The End of this Season's Predict the Score

Rick Mons

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And congrats to "Wait!What?" who snared first place in the last game (and PtS event) of the 2009-10 basketball season. "Wait!What?" predicted a 69-62 Xavier win and was 12 points off the actual 65-54 points on the scoreboard.

Shown below are the top five finishers in today's competition:
1st Place: Wait!What? (12 pt variance - 15 points awarded in standings)
2nd Place: hyaluronic (13 pt variance - 10 points awarded in standings)
3rd Place: NUGGETT (15 pt variance - 7 points awarded in standings)
4th Place: coasterville (16 pt variance - 5 points awarded in standings)
5th Place: Southpaw (17 pt variance - 3 points awarded in standings)​
Also predicting a win by the Xavier Musketeers (I've almost slipped a couple of times and typed "Mouseketeers") were Section201, gopherbadgerman, and Bayfieldgopher. These three were more than 17 points off the actual score and each gains one participation point.

There were 38 who had predicted a Gopher victory and their only reward is being loyal fans and being able to recall getting to the NCAAs for the second straight year. It is somewhat sweet revenge on all the nay-sayers who had predicted an NIT berth or even some who said we'd not even qualify for the NIT. Included in this group was yours truly and: AhliBobwa, akoch6767, Anderson8284, Berget13, Big Play, Blizzard, book, Burton34, ChemEGopher, cogopher, DrDon, Eye of the Gopher, figi, Frogmangopher, Go31, GoldenGo4Fan, Gopher In Qatar, Gopher1more, Gopher737, Gopherholefan, GophersInIowa, GophersOnTheRise, HardwoodElite, howeda7, JJSINMN, macgohper, March Maness, Mikie S, MKE_Gopher, rccola889, Rick Mons, Rosemountian, runningopher, SeemoreButts, Ski U Mah Gopher, StewieGopherFan, Tubtastic, and z-stein
 

Rick, do you mean to say the LittleGopherFan did not predict a gloom and doom result? I am shocked, as he is the leader of the Educated and Realistic group.
 

Roll Call of Honor for 2009-2010 Basketball Season

Here's the list of all who won the event for each game. Season-long standings will follow:

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Roll Call of Honor
2009-2010 Basketball Season
11/13/09 ... Tenn. Tech ... RunninGopher (2 pt variance)
11/16/09 ... SF Austin .... Runext07 (9 pt variance)
11/19/09 ... Utah Valley .. Dr Don (4 pt variance)
11/26/09 ... Butler .......... Lefty's Righty (8 pt variance)
11/27/09 ... Portland ....... ncgo4 (only 1 to pick Portland)
11/29/09 ... Texas A&M .. UptownMaroon&Gold (8 pt var)
12/02/09 ... Miami (Fla) ... MikieS (5 pt variance)
12/05/09 ... Brown .......... MikieS (4 pt variance)
12/08/09 ... Morgan State . MikieS (2 pt variance)
12/12/09 ... St Joe's ........ AuggieGopher (9 pt variance)
12/15/09 ... NIU .............. WiscBearsFan17 (6 pt variance)
12/23/09 ... SDSU ........... MikieS (1 pt variance)
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Conference Play

12/29/09 ... Penn State ... Southpaw (1 pt variance)
01/02/10 ... Iowa …..…..... MKE_Gopher (11 pt variance)
01/06/10 ... Purdue ......... CharlesBenjamin (4 pt variance)
01/09/10 ... Ohio State .... BigPlay (2 pt variance)
01/13/10 ... Mich State .... Dr. Gopher (4 pt variance)
01/17/10 ... Indiana ......... No Predictions for Indiana
01/23/10 ... Mich State .... Burton34 (3 pt variance)
01/26/10 ... Northwestern . Mikie S (2 pt variance)
01/31/10 ... tOSU …........ Gopher71Runner (2 pt variance)
02/06/10 ... Penn State ... Heber (2 pt variance)
02/11/10 ... Michigan …... UptownMaroon&Gold (5 pt ...................................... variance -- only Mich prediction)
02/13/10 ... Northwestern (OT) . Southpaw (10 pt variance)
02/18/10 ... Wisconsin ... StewieGopherFan (11 pt variance)
02/20/10 ... Indiana …..... Dr Don (2 pt variance)
02/24/10 ... Purdue …..... Section 201 (8 pt variance)
02/27/10 ... Illinois …...... Gopher in Qatar (1 pt variance)
03/02/10 ... Michigan ..... Rosemountian (15 pt variance)
03/07/10 ... Iowa …........ Rosemountian (7 pt variance)
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Post Season Games
03/11/10 ... Penn St (BTT) …... Jamalo (5 pt variance)
03/12/10 ... Mich St (BTT) ….... Eye of the Gopher
................................................. (exact score)
03/13/10 ... Purdue (BTT) ….... Jamalo (19 pt variance)
03/14/10 ... tOSU (BTT) …....... GopherBadgerMan ….............................................. (5 pt variance)
03/19/10 ... Xavier (NCAA) ..... Wait!What? (12 pt variance)
 

Congrats to MikieS -- this season's Winner of Predict the Score

Thanks to several first-place finishes, Mikie S roared to a quick and substantial lead in the standings. Here are the top ten finishers:

. 1 - (135 points): Mikie S
. 2 - (108 points): Southpaw
. 3 - (89 points): Gopher In Qatar
. 4 - (87 points): Section201
. 5 - (86 points): BigPlay
. 6 (Tied) - (81 points): ChemEGopher, Heber
. 8 - (70 points): Dr.Don
. 9 - (69 points): MKE_Gophers
10 - (66 points): rccola889

