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Post by freewind on Sept 9, 2020 7:12:20 GMT -6
Round 16 (Guys, a 22 game conference double round robin is a lot of games lol)
IUPUI 2002-2003 75 Wright State 2017-2018 77
Raiders continue their win streak on the road at IUPUI. Their bench came up big between Hall and Wilburn making their final two shots. Marcus May would miss the game tieing two points as time expired. Grant Benzinger led with 16 points. Raiders host Oakland next day riding a 3 game win streak.
Oakland 2010-2011 87 PFW 2015-2016 74
Fort Wayne has now lost 4 in a row as they couldn't upset Oakland on the road. Max Landis had a career high of 33 points, but the rest of his team had only single digit scoring. MVP contender Benson had 26 points and 13 boards.
Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 51 UIC 2003-2004 65
UIC halts a two game slump with a road win in Detroit. Aaron Carr had a rare breakout game scoring 19 points. When UIC wins, its usually through defense and holding Detroit to 30 percent shooting from the field, they did just that. Ray McCallum was the lone Titan to finish in double digits scoring just 10 points.
Robert Morris 2009-2010 67 Green Bay 2013-2014 75
Green Bay rebounded nicely from their Oakland game on the road in Pittsburgh. Sykes had his usual 23 points in this game paired with Love 16 and Mays 17 the Colonials were out matched in this one. Jimmy Langhurst was a rare bright spot for the Colonials scoring 15 off the bench.
Youngstown State 2019-2020 55 Milwaukee 2004-2005 73
The Penguins have just tanked their season. No one on this team could shoot, no one got over 10 points, Milwaukee just crushed them on both ends of the court. The Panthers shot 50 pct from behind the arc, almost at will Tigert had 4-5 himself from behind the arc finishing with 13 points. Joah Tucker led the Panthers with 18.
Cleveland State 2008-2009 86 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 69
This was a pretty important game and Norris Cole must have known it. He finished the day with 20 points and seemed to make his team click regardless of what lineup was on the court. NKU wasn't scoring unless they had their starters in, but Tyler Sharpe's 24 wasn't enough to pull a bench that wasn't scoring. Bullock and Jackson also helped the Vikings dominate the boards 43-30.
Oakland 2010-2011 15 1 Green Bay 2013-2014 12 4 Cleveland State 2008-2009 11 5 Milwaukee 2004-2005 10 6 UIC 2003-2004 9 7 PFW 2015-2016 7 9 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 7 9 Wright State 2017-2018 7 9 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 6 10 IUPUI 2002-2003 5 11 Robert Morris 2009-2010 5 11 Youngstown State 2019-2020 2 14
The separation in the standings is starting to show. UIC is the only major grey area as if they haven't decided to be upper tier or mid tier team. Green Bay travels to Cleveland State tomorrow which may be the Vikings last hope for a chance at 2nd place.
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Post by commissioner on Sept 10, 2020 6:58:53 GMT -6
Thanks for doing this, Freewind. This is a fun little diversion.
As an aside, it makes sense to use Detroit's 2012 team, which is our only NCAA team since 2000, and on paper possibly the most talented, even with Nick Minnerath taking an injury redshirt year. And by year end, that might have been our best team of the era (McCallum, Holman, Calliste, Simon, Doug Anderson as starters). But they had a terrible start, and really underperformed until about mid-January. The team's final RPI rank was just 130. By comparison, the 2013 team, which settled for the NIT after being upset by WSU in the conference semis, finished with an RPI rank of 71. And the 2001 team, which reached the NIT semi-finals, finished with an RPI rank of 66. That team, with Rashad Phillips, Willie Green, Greg Grays, and Terrell Riggs, would've been my choice for the best Titan team since 2000. But again, can't fault you for going with the only NCAA tournament team in that era.
FWIW, I would probably have gone with YSU's 2013 team (Kendrick Perry, Damion Eargle, Blake Allen, DJ Cole). But probably not much different than the 2020 squad.
I suspect the simulation doesn't weight enough for quality of opposition. Seems to me the two Summit teams (OU 2011 and IPFW 2016) are over-performing.
