Pick the Winners Contest-Week 14 (FINAL results)

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Tuesday's results:

1. Byu over LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 3-1
2. San Diego over PEPPERDINE 3-0
3. SANTA CLARA over St. Mary's 3-0
4. UTAH over Oregon 3-1

[vbbetterthanbb]

Pick-the-Winners Contest Stats:

Entries:
There were 73 entries.

Picks:
92% 67 of 73 picked Byu         1. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT v. Byu
84% 61 of 73 picked USD         2. PEPPERDINE v. San Diego
85% 62 of 73 picked SCU         3. SANTA CLARA v. St. Marys
84% 61 of 73 picked Oregon      4. UTAH v. Oregon

79% 58 of 73 picked ARIZONA     5. ARIZONA v. Southern Cal
63% 46 of 73 picked Ucla        6. ARIZONA STATE v. Ucla
95% 69 of 73 picked COLORADO    7. COLORADO v. Oregon State
71% 52 of 73 picked ILLINOIS    8. ILLINOIS v. Nebraska
58% 42 of 73 picked MSU         9. MICHIGAN STATE v. Purdue
97% 71 of 73 picked UNC        10. NORTH CAROLINA v. Duke
74% 54 of 73 picked OSU        11. OHIO STATE v. Minnesota
70% 51 of 73 picked OKLAHOMA   12. OKLAHOMA v. Kansas State
67% 48 of 72 picked Stanford   13. WASHINGTON v. Stanford [TB]

66% 48 of 73 picked Arizona    14. ARIZONA STATE v. Arizona
100%73 of 73 picked FSU        15. FLORIDA STATE v. Miami (FL)
89% 65 of 73 picked Oregon     16. OREGON STATE v. Oregon
81% 59 of 73 picked UCLA       17. UCLA v. Southern Cal
58% 42 of 73 picked Colorado   18. UTAH v. Colorado
100%73 of 73 picked Washington 19. WASHINGTON STATE v. Washington
96% 70 of 73 picked WISCONSIN  20. WISCONSIN v. Purdue

97% 71 of 73 picked ILLINOIS   21. ILLINOIS v. Michigan
74% 54 of 73 picked KANSAS     22. KANSAS v. Oklahoma
90% 65 of 72 picked PSU        23. PENN STATE v. Nebraska
85% 62 of 73 picked TEXAS      24. TEXAS v. Florida

94% 65 of 69 picked no         25. Florida: yes no
62% 44 of 71 picked no         26. Florida State: yes no
89% 63 of 71 picked no         27. North Carolina: yes no
69% 48 of 70 picked no         28. Penn State: yes no
74% 52 of 70 picked yes        29. Washington: yes no
89% 63 of 71 picked yes        30. Wisconsin: yes no

80% 55 of 69 picked yes        31. Arizona: yes no
54% 37 of 69 picked yes        32. BYU: yes no
90% 64 of 71 picked yes        33. Colorado State: yes no
63% 45 of 71 picked no         34. Iowa State: yes no
54% 37 of 69 picked yes        35. Kansas: yes no
83% 59 of 71 picked no         36. Kansas State: yes no
74% 52 of 70 picked yes        37. Kentucky: yes no
92% 65 of 71 picked yes        38. Nebraska: yes no
86% 61 of 71 picked no         39. Texas A&M: yes no
56% 38 of 68 picked no         40. UCLA: yes no

76% 52 of 68 picked yes        41. Creighton: yes no
72% 50 of 69 picked yes        42. Cal State Northridge: yes no
71% 49 of 69 picked no         43. Illinois State: yes no
51% 35 of 69 picked yes        44. Lipscomb: yes no
76% 47 of 62 picked yes        45. LSU: yes no
60% 41 of 68 picked yes        46. Marquette: yes no
57% 39 of 69 picked no         47. Michigan State: yes no
57% 39 of 69 picked yes        48. Minnesota: yes no
84% 58 of 69 picked yes        49. Oregon State: yes no
65% 43 of 66 picked no         50. Pacific: yes no
76% 52 of 68 picked no         51. Pittsburgh: yes no
65% 45 of 69 picked yes        52. Purdue: yes no
82% 56 of 68 picked yes        53. San Diego: yes no
67% 46 of 69 picked yes        54. Santa Clara: yes no
74% 48 of 65 picked no         55. SMU: yes no
54% 37 of 69 picked no         55. Southern Cal: yes no
88% 60 of 68 picked no         57. Tulsa: yes no
90% 62 of 69 picked yes        58. Utah: yes no
75% 52 of 69 picked no         59. Virginia Tech: yes no
91% 62 of 68 picked no         60. Xavier: yes no

