Realizing I have a lot of projects going on already, and also realizing that I have a lot of down time at work usually, I have decided to take the suggestion that I gave to stlee and do a 2011 ncaa basketball replay using what-if sports.

I have chosen 128 teams. Basically how I'm setting this up is I'm using the top 8 conferences based on conference RPI at the end of the 2011-2012 season. Each conference will have 16 teams, split into 2 divisions of 8. The 8 conferences that will be used are: Big Ten, Big East, Big Twelve, SEC, Mountain West, ACC, Atlantic Ten, and Pac Twelve. To start I figured out how many teams combined were in those 8 conferences last year, and found there were 96 teams. That means I needed 32 more teams. For the most part, I took the top 32 teams based on the final RPI of the 2011-2012 seasons that weren't in any of those 8 conferences. However, there was such a strong presence on the east coast that I was short of west coast and mountain west teams. So I made some changes. Some deserving teams got left out, and I placed some teams in that wouldn't have been in otherwise. I aligned the conferences the best I could with what I had to work with. I am now splitting the conferences into divisions, which I will be doing totally random with a dice roller, and I will announce those tomorrow.

I have also set up how I am going to play out this season. I am treating it as a full regular season, split into several parts.

1. Each team will play 7 non-conference games, 1 game each against a team from another conference This will also be done totally random with a dice roller.

2. Each team will play 7 games, one each against conference opponents in the other division.

3. Each team will play a home and home series against the other 7 teams in their division.

Now by my count, this will give every team 28 games overall, and 21 conference games.

Then we will get into postseason, which I will cover as we get later into the regular season. We will have conference tournaments, a 64 team NCAA tournament, and a 32 team NIT tournament. This means 32 teams will not see postseason action.

Any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to comment.

For those that are worried about the interactive dynasty.. that is something I do at home, so doing this ncaa replay will NOT affect the progres of the interactive dynasty.

I will have more info tomorrow, hope you all enjoy.

For 2), wouldn't you want 8 games against teams in the other conference of the same division?

Cool! I'll look forward to seeing how your season replay shakes out!

Sounds pretty cool. Looking forward to seeing the results.

britrock, you are correct. There should be 8 conference games against the other division, bringing the total to 22 conference games and 29 games overall.

For the non-conference, I am turning them all into series.. ACC/Big East and so on. The first 7 weeks of the season will see 4 non-conference series each week, which will be hosted at neutral sites. I don't have my paperwork in front of me, but each conference will have a chance to host 3 or 4 of these series. All of these games will be played at neutral sites. Sounds confusing, and I will be able to explain it better when I get things set up.

What I am looking for are suggestions of locations for each conference host. For example, when the ACC hosts a non-conference series against the Big East, where could we hold the series? I am taking suggestions, because figuring out locations isn't my strong point.

ACC/Big East in... Washington? Charlotte?

What are the other series combos?

Big East/ACC in DC.
Pac12/Big 10 in South Dakota or Montana
SEC/Big 12 in St. Louis

Here are the conferences and divisions with teams. Now granted, this isn't going to be as fancy as stlees football dynasty. In fact its going to be pretty simplified.

Big Ten

Division 1- Michigan St., Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Penn St., Butler
Division 2- Ohio St., Purdue, Northwestern, Iowa, Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Murray St., Illinois St.

Big East

Division 1- Marquette, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Cincinnati, UConn, Rutgers, St. Johns, Providence
Division 2- Syracuse, South Florida, Louisville, West Virginia, Seton Hall, Pittsburgh, Villanova, DePaul

Big 12

Division 1- Missouri, Baylor, Iowa St., Kansas St., Texas Tech, Wichita St., Creighton, Ohio
Division 2- Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma St., Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Oral Roberts, Marshall, Akron

SEC

Division 1- Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Southern Miss
Division 2- Kentucky, Mississippi St., Ole Miss, LSU, Arkansas, Memphis, Middle Tennessee St., Central Florida

Mountain West

Division 1- San Diego St., UNLV, Colorado St., TCU, BYU, Denver, Weber St., New Mexico St.
Division 2- New Mexico, Wyoming, Boise St., Air Force, Nevada, Montana, South Dakota St., Lamar

ACC

Division 1- Duke, Florida St., Virginia, N.C. State, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Belmont
Division 2- North Carolina, Miami, Clemson, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Loyola-Maryland, Drexel, Harvard

Atlantic Ten

Division 1- St. Louis, Xavier, St. Bonaventure, UMass, Duquesne, Charlotte, George Washington, George Mason
Division 2- Temple, Lasalle, Dayton, St. Joes, Richmond, Rhode Island, Fordham, VCU

Pac 12

Division 1- California, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Arizona St., Utah, USC, Long Beach St.
Division 2- Washington, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon St., Washington St., Gonzaga, St. Marys, Loyola Marymount

As for the confrence matchups, every conference will play ever other conference once through the first 7 weeks. I won't go over all the matchups now, but the week 1 matchups will be as follows:

Big East vs. Big Ten
Big 12 vs. Pac 12
SEC vs. A-Ten
MWC vs. ACC

BE/Big Ten - Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
XII/PAC - Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas
SEC/A10 - Cincinnati, Richmond, Charlotte, Nashville
MWC/ACC - St. Louis, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Memphis

A couple more notes as I get ready to jump into this thing..

First, I will be using some of the same ideas that stlee used for his college football scenario. I will be previewing the best games of the week, and will be giving a top 25 poll for every week that I will decide myself. I won't have any awards or players of the week, since whatifsports doesn't seem to keep the sim box scores for very long. I also won't have the graphics that stlee uses, simply because I don't have the time or the knowledge of how to do stuff like that. Pretty much what you'll get out of me is a lot of text. Boring I know, but hopefully I can spice it up enough to attract some followers.

With that being said, lets get to the preseason top 25 poll for the 2011-2012 season. This is taken from the actual preseason top 25 AP poll for the 2011-2012 season.

#1- North Carolina
#2- Kentucky
#3- Ohio St.
#4- UConn
#5- Syracuse
#6- Duke
#7- Vanderbilt
#8- Florida
#9- Louisville
#10- Pittsburgh
#11- Memphis
#12- Baylor
#13- Kansas
#14- Xavier
#15- Wisconsin
#16- Arizona
#17- UCLA
#18- Michigan
#19- Alabama
#20- Texas A&M
#21- Cincinnati
#22- Marquette
#23- Gonzaga
#24- California
#25- Missouri

Also, to decide the matchups for all the conference vs. conference matchups, I did it the old fashioned way, I simply got 8 sacks (1 for each conference), and drew names out of the sack. There are some interesting matchups for week 1 that we will preview.

Week 1 Preview

The conference vs. conference matchups are as follows:

Big East vs. Big Ten, Big 12 vs. Pac 12, SEC vs. Atlantic Ten, MWC vs. ACC. For each, there should be some exciting matchups, and lets take a look at some now.

Big East vs. Big Ten Series

Feature Game: #5 Syracuse vs. #15 Wisconsin - Any time you have 2 top 15programs facing each other, you have to consider it a key matchup.

West Virginia vs. Butler - This would be a key matchup even if Butler wasn't now in the Big Ten. With a couple final four runs recently, and West Virginia always a threat, look for this one to be good.

Georgetown vs. Michigan St. - 2 programs with a heap of tradition face off. Neither team is ranked, but don't be surprised if we see both teams in the top 25 somewhere throughout the season.

Big 12 vs. Pac 12 Series

Feature Game: #20 Texas A&M vs. Washington - There were no matchups between ranked teams in this conference series, but Washington received quite a few votes in the actual preseason poll, and it looks to be by far the best matchup in this series.

Creighton vs. #17 UCLA - Never count out Creighton, who has a history of knocking off ranked teams. Creighton is a team that is usually ranked themselves.

SEC vs. A-Ten Series

Feature Game: #2 Kentucky vs. #14 Xavier - Xavier is the only A-Ten team that is ranked, and well, we all know what Kentucky can do.

#19 Alabama vs. George Mason - George Mason has final four experience, and Alabama is coming off an NIT runner-up performance.

MWC vs. ACC Series

Feature Game: San Diego St. vs. #6 Duke - This is by far the weakest conference vs. conference series in the first week, as there could be a lot of mismatches. However, San Diego St. is coached by a legend in Steve Fisher, and well, for Duke, Coach K is one of the best in the game. If nothing else, this is a great coaching matchup.

UNLV vs. Florida St. - This should be the second best game in this conference series. We all know about UNLV's tradition, and Florida St. was just a few votes away from being in the top 25.

Alright guys, thats it for tonight. While I'm in a down period at work tomorrow, I will start simming these series.. hopefully will have week 1 all simmed and posted by the end of the weekend.

If anybody has any suggestions, please let me know. Or if there is something somebody wants to see. Like stlee, I won't be surprised if I change up the format on this before I'm done.

Thanks for the compliment on my graphics, but I'm going simple.

Mostly I'm just using Excel and posting a screen shot, if you're talking about the weekly standings. I quit using this site's attachment feature because pics won't show up for me unless I'm signed in. So I started uploading pics to photobucket and then linking the pictures here.

So I've quickly figured out that I can't wait to post until after I've simmed all the games on whatifsports. Best I can figure is whatifsports only holds your previous 3 sims... so this will not be the best write-up, as I won't be able to tell you much about the games. I will do better in the future.

The Big East/Big Ten Challenge took place at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Let's run through some scores, with the winning team of each game in bold.

Providence- 81 vs. Iowa- 77

Seton Hall- 62 vs. Penn St.- 66

#9 Louisville- 83 vs. Northern Iowa- 81 (OT)

Notre Dame- 74 vs. Indiana- 69

South Florida- 41 vs. Minnesota- 70

#21 Cincinnati- 67 vs. Illinois- 45

St. Johns- 45 vs. Nebraska- 61

West Virginia- 88 vs. Butler- 85 (OT)

Rutgers- 62 vs. #3 Ohio St.- 92

#10 Pitt- 56 vs. Northwestern- 66

Villanova- 57 vs. Illinois St.- 64

DePaul- 74 vs. #18 Michigan- 80

#4 UConn- 57 vs. Murray St.- 60 -- Big upset here

#22 Marquette- 75 vs. Purdue- 79 (OT)

Georgetown- 67 vs. Michigan St.- 74

Feature Game

#5 Syracuse- 51 vs. #15 Wisconsin- 66 -- Fab Melo was held to just points for Syracuse and Jordan Taylor led all scorers with 18 for Wisconsin, as the Badgers rolled in this one.

Big East/Big Ten Wrap-Up

I expected this to be the most exciting conference series of the first week, and it was. 3 OT games, 8 games decided by less than 10 points, and 2 key upsets that are sure to shuffle the rankings next week. Murray St. pulled the upset of the series, and Northern Iowa darn near had one as well. We can only hope that the rest of the week is just as exciting.

