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Maryland wins! Only 371 Days until the 2003 Finals!
Thanks to everyone that participated in the 2002 Hoopville Tournament Challenge.
Congratulations to the following winners:
1st Place: $100 Gift Certificate to Foot Locker
Mandell Wooden - 1140 Total Points, 152 for the tiebreak (actual: 116)
2nd Place: $50 Gift Certificate to Papa John's Pizza
Nick Trapani - 1140 Points, 178 for the tiebreak (actual: 116)
3rd Place: 1-Year Subscription to Gear Magazine
Alex Turell - 1060 Points
4th Place: Free Passes to the Desert Botanical Garden
Kevin Koski - 1040 Points
5th Place: Copy of Adam Shandler's "Coaching Ira"
MeezanQ - 1030 Points
Hoopville will not be retiring for this offseason. Stay tuned for the following feature
coverage:
April: Conference Wrap-Ups
May: Spotlight on Recruiting
June: Profiling the NBA-bound College Players
July: Summer basketball camps
August: Summer basketball tours
September: Coaching Changes
October: Conference Previews
November: It all starts again!
We look forward to seeing you this offseason, as well as for next year's 2003 Tournament
Challenge. Remember that Hoopville is your source for year-round College Basketball
coverage!
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| Part I of our Hoopville Final Four Round Table has been posted. this is what happens when you get six staff writers together in a room with too much basketball and not enough pizza. But don't tell Papa John's (one of our Challenge sponsors). |
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Well, isn't this fun? Answer: Not really. This season's tournament has demonstrated how tumultuous the bracket can be. Here are some nuggets:
48% of entrants still have their champion in it. Though many of you took a hit when Duke fell Thursday night, 1-seeds Kansas and Maryland are still in it.
Other selections were Oregon, Oklahoma, and UConn.
Remember that Possible Points are the name of the game. The leader now may have had Duke winning it all. Points go up as the bracket continues, so those final picks will make or break everyone. Now if Kent State wins it all, all bets are off.
In case anyone is interested, I'm currently ranked 583,696th in ESPN's pool. I'll take my chances with Hoopville.
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Well the games are underway! Three games have started already - Kent State vs. Oklahoma State, Kentucky vs. Valparaiso, and Missouri vs. Miami.
Also here is a breakdown of the Numbers. Below is a list of the teams selected to be National Champion by the Hoopville Challenge participants:
Team (Seed) - Percentage
Duke (1) - 37%
Maryland (1) - 24%
Kansas (1) - 18%
Cincinnati (1) - 6%
Arizona (3) - 4%
Oklahoma (2) - 4%
Alabama (2) - 1%
Connecticut (2) - 1%
Oregon (2) - 1%
Mississippi State (3) - 1%
USC (4) - 1%
Florida (5) - 1%
Wisconsin (8) - 1%
Georgia and Pittsburgh were the highest seeds remaining that weren't picked (both are 3-seeds).
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