Connecticut covers the spread by beating Butler 53-41.
Huskies win by 12 and were favored by 3.5. The over/under number was 132.
They missed that number by 38 points.
Not exactly a display of offensive firepower in a National Championship Game.
Here is a break down of PPD Standings and Numbers for 2010/2011.
Final Standings of the combined total regular season and the weighted point total structure of the POST Season::::
THE GRAND POOBAH PPD AWARD FOR THIS YEAR GOES TO >>> GOPHER WARRIOR
Though the Warrior was somewhat select in choosing his battles he ACCOUNTED for just the right amount of wins to give him the final surge to the TOP
A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO PPD GRAND POOBAH 2010-2011 >>>>> GOPHER WARRIOR.
If for any reason Gopher Warrior is unable to fulfill all the duties and obligations of PPD Grand Poobah AWARD those duties will fall to the next 4 runners up below. Congratulations to all.
The rest of us will just have to wait til next year and see if someone runs PPD again.
* GH MONIKER * Win TNY+W Loss TNY+L
%age TOTAL Push / Y>PK WorL
------------------------------- TW ---------- TL --------------------------------- TT
1 Gopher Warrior ***** 48 23 + 25 / 27 27 + 0 W% 64.0% 75 75 UC W
2 howeda7 ************* 70 28 + 42 / 42 22 + 20 W% 62.5% 112 1 113 UC W
3 Plinnius ************** 93 50 + 43 / 59 45 + 14 W% 61.2% 152 2 154 UC W
4 Dr.Don *************** 88 46 + 42 / 78 52 + 26 W% 53.0% 166 7 173 UC W
5 josh087 ************** 95 55 + 40 / 85 49 + 36 W% 52.8% 180 1 181 BU L
6 rrjack ***************** 85 50 + 35 / 85 51 + 34 W% 50.0% 170 7 177 UC W
7 TheSportsAce ******* 65 37 + 28 / 74 38 + 36 W% 46.8% 139 3 142 BU L
8 Selection Sunday *** 58 33 + 25 / 68 37 + 31 W% 46.0% 126 5 131 BU L
9 Gopher In Qatar **** 82 45 + 37 / 98 59 + 39 W% 45.6% 180 2 182 BU L
10 GopherRock ********* 60 44 + 16 / 87 41 + 46 W% 40.8% 147 3 150 BU L
11 Gopher in Texas **** 62 48 + 14 / 101 44 + 57 W% 38.0% 163 3 166 BU L
12 Minnesotagrizzly **** 27 11 + 16 / 48 21 + 27 W% 36.0% 75 1 76
Total Board W-L & %age 633 / 652 W% 49.3% 1285 37 1322
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PICKS & RESULTS
---------------------------- 15 PTS
WINNING PICKS
Dr.Don: UConn -3.5 UC
Gopher Warrior: UCONN -3.5 UC
howeda7: UConn -3.5 UC
Plinnius: UConn -3.5 UC
rrjack: Connecticut -3.5 UC
NON-WINNING PICKS
Gopher In Qatar: Butler +3.5 BU
Gopher in Texas: Butler +3.5 BU
GopherRock: Butler +3.5 BU
Josh087: Butler +3.5 BU
SelectionSunday: Butler +3.5 BU
TheSportsAce: Butler +3.5 BU
THE PRESTIGIOUS POST SEASON WINNING PICKER AWARD GOES TO JOSH087
HE LED WAY WITH 12 POST SEASON WIN PICKS
Sorted by Win Total
POST SEASON (1 pt per game) TOTAL PICKS W L P
josh087 ************** 12 7
Dr.Don **************** 10 6 1
Gopher In Qatar ***** 10 9
Plinnius ************** 9 5 1
Selection Sunday *** 9 5
Minnesotagrizzly **** 8 5
TheSportsAce ******* 8 6 1
howeda7 ************* 8 7
rrjack ***************** 7 10 2
GopherRock ********* 6 8
Gopher in Texas **** 6 12 1
Gopher Warrior ****** 3 0
For those that favor the more traditional 1 point per game no matter what.
ALL GAMES REGULAR SEASON AND POST SEASON = 1 POINT
SORTED BY WIN %AGE W L T %age
1 howeda7 ************* 36 29 65 55.38%
2 josh087 ************** 67 56 123 54.47%
3 Plinnius ************** 59 50 109 54.13%
4 TheSportsAce ******* 45 44 89 50.56%
5 GopherRock ********* 50 49 99 50.51%
6 Selection Sunday *** 42 42 84 50.00%
7 Dr.Don **************** 56 58 114 49.12%
8 Gopher in Texas **** 54 56 110 49.09%
9 Gopher Warrior ****** 26 27 53 49.06%
10 rrjack ***************** 57 61 118 48.31%
11 Gopher In Qatar ***** 55 68 123 44.72%
12 Minnesotagrizzly **** 19 26 45 42.22%
THE PRESTIIGIOUS PERSISTENT PICKERS AWARD STANDINGS
W+L Push (The number to the far right is the Total number of Picks Regular and Post Season)
Gopher In Qatar **** 123 2 125
rrjack ***************** 118 7 125
josh087 ************** 123 1 124
Dr.Don *************** 114 7 121
Gopher in Texas **** 110 3 113
Plinnius ************** 109 2 111
GopherRock ********* 99 3 102
TheSportsAce ******* 89 3 92
Selection Sunday *** 84 5 89
howeda7 ************* 65 1 66
Gopher Warrior ***** 53 53
Minnesotagrizzly **** 45 1 46
All numbers are un-verified.
