BlueCat
Roses are red, cats are blue
- Dec 14, 2009
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It was intended to be the top 32 scores for teams that left NCA with a paid bid. (either got one that weekend or already had one.)
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I think you are underestimating the volatility of most of the divisions lately. I'd bet if you had done a full-on NCAA Bracket type of contest for NCA, you would probably would have had more than few people with at least 1 or 2 of: CA Wildcats, CA Cheetahs, and SOT Medium Coed as #1 seeds going into the weekend. Yet all of 3 of those teams finished out of the top 20 scores. For that matter, I doubt many outside of Plano would have put CA Panthers higher than a 3-4 seed, but they ended up with the highest score. (There are other examples, but I am more familiar with those teams.) I think that all but maybe 2 divisions are pretty hard to predict.
<<MATH ALERT>> I do think that at Worlds there is a downward pressure on scores in closely-contested divisions. Perhaps we only include divisions that do not have a clear favorite?
I think you are underestimating the volatility of most of the divisions lately. I'd bet if you had done a full-on NCAA Bracket type of contest for NCA, you would probably would have had more than few people with at least 1 or 2 of: CA Wildcats, CA Cheetahs, and SOT Medium Coed as #1 seeds going into the weekend. Yet all of 3 of those teams finished out of the top 20 scores. For that matter, I doubt many outside of Plano would have put CA Panthers higher than a 3-4 seed, but they ended up with the highest score. (There are other examples, but I am more familiar with those teams.) I think that all but maybe 2 divisions are pretty hard to predict.
<<MATH ALERT>> I do think that at Worlds there is a downward pressure on scores in closely-contested divisions. Perhaps we only include divisions that do not have a clear favorite?
You have a point. However, I was throwing all of those teams together into one bracket without regard for division.
Brainstorm ideas:
Have a normal prediction contest 1-5 (or 1-10), but REVERSE the scoring. (More points for getting #5 right than #1.)
Have a two-bracket contest using final scores, one with all the paids & one with all of the at larges. Maybe the overall winner is handicapped somehow?
Have play-in rounds, and/or don't seed 1 vs 16. (put more similar teams against each other earlier.)
You have a point. However, I was throwing all of those teams together into one bracket without regard for division.
Brainstorm ideas:
Have a normal prediction contest 1-5 (or 1-10), but REVERSE the scoring. (More points for getting #5 right than #1.)
Have a two-bracket contest using final scores, one with all the paids & one with all of the at larges. Maybe the overall winner is handicapped somehow?
Have play-in rounds, and/or don't seed 1 vs 16. (put more similar teams against each other earlier.)