The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day #9: The Finale

On Saturday, it was determined who would play in the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game.  The Kentucky Wildcats will face off against the UCONN Huskies, and no one in the Unofficial AllGames Group made this pick correctly.  In fact, no one in the Unofficial AllGames Group picked either team to make it to the Championship Game.  None.  This means that the standing from the last update stay the same, and will continue to stay the same through to the end of the tournament.

In first place in the Unofficial AllGames Group is DoomPlague.  DoomPlague ended up earning 740 points, putting him in the 91st percentile of all the brackets filled out for the ESPN Tournament Challenge, a feat no other entry in the group got close to.  DoomPlague earned the most points in all of the rounds of the tournament, except for the first round where he was only twenty points off the pace.  DoomPlague is the winner of the Unofficial AllGames Group.

Second place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to Cgu11.  Third place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to mattober100 and dcNate.  Fifth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to joedigitech.  Sixth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to ShadowNextGen and mattober100.  Eighth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to Hectzilla.  Ninth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to dcNate.  Tenth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to Redertainment.  Eleventh place in the Unofficial AllGames Group goes to dcNate.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day #8

Looking at the standings and the potential points left to earn, you could surmise that, while DoomPlague is in the lead, anyone in the top six places in the Unofficial AllGames Group could still win the group.  However, if you dig deeper the real situation emerges.

Of the people in the top six, five of them picked Florida to be in the Championship Match.  The only entry in the top six that didn't pick Florida to advance was joedigitech's entry.  This means that, of the people left, DoomPlague is in the lead while joedigitech is the only entry with a chance to accrue enough points to win.  For joedigitech to win, Florida would have to lose next Saturday and Wisconsin would have to win.  However, if Florida wins, DoomPlague will have cinched the victory in the Unofficial AllGames Group before the Championship Game takes place.

While the top place can still be changed, the bottom four places in the Unofficial AllGames Group cannot.  Eighth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group belongs to Hectzilla.  Ninth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group belongs to dcNate's Go Banana entry.  Tenth place in the Unofficial AllGames Group belongs to your humble narrator, Redertainment.  Finally, eleventh place in the Unofficial AllGames Group belongs to dcNate's HectNoYouDidnt entry.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day #7

Today only two of the entries in the Unoffical AllGames Group didn't accrue any points.  Those entries were from Hectzilla and Redertainment.  Three entries, joedigitech and two from dcNate, correctly picked Wisconsin to win today.  Six of the entires, including all of the entries in the top three, picked Florida to win today.  None of the entries were perfect today.  As a result, DoomPlague is still in the lead, in a dominant position going forward, and the bottom three entries are still owned by dcNate and Redertainment.  Now, as a result of today's games, dcNate's Go Banana and HectNoYouDidnt entry, as well as Hectzilla's entry have no potential points left to earn.  This means these entries can go nowhere but down.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day #6

In many basketball games, there comes a point where a team gains such a large lead that victory is seen as an inevitability, that victory is all but assured, that the only thing separating one team and their victory is the passage of time.  That point may have been achieved today in the Unofficial AllGames Group.  Now that all of the Sweet Sixteen matchups have been played, it can be said that five of the eleven entries scored 160 points or more in Third Round of play.  All five of those entries made very similar choices.  One entry of those five made a slightly different pick.  That pick gave that entry not only the lead, but also a dominant position going forward.  That one entry, the entry that accrued the most points in the Third Round belongs to DoomPlague.  DoomPlague's entry is the only entry of the top five that correctly picked Michigan State to advance to the Elite Eight.  In doing so, DoomPlague not only earned the most points of the entire group in this round, 200, but DoomPlague also has the most possible points left to earn, 960.  To put that in perspective, DoomPlague is now in the lead in this group by fifty points over second place Cgu11, and is in the lead in possible points, over mattober100, by 160 points.

