2010 NCAA Top Gun Game A DRAFT Thread

[Radii]

Draft Rules

1) Each participant drafts a team of 6 players.
2) Snake draft done on the forum.
3) You score as many points as each of your drafted players scores in the NCAA tournament.
4) One of your players must be from a team seeded 10th or lower.


Draft Order

1. Chief Rum
2. jbergey22
3. sooner333
4. wade moore
5. Eaglesfan27
6. henry296
7. dacman
8. Radii
9. stevew
10. Karlifornia


If you are unable to be around from 10am-6pm Eastern Time then sending in draft lists are highly recommended! For those who pick within a couple spots of me if you'd rather PM lists to someone else and have them pick for you that's fine, but I assure everyone that I am heavily biased when it comes to who I like and don't like and no one's list has ever come close to changing my own picks

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1.1 Chief Rum - Jon Scheyer, Duke
1.2 jbergey22 - Sherron Collins, Kansas
1.3 sooner333 - Wes Johnson, Syracuse
1.4 wade moore - Evan Turner, OSU
1.5 Eaglesfan27 - Kyle Singler, Duke
1.6 henry296 - John Wall, Kentucky
1.7 dacman Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
1.8 Radii Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia
1.9 stevew Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
1.10 Karlifornia DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky

2.1 Karlifornia Nolan Smith, Duke
2.2 stevew Jacob Pullen, Kansas State
2.3 Radii Denis Clemente, Kansas State
2.4 dacman Xavier Henry, Kansas
2.5 henry296 Austin Freeman, Georgetown
2.6 Eaglesfan27, William Buford, Ohio State
2.7 wade moore, LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor
2.8 sooner333, Tweety Carter, Baylor
2.9 jbergey22, Marcus Morris, Kansas
2.10 Chief Rum, Greivis Vasquez, Maryland

3.1 Chief Rum - Andy Rautins, Syracuse
3.2 jbergey22 - Kevin Jones, West Virginia
3.3 sooner333 - Greg Monroe, Georgetown
3.4 wade moore - Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh
3.5 Eaglesfan27 - Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky
3.6 henry296 - Corey Fisher, Villanova
3.7 dacman - Kris Joseph, Syracuse
3.8 Radii - Trevon Hughes, Wisconsin
3.9 stevew - Darington Hobson, New Mexico
3.10 Karlifornia - James Anderson, Oklahoma State

4.1 Karlifornia - Cole Aldrich, Kansas
4.2 stevew - Aubrey Coleman, Houston (10+ seed)
4.3 Radii - Donald Sloan, Texas A&M
4.4 dacman - Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
4.5 henry296 - Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
4.6 Eaglesfan27 - Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech (10+ seed)
4.7 wade moore - Ryan Wittman, Cornell (10+ seed)
4.8 sooner333 - Randy Culpepper, UTEP (10+ seed)
4.9 jbergey22 - Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
4.10 Chief Rum - Quincy Pondexter, Washington (10+ seed)

5.1 Chief Rum - Jordan Crawford, Xavier
5.2 jbergey22 - Chris Wright, Georgetown
5.3 sooner333 - Ryan Brooks, Temple
5.4 wade moore - Jermaine Beal, Vanderbilt
5.5 Eaglesfan27 - Dairese Gary, New Mexico
5.6 henry296 - Lazar Haywood, Marquette
5.7 dacman - David Lighty, Ohio State
5.8 Radii - Omar Samhan, Saint Mary's (10+ seed)
5.9 stevew - E'Twaun Moore, Purdue
5.10 Karlifornia - Edwin Ubiles, Siena (10+ seed)

6.1 Karlifornia - Gordon Hayward, Butler
6.2 stevew - JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
6.3 Radii - Jon Diebler, Ohio State
6.4 dacman - Isaiah Thomas, Washington (10+ seed)
6.5 henry296 - Kim English, Missouri(10+ seed)
6.6 Eaglesfan27 - Brad Wanamaker, Pittsburgh
6.7 wade moore - Devin Ebanks, West Virginia
6.8 sooner333 - Jimmer Fredette, Brigham Young
6.9 jbergey22 - Lawrence Westbrook, Minnesota (10+ seed)
6.10 Chief Rum - Jon Leuer, Wisconsin

[Radii]

Chief Rum is up! the clock doesn't start until 10am eastern tomorrow, but picks may begin at any time.

[Karlifornia]

Let's rock and roll!

[jbergey22]

My pick is ready as soon as we hear from CR.

[Chief Rum]

lol...of course I got the first pick while I was away.

I'll post a pick in a few short momentos.

[Chief Rum]

Quick question, as I am a top gun newbie. This won't affect this pick, but it could be important for the next one.

I am guessing from a quick scan of the rules, that position is not important. I can pick six point guards if I want, right? And points are all that matters? Thanks.

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Quick question, as I am a top gun newbie. This won't affect this pick, but it could be important for the next one.

I am guessing from a quick scan of the rules, that position is not important. I can pick six point guards if I want, right? And points are all that matters? Thanks.

correct. And 1 player has to be from a team seeded 10 or lower I believe.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

correct. And 1 player has to be from a team seeded 10 or lower I believe.

Yup, no positional requirements, you can take anyone, with the only restriction being one player from a double digit seed.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

correct. And 1 player has to be from a team seeded 10 or lower I believe.

Yup, saw that. I'm probably going to wait a little on that one. Certainly not going to use the first over all pick there.

This one was harder than I thought. Too many choices, lol.

I will take Jon Scheyer, Duke.

I really, really, really wanted to take Evan Daniels. But I just don't think OSU gets past Kansas. I would rather take a slightly lesser player on a team I think will reach the championship game, than the guy I would love to have, but only for four games.

