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.