Given that all entries in the top three picked Florida to win the tournament, and dcNate's fourth place entry picked Florida to advance to the championship game, time may be the only thing separating DoomPlague from victory in the Unofficial AllGames Group.  Only a loss by Florida on Saturday may prevent DoomPlague's inevitable victory.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day #5

Today the 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament got ramped up again, and today we saw the advancement of only one of the lower seeds that played today.  Wins today by Florida, Arizona, and Wisconsin, were joined by a win by the Dayton Flyers.  No one in the Unoffical AllGames Group got all of these picks correct, but five of the eleven entries in the group got three of these picks correct.  This includes your leader DoomPlague, as well as Cgu11, mattober100, dcNate, and Hectzilla.  Cgu11 has a slight advantage when it comes to potential points to earn, but a loss by either Virginia or Iowa State tommorrow could put him on equal footing with DoomPlague.

As I eluded to earlier, no one picked all of today's games correctly, but no one did worse today than your humble narrator, Redertainment.  On this, the fifth day of the 2014 NCAA Tournament, Redertainment accrued a grand total of zero points, making incorrect choices in all four of today's games.  In fact, dcNate's Go Banana entry surpassed Redertainment's entry, thanks to wins by Florida and Wisconsin, for ninth place in this group.  If the highly touted Louisville and Michigan State don't continue to perform well in the tournament, Redertaimnent may sink further into the cellar occupied by dcNate.

Mathematically this group is tight.  Realistically, given the amounts of potential points they could earn, Cgu11 and DoomPlague are in the dominant position in the Unoffical AllGames Group.  joedigitech could have a relalisitic shot if Virginia advances out of the East Region, and dcNate's Mathematically, of course entry could eek out a slim victory if Arizona wins out, but if Florida wins the 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament, the victor of the group will be DoomPlague.  All hail DoomPlague.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day #4

Today, the fourth day of the 2014 NCAA Tournament, saw the loss of two top teams.  This was to be expected as we go further into the tournament, but today saw another day of upheaval in the Unofficial AllGames Group.  Seven of the eleven entries incorrectly picked Kansas to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, and ten of the eleven entries incorrectly picked Wichita State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.  In fact, none of the entries in the Unofficial AllGames Group made both picks correctly.  Some made it out worse than others.

ShadowNextGen picked Wichita State to win the entire 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Thanks to today's developments, ShadowNextGen now has the third lowest potential points remaining.  The only entries with less potential points remaining is two entries submitted by dcNate.  If Florida doesn't advance to the Championship game. ShadowNextGen may join dcNate in the cellar.

The current leader of the Unofficial AllGames Group is DoomPlague.  DoomPlague correctly picked all four of the teams in the West Region that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, and, considering the potential opponents of both of his choices for the Championship game, the possibility is there for DoomPlague to accrue a lot of points going forward.  The only entrant in this group with more potential points is Cgu11.  A showoff between Cgu11's picks and DoomPlague's picks may be what ultimately decides the winner of this group.

There are two entries that went with a pure chalk approach in this group.  Those entries are owned by dcNate and mattober100.  If Florida loses at any point during this year's NCAA Tournament, both of these entries may make quite a rise in the rankings.  They may tie for the lead, but tying for the lead is better than not having it at all.

Your humble narrator has little to no chance to win this entry.  As eluded to before, the winner may come down to either DoomPlague or Cgu11.  Both of these users's success may depend on how much success Florida has going forward in the tournament.  Between the two currently at the top, that which will decide the winner may be the performance of Michigan.  We will see how the wins and losses of much vaunted teams will further affect this group as it goes forward.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day #3

Another stunning loss affected everyone in the Unofficial AllGames Group.  Everyone in the group picked Syracuse to advance into the Sweet Sixteen, and three out of eleven entries had the Orangemen going into the Final Four.  Just like yesterday, the entrant that walked away from the loss the least scaved is Cgu11.  Now Cgu11 is in the lead and still has the most potential points to gain in the group.

The users who lost the most in this group with the Syracuse loss is your humble narrator, Redertainment, Hect, and joedigitech.  These are the three users that had Syracuse going into the Final Four.  Both Redertainment and Hect had their potential points plummet in the third day of the NCAA Tournament, but joedigitech still has a decent chance to raise in the standings.  However, should Florida or Michigan lose, joe's chances may soon evaporate.

dcNate sunk even lower into the cellar today.  With the loss of Pittsburgh, both of dcNate's HectohNoYouDidnt entry choices to be in the Championship game have lost.  Add in loses by Saint Louis and Villanova, and all of dcNate's entries have little to no chance of winning.  Poor dcNate.

mattober100 may have done well by going with a pure chalk with his mattober100 chalk entry.  While many may deride his lack of risk, his current number two place in this group proves his conservative approach is paying off.

