KennesawBasketball Wrote:So is this pickem finished, or will these points combine with the ASun season? Just curious.

We have four more rounds of non-conference games in December (Rounds #5-#8)....you haven't won yet, KB!!

The A-Sun games will be a separate contest (gives a chance for more winners...including me!). We can combine the two at the end for the overall champ.

Round #5

SIU-Edwardsville 47 @ Lipscomb 70 W23 BW?
Campbell 76 @ VMI 88 L12
FGCU 60 @ Florida 94 L34 BL?
ETSU 89 @ Appalachian State 70 W19 SW?
KSU 58 @ Florida A&M 63 L5 SL?
USC Upstate 55 @ Boston College 67 L12
Johnson & Wales 46 @ FGCU 65 W19 SW?
KSU @ Savannah State
UNF @ Clemson

So with Round 5 I didn't miss any of the conference picks, so I'm still in that race? We need to come up with some sort of trophy, i.e. a new specialty avatar, or just something to make it interesting.

Round #5 thru 12-10-08 Pick'Em W-L / Points Race pts still in play

FGCUEagles 3-0 / 4
KennesawBasketball 3-0 / 4
OrangeCamel 3-0 / 4
Stateman 3-0 / 4
Buccaneerlover 2-1 / 4
etsuBucsFan1988 2-1
ETSUfan1 2-1 / 4
HatterFan 2-1 / 3
MercerFan 2-1 / 4

OVERALL

KennesawBasketball 48-10
Stateman 48-10
HatterFan 47-11
etsuBucsFan1988 46-12
OrangeCamel 46-12
ETSUfan1 45-13
Buccaneerlover 44-14
FGCUEagles 43-15
MercerFan 43-15

Buccaneerlover Wrote:We need to come up with some sort of trophy, i.e. a new specialty avatar, or just something to make it interesting.

I agree. An avatar is a good idea. Who can make this? Any other ideas?

I'm gonna get with some of the admins and see if we cant get some sort of special medal awarded for the winner. Something like my donation medal listed below my name and reputation.

ETSUfan1 Wrote:I'm gonna get with some of the admins and see if we cant get some sort of special medal awarded for the winner. Something like my donation medal listed below my name and reputation.

CONFIRMED! The winner will have bragging rights and a medal added to their account! May the best picker win.

Leave it to me to have some crazy finger snapping idea! I still like the avatar idea too.

Great, but define "winner". We really have 6 contests going on..

non-conf pick'em
non-conf points race
conf pick'em
conf points race
combined pick'em
combined points race

Also, we have "all games" pickers and partial game pickers.

How many medals do we have?!!!!

Combined Champ.

Combined champ is the only one that deserves a medal. I have a feeling I could win it if I didn't feel like I have to pick Kennesaw to beat teams that I know we probably shouldn't beat :) If Kennesaw goes undefeated I will kill everyone.

If you combine EVERYTHING so far (non-conf wins, non-conf points race pts, and conf wins), you'd have the following "trophy points race"...

KennesawBasketball 58
Stateman 58
HatterFan 57
OrangeCamel 56
Buccaneerlover 55
ETSUfan1 55
MercerFan 54
FGCUEagles 53
etsuBucsFan1988 52 (has never done the points race)
SmallWonder 40 (SW and the rest have missed one or more rounds)
camelfan 24
BruinAJax 15
Escalade2121 15
EastTennesseeState 13
ETSUAlumni 11
Goldfinger 9
Bucfaithful 8

This could be really fun to watch as the season goes. It encourages posters not to miss a round. The only issue I see is 1988 being penalized for not doing the points race. With the randomness and luck of the Points Race and the amount of basketball left in the season, if 1988 did the points race from now on, he could make-up ground.

What do you all think?

Round #5 thru 12-13-08 Pick'Em W-L / Points Race pts still in play

FGCUEagles 5-0 / 4
Stateman 5-0 / 3
etsuBucsFan1988 4-1
OrangeCamel 4-1 / 3
ETSUfan1 3-2 / 4
KennesawBasketball 3-2 / 3
MercerFan 3-2 / 4
HatterFan 2-3 / 2

OVERALL

Stateman 50-10
etsuBucsFan1988 48-12
KennesawBasketball 48-12
HatterFan 47-13
OrangeCamel 47-13
ETSUfan1 46-14
Buccaneerlover 45-15
FGCUEagles 45-15
MercerFan 44-16

I was thinking there was going to be a pick'em winner and a points winner. I didn't know they would be combined....but I will start picking the points too if needed.