2024 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament Including My Prediction Contest

[EvanJ]

Delaware led 70-23 and beat Hampton 80-50.

Wags: Delaware 74, Hampton 59
15 points off on the margin is -45
3 points of on the combined score is -3
Score = 100 - 45 - 3 = 52

Pride97: Delaware 80, Hampton 64
14 points off on the margin is -42
14 points off on the combined score is -14
Score = 100 - 42 - 14 = 44

cactus: Delaware 70, Hampton 59
19 points off on the margin is -57
1 point off on the combined score is -1
Score = 100 - 57 - 1 = 42

Me: Delaware 78, Hampton 68
20 points off on the margin is -60
16 points off on the combined score is -16
Score = 100 - 60 - 16 = 24

The mean was 40.5, and everybody except me scored better than the mean.

Cumulative scores:

Pride97: 340
Me: 336
cactus: 264
Wags: 150 (predicted 3 of 6 games)

I lost my lead.

[EvanJ]

Here are my predictions:

Charleston 80, Monmouth 70
UNCW 72, Towson 67
Drexel 74, Stony Brook 68
Hofstra 74, Delaware 70

[Wags]

Can we use what I listed before the tourney so I don't have missing games?

Monmouth over Campbell by 5
Towson over W&M by 21
Stony Brook over Northeastern by 8
Elon upsets Delaware by 4

[Pride97]

Charleston 88, Monmouth 74
UNCW 68, Towson 62
Drexel 75, Stony Brook 73
Hofstra 81, Delaware 68


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[Wags]

Charleston 92, Monmouth 74 (Hawks make it a game for about 25 minutes but run out of gas against the rested Cougars)
UNCW 71, Towson 63
Drexel 85, Stony Brook 80 (entertaining game and I wanted to go for the all-LI semifinal, but I ultimately couldn't do it)
Hofstra 74, Delaware 67

[EvanJ]

Can we use what I listed before the tourney so I don't have missing games?

Monmouth over Campbell by 5
Towson over W&M by 21
Stony Brook over Northeastern by 8
Elon upsets Delaware by 4

My problem isn't when you predicted. My problem is that you did not predict a score.

cactus did not predict Charleston's 83-59 win over Monmouth. Here are the scores:

Wags: Charleston 92, Monmouth 74
6 points off on the margin is -18
24 points off on the combined points is -24
Score = 100 - 18 - 24 = 58

Me: Charleston 80, Monmouth 70
14 off on the margin is -42
8 off on the combined points is -8
Score = 100 - 42 - 8 = 50

Pride97: Charleston 88, Monmouth 74
10 off on the margin is -30
20 off on the combined points is -20
Score = 100 - 30 - 20 = 50

Cumulative scores:

Pride97: 390
Me: 386
cactus: 264 (predicted 6 of 7 games)
Wags: 208 (predicted 4 of 7 games)

[EvanJ]

cactus did not predict Towson's 66-56 win over UNCW. Here are the scores:

Pride97: UNCW 68, Towson 62
16 points off on the margin is -48
8 points off on the combined score is -8
Score = 100 - 48 - 8 = 44

Me: UNCW 72, Towson 67
15 points off on the margin is -45
17 points off on the combined score is -17
Score = 100 - 45 - 17 = 38

Wags: UNCW 71, Towson 63
18 points off on the margin is -54
12 points off on the combined points is -12
Score = 100 - 54 - 12 = 34

The mean was 38 2/3. The range was only 10. Everybody got the winner wrong.

Cumulative scores:

Pride97: 434
Me: 424
cactus: 264 (predicted 6 of 8 games)
Wags: 242 (predicted 5 of 8 games)

On a per game basis, Wags and cactus will switch. On a points basis, Wags will pass cactus today if cactus does not predict the night games.

54.25, 53, 44, 48.4

[cactus]

Too many upsets! I should have had the night game matchups already picked though. Here are my updated picks:

Semi Finals:
Charleston 77 Towson 71
Hofstra 74 Stonybrook 65

Finals:
Charleston 137 Hofstra 136 (6 OT)

[Pride97]

Charleston 74, Towson 67
Hofstra 78, Stonybrook 68


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[Wags]

Finals:
Charleston 137 Hofstra 136 (6 OT)

How many OTs will this be by Tuesday night?

