the 2023-24 installment of the NCAA College Basketball season.
4-25 NCAAbracket by David Ball, on Flickr
4-25 Elite8boxes by David Ball, on FlickrSweet 16 boxscores
https://flic.kr/p/2pMutmK
First-round boxscores link:
https://flic.kr/p/2pKwjaQ
https://flic.kr/p/2pKvauD
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4-24 NITbracket by David Ball, on Flickr
4-24 NITBox by David Ball, on FlickrFirst round link...
https://flic.kr/p/2pJxWQ9
PRIZES
March Madness winner: 1,200 CC credits
March Madness runner-up: 600 CC credits
Third-place: 400 CC credits
Fourth place: 200 CC credits
Link to Excel doc (Click through each league to see your regular-season schedule)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
League tourney links...
https://flic.kr/p/2pJ3sBR
https://flic.kr/p/2pJ3vSy
3-15 RPITop20 by David Ball, on Flickr
3-15 LeagueMarks by David Ball, on Flickr
3-15 NCAA1 by David Ball, on Flickr
3-15 NCAA2 by David Ball, on FlickrArchived scoreboards
Games 1-2
https://flic.kr/p/2pnkJqb
Game 3-4
https://flic.kr/p/2pmujmS
Games 5-6
https://flic.kr/p/2poAf83
Games 7-8
https://flic.kr/p/2ppbmnE
Games 9-10
https://flic.kr/p/2prHora
Games 11-12
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[b]Games 13-14
https://flic.kr/p/2pu77fp
Games 15-16
https://flic.kr/p/2pucAem
Game 17-18
https://flic.kr/p/2pwS2Ko
Games 19-20
https://flic.kr/p/2py1ZSv
Games 21-22
https://flic.kr/p/2pzoSDu
Games 23-24
https://flic.kr/p/2pzL3kC
Games 27-28
https://flic.kr/p/2pDCjAo
Holiday tourneys
Games 4-5 -- Winners -- Syracuse, James Madison & Cal
https://flic.kr/p/2pqgJi8
Games 7-8 -- Winners -- Princeton, Butler & Kentucky
https://flic.kr/p/2prN9KX
Games 10-11 tourney -- Winners -- Air Force, Wyoming & Cal Tech
https://flic.kr/p/2pvuz8c
FORMAT: 1 vs. 1 play
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all players, although I ask freebies to keep pace with the flow of the tourney — six maps per week. If you start falling behind I will go to the reserves list at my discretion.
HOME MAPS: Sequential order is required, and no poly…the rest is up to you.
DEADLINE: Registration will close Saturday, Nov. 11.
TEAMS: When signing up just choose any school that plays Division I basketball. If you aren’t sure, let me know and I can assign you a school. The number of teams and shape of each league is fluid. The goal is to sort leagues into groups of 8-10 teams that best mimic the true NCAA landscape.
REGULAR SEASON: We will have a 28-game regular-season schedule, although some teams may sneak in more games based on holiday and league tournament results.
SCORING
• Scoring is based on a three-map system (see box below). Teams that win 2 of 3 will usually come out on top, but it is possible to win once and take the game if you win quickly and lose long battles. This allows us to post realistic basketball scores and track scoring stats for the teams. Two of the three maps will be played on the home team’s settings, while a random map (escalating, chained, sunny) will round out each game.
20-round limit applied to all maps.
If overtime is required an extra map will be sent out on random map settings.
• Scoring example…
Team A wins in 7 rounds (28-17)
Team A wins in 10 rounds (24-16)
Team A loses in 12 rounds (15-22)
FINAL SCORE: Team A wins 67-55
Tournament scoring...
We'll have a 32-team March Madness tourney...the 8 conference tourney winners get auto bids, then 24 at-large spots.
We will also have a 16-team NIT consolation tourney.
NCAA scoring by David Ball, on FlickrMARCH MADNESS: At the end of the regular season, a tournament committee will select the field for the March Madness playoff bracket. Automatic bids are awarded to the winners of each conference tournament, so you can finish last during the regular season and still have a shot at the Big Dance with a run at the end of the year.
I will announce the size of the bracket once sign-ups are complete. Ideally, we would have a 64-team field like the regular NCAA tourney, but it will likely be a smaller bracket.
The March Madness phase of the tournament will be played under an 8-map format with each map representing a different player — 5 starters and 3 bench players. These are played on preset maps (see list below) to replicate the neutral-court environment of the NCAA bracket.
PG — Higher seed’s Home Settings
SG — Lower seed’s home settings
*SF — Classic
*PF — City map (to reflect which region you are playing in)
*C — USA
*Bench #1 — Random
*Bench #2 — Random
*Bench #3 — Random
*settings — escalating, chained, sunny
POWER UPS: Teams earn “power-ups” for their tournament teams by accomplishing various tasks during the regular season.
NCAA power-ups by David Ball, on FlickrFINAL SCHOOLS/HOME COURT LIST
NCAATeams1Final by David Ball, on Flickr
11-17 NCAATeamsB by David Ball, on Flickr
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