Auto-Bid Madness 2017

[cyclones500]

Ticket-punching 3/7, full list:
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
Northeast: Mount St. Mary's
Summit: South Dakota State
West Coast; Gonzaga

 

[cyclones500]

Conference tournament champions, thru 3/7:
Atlantic Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big South: Winthrop
Colonial: UNC-Wilmington
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
MAAC: Iona
Missouri Valley: Wichita State
Northeast: Mount St. Mary’s
Ohio Valley: Jacksonville State
Southern: ETSU
Summit: South Dakota State

Title game schedule
Today 3/8
Patriot: (1) Bucknell vs. (3) Lehigh

Thursday 3/9
(No title games)

Friday 3/10
(No title games)

I'll update contestant list shortly.

 

[cyclones500]

Unofficial early standings: With 10 of 32 results complete, leader is ZB4CY, with 6 correct picks. Several others have 5 correct. Still a long way to go!

 

[cyclones500]

Conference tournament champions, thru 3/8:
Atlantic Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big South: Winthrop
Colonial: UNC-Wilmington
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
MAAC: Iona
Missouri Valley: Wichita State
Northeast: Mount St. Mary’s
Ohio Valley: Jacksonville State
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: ETSU
Summit: South Dakota State

Title game schedule

Thursday 3/9
(No title games)

Friday 3/10
(No title games)

I'll update contestant list shortly.

 

[cyclones500]

Update:
Atlantic 10 tournament: (1) Dayton out, lost to (9) Davidson

 

[cyclones500]

Big Ten tournament update: (1) Purdue out, lost to (8) Michigan

 

[cyclones500]

Wickety-WAC update: CS-Bakersfield survives vs. Utah Valley, 81-80, in 4 overtimes.

 

[cyclones500]

Weekend slate.

Title game schedule
Saturday 3/11
ACC: (5) Duke vs. (3) Notre Dame
America East: (1) Vermont vs. (3) Albany
Big East: (1) Villanova vs. (2) Creighton
Big Sky: (1) North Dakota vs. (3) Weber State
Big 12: (4) Iowa State vs. (2) West Virginia
Big West: (1) UC Irvine vs. (2) UC Davis
Conference USA: (1) Middle Tennessee vs. (6) Marshall
MAC: (1) Akron vs. (6) Kent State
MEAC: (1) N.C. Central vs. (2) Norfolk State
Mountain West: (1) Nevada vs. (2) Colorado State
Pac-12: (1) Oregon vs. (2) Arizona
Southland: (1) New Orleans vs. (2) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
SWAC: (1) Texas Southern vs. (2) Alcorn State
WAC: (1) CS-Bakersfield vs. (2) New Mexico State

Sunday 3/12
American: (1) SMU/(4) UCF vs. (2) Cincinnati/(6) UConn
Atlantic 10: (9) Davidson/(4) Rhode Island vs. (2) VCU/(3) Richmond
Big Ten: (8) Michigan/(4) Minnesota vs. (2) Wisconsin/(6) Northwestern
Ivy: (1) Princeton/(4) Penn vs. (2) Harvard/(3) Yale
SEC: (1) Kentucky/(5) Alabama vs. (3) Arkansas/(7) Vanderbilt
Sun Belt: (1) UT-Arlington/(4) Texas State vs. (2) Georgia State/(6) Troy

 

[cyclones500]

Update -- America East: Vermont

 

[cyclones500]

MEAC: N.C. Central

 

[cyclones500]

Sun Belt: UT-Arlington OUT! Lost to Texas State... final is (4) Texas State vs. (6) Troy.

This could bring a topic of conversation on Selection Sunday — Does UTA get an at-large over the big-league fringe-bubblers?

I think they get left out; more possible to get in if they had lost in final, but that was a bad loss.

 

[DSM4Cy]

Big 12: IOWA STATE

 

[Acylum]

Big 12: IOWA STATE

And for anyone interested, there are NIT projection threads on several Hawk boards.

 

[cyclones500]

I updated contestant list (notify me with any errors)

Conference tournament champions, thru 3-11:
ACC: Duke
America East: Vermont
Atlantic Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big 12: Iowa State
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: North Dakota
Big South: Winthrop
Big West: UC Davis
Colonial: UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA: Middle Tennessee
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
MAC: Kent State
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: N.C. Central
Missouri Valley: Wichita State
Mountain West: Nevada
Northeast: Mount St. Mary’s
Ohio Valley: Jacksonville State
Pac-12: Arizona
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: ETSU
Southland: New Orleans
Summit: South Dakota State
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: New Mexico State

Title game schedule — Sunday 3/12
American: (1) SMU vs. (2) Cincinnati
Atlantic 10: (4) Rhode Island vs. (2) VCU
Big Ten: (8) Michigan vs. (2) Wisconsin
Ivy: (1) Princeton vs. (3) Yale
SEC: (1) Kentucky vs. (3) Arkansas
Sun Belt: (4) Texas State vs. (6) Troy

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Big 12: IOWA STATE

It's doubtful that I will be more than a bottom-feeder with my picks in this game, but HOTDAMN:

Proud that I picked the Cyclones, and to all you schmucks that picked KU!!!

 

[BoomerClone]

My Duke pick needs highlighted

 

[cyclones500]

My Duke pick needs highlighted

Thanks! I will revise.

I updated all picks pending final 3 games (AAC, Big Ten, Sun Belt) ... if anyone sees omissions, please notify me.

 

[cyclones500]

Still two game results pending, but if my math is correct, ZB4CY has the title wrapped up, with at least 18 of 32 (still could get AAC and Big Ten correct, in addition). Either way, it'll be the most points in the 4-year history of Auto-Bid Madness. Extra set of steak knives!

I'll do an official count as soon as I can, with full final standings.

 

[cyclones500]

Final standings, Auto-Bid Madness 2017
1. ZB4CY (18).
2. BoomerClone CrossCyed, Gipper2001 (15) … still deadlocked after applying all three tiebreakers.
5. coolerifyoudid (14) (defeated Bryce7 by first tiebreaker).
6. Bryce7 (14).
7. HFCS (13) (defeated BoredInKildee by third tiebreaker).
8. BoredInKildee (13).
9. CoKane (12) (defeated cyclones500 by first tiebreaker).
10. cyclones500 (12).
11. (alphabetical only, no tiebreaking): Clones8686, Cy$, ForbinsAscynt, ImJustKCClone, JereSeib, NolyClone (11).
17. cyc2016 (9).

To recap, champions of Auto-Bid Madness:
2017: ZB4CY (18 of 32)
2016: gipper2001, time4cy (tie, after 2 tiebreakers) (15 of 32)
2015: CoKane (16 of 32)
2014: cyclones500 (14 of 32)

Thanks again to everybody who participated. Hope to see all of you here again next March.

 

[ZB4CY]

Thanks for doing it!