[EvanJ]

Charleston 83, Monmouth 59
cactus: Charleston 83, Monmouth 75 made before the tournament that I should have included earlier
16 points off on the margin is -48
16 points off on the combined score is -16
Score = 100 - 48 - 16 = 36

Towson 66, UNCW 56
cactus: UNCW 69, Towson 61 made before the tournament that I should have included earlier
18 points off on the margin is -54
8 points off on the combined score is -8
Score = 100 - 54 - 8 = 38
cactus's total for games I should have included earlier is 36 + 38 = 74

Stony Brook 91, Drexel 88

Wags: Drexel 85, Stony Brook 80
8 points off on the margin is -24
14 points off on the combined score is -14
Score = 100 - 24 - 14 = 62

Pride97: Drexel 75, Stony Brook 73
5 points off on the margin is -15
31 points off on the combined score is -31
Score = 100 - 15 - 31 = 54

Me: Drexel 74, Stony Brook 68
9 points off on the margin is -27
37 points points off on the combined score is -37
Score = 100 - 27 - 37 = 36

cactus: Drexel 78, Stony Brook 69
12 points off on the margin is -36
32 points off on the combined score is -32
Score = 100 - 36 - 32 = 32

Hofstra 73, Delaware 58

Pride97: Hofstra 81, Delaware 68
2 points off on the margin is -6
18 points off on the combined score is -18
Score = 100 - 6 - 18 = 76

Wags: Hofstra 74, Delaware 67
8 points off on the margin is -24
10 points off on the combined score is -10
Score = 100 - 24 - 10 = 66

cactus: Hofstra 72, Delaware 68
11 points off on the margin is -33
9 points off on the combined score is -9
Score = 100 - 33 - 9 = 58

Me: Hofstra 74, Delaware 70
11 points off on the margin is -33
13 points off on the margin is -13
Score = 100 - 33 - 13 = 54

Cumulative scores including games I should have given cactus credit for earlier:

Cumulative scores:

Pride97: 564
Me: 514
cactus: 428 (74 points from games I should have scored earlier)
Wags: 370

Here are my predictions:

Charleston 76, Towson 67
Hofstra 74, Stony Brook 68

[EvanJ]

Towson led by 7, but Charleston ended on a 13-1 run to win 61-56.

Pride97: Charleston 74, Towson 67
2 points off on the margin is -6
24 points off on the combined score is -24
Score = 100 - 6 - 24 = 70

cactus: Charleston 77, Towson 71
1 point off on the margin is -3
31 points off on the combined score is -31
Score = 100 - 3 - 31 = 66

Me: Charleston 76, Towson 67
4 points off on the margin is -12
26 points off on the combined score is -26
Score = 100 - 12 - 26 = 62

Wags did not predict. Here are the cumulative scores:

Pride97: 634
Me: 576
cactus: 494
Wags: 370

Pride97's and my predictions will be within 16 of each other, so I will be down at least 42 going into the Final. Pride97's and cactus's predictions will be within 10 of each other, so cactus will be down at least 130 going into the Final. Pride97 wins as long as he predicts the Final and does not make a prediction way off from me.

[cactus]

Charleston 85 Stony Brook 68

[Pride97]

Lost interest but will finish it out

Charleston 85 - Stony Brook 67

Charleston had their scare today - easy win tomorrow


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[EvanJ]

Stony Brook 63, Hofstra 59

Me: Hofstra 74, Stony Brook 68
10 points off on the margin is -30
20 points off on the combined score is -20
Score = 100 - 30 - 20 = 50

Pride97: Hofstra 78, Stony Brook 68
14 points off on the margin is -42
24 points off on the combined score is -24
Score = 100 - 42 - 24 = 34

cactus: Hofstra 74, Stony Brook 65
13 points off on the margin is -39
17 points off on the combined score is -17
Score = 100 - 39 - 17 = 44

Wags did not predict. Here are the cumulative scores:

Pride97: 668
Me: 626
cactus: 538
Wags: 370

I used Pride97's prediction to make my prediction far enough off that I have a chance to win. I predict Charleston 70, Stony Brook 60. I am 42 points behind, and I will gain 46 points on Pride97 if I am exactly right.

[EvanJ]

Charleston won 82-79 in overtime.

cactus: Charleston 85, Stony Brook 68
14 points off on the margin is -42
8 points off on the combined score is -8
Score = 100 - 42 - 8 = 50

Me: Charleston 70, Stony Brook 60
7 points off on the margin is -21
31 points off on the combined score is -31
Score = 100 - 21 - 31 = 48

Pride97: Charleston 85, Stony Brook 67
15 points off on the margin is -45
9 points off on the combined score is -9
Score = 100 - 45 - 9 = 46

Wags did not predict, and the three people who did predict were close together. The final scores are:

Pride97: 714
Me: 674
cactus: 588
Wags: 370

I am inviting all of you to my dad's NCAA Tournament pool. Check the CAA/Other Teams forum.

[Pride97]

Thanks for putting this together Evan!


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[EvanJ]

Your welcome. I did it on CAAZone years ago, and I restarted this year. It does not take long to score.

[cactus]

Yes thank you Evan