Think Different 183: March Madness 2014

[econgator]

2003 (1):
econgator

That was lucky. I just randomly picked a year.

[jjwaymee]

Question 2: Name a team to have earned a #1 seed.

St. Joseph's (3) (SHEEP):
dott888
amorris525
jjwaymee

I should have known that people willing to take on this TD would go for one of the most obscure schools to get a #1 seed...

[publiusjeopardy]

MARCH MADNESS ON PART OF CLUE CREW????

The woman who won Mar. 24's Jeopardy (I didn't get her name but she was playing against Derek to her left) got one of her answers ruled wrong, when she was actually right. In the category of "City Seals" about Deland Florida's seal, I believe, she answered a question about signs used in the city's seal that ended with "representing faith, hope and ____" by responding "love." Alex said that the word for which the heart stood should have been "charity" not "love."

WRONG; the two terms are interchangeable. In many translations of the Bible, the term "love" is used instead of "charity." Charity is a transliteration of one of the Latin words for "love': "caritas." In Catholic discussions of those three "virtues" the phrase used often is "faith, hope and love." At no point did Alex say that King James Version language had to be used, and he had no reason to do so because the category wasn't a "Bible" one where he often does specify that KJV language is necessary.

[Lumosityfan]

Standings after Question 3:

1 (2): Rackme32
T-2 (4):
DadOfTwins
dnbguy
econgator
T-5 (5):
periwinkle
lieph82
jjwaymee
8 (6): tjconn728
9 (7): dott888
T-10 (9):
clprez
chalupabatman7
MarkBarrett
jeff6286
Bamaman
amorris525
16 (10): geolawyerman
17 (11): esrever
T-18 (12):
nestegg
Creed Bratton
UniquePerspective
21 (16): gamawire

So far, the standings are separating as Rackme32 has taken an early lead, but it's still anyone's game! Stay tuned!

[Bamaman]

2003 (1):
econgator

That was lucky. I just randomly picked a year.

So did I, but I was unlucky.

[Lumosityfan]

Question 4: Name a team to win while being #1 in either the AP or Coaches' Poll at the beginning of the tournament.

Correct:

UClA (2):
esrever
Rackme32

Duke (2):
lieph82
Creed Bratton

Florida (5) (SHEEP):
geolawyerman
nestegg
econgator
tjconn728
jjwaymee

Kentucky (2):
dnbguy
jeff6286

Indiana (1):
Bamaman

Wrong without HEDGE:

Connecticut (10 points added to score):
gamawire

Georgetown (10):
periwinkle

Temple (10):
DadOfTwins

Never even won a championship yet.

Michigan (10);
clprez

Louisville (10):
chalupabatman786
amorris525

UNLV (10):
dott888
MarkBarrett

Illinois (10):
UniquePerspective

Correct answers not used:
NC State
Arkansas

[chalupabatman786]

Aren't Louisville the defending champions?

[dnbguy]

Aren't Louisville the defending champions?

They are. However, according to this link, they were ranked #2 in both the AP and Coaches polls, behind Gonzaga.

[amorris525]

Yeah I got confused with the Never even won a championship yet comment.

[lieph82]

I think that was referring specifically to Temple.

[Lumosityfan]

Standings after Question 4:

1 (4): Rackme32
2 (6): dnbguy
3 (7): lieph82
4 (9): econgator
T-5 (10):
jjwaymee
Bamaman
T-7 (11):
tjconn728
jeff6286
9 (13): esrever
T10 (14):
DadOfTwins
Creed Bratton
T-12 (15):
periwinkle
geolawyerman
T-14 (17):
dott888
nestegg
T-16 (19):
clprez
chalupabatman786
MarkBarrett
amorris525
20 (22): UniquePerspective
21 (26): gamawire

Rackme32 maintains an early lead at the quarter, but just like in Jeopardy!, the third-place player at the start of Double Jeopardy! can and often do win the game from behind! Stay tuned!

[Bamaman]

Comment deleted due to scoring issue being fixed.

Thanks!!!!!

[clprez]

I hope it's a good sign that all of my Michigan/Michigan State guesses have been singletons, as they were most of my team guesses and I guessed years to which they were appropriate.

