Simulated 2020 Tournaments

[proelitedota]

Boxscore:

http://imgur.com/a/KHqnZK4

Jack is Back!

[Bluedog]

An overtime Sweet 16 win over Villanova would have been sweet!

It looks like the NY post has the following as its Elite Eight:

East: #3 Duke v #4 Maryland (note, this simulation had #16 Winthrop beating #1 Dayton and then making the Sweet 16)
South: #3 Seton Hall v. #4 Louisville
Midwest: #3 Michigan St. v. #12 East Tennessee St.
West: #2 SDSU v. #4 Oregon

We make the championship game but lose to Seton Hall in this simulation...97-84 and Seton Hall knocks down 18 (!) 3-pointers.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/22/march-madness-2020-simulation-seton-hall-beats-duke-to-win-it-all/amp/

[dukelifer]

Boxscore:

http://imgur.com/a/KHqnZK4

Jack is Back!

He was impressive. Javin also played very well. Really worried about Tre. Needs to play better.

[fuse]

Would love to understand why the simulations think Duke would have a hard time with Hofstra.

The single simulation elimination by scaachoops had Duke losing to Hofstra in the first round. 🤔

[dukelifer]

Would love to understand why the simulations think Duke would have a hard time with Hofstra.

The single simulation elimination by scaachoops had Duke losing to Hofstra in the first round. 🤔

Experienced big guard, dominant team- teams like that did give Duke some trouble.

[Truth&Justise]

FiveThirtyEight's simulation was not kind to Duke (or just really loves 11-seeds): it has Duke losing in the second round to 11-seed East Tennessee State.

Interestingly, this particular simulation has three 11-seeds in the Sweet 16 (E. Tenn St., NC St., and Indiana).

FiveThirtyEight is revealing its simulation one round at a time, but excuse me if my interest in it wanes now.

[Truth&Justise]

Boxscore:

http://imgur.com/a/KHqnZK4

Jack is Back!

Javin DeLaurier played a brilliant nine minutes, hitting 2 of 5 from three point range and only fouling once. Why didn't the Javin get a chance to fire away in real life???

Also, there is some chatter on Reddit (where this particular video game simulation is being run) on the accuracy of the roster. Because there aren't any great NCAA video games currently out, they're using a game from 2008 with manually updated rosters. Duke's updated roster either is missing Justin Robinson, or the player designated "Wendell Moore" is actually Justin Robinson, and the roster is missing the real Wendell Moore. Unclear which is happening, will see if it gets addressed before Duke's virtual matchup with Iowa.

[Truth&Justise]

A number of different sites are doing simulated 2020 NCAA tournaments. Some will be done by video games. And some others will be done by vote. But most are being done by computer simulation. We've got nothing else going on, so why not discuss some of these?

Checking back on one flavor of the simulated tournament: fan voting. A couple of blogs and newspapers across the country are supporting a simulated tournament on tylt, which is open for voting to determine who advances.

As is evident, there's a flaw in this system--it's merely a popularity contest. And lo and behold, every top seed in the tournament made the sweet 16 except for one. Care to guess who that only top seed to be upset is? With 68% of the fan vote, #10 Rutgers defeated #2 Duke in the second round.

And this is why fan voting is much less compelling or fun than other types of simulation.

[dukelifer]

Duke WVa live on YouTube

[proelitedota]

Duke WVa live on YouTube

AOC shooting too much.

[dukelifer]

AOC shooting too much.

Duke turning the ball over and WVa getting all the calls. Crazy

[proelitedota]

We need to value the ball more. Too many TOs. Bench Tre.

[dukelifer]

Duke turning the ball over and WVa getting all the calls. Crazy

10 turnovers- killing Duke

[dukelifer]

We need to value the ball more. Too many TOs. Bench Tre.

Gonna be tired. No halftime to rest

[dukelifer]

Not looking good

[proelitedota]

Vernon showboating while down 10.

[dukelifer]

Vernon showboating while down 10.

I don’t recognize this team

[dukelifer]

I don’t recognize this team

This game is over

[proelitedota]

This game is over

Delaurier will save us. We just tossing the ball.

[proelitedota]

Huge 3 by Javin keeping us in the game.