[Sean]

Probably just jinxed him, but poster MAB is currently sitting on a perfect bracket after today's games ... nice!

[Sean]

Here's the complete current standings after today's games:

                	Correct	
Name            	Picks	Score
MAB             	16	79
BettingProphets 	15	74
durito          	15	73
Timolyn         	15	72
shane0911       	14	71
thealgrod       	15	70
gafl            	14	69
angeloperrucci  	15	68
begolf25        	14	68
DoctorK         	15	68
michiganfan08   	15	68
pjengle         	15	68
tennis_balls    	15	68
tomc2356        	15	68
yellowdragon    	15	68
awol256         	14	67
blue rhino      	14	67
vlady           	14	66
MickChunky      	14	65
RickySteve      	14	65
Wade Wright     	14	65
DoctorJ         	14	64
ryhenry09       	14	64
Supergenius     	14	64
belton          	14	63
coasty163       	14	63
elitucker       	14	63
Illusion        	14	63
rob             	14	63
Rosemary        	14	63
woodyb97        	14	63
gpatton84       	14	62
flybyhi80       	13	61
JockoRocket     	14	61
nasdaq888       	14	61
Orange          	14	61
OWNED           	13	61
PitBoss         	14	61
ryeguy          	13	61
sonnythekid     	14	61
swaindexter     	14	61
topher79        	14	61
Willie Bee      	14	61
xxx             	13	61
djgiffygiff     	13	60
mathewvick      	13	60
oakas           	13	60
onlker          	13	60
36crazyfists    	13	59
bearwins1       	13	59
BigDaddy        	13	59
Cabo            	14	59
dth8534         	14	59
gummo           	14	59
Junkyard Dog    	14	59
Ortho           	14	59
rm18            	14	59
sfortune        	14	59
BughouseMASTER  	13	58
cbiscuit        	13	58
DanG82          	13	58
Dark Horse      	13	58
dmariner        	13	58
Pegasus         	13	58
scavsiu8        	13	58
TboneJones      	13	58
datek23         	13	57
exvcardn        	13	57
Jay Edgar       	13	57
jfnoonan27      	13	57
bigpino62       	12	56
bside           	13	56
buzzsawl        	13	56
connor          	13	56
Dire-Wolf       	13	56
kdmfox          	13	56
MoB21           	13	56
rta21           	13	56
spikester7      	13	56
The Judge       	13	56
the_miracles    	12	56
Bill Dozer      	13	55
dkd1313         	13	55
dog             	13	55
EBone           	12	55
hicetnunc11     	12	55
Jthenga         	13	55
Lounge Lizard   	13	55
PA Profiterrs   	13	55
88159           	13	54
Bob Stoops      	12	54
BuddyBear       	12	54
Cigz68          	13	54
eboppterp       	13	54
Hulu            	13	54
rjayz21         	13	54
Santo           	13	54
shady610        	13	54
tbanaheimfan    	13	54
tblues2005      	13	54
Tchocky         	13	54
thezbar         	11	54
macduce1        	13	53
moegreen        	13	53
awhunt          	12	52
BigDog          	13	52
ctc9310         	12	52
Dead Money      	13	52
eboe666         	13	52
markffalls      	13	52
playaction      	13	52
rdoodle1        	13	52
runningmark     	13	52
sajferoze       	13	52
Sam FT          	13	52
savannaheast    	13	52
thedude4772     	12	52
bjlauffer       	11	51
bugeaterOU812   	12	51
HiHopes         	12	51
mattyp4         	12	51
pags11          	12	51
Razz            	12	51
spliff          	12	51
sportsfreek     	11	51
astro219        	13	50
brandonsvsu     	11	50
Filthyness      	12	50
freebie         	12	50
GoofMouth       	12	50
jason           	12	50
jhippe77        	12	50
kissthecup      	11	50
locinator       	12	50
madmaxx         	11	50
Mulinello       	12	50
Noles2006       	11	50
rezster         	12	50
rtim8516        	13	50
scheckylev      	12	50
StickySteve     	12	50
Tunes           	12	50
Doug            	11	49
jroc            	12	49
LYNN OLSON      	12	49
mheiniger       	12	49
NCAA Bobcatt    	12	49
nosuzieno       	12	49
phyer           	12	49
Razorbacks1     	12	49
sportsfun       	10	49
4thegreenman    	12	48
dixie585        	12	48
Dori            	12	48
fabcomdr2       	11	48
iSportsLinks    	11	48
jpowderly       	11	48
melgornberg     	11	48
MikeD00035      	12	48
Peyton2MarvinN06	11	48
romeydave       	12	48
Shooter         	12	48
tennman49       	12	48
Wassymac        	11	48
Augustus        	12	47
barn8306        	12	47
batlak          	12	47
bentgrass8      	12	47
clarkd32        	12	47
JBrown1045      	12	47
Mr Nuts         	11	47
Sean            	11	47
slacker00       	11	47
Speedway        	12	47
TDO             	12	47
acr5716         	12	46
babaoriley      	11	46
bodogged        	12	46
Ganchrow        	11	46
hadejr          	12	46
kalmikrazy      	12	46
Keith Zientara  	12	46
Lefty0829       	11	46
Nightwolfkicksaz	12	46
soli            	12	46
SteveO          	12	46
swatuk          	11	46
The President   	12	46
TheTurk         	11	46
turnip          	12	46
ct_math_tutor   	12	45
FRANCISCO       	12	45
j7an9sta        	12	45
jaypor236       	12	45
rara51          	10	45
teresad         	12	45
tiroloco        	10	45
wtt0315         	12	45
bigboydan       	11	44
briguy42        	11	44
Crayzee         	11	44
djeffer1        	10	44
goodyisgood     	12	44
inspector       	11	44
Kdawg           	11	44
raiders72002    	10	44
titusott        	12	44
3pointdudester  	12	43
benkertcindy    	11	43
BROMOx          	12	43
Duke            	11	43
hiphopinihop    	10	43
Ira Wilton      	11	43
ivanator        	12	43
J               	11	43
shweiser        	11	43
stump           	12	43
wee4rockn       	11	43
wilburpack      	11	43
juuso           	11	42
seaborneq       	11	42
caracalla       	11	41
cincy_          	11	41
dave11486       	10	41
EaglesPhan36    	11	41
Meat61          	11	41
Checkerboard    	9	40
CRObray8389     	11	40
fitchjr1        	11	40
hahammer        	11	40
roadrunner      	11	40
tribet          	11	40
wastinky        	11	40
whit289         	11	40
adriano         	11	39
BadAzz          	11	39
jjs100          	10	39
minet123        	11	39
Poker Pirate    	10	39
irishfever      	10	38
Lexis           	11	38
Pozo            	10	38
Art Vandeleigh  	10	37
BigBollocks     	11	37
bueller         	10	37
increasedodds   	11	37
Jonathan        	11	37
Justin7         	10	37
picantel        	10	37
roaddope        	10	37
uwfargo         	11	37
welshdragon     	11	37
BigD            	11	36
fofo            	10	36
JenBird         	6	36
jjgold          	11	36
Lucas           	10	36
LVHerbie        	11	36
newton0038      	10	36
planetplaytex   	10	36
Alexis          	10	35
antonallen      	10	35
Bigcrank23      	10	35
lilahs          	9	35
freesun         	10	34
Gr8Scott        	8	34
hawk 5          	10	34
huskerobb       	9	34
imgv94          	10	34
nep1293         	10	34
jolee           	10	33
Ganchrow HG     	10	32
LT Profits      	10	32
patswin         	10	32
rmcaj           	10	32
David           	10	31
Dbldown11       	9	31
goldengoat      	9	31
Hilltopper      	9	31
JDK192          	10	31
njschimpf       	10	31
terpgwguacc     	10	31
Halo            	10	30
TRUN            	10	30
Arby            	3	29
kasthor         	3	29
rjt721          	7	29
Paterno         	9	28
hanco21         	9	25
Todd            	8	25
Nismo           	9	24
Kaps            	8	19
phillyfan20     	0	0