Blow-Out Picks:
100%73 of 73 picked FSU        15. FLORIDA STATE v. Miami (FL)
100%73 of 73 picked Washington 19. WASHINGTON STATE v. Washington
97% 71 of 73 picked UNC        10. NORTH CAROLINA v. Duke
97% 71 of 73 picked ILLINOIS   21. ILLINOIS v. Michigan
96% 70 of 73 picked WISCONSIN  20. WISCONSIN v. Purdue
95% 69 of 73 picked COLORADO    7. COLORADO v. Oregon State

Close Calls:
58% 42 of 73 picked MSU         9. MICHIGAN STATE v. Purdue
58% 42 of 73 picked Colorado   18. UTAH v. Colorado
63% 46 of 73 picked Ucla        6. ARIZONA STATE v. Ucla
66% 48 of 73 picked Arizona    14. ARIZONA STATE v. Arizona
67% 48 of 72 picked Stanford   13. WASHINGTON v. Stanford [TB]

On Picking PTW Participants’ Favored Choices:
High: 54/60 (2/73) 52/60 (4/73)
Low:  14/25 (1/73) 36/60 (3/73)
Ave:  45.7/60 excluding 4 entries who picked only part of the contest
Most: 47/60 (9/73)

Tie-Breaker Total Points:
High: 220 (e.g. 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-11)
Low:  111 (e.g. 25-12, 25-12, 25-12) Yikes
Ave:  190
Most: 184 (4/73)

Home Field Advantage?
Home teams were picked 805 (55.2%), away teams 653 times. 15 of 24 home teams are favored (62.5%, so VT thought lowly of HCA this week).

PTW results after Tuesday:

PTW favored teams had won:
3/4 (1 home team won as favorite, Utah won as home underdog)

Upsets Against the picks by VT, Pablo, RichKern, RKPI and AVCA:
4. UTAH over Oregon

Average PTW score:
2.8/4

PTW leading entries:
4/4 (8/73)

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Wednesday'sresults:

5. Southern Cal over ARIZONA 3-1
6. ARIZONA STATE over Ucla 3-2
7. COLORADO over Oregon State 3-1
8. ILLINOIS over Nebraska 3-2
9. MICHIGAN STATE over Purdue 3-0
10. NORTH CAROLINA over Duke 3-2
11. OHIO STATE over Minnesota 3-2
12. OKLAHOMA over Kansas State 3-1
13. WASHINGTON over Stanford 3-1 [182]

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW results after Wednesday matches:

PTW favored teams had won:
Thursday: 6/9  (8 home teams won, ASU won as home underdog)
Overall:    9/13

Upsets Against the picks by VT, Pablo, RichKern, RKPI and AVCA:
5. Southern Cal over ARIZONA
6. ARIZONA STATE over Ucla
8. ILLINOIS over Nebraska (AVCA got it wrong)
9. MICHIGAN STATE over Purdue (RichKern & AVCA were wrong)
12. OKLAHOMA over Kansas State (RKPI & AVCA were wrong)
13. WASHINGTON over Stanford (All were wrong except Pablo HCA)

Average PTW score:
Thursday: 5.5/9
Overall:    8.3/13

PTW leading entries:
Thursday:   9/9   (1/73)     8/9 (2/73)    7/9 (12/73) Well done machura!
Overall:    12/13 (1/73) 11/13 (5/73) 10/13 ( 7/73)

Closest to the Tie-Breaker score of 182:
181: 2/73
183: 2/73
180: 3/73
184: 6/73
179: 1/73
186: 3/73
187: 2/73

[FreeBall]

Nov 28, 2014 17:28:56 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

PTW leading entries:
Thursday: 9/9   (1/73) 8/9 (2/73) 7/9 (12/73) Well done machura!
Overall:    5/5 (39/73)

The overall figure doesn't look correct.