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Post by freewind on Sept 10, 2020 7:20:39 GMT -6
Round 17 - Quiet Morning
Wright State 2017-2018 79 Oakland 2010-2011 84
Oakland adds another mark in the win column coming out of Dayton, OH. The Raider's depth kept them in the game, had 33 points from their bench. Benson kept up his form this game with 23 points and 10 boards. With this win Oakland now officially secures a playoff bye for the Horizon League Tournament.
Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 64 IUPUI 2002-2003 51
Ray McCallum leads his team to victory in this low scoring affair with 15 points 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Both teams shot atrociously behind the arc under 20 percent. This loss officially eliminates IUPUI's chances of getting a bye post season.
Robert Morris 2009-2010 72 PFW 2015-2016 76
Fort Wayne finally turns the ship, but boy was it close. Down by 8 in the first half, the Mastadon's roared back early 2nd half. The final couple minutes of the game was a clown fiesta with only one basket scored by Landis and 2 free-throws from Stewart. RMU couldn't hit anything at the end. RMU is also eliminated from a post season bye with this loss.
Youngstown State 2019-2020 71 UIC 2003-2004 77
Banks and Quisenberry both led their teams with 23 points this game but it would be UIC coming out on top at the end of the day in Youngstown. Bailey had a solid 15 points in a rare game where he actually shoots the ball. He still managed to his average of 7 assists.
Cleveland State 2008-2009 70 Green Bay 2013-2014 73
The game of the day lived up to it's hype. Green Bay almost gave up a 15 point lead from the first half as the Vikings scrapped their way back into this game the 2nd half. For some reason in the final minute of the game Green Bay failed to make any of its free throws. Sykes missed a one for one, Brown missed two one for ones, and then Love went 1 for 2. Everytime they missed, CSU ran it down and hit a quick 3 point jumper. Cole, Bullock, and Jackson all made their 3 point attempt the final minute. They just ran out of time. Sykes finished with 26 points. Cole had a season high of 25 points. CSU also had poor foul shooting only 10-18 from the line for the night. GB had 13 blocked shots, which was kind of a crazy stat. Firmly puts GB in 2nd spot now with a 2-0 record against CSU and a 2 game lead on Milwaukee for 2nd.
Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 74 Milwaukee 2004-2005 83
NKU has had a rough stretch, losing 6 of their last 7 games. Joah Tucker had a season high 24 and paired with McCants 22 the Panthers ran off with this game. Sharpe finished with 21 and McDonald had a double double with 17 points and 12 boards.
Oakland 2010-2011 16 1 Green Bay 2013-2014 13 4 Cleveland State 2008-2009 11 6 Milwaukee 2004-2005 11 6 UIC 2003-2004 10 7 PFW 2015-2016 8 9 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 8 9 Wright State 2017-2018 7 10 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 6 11 IUPUI 2002-2003 5 12 Robert Morris 2009-2010 5 12 Youngstown State 2019-2020 2 15
5 Games to go in the season, today didn't bring much change. Some big games tomorrow that could go either way. WSU travels to Detroit, Milwaukee get's a chance to 2-0 GB at home and cut their lead to 1 game. PFW/CSU game will have a lot of affects on the standings as well. Should be a fun day. The tournament has been slated for the 26th, time will be announced on the 19th whether it will be in the AM or PM. I'm drawing up a small show on twitch, im thinking it will probably take about an hour to do everything. I think it will be fun to talk about all the teams and see how it all plays out.
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Post by freewind on Sept 10, 2020 7:34:00 GMT -6
I agree with your analysis Commish and appreciate the kind words. You are right, the simulation I think favors hard stats (which i don't fault) so if you play less quality opponents it tends to favor that and doesn't quite look at team cohesion. I think the 19-20 Raiders would have been better than the 17-18 even though UIC had their number. There's probably enough teams like that I could run it again with all new lineups. I'd like to do a future project similar to this after the 20-21 season maybe using a different platform. The visual simulator games (EA Sports/2K Games) goes by ratings, which I feel you could get closer to how the teams would play each other, but then its also more opinion driven then what stats show. I don't think my knowledge is qualified well enough to accurately do that.
