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Kind of a cool change of pace from traditional brackets. We had a draft last night - 7 people, 11 players per team. Scoring is obvious - 1 point for each point, rebound, assist, steal, or block. Here's my team...

1. Adam Morrison - Gonz
2. Nick Fazekas - Nev (oops. I had Nevada in the Final 4.)
3. Terrence Dials - OSU
4. Denham Brown - UConn
5. Brad Buckman - Tex
6. Daniel Gibson - Tex
7. Darrell Mitchell - LSU
8. Jeff Adrein - UConn
9. Dane Bradshaw - Tenn
10. Marcellus Kemp - Nev (see #2)
11. Acie Law - aTm (had to be from a 10 seed or lower)

That Montana upset killed me. I should've known better than to count on a #5 seed.

:x

I got one. We had a 10 person - 10 player draft. here's my team

Aaron Affalo UCLA
Tyler Hansbrough UNC
Greg Brunner Iowa
Jeff Horner Iowa
J.J. Sullinger OSU
Adam Haluska Iowa
Chris Douglas-Roberts Memphis
Russel Robertson Kansas
Terrell Everrett Oklahoma
Joseph Jones Texas A&M

By the way, I had the 10th pick so I really didn't have much to get in the first round.

I had the 3rd pick. I was surprised to get Morrison. Reddick obviously went 1st, but the 2nd pick was Williams.

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:Williams.

Shelden?

The only reason that makes any sense is if Duke goes on a 5 or 6 game run. He is a double-double guy on most nights and he'll block shots. I think Morrison is probably still the best #2 pick because of his scoring potential. Gonzaga might lose today but he'll probably put in another 30-35.

Frisco's team took a hit yesterday with Iowa going down and he nearly lost Hansbrough. Only half of his roster is still active...that's a brutal pool to get into. Where did you guys sign up for that?

Shoalzie wrote:

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:Williams.

Shelden?

The only reason that makes any sense is if Duke goes on a 5 or 6 game run. He is a double-double guy on most nights and he'll block shots. I think Morrison is probably still the best #2 pick because of his scoring potential. Gonzaga might lose today but he'll probably put in another 30-35.

Frisco's team took a hit yesterday with Iowa going down and he nearly lost Hansbrough. Only half of his roster is still active...that's a brutal pool to get into. Where did you guys sign up for that?

Yeah, Shelden. I was kinda surprised too. Part of the strategy, obviously, is predicting how deep their team will go. So the 7th man on Duke or UConn can be more valuable than a stud from a scrub team who only plays one game. I have Gonzaga in the championship game, which is why I went with Morrison. I probably would have taken him with the #1 pick, so i was stoked to get him at #3.

As far as where to sign up, I have no idea. I don't know if any online sites offer fantasy drafts for the tourney. In my league, one of the guys is just doing it manually with an Excel spreadsheet.

After that Nevada loss, I've become a big aTm fan. If they can win today and I get a 3rd game out of my 11th pick, Acie Law, I might have a chance in this thing, (assuming Gonzaga and Texas don't piss down their legs).

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:As far as where to sign up, I have no idea. I don't know if any online sites offer fantasy drafts for the tourney. In my league, one of the guys is just doing it manually with an Excel spreadsheet.

I'm thinking we oughta have one of these pool at this board next season...if there's enough participation. I'm going away from running the weekly season-long games after this year but I'd be up for organizing something like this.

Shoalzie wrote:

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:As far as where to sign up, I have no idea. I don't know if any online sites offer fantasy drafts for the tourney. In my league, one of the guys is just doing it manually with an Excel spreadsheet.

I'm thinking we oughta have one of these pool at this board next season...if there's enough participation. I'm going away from running the weekly season-long games after this year but I'd be up for organizing something like this.

Honestly, you don't even want too much participation for something like this. Think about it - with 12 teams of 10 players each, you're already drafting 120 players. The late rounds could get pretty tedious if you went any deeper than that.