Challenge #14Pick the winners of ten of these twelve games. You must pick only one side in any game. Your first pick will be treated as a +10 spread, meaning you will win a point if your team finishes within 10 points of the other team.
You'll continue ranking these until your final selection which will be +1.
To score, we'll start at the top and you'll get one point per game until we reach one that was picked incorrectly. All pushes will count as zero points, but you can continue moving down the chain.
There's a good potential for tie scores, so make sure to submit tie breakers.
Georgetown @ Connecticut
Illinois State @ Creighton
Indiana State @ Southern Illinois
Louisville @ Cincinnati
Loyola (IL) @ UIC
Michigan @ Illinois
Nebraska @ Oklahoma
Oklahoma State @ Texas
UAB @ Memphis
UTEP @ Southern Miss
Vanderbilt @ Georgia
Wisconsin @ Purdue
Example submission:
Creighton +10, Purdue +9, Oklahoma +8, Loyola +7, Indiana St +6, Georgetown +5, UAB +4, Southern Miss +3, Louisville +2, Texas +1
To score, let's pretend the ISU@Creighton finish is 54-62. I've covered the spread handily, so I get one point. Moving on to Wisc@Purdue, the final is 67-60. Purdue lost, but since I get to add 9 points to their score, I still cover and I get an additional point. Neb@Okla was 69-61... with my eight bonus points, I've pushed. I don't earn any points, but I can continue to the next game. Loyola@UIC finished 45-50, which means I cover and get another point. Indiana St @ SIU finished 52-77. I didn't cover or push there, so I am done. I've earned three points in this contest.
The top three from the last challenge (KI, IMU, jackref) can choose one of these options with their submission:
- Take A Point: Each of your lines will be increased by a point. This means that you will start with a +11, and move down to a +2.
- Direct Challenge: Declare another survivor contestant and list two NCAA teams in your submission. If he has chosen either of these teams, his entry will be flipped to show the opposite team. I will inform him via e-mail that he has had a direct challenge played on him, but I will not disclose who played it.
- Random Quest: Declare that you are choosing random quest in your submission. Using random.org, I'll list your teams and randomize them. I will take the top three teams and switch them to their opponents. I will then re-randomize the list, and make the first pick your +10. The remaining picks will be in the order you submitted them (with the opponents taking your originally submitted spots where appropriate.) If you finish within the top two in this challenge, you will recieve secret immunity (for the winner, this is in addition to the standard immunity which only lasts for this challenge.) I will not disclose that you have selected this option, nor will I disclose any secret immunity.
Highest scorer will be immune from elimination. Also, -anyone- who gets all ten in a row will be immune. Top three finishers will get a bonus for the next game.
Tie Breakers
TB1 Highest Scoring: Georgetown or Wisconsin
TB2 Highest Scoring: Illinois State, Loyola (IL), or Southern Illinois
TB3 Highest Scoring: Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, or Cincinnati
TB4 Total score by Michigan
Entries are due by 5pm on Wednesday to
CSFMBSurvivor@gmail.com and don't forget those tie-breakers. I'll be periodically checking email and will send a confirmation when I receive your entry. I will check @ 4pm Wednesday before I depart from work… after that and you're taking your chances.
I don't expect any issues, but want to keep the playing field as level as possible.
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