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Post by freewind on Sept 11, 2020 6:42:31 GMT -6
Round 18 - Long Weekend Ahead
Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 81 Wright State 2017-2018 54
I had really thought my Raiders had turned a corner. They had been riding high, loss to Oakland was expected, but this one hurt. Detroit just smashed them on their home turf. Had a 19 point lead by the first half. I was telling myself both of these teams usually win from playing good defense, and Titans did that by holding the Raiders to 32 percent shooting from the field and 14 percent from behind the arc. Ray Jr. led his with 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Robert Morris 2009-2010 68 Oakland 2010-2011 78
Oakland continues to do Oakland things. No big scorers for them today but a solid all around effort from the trio of Hamilton, Hudson, and Benson. RMU's Abraham had 17 and probably will fall from the MVP race, but I think he's got a good shot at Freshman of the Year.
Youngstown State 2019-2020 84 IUPUI 2002-2003 70
A rare Penguin victory comes on home court against the Jaguars. Tyler Foster and Devin Morgan scored a combine 19 off the Penguin bench while Chris Sanders and Dannorris Harvey had 28 from the Jag's bench. These teams are obviously working on their rosters for next year already.
Cleveland State 2008-2009 76 PFW 2015-2016 80
Close game in Cleveland goes to Fort Wayne. The Mastadons gave the Vikings hope as they only shot 61 pct from the charity stripe down the stretch. Unfortunately the Vikings 3 point game was not good either (4-14). Max Landis led the Mastadons with 22 points. Bullock finished with a double double with 11 boards and 13 points.
Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 72 UIC 2003-2004 58
UIC wasted an opportunity to climb back into the bye race as they squander on the road in Northern Kentucky. The Norse rallied behind Dantez Walton's 17 points and played tough defense down the stretch. Cedrick Banks was held to just 8 points crushing his chances of catching Sykes in the points tally for the season.
Milwaukee 2004-2005 50 Green Bay 2013-2014 70
Green Bay surprises Milwaukee at home and clamps the with the big D. They finish the rivalry 1-1 which begs the question...will they get to meet for a final 3rd time to figure out who comes out on top? In this game Green Bay's Carrington Love made another spectacular appearance to help put his team in a winning position. He had a season high 24 points coupled with 5 boards and 5 assists. Sykes and Brown had quiet games on the offensive end but holding the Panthers to 32 pct from the field and 21 from behind the arc, they still got the job done.
Oakland 2010-2011 17 1 Green Bay 2013-2014 14 4 Cleveland State 2008-2009 11 7 Milwaukee 2004-2005 11 7 UIC 2003-2004 10 8 PFW 2015-2016 9 9 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 9 9 Wright State 2017-2018 7 11 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 7 11 IUPUI 2002-2003 5 13 Robert Morris 2009-2010 5 13 Youngstown State 2019-2020 3 15
4 games left of the regular season, most people should have a pretty good read on their teams expectations coming to the tournament. There is still some minor jostling for position in the standings that can make a difference. I think 3 seed is huge over 4 seed as it would pit you up possibly against Oakland sooner. Of the bye teams, I don't know who you would prefer to match up against in the mid-pack, you just probably hope a bottom team can upset their opponent to set you up in the 2nd round. Strangely enough though I'd fear IUPUI probably more than my own Raiders, they aren't as consistent but the Raiders have failed to beat any top tier team, they are just usually pretty consistent at beating the bottom tier teams.
In the week break between the end of the season and the tournament I'll be compiling stats and doing write ups for the tournament. In that time if anyone wants to put fan predictions together and vote on all conference players, i think that would be fun and would incorporate results in the Tournament show.