Final tally: Big Ten won 11 games, Big East won 5

For week 1 only, I am just going to post the scores and a recap of the feature game for the other 3 conference series. Starting in week 2 I will start to change it up a bit. I am still dabbling with the idea of having awards, but I have a feeling my brain is going to be taxed enough deciding on a top 25 after every week. Lots of ideas running through my head on how to make this better, but none of them will probably be implemented as I'm a simple kind of guy.

I am still taking any suggestions or comments

The Big 12/Pac 12 Challenge will be hosted at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Let's get to the scores..

Wichita St.- 69 vs. Arizona St. - 57

Ohio- 79 vs. #24 California- 75 (OT)

Kansas St.- 73 vs. Loyola Marymount- 82

Iowa St.- 89 vs. St. Marys- 90

Akron- 77 vs. Oregon St.- 73

#13 Kansas- 61 vs. USC- 48

Oral Roberts- 72 vs. Colorado- 83

Texas- 73 vs. Long Beach St.- 64

#12 Baylor- 60 vs. Washington St.- 44

Creighton- 84 vs. #17 UCLA- 75

Oklahoma St.- 61 vs. #16 Arizona- 62

Texas Tech- 64 vs. Stanford- 62

#25 Missouri- 68 vs. Oregon- 60

Marshall- 50 vs. #23 Gonzaga- 73

Oklahoma- 62 vs. Utah- 55

Feature Game

#20 Texas A&M- 65 vs. Washington- 77 - Aziz N'Diaye had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Washington in the win.

Big 12/Pac 12 Wrap-Up

This conference series turned out to be a pretty good one as well, with 2 OT games and a lot of close games. A couple upsets. Gonzaga dominated their game. Bit of a shock to see Kansas St. lose to Loyola Marymount. Overall a pretty good series, with Wichita St. and Creighton both proving they can handle being in the Big 12.

Final Tally: Big 12 won the series 10 to 6

Honestly guys, with a lack of time to truly work on this (except for the couple hours of down time I have at work every so often), and so many weeks to get through, I am strongly considering having my week 1 format be my format for the whole replay. I realize there isn't a lot of statistical information or game recaps going on, and I may attempt this again, but I feel that short and sweet works better for me at this point. I will still preview the weeks biggest games and have a small recap on them, but other than that, I probably won't have a lot of recapping going on.

I will, however, have game recaps when we get to the postseason (once I figure out what I'm going to do about that). I do hope you all are enjoying.

I have made a couple changes and realignments to the conference. First off, I simply can't find Central Florida in the whatifsports sim dynasty, so they are out. Taking their place is Davidson. Davidson joins the ACC, and Belmont moves from the ACC to the SEC.

The SEC/A-Ten Challenge took place in the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ.

LSU- 69 vs. Charlotte- 59

#8 Florida- 73 vs. Fordham- 46

Auburn- 65 vs. Rhode Island- 64

Georgia- 62 vs. Lasalle- 51

Belmont- 89 vs. St. Bonaventure- 65

#19 Alabama- 62 vs. George Mason- 70

Tennessee- 62 vs. St. Josephs- 71

Southern Miss- 67 vs. UMass- 57

Arkansas- 75 vs. Duquesne- 60

South Carolina- 61 vs. George Washington- 42

#11 Memphis- 65 vs. Richmond- 66

#7 Vanderbilt- 58 vs. Dayton- 67

Middle Tennessee St.- 72 vs. VCU- 71

Ole Miss- 59 vs. Temple- 64

Mississippi St.- 67 vs. St. Louis- 64

Feature Game

#2 Kentucky- 70 vs. #14 Xavier- 68 -- Kentucky relied on 6 players for most of the game, and Terrence Jones led the way with 20 points. Tu Holloway missed a buzzer beat for Xavier that would have sent the game into OT.

SEC/A-Ten Wrap-Up

For the most part, the SEC dominated this series. The A-Tens only ranked team lost, albeit against a team that should be competing for a national championship. Of the 5 ranked SEC teams, 3 of them lost, continuing a disturbing trend for ranked teams in this weeks action. Not a surprise that George Mason beat Alabama, but I am surprised that Vanderbilt and Memphis were upset.

Final Tally: SEC wins 11 to 5

The MWC/ACC Challenge took place in Greensboro, NC at the Greensboro Coliseum.

TCU- 68 vs. Miami- 77

UNLV- 68 vs. Florida St.- 60

Nevada- 68 vs. #1 North Carolina- 78

South Dakota St.- 67 vs. Loyola-Maryland- 68

BYU- 70 vs. Drexel- 60

Denver- 73 vs. Davidson- 82

Lamar- 69 vs. Virginia- 46

New Mexico- 68 vs. Harvard- 57

Wyoming- 68 vs. Maryland- 51

Boise St.- 41 vs. Georgia Tech- 59

Colorado St.- 71 vs. Clemson- 62

Air Force- 75 vs. N.C. State- 66

New Mexico St.- 64 vs. Wake Forest- 55

Weber St.- 99 vs. Virginia Tech- 97 (2 OT)

Montana- 65 vs. Boston College- 59

Feature Game

San Diego St.- 83 vs. #6 Duke- 87 (OT) -- Unfortunately I forgot to sim this game last, so I don't have any key stats or anything for it, but I can tell you it was a great game.

MWC/ACC Wrap-Up

Gotta tell you, I'm shocked by this one. Obviously the MWC is a stronger conference overall than the ACC. Granted, had the matchups been different, it might have been a different story, but I certainly didn't see Lamar beating Virginia by 23 points, nor did I see Weber St. beating VA Tech. The only team in the MWC that really looked overmatched was Boise St. Look out for the MWC, this may be the surprise conference.

Final Tally: MWC wins 10 to 6

If anybody has any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them. I will be starting on week 2 today, trying to rush through it and get it done by the weekend. I will have top 25 and week 2 preview later. After week 2, I will figure out how to get a screenshot for my top 25 rankings and the overall conference standings.

Still hope you all are enjoying, as I'm having a blast with it so far.

Here is the top 25 as we begin week 2 of this long season:

#1- North Carolina
#2- Kentucky
#3- Ohio St.
#4- Duke
#5- Florida
#6- Louisville
#7- UConn
#8- Syracuse
#9- Baylor
#10- Kansas
#11- Wisconsin
#12- Vanderbilt
#13- Memphis
#14- Pittsburgh
#15- Arizona
#16- Xavier
#17- Michigan
#18- Cincinnati
#19- Gonzaga
#20- UCLA
#21- Missouri
#22- Alabama
#23- Texas A&M
#24- Michigan St.
#25- Washington

Others Receiving Votes:

Temple
Creighton
Texas
Purdue
Belmont
UNLV
George Mason
West Virginia
St. Marys
New Mexico

Starting with week 3 I am going to figure out how to post screenshots of the top 25, so at the very least it will look a little neater. I will do the same thing with the standings. Maybe stlee can walk me through how he does it from Microsoft Excel?

Week 2 Preview

Big 12/SEC Challenge

There are 4 top 25 games in this challenge:

#23 Texas A&M vs. #13 Memphis -- Both teams are coming off a loss, and if A&M loses this game, they can say bye bye to the top 25.

#21 Missouri vs. #12 Vanderbilt -- Missouri is coming off a win, Vandy a loss.

#9 Baylor vs. #22 Alabama -- Alabama would love to get past their loss to George Mason, winning this game would be a huge step.

#10 Kansas vs. #5 Florida -- A top 10 matchup that both teams want. Both teams had easy games in week 1.

Big Ten/A-Ten Challenge

#24 Michigan St. vs. Temple -- Michigan St. broke into the top 25 this week, while Temple narrowly missed it. The roles could be reversed if Temple wins this game.

Murray St. vs. Richmond -- Both teams pulled upsets in week 1, with Murray beating UConn and Richmond beating Memphis. This is a good draw for both teams.

Pac 12/ACC Challenge

Stanford vs. Harvard -- OK so basketball wise, this may not be a great matchup. Harvard is improving and Stanford isn't what they once were, so it could be a more even matchup. Academically, Stanford has always been called the "Harvard of the West", so this matchup is intriguing for that alone.

Loyola Marymount vs. Davidson -- I threw this matchup in there because as far as I can tell, its the only matchup between 1-0 teams.

The matchups for the Big East/MWC challenge have not been drawn yet, so I will have a separate preview for that later.

This challenge is taking place from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA:

#23 Texas A&M- 58 vs. #13 Memphis- 78 -- Will Barton scored 23 points and Memphis led by as many as 27 in a game that wasn't even close.

Oral Roberts- 73 vs. Auburn- 64

Marshall- 67 vs. Georgia- 53

Akron- 77 vs. South Carolina- 59

Texas Tech- 62 vs. Mississippi St.- 72

Iowa St.- 71 vs. Arkansas- 62

Ohio- 55 vs. LSU- 66

Creighton- 73 vs. Southern Miss- 81 -- Doug McDermott's 24 points for Creighton weren't enough, as they really were dominated this game.

Wichita St.- 54 vs. Ole Miss- 60

Texas- 71 vs. Tennessee- 63

#21 Missouri- 67 vs. #12 Vanderbilt- 74 -- 3 players had double doubles in this game: For Missouri, Ricardo Ratliffe had 14 points, 15 boards. For Vandy, Jeffrey Taylor had 20 points, 10 boards, and Lance Goulbourne had 10 points, 10 boards.

#9 Baylor- 57 vs. #22 Alabama- 65 -- JaMychal Green led Alabama to the victory with 21 points and 12 boards.

Oklahoma St.- 50 vs. #2 Kentucky- 67

#10 Kansas- 64 vs. #5 Florida- 63 -- Bradley Beal missed a jumper from the right wing at the buzzer that would have won the game for the Gators.

Kansas St.- 79 vs. Middle Tennessee St.- 70

Oklahoma- 71 vs. Belmont- 83

Big 12/SEC Wrap-Up

This has been by far the closest series so far. No major surprises as far as I'm concerned. All the top 25 games could have went either way, but I'm not too surprised to see Texas A&M get blown out. They are struggling. Always sad to see my Wichita St. Shockers lose, but good to see Kansas St. win. Definitely Kansas/Florida was the game of the challenge. Kentucky was dominate, as expected.

Final Tally: SEC wins, barely. 9 to 7

My boys are 2-0! Woot woot!

The Big Ten/A-Ten Challenge will be hosted by Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Minnesota- 75 vs. St. Josephs- 67

Penn St.- 54 vs. UMass- 68

Purdue- 59 vs. VCU- 65

Murray St.- 67 vs. Richmond- 62 -- Isaiah Canaan led all scorers with 21 in this one.

Butler- 54 vs. Duquesne- 71

Iowa- 71 vs. St. Bonaventure- 62

Illinois- 57 vs. George Washington- 69

Indiana- 69 vs. #16 Xavier- 64

#3 Ohio St.- 76 vs. St. Louis- 66

Illinois St.- 54 vs. George Mason- 46

#17 Michigan- 64 vs. Charlotte- 66 -- DeMario Mayfield hits a jumper at the buzzer to pull the upset for Charlotte.

