PC Stellar Big Ten Holiday Cup tournament

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Have dome time to burn, so I’ve started a little project.  All Big Ten treadmill have been created in the PC stellar game (I removed X from IU’s roster and Llewelyn from Michigan).  I’ve placed thd teams in quads and make sure each quad had the same number of teams, UCLA and USC were added since they will be joining the Big.  Each team in each quad will play the other teams in their quads .  Top two teams in each quads advance to the single elimination tourney.

The placement of teams was taken from the teams average NET/Pom/Sagarin rating and placed in a snaked order.

QUAD 1:

UCLA, Maryland, Penn St, Minnesota

QUAD 2:

Purdue, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska

QUAD 3:

Ohio St, Illinois, Michigan St, USC

QUAD 4:

Rutgers, Indiana, Michigan, Northwestern

tiebreakers in quad will be head to head and then point differential.  Today I hope to sim Quads 2 and 4.

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Quad 2 round robin results: (note all games were played on a neutral court)

Purdue 80, Nebraska 67

Wisconsin 94, Iowa 88

Purdue 84, Iowa 73

Wisconsin 57, Nebraska 52

Purdue 74, Wisconsin 60

Iowa 88, Nebraska 81 (OT)

Final records:

Purdue 3-0, Wisconsin 2-1, Iowa 1-2, Nebraska 0-3.  Purdue and Wisconsin advance.

 

Quad 4 round robin:

Rutgers 75, Northwestern 57

Indiana 77, Michigan 66

Michigan 68, Rutgers 54 

Indiana 71, Northwestern 59

Indiana 74, Rutgers 69

Michigan 60, Northwestern 54

Final records:

Indiana 3-0, Michigan 2-1, Rutgers 1-2, Northwestern 0-3.  Indiana and Michigan advance.

Rutgers disappointed.  After getting upset by Michigan, they needed to beat Indiana to stay alive.  IU beat Rutgers on the strength of 19 of 24 free throws, putting them +12 at the line over Rutgers.

IU notes:

TJD put up big numbers, especially on the boards.  Ended up averaging 18 points and 13 rebounds.  Race Thompson, on the other hand was a big disappointment, hitting only 6 of 23 from the field in the three games.  Miller Kopp had very up and down games -- highlight was his 18 point game agains this former Northwestern team in which he scored all of his points in the first half.  

Averages:

TJD 29 mpg, 18 ppg, 13 rpg, 2 apg

Thompson 24 mpg, 6 ppg, 7 rpg, 1 apg

Kopp 28 mpg, 10 ppg, 2 rpg, 2 apg

Galloway 24 mpg, 8 ppg, 4 rpg, 1 apg

JHS 29 mpg, 10 ppg, 4 rpg, 3 apg

Bates 22 mpg, 11 ppg, 3 rpg, 2 apg

Reneaug 18 mpg, 4 ppg, 6 rpg, 1 apg

Geronimo 11 mpg, 2 ppg, 3 rpg

Gunn 6 mpg, 2 ppg

Banks 9 mpg, 3 ppg, 1 rpg

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Quad 1

UCLA 79, Minnesota 60

Penn St 80, Maryland 76

UCLA 81, Penn St 74

Maryland 66, Minnesota 63

Maryland 71, UCLA 66

Penn St 79, Minnesota 64

UCLA 2-1, Penn St 2-1, Maryland 2-1, Minnesota 0-3

UCLA and Penn St advance on tiebreakers.

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Quad 3:

USC 76, Ohio State 74

Illinois 84, Michigan St 61

Ohio St 74, Michigan St 66

Illinois 72, USC 69

Ohio St 71, Illinois 66

USC 73, Michigan St 60

Records:

Illinois 2-1, USC 2-1, Ohio St 2-1, Michigan St 0-3.  Illinois and USC advance on tiebreakers (USC advances by a single point).

 

Single elimination tournament:

Round 1:

UCLA v Michigan

Illinois v Wisconsin

Indiana v Penn St

Purdue v USC

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Round 1 of elimination tourney:

UCLA v Michigan:

Michigan started hot and at one point maintained a 36-20 first half lead.  UCLA cut it to 7 by half and then a second half opening charge helped them beat the Wolverines 82-76.

Illinois v Wisconsin:

For the first 30 minutes or so, Illinois maintained around a 5 point lead, but Wisconsin was the only team hitting in the last three minutes.  Wisconsin 74, Illinois 71.

Indiana v Penn State:

Ugly game.  It's not ften you'll see 44 offensive rebounds between two teams -- including 26 by the Nittany Lions.  Penn State got up 14 more shots but couldn't hit anything, shooting just 23 of 77 from the floor and 9 of 31 from three.  Hoosiers won 69-63, but it was hard to find a player of the game for them.  TJD had 13 points and 13 boards but was just 4 of 11 from the field and 5 of 11 from the line.  Top performance was probably Galloway with 9 points on 4 of 5 shooting and 7 boards.

Purdue v USC

Was never in doubt as the Boilers win 77-59.

Round 2:

UCLA v Wisconsin

Indiana v Purdue

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Round 2 results:

UCLA 80, Wisconsin 58.  Never really a game.

Purdue 87, Indiana 83.  The final score was not indicative as the game really was not that close.  Purdue was up double digits the entire second half and were up 87-77 when IU hit two threes in the final minute, including one at the buzzer.

For the five games IU played:

TJD:  28.2 mpg, 27/53 from the field, 23/34 from the line, 11.6 rebounds, 2 apg, 2.4 blocks, 15.4 ppg

Kopp: 27.8 mpg, 24/47 from the field, 15/33 threes, no free throws, 1.8 rebounds, 1,4 apg, 12.6 ppg

Hood Schifino:  29.8 mpg, 17/39 from the field, 5/15 threes, 11/14 ft, 3.2 rpg, 3.8 apg, 10.0 ppg

Bates:  22 mpg, 18/37 from the field, 8/22 from three, 2/4 ft, 2.6 rebounds, 1.2 apg, 9.2 ppg

Galloway:  27.8 mpg, 15/26 from the field, 7/10 from three, 2/5 ft, 4.4 rpg, 0.8 apg, 7.8 ppg

Thompson:  24 mpg, 12/38 from the field, 4/16 from three, 4/10 ft, 7 rpg, 1.2 apg, 6.4 ppg

Reneau:  17.4 mpg, 10/28 from the field, 3/4 ft, 5.6 rpg, 0.8 apg, 4.6 ppg

Geronimo:  11.8 mpg, 6/15 from the field, 6/8 ft, 3.2 rebounds, 0.2 apg, 3.6 ppg

Banks:  8.8 mpg, 7/11 from the field, 1/1 three, 1/3 ft, 1.2 rpg, 0.6 apg, 3.2 ppg

Gunn:  6.6 mpg, 4/13 frm the field, 0.6 rpg, 0.6 apg, 1.8 ppg

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Championship:

Purdue 75, UCLA 63.

Ugh.