Sunday, March 27, 2011

Leuthold Memorial Tournament - Elite Eight, Day One

We're down to six teams, and the number of people who can win this tournament probably isn't much better. I'll try to have that figured out once we're pared down to four, but for now, here are your standings. (Reminder, the order is: total points, points this round, movement since last round and bonuses, if any, still available)


1 Andrew Logan          1158    108           +3
2 Kevin Faigle             1152    108           +5   (Big Loser – Clemson)
3 Brandon Lanquist     1150    96             -2
3 Drew Curth              1150    96             -2
5 Jake Kempf              1148    96             -2
6 Eric Bookmyer         1147    100           -1
7 Matt Fehr                 1140    96             --    (Champ – Kansas, Big Loser – Clemson)
8 Kevin Hunt              1137    90             -3   (Champ – Kansas)
9 Lauren Faine            1130    96             -1
10 John Gray               1126    104           +7   (Champ – UConn)
11 Wells Faine             1122    100           +5
12 Jake Young             1120    96             +2
13 Tony Falk               1119    96             +2
13 Matt Barnes             1119   92              -1
15 John Montgomery   1117    92             -2
16 Matt Rader             1115    84             -5   (Champ – Kansas)
17 Anthony Tynan      1110    96             +4
18 Doug Steiner          1109    68             -9
19 Rachel Hoops         1107    92             --
20 Justin Reichley        1096    80             -2
21 Jeff Fitzwater          1091    76             -2
22 Mallory Myers         1089    76             --
23 Bethany Green       1071    84             +1
24 Anne Seiler             1064    72             -1
25 Todd Schleucher    1028    68             --
26 Ryan Calhoun         977      76             --

Well, it's a day I've expected for awhile now. Andrew Logan has ascended to the top of the standings. I said before the Sweet Sixteen that if the lower seeded teams won, he'd be in good shape, and Butler winning was a big boost. He also had UConn as a 15, adding to the big total.

Kevin Faigle should be feeling good, but only if Kansas isn't winning the Championship. A shot at the Big Loser is very realistic at this point, and here's how it will happen. UNC beats Kentucky, UConn beats UNC, and VCU or Butler beats UConn. That's the only road 75 points that will bring him the title

As for Matt Fehr, UNC over UK, UConn over UNC and Kansas over UConn is the road to the championship.

John Gray has another road, and it has only one path. A UConn championship will give him the tournament title. Also, congrats to him for moving inside the Top 10 for the first time in the tournament.

Kevin Hunt is the only other person who can get a bonus. He also had Kansas winning the championship, and his road to the title most likely runs through the UNC-Kentucky game. I can't say with complete certainty right now, but it looks like if Kentucky wins, Kevin will pass Matt and kill his Big Loser, changing their positions. I need to figure it out still, but Kentucky may need to beat UConn as well to keep Kevin ahead of Matt in that race. (More on this after the Sunday games)

That's all for now!

2 comments:

John Champion Gray said...

My boy Thor is coming up big for me. I'm ready to take this tournament crown. I mean that literally too. I actually want a crown if I win.

Jake Young said...

I'll give you a shot of Crown