Northern Iowa- 72 vs. LaSalle- 60

Northwestern- 76 vs. Rhode Island- 67 -- John Shurna had 25 on 10 of 16 shooting for Northwestern.

#24 Michigan St.- 62 vs. Temple- 68 -- The Owls finished the game on a 9-3 run and were led by a double double from Micheal Eric: 11 points, 13 boards.

Nebraska- 51 vs. Dayton- 66

#11 Wisconsin- 59 vs. Fordham- 45

Big Ten/A-Ten Wrap-Up

Didn't expect Butler to lose by 17 to Duquesne, and didn't expect Michigan to lose either. Poor Xavier loses another heartbreaker, and might be the best 0-2 team in the country. On the other hand, Murray St. might be the most underrated 2-0 team in the country.

Final Tally: Big Ten wins, 9 to 7

This Pac 12/ACC Challenge will be held at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, NC.

Oregon- 66 vs. Clemson- 61

#20 UCLA- 79 vs. Florida St.- 68

Colorado- 77 vs. Wake Forest- 74 (OT) -- Wake had a chance to win in regulation but Daniel Green had a jumper from the elbow blocked.

California- 67 vs. #4 Duke- 75

St. Marys- 71 vs. Maryland- 52

Long Beach St.- 75 vs. Miami- 66 -- Casper Ware had 24 points and was 6 of 9 from three point land.

#25 Washington- 58 vs. Loyola-Maryland- 54 -- Washington came back from a 13 point halftime deficit.

#15 Arizona- 73 vs. Drexel- 69

Stanford- 64 vs. Harvard- 70 -- I guess Harvard is still top dog, apparently not just for academics.

Utah- 53 vs. N.C. State- 76

Arizona St.- 53 vs. #1 North Carolina- 68

Washington St.- 58 vs. Virginia- 77

#19 Gonzaga- 76 vs. Boston College- 49

USC- 44 vs. Virginia Tech- 66

Loyola Marymount- 73 vs. Davidson- 76 -- A fantastic game, as Davidson made a couple big free throws late to seal the victory.

Oregon St.- 90 vs. Georgia Tech- 81 (OT) -- Jason Morris hit a three pointer at the buzzer to extend the game for Georgia Tech, but Oregon St. dominated the OT.

Pac 12/ACC Wrap-Up

The Pac 12 dominated the first few games of this series, as all the ranked teams took care of business on both sides. 2 OT games made for an exciting series. How about Virginia, who overcame that smashing against Lamar to do the same to a pretty darn good Washington St. team. Unbelievable, but that's why you play the game.

Final Tally: Another 9 to 7 finish, as the Pac 12 holds on

The only key game in my opinion is #7 UConn vs. San Diego St. The Aztecs are expected to make a deep run in the postseason, but lost to Duke in week 1. They have the talent to beat UConn though.

The Big East/MWC Challenge takes place at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. Here are the results:

#7 UConn- 73 vs. San Diego St.- 49 -- Ouch! So much for the idea of an Aztec upset. UConn used balanced scoring to win this one, as 5 players had 8 or more points, and 3 were in double figures.

DePaul- 57 vs. Weber St.- 63

Notre Dame- 72 vs. New Mexico St.- 69

#18 Cincinnati- 51 vs. Lamar- 64 -- Big upset here as Lamar outscored the Bearcats 36-16 in the second half. Mike James led Lamar with 21 points.

Georgetown- 75 vs. Montana- 66

St. Johns- 48 vs. BYU- 67

Rutgers- 70 vs. Wyoming- 56

West Virginia- 65 vs. Air Force- 72

South Florida- 51 vs.Colorado St.- 63

#6 Louisville- 70 vs. Boise St.- 74 -- Another big upset as Boise St. ended the game on an 11-3 run.

Providence- 67 vs. New Mexico- 71

Marquette- 70 vs. TCU- 55

Seton Hall- 58 vs. UNLV- 70

#14 Pittsburgh- 69 vs. Denver- 77 -- The upsets keep on coming. Denver shot a whopping 58.3% from the field! Hard to beat teams that shoot like that.

Villanova- 67 vs. Nevada- 65

#8 Syracuse- 72 vs. South Dakota St.- 68

Big East/MWC Wrap-Up

Raise your hand if you predicted Denver to beat Pitt, Lamar to beat Cincinnati, and Boise St. to beat Louisville. If you have your hand raised then you are either a fibber, or have a crystal ball handy. But thats not even the most shocking thing to me. The team that I expected to pull an upset, San Diego St., lost by 24! The beauty of whatifsports, you never know whats gonna happen. I think stlee can agree with me there. Truth be told, theres a reason the Mountain West Conference, as a whole, is in this project. They were one of the top 8 conferences in the 2011-2012 season, and they are proving it.

Final Tally: MWC wins again, this time 9 to 7. All 4 conference challenges ended up 9 to 7 this week. Impressive.

Well I won't be able to post screenshots of the top 25 until this weekend, so I am going to go ahead and do the week 3 top 25 by just typing it again. So here is the top 25 for the beginning of week 3.

#1- N. Carolina
#2- Kentucky
#3- Ohio St.
#4- Duke
#5- UConn
#6- Kansas
#7- Florida
#8- Syracuse
#9- Wisconsin
#10- Louisville
#11- Vanderbilt
#12- Memphis
#13- Arizona
#14- Baylor
#15- Gonzaga
#16- UCLA
#17- Alabama
#18- Michigan
#19- Washington
#20- Temple
#21- Texas
#22- Missouri
#23- Cincinnati
#24- UNLV
#25- New Mexico

Others Receiving Votes:

Belmont
St. Marys
Minnesota
Murray St.
Southern Miss
Air Force
Notre Dame
Lamar
Dayton
Colorado

ACC/Big East Challenge

Davidson vs. #5 UConn- The Huskies dismantled what was expected to be a solid San Diego St. team last week. This week they get a Davidson team that, while still undefeated, hasn't played a top opponent in their 2 games. It'll be interesting to see how they do against a top 5 team.

#4 Duke vs. Pitt- Pitt was ranked in the top 10 to start the season, but 2 losses have them out of the polls now. A win here against Duke would be a great way to get back on track.

A-Ten/Pac 12 Challenge

#20 Temple vs. California- Temple enters the rankings this week, and has a chance to prove themselves against a team that fell out of the top 25 last week.

Dayton vs. #15 Gonzaga- A great mid-major game if I've ever seen one, even if Gonzaga is in the Pac 12 for this replay. Dayton has been impressive in their 2 games so far, and Gonzaga is always tough.

SEC/Big Ten Challenge

Belmont vs. #3 Ohio St.- The Buckeyes have been very impressive so far, but Belmont is right on the cusp of being ranked. A win here will no doubt have them ranked.

MWC/Big 12 Challenge

#25 New Mexico vs. #22 Missouri- A chance for New Mexico to prove they are a top 25 team, they will be facing a Missouri team that lost to Vandy last week. This is the only game between top 25 teams this week.

The site for this challenge will be none other than Madison Square Garden in New York, also the site of the Big East Conference Tournament.

Loyola-Maryland - 71 vs.DePaul- 73 (OT)

#1 North Carolina- 71 vs. Marquette- 64 -- The Tarheels trailed by 14at halftime and outscored Marquette 41-20 in the second half.

Boston College- 54 vs. #23 Cincinnati- 68

Florida St.- 77 vs. West Virginia- 65

Clemson-57 vs. Rutgers- 63

Harvard- 73 vs. Georgetown- 51

Georgia Tech- 50 vs. Notre Dame- 72

Miami- 48 vs. #10 Louisville- 65

#4 Duke- 91 vs. Pittsburgh- 86 -- Pitt proved to be a tough opponent but Seth Curry helped Duke to the win with 19 points.

Virginia Tech- 54 vs.South Florida- 59

Davidson- 64 vs. #5 UConn- 58 -- We have our first upset of the week, and not really a surprising one in my opinion. Davidson held UConn to just 36.7% shooting.

N.C. State- 64 vs. St. Johns- 67

Maryland- 75 vs. Villanova- 81

Wake Forest- 58 vs.Seton Hall- 69

Drexel- 77 vs. Providence- 64

Virginia- 61 vs. #8 Syracuse- 71

ACC/Big East Wrap-Up

No real surprises in this challenge, I figured Davidson would have a good chance to beat UConn and they did. North Carolina was tested, which I also expected. Davidson surely will be getting votes now.

Final Tally: Big East 10 to 6

This challenge will again be hosted at the Staples Center in Los Angeles (for the sole reason that I am having a hard time coming up with another location to use right now.) Here are the results:

Fordham- 54 vs. Loyola Marymount- 67

George Mason- 45 vs. Colorado- 67

UMass- 76 vs. Arizona St.- 71 (OT) -- The Sun Devils managed just 2 points in overtime.

Dayton- 71 vs. #15 Gonzaga- 69 -- A classic game as Matt Kavanaugh hit a jumper at the buzzer to give Dayton the upset victory.

Rhode Island- 60 vs. Long Beach St.- 83

#20 Temple- 73 vs. California- 67 -- The Golden Bears continue to slide as Khalif Wyatt led Temple with 17 points tonight.

Xavier- 50 vs. Oregon- 78

St. Louis- 81 vs. #16 UCLA- 72 -- Brian Conklin scored 25 points as St. Louis upset the Bruins.

St. Bonaventure- 71 vs. Utah- 57

Charlotte- 78 vs. USC- 55

Duquesne- 84 vs. #13 Arizona- 87 (OT) -- Jesse Perry had 29 points and 10 boards for Arizona, who survived a furious rally from Duquesne to send the game to OT.

VCU- 61 vs. #19 Washington- 82 -- Tony Wroten had a game for Washington: 11 of 13 from the field, 1-1 from behind the arc, but just 3-8 from the line, finishing with 26 points.

St. Josephs- 67 vs. Washington St.- 63

George Washington- 64 vs. Stanford- 45

Richmond- 73 vs. St. Marys- 64

LaSalle- 54 vs. Oregon St.- 67

A-Ten/Pac 12 Wrap-Up

Definitely some surprises tonight, as the A-Ten proved they are a force to be reckoned with. Sure didn't see GW beating a good Stanford team by 19, nor did I expect Charlotte to beat USC by 23. Nor did I see Oregon beating Xavier by 28. Lot of surprises in this challenge.

Final Tally: A-Ten wins 9 to 7

The SEC/Big Ten Challenge took place in The Palace of Auburn Hills from Detroit, MI. Here are the results:

LSU- 64 vs. Butler- 62

#2 Kentucky- 60 vs. Illinois- 62 -- Huge upset let by Brandon Paul who had 13 points and 8 assists for the Illini.

Tennessee- 69 vs. Illinois St.- 49

#12 Memphis- 63 vs. Michigan St.- 73 -- Draymond Green had 22 points as the Spartans get a big win.

