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.