Pick-the-Winners Contest-Week 1 (final results)

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Friday, August 28

1. San Diego over COLORADO 3-1
2. Florida State over Oklahoma 3-1
3. Washington over GONZAGA 3-0
4. KENTUCKY over Michigan State 3-2
5. LONG BEACH STATE over Alabama 3-1
6. Wichita State over Oregon State 3-0
7. SOUTHERN CAL over North Carolina 3-1
8. STANFORD over Texas A&M 3-0
9. Western Kentucky over WISCONSIN 3-1

[vbbetterthanbb]

Pick-the-Winners Contest Stats:

Entries:
There were 135 entries, likely the new high. KEEP IT UP FOLKS!

Picks:
81% 109 of 135 picked Colorado    1. Colorado v. San Diego
93% 126 of 135 picked FSU         2. (N) Florida State v. Oklahoma
94% 127 of 135 picked Washington  3. Gonzaga v Washington
54%  73 of 135 picked MSU         4. Kentucky v. Michigan State
68%  92 of 135 picked LBSt        5. Long Beach State v. Alabama
79% 106 of 135 picked OSU         6. (N) Oregon State v. Wichita State
56%  76 of 135 picked UNC         7. Southern Cal v North Carolina
99% 134 of 135 picked Stanford    8. Stanford v. Texas A&M
100%135 of 135 picked Wisconsin   9. Wisconsin v. Western Kentucky

98% 132 of 135 picked ASU        10. (N) Arizona State v. New Mexico State
83% 112 of 135 picked Kansas     11. Arkansas v. Kansas
66%  89 of 135 picked UNC        12. (N) BYU v. North Carolina [TB]
90% 121 of 135 picked FSU        13. Colorado v. Florida State
71%  96 of 135 picked Colorado   14. Colorado v. Oklahoma
95% 128 of 135 picked FSU        15. (N) Florida State v. San Diego
96% 130 of 135 picked Illinois   16. Illinois v. Creighton
57%  77 of 135 picked Duke       17. Long Beach State v. Duke
91% 123 of 135 picked Minnesota  18. (N) Minnesota v. Texas A&M
57%  77 of 135 picked Oklahoma   19. (N) Oklahoma v. San Diego
53%  71 of 135 picked Pepperdine 20. Pepperdine v. Alabama
59%  80 of 135 picked USC        21. Southern Cal v. BYU
100%134 of 134 picked Texas      22. Texas v. LSU

93% 124 of 134 picked Hawaii     23. Hawaii v. Oregon State
90% 121 of 134 picked Stanford   24. Stanford v. Minnesota
90% 120 of 134 picked UCLA       25. UCLA v. Loyola Marymount

Blow-Out Picks:
100%135 of 135 picked Wisconsin   9. Wisconsin v. Western Kentucky
100%134 of 134 picked Texas      22. Texas v. LSU
99% 134 of 135 picked Stanford    8. Stanford v. Texas A&M
98% 132 of 135 picked ASU        10. (N) Arizona State v. New Mexico State
I don't remember if any other "100% team" had lost since we started reporting such statistics.

Close Calls:
53% 71 of 135 picked Pepperdine  20. Pepperdine v. Alabama
54% 73 of 135 picked MSU          4. Kentucky v. Michigan State
56% 76 of 135 picked UNC          7. Southern Cal v North Carolina
57% 77 of 135 picked Oklahoma    19. (N) Oklahoma v. San Diego
57% 77 of 135 picked Duke        17. Long Beach State v. Duke
59% 80 of 135 picked USC         21. Southern Cal v. BYU

On Picking PTW Participants’ Favored Teams:
(i.e. teams that were picked by more than half of this week's PTW participants)
High: 25/25 (1) 24/25 (3)
Low:  15/25 (4) 16/25 (2)
Ave:  20.1/25
Most: 21/25 (28)
Std Dev: 2.04 -- Slightly diverse scores

Tie-Breaker Total Points:
High: 212 (e.g. 25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-11)
Low:  119 (e.g. 25-15, 25-15, 25-14) ouch!
Ave:  175
Most: 182 (12)

Home Field Advantage?
Home teams were picked 1702 (66.5%), away teams 859 times. 12 of 19 home teams were favored, which means there were 7 home-underdogs.

PTW results after Friday:

PTW favored teams had won:
4/9
2 of 3 home-underdogs won.

Average PTW score:
4.9/9
This 54.4% score is the lowest "1st day of the season" score since PTW stats were kept. More parity this year?