South Carolina- 58 vs. #18 Michigan- 62

Georgia- 56 vs. #9 Wisconsin- 61

Ole Miss- 60 vs. Murray St.- 72

Mid. Tenn. St.- 70 vs. Nebraska- 56

Southern Miss- 69 vs. Northern Iowa- 75

Mississippi St.- 60 vs. Northwestern- 69

Arkansas- 68 vs. Minnesota- 63

Auburn- 24 vs. Indiana- 70 -- Yes you read that score right. Auburn could only manage 12 points in each half and shot 20.4% for the game in a dismal performance.

Belmont- 85 vs. #3 Ohio St.- 76 -- Belmont led 45-22 at halftime and Ohio St. just couldn't recover.

#17 Alabama- 58 vs. Iowa- 68

#11 Vanderbilt- 55 vs. Penn St.- 50

#7 Florida- 78 vs. Purdue- 73

SEC/Big Ten Wrap-Up

2 of the top 3 teams in the nation lose in this challenge. I'm not real surprised Belmont knocked off Ohio St., but I didn't see Kentucky losing as they were stacked last season. Give credit where credit is due though, Illinois did what they had to do. Other than that, no major upsets. Iowa beating Alabama is a bit of a surprise but not unexpected.

Final Tally: Big Ten wins 9 to 7

The location for the MWC/Big 12 Challenge is one that I have personally picked myself. Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS will host this challenge (being from Wichita I had to get this arena in at least once.) Here are the results.

Air Force- 69 vs. Texas A&M- 55

Boise St.- 47 vs. Ohio- 54

Weber St.- 93 vs. Oklahoma- 68 -- Weber St. led 55-30 at halftime. Damian Lillard had 26 points and Scott Bamforth had 22 to lead Weber.

#25 New Mexico- 62 vs. #22 Missouri- 74 -- Phil Pressey led the Tigers with 15 points and 5 assists.

BYU- 83 vs. #6 Kansas- 92 (OT) -- Kansas outscored BYU 19-10 in a high scoring 5 extra minutes.

Colorado St.- 48 vs. #14 Baylor- 61

Denver- 69 vs. Texas Tech- 72

San Diego St.- 61 vs. Oklahoma St.- 65

Montana- 58 vs. Creighton- 75

New Mexico St.- 74 vs. Wichita St.- 72 -- Darn it, my Shockers lost again.

#24 UNLV- 77 vs. Iowa St.- 67

TCU- 78 vs. Oral Roberts- 69

Wyoming- 64 vs. Kansas St.- 71

Nevada- 67 vs. Marshall- 64

Lamar- 65 vs. Akron- 81

South Dakota St.- 71 vs. #21 Texas- 72

MWC/Big 12 Wrap-Up

Not a lot to talk about in this one, no major upsets or anything, a lot of close games. New Mexicos loss will surely see them out of the polls. That Kansas-BYU game was pretty impressive. A 19-10 overtime period. Talk about putting it into 5th gear.

Final Tally: Big 12 wins 10 to 6

Thanks to stlee, I think I finally figured out how to at least get my top 25 into a screenshot to post on here. In the future, I will be adding more stuff to the top 25 screenshot, this is pretty basic. Mainly I kept it simple as a test to see if it worked. So without further adieu, here is the top 25 as we begin week 4 (I hope):

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q647/sportsfanmas/top25week4_zpsf9d365e5.png

I'll be darned, it worked! Thanks very much to stlee for getting me the info i needed. Now I will begin to work on week 4. As for the standings, I will probably wait until after non-conference play to post the first set of standings.

There are a few games involving top 25 teams that we will be keeping an eye on this week. Here are all the key matchups for Week 4.

A-Ten/MWC Challenge

Dayton vs. Air Force -- Both these teams are receiving votes in the polls, and the winner has a good chance to be in the top 25 next week.

Pac 12/SEC Challenge

#14 Washington vs. #5 Kentucky -- Washington is undefeated on the young season, while Kentucky is coming off a loss to Illinois. Gotta figure Kentucky is gonna be looking to bounce back in a big way.

#11 Arizona vs. #23 Belmont -- Belmont is a surprise team right now, coming off a huge win against Ohio St. Beating Arizona would be just as huge.

Big East vs. Big 12

#21 Cincinnati vs. #12 Baylor -- Both teams need this game equally. Whoever loses could find themselves out of the top 25.

#9 Louisville vs. #19 Missouri -- Same thing applies for this game, as the loser will be 2-2 and could be out of the top 25.

ACC vs. Big Ten

#1 North Carolina vs. #7 Ohio St. -- This is a bounce back game for the Buckeyes who were pretty much hammered by Belmont last week. It's not gonna be easy though, as the Heels are playing great basketball.

Once again, this challenge is taking place at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. (I'm horrible at thinking of different sites for these challenges.)

Richmond- 64 vs. TCU- 62 -- Cedrick Lindsay hit one at the buzzer to give Richmond the win.

George Mason- 68 vs. San Diego St.- 67 -- Andre Cornelius gives the A-Ten their second straight buzzer beater victory in this challenge.

#16 Temple- 83 vs. New Mexico St.- 71

UMass- 77 vs. BYU- 68

Charlotte- 65 vs. Nevada- 56

Xavier- 79 vs. Boise St.- 72

St. Louis- 73 vs. Wyoming- 76

Rhode Island- 75 vs. Colorado St.- 77 (OT)

Fordham- 64 vs. Denver- 66 -- (OT) -- Denver trailed by 15 at the 13 minute mark of the second half, great comeback.

St. Bonaventure- 57 vs. Weber St.- 69

St. Joes- 77 vs. Lamar- 65

George Washington- 64 vs. Montana- 75

Dayton- 73 vs. Air Force- 63 -- Luke Fabrizius led the way in this battle of the unbeatens, he had 17 points in 15 minutes.

VCU- 49 vs. New Mexico- 59

Duquesne- 98 vs. #22 UNLV- 90 (OT) -- B.J. Monteiro scored 25 and Eric Evans scored 23 to lead Duquesne to the upset victory.

Lasalle- 63 vs. South Dakota St.- 79

A-Ten/MWC Wrap-Up

So after playing Arizona to OT last week, this week Duquesne gets the upset. Other than that, not much to say. Gotta think these are the 2 weakest conferences, with just 2 ranked teams between them.. well after the UNLV loss, there will be 1 ranked team between these 2 conferences next week.

Final Tally: A-Ten wins 9 to 7

This challenge takes place in the Mercedes Benz Superdome (formerly Louisiana Superdome) in New Orleans, LA. Here are the results:

Washington St.- 50 vs. Ole Miss- 68

Loyola Marymount- 75 vs. Tennessee- 72

Utah- 59 vs. South Carolina- 65

UCLA- 58 vs. #10 Vanderbilt- 59 -- John Jenkins led Vandy with 21 points.

#14 Washington- 67 vs. #5 Kentucky- 73 -- Kentucky wins a hard fought battle. Anthony Davis pulled down 16 boards to lead the Wildcats.

Oregon St.- 75 vs. Auburn- 65

Oregon- 72 vs. LSU- 71

USC- 37 vs. #20 Memphis- 64

St. Marys- 70 vs. #6 Florida- 79

Colorado- 53 vs. Middle Tennessee St.- 64

California- 65 vs. Arkansas- 63 -- Robert Thurman scored just 2 points for Arkansas, but those 2 points came on a buzzer beater to win the game.

Stanford- 68 vs. Mississippi St.- 73

#11 Arizona- 72 vs. #23 Belmont- 78 -- Belmont continues to impress, this time taking down undefeated Arizona. Ian Clark led the way with 19 points.

Long Beach St.- 60 vs. #25 Alabama- 58 -- James Ennis banked in the winning shot with 1 second left.

#17 Gonzaga- 71 vs. Southern Miss- 75 -- Yet another ranked team falls.

Arizona St.- 61 vs. Georgia- 64

Pac 12/SEC Wrap-Up

A few surprises in this challenge, the big one being Belmont beating Arizona. I knew they were good, but apparently they are really good on the whatifsports sim. Nice bounce back game for Kentucky, and we can safely say Alabama will no longer be ranked after their loss.

Final Tally: SEC dominates 11 to 5

To all the readers out there, I am now looking for suggestions. Although it is a ways away (probably a good 2 months down the road, maybe longer), I'm already thinking about how to set up the postseason. There are 128 teams in my sim, and all teams will get a chance to participate in conference tournaments. After that I'm dwelling on things. Do I want 128 teams to participate in tournaments? There are 4 mens basketball postseason tournaments. I could have 64 for the NCAA, 32 for the NIT, and 16 each for the CBI and CIT. Or I could scrap the CBI and CIT. Or maybe just do the 64team NCAA. Maybe a 32 team NCAA and 16 team NIT?

What do you think guys? Open to suggestions. Should I give all the teams a chance at postseason, or limit it?

64/32/16/16 sounds fine by me.

One possibility if you could pull it off: 64/32/16/16 and then have another mini-Final Four: NCAA Champ vs. CIT champ, NIT champ vs. CBI champ with the winners advancing to a title game that would crown the Champion of Champions.

Thanks for your input Izlude, I actually like that suggestion. Of course I will continue to take ideas, as it will be a while before I get to that point. I am fully expecting this to drag out through basketball season and possibly afterwards. We are on week 4 of the regular season and there are 29 weeks scheduled, then conference tournaments. But I definitely like that idea Izlude. Keep them coming!

This challenge will be held at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO. Here are the results:

Marquette- 74 vs. Wichita St.- 74 (OT)

Villanova- 65 vs. Oklahoma- 66

Georgetown- 76 vs. Texas Tech- 54

#21 Cincinnati- 51 vs. #12 Baylor- 58 -- Perry Jones III led the way with 17 points.

#9 Louisville- 61 vs. #19 Missouri- 79 -- The Cardinals layed an egg tonight, as 4 players scored in double figures for Mizzou, led by Michael Dixon with 18.

Rutgers- 64 vs. #18 Texas- 73

Notre Dame- 63 vs. Akron- 60

Providence- 62 vs. Ohio- 70

Pitt- 72 vs. Iowa St.- 63

West Virginia- 69 vs. Oklahoma St.- 53

St. Johns- 57 vs. Texas A&M- 67

#13 UConn- 68 vs. Kansas St.- 58

South Florida- 59 vs. Oral Roberts- 71

#8 Syracuse- 77 vs. Creighton- 85 -- Doug McDermott and Greg Echenique each had 19 points to spark the upset.

Seton Hall- 62 vs. Marshall- 72

DePaul- 64 vs. #3 Kansas- 77

Big East/Big 12 Wrap-Up

The biggest surprise is seeing Creighton pretty much handle Syracuse. Once again my Shockers lost, I'm beginning to wonder if the whatifsports sim really likes them or not.

Final Tally: Big 12 wins 10 to 6

This challenge is taking place at the United Center in Chicago, IL. Here are the results.

Virginia Tech- 66 vs. Illinois St.- 56

Drexel- 61 vs. Nebraska- 62

Loyola-Maryland- 58 vs. Iowa- 81

Georgia Tech- 47 vs. #4 Wisconsin- 52

Harvard- 77 vs. Northern Iowa- 68

Maryland- 69 vs. #15 Michigan- 78 -- 30 points from Marylands Terrell Stoglin weren't enough to pull the upset for the Terps. Trey Burke had 20 to lead Michigan.

