke finally woke up.

Speaking of Russ Smith, remember when Peter complained about his #1 pick, lamenting there was no home run pick like Anthony Davis on the board? Well, Smith has 123 points through the Elite Eight, and Davis had 128 through the same period last year.

And in the Elite Eight, Trey Burke done did it again, as did Carl Hall and Russ Smith and Carter-Williams.

Florida's Murphy sucked for a second straight game, and Lenzelle Smith Jr was put out of his misery. Man, that guy sucked. I had Aaron Craft last year and he sucked, and now after my Smith Jr experience I will think very hard before drafting another Thad Matta man.

So LET'S GET TO THE LEADERBOARD!!!

The Favorites:

	PLAYER	SCHOOL	Active	Game0	Game1	Game2	Game3	Game4	Total
Bobby	Anthony Drmic	Boise State	No	46	0	0	0	0	46
	Durand Scott	Miami	No	0	24	14	20	0	58
	Scottie Wilbekin	Florida	No	0	16	17	17	14	64
	Erik Murphy	Florida	No	0	29	19	9	9	66
	Aaron Craft	Ohio State	No	0	16	24	22	18	80
	Mason Plumlee	Duke	No	0	31	17	23	27	98
	Chane Behanan	Louisville	Yes	0	9	8	11	19	47
	Trey Burke	Michigan	Yes	0	13	22	32	32	99
				46	138	121	134	119	558
Brian G	Marcus Smart	Oklahoma State	No	0	27	0	0	0	27
	C.J. Leslie	North Carolina State	No	0	40.5	0	0	0	40.5
	Allen Crabbe	California	No	0	47	17.5	0	0	64.5
	P.J. Hairston	North Carolina	No	0	51.5	40.5	0	0	92
	Deshaun Thomas	Ohio State	No	0	29	26	19	26	100
	Brandon Triche	Syracuse	Yes	0	27	13	14	17	71
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Michigan	Yes	0	26	19	18	16	79
	C.J. Fair	Syracuse	Yes	0	17	25	18	22	82
				0	265	141	69	81	556

Bobby needs Michigan to beat 'Cuse despite a bad game from Hardaway Jr. Or maybe he needs one or more of Brian G's men to break their legs in a really horrific fashion.

The Long Shots:

	PLAYER	SCHOOL	Active	Game0	Game1	Game2	Game3	Game4	Total
Chris	Mike Muscala	Bucknell	No	0	28	0	0	0	28
	Perry Ellis	Kansas	No	0	17	5	15	0	37
	Keith Appling	Michigan State	No	0	22	3	14	0	39
	Marshall Henderson	Mississippi	No	0	34.5	38	0	0	72.5
	Travis Releford	Kansas	No	0	15	31	27	0	73
	Murphy Holloway	Mississippi	No	0	36	42	0	0	78
	Khalif Wyatt	Temple	No	0	60.5	51	0	0	111.5
	Gorgui Dieng	Louisville	Yes	0	15	16	25	31	87
				0	228	186	81	31	526
Gavin	Elijah Johnson	Kansas	No	0	7	12	14	0	33
	Kevin Young	Kansas	No	0	14	15	19	0	48
	Dwayne Evans	Saint Louis	No	0	31	23	0	0	54
	Colton Iverson	Colorado State	No	0	27.5	28	0	0	55.5
	Ryan Kelly	Duke	No	0	17	8	21	10	56
	Kelly Olynyk	Gonzaga	No	0	30	35	0	0	65
	Shane Larkin	Miami	No	0	23	22	22	0	67
	Carl Hall	Wichita State	Yes	0	23.5	22.5	39	27.5	112.5
				0	173	165.5	115	37.5	491

Do I think that Carl Hall will have back-to-back 50-point games against Louisville and Syracuse/Michigan? I do not. But it's possible, I guess. Just like it's possible for Dieng to block a million shots against the diminutive Shockers.


