MB 2012 – Sport Champions

Posted: June 19, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: MB 2012 | Tags: | Leave a comment »

By Sport

* – Sport Not Yet Complete

Auto Racing

  • Champion: Bristol; Runner-up: Chris

Baseball*

  • Ryan leads with 744 points (Chris is 2nd with 704)
    • If South Carolina wins the national championship, Chris wins baseball
    • If South Carolina advances to the championship series but loses, Chris & Ryan tie
    • If South Carolina does not advance to the championship series, Ryan wins baseball

Basketball

  • Champion: Bristol;  Runner-up: Greg

Bowling

  • Champion: Jimmy; Runner-up: Bristol

Cross Country

  • Champion: Bristol; Runner-up: Greg

Curling

  • Champion: Doug; Runner-up: Ryan

Fencing

  • Champions: Jimmy & Bristol – 125 points

Field Hockey

  • Champion: Jimmy; Runner-up: JP

Football*

  • Bristol leads with 1439 points (Chris is 2nd with 1418)
    • Bristol has Erie and Florida winning in the UIFL semifinals with Florida taking the title
    • Chris has Cincinnati and Lakeland advancing in the UIFL semifinals with Cincinnati winning the title

Golf

  • Champion: Greg; Runner-up: Jimmy

Gymnastics

  • Champions: Bristol, Jimmy & Greg

Hockey

  • Champion: Bristol; Runner-up: Doug

Horse Racing

  • Champion: Ryan; Runner-up: Chris

Lacrosse

  • Champion: Greg; Runner-up: Bristol

Rifle

  • Champion: Ryan; Runners-up: Bristol, Doug, Greg & Jimmy

Rowing

  • Champion: Doug; Runners-up: Chris & Jimmy

Rugby

  • Champions: Jimmy & Ryan

Skiing

  • Champions: Doug & Jimmy

Soccer

  • Champion: Greg; Runner-up: Chris

Softball

  • Champion: Bristol; Runner-up: Jimmy

Squash

  • Champions: Bristol & Doug

Swimming & Diving

  • Champion: Bristol; Runner-up: Jimmy

Tennis

  • Champion: Bristol; Runner-up: Doug

Track & Field

  • Champion: Jimmy; Runner-up: Bristol

Volleyball

  • Champion: Bristol; Runner-up: Jimmy

Water Polo

  • Champion: Bred; Runner-up: Greg

Wrestling

  • Champion: Doug; Runner-up: Bristol

By User

Bred (1)

  • Water Polo

Bristol (11)

  • Auto Racing
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Fencing
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Softball
  • Squash
  • Swimming & Diving
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

Doug (5)

  • Curling
  • Rowing
  • Skiing
  • Squash
  • Wrestling

Greg (4)

  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer

Jimmy (7)

  • Bowling
  • Fencing
  • Field Hockey
  • Gymnastics
  • Rugby
  • Skiing
  • Track & Field

Ryan (3)

  • Horse Racing
  • Rifle
  • Rugby

Runners-up: Jimmy 6, Bristol 5, Chris & Greg 4, Doug 3, JP & Ryan 1

MB 2012 – Playoff Recap

Posted: June 18, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: MB 2012 | Leave a comment »

Due to the flawed structure of MB 2012, the points for the playoffs began accumulating before the matchups were set. Additionally, points for future rounds were piling up even though the matchups for those rounds could not yet be determined. The flaws in the structure have (hopefully) been rectified for MB 2013. However, despite those flaws the first MegaBracket playoffs did provide some drama, mostly confined to the first round.

With the 8 members of MB seeded according to regular season finish, the first round matchups looked like this:

#1 seed Bristol vs. #8 seed Bred

#2 seed Jimmy vs. #7 seed JP

#3 seed Greg vs. #6 seed Chris

#4 seed Ryan vs. #5 seed Doug

With the #7 and #8 seeds up for grabs at the end of the regular season, top seeds Bristol and Jimmy were each rooting for a match-up with JP and not Bred. Bred’s residence at the bottom of the standings was due to many un-submitted sets of picks and the leaders’ reticence for facing him in the first round would turn out to be warranted. While Jimmy coasted to a first round victory over JP and Ryan pulled away late for a solid victory over Doug, the #2 and #3 seeds were in trouble from the get-go.

A resounding victory by Bred in the Kentucky Derby (and on Bristol’s wedding day, no less) turned that match-up in favor of the last seed while Chris jumped out to an early lead over Greg in the 3-6 contest and looked to hang on. Bred scored crucial victories in the WCLA D-II championship (a one-goal win by North Carolina over Towson) and a Women’s Water Polo semifinal (USC downed cross-town rival UCLA) to put Bristol on the brink of elimination. Greg hung around in the other tightly contested quarterfinal and both matches would come down to the final two events, Men’s and Women’s D-II Tennis. Both higher seeds held feint hopes until a Grand Canyon loss to Augusta State in the men’s quarterfinals doomed Bristol to a heart-breaking 6-point loss, and a Barry defeat at the hands of Armstrong Atlantic in the women’s semifinals sent Greg to the consolation bracket after a 29-point defeat. The first ever MegaBracket Semifinals would go on without the #1 and #3 seeds.

