March Madness Fantasy 2018 - Sweet Sixteen

Most of the Sweet Sixteen's top performances were among players owned by doomed-to-fail chumps. Stu and Bob's players snuck into the top 7 studs.


TOP SEVEN STUDS, ROUND OF 16

	OWNER	ROUND	SELECTION	PLAYER	TEAM	SEED	GAME3_SCORE
1	Luke	4	33	Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman	Michigan	3	36
2	Gavin	4	38	Tyus Battle	Syracuse	11	36
3	Chris	1	9	Carsen Edwards	Purdue	2	33
4	Shawn	2	14	Omari Spellman	Villanova	1	32
5	Brian	1	1	Marvin Bagley III	Duke	2	30
6	Stu	1	4	Jalen Brunson	Villanova	1	30
7	Bob	1	6	Wendell Carter Jr	Duke	2	27

Meanwhile, as Shawn emailed earlier this week, what a huge disappointment to draft a Loyola player, see that team advance to the Elite Eight, and have jack shit to show for it. Ingram is among the top 7 duds, and his total score through 3 games is 55.5, which is the same number Trae Young earned in a single game. As Bob chases the leaders, he is disheartened to see both of his Nova guards on the dud list:


TOP SEVEN DUDS, ROUND OF 16

	OWNER	ROUND	SELECTION	PLAYER	TEAM	SEED	GAME3_SCORE
1	Gavin	7	63	Trevon Duval	Duke	2	5.0
2	Shawn	5	47	Dakota Mathias	Purdue	2	6.0
3	Shawn	8	74	Donte Ingram	Loyola	11	6.5
4	Brian	8	80	Jarrett Culver	Texas Tech	3	8.0
5	Bob	2	15	Donte DiVincenzo	Villanova	1	9.0
6	Luke	2	13	Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk	Kansas	1	12.0
7	Bob	7	66	Phil Booth	Villanova	1	16.0

As we enter the Elite Eight, James' lead has narrowed. He lost Jevon Carter and Devonte Graham is the only man standing.

A closer look at the three men fighting for victory:

OWNER	PLAYER	TEAM	ACTIVE	GAME0_SCORE	GAME1_SCORE	GAME2_SCORE	GAME3_SCORE
James	Devonte' Graham	Kansas	1	0	42	16	23
James	Kelan Martin	Butler	0	0	50.5	52.5	0
James	Jevon Carter	West Virginia	0	0	38	41	25
James	Tra Holder	Arizona State	0	29	0	0	0
James	Kamar Baldwin	Butler	0	0	57.5	35	0
James	Shannon Evans II	Arizona State	0	32	0	0	0
James	Ty Jerome	UVA	0	0	21	0	0
James	Demontrae Jefferson	Texas Southern	0	56.5	44.5	0	0
OWNER	PLAYER	TEAM	ACTIVE	GAME0_SCORE	GAME1_SCORE	GAME2_SCORE	GAME3_SCORE
Stu	Jalen Brunson	Villanova	1	0	20	20	30
Stu	Malik Newman	Kansas	1	0	16	34	25
Stu	Keenan Evans	Texas Tech	1	0	33	22	18
Stu	Theo Pinson	UNC	0	0	31	21	0
Stu	Cassius Winston	Michigan State	0	0	24	20	0
Stu	Daxter Miles Jr.	West Virginia	0	0	17	9	21
Stu	J.P. Macura	Xavier	0	0	40	20	0
Stu	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Kentucky	0	0	37	38	20
OWNER	PLAYER	TEAM	ACTIVE	GAME0_SCORE	GAME1_SCORE	GAME2_SCORE	GAME3_SCORE
Bob	Wendell Carter Jr	Duke	1	0	20	20	27
Bob	Donte DiVincenzo	Villanova	1	0	19	25	9
Bob	Charles Matthews	Michigan	1	0	27	18	24
Bob	Phil Booth	Villanova	1	0	15	13	16
Bob	Isaac Haas	Purdue	0	0	15	0	0
Bob	Angel Delgado	Seton Hall	0	0	38	75.5	0
Bob	Marcquise Reed	Clemson	0	0	22	26	17
Bob	Dusan Ristic	Arizona	0	0	20	0	0

Thanks to Kentucky's choke job, Stu's only unique player left is Evans from Texas Tech - that likely leaves him with a narrow path to victory via Tech heroics. Anything Brunson does will likely be mitigated by Bob's two Nova players.  

A KU loss benefits Bob most, since he has a Duke player. Bob is the only leader left fucking with the left side of the bracket, with Michigan. It's kind of remarkable he could still win, given his flameout pick of an Arizona guy and the injury to the Purdue giant.

James is rooting for KU, Florida State, and a low-scoring Texas Tech victory.