The Suckiest Bunch of Sucks That Ever Sucked:

	PLAYER	SCHOOL	Active	Game0	Game1	Game2	Game3	Game4	Total
Dan	Nate Wolters	South Dakota State	No	0	30	0	0	0	30
	Ian Clark	Belmont	No	0	35	0	0	0	35
	Lenzelle Smith, Jr.	Ohio State	No	0	15	8	18	9	50
	Cody Zeller	Indiana	No	0	14	17	22	0	53
	Patric Young	Florida	No	0	27	12	12	15	66
	Matthew Dellavedova	Saint Mary's	No	47.5	25.5	0	0	0	73
	Seth Curry	Duke	No	0	34	21	32	14	101
	Peyton Siva	Louisville	Yes	0	17	18	7	24	66
				47.5	197.5	76	91	62	474
Peter	Angel Rodriguez	Kansas State	No	0	6	0	0	0	6
	Kenny Kadji	Miami	No	0	11	18	13	0	42
	Marcos Knight	Middle Tennessee	No	42	0	0	0	0	42
	Kenny Boynton	Florida	No	0	13	7	12	15	47
	Will Clyburn	Iowa State	No	0	17	31.5	0	0	48.5
	Quinn Cook	Duke	No	0	18	17	1	21	57
	Mike Rosario	Florida	No	0	10	30	22	8	70
	Russ Smith	Louisville	Yes	0	30	33	34	26	123
				42	105	136.5	82	70	435.5
James	Treveon Graham	VCU	No	0	8	13	0	0	21
	Otto Porter Jr.	Georgetown	No	0	27	0	0	0	27
	Elias Harris	Gonzaga	No	0	13	20	0	0	33
	Richard Howell	North Carolina State	No	0	41.5	0	0	0	41.5
	Reggie Bullock	North Carolina	No	0	31.5	16.5	0	0	48
	Christian Watford	Indiana	No	0	17	21	17	0	55
	James Southerland	Syracuse	Yes	0	14	27	15	21	77
	Michael Carter-Williams	Syracuse	Yes	0	22	13	34	31	100
				0	174	110.5	66	52	402.5
Brian R	Steven Pledger	Oklahoma	No	0	7.5	0	0	0	7.5
	Adonis Thomas	Memphis	No	0	14	8	0	0	22
	Sean Kilpatrick	Cincinnati	No	0	35.5	0	0	0	35.5
	Ben McLemore	Kansas	No	0	16	7	23	0	46
	Solomon Hill	Arizona	No	0	12	24	21	0	57
	James Michael McAdoo	North Carolina	No	0	32.5	31	0	0	63.5
	E.J. Singler	Oregon	No	0	21.5	23.5	35	0	80
	Derrick Nix	Michigan State	No	0	39	24	19	0	82
				0	178	117.5	98	0	393.5
Shawn	Le'Bryan Nash	Oklahoma State	No	0	13	0	0	0	13
	Andre Roberson	Colorado	No	0	31	0	0	0	31
	Alex Kirk	New Mexico	No	0	33	0	0	0	33
	Juvonte Reddic	VCU	No	0	29	19	0	0	48
	Trevor Mbakwe	Minnesota	No	0	32.5	24	0	0	56.5
	Victor Oladipo	Indiana	No	0	20	24	17	0	61
	Adreian Payne	Michigan State	No	0	8	28	26	0	62
	Vander Blue	Marquette	No	0	19	31	17	18	85
				0	185.5	126	60	18	389.5
Alex	Rodney McGruder	Kansas State	No	0	23	0	0	0	23
	Shabazz Muhammad	UCLA	No	0	24	0	0	0	24
	Anthony Bennett	UNLV	No	0	28	0	0	0	28
	Rotnei Clarke	Butler	No	0	20	26	0	0	46
	Romero Osby	Oklahoma	No	0	48.5	0	0	0	48.5
	Doug McDermott	Creighton	No	0	34	27	0	0	61
	Jamaal Franklin	San Diego State	No	0	34	34	0	0	68
	Jeff Withey	Kansas	No	0	28	34	27	0	89
				0	239.5	121	27	0	387.5

James still has 2 Syracuse players, but won't be able to make up the difference with the leaders - Gonzaga and Georgetown made sure of that. Shawn had some solid players, but no star performances. First round picks Zeller and McLemore sucked it up for Dan and Brian R. Alex was decimated in the round of 64.

