Auto-Bid Madness 2018

[mdk2isu]

mdk2isu
ACC: Virginia
America East: Vermont
American: Cincinnati
Atlantic 10: St Bonaventure
Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb
Big 12: Kansas
Big East: Xavier
Big Sky: Eastern Washington
Big South: Radford
Big Ten: Michigan
Big West: UCSB
Colonial: Northeastern
Conference USA: MTSU
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Penn
MAAC: Canisius
MEAC: Bethune-Cookman
Mid-American: Buffalo
Missouri Valley: Loyola
Mountain West: Nevada
Northeast: St Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley: Jacksonville State
Pac-12: Arizona
Patriot: Bucknell
SEC: Florida
Southern: Furman
Southland: Sam Houston St
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Louisiana
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: Grand Canyon
West Coast: Saint Marys

 

[Frntrow4life]

Frntrow4life

ACC: Virginia
America East: Vermont
American: Houston
Atlantic 10: St. Bonaventure
Atlantic Sun: FGCU
Big 12: West Virginia
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: UNC Ashville
Big Ten: Ohio State
Big West: UCSB
Colonial: Charleston
Conference USA: Middle Tenn
Horizon: UIC
Ivy: Penn
MAAC: Rider
MEAC: Norfolk State
Mid-American: Buffalo
Missouri Valley: Drake
Mountain West: Nevada
Northeast: Wagner
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-12: USC
Patriot: Bucknell
SEC: Florida
Southern: UNCG
Southland: A&M Corpus Christi
Summit: SDSU
Sun Belt: Louisiana
SWAC: Ark Pine-Bluff
WAC: NM State
West Coast: Gonzaga

 

[cyclones500]

@cyclones500 I'm almost done!!!
@cyclones500 I'm Done!!!

Awesome! Just came to check and see if you had your picks in.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Awesome! Just came to check and see if you had your picks in.

Almost forgot!

Question - are you going to include the picks from mdk & Frontrow?

 

[cyclones500]

Almost forgot!

Question - are you going to include the picks from mdk & Frontrow?

Yes, I shall includes those. Close enough to the deadline.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Yes, I shall includes those. Close enough to the deadline.

You know me & my spreadsheet obsession...I didn't want to spend all the time entering them if you were going to be rigid about deadlines.

Side note: I figured you would; I've already got my spreadsheet going!

 

[cyclones500]

Well, the first casualty has occurred. In NECC, St. Francis (Pa.) -- Out! Lost opener to Fairleigh Dickinson. So I'm among those who already have an incorrect guess.

Fairleigh irritating, if you ask me.

 

[cyclones500]

You know me & my spreadsheet obsession...I didn't want to spend all the time entering them if you were going to be rigid about deadlines.

Side note: I figured you would; I've already got my spreadsheet going!

Dear I'mJustKCSpreadsheet : Coolness. Complete your picks at whatever pace is necessary. (Within reason, of course. Heh!)

Good thing there's deadline or I'd probably never finish my choices. I do way too much research for this challenge. Usually to little avail.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Dear I'mJustKCSpreadsheet : Coolness. Complete your picks at whatever pace is necessary. (Within reason, of course. Heh!)

Good thing there's deadline or I'd probably never finish my choices. I do way too much research for this challenge. Usually to little avail.

Like minds, brother!

 

[cyclones500]

Finally found results for previous seasons of Auto-Bid Madness.

Below are 2017 full standings, then year-by-year champs.

Also, I'm compiling a list of our picks, alphabetically by participant screen name, I'll post that as soon as I can.

Final standings, Auto-Bid Madness 2017 (number of correct picks in parentheses)
1. ZB4CY (18 of 32).
2. BoomerClone CrossCyed, Gipper2001 (15) … still deadlocked after applying all three tiebreakers.
5. coolerifyoudid (14) (defeated Bryce7 by first tiebreaker).
6. Bryce7 (14).
7. HFCS (13) (defeated BoredInKildee by third tiebreaker).
8. BoredInKildee (13).
9. CoKane (12) (defeated cyclones500 by first tiebreaker).
10. cyclones500 (12).
11. (alphabetical only, no tiebreaking): Clones8686, Cy$, ForbinsAscynt, ImJustKCClone, JereSeib, NolyClone (11).
17. cyc2016 (9).

Auto-Bid Madness champions, by year:
2017: ZB4CY (18 of 32)
2016: gipper2001, time4cy (tie, after 2 tiebreakers) (15 of 32)
2015: CoKane (16 of 32)
2014: cyclones500 (14 of 32)

@ZB4CY holds the record for most correct picks in a season.

Personal rant: My goodness, I finished horribly in 2017!

 

[cyclones500]

First post updated, with upcoming Championship Week conferences listed by date. Time permitting, I'll update it with a daily schedule of conference title-game matchups, as they develop.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Yup. 13. Makes my end result look better if I end up in 13th place rather than 17th place. I'm looking on the bright side here.

 

[cyclones500]

Yup. 13. Makes my end result look better if I end up in 13th place rather than 17th place. I'm looking on the bright side here.

Thanks for verifying. I officially name you co-administrator for Auto-Bid Madness '18.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

ERMAHGERD!!!

THE PRESSURE MOUNTS!!!

(does this mean I can cheat to win?)

 

[cyclones500]

ERMAHGERD!!!

THE PRESSURE MOUNTS!!!

(does this mean I can cheat to win?)

Regarding your footnote query: I'll consult the bylaws

 

[cyclones500]

Upset alert in the MAAC: (1) Rider: Out!

 

[cyclones500]

Upset alert, Big South: (1) UNC-Asheville. Out!

 

[cyclones500]

Conference tournament title games this weekend.

March 3
Ohio Valley:
(1) Murray State
(2) Belmont

March 4
Atlantic Sun:
(1) FGCU
(2) Lipscomb

Big South:
(2) Radford
(5) Liberty

Big Ten:
(1) Michigan State/(5) Michigan
(3) Purdue/(7) Penn State

Missouri Valley:
(1) Loyola/(5) Bradley
(2) Southern Illinois/(3) Illinois State

 

[cyclones500]

Upset alert, Horizon League: (1) Northern Kentucky: Out!

 

[cyclones500]

For the latest on automatic bids secured and schedule for next two days, see first post in our thread.

Working on an update of each contestant's list.