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Post by freewind on Sept 11, 2020 7:51:46 GMT -6
Will Update this post of random fun stats for the season. For Green Bay's Carrington Love - 1st half of the split he average 6.5 points a game, the second half he's averaging 12.5 through 7 games so far. One of the big contributions of Green Bay's 2nd half success. The other notable players worth of mention who have improved are Max (IPFW) has increased from 17.5 to 22.2, Cole (CSU) and Sharpe (NKU) have went from around 13 to 17 points in the 2nd half of the season.
Scoring Leaders:
Keifer Sykes 13-14 Green Bay 357 total points 19.8 average Max Landis 15-16 IPFW 348 19.3 Keith Benson 10-11 Oakland 344 19.1 Cedrick Banks 03-04 UIC 336 18.7 Reggie Hamilton 10-11 Oakland 323 17.9 Mo Evans 15-16 IPFW 323 17.9
Landis and Benson comes a little closer to Sykes after his quiet game. I think GB/IPFW/Oakland all have pretty similar strength of schedule left in their final games, so it should be interesting to see who comes up on top. For reference, Sykes finished his 2013-14 year averaging 20.3 points a game, Landis had 19.3 and Benson had 17.9 for their respective years.
Rebounding Leaders:
Loudoun Love 17-18 Wright State 197 10.9 Keith Benson 10-11 Oakland 193 10.7 Drew McDonald 18-19 Northern Kentucky 189 10.5 Realistically i think you only have 3 men competing for rebound totals in the final 4 games and it's getting closer between them. Benson has clawed his way into this one, Drew McDonald has been slumping during the 2nd split. The Raiders have a softer schedule so there is also a chance of Love running away with this. For references Benson average 8.2 Rebounds in 2010-11. Love averaged 9.7 his Freshman year. Drew was at 9.4 his senior year, so all 3 gentlemen are playing well above their normal averages.
Assist Leaders:
Martell Bailey 03-04 UIC 130 7.2 Reggie Hamilton 10-11 Oakland 102 5.7
There is no race for assists, Bailey holds a 28 assist lead over Hamilton and his lowest assist games is what the best of the rest of the field averages. Once again the stats are pretty close to what they were when they played, he average 7.8 his final year at UIC while Hamilton averaged 5.1 his final year at Oakland.
Block Shots Leaders:
Keith Benson 10-11 Oakland 57 3.2 Alec Brown 13-14 Green Bay 50 2.8
Two Man race for blocked shots, Benson holds a pretty good lead having 7, but its not unrealistic for him to have a couple of low block games. Benson averaged 3.6 in 2010-11 season, Brown 3.1 in 2013-14.
Steals Leaders
Cedric Jackson 08-09 Cleveland State 53 2.9 Jordan Fouse 13-14 Green Bay 45 2.5
Two Man race also for Steals and Jackson has a pretty firm grip on it. Fouse's Soph year he had 2.2 Steals per game, Jackson had 3.0 his senior year.
Overall the simulator is keeping averages over many games close to what they were in their seasons, but games are still having a degree of variance. It's pretty neat as it still computes a log of a game which you can follow and makes relative sense.