PJ Hairston is still probably the best late pick of the draft. Vander Blue ended up solid, too. Carl Hall obviously earned his keep as a 6th-round pick.

Histogram!

March Madness Fantasy - Round of 32

The sweet sixteen is here, and so is a new leaderboard. Alex is sitting in second place, but is down to his last player. Bobby is in 7th place, but has 7 players left, and none of them play each other in the next round. Gavin joins James in losing his first-round selection, but at least he gets points for a Shocker now that Gonzaga is gone.

Peter is at the bottom for now. His selection of Russ Smith for the overall #1 has been justified, but he's suffered from Angel Rodriguez' giant dump in the opening round, and he had some bad luck with his Iowa State pick of Clyburn. Clyburn had a decent total of 48.5, and would have had more if not for their last-second loss, but 4 other 'Clones had higher scores (Lucious 49.5, McGee 52.5, Niang 65,
Ejim 82).

The biggest failure overall has to be Ben McLemore, who was drafted 6th and has totaled 23 points. That's one more point than Perry Ellis. The foresaken Kevin Young has put up 29 points for Gavin.

Owner	Player	School	Active	Game0	Game1	Game2	Total
Chris	Mike Muscala	Bucknell	No	0	28	0	28
	Marshall Henderson	Mississippi	No	0	34.5	38	72.5
	Murphy Holloway	Mississippi	No	0	36	42	78
	Khalif Wyatt	Temple	No	0	60.5	51	111.5
	Perry Ellis	Kansas	Yes	0	17	5	22
	Keith Appling	Michigan State	Yes	0	22	3	25
	Gorgui Dieng	Louisville	Yes	0	15	16	31
	Travis Releford	Kansas	Yes	0	15	31	46
				0	228	186	414
Brian G	Marcus Smart	Oklahoma State	No	0	27	0	27
	C.J. Leslie	North Carolina State	No	0	40.5	0	40.5
	Allen Crabbe	California	No	0	47	17.5	64.5
	P.J. Hairston	North Carolina	No	0	51.5	40.5	92
	Brandon Triche	Syracuse	Yes	0	27	13	40
	C.J. Fair	Syracuse	Yes	0	17	25	42
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Michigan	Yes	0	26	19	45
	Deshaun Thomas	Ohio State	Yes	0	29	26	55
				0	265	141	406
Alex	Rodney McGruder	Kansas State	No	0	23	0	23
	Shabazz Muhammad	UCLA	No	0	24	0	24
	Anthony Bennett	UNLV	No	0	28	0	28
	Rotnei Clarke	Butler	No	0	20	26	46
	Romero Osby	Oklahoma	No	0	48.5	0	48.5
	Doug McDermott	Creighton	No	0	34	27	61
	Jamaal Franklin	San Diego State	No	0	34	34	68
	Jeff Withey	Kansas	Yes	0	28	34	62
				0	239.5	121	360.5
Gavin	Dwayne Evans	Saint Louis	No	0	31	23	54
	Colton Iverson	Colorado State	No	0	27.5	28	55.5
	Kelly Olynyk	Gonzaga	No	0	30	35	65
	Elijah Johnson	Kansas	Yes	0	7	12	19
	Ryan Kelly	Duke	Yes	0	17	8	25
	Kevin Young	Kansas	Yes	0	14	15	29
	Shane Larkin	Miami	Yes	0	23	22	45
	Carl Hall	Wichita State	Yes	0	23.5	22.5	46
				0	173	165.5	338.5
Dan	Nate Wolters	South Dakota State	No	0	30	0	30
	Ian Clark	Belmont	No	0	35	0	35
	Matthew Dellavedova	Saint Mary's	No	47.5	25.5	0	73
	Lenzelle Smith, Jr.	Ohio State	Yes	0	15	8	23
	Cody Zeller	Indiana	Yes	0	14	17	31
	Peyton Siva	Louisville	Yes	0	17	18	35
	Patric Young	Florida	Yes	0	27	12	39
	Seth Curry	Duke	Yes	0	34	21	55