It'll be interesting to see how losses will further affect the Unoffical AllGames Group as the NCAA Tournament goes forward.  A loss by Florida may be the only change for anyone who's not Cgu11 to win the group.  Well, not dcNate but most anyone else.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day 2

The shocking loss by Duke on the second day of the NCAA Tournament sent the entire Unoffical AllGames group into a tailspin.  Every entry had Duke winning and advancing into the Round of 32, with four of the eleven entries having Duke going into the Elite Eight.  The player that came out today the least hurt was YT4RD, revealed today to be Cgu11.  However, despite having the most potential points left of anyone in the group, Cgu11 is not the leader of this group.

ShadowNextGen and mattober100 are the leaders of the group, each earning 260 out of a possible 320 points in the first round, while both having the same amount of points they could possibly accrue.  Both of these users achieved their top status through different means.  ShadowNextGen is bolstered by wins from Wichita State, Florida, and still having a perfect West Region remaining.  Meanwhile mattober100 has a perfect East Region bracket going, as well as having correctly picked the advancement of all the number four seeds in the tournament.  Both ShadowNextGen and mattober100 picked unique winners of the tournament, Wichita State and Michigan respectively.  It will be interesting to see how these choices play out in the rounds ahead.

dcNate is probably regretting his choices right now.  Yesterday Nate owned the last place bracket in the group.  Now dcNate owns the two worst performing brackets in this group, and, with Duke's loss, dcNate's chances to win are minuscule at best.  Nate's best hope is that his Mathematically, of course bracket performs well going forward.  However, since upsets seem to define this year's tournaments, if any of the higher seeded teams wins their games, dcNate's chances will be kaput.

You humble narrator sits alone in ninth place in this group, and, with loses today by Oklahoma State and BYU, Redertainment's chances to win the group have all but dried up.  Redertainment can only hope to cheer on people like Hectzilla and DoomPlague, while also hoping he doesn't sink to the level of dcNate.

While it is still possible for anyone to win this group, the winner will, in all likelihood, come down to either ShadowNextGen, mattober100, or Cgu11.  Strong showings by Virginia and Wisconsin could propel joedigitch to the top, but, if any top seed loses, many other users may join dcNate in the cellar of this group.

The Unofficial AllGames Group Update: Day 1

The first day of the NCAA Basketball Tournament is usually only interesting to people who have televisions or are near television.  It is with that in mind that I write this blog post.  Here are the standing of the Unofficial AllGames Group after the first day of the Big Dance.

After the first day, YT4RD, joedigitech, and mattober100 are in the lead as of this writing.  While none of these brackets were perfect, only mattober100 made a mistake that could cost him in the end.  mattober100 picked Oklahoma to win over North Dakota State, but, thankfully, he didn't have them advancing past the Round of 32.

Hectzilla, dcNate, Redertainment, ShadowNextGen, and another entry from mattober100 are all tied for fourth place, just twenty points out of first.  None among them have a clear edge going forward in the tournament, although ShadowNextGen might be hampered after having incorrectly picked Ohio State and NC State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.  Both Hect and dcNate did choose Arizona as their champion, so it will be interesting to see how the Wildcats's success or failure in the tournament will affect the performance of their brackets.

In last place in this group are DoomPlague and two entries from dcNate.  dcNate is probably kicking himself right now.  Oklahoma and Arizona State, two of the teams dcNate picked to advance to the Elite Eight in his Go Banana entry, lost today.  Go Banana has the least amount of possible points left in this group, so it's probably a good thing that dcNate submitted three different entries into this group.

Still, the Unofficial AllGames Group is anyone's to win.  That is it's anyone's to win if that person is already in this particular group.  It'll be interesting to see how the standing change as the rest of the First Round is played out.  Who knows, perhaps your humble narrator might come out on top.  It's not likely, but it is possible.