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Post by freewind on Sept 14, 2020 6:58:13 GMT -6
Round 19 - A Monday to wake up to. Wright State 2017-2018 79 Robert Morris 2009-2010 77 Raiders rebound and barely pull off a home win against the Colonials. They squandered a six point lead at half to find themselves trailing by 2 with a little over 4 minutes left in the game. Love and Benzinger would go on to score the Raiders next 11 of 14 points, including Love's winning follow up from Hughes missed 3 with 2 seconds left to win the game. Mezie Nwigwe had a rare double double for the Colonials scoring 19 and grabbing 11 boards. Youngstown State 2019-2020 79 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 71 As bad as Raiders fans had it last week, Titan fans have it worse this week. After confidently winning on home, they went on the road to Youngstown and dropped a big goose egg. Turnovers doomed Titans handing the ball over 16 compared to 11 from the Penguins. Naz Bohannon scored 20 points for only his 2nd time of the season. Ray McCallum Jr led the Titans with 16. Cleveland State 2008-2009 82 Oakland 2010-2011 67 Cleveland State made Oakland look mortal today. Hudson and Benson both were shut down and held to 17 points total. Benson was 3-11 only from the field. Bullock had 20 and his Vikings shot 50% from the field. MVP hopeful Cedrick Jackson had a solid game of 12 points, 10 boards, and 7 assists. Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 74 IUPUI 2002-2003 65 Jalen Tate had his 2nd highest performance of 23 in the Norse's win. A real solid performance out of the Norse on both ends of the basketball court. Drew Mcdonald had 12 points and 13 rebounds in his double double. Odell Bradley had 10 boards 13 points in IUPUI's loss. Milwaukee 2004-2005 88 PFW 2015-2016 78 The Panthers shot well behind the arc led by Ed McCants himself with (3-4) shooting the 3 ball. He had 15 points in the day as all the Panther's starters would finish with double-digit scoring in their efforts. It was a good game for them to shoot well as John Konchar was all over the boards, setting a season record for the league with 17 rebounds. It wasn't enough though and the Mastadon's continue to slide. Green Bay 2013-2014 75 UIC 2003-2004 70 Green Bay was up 14 at half and almost let UIC get back into this one. It's a worrisome trend for Green Bay to give up their big 1st half leads....Unless you are a cup half full type of person then you are saying, this team's exceptional first half performance is all part of the master plan, ha. Brown & Sykes both had 18 each in their win, and the Flames chance of winning this one was extinguished at the charity stripe as they shot a miserable 14-29. Greg Mays must of had a rough time at half, he would come out in the 2nd half and have 4 fouls in the first 4 minutes for a super early exit (he had 1 from the 1st half). Alfonzo McKinnie did a pretty good job covering his spot for the rest of the game. Oakland 2010-2011 17 2 Green Bay 2013-2014 15 4 Cleveland State 2008-2009 12 7 Milwaukee 2004-2005 12 7 UIC 2003-2004 10 9 PFW 2015-2016 9 10 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 9 10 Wright State 2017-2018 8 11 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 8 11 IUPUI 2002-2003 5 14 Robert Morris 2009-2010 5 14 Youngstown State 2019-2020 4 15 Green Bay still has a ghost of a chance for first, it would probably take Oakland to lose their next 2 games against Milwaukee and UIC, both are road games for Oakland. Milwaukee will need that win to keep pace with CSU for 3rd. The final games on thursday look entertaining as it might decide the final places for the mid pack teams PFW/Detroit & WSU/NKU.
and I will be updating season stats as the morning/day goes by.
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Post by freewind on Sept 15, 2020 6:27:30 GMT -6
Round 20 - Of Course
Youngstown State 2019-2020 77 Wright State 2017-2018 68
So like YSU to throw it's first half away and then spend the 2nd half crushing the hopes and dreams of others. The Penguins successfully defend their home court putting them in a 3-way tie for last place. Darius Quisenberry had 19 points in their victory. Loudon Love had 16 boards and 13 points in a great rebounding game which will help him with 2 to go in the statistical category.
Cleveland State 2008-2009 67 Robert Morris 2009-2010 50
The Vikings win this low scoring affair in Cleveland. J'Nathan Bullock led with 17 points as the Colonials were held to 28 percent shooting.
Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 66 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 74
The Norse fumbled their chance to move up in the standings at home against the Titans. Detroit had to do this one without Ray Jr's typical playing time, he would foul out early and only be on the court for 25 minutes this game. They moved the ball well in the game having 16 assists, 5 alone from Jason Calliste. Drew McDonald finished with 22 points and 13 boards, but it wasn't enough for the Norse to win this one.
Milwaukee 2004-2005 84 Oakland 2010-2011 97
Reggie Hamilton was back in form with 26 points in this high scoring affair. After being shut down yesterday from CSU, he would go 5/8 behind the 3 arc to help secure his team a victory and erase any doubt that Oakland will finish on top of the standings. Ronald (Boo) Davis had a solid 18 points this outing for Panthers but they were just under-powered compared to what Oakland was firing back with.
