Bovada Poster Tourney E8 results and discussion

Have at it guys

Great games tonight

@StndrDeviant

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:basketball: :basketball_man: :dollar: Week 6 Scoreboard through Game 4: :dollar: :basketball_man: :basketball:

Day/EDT Trny Sd Team Score Result E8 Picks
Thu-CBS Men 6 Clemson 77 Won 1 (13%)
7:09 PM 2 Arizona 72 7 (88%)
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Thu-TBS Men 5 San Diego St. 52 0 (0%)
7:39 PM 1 Connecticut 82 Won 8 (100%)
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Thu-CBS Men 4 Alabama 89 Won 0 (0%)
9:39 PM 1 North Carolina 87 8 (100%)
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Thu-TBS Men 3 Illinois 72 Won 6 (75%)
10:09 PM 2 Iowa St. 69 2 (25%)
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Fri-CBS Men 11 N.C. State 1 (13%)
7:09 PM 2 Marquette 7 (88%)
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Fri-TBS Men 5 Gonzaga 1 (13%)
7:39 PM 1 Purdue 7 (88%)
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Fri-CBS Men 4 Duke 1 (13%)
9:39 PM 1 Houston 7 (88%)
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Fri-TBS Men 3 Creighton 2 (25%)
10:09 PM 2 Tennessee 6 (75%)
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Fri-ESPN Wmn 3 Oregon St. 1 (13%)
2:30 PM 2 Notre Dame 7 (88%)
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Fri-ESPN Wmn 4 Indiana 0 (0%)
5:00 PM 1 South Carolina 8 (100%)
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Fri-ESPN Wmn 3 N.C. State 0 (0%)
7:30 PM 2 Stanford 8 (100%)
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Fri-ESPN Wmn 4 Gonzaga 0 (0%)
10:00 PM 1 Texas 8 (100%)
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Sat-ABC Wmn 3 LSU 6 (75%)
1:00 PM 2 UCLA 2 (25%)
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Sat-ABC Wmn 5 Colorado 0 (0%)
3:30 PM 1 Iowa 8 (100%)
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Sat-ESPN Wmn 5 Baylor 0 (0%)
5:30 PM 1 USC 8 (100%)
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Sat-ESPN Wmn 7 Duke 0 (0%)
8:00 PM 3 Connecticut 8 (100%)

Elite 8 Bracket Standings:

Seed Contestant Won Seed Contestant Won
1. @Duckfan32 2 vs. 8. @brian_123 2
4. @jayreid 3 vs. 5. @Schradc18 2
6. @Nyri_barrett 2 vs. 3. @ngiftakis 1
2. @Jajaoly 2 vs. 10. StndrDeviant 1

:cry:

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I’ve never seen a team commit 4 turnovers to their opponents 27 turnovers and still manage to lose

Props to the ND women

You see something new every day i guess

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crying gif

@Rmilia1 I still can’t even find this page unless I look at my notifications to see where I’ve been tagged. Has this been moved to Competitions? tagged? I just opened Competitions and scanned through list; so many similarly named page, but I didn’t see this one. Hopefully as we keep posting and linking we’ll start to show up…

Yep, that is amazing. 26-73 shooting sealed their fate. When you shoot 36% from the field and your opponent shoots 60%, that’s hard to overcome.

@Maddie_Bovada can i get this pinnwd and moved to comps please?