Virginia- 48 vs. Indiana- 74

Florida St.- 79 vs. Butler- 63

Boston College- 57 vs. Northwestern- 75

#1 North Carolina- 88 vs. #7 Ohio St.- 76 -- The Tarheels shot 57.4%from the floor, and Reggie Bullock led the way with 21 points.

Clemson- 71 vs. #24 Murray St.- 68

Wake Forest- 76 vs. Purdue- 67

N.C. State- 71 vs. Illinois- 68

Davidson- 71 vs. Minnesota- 58

Miami- 58 vs. Michigan St.- 67

#2 Duke- 82 vs. Penn St.- 59

ACC/Big Ten Wrap-Up

So the #1 and #2 teams in the country looked sharp, real sharp. No real panic for Murray St. losing, as Clemson is a fairly strong team. A little surprised that Florida St. handled Butler as easily as they did. Overall some good matchups in this challenge.

Final Tally: ACC wins 9 to 7

To all the readers out there, I am now looking for suggestions. Although it is a ways away (probably a good 2 months down the road, maybe longer), I'm already thinking about how to set up the postseason. There are 128 teams in my sim, and all teams will get a chance to participate in conference tournaments. After that I'm dwelling on things. Do I want 128 teams to participate in tournaments? There are 4 mens basketball postseason tournaments. I could have 64 for the NCAA, 32 for the NIT, and 16 each for the CBI and CIT. Or I could scrap the CBI and CIT. Or maybe just do the 64team NCAA. Maybe a 32 team NCAA and 16 team NIT?

What do you think guys? Open to suggestions. Should I give all the teams a chance at postseason, or limit it?

I like all teams making the postseason, and the 64/32/16/16 split seems like a good idea. However, the champions of each tournament should not meet because I would presume the NCAA Tournament's 64 are the best 64 teams, so the championship game is between (ideally) the two best teams.

Here is the top 25 as we begin week 5:

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q647/sportsfanmas/top25week5_zpsfc445e59.jpg

I am skipping the week 5 preview, only because I am in a rush to get week 5going as I have been back and forth out of town all week. So here we go with the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge, which will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX.

#25 Murray St.- 71 vs. Texas Tech- 50

#24 Northwestern- 62 vs. #8 Baylor- 75 -- Perry Jones III scored 21 points and had 11 boards to help Baylor to the victory.

Penn St.- 70 vs. #3 Kansas- 74

#9 Michigan- 62 vs. Creighton- 73 -- Doug McDermott had 19 to lead Creighton to a big win.

Butler- 60 vs. Wichita St.- 72

#15 Ohio St.- 69 vs. Oklahoma- 68

Michigan St.- 77 vs. #12 Missouri- 64

Northern Iowa- 55 vs. Texas A&M- 64

Illinois- 59 vs. Iowa St.- 80

Minnesota- 53 vs. Oral Roberts- 62

#4 Wisconsin- 74 vs. #11 Texas- 72 -- A great game as Jordan Taylor scored 19 for the Badgers, and Wisconsin survived a battle of the unbeatens.

Iowa- 73 vs. Kansas St.- 82

Indiana- 81 vs. Akron- 64

Purdue- 68 vs. Ohio- 55

Illinois St.- 62 vs. Oklahoma St.- 68

Nebraska- 61 vs. Marshall- 63

Big Ten/Big 12 Wrap-Up

When I was deciding the others receiving votes, I put Akron in over Indiana. Funny how they met in this challenge, and Indiana pretty much dominated. Mistake on my part. Michigan St. continues with their inconsistency, and Creighton continues to win big games. All 3 Kansas teams won this week, woo-hoo!

Final Tally: Big 12 wins 10 to 6

The SEC/Big East challenge is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
Here are the results:

#7 Vanderbilt- 61 vs. #18 Louisville- 49 -- 4 players scored in double figures for Vandy and the Louisville Cardinals now have a losing record.

Alabama- 57 vs. #13 UConn- 71

#6 Florida- 67 vs. #22 Notre Dame- 76 -- Jerian Grant led ND with 18 as they get a big top 25 win and Florida drops to 3-2.

#5 Kentucky- 59 vs. St. Johns- 68 -- In what might be the stunner of the year so far, St. Johns beats nationally powered Kentucky, and they do it by using just 6 players! D'Angelo Harrison put in 25 for St. Johns.

South Carolina- 53 vs. Cincinnati- 56

#17 Belmont- 85 vs. Providence- 88 -- The upsets keep happening. A big letdown for Belmont after a nice win against Arizona.

#19 Memphis- 69 vs. Villanova- 60

Tennessee- 66 vs. Pittsburgh- 75

Georgia- 67 vs. DePaul- 57

Mid. Tenn. St.- 60 vs. Georgetown- 55

Ole Miss- 81 vs. West Virginia- 67

Southern Miss- 63 vs. Seton Hall- 74 (OT)

Arkansas- 41 vs. #16 Syracuse- 67

LSU- 79 vs. Rutgers- 81 (OT)

Auburn- 66 vs. South Florida- 71 (OT)

Mississippi St.- 68 vs. Marquette- 69

SEC/Big East Wrap-Up

3 overtime games in 1 challenge proves that the brown paper bags pulled out some even match-ups. Still stunned that Kentucky lost to St. Johns and Belmont lost to Providence. Just proves that anything is possible in the world of whatifsports.

Final Tally:

Big East dominates this challenge, 11 to 5.

The MWC/Pac 12 Challenge will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Here are the results.

UNLV- 64 vs. Arizona St.- 65

Colorado St.- 75 vs. #20 Washington- 72

South Dakota St.- 69 vs. St. Marys- 58 -- Nate Wolters put in 27 to help South Dakota State to the win.

Denver- 71 vs. Oregon- 67 (OT)

New Mexico- 51 vs. UCLA- 62

Nevada- 77 vs. California- 55

TCU- 92 vs. Stanford- 59 -- TCU cleared the bench in this one as all 12 players played.

Air Force- 58 vs. Colorado- 71

Weber St.- 68 vs. #14 Arizona- 55 -- What a win for Weber who outscored Zona 45-28 in the second half to prove they are for real.

Lamar- 76 vs. #21 Gonzaga- 87

San Diego St.- 73 vs. Oregon St.- 84

Wyoming- 37 vs. Loyola Marymount- 57

New Mexico St.- 74 vs. Utah- 48

Montana- 61 vs. USC- 56 (OT)

Boise St.- 63 vs. Long Beach St.- 72

BYU- 66 vs. Washington St.- 55

MWC/Pac 12 Wrap-Up

Only 1 of the 3 ranked Pac 12 teams won today, and I can guarantee the MWC will be back in the top 25 next week. Huge game for Weber St. as Arizona is hitting a bit of a slide right now. Poor Utah seems to be as terrible in this whatifsports sim than they were in real life in the 2011-2012 season.

Final Tally: The MWC wins a close one, 9 to 7

The ACC/A-Ten Challenge is taking place at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, MD. Here are the results:

Harvard- 62 vs. Richmond- 53

Virginia Tech- 85 vs. UMass- 74

Virginia- 62 vs. Fordham- 54

Georgia Tech- 54 vs. Xavier- 46

Loyola-Maryland- 78 vs. St. Louis- 79 -- Brian Conklin finished with 20, including the game winning buzzer beater for the Billikens.

Florida St.- 64 vs. LaSalle- 71

Miami- 71 vs. George Mason- 61 -- Jim Larranaga's new school beats his former school in a dream matchup for Mr. Larranaga. Who can forget their magical final four run a few years ago.

Drexel- 57 vs. Duquesne- 59

Wake Forest- 65 vs. Rhode Island- 72 (OT)

Davidson- 62 vs. #23 Dayton- 52

#2 Duke- 70 vs. VCU- 73 (OT) -- A Mason Plumlee buzzer beater sent the game into OT, but VCU controlled the extra 5 minutes. A late trey by Austin River made the score seem closer than it really was, as VCU knocks Duke from the ranks of the undefeated.

N.C. State- 71 vs. Charlotte- 62

Boston College- 65 vs. George Washington- 71

Maryland- 54 vs. St. Bonaventure- 72

#1 North Carolina- 81 vs. #10 Temple- 67 -- Tyler Zeller made sure there would not be an upset in this game, as he scored 19 points and had 5 boards and 4 blocks.

Clemson- 72 vs. St. Joes- 57

ACC/A-Ten Challenge

Another very close challenge, with the big news being the 2nd ranked team in the nation losing their first game of the season, in OT. That is sure to shake up the rankings a little bit. The number of undefeated teams are dwindling. 2 of them are in the ACC: North Carolina and Davidson.

Final Tally: ACC wins 9 to 7

My boys are not very good, but they're coming close to taking games.

I'm looking forward to the standings being posted and seeing where teams stand for their postseason shots.

Did you make a final decision on what your postseason will look like?

stlee, who are you following? As of now there are 5 undefeated teams left, and 9 winless teams. I suck with rankings, but right now I've got 2 teams in the top 10 that are 3-2. I'll be posting the new top 25 soon.

As for the postseason, I'm just going to go 64/32/32/16, everybody gets in. The only thing I'm still determining is how many autobids from each conference and who gets them. However, that is long down the road yet, I expect the actual 2012-2013 college basketball season to be over before I get this replay over, as I'm only able to average about 1 week of this sim for every 1 real week.

As it says in my sig... LSU! :)

ah, so it does.. I guess I should learn how to read. haha

Having a little trouble setting up the cross divisional round robin schedule. I can't find a good round robin generator for cross division. We're going to have each of the 8 teams from 1 division play each of the other 8 teams from the other division. Each team should end up with 4 road and 4 home games cross divisional. It's impossible to find anything like this on the internet. Fortunately I'm not at this point yet, but I was hoping to have an idea of how to set it up before I got to week 8.

As for week 6, I will be getting the top 25 polls up for it today, as well as hopefully the first couple of conference challenges

Couldn't you have:

- East odds host the West odds and visit the West evens
- East evens host the West evens and visit the West odds
- West odds host the East evens and visit the East odds
- West evens host the East odds and visit the East evens

?

britrock, that is a good idea as far as declaring the home and away games. I like it. The only other thing would be to actually generate the schedule, but that shouldn't be too hard. I'll have to work with it. Thanks for the idea.

Here is the top 25 as we enter week 6:

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q647/sportsfanmas/top25week6_zps4ec1440b.jpg

The SEC/MWC Challenge is going to a familiar site: the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO (Thank goodness I only have 2 more weeks of selecting neutral sites.) Here are the results:

#20 Belmont- 69 vs. Nevada- 65

Southern Miss- 66 vs. New Mexico- 75

Auburn- 48 vs. Colorado St.- 68

South Carolina- 61 vs. Denver- 48

LSU- 46 vs. San Diego St.- 69 -- Jamaal Franklin had 18 points and 11 boards as the Aztecs rolled.

