2024 PTW results, entries, etc.

[vbbetterthanbb]

Pick-the-Winners Week 10 Contest Stats:

Entries:
There were 93 entries

Picks:
92% 86 of 93 picked 1.Florida         1.Arkansas v. Florida
100% 93 of 93 picked 2.Baylor         2.Baylor v. Iowa State
98% 91 of 93 picked 3.Penn State      3.Penn State v. Michigan
99% 91 of 92 picked 4.TCU             4.TCU v. Colorado
90% 84 of 93 picked 5.Oregon          5.Washington v. Oregon
77% 72 of 93 picked 6.Arizona State   6.BYU v. Arizona State
67% 62 of 93 picked 7.Southern Cal    7.UCLA v. Southern Cal
92% 86 of 93 picked 8.Utah            8.Utah v. Arizona
99% 92 of 93 picked 9.Baylor          9.Baylor v. Colorado
99% 92 of 93 picked 10.Stanford      10.Miami-FL v. Stanford
96% 89 of 93 picked 11.Kentucky      11.South Carolina v. Kentucky
95% 88 of 93 picked 12.TCU           12.TCU v. Iowa State
94% 87 of 93 picked 13.Texas         13.Texas v. Missouri
63% 59 of 93 picked 14.Nebraska      14.Wisconsin v. Nebraska [TB]
91% 84 of 92 picked 15.BYU           15.BYU v. Arizona
95% 88 of 93 picked 16.Oregon        16.Oregon v. UCLA
78% 73 of 93 picked 17.Arizona State 17.Utah v. Arizona State
100% 93 of 93 picked 18.Florida      18.Florida v. Mississippi
91% 85 of 93 picked 19.Stanford      19.Florida State v. Stanford
94% 87 of 93 picked 20.Kentucky      20.Georgia v. Kentucky
100% 93 of 93 picked 21.Wisconsin    21.Illinois v. Wisconsin
82% 76 of 93 picked 22.Minnesota     22.Michigan v. Minnesota
56% 52 of 93 picked 23.Georgia Tech  23.North Carolina v. Georgia Tech
87% 81 of 93 picked 24.Southern Cal  24.Southern Cal v. Washington
98% 91 of 93 picked 25.SMU           25.Virginia v. SMU

Blowouts:
100% 93 of 93 picked 2.Baylor         2.Baylor v. Iowa State
100% 93 of 93 picked 18.Florida      18.Florida v. Mississippi
100% 93 of 93 picked 21.Wisconsin    21.Illinois v. Wisconsin
99% 91 of 92 picked 4.TCU             4.TCU v. Colorado
99% 92 of 93 picked 9.Baylor          9.Baylor v. Colorado
99% 92 of 93 picked 10.Stanford      10.Miami-FL v. Stanford
98% 91 of 93 picked 3.Penn State      3.Penn State v. Michigan
98% 91 of 93 picked 25.SMU           25.Virginia v. SMU

Close Calls:
56% 52 of 93 picked 23.Georgia Tech  23.North Carolina v. Georgia Tech
63% 59 of 93 picked 14.Nebraska      14.Wisconsin v. Nebraska [TB]
67% 62 of 93 picked 7.Southern Cal    7.UCLA v. Southern Cal

On Picking PTW Participants’ Favored Teams:
High: 25/25 (7) 24/25 (14)
Low: 15/25 (1) 19/25 (3) Someone is going for many upsets
Ave: 22.3/25
Most: 23/25 (27)
Std Dev: 1.67

Tie-Breaker Total Points:
High: 225 (e.g. 26-24, 24-26, 25-22, 23-25, 16-14) Exhausting!
Low: 138 (e.g. 25-21, 25-21, 25-21)
Ave: 191
Most: 188 (9)

Home Field Advantage?
Home teams were picked 1175 times (51%), away teams 1148 times.

Polls matching VT picks:
25/25 AVCA
25/25 Richkern
25/25 RKPI/RPI
25/25 VT Poll
24/25 Pablo

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW Week 10 results after Wednesday:

1.Arkansas v. Florida 5 (7-86): Florida 3-1
2.Baylor v. Iowa State 5 (93-0): Baylor 3-1
3.Penn State v. Michigan 4:30 (91-2): Penn State 3-0
4.TCU v. Colorado 4:30 (91-1): TCU 3-0
5.Washington v. Oregon 6:30 (9-84): Washington 3-2

PTW favored teams had won:
4/5

Average PTW score:
4.0/5

PTW leading entries:
5/5 axelfoley dragon2owl fgonzalez Fight On! MNGopherVBFan. NebraskaVBfan93
onceandfuturesetter volleysunshine

[NebraskaVBfan93]

Oct 30, 2024 23:40:40 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

PTW Week 10 results after Wednesday:

