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Conference 7.286::boston_celtics

Title:Welcome to the Boston Celtics Conference
Notice:Ticket topic is in 51.*
Moderator:PHXSS1::HEISER
Created:Mon Aug 05 1991
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:253
Total number of notes:26753

249.0. "The Annual NCAA Points Contest" by TNPUBS::NAZZARO (UMass is back - watch out NCAA!) Wed Mar 05 1997 14:34

         
    OK - here it is!!!  The 7th annual pick-some-guys-and-follow-them
    NCAA Basketball Tournament contest.  With our continued reduced numbers
    at Digital, I'm cross-posting this in the ::SPROTS file and here, but
    I'll maintain one master list of entries.  If you know somebody else who 
    wants in (except for Walt Ashe, of course), that's OK, too.
    
    Here are the rules (a couple of new ones this year):
    
    1) You pick eight players: a starting five of two forwards, a center,
    and two guards, plus three subs that can play any position.
    
    2) You can pick only one player per team.
    
    3) You can choose only three players from teams seeded #1, or #2, but at
    least one from each.  So you can have one player from a #1 seed and two
    from a #2 seed, or vice versa, but not three players from teams seeded #1.
    The same applies to teams seeded #3 and #4 - one player from teams seeded 
    #3, and two players from teams seeded #4 or vice versa.  That means you 
    must have at least two players from teams seeded #5 and beyond.  If you 
    want to pick only one guy from a #1 seed and all the rest of your team
    from teams seeded 5th and beyond, that's OK, too.  You just can't pick 
    three players from teams seeded #1, for example.  
    
    4) You can only pick two players per conference.
    
    5) Any player picked from a team seeded #5 or lower will receive double
    points for every game that player is in the tournament.

    6) Any player picked from a team seeded #10 or lower will receive TRIPLE
    points!!! 
    
    7) Respond either in here or send me mail at TNPUBS::NAZZARO; entries 
    will be accepted until Thursday at 12:00 noon EST.
    
    8) I will track how these players perform over the first weekend, list
    the results from the opening weekend in here (hopefully Monday), and give 
    updates throughout the tourney.
    
    Good luck to everyone!
    
    NAZZ
    
    
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249.1Not this Thursday, next ThursdayTNPUBS::NAZZAROUMass is back - watch out NCAA!Wed Mar 05 1997 14:593
    That's a week from tomorrow for your entries, not tomorrow.
    
    NAZZ
249.2It Took a While...but Here It Is!DONVAN::SCOPAWed Mar 12 1997 18:1013
    Pos   Name             Team          Conference   Seed
    ------------------------------------------------------
    C     Tim Duncan       Wake Forest   ACC          #3
    F     Ron Mercer       Kentucky      SEC          #1
    F     Raef LaFrentz    Kansas        Big 12       #1
    G     Shea Seals       Tulsa         WAC          #5
    G     Kiwane Garris    Illinois      Big 10       #6
    
    Subs
    -----------------------------------------------------
    G     Charles Jones    LIU           Northeast    #15
    F     Charles O'Bannon UCLA          PAC-10       #2
    F     Victor Page      Georgetown    Big East     #10
249.3Let the games begin!IMINMK::SILVESTRIBC Eagles - Big East Champs!Thu Mar 13 1997 09:3421
    My take at it ... five of the same eight as the Maj ... and I 
    didn't look at his until mine was complete ...

    Vinny

    

    Pos   Name             Team           Conference   Seed
    -------------------------------------------------------
    C     Tim Duncan       Wake Forest    ACC          #3
    F     Ron Mercer       Kentucky       SEC          #1
    F     Raef LaFrentz    Kansas         Big 12       #1
    G     Shea Seals       Tulsa          WAC          #5
    G     Victor Page      Georgetown     Big East     #10
    
    Subs
    -----------------------------------------------------
          Danya Abrams     Boston College Big East     #5
          Danny Forston    Cincinatti     Conf USA     #3
          Reggie Freeman   Texas          Big 12       #10

249.4How come no one mentions Cato as a draft prospect?IMINMK::SILVESTRIBC Eagles - Big East Champs!Fri Mar 14 1997 14:4017
>>    G     Charles Jones    LIU           Northeast    #15

	Nice call there Maj!

	37 points plus triple word score = 111 for the tourney for
	Mr Jones ...

	The Mercers/Duncans/LaFrentz's are gonna have to go DEEP
	into the tourney to beat that score ...

	But you did miss one, you told me there were no other centers
	to compete with Duncan ... well, Kelvin Cato scored 29 in his
	opening game, and since he is a #6 seed, thats double points ...
	One more good game and he will be tough to top at the center spot ...

	Vinny

249.5SNAX::ERICKSONFri Mar 14 1997 15:458
    Vinny,
    
    	I got a chance to beat 111 with Anthony Johnson from College of
    Charleston. He scored 17 yesterday, which is 51. Since they won he
    needs to score 20 tomorrow to tie, or COC just wins the game. :^)
    Nazz also has a chance with Thaddeus, from COC.
    
    Ron
249.6God smites Devils!IMINMK::SILVESTRIBC Eagles - Big East Champs!Mon Mar 17 1997 10:345
	... but Reggie Freeman of Texas will top them all! :-)

	Too bad I also picked Abrams, Seals, Page, Duncan, Fortson, :-(

	Vinny - who needs a couple days break from all this hoop
249.7MKOTS3::BREENFrom Thurs to SundayMon Mar 17 1997 10:566
    Vinny we gots to stop picking Eagles in Nazz contests.  I hereby abjure
    from Bostonians in general having got seriously burned by Awojobi.
    
    My scratch pad has Freeman Williams, Brevin Knight, Austin Croshere...
    
    Hind sight is so clear.