Unfortunetly, #16 seeds upset #1 sees far more often in HD than they do in real life. Of course #16 seeds are much closer in talent to #1 seeds in HD than they are in real life. Happy to have survived the upset bug, after a brief blip at the end of conference play, Chicago seems to be firing on all cylinders again. Keep up this level of play and we'll be tough to knock out.

Quote: Originally posted by fhook on 5/14/2008What a joke. Has anyone ever seen that happen? Seriously? A #16? I'm in complete shock right now. I knew my team wasn't #1 seed material, but COME ON. That was the worst RPI team to make the NT.

after looking at both teams you were fairly matched and it was a coin flip as to who would win. Also you got to remember that in the NT some players just seem to step it up and play better then they do in conference play.

Quote: Originally Posted By baloochow82 on 5/14/2008

Quote: Originally posted by fhook on 5/14/2008 What a joke. Has anyone ever seen that happen? Seriously? A #16? I'm in complete shock right now. I knew my team wasn't #1 seed material, but COME ON. That was the worst RPI team to make the NT.

after looking at both teams you were fairly matched and it was a coin flip as to who would win. Also you got to remember that in the NT some players just seem to step it up and play better then they do in conference play.

I wouldn't say that we were fairly matched at all. I was rated 41 points higher than him overall, and his team durability was 19 higher than mine. Iwas higher than him in every category, including 8 in rebounding, 8 in defense, 6 in perimeter, 12 in bh, and 9 in passing. That doesn't sound like a coin flip to me.

But I will agree with you on the fact that certain players (or teams) have fluky games were they play better than their numbers.

fhook you have to break it down to mins played by what player, overall ratings don't really mean much. I made a spreadsheet where I can take the stats and give you what each players avgs. per min at each position and there it came up a coin flip. take my game tonight against SUNYM even though hes 2 points overall better then me, his starters are better then mine but my bench is better then his, in my spreadsheet I am a 10 point dog but my team always seems to play above their heads in the NT, so we will see how it turns out.

very disappointing early round loss with the overall #1 seed Arcadia...i thought that team was going to do some damage...once again, a pressing team simply confused my offense...George Fox has a decent team but i felt i had a better team in terms of speed, shooting and rebounding...in the end, he got hot from the floor and i was ice cold...seems to be the recurring theme for me when i lose early in the NT ...looking back, i don't think i would have changed my gameplan much...my bigs too more shots (and shot poorly) then i had planned and i didn't do any real damage from deep...ah well...

back to the drawing board...

good luck to those still alive...

With Arcadia & Anderson both falling in round 2, the door is now open for Chicago to jump into the #1 dynasty spot. Won a rematch last night and was rewarded with another rematch from my season opener tonight. Thanks to some upsets, we remain the highest seed in our half of the bracket going forward to the NT finals. Their is another 3 seed in the East, but everyone else pulled some "upsets" to get there. Hopefully we can avoid one of those upsets and get to the finals. There are a ton of great teams in the other half of the bracket, it would be nice to get the chance to face off vs one of them.

Lets go Maroons

good luck taz!!

thanks JJ, I wonder what it would take to push Chicago over the top. National title? Final 4? Elite 8? Another season?

good question...i would think a FF would make it pretty close but i don't know how much falls off from the previous years too...and NT would have to do it wouldn't it? i'll be happy to stay in the top 6 after two bad seasons in a row basically...

big thanks to wronoj for this list - it's really become a very fun addition to the game itself where in some ways climbing into and on top of these rankings is a nice secondary goal beyond the NT...it certainly helps ease the sting of my loss...

Well I have found my way into the sweet 16 after a 2nd rd spot last year. Would I make the just missing list with 2 seasons like that or will I need a 3rd straight NT appearance to be considered?

I think you need a spot in the postseason 4 out of 5 seasons.

This was my last season @ Cabrini guys. If you know anyone interested in picking up a program with a solid foundation for a dynasty, please let them know about the team. GL to everyone that is in the NT.

Quote: Originally posted by taz21 on 5/15/2008I think you need a spot in the postseason 4 out of 5 seasons.

Well then it will be a while, thanks

Not sure if I'm going to re-up either...

Quote: Originally posted by breum on 5/15/2008Not sure if I'm going to re-up either...

you're always welcome in the upstate. our crum conference didnt work out, but the upstate is here to stay. and we'd love to have you.