W2BTD & Archer's NCAA Tournament Simulation (NCAA Basketball 2010)

[Warner2BruceTD]

Here's how this works....

Once the brackets are announced, Archer & I will furiously attempt to play out all 64 tournament games, completing each round on Mon-Wed before the actual round takes place in real life, on the lagfest known as NCAA '10 online. Results, stats, comments, random musings, complaints, and Archer's excuses for losing every game will be posted in this thread.

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The Settings:

Game: EA Sports NCAA Basketball 2010
Console: PS3
Ranked/Unranked: Ranked. Might as well pad my record.
Half Length: 10 minutes. "Simulation" might be a strong word. Get ready for those 23-20 barnburners.
Level: All Conf.
Lag: Lots of it. It's NCAA '10, plus Archer lives in Sherwood Forest or some shit.
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The Rules:

-We will alternate using the higher seed in each game.
-I will use Georgetown & Texas A&M regardless of alteranting seeds. Archer will use Marquette regardless of alternating seeds.
-I refuse to use Duke. All you, Archer.
-I'm pretty sure we both refuse to use Notre Dame. Whoever draws Notre Dame gets a bye into the second round. Fuck off, Mike Brey, everyone hates you.
-Disconnection in second half results in the team leading getting the win. Disconnection in the first half results in a replay, or just making up a score and advancing whoever we feel like it, because this shit is going to take forever.
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Where else can you find a transplanted New Jersey guido living in Texas, and a mysterious British guy who lives in the chatbox, playing a laggy video game until 4AM every night, for no other reason than...well, for no real reason?

Check in and let us know you are following.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Quick score recap, to be updated as games are completed. Detailed game breakdowns can be found in the thread:

Opening Round
Arkansas Pine-Bluff (W2BTD) 38, Winthrop (Archer) 36

Midwest
#1 Kansas (Archer) 50, #16 Lehigh (W2BTD) 32
#9 Northern Iowa (Archer) 38, #8 UNLV (W2BTD) 32
#5 Michigan St (Archer) 35, #12 New Mexico St (W2BTD) 32
#4 Maryland (W2BTD) 47, #13 Houston (Archer) 46
#6 Tennessee (Archer) 18, #11 San Diego St (W2BTD) 9
#14 Ohio (Archer) 31, #3 Georgetown (W2BTD) 29
#7 Oklahoma St (Archer) 42, #10 Georgia Tech (W2BTD) 39
#2 Ohio St (W2BTD) 43, #15 UCSB (Archer) 25

West
#1 Syracuse (W2BTD) 59, #16 Vermont (Archer) 54 - 2OT
#9 Florida St (W2BTD) 37, #8 Gonzaga (Archer) 32
#12 UTEP (Archer) 61, #5 Butler (W2BTD) 31
#4 Vanderbilt (Archer) 31, #13 Murray St (W2BTD) 25
#11 Minnesota (Archer) 39, #6 Xavier (W2BTD) 33

 

[Point Blank]

You guys have too much time on your hands...lol. Good luck though.

opcorn:

 

[Argath]

will watch






but only if that bloody cunt archer updates his dynasty

 

[Mogriffjr]

this sounds promising.

 

[Esjay]

following this definitely

 

[Archer]

The intro had me laughing

I'm willing to bet right now that I will have the superior record in these matchups :shifty:

EDIT: I don't mind using ND but I refuse to start and use Gody

 

[Proof21]

Looking forward to this...will a #16 upset a #1? I think so.

 

[Archer]

We will be playing the play-in game first then starting on the mid-west

I will get an editable bracket done in a bit​

 

[Woy]

Raise some of the RMU player ratings.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Raise some of the RMU player ratings.

FYI, I beat Archer's Robert Morris using Princeton last night.
You better hope I draw RMU, or it's one and done.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Opening Round Game - Arkansas Pine-Bluff (W2BTD) vs. Winthrop (Archer)

38

36
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It was over when...-Winthrop missed a 3 at the buzzer.

Key Stat- PG Trevor Calvin scored 16 out of 38 Arkansas Pine-Bluff points

Up next- Arkansas Pine-Bluff moves on to Round 1, where Duke awaits. W2BTD despises Duke, so he will once again be at the helm of the Golden Lions.

Stars of the Game
Arkansas Pine-Bluff: Trevor Calvin, 16 pts-4 stl
Winthrop: Charles Corbin, 10 pts-10 reb

 

[Krebs]

you guys know im reading this shit

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Midwest Round 1 - #1 Kansas (Archer) vs. #16 Lehigh (W2BTD)

50

32

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It was over when... - Archer made the daring move to bench struggling C Cole Aldrich. A 24-20 halftime game ended up being a rout.

Key stat - Kansas out rebounded Lehigh 24-12.

W2BTD says... - Closer than the final score. I chose to double both Aldrich & Sherron Collins, and it worked to some degree on Aldrich, but Collins still killed me. Once he built a double digit lead, I had about as much of a chance as dave at an over 40's mixer.

Stars of the Game
Kansas: Sherron Collins - 22 points, 4 assists
Lehigh: Marquis Hall - 12 points

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Midwest Round 1 - #8 UNLV (W2BTD) vs. #9 Northern Iowa (Archer)

38

32

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It was over when...Northern Iowa took a 7-6 lead, and never trailed again.

Key stat - UNLV was 3-10 from the FT line, and 35% from the field. Disgusting.

W2BTD says...I don't know if it was by design, but Archer's strategy of fouling my big men inside was brilliant. Game wasnt really close, a furious late rally made the score look respectable.

Stars of the Game
Northern Iowa: Adam Koch - 4 points, 11 rebounds (hey, I dont pick this shit, blame EA)
UNLV: Trevor Willis - 10 points, 3 reb, 2 assists (bullshit, this guy was terrible and I benched him for long stretches)

 

[Bmore]

This has potential.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Midwest Round 1 - #5 Michigan St (Archer) vs. #12 New Mexico St (W2BTD)

35

32

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It was over when...Up 3, 10 seconds left, Michigan St made a steal, but stepped out of bounds. NMSU missed the ensuing 3, and immediately fouled. Michigan St got called for 5 seconds on the inbound, giving NMSU life. So with 1.3 seconds left, Gordo Castillo (who came off the bench with 2 minutes to go and hit a key 3) missed the 3 at the buzzer, giving Michigan St the win.

W2BTD says...If you think this was a tough loss, keep reading...

Stars of the Game
Michigan St: Kalin Lucas - 22 points
New Mexico St - Hamidu Rahman - 11 points, 7 rebounds

 

[Woy]

Liking this so far.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Midwest Round 1 - #4 Maryland (W2BTD) vs. #13 Houston (Archer)

47

46
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It was over when...Maryland dribbled out the final 1.2 second before Houston could foul.

Key stat - Houston's 11-3 rally to close the game was just a little too late.

W2BTD says...Switching Vasquez to SG in the second half was me trying to get a little too cute. I struggled offensively and let Archer back in the game. I didn't know who Kelvin Lewis was before the game, but I do now...

Stars of the Game
Maryland: Eric Hayes - 17 points
Houston: Kelvin Lewis - 30 points

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Midwest Round 1 - #6 Tennessee (Archer) vs. #11 San Diego St (W2BTD

18

9

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It was over when...the game disconnected in the first half. Nice servers, EA.

W2BTD says...We have 58 games left. Sorry San Diego St, i'm not replaying this shit. You were going to lose anyway.

Stars of the Game
Tennessee - Wade Chism scored 20 points. He was that good.
San Diego St - None. Awful team, totally killed my rythum, leading to the subsequent score you are about to read (and laugh) about.