So far the only non-Michigan guess I've done so far was a sheep.

[DadofTwins]

Misread the Temple question. Though it was looking for a team entering the tournament #1, not just eventual champions.

[lieph82]

Misread the Temple question. Though it was looking for a team entering the tournament #1, not just eventual champions.

Yeah, that was how the question was originally stated.

[Lumosityfan]

Question #5: Name any team to have the ignoble distinction of having its wins vacated.

Correct:

Minnesota (1):
DadOfTwins

USC (2)
Rackme32
dnbguy

Memphis (2):
nestegg
amorris525

Michigan (3)(SHEEP):
dott888
jeff6286
chalupabatman786

Kentucky (2):
Creed Bratton
UniquePerspective

DROP (1):
econgator

Massachusetts (1):
tjconn728

Ohio State (1):
MarkBarrett

Villanova (1):
Bamaman

Wrong with HEDGE (3 points given):

North Carolina:
geolawyerman

Wrong without HEDGE (6 points given):

Duke:
gamawire

NC State:
esrever

Tennessee:
periwinkle

Miami:
lieph82

2008:
clprez

The team you were thinking of is Memphis, which vacated 38 wins from the 2008 title game team coached by John Calipari.

UNlV:
jjwaymee

Correct answers not used:
Alabama
Arizona
Arizona
Arizona State
Austin Peay
California
Clemson
Connecticut
DePaul
Florida
FIU
Florida State
Fresno State
Georgia
Georgia Southern
IUPUI
Iona
Long Beach State
Louisiana Lafayette
Loyola Marymount

and much, much more. See "List of vacated and forfeited games in college basketball" for more information.

[Lumosityfan]

Standings after Question 5:

1 (6): Rackme32
2 (8): dnbguy
3 (9): econgator
4 (11): Bamaman
5 (12): tjconn728
6 (13): lieph82
7 (14): jeff6286
8 (15): DadOfTwins
T-9 (16):
jjwaymee
Creed Bratton
11 (18): geolawyerman
T-12 (19):
esrever
nestegg
T-14 (20):
dott888
MarkBarrett
T-16 (21):
periwinkle
amorris525
18 (22):
chalupabatman786
19 (24): UniquePerspective
20 (25): clprez
21 (32): gamawire

Rackme32 continues to hold the lead; however, the top 15 is still very competitive, so who knows? Stay tuned!

[MarkBarrett]

I was okay no matter which way my Ohio St./USC coin landed. I don't expect as much luck on the scoring average guy.

[Lumosityfan]

Question 6( Name a team to win the title and finish a season undefeated.

We see a big sheep for this question, but this time it's not too surprising. Take a look:

Correct:

UCLA (8) (Big SHEEP):
esrever
periwinkle
geolawyerman
Rackme32
dott888
amorris525
tjconn728
MarkBarrett

Indiana (5):
DadOfTwins
nestegg
clprez
Creed Bratton
econgator

North Carolina (1):
dnbguy

San Francisco (2):
chalupabatman786
Bamaman

DROP (2):
jjwaymee
jeff6286

Wrong (16 points):

Connecticut:
gamawire

UNLV:
lieph82
UniquePerspective

Ooh, came so close: UNLV fell to Duke in the 1991 Final Four after its now-famous 34-0 undefeated run.

Correct answers not used:
None! (Great job!)

[Lumosityfan]

Standings after Question 6:

1 (9): dnbguy
2 (13): Bamaman
T-3 (14):
Rackme32
econgator
jeff6286
6 (16): jjwaymee
T-7 (20):
tjconn728
DadOfTwins
9 (21): Creed Bratton
T-10 (24):
nestegg
chalupabatman786
12 (26): geolawyerman
13 (27): esrever
T-14 (28):
dott888
MarkBarrett
T-16 (29):
periwinkle
amorris525
lieph82
19 (30): clprez
20 (40): UniquePerspective
21 (48): gamawire

Thanks to a sheep performance by Rackme32, dnbguy has taken the lead; however, still plenty of time left until final results! Stay tuned!