#18 Memphis- 72 vs. BYU- 57

#7 Florida- 81 vs. South Dakota St.- 79 -- Kenny Boynton hit a three pointer with 5 seconds left and South Dakota St. couldn't get off a shot, as the Gators survive.

Arkansas- 68 vs. TCU- 77

#8 Kentucky- 78 vs. Boise St.- 80 -- Anthony Drmic scored 20 to lead Boise to an upset win.

Georgia- 74 vs. New Mexico St.- 61

Mid. Tenn. St.- 66 vs. Lamar- 71

Ole Miss- 69 vs. UNLV- 82

Alabama- 58 vs. #23 Weber St.- 59 -- Damian Lillard scored 26 for Weber, but it was a Kyle Tresnak buzzer beated that kept Weber undefeated.

Tennessee- 69 vs. Wyoming- 52 -- The Vols outscored Wyoming 42-18 in the second half.

#4 Vanderbilt- 73 vs. Air Force- 66

Mississippi St.- 81 vs. Montana- 75

SEC/MWC Wrap-Up

The difference between the actual 2011-2012 Kentucky Wildcats and the WIS version of the 2011-2012 Kentucky Wildcats is night and day. The WIS version already has 3 losses, a far cry from the actual team that won the title with 1 loss. Weber St. remains undefeated by a point. And this Challenge was one for the record books, as it took 6 weeks, but we finally have our first tie of a challenge! That's right:

Final Tally: MWC- 8..... SEC- 8

Bama stinks.

The Pac 12/Big Ten Challenge takes place at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. Here are the results:

Colorado- 53 vs. #10 Michigan- 69

Long Beach St.- 74 vs. Illinois- 76 -- D.J. Richardson scored 22 points including the game winner.

California- 80 vs. Purdue- 53

#17 Arizona- 71 vs. Northwestern- 75 -- Northwestern led almost the entire second half as they get a big win and drop Zona to 3 and 3.

#21 Washington- 78 vs. Illinois St.- 61

USC- 46 vs. Penn St.- 59

Utah- 63 vs. Northern Iowa- 85

Stanford- 59 vs. #3 Wisconsin- 56 -- A huge upset here as Stanford holds Wisconsin to 34.5% shooting and gives them their first loss.

Loyola Marymount- 68 vs. Butler- 58

Oregon- 66 vs. Michigan St.- 74 -- Draymond Green scored 28 points to lead the Spartans.

Arizona St.- 74 vs. Iowa- 82

St. Marys- 63 vs. Nebraska- 50

UCLA- 59 vs. #22 Murray St.- 68

Oregon St.- 55 vs. #15 Ohio St.- 65

#19 Gonzaga- 83 vs. Minnesota- 77

Washington St.- 50 vs. #25 Indiana- 66

Pac 12/Big Ten Wrap-Up

Obviously the upset of the challenge goes to Stanford over Wisconsin. Not that Stanford is a bad team, maybe Wisconsin has just been overachieving. In any case, that drops us to 5 undefeated teams, with 4 of the 5 yet to play, and the other one already winning this week. The Northwestern win over Arizona is a slight upset, but that makes Northwestern 5-1 now. Arizona is struggling bad.

Final Tally: Big Ten wins 10 to 6

The Big East/A-Ten Challenge takes place at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Here are the results.

Georgetown- 69 vs. Charlotte- 56

Villanova- 78 vs. UMass- 76 (OT) -- Mouphtaou Yarou (what a name) had 16 points and 19 boards to lead Villanova.

Rutgers- 58 vs. Rhode Island- 63

Pittsburgh- 73 vs. St. Bonaventure- 71

Seton Hall- 62 vs. St. Louis- 53

South Florida- 66 vs. George Mason- 59

DePaul- 60 vs. Fordham- 59

Providence- 54 vs. St. Joes- 75

#9 UConn- 70 vs. Lasalle- 57

Marquette- 90 vs. Duquesne- 80 -- Darius Johnson-Odom scored 30 for Marquette in what was a shootout.

#16 Notre Dame- 74 vs. Dayton- 51

West Virginia- 56 vs. Richmond- 79 -- The Mountaineers led by 9 at halftime then fell apart in the second half. They were outscored 49-17 in the second half. Richmond shot almost 60% for the game.

Louisville- 66 vs. #12 Temple- 65 -- Temple has now lost 2 straight, but their 2 losses are to pretty solid teams.

Cincinnati- 45 vs. George Washington- 59

#14 Syracuse- 63 vs. VCU- 49

St. Johns- 54 vs. Xavier- 82

Big East/A-Ten Wrap-Up

For the most part the Big East dominated this challenge, even getting a mild upset with Louisville beating Temple. Don't count the Owls out yet though, they should still be an NCAA Tournament team with ease. An intersting note, the A-Ten didn't have many wins in this challenge, but the 5 they did have were by an average of 18.2 points.

Final Tally: Big East wins 11 to 5

The Big 12/ACC Challenge will again be taking place at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, NC. Here are the results:

Oklahoma St.- 59 vs. #1 North Carolina- 71

Ohio- 60 vs. Drexel- 62 -- 3 players combined to score 57 of Drexels 62 points: Damion Lee had 20, Samme Givens had 19, and Frantz Massenat had 18.

Iowa St.- 53 vs. #6 Duke- 66

#2 Kansas- 68 vs. Wake Forest- 59

Oklahoma- 86 vs. Florida St.- 91 (OT) -- Carl Blair hit a three for Oklahoma at the buzzer to send the game into OT, but Florida St. controlled the extra 5 minutes, leading by as many as 10.

Wichita St.- 62 vs. #24 Davidson- 75

Oral Roberts- 69 vs. N.C. State- 71

#13 Missouri- 77 vs. Clemson- 50 -- Michael Dixon scored 26 on 9 of 12 shooting for Mizzou.

Texas A&M- 63 vs. Virginia- 60

Texas Tech- 68 vs. Harvard- 60

Marshall- 69 vs. Boston College- 44

#11 Texas- 71 vs. Georgia Tech- 61

#5 Baylor- 68 vs. Maryland- 72 -- Terrell Stoglin scored 20 to help Maryland beat Baylor in an upset.

Creighton- 78 vs. Virginia Tech- 68

Akron- 70 vs. Miami- 60

Kansas St.- 61 vs. Loyola-Maryland- 72

Big 12/ACC Wrap-Up

If I recall, Wichita St. and Davidson played in a bracket busters game a couple years ago, and the Shockers hammered Davidson. Not so in the WIS rematch. Also a bit surprising is Kansas St. losing to Loyola (MD). Also surprising to see Maryland beat Baylor. Other than that, things hold true to form. The top 2 teams (Carolina and Kansas) both win, but neither of them in really convincing fashion.

Final Tally: Unbelievable, another tie. 8 to 8. A K-State victory would have given the Big 12 the challenge win, instead we have a tie. Dangit boys!

As we enter week 7 (the last week of non-conference play), here are the top 25 rankings:

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There are only 5 undefeated teams left

The A-Ten/Big 12 Challenge takes place back at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS. Here are the results:

George Mason- 73 vs. Marshall- 56

St. Bonaventure- 73 vs. Oklahoma- 57

Rhode Island- 82 vs. Wichita St.- 79

George Washington- 62 vs. Texas A&M- 72

Duquesne- 60 vs. #2 Kansas- 75

Fordham- 65 vs. Oklahoma St.- 86

Lasalle- 75 vs. Akron- 72 -- Earl Pettis had 28 points to lead Lasalle.

VCU- 77 vs. Iowa St.- 80

Richmond- 68 vs. #8 Baylor- 59 -- Baylor blew a big lead in the first half, at one point leading 19-3.

St. Louis- 73 vs. Oral Roberts- 78

Charlotte- 73 vs. Creighton- 75 (OT) -- Both teams had chances to win at the end of regulation, but Charlotte turned it over and Greg Echinique missed a buzzer beat. Creighton made enough free throws in OT to win.

#16 Temple- 69 vs. Ohio- 60

UMass- 70 vs. #6 Texas- 55 -- UMass led 37-21 at halftime and that ended up being the difference.

St. Joes- 59 vs. Kansas St.- 76

Dayton- 58 vs. Texas Tech- 56

Xavier- 80 vs. #12 Missouri- 78

A-Ten/Big 12 Wrap-Up

A little surprised to see the A-Ten win this challenge, but they do have some really good schools. Can't believe my Shockers lost another one, dropping them to just 2-5 overall. Ouch! A far cry from the real Wichita State Shockers in 2011-2012. There were some dominating performances from both conferences.

Final Tally: A-Ten wins 9 to 7

Quick question, what are you using to keep track of standings and schedules? I had something similar going a few months ago and I used excel and random dice rolls to determine schedules.

mike1990, just to be clear, are you asking how I decide who plays who every week? Or are you asking how I determine the results? I don't want to answer the wrong question. :)

The Pac 12/Big East Challenge will be held at the Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, NJ. Here are the results:

Long Beach St.- 72 vs. #13 Syracuse- 71 -- Casper Ware scored 25 and T.J. Robinson had 13, including the game winner, to lead Long Beach to the upset.

#19 Gonzaga- 64 vs. Marquette- 55

Oregon- 58 vs. Georgetown- 69

Oregon St.- 87 vs. Providence- 96 -- Vincent Council had 22 to lead Providence in this high scoring affair.

UCLA- 65 vs. Cincinnati- 62

Arizona- 68 vs. South Florida- 65

Colorado- 64 vs. Seton Hall- 73 (OT)

California- 62 vs. #11 Notre Dame- 57 -- Allen Crabbe scored 23 to hand the Fightin Irish their first loss.

Washington St.- 75 vs. DePaul- 84

Loyola Marymount- 41 vs. Louisville- 58

Stanford- 64 vs. #9 UConn- 67

#21 Washington- 74 vs. Villanova- 71 -- Washington rallied from a 9 point deficit late to get the win.

Utah- 47 vs. West Virginia- 67

USC- 48 vs. St. Johns- 58

Arizona St.- 67 vs. Rutgers- 64

St. Marys- 81 vs. Pitt- 72

Pac 12/Big East Wrap-Up

It wasn't a good week for ranked teams in the Big East, as 2 of the 3 lost, including previously undefeated Notre Dame. This drops us to 4 undefeated teams. Utah and USC are still winless and I'm beginning to wonder if either team will win a game, although one team will have to win when they face each other.

Final Tally: Another tie, 8 to 8

mike1990, just to be clear, are you asking how I decide who plays who every week? Or are you asking how I determine the results? I don't want to answer the wrong question. :)

Yeah how do you decide who plays who? Is it a random, conference vs conference each week, with a challenge such as the ACC/Big Ten Challenge they do each year?

You are correct. The first 7 weeks is all non-conference, with each conference playing each other conference once, making 4 conference challenges a week. The matchups were decided by random draw (basically I had a sack for each conference, put all the team names in the sacks) and drew for matchups.

