WINNER: NCAA College Hoops 2011-12 — Nate the Great

by **agentcom** on Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:30 pm

thekidstrumpet wrote:
flexmaster33 wrote:All right...after checking results this morning, I've decided to push back the Selection Show several days.

The new time for the live bracket reveal will be 10 a.m. (Pacific) Thursday, April 5.

If you are still active in conference tourneys, please try to wrap up your games in a quick manner.

thanks, flex

Congrats to coach Mass Miracle, who led James Madison to the CAA/MAAC tourney title. That fills up half our our automatic bids.

What does the selection show entail? What happens if we can't make the chat? Or is it just revealing the bracket and talking about it in chat?

This. I'm sure. That's what happened for the NCAA football tourney this year that amphibiousrodent put on. He had 1 person show up for it. Which was kind of sad/funny.

by **flexmaster33** on Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:31 pm

Yes, I always think more people will show up, but we usually get a dozen or so it seems.

and yes, I just reveal the brackets along with some analysis of the Regions and we do some chat...it's all of 15 minutes/half-hour. Brackets are posted in the tourney thread...live chat is for reaction mostly.

by **TheKidsTrumpet** on Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:26 pm

flexmaster33 wrote:Yes, I always think more people will show up, but we usually get a dozen or so it seems.

and yes, I just reveal the brackets along with some analysis of the Regions and we do some chat...it's all of 15 minutes/half-hour. Brackets are posted in the tourney thread...live chat is for reaction mostly.

Oh cool, sounds fun. Wish I could make it out, its just a bad time, always working then.

by **AmphibiousRodent** on Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:53 pm

agentcom wrote:That's what happened for the NCAA football tourney this year that amphibiousrodent put on. He had 1 person show up for it. Which was kind of sad/funny.

Yes. Yes it was.

by **agentcom** on Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:02 am

AmphibiousRodent wrote:
agentcom wrote:That's what happened for the NCAA football tourney this year that amphibiousrodent put on. He had 1 person show up for it. Which was kind of sad/funny.

Yes. Yes it was.

I'm sorry AR, I just can't help but lol at this. I'm glad you were a good sport about it when it happened, otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned it here.

by **AmphibiousRodent** on Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:51 am

Ha! Yeah, I did throw it together at the last minute. I have plans to announce it better this year. Anyway, good luck to everyone who makes the dance. I know I'm not even close to NIT consideration.

by **agentcom** on Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:58 am

Flex, I think you mentioned it before, but what time zone are you in, so I know when 10 AM is? You might want to just edit the first post to include that information, as others may have the same question.

by **agentcom** on Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:59 am

agentcom wrote:Flex, I think you mentioned it before, but what time zone are you in, so I know when 10 AM is? You might want to just edit the first post to include that information, as others may have the same question.

flexmaster33 wrote:sorry...yes 10 a.m. Pacific...so adjust your clocks accordingly

Oh, I guess it wasn't that far back .. guess I skipped over it somehow. But you still might want to edit the first post.

by **danervinsucks** on Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:55 pm

Cal's Cinderella run through the Pac12 tournament falls short as they get soundly defeated by Wazzu in the Final. Hopefully their performance over the final weeks was impressive enough to at least garner a NIT bid...

by **flexmaster33** on Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:59 pm

Brackets updated...bunch of auto-bids awarded...four left to decide.

I'll be posting a fresh RPI/Conference strength list late tonight, then find us in chat in the morning 10 a.m. Pacific to see where/if you landed in the Big Dance

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:45 am

RPI and conference ranks are updated, along with a fresh google sheet for the season.

Selection Show opens in chat in 15 minutes...brackets to be revealed here.

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:57 am

Selection Show going off in 2 minutes in live chat...click the Social tab.

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:03 pm

Selection Show is starting now...We have a Selection Room tab in live chat, so check in there, or feel free to post your comments here once you've seen the brackets.

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:31 pm

Thanks to all who joined in on the Selection Show this morning...always a fun time.

Brackets are up...pms for power-ups going out shortly. Opening games will be sent once I receive replies on that or by Saturday morning.

NIT bracket is also posted...those games will be going out tonight.

For the Big Dance, remember the tournament rules change to an expanded scoring format, so check the rules (under the standings on the top post) to review how it works.

by **flexmaster33** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:14 pm

Quick clarification on power-ups...

Power ups last as long as you stay alive in the tourney, but you are locked in once you make a choice. Also power-ups must be used in separate spots, so no doubling up if you have multiple options.

The only way that changes is when two players request the same sharp-shooter spot, then the higher seed gets priority and the other is asked to change.

Also, keep in mind, power-ups for Stars and 6th-man only have an affect if you win the map that you designate.

by **chapcrap** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:02 pm

Wish I could have made it to the selection show!

The SEC is mine though! Give me that number 1 seed!

by **Graceless_** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:06 pm

edit: nvm

by **lostatlimbo** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:29 pm

Yikes. I got stuck in a tough region. I need my luck back stat!

by **flexmaster33** on Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:40 am

A lot of you get to pick the 6th-man power-up and I didn't explain it all that well in the rules/pm post today.

Basically you have three choices for how to use it...1) on your home map; 2) on your opponent's home map or 3) on Canada.

by **flexmaster33** on Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:06 pm

All NIT first-round games have been sent out...also the First Four in the Big Dance have been sent.

I'll be sending second-round games late tonight/early Saturday.

by **Swimmerdude99** on Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:02 am

Baboom! St. Johns advances!

by **flexmaster33** on Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:33 am

nice work swimmer...only got a handful of games out before Easter hit...will work on getting the full second-round slate out late tonight.

by **flexmaster33** on Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:35 pm

Sent out the 2nd round batch for the South Region and got about half-way through the Midwest region...will work on sending out all remaining available games and posting a postseason update tonight.

by **reptile** on Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:40 pm

go ahead and give pittsburgh the victory in the west, the dice have been fucking me so hard in 1v1 games lately, especially in this tournament and my soccer tournament. Team games have been ok, maybe even good but in 1v1 games my dice are a joke. Not to mention i dont remember the last time i started in more games than my opponent. Anyway, great tourney again Flex, will look forward to next year's Nebraska team, maybe they wont wear down down the stretch.