1.Arkansas v. Florida 5 (7-86): Florida 3-1
2.Baylor v. Iowa State 5 (93-0): Baylor 3-1
3.Penn State v. Michigan 4:30 (91-2): Penn State 3-0
4.TCU v. Colorado 4:30 (91-1): TCU 3-0
5.Washington v. Oregon 6:30 (9-84): Washington 3-2

PTW favored teams had won:
4/5

Average PTW score:
4.0/5

PTW leading entries:
5/5 axelfoley dragon2owl fgonzalez Fight On! MNGopherVBFan. NebraskaVBfan93
onceandfuturesetter volleysunshine

Think I'll take a screen shot of this post and frame it. On the leaderboard after five whole matches? #winning #lowbarformoi

[maigrey]

Oct 30, 2024 20:16:50 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

Polls matching VT picks:
25/25 AVCA
25/25 Richkern
25/25 RKPI/RPI
25/25 VT Poll
24/25 Pablo

Which match did Pablo disagree with?

[vbbetterthanbb]

Oct 31, 2024 12:19:20 GMT -5 maigrey said:

Oct 30, 2024 20:16:50 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

Polls matching VT picks:
25/25 AVCA
25/25 Richkern
25/25 RKPI/RPI
25/25 VT Poll
24/25 Pablo

Which match did Pablo disagree with?

Pablo picked UCLA over USC.

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW Week 10 results after Thursday:

6.BYU v. Arizona State 6 (21-72): Arizona State 3-2
7.UCLA v. Southern Cal 6:30 (31-62): Southern Cal 3-0
8.Utah v. Arizona 6 (86-7): Utah 3-1

PTW favored teams had won:
Thursday: 3/3
Overall: 7/8

Average PTW score:
Thursday: 2.4/3
Overall: 6.3/8

PTW leading entries:
8/8 axelfoley fgonzalez Fight On! MNGopherVBFan. onceandfuturesetter
7/8 37 folks

[bayarea]

One person correctly picked Miami in the upset of Stanford tonight.

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW Week 10 results after Friday:

9.Baylor v. Colorado 5 (92-1): Baylor 3-0
10.Miami-FL v. Stanford 4 (1-92): Miami-FL 3-2
11.South Carolina v. Kentucky 4 (4-89): Kentucky 3-0
12.TCU v. Iowa State 4:30 (88-5): TCU 3-2
13.Texas v. Missouri 6 (87-6): Missouri 3-2
14.Wisconsin v. Nebraska 6 [TB] (34-59): Nebraska 3-0 [137]

PTW favored teams had won:
Friday: 4/6
Overall: 11/14

Average PTW score:
Friday: 3.6/6
Overall: 9.9/14

PTW leading entries:
14/16 axelfoley fgonzalez Fight On! MNGopherVBFan. onceandfuturesetter
11/14 24 folks

Closest To the Tie-Breaker score of 137:
138 (1)
143 (1)
170 (1)
171 (2)
173 (1)
174 (1)

[vvv]

Aug 27, 2024 21:15:49 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

VOLLEYTALK

PICK-THE-WINNERS CONTEST

2024 FALL SEASON

PTW 2024 Announcement, Guidelines

PTW History

Week 1: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: Del Bocavista 23/24
Week 2: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: GoldenArks 20/25 TB over medusa
Week 3: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: redbirdfan101 23/25
Week 4: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: vbman100 24/25 TB over Steve vb and hornshouse23
Week 5: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: dragon2owl 22/25
Week 6: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: smb4 21/25 TB over coahc21 Gladys Kravitz ned3vball
Week 7: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: vballfreak808 21/25 TB over PpprPrtnr
Week 8: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: orangeknight 25/25 TB over cyfan1965 and nuvbisno1
Week 9: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner: taxidea 21/25 TBx2 over notwvb , TB over bluecollar & sluggermatt15
Week 10: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner:
Week 11: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner:
Week 12: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner:
Week 13: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner:
Week 14: Entries; Results; VT Top 25; Winner:

2024 Schedule/Results for Previous Weeks (with links to Box Scores)

2024 PTW Upset Winners and Losers

Links to college WVB schedules for resume comparison

PTW Week 10 Schedule and Results
(PM PT unless otherwise denoted; upsets in red)

Wednesday, October 30

1.Arkansas v. Florida 5 (7-86): Florida 3-1
2.Baylor v. Iowa State 5 (93-0): Baylor 3-1
3.Penn State v. Michigan 4:30 (91-2): Penn State 3-0
4.TCU v. Colorado 4:30 (91-1): TCU 3-0
5.Washington v. Oregon 6:30 (9-84): Washington 3-2

Thursday, October 31

6.BYU v. Arizona State 6 (21-72): Arizona State 3-2
7.UCLA v. Southern Cal 6:30 (31-62): Southern Cal 3-0
8.Utah v. Arizona 6 (86-7): Utah 3-1

