Should these be the match-ups for round 2?

[fearless]

If you take the results of those who going on to round 2 in the 128 man tourney and rank them, you get the following (below). Should these be the match-ups for round 2?

64 Robyn v. 1 verbalkint
63 goldengoat v. 2 BigDaddy
62 fiveteamer v 3 sharktank
61 MexicanStallion v 4 Sinister Cat
60 SportsLockPicks v 5 treece
59 madworld v 6 stp
58 Tsoprano v 7 xxx
57 Vesuvius v 8 kingctb27
56 Checkerboard v 9 louisvillekid
55 Casperwaits v 10 SexyMit
54 RiverRaid v 11 blackbart
53 SlickFazzer v 12 l7ustin
52 MartinBlank v 13 andrewaxia
51 kbhirsch v 14 dlew2k
50 rumple v 15 LLXC
49 pat venditto v 16 InTheHole
48 wannabet v 17 Sforz
47 picantel v 18 gm2022
46 brock v 19 yellowdragon
45 cheme82 v 20 Ryangene
44 BestPlay2day v 21 blittydeuce
43 konck v 22 MonkeyF0cker
42 jpowderly v 23 frostno98
41 big joe v 24 oakas
40 1212 v 25 hockeyman30304
39 maniac0201 v 26 Teela
38 thadchr v 27 Dark Horse
37 jayc88 v 28 aguy
36 jillmark v 29 TheJer
35 onofrei_andrei v 30 cabo
34 cavstime09 v 31 jackpot269
33 fearless v 32 pico

[Iwinyourmoney]

Yes, screw random seedings

[fearless]

Yes, screw random seedings

I totally agree even if it means I have to take on pico in the second round. I'm a man of honor.

[fearless]

53 SlickFazzer v 12 l7ustin

Featured match for the ages there.

[treece]

I love it.

[pico]

let's have some spreads for round 2.

[fearless]

58 Tsoprano +1 +100 v 7 xxx - 1 -120

[fearless]

56 Checkerboard Pick -110 v 9 louisvillekid Pick -110

[fearless]

34 cavstime09 -1.5 -110 v 31 jackpot269 +1.5 -110

[fearless]

55 Casperwaits +1 +100 v 10 SexyMit -1 -120

[fearless]

53 SlickFazzer +1.5 +105 v 12 l7ustin -1.5 -115

[Willie Bee]

Should follow the course of the original brackets.

[fearless]

62 fiveteamer +1.5 +100 v 3 sharktank -1.5 -120

[fearless]

Should follow the course of the original brackets.

http://forum.sbrforum.com/handicapping-contests/133117-128-man-bracket.html

[Willie Bee]

Contest should follow the course of the original brackets. Should never change the rules in the 4th inning of a baseball game.

[fearless]

Contest should follow the course of the original brackets. Should never change the rules in the 4th inning of a baseball game.

Sorry, I thought the bracket was made after the first round. Ok, no problem.

[Willie Bee]

My bad, fearless. Didn't realize the brackets were not already decided. Can't say that I like that too much. Brackets should be laid out from start, in my opinion.

[fearless]

My bad, fearless. Didn't realize the brackets were not already decided. Can't say that I like that too much. Brackets should be laid out from start, in my opinion.

Ok, it's up to you guys but obviously there's a lot of people interested in doing it the way I've proposed.

[pico]

http://forum.sbrforum.com/handicappi...n-bracket.html

[diogee]

I am so confused by this that I can't start laughing. Must be bed time.

[fearless]

You really love this idea of monkeys throwing darts at a dart board.

[Iwinyourmoney]

58 Tsoprano +1 +100 v 7 xxx - 1 -120

The line on Tso would get pounded so hard and fast he would be -1.5 within 45 minutes

[fearless]

The line on Tso would get pounded so hard and fast he would be -1.5 within 45 minutes

xxx is awesome. The public would be wrong.

[Iwinyourmoney]

If I could get TSO at +1 +100 I would put down 3k on him, and throw him $500 for the win

[fearless]

If I could get TSO at +1 +100 I would put down 3k on him, and throw him $500 for the win

He just became a -1 -110 favorite.

[Willie Bee]

Ok, it's up to you guys but obviously there's a lot of people interested in doing it the way I've proposed.

Yes, that 2-1 vote in the poll pretty much says it all

[treece]

3-1 now.

[fearless]

Yes, that 2-1 vote in the poll pretty much says it all

3-1 now and iwin likes it and he didn't vote. You're the only one not behind it so far.

[Willie Bee]

It's not that I'm not behind it, fearless. It's that I'm for doing it however the rules stated to begin the contest. If there really is no method to the madness of picking the matchups in this most important contest, then I don't really care one way or the other. Just my opinion that the Round 2 matchups shouldn't be arbitrary or somehow not already known at this point.

[Dark Horse]

There are four brackets. Ideally you would use past tournaments for seeding purposes, instead of a single round. That would give you multiple rounds of past performance.

There is no real advantage for a 9-0 player to play against a low ranked player, especially if that low rank was due only to penalties. (Penalties shouldn't count for seeding purposes after a match is over. They are merely to decide the outcome of the match). Extremes revert towards the mean. If a 9-0 player would end up at 60% over 5 rounds, he could achieve that by going 18-18. The average in round one was 54%, so the group is strong and playing against a 4-6 player is not necessarily an advantage at all.

[fearless]

There are four brackets. Ideally you would use past tournaments for seeding purposes, instead of a single round. That would give you multiple rounds of past performance.

There is no real advantage for a 9-0 player to play against a low ranked player, especially if that low rank was due only to penalties. (Penalties shouldn't count for seeding purposes after a match is over. They are merely to decide the outcome of the match). Extremes revert towards the mean. If a 9-0 player would end up at 60% over 5 rounds, he could achieve that by going 18-18. The average in round one was 54%, so the group is strong and playing against a 4-6 player is not necessarily an advantage at all.

I totally agree with you but we may be asking for far too much from SBR to take old records into consideration.

Will you please vote yes so Willie Bee can see you're behind this?

[fearless]

It's not that I'm not behind it, fearless. It's that I'm for doing it however the rules stated to begin the contest. If there really is no method to the madness of picking the matchups in this most important contest, then I don't really care one way or the other. Just my opinion that the Round 2 matchups shouldn't be arbitrary or somehow not already known at this point.

You know about CrazyLou's answer concerning the bracket, it hasn't been done yet:

http://forum.sbrforum.com/handicapping-contests/133117-128-man-bracket.html

The rules for this contest say nothing about how the second round (or any round) will be seeded:

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[Willie Bee]

Then it should be done however he's been doing it in the past.

[Dark Horse]

One round means nothing, so just throw the names in a hat and let the chips fall where they may. Who cares?

[jackpot269]

what all y'all said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!