***Auto-Bid Madness 2023***

[1UNI2ISU]

I hate this stupid game.

When can we enter for next year?!?

 

[cyclones500]

My goal now is to rise even one point above the basement!

 

[cyclones500]

Could be "Separation Saturday" here at Auto-Bid Madness.

Title games Saturday, March 11
ACC: (2) Virginia vs. (4) Duke
America East: (1) Vermont vs. (2) UMass Lowell
Big East: (1) Marquette vs. (2) Xavier
Big 12: (1) Kansas vs. (2) Texas
Big West: (2) UC Santa Barbara vs. (4) Cal State Fullerton
C-USA: (1) Florida Atlantic vs. (3) UAB
MAAC: (1) Iona vs. (11) Marist
MEAC: (1) Howard vs. (3) Norfolk State
Mid-American: (1) Toledo vs. (2) Kent State
Mountain West: (1) San Diego State vs. (3) Utah State
Pac-12: (1) UCLA vs. (2) Arizona
SWAC: (2) Grambling State vs. (8) Texas Southern
WAC: (3) Southern Utah vs. (5) Grand Canyon

Title games Sunday, March 12
American: (1) Houston/(4) Cincinnati vs. (2) Memphis/Tulane
Atlantic 10: (1) VCU/(4) Saint Louis vs. (2) Dayton/(3) Fordham
Big Ten: (1) Purdue/(13) Ohio State vs. (3) Indiana/(10) Penn State
Ivy: (1) Yale/(4) Cornell vs. (2) Princeton/(3) Penn
SEC: (1) Alabama/(4) Missouri vs. (2) Texas A&M/(6) Vanderbilt

 

[cyclones500]

Oh come on, this is getting ridiculous

I might make that the official subtitle for our contest branding.

Auto-Bid Madness
"Oh come on, this is getting ridiculous!"​

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I NEED a win from UC Santa Barbara and two of these three: VCU, PURDUE, and Yale.

@AlaCyclone , I'm comin' for ya!!

 

[AlaCyclone]

I NEED a win from UC Santa Barbara and two of these three: VCU, PURDUE, and Yale.

@AlaCyclone , I'm comin' for ya!!

I saw the writing on the wall after the Norfolk State choke job!

Go Flyers, Lions and Tigers, Oh My!

 

[cyclones500]

Here we "is" heading into Selection Sunday.

Auto bids thru Saturday, March 11
ACC: Duke
America East: Vermont
ASUN: Kennesaw State
Big 12: Texas
Big East: Marquette
Big Sky: Montana State
Big South: UNC-Asheville
Big West: UC Santa Barbara
CAA: Charleston
C-USA: Florida Atlantic
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Howard
Mid-American: Kent State
Missouri Valley: Drake
Mountain West: San Diego State
NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson auto-bid | Merrimack won tournament
OVC: SEMO
Pac-12: Arizona
Patriot: Colgate
SoCon: Furman
Southland: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: Louisiana
SWAC: Texas Southern
WCC: Gonzaga
WAC: Grand Canyon

Title games Sunday, March 12
American: (1) Houston vs. (2) Memphis
Atlantic 10: (1) VCU vs. (2) Dayton
Big Ten: (1) Purdue vs. (10) Penn State
Ivy: (1) Yale vs. (2) Princeton
SEC: (1) Alabama vs. (2) Texas A&M

 

[ImJustKCClone]

 

[ImJustKCClone]

So here's what's left today. I hope I got all of the strike-throughs in there. Depending on how the remaining games play out, it looks like @AlaCyclone and I still have a path to winning outright and @Cupped still has a chance to tie with either of us for the win, but can't be the only winner. This is NOT a mathematical study, it is simply me, bleary-eyed, looking at this chart.

03/11/23	W	L	poss wins left	American:	Atlantic 10:	Big Ten:	Ivy	SEC:
AlaCyclone	17	12	3	Houston	Fordham	Iowa	Princeton	Alabama
KC	16	11	5	Houston	VCU	Purdue	Yale	Alabama
Cupped	15	12	5	Houston	Dayton	Purdue	Yale	Alabama
Riceville 98	15	12	5	Houston	VCU	Purdue	Yale	Alabama
CyCrazy	15	14	3	Houston	St Louis	Indiana	Princeton	Alabama
Jereseib	14	14	4	Houston	VCU	Purdue	Yale	Kentucky
gipper2001	13	14	5	Houston	Dayton	Purdue	Yale	Alabama
Cyclone North	12	15	5	Houston	Dayton	Purdue	Yale	Alabama
Coach Hines	12	16	4	Houston	VCU	Purdue	Yale	Tennessee
CoKane	11	17	4	Houston	VCU	Purdue	Princeton	Tennessee
coolerifyoudid	11	17	4	Houston	Dayton	Indiana	Yale	Texas A&M
Hestia Abnegation11	11	18	3	Houston	VCU	Maryland	Pennsylvania	Texas A&M
PSYclone22	10	19	3	Houston	VCU	Purdue	Pennsylvania	Tennessee
1UNI2ISU	8	21	3	Houston	VCU	Indiana	Pennsylvania	Alabama
Cyclones500	7	21	4	Houston	Dayton	Michigan	Princeton	Texas A&M

 

[ImJustKCClone]

And it all comes down to Purdue!!! Boiler UP!!!

 

[AlaCyclone]

And it all comes down to Purdue!!! Boiler UP!!!

Roar, Lions, Roar!

 

[cyclones500]

And it all comes down to Purdue!!! Boiler UP!!!

 

[AlaCyclone]

@ImJustKCClone If Purdue wins, are we Co-Champions?

 

[ImJustKCClone]

FINAL	W	L
AlaCyclone	19	13
KC	19	13
Cupped	17	15
Riceville 98	18	14
CyCrazy	17	15
Jereseib	16	16
gipper2001	15	17
Cyclone North	14	18
Coach Hines	14	18
CoKane	14	18
coolerifyoudid	11	21
Hestia Abnegation11	12	20
PSYclone22	12	20
1UNI2ISU	10	22
Cyclones500	8	24

It's on @cyclones500 now - I don't remember the tiebreaker rules!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

@ImJustKCClone If Purdue wins, are we Co-Champions?

Looks like you win on the tiebreaker - correctly picked Big 12 champ.
Congrats!

 

[cyclones500]

Looks like you win on the tiebreaker - correctly picked Big 12 champ.
Congrats!

Confirmed:

Tiebreakers
Each correct pick receives 1 point. First tiebreaker: Correct Big 12 tournament champ. Second tiebreaker: Highest number of correct picks that aren’t favorites (i.e., teams seeded 1st in their respective tournament).

 

[cyclones500]

Congratulations, @AlaCyclone!

 

[AlaCyclone]

Congratulations, @AlaCyclone!

Awesome!

GREAT game by all.

Let's Go State!

 

[Cupped]

Congratulation AlaCyclone and KC! I was optimistic going into the weekend but that's why they call it March Sadness! At least now I can root against the losers who screwed me in the NIT! Thanks for hosting this!

 

[AlaCyclone]

Looks like you win on the tiebreaker - correctly picked Big 12 champ.
Congrats!

Thank you!

Talk about going down to the wire.

I was lucky to win.