Friday, November 1

9.Baylor v. Colorado 5 (92-1): Baylor 3-0
10.Miami-FL v. Stanford 4 (1-92): Miami-FL 3-2
11.South Carolina v. Kentucky 4 (4-89): Kentucky 3-0
12.TCU v. Iowa State 4:30 (88-5): TCU 3-2
13.Texas v. Missouri 6 (87-6): Missouri 3-2
14.Wisconsin v. Nebraska 6 [TB] (34-59): Nebraska 3-0 [137]

Saturday, November 2

15.BYU v. Arizona NOON (84-8)
16.Oregon v. UCLA 8 (88-5)
17.Utah v. Arizona State 1 (20-73)

Sunday, November 3

18.Florida v. Mississippi 10AM (93-0)
19.Florida State v. Stanford 10AM (8-85)
20.Georgia v. Kentucky 11AM (6-87)
21.Illinois v. Wisconsin 11AM (0-93)
22.Michigan v. Minnesota 11AM (17-76)
23.North Carolina v. Georgia Tech 9AM (41-52)
24.Southern Cal v. Washington 1 (81-12)
25.Virginia v. SMU 11AM (2-91)

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW Week 10 results after Saturday:

15.BYU v. Arizona NOON (84-8): BYU 3-0
16.Oregon v. UCLA 8 (88-5): Oregon 3-0
17.Utah v. Arizona State 1 (20-73): Arizona State 3-0

PTW favored teams had won:
Saturday: 3/3
Overall: 14/17

Average PTW score:
Saturday: 2.6/3
Overall: 12.6/17

PTW leading entries:
15/17 axelfoley fgonzalez MNGopherVBFan. onceandfuturesetter
14/21 18 folks

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW Week 10 results after Sunday:

Congrats to MNGopherVBFan. winner by TB over fgonzalez

18.Florida v. Mississippi 10AM (93-0): Florida 3-1
19.Florida State v. Stanford 10AM (8-85): Stanford 3-1
20.Georgia v. Kentucky 11AM (6-87): Kentucky 3-0
21.Illinois v. Wisconsin 11AM (0-93): Wisconsin 3-0
22.Michigan v. Minnesota 11AM (17-76): Minnesota 3-0
23.North Carolina v. Georgia Tech 9AM (41-52): Georgia Tech 3-2
24.Southern Cal v. Washington 1 (81-12): Southern Cal 3-1
25.Virginia v. SMU 11AM (2-91): SMU 3-0

MNGopherVBFan. ’s picks to victory were:
5.Washington over Oregon
TB 182

PTW favored teams had won:
Sunday: 8/8
Overall: 22/25

Average PTW score:
Sunday: 7.1/8
Overall: 19.7/25

23/25
MNGopherVBFan. (winner by TB)
fgonzalez

22/25
axelfoley
bayarea
Fight On!
gotonemos
houstonbear15
Logan Tom Fan
nuvbisno1
onceandfuturesetter
orangeknight
redbirdfan101

21/25
5thset
austintatious
beachvball
bluecollar
boxcariii
coahc21
HappyVolley
katn
psuvbfan10
rogero1
sulo
UofIlliniVBFan
vbfan44
volleav

20/25
chico
cindra
crosscourt3m
cyfan1965
doodlebob
dragon2owl
eyeroll2021
gobows808
goosebumps1
hoosierman
hornshouse23
huskersjudy83
ilikecorn
mop
ned3vball
NubesPila
redcard??
servereceive
simpleton
smb4
taxidea
teriheck3778
thelat
uofaGRAD
vbprisoner
volleydada4
vup

19/25
808 State
bigfan
dcromuf
Del Bocavista
Gladys Kravitz
harryspotter
jayz34
karellen
medusa
mhvolley6
NYCHusker
offindeedsoon
pavsec5row10
permagrin
Steve vb
vballfreak808

18/25
AmeriCanVBfan
devilhorns24
dinonugs
GoldenArks
greenpier
herecomesthebusboom
manyshaped
NebraskaVBfan93
notwvb
odinaka
PpprPrtnr
servererror
setterdumper
txnut
vbman100
volleyball303
volleysunshine
WahineFan44

17-/25
1guy
bprtbone
hopefuldawg
Kingsley
sluggermatt15
vballfan17

Poll Scores:
22/25 AVCA
22/25 Richkern
22/25 RKPI
22/25 VT Contestants
22/25 VT Poll
21/25 Pablo

[bigfan]

Well done MNGopherVBFan., really, well done

[vbbetterthanbb]

Pick-the-Winners Week 11 Contest Stats:

Entries:
There were 89 entries

Picks:
55% 49 of 89 picked 1.Arizona State   1.Arizona State v. Kansas
97% 86 of 89 picked 2.Utah            2.Colorado v. Utah
93% 83 of 89 picked 3.Missouri        3.Missouri v. Georgia
99% 88 of 89 picked 4.Minnesota       4.Minnesota v. Washington
96% 85 of 89 picked 5.Nebraska        5.Oregon v. Nebraska
98% 87 of 89 picked 6.Kansas          6.Arizona v. Kansas
100% 89 of 89 picked 7.Florida        7.Florida v. Auburn
82% 73 of 89 picked 8.Southern Cal    8.Illinois v. Southern Cal
100% 89 of 89 picked 9.Purdue         9.Indiana v. Purdue
85% 76 of 89 picked 10.Kentucky      10.Kentucky v. Texas A&M
93% 83 of 89 picked 11.Miami-FL      11.Miami-FL v. NC State
99% 88 of 89 picked 12.Pittsburgh    12.Pittsburgh v. North Carolina
56% 49 of 88 picked 13.Utah          13.Utah v. BYU
51% 45 of 89 picked 14.Minnesota     14.Minnesota v. Oregon
100% 89 of 89 picked 15.Stanford     15.Stanford v. Georgia Tech
100% 89 of 89 picked 16.Nebraska     16.Washington v. Nebraska
52% 46 of 89 picked 17.Penn State    17.Wisconsin v. Penn State [TB]
92% 82 of 89 picked 18.Florida State 18.Florida State v. NC State
100% 89 of 89 picked 19.Kentucky     19.Kentucky v. LSU
98% 87 of 89 picked 20.Southern Cal  20.Indiana v. Southern Cal
98% 87 of 89 picked 21.Creighton     21.Marquette v. Creighton
96% 85 of 89 picked 22.Missouri      22.Missouri v. South Carolina
99% 88 of 89 picked 23.Purdue        23.Purdue v. Michigan
92% 82 of 89 picked 24.SMU           24.SMU v. North Carolina
73% 65 of 89 picked 25.Texas A&M     25.Tennessee v. Texas A&M

Blowouts:
100% 89 of 89 picked 7.Florida        7.Florida v. Auburn
100% 89 of 89 picked 9.Purdue         9.Indiana v. Purdue
100% 89 of 89 picked 15.Stanford     15.Stanford v. Georgia Tech
100% 89 of 89 picked 16.Nebraska     16.Washington v. Nebraska
100% 89 of 89 picked 19.Kentucky     19.Kentucky v. LSU
99% 88 of 89 picked 4.Minnesota       4.Minnesota v. Washington
99% 88 of 89 picked 12.Pittsburgh    12.Pittsburgh v. North Carolina
99% 88 of 89 picked 23.Purdue        23.Purdue v. Michigan
98% 87 of 89 picked 6.Kansas          6.Arizona v. Kansas
98% 87 of 89 picked 20.Southern Cal  20.Indiana v. Southern Cal
98% 87 of 89 picked 21.Creighton     21.Marquette v. Creighton

Close Calls:
51% 45 of 89 picked 14.Minnesota     14.Minnesota v. Oregon
52% 46 of 89 picked 17.Penn State    17.Wisconsin v. Penn State [TB]
55% 49 of 89 picked 1.Arizona State   1.Arizona State v. Kansas
56% 49 of 88 picked 13.Utah          13.Utah v. BYU

On Picking PTW Participants’ Favored Teams:
High: 24/25 (12) 23/25 (24) no 25/25!
Low: 18/25 (1) 19/25 (4)
Ave: 22.0/25
Most: 22/25 (25)
Std Dev: 1.39

Tie-Breaker Total Points:
High: 217 (e.g. 25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13)
Low: 130 (e.g. 25-19, 25-19, 25-19)
Ave: 184
Most: 184 (8)

Home Field Advantage?
Home teams were picked 1261 times (57%), away teams 963 times.

Polls matching VT picks:
24/25 Pablo
24/25 RKPI/RPI
23/25 VT Poll
22/25 AVCA
22/25 Richkern

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW Week 11 results after Wednesday:

1.Arizona State v. Kansas 6 (49-40): Arizona State 3-1
2.Colorado v. Utah 6 (3-86): Utah 3-1
3.Missouri v. Georgia 5 (83-6): Missouri 3-1

PTW favored teams had won:
3/3

Average PTW score:
2.4/3

PTW leading entries:
3/3 45 folks

[vbbetterthanbb]

PTW Week 11 results after Thursday:

4.Minnesota v. Washington 5 (88-1): Washington 3-1
5.Oregon v. Nebraska 7 (4-85): Nebraska 3-0

PTW favored teams had won:
Thursday: 1/2
Overall: 4/5

Average PTW score:
Thursday: 1.0/2
Overall: 3.4/5

PTW leading entries:
5/5 nuvbisno1 (only one to pick Washington over Minnesota)
4/5 41 folks