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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 22, 2022 13:20:41 GMT -5
Welcome to the 1st-Annual VolleyTalk Survival League!!!
How it works: -Every week, you pick 3 matchups between any two teams and choose the winner of each match. If they all win that week, you survive and move to the next week. Last one standing at the end of the season wins the title. Be aware that this is a season-long contest. Rules: -You cannot pick the same team to win a match twice (i.e. you can only pick Texas to win one of their matches over the season), but you can pick the same matchup twice (i.e. you could pick Nebraska over Ohio State on 9/24 and then Ohio State over Nebraska on 11/13, assuming you haven't picked them previously) -Must have your picks selected for the week by Mondays at the start of the first D1 scheduled match for the week, but for week 1, picks are due by Friday (8/26) at 9am CT-You pick 1 match wrongly, you're out, but if we don't get as many participants, we will switch to "2 strikes and you're out" -Must start to pick 5 teams starting week 8 if there are people still in the game -If your matchup gets cancelled due to Covid or weather, you will be exempt from that matchup but must pick additional matchup the following week if your other picks were successful -Weeks run from Monday-Sunday (week 1 is Friday 8/26 - Sunday 8/28) -If the 2 teams play each other twice in the same week, you will need to specify which date your pick is for. UPDATE: If we still have a large number of participants still in after week 9, I will increase the number of picks (and potentially for each of the last 4 weeks) to select to ensure we end the season with a winner.
UPDATE: If you miss a submission for a particular week (and are still in the competition = you haven't made an incorrect pick yet), you will have to make up those picks the following week. However, the max number of weeks you can miss is 3 weeks. For example, you can join the contest in week 4, but you'll have to make 12 picks that week and can't miss any other weeks, or else you'll be eliminated. Likewise, if you submit week 1, miss week 2, and submit again on week 3, then you'll have make 6 picks for week 3.
Picking a cancelled match or mistakenly picking a team that you've already picked won't count against you, but you'll have to make up that pick the following week.
POST YOUR PICKS IN THIS THREAD AND I WILL TRACK EVERYONE'S PICKS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
MAKE SURE TO INDICATE THE ENTIRE MATCHUP LIKE BELOW.
IF THE TWO TEAMS PLAY TWICE IN THE SAME WEEK, YOU WILL NEED TO INCLUDE WHICH DATE YOUR PICK IS FOR. (ALSO INCLUDE TIME IF PLAYING TWICE IN SAME DAY)Example for week 1: Pepperdine over Tulsa Towson over Norfolk State Miami-FL over Bryant FAQs
- This will run through the end of the regular season? (Post season not included and conference tournaments included?) Yes, just through the end of the regular season- If a participant doesn’t submit in time then they are eliminated for the season? No. Each participant can miss 3 weeks during the season. However, whichever weeks you miss, you will have to make up those picks in the following week.- D1 matches only? Correct- Can we pick the same team to lose more than once? YesIf the last participants are all eliminated in the same week, the ones who missed the smallest number of picks will advance to the next week. TIEBREAKER Winning team picks reset for the NCAA tourney. (1) Select 8 of the 32 1st-round matches (when set) and pick a winner. If you survive, move on to #2.
(2) Select 2 of the 8 Sweet 16 matches (when set) and pick a winner. You cannot use a team that was picked in tiebreaker #1. If you survive, move to #3.
(3) Select 1 of the 4 Elite 8 matches (when set) and pick a winner. You cannot use a team that was picked in tiebreakers #1 or #2. If you survive, move on to #4.
(4) Select 1 of the 2 Final 4 matches (when set) and pick a winner. You cannot use any team previously picked in tiebreakers. If you survive, move on to #5.
(5) Choose the total combined points score for the championship match. Whoever is closest, wins. If there is a tie, the award will be shared.
Therefore, for the tiebreakers, you’d be picking a total of 12 winners, but none can be the same. If you have no options of teams left to pick, you will be eliminated. If the last standing are eliminated in the same tiebreaker, the person who misses the smallest percentage of picks in the tiebreaker will win. If multiple people miss the same percentage of picks, they will continue on to the next tiebreaker as the decider.
