As the 2013 CTC winds down, we want to track the race for the overall crown as the scores unfold.<\/p>\n
Albany beats Vermont 52-49<\/strong> Memphis survives Southern Miss 91-79 in double-OT<\/strong> Florida comes back to beat Alabama, 51-41<\/strong> Miami takes care of business against N.C. State<\/strong> St. Louis handles Butler, 67-56<\/strong> Wisconsin shocks Indiana by 12<\/strong> 4:00pm STANDINGS – CONTENDERS WITHIN 250 of LEADER Ole Miss goes to the SEC Finals with a 12-point win over Vandy<\/strong> North Carolina survives furious comeback attempt by Maryland<\/strong> VCU havocs their way past Butler, 71-62, to head to tomorrow’s final<\/strong> An ENORMOUS CTC game goes to Ohio St. over Michigan St., 61-58<\/strong> Southern barely nips Prairie View to win the SWAC<\/strong> N.C. A&T comes back to beat Morgan St. to win the MEAC<\/strong> Kansas beats up on little brother, K-State, in 16-point Big XII win<\/strong> New Mexico looks REALLY good in M-West title win over UNLV<\/strong> An incredible second half gives Akron a 19-point win in the MAC over Ohio<\/strong> 8:00pm STANDINGS – CONTENDERS WITHIN 250 of LEADER<\/span> Chicago St. beats Houston Baptist in the Great West tournament<\/strong> Louisville outscores Syracuse 56-26 in an utterly dominating second-half comeback<\/strong> Northwestern St. edges Stephen F. Austin in a thrilling Southland championship<\/strong> Montana protects the house in beating Weber St.<\/strong> 11:00pm STANDINGS – CONTENDERS WITHIN 300 POINTS<\/span> 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)<\/span><\/p>\n 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)\u00a024 valuable … Continue reading
\nNo one had Albany, but Vermont losing costs a few contenders (Primm, Doogan, and RDoc)\u00a024 valuable points that they could have picked up on the leaders. \u00a0Also, Teddy and Stumpf need everything to go right to steal a title, so this makes it an even longer shot. \u00a0Cheryl, Dave, and Scoot also missed out here.<\/p>\n
\nMac, Lazarow, and Cheryl are the only ones not to get the 42 points here. \u00a0This has HUGE implications, as Mac falls out of first. \u00a0Bry is now in the lead. \u00a0Lazarow and Cheryl each fall 3 spots with this one. \u00a0Lazarow could have really entered the fray up top with this one.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDoogan, J, and Lazarow miss out on this one. \u00a0RDoc passes Doogan into 4th place. \u00a0Lazarow drops three more spots, which should just about end his shot at an overall title.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTen people had N.C. State, which would have been huge, particularly for RDoc. \u00a0But, the Miami W here drops RDoc two spots to 6th, as Doogan and Alex both enter the top 5. \u00a0LohseJr, Stumpf, and GrossSr all move into the Top 10, dropping Lohse, Rikey, and Teddy out of the Top 10.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nOnly 7 people got this one, including three of the top 4 – Bry, Mac, and Doogan. \u00a0Bry stays #1 27.5 points ahead of Mac, but pushes his lead over #3 Primm to 142.5. \u00a0Doogan is now just 7.5 points behind Primm for 3rd.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nOnly Cheryl and Lynch got this right, which vaults them each up 3 spots into the Top 15. \u00a0Bry and Mac miss a great chance to pick up ground on Doogan and RDoc, who had Michigan in this one. \u00a0Alex, would have moved into 4th with an IU win, but didn’t get it.
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\nPrimm picks up a big 55 points to get within 100 of the lead . Stumpf and GrossSr both get within 260.<\/p>\n
\nAlex is among five who hit this one and passes Doogan into 4th place within 150 from the overall lead. \u00a0And, here comes Stumpf, who has already gained 7 spots today, including passing Alexi and RDoc with this win. \u00a0He’s only 202 points behind the leader.<\/p>\n
\nHalf the field hit this one, including the leader, Bry, and contenders, Mac, Primm, Doogan, Alexi, and the red-hot Day Twelve leader, Stumpf. \u00a0Doogan is back to 4th. \u00a0RDoc loses his 3rd spot of the day and falls to 8th.<\/p>\n
\n13 people had OSU – the other 11 had MSU. \u00a0 Mac hits this to take the overall lead. \u00a0Bry (now #2), Primm (#3), and Doogan (#4) all missed with MSU. \u00a0Maybe more importantly, this keeps alive points tomorrow for contenders like Stumpf (now #5) and RDoc (#8).<\/p>\n
\nWhile 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\u00a0here<\/a>.).<\/p>\n
\nThis one actually is meaningless. \u00a0No one had either of these teams.<\/p>\n
\nThe top 6 all got this one right. \u00a0#7 Alexi and #8 RDoc fall further behind with this loss and now are both more than 250 behind. \u00a0This may have cut our field of contenders to just 6. \u00a0Teddy was one of the few with K-State here, so it looks like he missed his last chance here. \u00a0Lazarow also had K-State and has a tough-luck Day Twelve – missing a lot of possible picks. \u00a0He has fallen from 8th to 18th, but was two or three games from maybe winning this thing.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>A pretty big CTC win here for Mac and the rest of the UNM backers. \u00a0Mac is now up 60.5 on Bry and 148 on Primm, who both had UNLV here, which would have been HUGE. \u00a0Doogan, Stumpf, and Alex also all missed it, so Mac gains on everyone within 300 points of him. \u00a0Alexi and RDoc both miss this and can officially be put to bed for their overall title chances. \u00a0 Stumpf and Alex might be in trouble now, too, with this loss. \u00a0Teddy and GrossSr get it right to improve to 7th and 8th.<\/p>\n
\nA last gasp here for GrossSr and Alexi, though they will fall short. \u00a0J climbs way out of the basement with this one. \u00a0Primm 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.<\/p>\n
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\nNo one really cares, but Bry did pick up 10 points on any of the other contenders.<\/p>\n
\nThis 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. \u00a0Primm falls behind Doogan into 4th – 228 points off the lead. \u00a0Stumpf drops 4 spots to 9th and is more than 300 points behind.<\/p>\n
\nA huge result for Mac here, as he had NW State for 24 points, while pretty much everyone chasing him had SFA.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNo big change here, as the contenders were part of the minority that took the Grizz.<\/span><\/p>\n
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