Tourney Game, Round 5: Uberschuck All But Wraps It Up

by Richard Pittman on Apr 5, 2009 6:22 AM CDT in Basketball Comment 4 comments

Scottie Reynolds scored 17 and Tyler Hansbrough scored 18 last night, with Hansbrough advancing. Here's how things stand:

Me, 563 points, zero players remaining
Uberschuck, 555 points, Tyler Hansbrough remaining
Scott, 552 points, Tyler Hansbrough remaining
Janepriceestrada, 530 points, Tyler Hansbrough remaining
Poseur, 497 points, zero players remaining
LSUJonno, 467 points, zero players remaining

I'm still holding onto first place by a mere 8 points. If I want to hold on to it, I need for Hansbrough to score 8 or fewer points tomorrow night. It ain't gonna happen. Uberschuck is sitting pretty in second place. He can catch me even if Hansbrough has a bad game, and no one behind him can catch him.

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Reynolds

To catch Scott I needed Scottie Reynolds to score 14. He was sitting on 12 when the game was out of reach, then hit 2 free throws, which left us in a tie. Then Reynolds hit a “meaningless” three pointer with about 20 seconds remaining in the game.

I don’t know if Scott was watching and aware of the scoring situation, but if he was, I’d really like to know if someone snapped a photo of his face when Reynolds hit that 3.

by uberschuck on Apr 5, 2009 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I admit I did not watch the game after about 7:00 to go in the first half.

I am so old these days that I just couldn’t stay up for it. Plus, the game didn’t look like it would be contested, and I knew I would just be watching my doom as Hansbrough and Reynolds put up the points. Still, I expect you are to be congratulated soon.

Richard Pittman

by Richard Pittman on Apr 5, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you weren’t battling me, I’d be rooting for you to hold on to the lead, Pittman. Maybe Hansbrough will sprain his ankle in warm-ups.

If I do end up winning this it will be an outlier for our tourney game. Usually this thing is decided by the first two rounds. I was far behind then, and even after the third round too. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

by uberschuck on Apr 5, 2009 6:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This has been the best year for the game..

Here we are at the end of it, and there is still at least some outside chance I could win it. It would take a very unusual occurrence, but it is still at least a little competitive. It never happens this way.

Richard Pittman

by Richard Pittman on Apr 5, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs