Auto-Bid Madness 2020

[cyclones500]

Auto-bids thru 3/8
Atlantic Sun: Liberty
Big South: Winthrop
Missouri Valley: Bradley
Mountain West: Utah State
Ohio Valley: Belmont

Championship game 3/9
Southern: (1) ETSU vs. (7) Wofford

Semifinal games 3/9
Colonial: (1) Hofstra vs. (5) Delaware // (6) Northeastern vs. (7) Elon
Horizon: (1) Wright State vs. (4) UIC // (3) Green Bay vs. (2) Northern Kentucky
Summit: (1) North Dakota State vs. (4) Oral Roberts // (7) PFW vs. (6) North Dakota
West Coast: (1) Gonzaga vs (5) San Francisco // (3) Saint Mary’s vs. (2) BYU

 

[cyclones500]

Wright State about to go down in Horizon semifinal.

 

[cyclones500]

Auto-bids thru 3/9
Atlantic Sun: Liberty
Big South: Winthrop
Missouri Valley: Bradley
Mountain West: Utah State
Ohio Valley: Belmont
Southern: ETSU

Championship games 3/10
Colonial: (1) Hofstra vs. (6) Northeastern
Horizon: (4) UIC vs. (2) Northern Kentucky
Northeast: (1) Robert Morris vs. (2) St. Francis (Pa.)
Summit: (1) North Dakota State vs. (6) North Dakota
West Coast: (1) Gonzaga vs. (3) Saint Mary’s

Championship games 3/11
Patriot: (1) Colgate vs. (3) Boston U.

 

[mdk2isu]

Ivy league cancelled their tournaments and are awarding their bids to the regular season champs. So Yale get the bid.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

 

[cyclones500]

Ivy league cancelled their tournaments and are awarding their bids to the regular season champs. So Yale get the bid.

For purposes of our little contest, we can handle Ivy one of three ways:
1. Award points for Yale, since it is, in fact, the automatic bid.
2. Nix Ivy completely
3. Award points for everyone (we're nearly split, 9 Yale to 8 Harvard).

Any consensus what to do? Choice (1) may be the "proper" way to go, but it's extenuating circumstance, so I'm open to suggestions.

 

[cyclones500]

With 78% of precincts reporting, A-BM projects North Dakota State as winner in Summit.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

For purposes of our little contest, we can handle Ivy one of three ways:
1. Award points for Yale, since it is, in fact, the automatic bid.
2. Nix Ivy completely
3. Award points for everyone (we're nearly split, 9 Yale to 8 Harvard).

Any consensus what to do? Choice (1) may be the "proper" way to go, but it's extenuating circumstance, so I'm open to suggestions.

Without looking at who I have in that game, I say all or nothing (everyone gets the win or no one gets the win). There could have been multiple ways it could have gone. Matter of fact, one of the lower seeds could have knocked them both out.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Sooooo
@mdk2isu Howsabout you post your picks next year so that I can choose every team you didn't?

 

[cyclones500]

Without looking at who I have in that game, I say all or nothing (everyone gets the win or no one gets the win). There could have been multiple ways it could have gone. Matter of fact, one of the lower seeds could have knocked them both out.

Thanks. Probably right, all or nothing (or nothing for all).

I'll see if we get other responses and go from there.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

For purposes of our little contest, we can handle Ivy one of three ways:
1. Award points for Yale, since it is, in fact, the automatic bid.
2. Nix Ivy completely
3. Award points for everyone (we're nearly split, 9 Yale to 8 Harvard).

Any consensus what to do? Choice (1) may be the "proper" way to go, but it's extenuating circumstance, so I'm open to suggestions.

I picked Yale, but I'm ok giving everyone a point on this. Nothing was decided on the court.

If that point means I come in 22nd instead of 21st though, man, I'm gonna be pissed.

 

[cyclones500]

I picked Yale, but I'm ok giving everyone a point on this. Nothing was decided on the court.

If that point means I come in 22nd instead of 21st though, man, I'm gonna be pissed.

Agree, I've weighing my options between last and second-to-last based on my Harvard pick.

On the serious side, thanks for input.

 

[cyclones500]

Another way-out-there option is to use Ivy pick as first tiebreaker, bumping Big 12 down to 2nd TB. Thoughts?

 

[mdk2isu]

Agree, I've weighing my options between last and second-to-last based on my Harvard pick.

On the serious side, thanks for input.

I think I've got that covered.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Another way-out-there option is to use Ivy pick as first tiebreaker, bumping Big 12 down to 2nd TB. Thoughts?

Nah. I think just remove it altogether.

 

[cyclones500]

Nah. I think just remove it altogether.

I'm cool with that. I'll make the official "statement" soon.

 

[cyclones500]

Nah. I think just remove it altogether.

I'll post the declaration in a bit. First:
1. I'll finish updating picks lists to reflect Consensus Gonzaga.
2. On That Note!

 

[CoKane]

I'll post the declaration in a bit. First:
1. I'll finish updating picks lists to reflect Consensus Gonzaga.
2. On That Note!

Everyone picked Gonzaga? Figured someone might have gone BYU or St Mary's to sneak a point in there

As for the Ivy League, its probably best just to toss it out

 

[cyclones500]

Everyone picked Gonzaga? Figured someone might have gone BYU or St Mary's to sneak a point in there

As for the Ivy League, its probably best just to toss it out

Thx.

Re WCC, I thought I had seen a stray SMC when I was compiling, but apparently not!

 

[cyclones500]

Auto-bids thru 3/10
Atlantic Sun: Liberty
Big South: Winthrop
Colonial: Hofstra
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
Missouri Valley: Bradley
Mountain West: Utah State
Northeast: Robert Morris
Ohio Valley: Belmont
Southern: ETSU
Summit: North Dakota State
West Coast: Gonzaga
(**All picks for Ivy League are discarded from our contest, following cancellation of tournament and thread discussion)

Championship games 3/11
Patriot: (1) Colgate vs. (3) Boston U.

No additional title games until 3/14. I’ll update lists as teams are eliminated, when time permits.