Huskies win by 12 and were favored by 3.5. The over/under number was 132.
They missed that number by 38 points.
Not exactly a display of offensive firepower in a National Championship Game.
Here is a break down of PPD Standings and Numbers for 2010/2011.
Final Standings of the combined total regular season and the weighted point total structure of the POST Season::::
THE GRAND POOBAH PPD AWARD FOR THIS YEAR GOES TO >>> GOPHER WARRIOR
Though the Warrior was somewhat select in choosing his battles he ACCOUNTED for just the right amount of wins to give him the final surge to the TOP
A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO PPD GRAND POOBAH 2010-2011 >>>>> GOPHER WARRIOR.
If for any reason Gopher Warrior is unable to fulfill all the duties and obligations of PPD Grand Poobah AWARD those duties will fall to the next 4 runners up below. Congratulations to all.
The rest of us will just have to wait til next year and see if someone runs PPD again.
* GH MONIKER * Win TNY+W Loss TNY+L
%age TOTAL Push / Y>PK WorL
------------------------------- TW ---------- TL --------------------------------- TT
1 Gopher Warrior ***** 48 23 + 25 / 27 27 + 0 W% 64.0% 75 75 UC W
2 howeda7 ************* 70 28 + 42 / 42 22 + 20 W% 62.5% 112 1 113 UC W
3 Plinnius ************** 93 50 + 43 / 59 45 + 14 W% 61.2% 152 2 154 UC W
4 Dr.Don *************** 88 46 + 42 / 78 52 + 26 W% 53.0% 166 7 173 UC W
5 josh087 ************** 95 55 + 40 / 85 49 + 36 W% 52.8% 180 1 181 BU L
6 rrjack ***************** 85 50 + 35 / 85 51 + 34 W% 50.0% 170 7 177 UC W
7 TheSportsAce ******* 65 37 + 28 / 74 38 + 36 W% 46.8% 139 3 142 BU L
8 Selection Sunday *** 58 33 + 25 / 68 37 + 31 W% 46.0% 126 5 131 BU L
9 Gopher In Qatar **** 82 45 + 37 / 98 59 + 39 W% 45.6% 180 2 182 BU L
10 GopherRock ********* 60 44 + 16 / 87 41 + 46 W% 40.8% 147 3 150 BU L
11 Gopher in Texas **** 62 48 + 14 / 101 44 + 57 W% 38.0% 163 3 166 BU L
12 Minnesotagrizzly **** 27 11 + 16 / 48 21 + 27 W% 36.0% 75 1 76
Total Board W-L & %age 633 / 652 W% 49.3% 1285 37 1322
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PICKS & RESULTS
---------------------------- 15 PTS
WINNING PICKS
Dr.Don: UConn -3.5 UC
Gopher Warrior: UCONN -3.5 UC
howeda7: UConn -3.5 UC
Plinnius: UConn -3.5 UC
rrjack: Connecticut -3.5 UC
NON-WINNING PICKS
Gopher In Qatar: Butler +3.5 BU
Gopher in Texas: Butler +3.5 BU
GopherRock: Butler +3.5 BU
Josh087: Butler +3.5 BU
SelectionSunday: Butler +3.5 BU
TheSportsAce: Butler +3.5 BU
THE PRESTIGIOUS POST SEASON WINNING PICKER AWARD GOES TO JOSH087
HE LED WAY WITH 12 POST SEASON WIN PICKS
Sorted by Win Total
POST SEASON (1 pt per game) TOTAL PICKS W L P
josh087 ************** 12 7
Dr.Don **************** 10 6 1
Gopher In Qatar ***** 10 9
Plinnius ************** 9 5 1
Selection Sunday *** 9 5
Minnesotagrizzly **** 8 5
TheSportsAce ******* 8 6 1
howeda7 ************* 8 7
rrjack ***************** 7 10 2
GopherRock ********* 6 8
Gopher in Texas **** 6 12 1
Gopher Warrior ****** 3 0
For those that favor the more traditional 1 point per game no matter what.
ALL GAMES REGULAR SEASON AND POST SEASON = 1 POINT
SORTED BY WIN %AGE W L T %age
1 howeda7 ************* 36 29 65 55.38%
2 josh087 ************** 67 56 123 54.47%
3 Plinnius ************** 59 50 109 54.13%
4 TheSportsAce ******* 45 44 89 50.56%
5 GopherRock ********* 50 49 99 50.51%
6 Selection Sunday *** 42 42 84 50.00%
7 Dr.Don **************** 56 58 114 49.12%
8 Gopher in Texas **** 54 56 110 49.09%
9 Gopher Warrior ****** 26 27 53 49.06%
10 rrjack ***************** 57 61 118 48.31%
11 Gopher In Qatar ***** 55 68 123 44.72%
12 Minnesotagrizzly **** 19 26 45 42.22%
THE PRESTIIGIOUS PERSISTENT PICKERS AWARD STANDINGS
W+L Push (The number to the far right is the Total number of Picks Regular and Post Season)
Gopher In Qatar **** 123 2 125
rrjack ***************** 118 7 125
josh087 ************** 123 1 124
Dr.Don *************** 114 7 121
Gopher in Texas **** 110 3 113
Plinnius ************** 109 2 111
GopherRock ********* 99 3 102
TheSportsAce ******* 89 3 92
Selection Sunday *** 84 5 89
howeda7 ************* 65 1 66
Gopher Warrior ***** 53 53
Minnesotagrizzly **** 45 1 46
All numbers are un-verified.