Green Bay 2013-2014 79 IUPUI 2002-2003 50
Green Bay got their revenge game against IUPUI on their home court crushing them by 29 points. Alec Brown had 21 and Greg Mays had 13 with solid contributions coming from the rest of the team. Green Bay heard me talking smack about their 2nd half performance and outscored the Jags 41-16.
UIC 2003-2004 69 PFW 2015-2016 78
Fort Wayne made things interesting on the road with a win over UIC. Cedrick Banks had 27 points in the Flames loss. Bailey set him up nicely with 10 assists this game, but Max Landis was determined to change Fort Wayne's fortunes with 21 of his own points. The Mastadons needed this one badly and would require DeAngelo Stewart coming off the bench to score 14.
Oakland 2010-2011 18 2 Green Bay 2013-2014 16 4 Cleveland State 2008-2009 13 7 Milwaukee 2004-2005 12 8 UIC 2003-2004 10 10 PFW 2015-2016 10 10 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 10 10 Wright State 2017-2018 8 12 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 8 12 IUPUI 2002-2003 5 15 Robert Morris 2009-2010 5 15 Youngstown State 2019-2020 5 15
We have a couple of log jams in the standings, as of now Detroit is 5th with 1-1 record with UIC and a 1-0 against PFW. PFW would be 6th with 2-0 over UIC and 0-1 vs Detroit. and UIC did not want to drop this many games would be 7th. Fort Wayne is in the best position for the last 2 games remaining one being a home game against Detroit and the other being against IUPUI while the other 2 teams have matchups against the top 2 teams remaining.
The fight for the last 3 positions Robert Morris is on top with a 3-1 record against the other 2, YSU is miraculously in 11th with a 2-2 record, and poor IUPUI now owns the bottom spot with 1-3 record against the other 2. They all have tough games ahead of them since they've played, YSU probably has the easiest schedule ahead of them getting to still play the Norse.
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Post by freewind on Sept 15, 2020 7:24:44 GMT -6
Shout out to Max Landis, who is now on top in scoring averaging 19.5/game, 389 for the season to date. He leads Keifer Sykes by 6, and Cedrick Banks by 7. His team has only went 4-5 in the 2nd half of the split, but he's averaging 4.4 more points a game than the first half of the split. A fun race to keep eyes on the final 2 games.
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Post by freewind on Sept 16, 2020 8:35:32 GMT -6
Round 21 - Final Days
Wright State 2017-2018 67 Cleveland State 2008-2009 83
Vikings win confidently in Dayton, OH ruining the Raiders senior night game. Monster performance out of Cedric Jackson with 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 78 Youngstown State 2019-2020 59
Tyler Sharpe was hot from behind the arc making 5 of 6 attempts for the night in his 24 point outing. The Norse will play its final home again against rival WSU tomorrow.
Milwaukee 2004-2005 69 Robert Morris 2009-2010 63
Ronald (Boo) Davis scores 20 points as the Panthers continue to find different scorers to make their team more well rounded towards the end of the season.
Green Bay 2013-2014 62 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 63
Detroit completes its sweep of Green Bay in Green Bay for the season edging out the Phoenix in this one. Chase Simon led the Titans scoring 19 points, 8 of those coming from the charity stripe. Free throws are what helped seal the deal Detroit made 15-20 while Green Bay shot 10-18. Green Bay had one final possession but Alec Brown's pass would be intercepted by Doug Anderson to seal the deal.
UIC 2003-2004 71 Oakland 2010-2011 84
Oakland continues to cruise through its tough road schedule winning 4 of 5 games on the road with one last one tomorrow at IUPUI. The Grizzlies had all around solid shooting 53% from the field and good contribution from Wright off the bench with 14.
PFW 2015-2016 89 IUPUI 2002-2003 66
When John Konchar has a good game, this team looks unbeatable, unfortunately he hasn't had many of them. Unfortunately for IUPUI he had one this game scoring 23 with 8-11 shooting from the field.
