Behind a win from Xavier, Lyons has caught Matt and moved into second place. Non-BCS teams have continued to stumble with only Xavier, Memphis (Pat), and Siena(Zig) surviving. If the draft were held today, would Memphis be the number one pick? Maybe. All the BCS teams survive, though I dodged a bullet by cutting Wake last week. On the off chance we do this again, I'd probably suggest drafting 2 BCS teams apiece to add a little excitement here at the beginning of the tourney.
Lyons, small scoring question - should I be giving NCAA teams credit for both winning a game AND advancing in the tourney or just the latter?
WBC picks back up tonight with Korea (me) against Venezuela (Hermann). And in the touney, we have our first UFL matchup set for tomorrow with Louisville (Pat) vs. Siena (Zig).
Also, Pat, just got the emails you've been sending my Gmail account. Sorry, I only use that to chat and log into Blogger, but I just worked up the energy to forward them to my actual account from now on.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
One day down
One day of the tournament has ended and, as one might expect, the BCS teams did very well and the non-BCS teams got killed, with only Patty's Memphis team surviving. Some of the bigger guns are going today like Utah and Xavier, so their collective record should turn around a bit.
As an aside, Brian, you forgot to fill out a champion in your bracket. Throw it in the comments here before round 2 and we'll just add it up ourselves.
Also, the Champions League announced the matchups for the next round, which begin April 7th. The co-favorites ManU (Lyons) and Barcelona (Matt) drew relatively weak opponents in FC Porto and Bayern Munich (Brian), though Munich has had success against Barcelona in the past. Arsenal (Ben) also got lucky by getting to face Villareal. Liverpool (Pat) and Chelsea ("Campbell") will face off in the most even matchup of the round. As in the last set of matchups, these rounds will consist of two games between the same teams.
As an aside, Brian, you forgot to fill out a champion in your bracket. Throw it in the comments here before round 2 and we'll just add it up ourselves.
Also, the Champions League announced the matchups for the next round, which begin April 7th. The co-favorites ManU (Lyons) and Barcelona (Matt) drew relatively weak opponents in FC Porto and Bayern Munich (Brian), though Munich has had success against Barcelona in the past. Arsenal (Ben) also got lucky by getting to face Villareal. Liverpool (Pat) and Chelsea ("Campbell") will face off in the most even matchup of the round. As in the last set of matchups, these rounds will consist of two games between the same teams.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Lyons - clarification needed
Standings are updated through last night. In the big news, Brian's Japan took out Zig's Cuba to become the last team to make the semis.
More importantly, obviously, the tournament has already begun. Lyons, are teams allowed to reload their squads if they lose in earlier rounds?
More importantly, obviously, the tournament has already begun. Lyons, are teams allowed to reload their squads if they lose in earlier rounds?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
UFL Tournament Challenge Bracket Gambling Excitement
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USA! Patty Now Vulnerable
In last night's big game, the USA's 9th inning comeback over Puerto Rico pushed Lyons past Patty and gives him an opening to catch up. If the US wins the entire WBC, Lyons will pull within 10 points of the leader. In last night's other game, my Korea edged out Brian's Japan to make the semis, meaning Ziggy's Cuba will battle Japan tonight for the last slot and the chance at a sizable number of points.
In other news, Patty got a key win from the Cavs, gaining more ground as the Celtics and the Lakers both fell. Also, UFL hockey teams ran roughshod over the rest of the league, racking up wins for 6 teams.
In other news, Patty got a key win from the Cavs, gaining more ground as the Celtics and the Lakers both fell. Also, UFL hockey teams ran roughshod over the rest of the league, racking up wins for 6 teams.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
real betting with real money
If anyone is interested, I'm running my office NCAA pool this year. $10 per bracket, 1st place wins 80% and 2nd place wins 20%. Don't hold me to it, but there should be at least 50 entries, hopefully more. If anyone wants in just let me know and I'll email a you a bracket.