Second Round Matchups

Winners Bracket:

#4 Ryan vs. #8 Bred

#2 Jimmy vs. #6 Chris

Consolation Bracket:

#1 Bristol vs. #5 Doug

#3 Greg vs. #7 JP

Neither Bred nor Chris could conjure up the same first round magic and the semifinals played out as a snooze-fest compared to the drama of the first round. Ryan and Jimmy took early commanding leads and never looked back, setting up a date with destiny between the #2 and #4 seeds. Meanwhile, in the consolation bracket, the first round upset victims took out their fat aggression on Doug and JP as Bristol and Greg notched convincing victories. The longtime NBA Live rivals would meet in the playoffs, but would battle for a place four spots lower than each had hoped.

Final Round Matchups

Championship:

#2 Jimmy vs. #4 Ryan

3rd Place:

#6 Chris vs. #8 Bred

5th Place:

#1 Bristol vs. #3 Greg

7th Place

#5 Doug vs. #7 JP

The final round events are still going on, but each match has been clinched as the schedule winds down. Doug has run away with the 7th place match while Bristol clinched the 5th place win over the previous weekend. Chris has waltzed to a 3rd place postseason finish as Bred has chosen to rest up in anticipation of MB 2013. Jimmy raced out to an early lead in the championship match and fought off a couple of challenges from a game Ryan. The second season of MegaBracket is not quite complete but we know the man that will wear the crown until next season.

MB 2012 Playoff Placing

  1. Jimmy
  2. Ryan
  3. Chris
  4. Bred
  5. Bristol
  6. Greg
  7. Doug
  8. JP

Congratulations to Jimmy, the MegaBracket 2012 Champion!

MB 2012 – End of Days

Posted: June 18, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: MB 2012 | Tags: | Leave a comment »

As June rolls to a close, so does the first 12-month season of MegaBracket. A long, strange journey that began with the IFL and SIFL last June ends with the crowning of the UIFL champion on July 2. All of the final round playoff matchups have been clinched, however, meaning the remaining MB 2012 events to be completed are simply for accounting purposes. In the meantime, another season begins, bringing with it a sense of renewal and championship hopes in the homes of all of the competitors, except perhaps in Chicago where the odds are in favor of another title-less season for the Cubs JP . However, before we move on and jump headlong into MB 2013 (our 3rd season), let us take a look back at the year that was…

MegaBracket 2012 – A Season in Review

Part 1 of many several ??? – The Regular Season

The season kicked off on June 18, 2011 with the opening of the Indoor Football League and the Southern Indoor Football League playoffs. (In a nod to the nature of many of the events contained in MegaBracket, the SIFL no longer exists.) Five playoff games were played on June 18, opening the first year-long season of MegaBracket. Foreshadowing much of the future, Bristol & Jimmy shared the MB lead after Day 1, while JP occupied the basement.

The 2012 season employed event-based divisions, rather than the time-based blocks coming in MB 2013. This circumstance led to several divisions typically being contested at once, perhaps distracting from the races. Chris earned the first division title, claiming the Baseball division by an 8-point margin over Ryan. The division titles meant little other than pride in MB 2012, although the plan for the future is to tie each division (now MegaBlock) championship to a spot in the 16-person MegaBracket playoffs. The esteemed list of division winners during the regular season is shown below.

  • Pro Football – Bred
  • Fall Pro Sports – Bred
  • Baseball – Chris
  • Collegiate Winter Sports – Bristol
  • Volleyball & Soccer – Chris
  • Winter & Spring Pro Sports – Greg
  • College Football – Bristol
  • CIS – Bristol
  • Men’s Basketball – Bristol
  • Women’s Basketball – Bristol
  • College Hockey – Doug
  • Spring NCAA – Jimmy
  • Division I Men’s Basketball – Greg
  • Canadian Hockey – Bristol

Bristol led the way with 6 division titles while Bred, Chris & Greg each captured two. The final two crowns were taken by Doug and Jimmy. Jimmy had the most division runner-ups with 4, Bristol and Greg had 3 each, Doug 2, and Chris and Ryan one apiece.

The overall points battle was intense early in the season, although Bristol took a commanding lead in November and never looked back, earning the #1 seed heading into the post-season. While Chris had a lockdown on the 6th seed for several months as well, there were several lively battles for seeding position. Jimmy and Greg battled for 2nd & 3rd until the final weeks of the regular season, while the 4th & 5th seeds (Ryan & Doug) and the 7th & 8th seeds (JP & Bred) came down to the final days and in the case of JP & Bred, the final moments. In the end, Jimmy, Ryan & JP nailed down the better seeds as the regular season came to a close.

Final Regular Season Standings

  1. Bristol – 12512
  2. Jimmy – 11634
  3. Greg – 11423
  4. Ryan – 10312
  5. Doug – 10178
  6. Chris – 9540
  7. JP – 7661
  8. Bred – 7629