[cincy_1]

How can people have the same number of right picks and have different points? Is the scoring system somewhat different than usual?

[Sean]

How can people have the same number of right picks and have different points? Is the scoring system somewhat different than usual?

In the Rules and Prizes thread posted prior to the start of the contest, the scoring system is described as follows:

Scoring: Seed Number x Round Weight = Total

• Round Weighting: Rd1=1x; Rd2=2x; Rd3=3x; Rd4=4x; Rd5=5x; Rd6=6x

• Examples:
- Correctly picking a 16th seed in the 1st round would award 16 points (16 for the 16th seed x 1 for the 1st round).
- Correctly picking a 5th seed in the 3rd round would award 15 points (5 for the 5th seed x 3 for the 3rd round).
- Correctly picking a 2nd seed in the finals would award 12 points (2 for the 2nd seed x 6 for the finals).

[cincy_1]

I LOVE this system (and not because it favors me) ... I wish more people would use something like this.

[Dark Horse]

Isn't the contest more or less over now, except for the top spots?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Dark Horse

Isn't the contest more or less over now, except for the top spots?

Haven't examined the individual picks, nor have I done the "math"; but my gut feeling is that, depending on the outcome of this weekend's games, any of the top 100 or so contestants are still in the running.

With our round-weighted scoring system, if some higher seeds start coming in this weekend, the standings could swing significantly. For instance, if an Xavier (#9) were to come in today over Ohio St (#1) ... and maybe one or two more dogs, I think we'll see a major change in the standings.

[begolf25]

Damn, a Xavier win would have been real nice for my bracket. Thought they had that game. One free throw away.

[onlòóker]

A VCU win today would help my bracket out some.

[Ganchrow]

Originally Posted by Sean

Haven't examined the individual picks, nor have I done the "math"; but my gut feeling is that, depending on the outcome of this weekend's games, any of the top 100 or so contestants are still in the running.

I started doing the math last night but there were just too many combinations to conduct a complete analysis (2³¹ = 2,147,483,648). After today's games there will be only 2²³ = 8,388,608 outcomes remmaining and so I should have the first full (equal-weighted) analysis complete by tomorrow morning.

[Ganchrow]

Originally Posted by Ganchrow

I started doing the math last night but there were just too many combinations to conduct a complete analysis (2³¹ = 2,147,483,648). After today's games there will be only 2²³ = 8,388,608 outcomes remaining and so I should have the first full (equal-weighted) analysis complete by tomorrow morning.

Upon further review, I was off by an order of magnitude in mu estimate of how long the 8,388,608 analysis. As such, we can expect the analysis to finish right about the same time as tomorrow's games. Blame it on the software (it currently looks at every single game of every single combination where ideally it should only examine game incrementally).

So anyway, the first analysis won't be out until after the Sweet 16 match ups have all been determined.

[BigBollocks]

Looking forward to the '08 show...

[XFactor09]

MBA is the man!