Here are the much-anticipated results of the 2015 All-A Boys Basketball tournament contest. Much-anticipated because I forgot to tabulate them.

 

The maximum possible score in the contest was 27 points - 8 opening-round games at 1 point each, 4 quarterfinal games at 2 points each, 2 semifinal games at 3 points each, and 5 points for the championship game.

 

We had no perfect scores in this year's contest, We did have one score of 26. Congratulations to sealedpower on his near-papa...sorry, I meant near-perfect score.

 

There is no prize awarded to the winner of this contest - simply the pride of ownership and satisfaction of defeating the likes of Randy Parker, Lawnboy13, polarbear98 and LCDAWGS19. In other words, the Washington Generals of BGP. Even if you can'r score one of those sweet BGP hoodies, that alone should keep you warm and snuggly tonight.

 

Here are the scores for this year's All-A tournament contest.

 

sealedpower 26

crimsonfan 25

smallhoops 25

Sweet16 25

NEERFAN 25

The Professor 24

Purplepride92 23

JokersWild24 23

dmh115 23

zeppelinboy 22

BIG BLACK JACK 22

LCDAWGS19 22

stinkyboyII 22

sportsfanatic1 22

KYBleacherButt 22

Lawnboy13 21

deacon jim 21

gold sunrise 21

All State Baseball 20

silo11 20

foremanwc 20

kygirl 20

mspencer63 20

rhaggard 19

2-3-Zone 18

Billy Hoyle 16

16thBBallFan 16

polarbear98 15

Rebelstat 15

Rez 12

afi100guy 12

MNCM 9

 

Again, congratulations to sealedpower on the victory. That and a dollar will get you a bag of popped perfection at the Fieldhouse tomorrow night!

By the numbers:

 

None of the 32 contestants got all 8 opening-round games correct. The following contestants got 7 of 8:

 

Lawnboy13

PurplePride92

deacon jim

gold sunrise

JokersWild24

rhaggard

sealedpower

dmh115

By the numbers:

 

The following contestants correctly picked the Final 4 of Lexington Christian, NewCath, Owen County and Monroe County:

 

LCDAWGS19

smallhoops

The Professor

PurplePride92

crimsonfan

JokersWild24

Sweet16

sealedpower

NEERFAN

dmh115

KYBleacherButt

By the numbers:

 

None of the 32 contestants picked opening=round upsets of Shawnee over Lexington Christian or Hancock County over NewCath.

By the numbers:

 

The opening-round game missed by most contestants was Danville over Williamsburg. Only three contestants correctly picked Danville:

 

PurplePride92

JokersWild24

rhaggard

By the numbers:

 

At first glance, 22 points seems like a very good score. Further analysis (in other words, a quick glance at the scores) reveals that more contestants posted a score of 22 than any other score. In that respect, the scores of members such as zepp...Randy Parker and LCDAWGS19 were average, ho-hum, and decidedly unremarkable.

By the numbers:

 

27 of the 32 contestants correctly picked NewCath to cut down the nets.

 

The 5 other picks - 2 for LCA, 2 for Williamsburg, and 1 for Owen County.

By the numbers:

 

Scores per the three measures of central tendency that you get in lesson 1 of elementary statistics class:

 

Mode - 22

Median - 21

Mean - 20.19

Great job of breaking it all down for us.:thumb:

Finally, by the numbers:

 

Although pathetic by most standards in the contest, the contestant who came closest to guessing the total number of points scores in the championship game (NewCath 78 Monroe County 36; 114 points scored) was, with a prediction of 115 (insert drum roll here)...

 

 

 

:banana::banana::banana::banana:polarbear98:banana::banana::banana::banana:

 

Popcorn and a soft drink of your choice on me next time.

And sealedpower, if you happen to be at The Fieldhouse for a game any time soon; pizza/hotdog, popcorn and drink on ol' papa.

By the numbers:

 

At first glance, 22 points seems like a very good score. Further analysis (in other words, a quick glance at the scores) reveals that more contestants posted a score of 22 than any other score. In that respect, the scores of members such as zepp...Randy Parker and LCDAWGS19 were average, ho-hum, and decidedly unremarkable.[/QUOTE]

 

 

My ex-wife says the same thing.