Note: if you skip weeks before the tiebreaker, you will have to increase your 1st round picks by 4 for each week missed leading up to the tiebreaker (i.e. if you miss week 14, you’ll have to choose 12/32 first round matches and pick correctly). |
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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 22, 2022 13:21:05 GMT -5
Still Alive (with teams used)gbuttah
| jaypak
| n00b
| Baylor
BYU
Florida
Georgia Tech
Marquette
Penn State
Pittsburgh
San Diego
UCF
USC
Washington
Western Kentucky | Baylor
Creighton
Florida
Kentucky
Marquette
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oregon
Penn State
Pittsburgh
San Diego
UCF | Baylor
Florida
Kentucky
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio State
Penn State
USC |
Week 1 b1ghusker - San Francisco over Montana State comic - Charlotte over Syracuse definitelymaybe - Western Michigan over Denver eazy - Utah State over UCLA harryspotter - Arkansas over Washington on 8/26 justahick - Merrimack over Saint Peters vbfamily - UCSD over Cal vollectator - Marquette over Kentucky volleyball303 - San Francisco over Montana State Week 2 dcvolleyball - Colgate over Tennessee GoldenArks - Radford over Rutgers utexrulz23 - Utah Valley over Cal Poly Week 3 taxidea - Wofford over Coastal Carolina vballfreak808 - St. Francis-Brooklyn over Lafayette Week 4 After Dawn - Idaho over Wyoming Del Bocavista - Bryant over Syracuse huskersjudy - Northern Iowa over Iowa State newfoundballer15 - Bellarmine over Southeast Missouri rainbowbadger - Bellarmine over Southeast Missouri Week 5 BuckysHeat - Missed too many weeks volleyball<3 - Missed too many weeks dl3ww - Missed too many weeks Fight On! - Evansville over Illinois State houstonbear15 - Missed too many weeks mediawatcher - Missed too many weeks NebraskaVBfan93 - Missed too many weeks rainbowsets - Missed too many weeks UofIlliniVBFan - Southern Utah over Utah Tech veebznerd - Evansville over Illinois State Week 6 legolas9 - Missed too many weeks redcard - Wyoming over New Mexico Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan - Missed too many weeks teriheck3778 - NC State over Miami-FL Week 7 hornshouse23 - Bradley over Illinois State huskerpower - Missed too many weeks ned3vball - Bradley over Illinois State Week 8 NONE Week 9 Badger13 - Iowa State over Texas, Indiana over Michigan, Missouri State over Valparaiso basil - Missed too many weeks Hawk Attack - Missed too many weeks Logan Tom Fan - Eastern Michigan over Bowling Green neurovolley - Iowa State over Texas @big10vo - Gonzaga over Pepperdine Jayhawks18 - Georgia over Florida, Oregon State over Colorado, Indiana over Michigan, Arizona State over Washington uofaGRAD - Gonzaga over Pepperdine VolleyNole - Georgia over Florida Week 10 oldnewbie - San Francisco over Pepperdine Week 11 bprtbone - Columbia over Harvard, Rutgers over Iowa madden55 - Nevada over Colorado State, Gonzaga over Portland Week 12 vballfan17 - Eastern Washington over Portland State Week 13 mnsports255 - Furman over East Tennessee State, Air Force over Utah State @publius - Montana State over Weber State, Indiana over Ohio State gbuttah, jaypak & n00b also missed picks this week, but since they were last participants and only missed 1 match instead of 2, they move on to next week since there is a tie.
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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 22, 2022 13:21:16 GMT -5
save
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Post by Logan Tom Fan on Aug 22, 2022 13:43:23 GMT -5
Very interesting, I like it!
Penn State over Loyola
Southern Cal over Colgate
Stanford over Lipscomb
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Post by bprtbone on Aug 22, 2022 13:52:04 GMT -5
South Alabama over William & Mary
Maryland over Rhode Island
Charlotte over Morgan State
"1st Annual" That's very optimistic!
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Post by veebznerd on Aug 22, 2022 14:13:40 GMT -5
Well this will be fun! Thanks for organizing.
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Post by veebznerd on Aug 22, 2022 15:29:03 GMT -5
Can we pick the same team to lose more than once? I understand we can't pick them to win more than once. But can they be repeated if they are the losers?
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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 22, 2022 15:32:32 GMT -5
Can we pick the same team to lose more than once? I understand we can't pick them to win more than once. But can they be repeated if they are the losers? Yes |
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Post by dcvolleyball on Aug 22, 2022 15:38:03 GMT -5
Week 1
Michigan over Old Dominion
Miami over Bryant
Washington State over Rider
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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 22, 2022 15:46:34 GMT -5
South Carolina over Sacred Heart
Michigan State over Louisiana
Duke over Rider
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Post by ned3vball on Aug 22, 2022 15:58:09 GMT -5
Tracking "make up" matches sounds like extra detail work for you if we are unlucky. I am fine with just calling a cancellation a win and moving on. Anyone else?
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Post by BuckysHeat on Aug 22, 2022 16:02:35 GMT -5
Just to be clear, I could if I wanted, pick Rutgers to lose to Nebraska and the same week also pick them to lose to Purdue? And then 2 weeks later I could pick them to lose both of their games to Illinois and Ohio State? And on and on using the same team to lose as opposed to picking the winner? I could just stay in Jersey and pick any combo of FDU, NJIT, St peters and Rutgers if that were the case.
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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 22, 2022 16:04:47 GMT -5
Just to be clear, I could if I wanted, pick Rutgers to lose to Nebraska and the same week also pick them to lose to Purdue? And then 2 weeks later I could pick them to lose both of their games to Illinois and Ohio State? And on and on using the same team to lose as opposed to picking the winner? I could just stay in Jersey and pick any combo of FDU, NJIT and Rutgers if that were the case. Correct. Of course, you have to pick 3 total matches and then 5 starting week 8, but yes you can keep picking a team to lose as long as the winner is different each time. Might need to re-evaluate that idea next year but that’s what we’ll go with for now. |
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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 22, 2022 16:05:32 GMT -5
Tracking "make up" matches sounds like extra detail work for you if we are unlucky. I am fine with just calling a cancellation a win and moving on. Anyone else? Im hoping it won’t happen very often but it only seems fair that everyone picks the same number of cumulative matches. It won’t be much work for me either I don’t think. |
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Post by vbfamily on Aug 22, 2022 16:28:14 GMT -5
Because you need more work to do and provide more entertainment for the VT community?? Working to maintain that 1st team status I see!   Sure, I'll play. Let's start with the Pac 12 by alphabet. Arizona over Alabama State Arizona State over Cal State Bakersfield California over UC-San Diego Did I do that right? |
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