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Good stuff. Unfortunately, I am in one of those relatively lopsided matchups. I was thinking about CTing it, but I think it might be best to turn my focus on promoting to Division III instead.

I'm proud to say I'm still in it, having ousted a D.II team and a couple excellent D.IV teams. Hoping to get another W next week so my team can be in the tourney after the ASG for the first time ever!

Yeah? Well I can wipe my own ass. I'm proud of that.

Last edited by A-Dub at 2/4/2014 4:27:22 AM

Round 7:

11 - number of NBBA teams still in, 69% of all NBBA teams
28 - number of II teams still in, 44% of all II teams
57 - number of III teams still in, 22% of all III teams
29 - number of IV teams still in, 2.8% of all IV teams
3 - number of V teams still in, 0.07% of all V teams
3 - highest ranking team still in - Beware of Dogs. #2 Bullish Mentality lost to #68 Silent Apples
1292 - lowest ranking team still in (Triple Threat)
1288 - largest rank differential between opponents (#4 Delta 9 and #1292 Triple Threat)
5 - smallest point differential between opponents (#343 Soul Legends vs #338 wccn, and #54 Marshland Mammals vs #59 Pea Ridge Shhoters)
49 - number of top 100 ranked teams still in
2 - number of IV teams referencing Breckenridge stubbornly still in the tourney
4564 - population of Breckenridge, CO
313,900,000 - population of the United States
0.0014 - percentage of the US population that Breckenridge has
1.56 - percentage of remaining tourney teams referencing Breckenridge
1114 - magnitude of disproportionate representation that Breckenridge has in this tournament vs the real world
3 - number of matchups featuring two IV teams
3 - minimum number of IV teams that will make it to the round of 64

A season 4 team just CT'd me, even with HCA. Guess they really needed that extra $50k!

The Breckenridgers have been vanquished.

A season 4 team just CT'd me, even with HCA. Guess they really needed that extra $50k!

You should threaten to send Jeremy Jackson over to their house ;)

Since fewmit didn't appear to have time to get to it, I'll throw one together ...

Round 8:

11 - number of NBBA teams still in, 69% of all NBBA teams
20 - number of II teams still in, 31% of all II teams
26 - number of III teams still in, 10% of all III teams
7 - number of IV teams still in, 1.8% of all IV teams
3 - highest ranking team still in - Beware of Dogs
721 - lowest ranking team still in - Depaul Blue Demons
371 - largest rank differential between opponents (#34 Dog River Riverdogs and #405 Blue Barkers)
6 - smallest rank differential between opponents (#15 Hayward Lumberjacks vs. #9 Eugene Register-Guard)
38 - number of top 100 ranked teams still in
15-5 - ratio of Division II teams from Great 8 to Big 8 still alive (II.1 and II.3 Big 8s are both entirely out)
III.9 - only III league with 3 teams still alive (woot!)
12 - number of pairings with teams in the same division
2 - number of Division IV teams guaranteed to advance to Round 9
2 - number of NBBA teams guaranteed not to advance to Round 9
3 - remaining teams referencing New York in their names
19 - remaining teams referencing any other location in their names (Chicago and Arizona tied for 2nd with 2 each)
6 - remaining teams referencing canines in their names
18 - remaining teams with singular names (here The King and I and Arizona Cacti count as plural but Delta 9 as singular, because I said so)
20 - minutes of work avoidance I just achieved ... I'm out.

Last edited by redcped at 2/13/2014 4:50:19 PM

Well, gosh, I guess I'd better do this again ...

Round 9:

8 - number of NBBA teams still in, 50% of all NBBA teams
12 - number of II teams still in, 19% of all II teams
10 - number of III teams still in, 4% of all III teams
2 - number of IV teams still in, 0.2% of all IV teams
3 - highest ranking team still in - Beware of Dogs
419 - lowest ranking team still in - nyc warhawks
364 - largest ranking differential between opponents (#55 Pea Ridge Shooters vs. #419 nyc warhawks)
9 - smallest ranking differential between opponents (#13 Arizona Desert Storm vs. #22 Toronto Traptors)
5 - number of top 10 ranked teams still in
23 - number of top 100 ranked teams still in
9 - number of pairings with both teams in the top 100
8 - number of pairings with teams in the same division
3 - number of III teams guaranteed to advance to Round 10
2 - number of NBBA teams guaranteed not to advance to Round 10
9 - remaining teams with one-word names
2 - remaining teams with four-word names

Good luck to you all.

Sweet 16 this week features plenty of powerhouse matchups, including 2 all-NBBA games, but the game of the week is the matchup between two III division teams. The winner goes on to the elite 8 and will be the first III team to make it there since season 23.

Thunderhorse (28677) from III.6 features a versatile lineup that has pretty much played every tactic possible this season and may have made up a few new ones. They've played +2 and +1 enthusiasm their last two cup games, so we'll have to see if they have much left in the tank for this game.

Bananahorns (30600) from III.12 runs with a standard inside team, but in this new world of GDP plays enough other tactics to keep opponents from guessing on them. This team has had a tougher road to get here taking down the #28 and #32 teams the last two weeks.

Prediction: Bananahorn's better offensive flow and enthusiasm wins the day against Thunderhorse's shooters.