[Chief Rum]

jbergey is up.

[wade moore]

Just FYI - planning on going to UNC for the W&M NIT game, so Wednesday I won't be online - I'll get a list to radii.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Just FYI - planning on going to UNC for the W&M NIT game, so Wednesday I won't be online - I'll get a list to radii.

UNC vs W&M? Awesome. I might actually try to catch that one.

[jbergey22]

Chief. You took my pick that I was sure I would get.

Well lets go with
Sherron Collins, Kansas as plan b

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

Chief. You took my pick that I was sure I would get.

Well lets go with
Sherron Collins, Kansas as plan b

Heh...sorry? :shrug:

Collins was also high on my list.

I would love to go with a Scotty Reynolds, a Pullen, a Daniels, but if you're guess is they will at most play four games, it makes it hard to pick them. Scheyer was almost by default.

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Heh...sorry? :shrug:

Collins was also high on my list.

I would love to go with a Scotty Reynolds, a Pullen, a Daniels, but if you're guess is they will at most play four games, it makes it hard to pick them. Scheyer was almost by default.

Haha,

You must be talking about Evan Turner not Daniels

For some odd reason Duke has an easier road to the final four than Kansas does IMO. That is why I really like your Scheyer pick.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

Haha,

You must be talking about Evan Turner not Daniels

For some odd reason Duke has an easier road to the final four than Kansas does IMO. That is why I really like your Scheyer pick.

Yeah, Turner. Don't know where I got Daniels. Obviously, I haven't watched much B10 basketball. It's usually boring.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

Haha,

You must be talking about Evan Turner not Daniels

For some odd reason Duke has an easier road to the final four than Kansas does IMO. That is why I really like your Scheyer pick.

Oh, and I was thinking about that earlier, where the #2s went, because no way is Ohio State the "worst" #2, which you would expect to match up with the best #1. I think KState is the worst--but you couldn't put KState in the same bracket as KU, especially as a #1 and #2. I could see WVU getting the call over OSU. So that only left OSU vs Nova. I personally think OSU is a better team, but if you make the call that these two teams are right next to each other on the list of eligible teams, it's not really a stretch to suggest that maybe the committee had Nova, from the top top conference, ahead of Ohio State.

[Chief Rum]

Although I guess if you buy that (Nova over OSU), then the committee thinks it seeded Duke "harder" than Kansas. Go figure...

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Although I guess if you buy that (Nova over OSU), then the committee thinks it seeded Duke "harder" than Kansas. Go figure...

Yeah who knows

I had Ohio State #6 and Georgetown a possible #2. People arent talking about Maryland much but they are very tough as well in splitting the ACC regular season championship with Duke and having one of the best players in college basketball. Michigan State has basically the same team back from last years Final Four team as a 5 seed.

5 solid teams in that bracket I see.

[sooner333]

Wes Johnson, Syracuse

[wade moore]

I think this is my first one of this and this may turn out to be a mistake, but...

Evan Turner, OSU

[Chief Rum]

Surprised not to see wade yet. sooner, did you PM wade?

[Eaglesfan27]

Wade picked already, and I woke up late. I'll take:

Kyle Singler, Duke

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Wade picked already, and I woke up late. I'll take:

Kyle Singler, Duke

lol...looks like I'm the one who is behind then.

[Radii]

Butter is skipped for now, its been an hour, henry296 is up, I'm PM'ing him now.

[Radii]

dola, Butter may pick at any time of coruse.

[Eaglesfan27]

I did PM Butter right after I picked.

[henry296]

John Wall, Kentucky

[henry296]

should I bold my picks? If so, I'll edit that one.

[Radii]

yeah bold please

[dacman]

Patrick Patterson - Kentucky

[Radii]

picking momentarily heh, family emergency sorry!

[Radii]

1.9 - Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia

[Radii]

Lists for steve and karl, hooray!


steve: 1.10 - Scottie Reynolds, Villanova

Karl: 1.11 - DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky

Karl: 2.1 - Nolan Smith, Duke

steve: 2.2 - Jacob Pullen, Kansas State

[Radii]

With my pick, 2.3 - Denis Clemente, Kansas State

[dacman]

2.4 - Xavier Henry - Kansas

[henry296]

2.5 Austin Freeman, Georgetown

[Eaglesfan27]

Butter still has another hour before I pick, right? I made a great list of 15 to cover my 2nd round pick and left it on my desk at home.

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Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Butter still has another hour before I pick, right? I made a great list of 15 to cover my 2nd round pick and left it on my desk at home.

yeah he has another hour.

[jbergey22]

Just a suggestion perhaps we should give butter the highest available scorers that are available for him to pick otherwise he is going to be screwed if he misses another pick.

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

Just a suggestion perhaps we should give butter the highest available scorers that are available for him to pick otherwise he is going to be screwed if he misses another pick.

The two highest available scorers are on a 13 seed and a 7 seed. That seems like it would hurt more than letting him take lower scorers on the 1/2 seeds or the top scorer on a 4 seed when he shows up.

I'm assuming he'll be around this evening and will pick. If he doesn't show up tonight and ends up on the clock in the 3rd round during the day tomorrow then we'll just drop him. We've had to drop people that didn't show up on occasion in the past, but Butter participates every year, I assume something just came up.

[Eaglesfan27]

Using my phone. I hope bold works..

[Eaglesfan27]

William Bufford, Ohio State

[Radii]

2.8 - Wade, via list, takes LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor

[wade moore]

2.8 - LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor

[wade moore]

Is there an echo in here? .

[sooner333]

2.9 - Tweety Carter, Baylor

[Radii]

jbergey's up, i see him in the thread

[jbergey22]

2.10 Marcus Morris, Kansas