The next 8 weeks will be conference cross division, and last night I actually created that schedule. That makes 15 weeks. The other 14 weeks will be conference intra division, in which each team plays each other team in their division twice. Then we'll move onto the postseason somewhere down the road, maybe by summer.

Hope that helps you out, anymore questions or comments feel free. Thanks for reading.

The Big Ten/MWC Challenge takes place at (you guessed it), the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. Here are the results:

#24 Indiana- 65 vs. Wyoming- 46

Purdue- 62 vs. Lamar- 69

Iowa- 70 vs. #22 Weber St.- 73

Illinois St.- 68 vs. South Dakota St.- 73

Illinois- 73 vs. Nevada- 72 -- Nevada had 3 shots to win in the last 18 seconds, getting 2 offensive rebounds but couldn't convert.

#14 Ohio St.- 83 vs. TCU- 63 -- Jared Sullinger was a beast, scoring 27 points and pulling down 12 boards.

#10 Michigan- 58 vs. Colorado St.- 68

Northern Iowa- 95 vs. Boise St.- 84 (2 OT) -- What a game this was, as Jeff Elorriaga hit a three at the buzzer for Boise to send the game into OT #1. Then in the first 5 extra minutes, Anthony James hit a 3 with 11 seconds left for Northern Iowa to cause a 2nd OT. In that OT the Panthers took control, shutting out Boise 11-0 to get the win.

Minnesota- 64 vs. Denver- 60

#25 Northwestern- 82 vs. New Mexico St.- 91 (OT) -- John Shurna scored 27 for Northwestern but it wasn't enough as New Mexico St. got it done in OT.

#5 Wisconsin- 46 vs. Air Force- 56 -- Air Force locked down defensively to pull the huge upset.

Butler- 67 vs. San Diego St.- 56

#17 Murray St.- 71 vs. Montana- 70 (OT) -- Isaiah Canaan drilled a three pointer at the buzzer in OT and Murray St. avoided the same fate as many of their ranked Big Ten counterparts, surviving with a ninth life.

Nebraska- 58 vs. BYU- 68

Michigan St.- 66 vs. New Mexico- 56

Penn St.- 68 vs. UNLV- 71

Big Ten/MWC Wrap-Up

Wow what a challenge! What a series! 2 upsets, 3 OT games, 1 of which went double OT. Some high scoring individual performances, and the only undefeated team in this challenge remained undefeated, barely. With all that being said, is it really a surprise....

Final Tally: Well surprise surprise.. a tie. 8 to 8. The MWC can thank Air Force and New Mexico St. pulling upsets to get this tie.

You are correct. The first 7 weeks is all non-conference, with each conference playing each other conference once, making 4 conference challenges a week. The matchups were decided by random draw (basically I had a sack for each conference, put all the team names in the sacks) and drew for matchups.

The next 8 weeks will be conference cross division, and last night I actually created that schedule. That makes 15 weeks. The other 14 weeks will be conference intra division, in which each team plays each other team in their division twice. Then we'll move onto the postseason somewhere down the road, maybe by summer.

Hope that helps you out, anymore questions or comments feel free. Thanks for reading.

Gotcha. I think I may dig mine up and finish it. I did one week and gave up cause the scheduling was being a pain. I'm looking forward to the rest of your "year". Maybe IU doesn't lost to Kentucky in the Sweet 16 this time.

It's pretty fun. Scheduling isn't too bad really if you just kinda randomize it like I have been. What is most time consuming is actually deciding the top 25 every week. That is one area where I'm not good at, and I expect to get some flack when it comes time for the NCAA tournament and I announce the brackets for it. But oh well.

Be interested to see yours as well, to see how it is doing.

The last challenge of the 2011-2012 season is the ACC/SEC Challenge. It will take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. Here are the results:

Clemson- 61 vs. #20 Belmont- 64

Virginia Tech- 54 vs. Alabama- 55

Florida St.- 71 vs. Tennessee- 57

N.C. State- 70 vs. #15 Kentucky- 61 -- The slide continues for poor Kentucky as Lorenzo Brown scored 17 to lead the way for N.C. State.

Georgia Tech- 63 vs. LSU- 59

Harvard- 77 vs. Arkansas- 84 (OT)

Virginia- 62 vs. #3 Vanderbilt- 68

Maryland- 58 vs. Mississippi St.- 65

Loyola (MD)- 58 vs. Southern Miss- 69

Boston College- 50 vs. #7 Florida- 64

Miami- 66 vs. Ole Miss- 57

#1 North Carolina- 71 vs. Georgia- 54 -- Tyler Zeller scored 18 points and grabbed 11 boards as North Carolina stayed undefeated going into conference play.

Drexel- 60 vs. South Carolina- 55

Wake Forest- 61 vs. Auburn- 52

#4 Duke- 85 vs. Mid. Tenn. St.- 78

#23 Davidson- 70 vs. #18 Memphis- 71 -- A great game, as Davidson loses their first one but they rallied from a 15 point deficit, but couldn't get off a good shot with the last possession.

ACC/SEC Wrap-Up

A fitting end to the non-conference schedule, with no major upsets. Only 3 teams remain winless with Davidsons loss, and North Carolina looks really strong. But as we all know, conference play will change everything.

Final Tally: I'll be darned, another tie

The Top 25 would be pretty difficult. I've got an excel spreadsheet that has RPI and SOS calculated in. All you have to do is put the W%, the Opponents W% and the Opponents, opponents w% and it gives you RPI and SOS. I ended up adding a column that averages the two, so those are going to help me with my tourney's. I may not even do a top 25. Still in the early stages of mine.

Here is the top 25 as we enter week 8 and get ready for the opening of conference play:

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The standings are coming sometime today

And at long last, here are the standings after non-conference play that you all have been waiting so patiently for..

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Couple questions, are you guys ok with the East and West divisions, even though they aren't exactly geographically located that way? Or would you prefer division 1 and division 2.

Also, how often do you want me to post standings? After every week, every other week, after a few weeks? I'm open to ideas.

Finally, we get to the heart of the NCAA WIS season.. conference play! We begin in the ACC, where we've got some exciting matchups. The thing I like most about conference play is no more trying to figure out neutral sites! That was absoultely killing me! Anyhow, here are the results of the first week of conference play for the ACC:

Wake Forest- 74 @ Maryland- 78 -- Terrell Stoglin scored 26 to get the Terps off to a good start in conference play.

Florida St.- 74 @ Drexel- 83 -- Drexel had 2 guys with over 20 points: Damion Lee with 24 and Chris Fouch with 22.

Boston College- 37 @ Harvard- 64

Georgia Tech- 59 @ Clemson- 63

#4 Duke- 77 @ Miami- 75 -- Duke needed a Ryan Kelly three pointer at the buzzer to stave off Miami and be the first road team to win so far.

N.C. State- 88 @ Virginia Tech- 62

Virginia- 60 @ Loyola (MD)- 52

Davidson- 73 @ #1 North Carolina- 77 -- A gallant effort by Davidson, but just not quite enough.

Week 8 ACC Wrap-Up

We almost had a big time upset as Davidson nearly knocked off the Tarheels, and Duke almost got beat as well. Overall some fairly close games, but also a couple big blowouts.

Here are the results for the Big East in Week 8:

#6 UConn- 62 @ West Virginia- 60 -- Jeremy Lamb buried a three at the buzzer as UConn escaped.

#12 Notre Dame- 62 @ Villanova- 63 -- For the second straight game we have a buzzer beater, this time from Villanovas Ty Johnson to pull the upset over the Irish.

St. Johns- 58 @ DePaul- 86

Rutgers- 62 @ Louisville- 71

Marquette- 57 @ South Florida- 60

Cincinnati- 68 @ Seton Hall- 57

Georgetown- 64 @ Pittsburgh- 78

Providence- 71 @ #15 Syracuse- 80 -- Fab Melo had 13 rebounds and Kris Joseph had 22 points to lead the way. Also Scoop Jardine had 11 assists.

Illinois- 70 @ Iowa- 58

#13 Michigan- 65 @ #16 Murray St.- 80 -- Donte Poole had 21 to lead Murray St. to a big conference opening victory.

Penn St.- 49 @ Illinois St.- 48

Nebraska- 65 @ Northwestern- 75

#23 Michigan St.- 64 @ Purdue- 52

#21 Indiana- 73 @ Minnesota- 52 -- A dissapointing effort from Minnesota who shot just a tad over 33% for the game.

#7 Wisconsin- 74 @ Northern Iowa- 62

Butler- 65 @ #9 Ohio St.- 74

Texas Tech- 64 @ Oklahoma- 48 -- A bit of a stunner in Norman as Jordan Tolbert scored 25 to lead Texas Tech to a big win.

#11 Baylor- 68 @ Marshall- 65

#25 Creighton- 77 @ Akron- 68

Wichita St.- 66 @ Oklahoma St.- 65 -- A controversial ending to this game. Le'Bryan Nash hit a three pointer with 10 seconds to go, tying the game at 65. Then Tekele Cotton drew a foul for the Shockers on an off balance prayer as the buzzer went off. He made the first free throw to end the game and send the Cowboys to the locker room steaming.

Kansas St.- 76 @ Texas A&M- 70

Iowa St.- 73 @ Oral Roberts- 64

#14 Missouri- 83 @ #8 Texas- 85 -- Another great game as Phil Pressey gave Missouri an 83-82 lead with 2 seconds left, but Julien Lewis won the game for Texas with a three pointer at the buzzer!

Ohio- 75 @ #2 Kansas- 68 -- Ohio led by 12 at halftime and hung on in the second half, upsetting the Jayhawks and giving them their first loss of the season.

Arizona St.- 62 @ Oregon St.- 66

Oregon- 70 @ St. Marys- 74

USC- 50 @Loyola Marymount- 69

Utah- 58 @ Stanford- 69 -- Chasson Randle had 30 for Stanford.

California- 61 @ UCLA- 68

Colorado- 60 @ Washington St.- 57

Arizona- 71 @ #18 Gonzaga- 56 -- Kyle Fogg scored 21 as Arizona got a huge win.

Long Beach St.- 79 @ #20 Washington- 60 -- Casper Ware had 20 points and T.J. Robinson had 13 points, 11 boards as Long Beach routed Washington.

Auburn- 48 @ LSU- 60

#3 Vanderbilt- 78 @ Mid. Tenn. St.- 68 -- John Jenkins had 24 to lead Vandy.

South Carolina- 73 @ #19 Belmont- 77

Georgia- 54 @ Ole Miss- 63

#5 Florida- 76 @ Mississippi St.- 64 -- Erving Walker scored 22 points, had 7 assists, and 4 rebounds in a complete game to help Florida win.

Alabama- 57 @ Arkansas- 40

Tennessee- 72 @ #17 Memphis- 80 (OT)

Southern Miss- 54 @ Kentucky- 52 -- Another setback for the Wildcats, as they held Southern Miss to 31% shooting but still lost.

Duquesne- 55 @ St. Joes- 73

Xavier- 68 @ Fordham- 78 (2 OT) -- Mark Lyons from Xavier hit a three pointer to send the game into OT, and in the first OT, Xavier had a chance to win at the buzzer. Fordham controlled the second OT and was led by Chris Gaston who had 26.

