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Region 4: round 2

LSU 82 - Gonzaga 93 (1 seed)

Oregon 72 - BYU 73 (5 seed)

ETSU 69 - Michigan State 71 (3 seed)

Arizona 69 - San Diego State 81 (2 seed)

Region 3: round 3

Colorado 67 - Dayton 69 (1 seed)

Maryland 72 - Akron 77 (12 seed)

Duke 73 - UCLA 76 (11 seed)

Villanova 65 - Indiana 66 (10 seed)

Region 2: round 2

Rutgers 61 - Baylor 75 (1 seed)

Louisville 64 - Stephen F. Austin 73 (12 seed)

Penn State 75 - Seton Hall 76 (3 seed)

Providence 69 - Florida State 74 (2 seed)

Region 1: round 2

Saint Mary's 53 - Kansas 73 (1 seed)

Wisconsin 66 - Auburn 76 (5 seed)

Iowa 70 - Kentucky 74 (3 seed)

Creighton 73 - Arizona State 79 (10 seed)

Region 4:

Prairie View A&M 75 - Gonzaga 86

Eastern Washington 57 - San Diego St 68

Little Rock 74 - Michigan State 79

Cinicnnati 70 - BYU 75

ETSU 66 - Virginia 64

Marquette 71 - Arizona 74

New Mexico State 73 - Oregon 76

Oklahoma 72 - LSU 78

As a reminder, I added a random component to the formula so that it would account for teams having an off game, an average game, or a good game in any particular matchup.

Region 3: first round

Winthrop 69 - Dayton 86

Hofstra 67 - Duke 91

Yale 70 - Maryland 71

Akron 75 - Butler 63

Indiana 72 - WVU 66

Florida 71 - Colorado 72

Northern Kentucky 55 - Villanova 68

UCLA 71 - Michigan 66

Region 2:

North Dakota St 60 - FSU 85

Rutgers 64 - USC 63

Utah State 67 - Providence 77

NC State 64 - Penn State 66

Boston 49 - Baylor 68

Belmont 67 - Seton Hall 76

North Texas 59 - Louisville 70

Stephen F. Austin 71 - Ohio State 67

Jeez, this site hates when I try to copy/paste anything. Ok manual entry.

UC Irvine 56 - Creighton 70

Richmond 64 - Iowa 70

Arizona St 82 - Illinois 68

Houston 65 - Saint Mary's 76

Robert Morris 60 - Kansas 73

Bradley 68 - Kentucky 80

Vermont 67 - Wisconsin 68

Liberty 65 - Auburn 73

Sorry for the delay, got busy with work. Results from round 1.

For the play-in games on day 1, my results were:

16 – Prairie View A&M 69
16 – Siena 67

11 – Richmond 73
11 – Texas 68

West bracket (same side as South)

1. Gonzaga

2. San Diego State

3. Michigan State

4. Oregon

5. BYU

6. Virginia

7. Arizona

8. LSU

9. Oklahoma

10. Marquette

11. East Tennessee State

12. Cincinnati

13. New Mexico State

14. Little Rock

15. Eastern Washington

16. Prairie View A&M vs. Siena

East bracket (same side as Midwest)

1. Dayton

2. Villanova

3. Duke

4. Maryland

5. Butler

6. Michigan

7. West Virginia

8. Colorado

9. Florida

10. Indiana

11. UCLA

12. Akron

13. Yale

14. Hofstra

15. Northern Kentucky

16. Winthrop

South bracket

1. Baylor

2. Florida State

3. Seton Hall

4. Louisville

5. Ohio State

6. Penn State

7. Providence

8. USC

9. Rutgers

10. Utah State

11. Texas Tech vs. NC State

12. Stephen F. Austin

13. North Texas

14. Belmont

15. North Dakota State

16. Boston University

Midwest bracket

1. Kansas

2. Creighton

3. Kentucky

4. Wisconsin

5. Auburn

6. Iowa

7. Illinois

8. Saint Mary’s

9. Houston

10. Arizona State

11. Richmond vs. Texas

12. Liberty

13. Vermont

14. Bradley

15. UC Irvine

16. NC Central vs. Robert Morris

Looks like it didn't like my link. I'll try this image view.

bracket

So I got bored and created my own version to make some use out of my stat gathering. The site is very basic but lets you see my attempt at playing tournament king. I've got my formula calculating the scores with some randomness built in so we will see how it ends up. Thought I'd share in case anyone else was bored and wanted something to critique.

https://sportsneverstop.com/

Thanks for the great write up BA. That's perfect and better than I had hoped for. Best of luck this season.

I’m looking to change when I bet during the week for this season. But I haven’t paid enough attention in the past to when the lines move and settle each week. So I’m wondering if I have been hurting myself in the past by picking bad times to make my wagers.

For those who grab the opening lines, or bet mid week, or bet last minute, what is your experience with the movement? Are there certain days or times that have the most or least movement? Thanks for any insights. 

I can answer your question about why people left the VT program. Basically this was a delayed reaction to the coaching change from Frank Beamer four years ago. Most programs will see a lot of player turnover within the first year or two of a new coach. But Beamer was and still is a visible and active presence at VT. Plus Fuente knew he was replacing a HOF coach and had to tread carefully to keep the fans happy during the transition. So the hard decisions about bad player fits were delayed until year 3 (2018) once Fuente had enough of his recruits on campus.

The big problem last year was that a lot of defensive talent and leadership that should have been junior or senior starters went to the NFL early and VT was left with a bunch of underweight and inexperienced young players. The transfer portal just made it even more pronounced in getting rid of the last of the Beamer recruits who did not fit the new program. So this year is a big unknown and should be interesting to see just what VT will look like under Fuente.