PTW leading entries:
8/9 (2) 7/9 (11) 6/9 (23)
No perfect score this week

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Saturday August 29, results:

10. Arizona State over New Mexico State 3-2
11. Kansas over ARKANSAS 3-1
12. BYU over North Carolina 3-1 [Tiebreaker: 188]
13. COLORADO over Florida State 3-2
14. COLORADO over Oklahoma 3-2
15. Florida State over San Diego 3-0
16. ILLINOIS over Creighton 3-0
17. LONG BEACH STATE over Duke 3-2
18. Texas A&M over Minnesota 3-2
19. San Diego over Oklahoma 3-2
20. PEPPERDINE over Alabama 3-1
21. SOUTHERN CAL over byu 3-0
22. TEXAS over lsu 3-0

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW results after Saturday:

PTW favored teams had won:
Saturday: 8/13 (2 of 3 home-underdogs won)
Overall: 12/22

Average PTW score:
Saturday: 7.9/13
Overall: 12.8/22

PTW leading entries:
19/22 (1) 18/22 (1) 17/22 (4) 16/22 (10) 15/22 (12)

Closest to the Tie-Breaker score of 188:
188 (3)
187 (6)
189 (1)
186 (5)
190 (4)

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Congratulations to HAW2991 for winning the first week's contest with 20 correct picks and the tiebreaker (188) with a pick of 190 over Wonderingwino (165).

Sunday's results:

28. HAWAII over Oregon State 3-0
29. STANFORD over Minnesota 3-0
30. Loyola Marymount over UCLA 3-0

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW results after Sunday matches:

PTW favored teams had won:
Sunday:    2/3
Overall: 14/25

Average PTW score:
Sunday:    2.6/3
Overall: 14.7/25 Lowest 1st week score since keeping track in 2009
Std Dev:    2.27

20/25
haw2991 (won by tie-breaker)
wanderingwino

19/25
brickwall
kolohekeiki
thelat
vbwheatley

18/25
(R)uffda!
Cubicle No More ...
HawaiiVB
HoosierMan
hornshouse23
italianmattd
machura
OptimusPrime
postitagain2
rogero1
rook
vbman100

17/25
Freeman
NebraskaVBfan93
NickiMinaj
NowYouSeeMe
ohemgee
olefrog
owlsem
SaltNPepper
SmokeDogg
truthandjustice
yeahbigapple

16/25
808pride
austintatious
beachvball
cajun
decadesofvb
FreeBall
ilovevolleyball
MTC
Not Me
oldmanred
ShaneM2005
smartpatrol
Stanlifornia
vballdad1
vbcoach06
vbshrink
volleytology

15/25
bluepenquin
cyclonepower
Fluffhead
foopf4
fred18
gnu2vball
gobows808
gobucky
HappyVolley
itsallrelative
krha
kvball18
llwambat
maplespear
po'okela
psuvbfan10
servererror
texastwostep
thesnakeguy
volleycoach75

14/25
14u2nv
BigFanEst2006
bigminnesotafan
blindpirate
bmil87
BoilerUp!
Boomer
ccmanlb
colorado719
crosscourt3m
dawgs4life
dcvbfan
Disc808
fiffer
garnet04
littlehitter2
msgt70a
ohiostatetad
orangeknight
rainbowbadger
saywho
soljah808
thorns
Voleibol!!!!!!
volleyballd
vup
X-Play

13-/25
afdad
AllVbFan
awgriffey
azhuskerclone
bayarea
bigfan
c4ndlelight
chickenwingqueen
coloradokidd
dcvolleyball
eaglesvb
eastsidepride
firedup
FTLOG
gopherfan
huskerpower
jets
kbenz1
mclvbdad
mhjets
n00b
nakedcrayon
nanocore
Newbie
none
notwvb
nuvbisno1
pamphleteer
rockhopper
s0uthie
smb4
sulo
tclenpsu1
treblejig
trianglevolleyball
uofillinivbfan
vballfreak808
vbcoachtoo
vbprisoner
wahinefan44
ybeejebee

[Upfrontvb]

I know I tanked really bad but did you go 12/25 or lower? I didn't see my name listed.

[bigfan]

Aug 31, 2015 12:35:43 GMT -5 Upfrontvb said:

I know I tanked really bad but did you go 12/25 or lower? I didn't see my name listed.

You are with me in the biggest group from last week, the BIG 13!

[vbprisoner]

I stink! I am in the bottom of the barrel with bigfan.

[c4ndlelight]

As always, I blame the WCC. (With hat tips to Minnesota and the Long Beach)

[smb4]

Well, at least I have company in the cellar. Onward, and hopefully upward.

[rockhopper]

Aug 31, 2015 11:51:46 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

Overall: 14.7/25 Lowest 1st week score since keeping track in 2009

This make me feel a little better

[Cubicle No More ...]

this first weekend was tough. a lot of upsets.

thanks pub and vbb for getting us started on a new season!

[brickwall]

Wow! I did better than I thought!

[vbbetterthanbb]

Aug 31, 2015 12:35:43 GMT -5 Upfrontvb said:

...I didn't see my name listed.

Somehow the upper case names got sorted to the front . Now corrected.