Oakland 2010-2011 19 2 Green Bay 2013-2014 16 5 Cleveland State 2008-2009 14 7 Milwaukee 2004-2005 13 8 PFW 2015-2016 11 10 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 11 10 UIC 2003-2004 10 11 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 9 12 Wright State 2017-2018 8 13 IUPUI 2002-2003 5 16 Robert Morris 2009-2010 5 16 Youngstown State 2019-2020 5 16
It's been a busy morning at the office so I apologize for the delay and shortness of the post. I'll update the stats this afternoon and I also need to figure out who wins a tie between the Norse and the Flames in a tie situation if it happens tomorrow.
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Post by freewind on Sept 16, 2020 14:14:43 GMT -6
Oh man, trying to figure out seeding is a mess, but I think I got it. Even if Milwaukee beats CSU tomorrow, they will have 1-1 head, but CSU will be higher ranked with it's win over Oakland. Winner of Detroit/Fort Wayne will claim 5th. Loser will probably share the same record as long as UIC can beat RMU. Fort Wayne holds 2-0 head to head with UIC, Detroit is 1-1 against them. Detroit has the better win against Green Bay compared to UIC's CSU wins and that wont change. So loser of FW/Detroit witll be 6th. UIC if they lose their game and a Norse win will have them with the same record with a 1-1 head to head record. UIC has 2 wins over CSU to NKU's 1 so i think NKU is doomed to having to face WSU in the playoffs as the 8 v 9 seeds. RMU/YSU/IUPUI will finish in that order due to head to head win rates, with the exception if any of them can find an upset tomorrow will put them up on the others.
*WHEW*
For tomorrow, Sykes has to outscore Landis by 17 more to take home the points crown outright. Banks has to score 19 more than Landis and 3 more than Sykes for his shot. Considering opponents, it's not outlandish to think it could happen.
Benson and Mcdonald need 9 more rebounds than Love to win in Rebounds. Love's smallest number in a game is 7, so it's possible they get like a 16 rebound game. Drew has had 3 of those so far this year and overtime games can happen, though sadly we've only had 1 all season long.
Hamilton needs 39 assists more than Bailey to get his name on top in the column. If this happens i'll shave one of my cats during the tournament broadcast next weekend.
Benson leads Brown by 7 blocks. We haven't seen more than 6 blocks by any one player this season, and Benson has only had 1 blockless game all season and only 1 game with only 1 block. Alec Brown better spend the night playing against elementary school kids to get his arm into shape.
Cedric Jackson leads Jordan Fouse by 9 steals. He also leads with the most in one game, which is 8. Very unlikely this will change, but not enough unlikeliness for me to put my cat's fur on the line.
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Post by freewind on Sept 17, 2020 7:13:54 GMT -6
Round 22 - Let the tournament begin! Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 85 Wright State 2017-2018 94 Wright State completes the sweep of NKU behind Loudon Love's 19 points. Drew Mcdonald did a great job keeping Love off the boards in this one, but turnovers plagued the Norse from keeping it close down the stretch. This game sets up one final match up between the two clubs in the 8/9 match up next weekend. As a raider fan I am absolutely dreading the third time is a charm game. Milwaukee 2004-2005 81 Cleveland State 2008-2009 70 The Panthers bring home a win on senior night against a tough opponent. It would require solid contribution from all the starters from the Panthers who all finished double digits in scoring. Adrian Tigert had a rare double double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, great game for him. J'Nathan Bullock had 16 points in the Viking loss. Regardless of the loss CSU keeps it's 3rd seed thanks to an earlier win over Oakland. Milwaukee who hasn't beat the Grizzlies yet, find them as a 4th seed with a possible semi finals matchup against them. Green Bay 2013-2014 87 Youngstown State 2019-2020 77 Carrington Love was sad to see the 2nd half of this split end, as he finished this game with a crazy 21 points. If he can continue this production in the post season, he will really be giving the Phoenix another weapon and give them a huge boost. Alfonzo McKinnie was also another pleasent surprise coming off the bench playing only 12 minutes and scoring 13. Darius Quisenberry had 20 points in a good outing, but not good enough to get the win. His team now has to prepare to play Fort Wayne in the first round