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:basketball: :basketball_man: :dollar: Week 6 Scoreboard through Game 5: :dollar: :basketball_woman: :basketball:

:basketball_man:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team Score Result E8 Picks
Thu Men 6 Clemson 77 Won 1 (13%)
7:09 PM CBS 2 Arizona 72 7 (88%)
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Thu Men 5 San Diego St. 52 0 (0%)
7:39 PM TBS/tru 1 Connecticut 82 Won 8 (100%)
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Thu Men 4 Alabama 89 Won 0 (0%)
9:39 PM CBS 1 North Carolina 87 8 (100%)
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Thu Men 3 Illinois 72 Won 6 (75%)
10:09 PM TBS/tru 2 Iowa St. 69 2 (25%)
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Fri Men 11 N.C. State 1 (13%)
7:09 PM CBS 2 Marquette 7 (88%)
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Fri Men 5 Gonzaga 1 (13%)
7:39 PM TBS/tru 1 Purdue 7 (88%)
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Fri Men 4 Duke 1 (13%)
9:39 PM CBS 1 Houston 7 (88%)
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Fri Men 3 Creighton 2 (25%)
10:09 PM TBS/tru 2 Tennessee 6 (75%)

:basketball_woman:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team Score Result E8 Picks
Fri Women 3 Oregon St. 70 Won 1 (13%)
2:30 PM ESPN 2 Notre Dame 65 7 (88%)
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Fri Women 4 Indiana 0 (0%)
5:00 PM ESPN 1 South Carolina 8 (100%)
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Fri Women 3 N.C. State 0 (0%)
7:30 PM ESPN 2 Stanford 8 (100%)
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Fri Women 4 Gonzaga 0 (0%)
10:00 PM ESPN 1 Texas 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 3 LSU 6 (75%)
1:00 PM ABC 2 UCLA 2 (25%)
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Sat Women 5 Colorado 0 (0%)
3:30 PM ABC 1 Iowa 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 5 Baylor 0 (0%)
5:30 PM ESPN 1 USC 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 7 Duke 0 (0%)
8:00 PM ESPN 3 Connecticut 8 (100%)
Seed Contestant Won Seed Contestant Won
1. @Duckfan32 2 vs. 8. @brian_123 3
4. @jayreid 3 vs. 5. @Schradc18 2
6. @Nyri_barrett 2 vs. 3. @ngiftakis 1
2. @Jajaoly 2 vs. 10. StndrDeviant 1

Interesting that already there is a leader in all four contest match-ups.

Also, with 7 of the 8 women’s games remaining, only one is contested: two of the match-ups involve UCLA-LSU picks. All other women’s games were picked unanimously.

But on the men’s side, all four remaining games are contested.

Only @Jajaoly is guaranteed a lead after this week’s first round; he’s up 2-1 on me and all of our remaining picks are the same.

@Duckfan32 is trailing @brian_123 by 1, and the only remaining game they have with different picks is :basketball_woman: LSU-UCLA.

@jayreid is up one on @Schradc18 but 3 of their remaining games are contested: :basketball_man: Houston-Duke and Creighton-Tennessee and :basketball_woman: LSU-UCLA.

@Nyri_barrett leads @ngiftakis by 1, but they also have 3 remaining :basketball_man: contested games: N.C. State-Marquette, Purdue-Gonzaga, and Tennessee-Creighton.

Good luck everybody, including all the side bettors.

cc: @Rmilia1

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Ok guys the next 6 games are

  1. Alabama vs Clemson
  2. Illinois vs Uconn
  3. NC State vs Duke
  4. Purdue vs Tennessee
  5. Oregon State vs South Carolona ( W )
  6. Texas vs NC State ( W )

Games start later tomorrow so I’m giving you more time to get them in

Picks are due by 2 PM CST

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@Duckfan32
@Jajaoly
@Nyri_barrett
@jayreid
@Schradc18
@ngiftakis
@StndrDeviant
@brian_123

:basketball: :basketball_man: :dollar: Week 6 Scoreboard through Game 12: :dollar: :basketball_woman: :basketball:

:basketball_man:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team Score Result E8 Picks
Thu Men 6 Clemson 77 Won 1 (13%)
7:09 PM CBS 2 Arizona 72 7 (88%)
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Thu Men 5 San Diego St. 52 0 (0%)
7:39 PM TBS/tru 1 Connecticut 82 Won 8 (100%)
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Thu Men 4 Alabama 89 Won 0 (0%)
9:39 PM CBS 1 North Carolina 87 8 (100%)
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Thu Men 3 Illinois 72 Won 6 (75%)
10:09 PM TBS/tru 2 Iowa St. 69 2 (25%)
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Fri Men 11 N.C. State 67 Won 1 (13%)
7:09 PM CBS 2 Marquette 58 7 (88%)
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Fri Men 5 Gonzaga 68 1 (13%)
7:39 PM TBS/tru 1 Purdue 80 Won 7 (88%)
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Fri Men 4 Duke 54 Won 1 (13%)
9:39 PM CBS 1 Houston 51 7 (88%)
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Fri Men 3 Creighton 75 2 (25%)
10:09 PM TBS/tru 2 Tennessee 82 Won 6 (75%)

:basketball_woman:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team Score Result E8 Picks
Fri Women 3 Oregon St. 70 Won 1 (13%)
2:30 PM ESPN 2 Notre Dame 65 7 (88%)
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Fri Women 4 Indiana 75 0 (0%)
5:00 PM ESPN 1 South Carolina 79 Won 8 (100%)
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Fri Women 3 N.C. State 77 Won 0 (0%)
7:30 PM ESPN 2 Stanford 67 8 (100%)
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Fri Women 4 Gonzaga 47 0 (0%)
10:00 PM ESPN 1 Texas 69 Won 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 3 LSU 6 (75%)
1:00 PM ABC 2 UCLA 2 (25%)
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Sat Women 5 Colorado 0 (0%)
3:30 PM ABC 1 Iowa 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 5 Baylor 0 (0%)
5:30 PM ESPN 1 USC 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 7 Duke 0 (0%)
8:00 PM ESPN 3 Connecticut 8 (100%)

:basketball_man:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team
Sat Men 6 Clemson
8:49 PM TBS 4 Alabama
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Sat Men 3 Illinois
6:09 PM TBS 1 Connecticut
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Sun Men 11 N.C. State
5:05 PM CBS 4 Duke
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Sun Men 2 Tennessee
2:20 PM CBS 1 Purdue

:basketball_woman:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team
Sun Women 3 Oregon St.
1:00 PM ABC 1 South Carolina
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Sun Women 3 N.C. State
3:00 PM ABC 1 Texas
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Mon Women TBA
TBA TBA TBA
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Mon Women TBA
TBA TBA TBA
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Mon Women TBA
TBA TBA TBA
Seed Contestant Won Seed Contestant Won
1. @Duckfan32 6 vs. 8. @brian_123 7
4. @jayreid 6 vs. 5. @Schradc18 7
6. @Nyri_barrett 7 vs. 3. @ngiftakis 3
2. @Jajaoly 6 vs. 10. StndrDeviant 5

*Just to reiterate in case you missed @Rmilia1 's previous post:

Ok guys the next 6 games are

  1. Alabama vs Clemson - Saturday 8:49 PM EDT
  2. Illinois vs Uconn - Saturday 6:09 PM EDT
  3. N.C. State vs Duke - Sunday 5:05 PM EDT
  4. Purdue vs Tennessee - Sunday 2:20 PM EDT
  5. Oregon State vs South Carolina ( W ) - Sunday 1:00 PM EDT
  6. Texas vs N.C. State ( W ) - Sunday 3:00 PM EDT

Games start later Saturday so I’m giving you more time to get them in

Picks are due Saturday by 2 PM CDT (that’s 3 PM EDT, Noon Pacific)

**AGAIN: Very short turnaround now. Picks need to be in TODAY (Saturday).

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Only picks in missing is @Jajaoly

@Duckfan32 @brian_123 @jayreid @Schradc18 @Nyri_barrett @ngiftakis @Jajaoly

All picks are in, but I’ll wait until the deadline to post since you can still message @Rmilia1 and change your picks until then. 23 minutes to go…

New Picks:

@Duckfan32 @brian_123
Alabama Alabama
Connecticut Connecticut
Duke Duke
Purdue Purdue
South Carolina South Carolina
Texas Texas
@jayreid @Schradc18
Clemson Alabama
Connecticut Connecticut
N.C. State Duke
Tennessee Tennessee
South Carolina South Carolina
N.C. State Texas
@Nyri_barrett @ngiftakis
Clemson Alabama
Connecticut Connecticut
Duke Duke
Purdue Tennessee
South Carolina South Carolina
Texas Texas
StndrDeviant @Jajaoly
Alabama Clemson
Connecticut Connecticut
Duke Duke
Purdue Purdue
South Carolina South Carolina
Texas Texas

Good luck everyone! (except Jajaoly :grin:)

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Damn. I should’ve never changed my pick to Clemson lol

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@Jajaoly Glad you did. It either puts us back to dead even or virtually assures you victory, barring some craziness on Monday. I’m predicting the latter. (Hope that jinxes you! ha ha)

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I would love to see one of the best men’s teams play Caitlin Clark as their point guard. Her vision and passing are unreal. She reminds me of Larry Bird in that regard.

:basketball: :basketball_man: :dollar: Week 6 Scoreboard through Game 14: :dollar: :basketball_woman: :basketball:

(scroll up to see Thursday and Friday games)

:basketball_woman:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team Score Result E8 Picks
Sat Women 3 LSU 78 Won 6 (75%)
1:00 PM ABC 2 UCLA 69 2 (25%)
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Sat Women 5 Colorado 68 0 (0%)
3:30 PM ABC 1 Iowa 89 Won 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 5 Baylor 0 (0%)
5:30 PM ESPN 1 USC 8 (100%)
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Sat Women 7 Duke 0 (0%)
8:00 PM ESPN 3 Connecticut 8 (100%)

:basketball_man:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team Score Result E8 Picks
Sat Men 6 Clemson 3 (38%)
8:49 PM TBS 4 Alabama 5 (63%)
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Sat Men 3 Illinois 0 (0%)
6:09 PM TBS 1 Connecticut 8 (100%)
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Sun Men 11 N.C. State 1 (13%)
5:05 PM CBS 4 Duke 7 (88%)
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Sun Men 2 Tennessee 3 (38%)
2:20 PM CBS 1 Purdue 5 (63%)

:basketball_woman:

Day/EDT Trny/TV Seed Team Score Result E8 Picks
Sun Women 3 Oregon St. 0 (0%)
1:00 PM ABC 1 South Carolina 8 (100%)
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Sun Women 3 N.C. State 1 (13%)
3:00 PM ABC 1 Texas 7 (88%)
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Mon Women LSU
7:15 PM ESPN Iowa
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Mon Women Baylor-USC winner
9:15 PM ESPN Duke-UConn winner
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Mon Women TBA
TBA TBA TBA

Elite 8 Bracket Standings

Seed Contestant Won Seed Contestant Won
1. @Duckfan32 8 vs. 8. @brian_123 8
4. @jayreid 8 vs. 5. @Schradc18 8
6. @Nyri_barrett 9 vs. 3. @ngiftakis 5
2. @Jajaoly 8 vs. 10. StndrDeviant 7

Duckfan32 and brian_123 are currently tied and do not have any more contested games, so they will remain tied after Sunday’s games.

jayreid and Schradc18 are also currently tied, but have 3 contested games coming up, so anything could happen there.

Nyri_barrett and ngiftakis have two remaining contested games, but with a 9-5 lead, Nyri_barrett is very close to clinching a spot in the Final Four.

And finally, yours truly, StndrDeviant, trails Jajaoly by one game, with just one contested game left this weekend (go Alabama!) With Monday’s picks still in the balance, this one isn’t over yet.

Reminder: there will still be two more Monday games plus a couple prop bets to pick in the women’s tournament.

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