And the rest of hte field includes:
11 - (59 points): Peanutbuttertubbytime
12 - (54 points): Rosemountian
13 - (53 points): Gopher1more
14 - (52 points): UptownMaroon&Gold
15 - (51 points): blizzard
16 (Tied) - (50 points): book, Go31
18 - (47 points): Runext07
19 - (46 points): Rick Mons
20 (Tied) - (45 points): Gopherholefan, runningopher

22 - (43 points): XMan
23 (Tied) - (41 points): GophersInIowa, Zales04
25 (Tied) - (40 points): Dr Gopher, Ski U Mah Gopher
27 - (39 points): whogoofed
28 - (37 points): wiscbearsfan17
29 (Tied) - (36 points): Gopher737, GophersOnTheRise, StewieGopherFan

32 (Tied) - (33 points): Charlesbenjamin, GoFerit
34 - (32 points): dex8425
35 (Tied) - (31 points): Jamalo , ncgo4
37 (Tied) - (30 points): Bayfieldgopher, Burton34, Gopherbadgerman
40 - (29 points): sandiegopete

41 - (28 points): HardwoodElite
42 (Tied) - (27 points): howeda7, ulmer
44 (Tied) - (25 points): minimax, rcpratt, Wait!What?
47 - (24 points): Jike Spingleton
48 (Tied) - (23 points): figi, jamiche
50 (Tied) - (22 points): Anderson8284, Selection Sunday

52 (Tied) - (21 points): 94Gopher, streetfighter
54 - (20 points): Nuggett
55 - (19 points): Kindofgreen
56 - (18 points): akoch6767
57 (Tied) - (17 points): Gopher Bandanna Guy, Lefty's Righty, mom8pop
60 (Tied) - (16 points): AuggieGopher, Eye of the Gopher, gopher71runner

63 - (15 points): Roy Christensen
64 (Tied) - (13 points): Fargobison, SeemoreButts
66 (Tied) - (12 points): Goldyspop, Gopherocious, macgopher, Notorious PLD
70 (Tied) - (11 points): BigGopherFan, RW+RW=Our W's, sota1, TubbyTownUSA

74 (Tied) - (10 points): betterdeadthanred, fan of Ray Williams, Fej, Gold Vision, Gortonsfisherman011, hyaluronic
80 (Tied) - (9 points): RunGopherRun, z-stein
82 (Tied) - (8 points): Moonlight, TheRealTruth, tubbyapolis
85 - (7 points): BrewsterBooster
86 (Tied) - (6 points): DrinoneMays9, mlf89, weezy
89 (Tied) - (5 points): brucekaupa , coasterville , jjgopher, madtown gopher, Reserve

94 (Tied) - (4 points): Gold Out, gopherpride32, Jeshurun, Slim Tubby, Station 19
99 (Tied) - (3 points): Conan, drakegopher, Gopher Madness, Warrior04

103 (Tied) - (2 points): Freshtrout, Gopherinphilly, JimmyJamesMD, Kaaz, MillionMoves, Skage, Ski-U-Mah24, woohoo

111 (Tied) - (1 points): beowulftom, Brooklyn Badger Gopher Fan, centerofmn, cogopher, Cold Man, dbuton, DiehardGopher, Dmoney, Doogie, FeartheBarn, FishingMN, Flash23, Foggie14, GoGophersRah, GopherGold, GopherWarrior, gray4heisman, GVBadger, husker70, Juicer, Maroon Shower, positively4thstreet, Salukigopher , Sid Hartman, SkitchPatterson, skoalvikings, Tr3ybomb33 , Tubtastic

139 (Tied) - (0 points): Bamboo Bomber, dboy, Haugy#33, Moses87

We'll see you next season! (And for those so inclined, for the football season as well.)
 

Thanks for all of your work on this, Rick Mons. Fun indeed.


I'm #8. I'm #8. I'm #8. Miller Time!!!
 


I think I have the highest attempt/point ratio.
I am gonna start earlier next year
 

I think I have the highest attempt/point ratio.
Could be. Too much work to collect that info this year, but it's a good idea to consider and "efficiency factor" for next year.

Another suggestion I received was to recognize the number of correct picks during a season.

If there's a relatively easy and simple way to do these -- ie not taking a lot of time and easily calculated -- I'll see if I can enhance it next year.
 


Doc

Thanks for all of your work on this, Rick Mons. Fun indeed.


I'm #8. I'm #8. I'm #8. Miller Time!!!



Doc,

I'm #4. I'm #4. I'm #4. That makes me half the man you are.

I would crack open a cold Corona but I ran out. Now I have to steal one of the wife's Karlsbergs.

:D
 



Doc,

I'm #4. I'm #4. I'm #4. That makes me half the man you are.

I would crack open a cold Corona but I ran out. Now I have to steal one of the wife's Karlsbergs.

:D

You disappoint me, 201. ""I would crack open a cold Corona but I ran out."" Definitely a no-no. Thank goodness your wife will lend you one of hers, because an empty fridge is a terrible thing to waste.
 

Yup, thanks for putting this together!

One of my 2009 crown jewels is winning the 2009 FB championship and playing the BB pickem 3 times and hitting a 1st and 2nd out of three tries.
 


Yes, many thanks. First time doing this and loved it.
 






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