[vbbetterthanbb]

Nov 28, 2014 17:35:46 GMT -5 FreeBall said:

Nov 28, 2014 17:28:56 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

PTW leading entries:
Thursday: 9/9   (1/73) 8/9 (2/73) 7/9 (12/73) Well done machura!
Overall:    5/5 (39/73)

The overall figure doesn't look correct.

Thanks! Corrected.

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Friday's results:

14. Arizona over ARIZONA STATE 3-0
15. FLORIDA STATE over Miami (FL) 3-0
16. OREGON STATE over Oregon 3-1
17. UCLA over Southern Cal 3-2
18. UTAH over Colorado 3-1
19. Washington over WASHINGTON STATE 3-0
20. WISCONSIN over Purdue 3-0

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW results after Friday matches:

PTW favored teams had won:
Friday:      5/7 (6 home teams won, Oregon State won as home underdog)
Overall: 14/20

Upsets Against the picks by VT, Pablo, RichKern, RKPI and AVCA:
16. OREGON STATE over Oregon
18. UTAH over Colorado (Pablo alone got it right)

Average PTW score:
Friday:     5.0/7
Overall: 13.3/20

PTW leading entries:
Friday:      7/7 (1/73)     6/7 (18/73) well done mnsports255
Overall: 17/20 (3/73) 16/20 (  4/73) 15/20 (11/73)

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Saturday's results:

21. ILLINOIS over Michigan 3-1
22. KANSAS over Oklahoma 3-2
23. PENN STATE over Nebraska 3-0
24. Florida over TEXAS 3-2

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW results after Saturday matches:

PTW favored teams had won:
Saturday: 3/4  (3 home teams won)
Overall: 17/24 (Pablo 17  Richkern 15  RKPI 16  AVCA 14)

Upsets Against the picks by VT, Pablo, RichKern, RKPI and AVCA:
22. KANSAS over Oklahoma (RichKern got it wrong)
24. Florida over TEXAS

Average PTW score:
Saturday:  2.8/4
Overall:   16.0/24

PTW leading entries:
Saturday:  4/4 (4/73)
Overall: 20/24 (2/73) 19/24 (6/73) 18/24 (7/73)

[bigfan]

Nov 30, 2014 11:59:25 GMT -5 publius said:

Saturday's results:

21. 24. Florida over TEXAS 3-2

Who can I trust?

[PTW winner]

Are you counting my picks...)))) I was just an hour past deadline!!!

[PTW winner]

volleytalk.proboards.com/thread/56536/picks

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Nov 30, 2014 18:11:20 GMT -5 bigfan said:

Nov 30, 2014 11:59:25 GMT -5 publius said:

Saturday's results:

21. 24. Florida over TEXAS 3-2

Who can I trust?

I don't believe that is my quote--I did not have a "21.":

Nov 30, 2014 11:59:25 GMT -5 publius said:

Saturday's results:

21. ILLINOIS over Michigan 3-1
22. KANSAS over Oklahoma 3-2
23. PENN STATE over Nebraska 3-0
24. Florida over TEXAS 3-2

If you are referring to the results of match #24 as posted by vbbtbb:
[quote
Upsets Against the picks by VT, Pablo, RichKern, RKPI and AVCA:
22. KANSAS over Oklahoma (RichKern got it wrong)
24. TEXAS over Florida [/quote]

then, believe me, as Florida won 3-2.

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Nov 30, 2014 18:38:35 GMT -5 PTW winner said:

Are you counting my picks...)))) I was just an hour past deadline!!!

Nov 30, 2014 18:43:30 GMT -5 PTW winner said:

volleytalk.net/thread/56536/picks

This is the first I have seen of your late entry. Everyone else has PM'ed vbbtbb and me requesting consideration of a late entry. Yes, we will count it though the game that had already been started when you attempted to enter (#2) will be counted as a loss.