Nothing to see here . . .
One of the quieter nights last night. Matt gets a win from the Rockets and Herman makes the biggest move with a Nuggets victory and by having Venezuela become the first team in the WBC semis.
I believe tonight has the biggest team-game in UFL history as Lyons's USA will be battling Patty's Puerto Rico in an elimination game. Winner gets 20 points, loser goes home for good. My Korea will face Brian's Japan to get to the semis as well, but the loser will still have a do-or-die game against Zig's Cuba.
I believe tonight has the biggest team-game in UFL history as Lyons's USA will be battling Patty's Puerto Rico in an elimination game. Winner gets 20 points, loser goes home for good. My Korea will face Brian's Japan to get to the semis as well, but the loser will still have a do-or-die game against Zig's Cuba.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Several Thoughts
OK, first of all, no chance in hell should people be allowed to pick up new UEFA teams. You picked a UEFA team. They're out. You go home now. Just because that sport is different from all other major events in that the finals last about six months doesn't mean you should be able to find loopholes in the spirit of UFL rules.
Secondly, like Demi Moore in A Few Good Men, I strenuously object to the use of point banks as the kitty for possible UFL gambling. I am 100% pro gambling, but this would be an ex post facto incentivizing of trading that we didn't know about at the beginning. If I had known it would enable me to gamble, I would have quit my job and made trades every day. (Don't doubt me.)
Why not create a new block on the database below point bank that is called WAGERING. Everyone gets spotted 50 points. This would in a sense make WAGERING its own category (and shouldn't gambling be part of a true ULTIMATE fantasy league?). Everyone is free to use that 50 points, or whatever those 50 points turn in to, to gamble on UFL-sanctioned sports as much as they want. We could add the stipulation that, like real gambling, 10% of the winner's profits disappear to the "house" (no one).
It will be easy to change the database, and that is the only fair way to do things.
Secondly, like Demi Moore in A Few Good Men, I strenuously object to the use of point banks as the kitty for possible UFL gambling. I am 100% pro gambling, but this would be an ex post facto incentivizing of trading that we didn't know about at the beginning. If I had known it would enable me to gamble, I would have quit my job and made trades every day. (Don't doubt me.)
Why not create a new block on the database below point bank that is called WAGERING. Everyone gets spotted 50 points. This would in a sense make WAGERING its own category (and shouldn't gambling be part of a true ULTIMATE fantasy league?). Everyone is free to use that 50 points, or whatever those 50 points turn in to, to gamble on UFL-sanctioned sports as much as they want. We could add the stipulation that, like real gambling, 10% of the winner's profits disappear to the "house" (no one).
It will be easy to change the database, and that is the only fair way to do things.
Updation
Standings are updated. Patty has a hold on first, Matt on second, and Lyons on third. Still, whichever team wins the tournament is going to rack up over 100 points in the process, so anyone could get close to Pat or he could take an even bigger lead.
In yesterday's results, at the WGA-CA, Herman's Mickelson held on to first, Lyons's last-second pickup Furyk took third, and my Tiger and Patty's Villegas made the top 10. In college basketball, as expected, nearly everyone made the tournament. In the second round of the WBC, Brian's Japan, my Korea, Herman's Venezuela, and Patty's Puerto Rico are all 1-0 while Lyons's jingoism is 1-1.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Selection Sunday
Standings are updated through last night. Big event today is the final day of the WGA-CA with only Lefty (Herman), Villegas (Patty), and Furyk (Lyons) in the hunt as I write this. Lefty has a pretty big cushion over other UFL golfers, but it seems he may be suffering from heat exhaustion and who knows what he will have left today.
Of course tonight is the selection special, but few UFL teams are on the bubble one way of the other.
Edited to include standings:
1 - 177.5
2 - 160
3 - 159
4 - 186
5 - 149
6 - 148
7 - 186
8 - 211.5
9 - 148.5
10 - 251
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