				47.5	197.5	76	321
Shawn	Le'Bryan Nash	Oklahoma State	No	0	13	0	13
	Andre Roberson	Colorado	No	0	31	0	31
	Alex Kirk	New Mexico	No	0	33	0	33
	Juvonte Reddic	VCU	No	0	29	19	48
	Trevor Mbakwe	Minnesota	No	0	32.5	24	56.5
	Adreian Payne	Michigan State	Yes	0	8	28	36
	Victor Oladipo	Indiana	Yes	0	20	24	44
	Vander Blue	Marquette	Yes	0	19	31	50
				0	185.5	126	311.5
Bobby	Anthony Drmic	Boise State	No	46	0	0	46
	Chane Behanan	Louisville	Yes	0	9	8	17
	Scottie Wilbekin	Florida	Yes	0	16	17	33
	Trey Burke	Michigan	Yes	0	13	22	35
	Durand Scott	Miami	Yes	0	24	14	38
	Aaron Craft	Ohio State	Yes	0	16	24	40
	Mason Plumlee	Duke	Yes	0	31	17	48
	Erik Murphy	Florida	Yes	0	29	19	48
				46	138	121	305
Brian R	Steven Pledger	Oklahoma	No	0	7.5	0	7.5
	Adonis Thomas	Memphis	No	0	14	8	22
	Sean Kilpatrick	Cincinnati	No	0	35.5	0	35.5
	James Michael McAdoo	North Carolina	No	0	32.5	31	63.5
	Ben McLemore	Kansas	Yes	0	16	7	23
	Solomon Hill	Arizona	Yes	0	12	24	36
	E.J. Singler	Oregon	Yes	0	21.5	23.5	45
	Derrick Nix	Michigan State	Yes	0	39	24	63
				0	178	117.5	295.5
James	Treveon Graham	VCU	No	0	8	13	21
	Otto Porter Jr.	Georgetown	No	0	27	0	27
	Elias Harris	Gonzaga	No	0	13	20	33
	Richard Howell	North Carolina State	No	0	41.5	0	41.5
	Reggie Bullock	North Carolina	No	0	31.5	16.5	48
	Michael Carter-Williams	Syracuse	Yes	0	22	13	35
	Christian Watford	Indiana	Yes	0	17	21	38
	James Southerland	Syracuse	Yes	0	14	27	41
				0	174	110.5	284.5
Peter	Angel Rodriguez	Kansas State	No	0	6	0	6
	Marcos Knight	Middle Tennessee	No	42	0	0	42
	Will Clyburn	Iowa State	No	0	17	31.5	48.5
	Kenny Boynton	Florida	Yes	0	13	7	20
	Kenny Kadji	Miami	Yes	0	11	18	29
	Quinn Cook	Duke	Yes	0	18	17	35
	Mike Rosario	Florida	Yes	0	10	30	40
	Russ Smith	Louisville	Yes	0	30	33	63
				42	105	136.5	283.5

Good golly, Chris dominated the first few games. Drafting Temple's Wyatt at #33 paid off huge, netting him 111.5 points. My record keeping isn't all that great, but I'd say it's the finest draft choice since Gav grabbed Omar Samhan in the 2010 tourney - that kid had 120.5 points in two games, plus he moved on to round 3. Temple was a late Indiana comeback away from advancing, and moving Chris into even better shape.

Speaking of Chris almost putting this thing out of reach, his gamble on drafting both M.H. Mississippi players also worked out great, and they were also a final possession away from advancing. Chris had 3 of the 7 top performers in the round of 32.

In fact, Chris may already have an insurmountable lead were it not for the play of Appling and Perry Ellis, who each laid an egg during this round. Bobby can't be pleased that Louisville's Behanan, his 3rd round pick, was a dud in each game so far. 

Brian R texted me over the weekend, comparing his love of Derrick Nix in this tourney to his experience with Carl Everett in our old baseball keeper league. Brian G got good numbers from UNC's Hairston before they were bounced by KU.

 Here is another histogram.