Day Twelve Running Scoreboard

As the 2013 CTC winds down, we want to track the race for the overall crown as the scores unfold.

Albany beats Vermont 52-49
No one had Albany, but Vermont losing costs a few contenders (Primm, Doogan, and RDoc) 24 valuable points that they could have picked up on the leaders.  Also, Teddy and Stumpf need everything to go right to steal a title, so this makes it an even longer shot.  Cheryl, Dave, and Scoot also missed out here.

Memphis survives Southern Miss 91-79 in double-OT
Mac, Lazarow, and Cheryl are the only ones not to get the 42 points here.  This has HUGE implications, as Mac falls out of first.  Bry is now in the lead.  Lazarow and Cheryl each fall 3 spots with this one.  Lazarow could have really entered the fray up top with this one.

Florida comes back to beat Alabama, 51-41
Doogan, J, and Lazarow miss out on this one.  RDoc passes Doogan into 4th place.  Lazarow drops three more spots, which should just about end his shot at an overall title.

Miami takes care of business against N.C. State
Ten people had N.C. State, which would have been huge, particularly for RDoc.  But, the Miami W here drops RDoc two spots to 6th, as Doogan and Alex both enter the top 5.  LohseJr, Stumpf, and GrossSr all move into the Top 10, dropping Lohse, Rikey, and Teddy out of the Top 10.

St. Louis handles Butler, 67-56
Only 7 people got this one, including three of the top 4 – Bry, Mac, and Doogan.  Bry stays #1 27.5 points ahead of Mac, but pushes his lead over #3 Primm to 142.5.  Doogan is now just 7.5 points behind Primm for 3rd.

Wisconsin shocks Indiana by 12
Only Cheryl and Lynch got this right, which vaults them each up 3 spots into the Top 15.  Bry and Mac miss a great chance to pick up ground on Doogan and RDoc, who had Michigan in this one.  Alex, would have moved into 4th with an IU win, but didn’t get it.

4:00pm STANDINGS – CONTENDERS WITHIN 250 of LEADER
(points behind in parentheses)

1. Bry (–)
2. Mac (27.5)
3. Primm (142.5)
4. Doogan (150)
5. Alex (202)
6. RDoc (213.5)
7. Alexi (230.5)

Ole Miss goes to the SEC Finals with a 12-point win over Vandy
Primm picks up a big 55 points to get within 100 of the lead . Stumpf and GrossSr both get within 260.

North Carolina survives furious comeback attempt by Maryland
Alex is among five who hit this one and passes Doogan into 4th place within 150 from the overall lead.  And, here comes Stumpf, who has already gained 7 spots today, including passing Alexi and RDoc with this win.  He’s only 202 points behind the leader.

VCU havocs their way past Butler, 71-62, to head to tomorrow’s final
Half the field hit this one, including the leader, Bry, and contenders, Mac, Primm, Doogan, Alexi, and the red-hot Day Twelve leader, Stumpf.  Doogan is back to 4th.  RDoc loses his 3rd spot of the day and falls to 8th.

An ENORMOUS CTC game goes to Ohio St. over Michigan St., 61-58
13 people had OSU – the other 11 had MSU.   Mac hits this to take the overall lead.  Bry (now #2), Primm (#3), and Doogan (#4) all missed with MSU.  Maybe more importantly, this keeps alive points tomorrow for contenders like Stumpf (now #5) and RDoc (#8).

Southern barely nips Prairie View to win the SWAC
While this probably is as meaningless as it seems, our leader Mac, did miss this, so just about everyone picked up 12 points on him, including Bry, who is now just a half-point behind (harkening memories of the 2011 CTC, where Rikey came from behind to beat Bry 2,652 to 2,651 – the final recap sourly linked here.).

N.C. A&T comes back to beat Morgan St. to win the MEAC
This one actually is meaningless.  No one had either of these teams.

Kansas beats up on little brother, K-State, in 16-point Big XII win
The top 6 all got this one right.  #7 Alexi and #8 RDoc fall further behind with this loss and now are both more than 250 behind.  This may have cut our field of contenders to just 6.  Teddy was one of the few with K-State here, so it looks like he missed his last chance here.  Lazarow also had K-State and has a tough-luck Day Twelve – missing a lot of possible picks.  He has fallen from 8th to 18th, but was two or three games from maybe winning this thing.

New Mexico looks REALLY good in M-West title win over UNLV
A pretty big CTC win here for Mac and the rest of the UNM backers.  Mac is now up 60.5 on Bry and 148 on Primm, who both had UNLV here, which would have been HUGE.  Doogan, Stumpf, and Alex also all missed it, so Mac gains on everyone within 300 points of him.  Alexi and RDoc both miss this and can officially be put to bed for their overall title chances.   Stumpf and Alex might be in trouble now, too, with this loss.  Teddy and GrossSr get it right to improve to 7th and 8th.

An incredible second half gives Akron a 19-point win in the MAC over Ohio
A last gasp here for GrossSr and Alexi, though they will fall short.  J climbs way out of the basement with this one.  Primm is really the big winner here, as he would have lost either way, but the Ohio loss saves him from losing 48 points to Mac and Bry ahead of him and Doogan, Stumpf, and Alex behind him.

8:00pm STANDINGS – CONTENDERS WITHIN 250 of LEADER
(points behind in parentheses)

1. Mac (–)
2. Bry (60.5)
3. Primm (148)
4. Doogan (210.5)
5. Stumpf (222.5)
6. Alex (243.5)

Chicago St. beats Houston Baptist in the Great West tournament
No one really cares, but Bry did pick up 10 points on any of the other contenders.

Louisville outscores Syracuse 56-26 in an utterly dominating second-half comeback
This was a huge blow to Primm’s chances for a repeat championship and Stumpf’s chances at a huge 11th hour comeback, as they both had the ‘Cuse, while pretty much all the other contenders had Louisville.  Primm falls behind Doogan into 4th – 228 points off the lead.  Stumpf drops 4 spots to 9th and is more than 300 points behind.

Northwestern St. edges Stephen F. Austin in a thrilling Southland championship
A huge result for Mac here, as he had NW State for 24 points, while pretty much everyone chasing him had SFA.

Montana protects the house in beating Weber St.
No big change here, as the contenders were part of the minority that took the Grizz.

11:00pm STANDINGS – CONTENDERS WITHIN 300 POINTS
(points behind in parentheses)

I extended it to 300 just to get more than 3 people on the list, but it looks like it might just be a two-person race going into the final day (if Mac doesn’t clinch tonight…that is)

1. Mac (–)
2. Bry (74.5)
3. Doogan (234.5)
4. Primm (252)
5. Alex (291.5)
6. GrossSr (298.5)