next weekend. UIC 2003-2004 80 Robert Morris 2009-2010 77 UIC wins a close one at home. Langhurst missed a game tieing 3 point attempt at the last seconds of the game. Banks had 20 and Bailey had 16. This close game brings excitement to the first round of the playoffs as both of these teams match up again on a neutral court. PFW 2015-2016 68 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 78 Detroit finds a way to go into Fort Wayne and secure 5th seed for the tournament. It feels like this team has improved through the split, Ray who had been quiet, had a good 20 point game against the Mastadons. The team shot pretty well for the game at 47 percent shooting from the field. They'll play IUPUI in the first round and will be favored highly. The Mastadons will drop to 6th and play the Penguins of Youngstown State. IUPUI 2002-2003 82 Oakland 2010-2011 113 Oakland wanted to go into the tournament putting fear into their opponents and poor Jaguars took the brunt of it. Benson scored 20 and led 6 other players to score in double digits in a game that was never really close. Defense was not to be had as the Grizzlies shot over 60 percent in this crazy game. Odell Bradley had a surprising 22 points in the Jaguars loss as IUPUI claims the last place of the season. The final season standings: Oakland 2010-2011 20 2 Green Bay 2013-2014 17 5 Cleveland State 2008-2009 14 8 Milwaukee 2004-2005 14 8 Detroit Mercy 2011-2012 12 10 PFW 2015-2016 11 11 UIC 2003-2004 11 11 Northern Kentucky 2018-2019 9 13 Wright State 2017-2018 9 13 IUPUI 2002-2003 5 17 Robert Morris 2009-2010 5 17 Youngstown State 2019-2020 5 17 I'll be updating final stats today and probably cleaning it up tomorrow. Final stats can be found here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z1Q-SBPj9MIo4GYbd-S4AyDNF7qQ6ftfy9ulr-vXPGE/edit?usp=sharingI also have the tournament structure there as well. Early next week I'll post the format of the Post Season tournament that will be ran Sat Sept 26th. Showtime should start around 1 or 2 PM. It'll be live streamed on Twitch and anyone who wants to join will be able to talk with me as the games are simulated. Will probably throw up my email early next week if anyone wants to send in their votes for season end awards for fun. Feel free to post on this thread between now and the post season tournament any predictions you might have for the tournament.
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Post by freewind on Sept 21, 2020 9:32:36 GMT -6
Just an update - we are on schedule for a 1 PM delivery on Saturday September 26th for the tournament barring anything coming from my 3 month son, ha. I worked on short write ups for the 1st round games over the weekend and started laying out awards. Diving into the history of these teams has been kind of fun, kind of surprised how much NBA talent this league has still been able to produce in the last 20 years. Also been kind of neat to track where the careers of some of the coaches has taken them.
It's good to see we will have a season this year, i hope we can have pretty close to full seasons even if they are in empty arenas. Hope you all are staying safe out there.
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Post by freewind on Sept 22, 2020 9:16:31 GMT -6
Working on end of season awards, Freshman of the year is going to be a tight race i think, Karon Abraham was a true freshman with John and Loudon both being red shirted freshmen. Karon Abraham 09-10 Robert Morris John Konchar 15-16 IPFW Loudon Love 17-18 Wright State
Does anyone know when they do all teams if its always 2 Guards, 2 Forwards, and 1 Center? I know a lot of college players fit in as G/F or F/C, but i was curious if they ever put a team together with 3 guards? Or replace the center with a strictly forward?
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Post by commissioner on Sept 23, 2020 6:30:39 GMT -6
Working on end of season awards, Freshman of the year is going to be a tight race i think, Karon Abraham was a true freshman with John and Loudon both being red shirted freshmen. Karon Abraham 09-10 Robert Morris John Konchar 15-16 IPFW Loudon Love 17-18 Wright State
Does anyone know when they do all teams if its always 2 Guards, 2 Forwards, and 1 Center? I know a lot of college players fit in as G/F or F/C, but i was curious if they ever put a team together with 3 guards? Or replace the center with a strictly forward?
In the HL they just vote for 5 best players, without regard for position, for all all-conference teams.
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