George Washington- 53 @ VCU- 60

Charlotte- 57 @ Dayton- 72

St. Louis- 56 @ LaSalle- 57 -- Ramon Galloway hit the game winner with 14 seconds left.

UMass- 66 @ Richmond- 63

St. Bonaventure- 64 @ Rhode Island- 55

George Mason- 46 @ #10 Temple- 72

BYU- 92 @ Air Force- 65

UNLV- 67 @ South Dakota St.- 51

#22 Weber St.- 67 @ Lamar- 79 -- Devon Lamb had 17 points and 15boards and Mike James added 18 points as Lamar hands Weber St. their first loss.

Denver- 85 @ Boise St.- 87 (2 OT) -- Both teams had chances to win in regulation, but in the first OT Chris Udofia hit a shot at the buzzer for Denver to force OT number 2. In that OT, Westly Perryman hit a shot at the buzzer to win it for Boise.

San Diego St.- 68 @ Wyoming- 67 -- A tip-in by Garrett Green at the buzzer wins it for the Aztecs.

TCU- 71 @ Nevada- 59

#24 Colorado St.- 72 @ Montana- 69

New Mexico St.- 64 @ New Mexico- 68

Here is the top 25 as we enter Week 9.

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As a way of speeding this up a bit, the rest of cross division play (Weeks 9-15) will be done quickly. There won't be a conference wrap-up or an end of week wrap-up. I will just announce the top 25, every so often post the standings, and then do the game results and a few recaps. Starting with inter division play (Week 16) I will be making some changes to the format. Hope you all are enjoying.

Louisville- 59 @ Georgetown- 52

Pitt- 69 @ Notre Dame- 68 -- Ashton Gibbs scored 28 including the game winner at the buzzer as Pitt stuns the Irish.

Seton Hall- 68 @ Marqutte- 76 (OT) -- Darius Johnson-Odom had 28 for Marquette in the win.

#14 Syracuse- 53 @ #6 UConn- 65 -- Syracuse star Fab Melo was held to just 4 points and Cuse shot just 34.5% from the field as they lose a tough one.

South Florida- 52 @ Rutgers- 60

West Virginia- 81 @ Providence- 90

Villanova- 72 @ St. Johns- 64

DePaul- 55 @ Cincinnati- 66

Northwestern- 59 @ #5 Wisconsin- 66

Northern Iowa- 53 @ #22 Michigan- 60

Minnesota- 58 @ #18 Michigan St.- 67

Purdue- 71 @ Nebraska- 67 -- Purdue scored the last 12 points of the game and Robbie Hummel had 11 points and 10 boards for the Boilermakers.

#10 Ohio St.- 68 @ Illinois- 65 -- Jared Sullinger was a beast, scoring 22 points and getting 14 rebounds for Ohio St.

Iowa- 76 @ Butler- 60

#12 Murray St.- 52 @ Penn St.- 63 -- The Racers were held to just 31.4% shooting and found out that the Big Ten is no joke and you gotta bring your A game every time.

Illinois St.- 73 @ #17 Indiana- 82

Oklahoma St.- 68 @ Iowa St.- 78

Oral Roberts- 61 @ #11 Baylor- 75 -- Baylor was sparked by a 51-25 halftime lead and got 18 points from Quincy Miller.

Texas A&M- 70 @ #21 Missouri- 79

#8 Texas- 72 @ Wichita St.- 68

#7 Kansas- 63 @ Texas Tech- 54

Oklahoma- 75 @ Ohio- 63 -- Steven Pledger led the Sooners with 21 points.

Marshall- 79 @ #20 Creighton- 86

Akron- 75 @ Kansas St.- 84 -- Jamar Samuels led K-State with 21 points and 15 boards.

Stanford- 71 @ Arizona- 52

#23 Gonzaga- 74 @ Oregon- 72 -- Kevin Pangos drilled a 3 at the buzzer as Gonzaga survives a talented Oregon team.

Washington St.- 81 @ California- 72 -- Brock Motum scored 19 points to help Washington St. to their first win of the season.

UCLA- 68 @ Utah- 45

#25 Washington- 75 @ Arizona St.- 56

Oregon St.- 80 @ #24 Long Beach St.- 70 -- Devon Collier had 19 for Oregon St.

St. Marys- 60 @ USC- 54

Loyola Marymount- 74 @ Colorado- 82

Ole Miss- 79 @ Tennessee- 81 (OT) -- Tennessee rallied from a 16 point halftime deficit to force the OT.

#15 Memphis- 56 @ #2 Vanderbilt- 66 -- Memphis shot just 33% for the game and trailed by as many as 19.

Arkansas- 65 @ #3 Florida- 78

Mississippi St.- 69 @ Georgia- 77

Kentucky- 61 @ Auburn- 56

LSU- 60 @ Southern Miss- 63

Mid. Tenn. St- 71 @ South Carolina- 65

#16 Belmont- 70 @ Alabama- 67 -- Ian Clark led the way with 17 for Belmont.

Dayton- 73 @ St. Bonaventure- 62

Rhode Island- 62 @ Xavier- 84 -- Tu Holloway led the way with 21 points, 4 assists for Xavier.

Richmond- 62 @ St. Louis- 55

Lasalle- 69 @ Charlotte- 60

#9 Temple- 66 @ Duquesne- 65 -- Ramone Moore hit the game winner for Temple with 11 seconds left.

St. Joes- 56 @ George Mason- 53

Fordham- 74 @ George Washington- 68 -- Chris Gaston had 21 points as Fordham gets their second win of the season and are 2-0 in A-Ten play.

VCU- 66 @ UMass- 75

Boise St.- 56 @ #19 Colorado St.- 67

Montana- 56 @ UNLV- 74 -- Will Cherry scored 25 for Montana in a losing effort.

Nevada- 75 @ San Diego St.- 74 (OT)

Wyoming- 56 @ Denver- 48

New Mexico- 72 @ BYU- 63

Air Force- 55 @ New Mexico St.- 68

South Dakota St.- 65 @ Weber St.- 76 -- A huge game for Damian Lillard who had 33 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists for Weber St.

Lamar- 70 @ TCU- 74

Clemson- 61 @ Virginia- 71

Loyola (MD)- 56 @ Florida St.- 58

Virginia Tech- 74 @ #4 Duke- 68 -- Dorenzo Hudson scored 19as the Hokies upset Duke.

Miami- 54 @ Georgia Tech- 56 -- Mfon Udofia hit the game winner for GA Tech.

#1 North Carolina- 76 @ Wake Forest- 73 -- It took 23 from Harrison Barnes and 20 from Tyler Zeller for the Tarheels to escape Wake Forest undefeated still.

Maryland- 72 @ Davidson- 78

Drexel- 64 @ Boston College- 43

Harvard- 76 @ N.C. State- 60

Here are the top 25 rankings as we enter Week 10.

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After Week 11 every team will have played 4 conference games. I will post the standings then. Hope you all are still enjoying

No Hawaii?

Sorry bb, not this one. I had to leave a lot of schools out. I will get Hawaii in for the next one I do though. Hope you keep following along!

#15 Michigan St.- 58 @ Northern Iowa- 54

Nebraska- 56 @ Minnesota- 65

Penn St.- 43 @ Purdue- 53

#22 Michigan- 75 @ Northwestern- 66 -- Trey Burke had 23 and Tim Hardaway Jr. had 19 to lead the Wolverines.

Illinois- 72 @ Illinois St.- 69

Butler- 74 @ #16 Murray St.- 61 -- The Racers shot just 37% and 26% from three point land.

#4 Wisconsin- 68 @ Iowa- 73 -- Aaron White had 18 points, 10 boards for Iowa as they pull the upset.

#13 Indiana- 58 @ #10 Ohio St.- 91 -- Deshaun Thomas scored 28 to lead the Buckeyes in a game that was really over by halftime.

#21 Missouri- 63 @ Oral Roberts- 70 -- Dominique Morrison scored 22 for Oral Roberts in the upset.

Wichita St.- 59 @ Texas A&M- 74

#19 Creighton- 71 @ #8 Texas- 70 -- Kenny Lawson Jr. played a big role for the Bluejays, scoring 19 points in limited minutes.

#11 Baylor- 62 @ Oklahoma St.- 65 -- Keiton Page scored 24 for the Cowboys as they get their first Big 12 win.

Texas Tech- 68 @ Akron- 74

Ohio- 75 @ Marshall- 84

Iowa St.- 61 @ Oklahoma- 72

Kansas St.- 68 @ #6 Kansas- 63 -- Jacob Pullen scored 20 points and with the WIS sim, the Wildcats do what they can't seem to do in reality.. beat Kansas.

California- 73 @ #23 Gonzaga- 62 -- Jorge Gutierrez scored 23 as Gonzaga continues to struggle.

Utah- 44 @ Washington St.- 57

USC- 52 @ UCLA- 70

Oregon- 73 @ Stanford- 74 -- Chasson Randle had 27 for Stanford, including the game winner.

Arizona St.- 55 @ Loyola Marymount- 64

Long Beach St.- 65 @ St. Marys- 50

Arizona- 56 @ Oregon St.- 80 -- The Beavers shot 57.9% from the field as Arizona gets hammered for the second straight game.

Colorado- 62 @ #24 Washington- 58

#3 Florida- 67 @ #18 Memphis- 57 -- Erving Walker had 18 points to lead the Gators.

Georgia- 64 @ Arkansas- 73

South Carolina- 54 @ Mississippi St.- 76

#2 Vanderbilt- 79 @ Ole Miss- 52 -- Jeffery Taylor had 20 and Festus Ezeli had 19 to lead Vandy.

Auburn- 54 @ #12 Belmont- 71

Southern Miss- 73 @ Mid. Tenn. St.- 58

Tennessee- 58 @ LSU- 61 (OT) -- LSU rallied from a 9 point deficit to take the lead with 1 second left, but Tennessee's Trae Golden hit a buzzer beater from just inside the three point line to force OT.

Alabama- 50 @ Kentucky- 65

St. Louis- 76 @ Rhode Island- 69

Charlotte- 62 @ Richmond- 52

George Washington- 56 @ LaSalle- 66

Xavier- 70 @ Dayton- 60 -- Mark Lyons had 19 points and Tu Holloway had 16 to lead Xavier.

Duquesne- 76 @ VCU- 74

George Mason- 73 @ Fordham- 57

St. Bonaventure- 67 @ St. Joes- 59

UMass- 62 @ #9 Temple- 64 -- Anthony Lee hit the game winning buzzer beater from the free throw line and Temple survives.

San Diego St.- 59 @ Montana- 68

Denver- 61 @ Nevada- 56

Weber St.- 42 @ Wyoming- 66 -- Apparently Weber St. forgot to show up tonight, as they were held to just 35.7% shooting. Ouch!

UNLV- 80 @ Boise St.- 51 -- UNLV led by 20 at halftime and were led in scoring by Chace Stanback with 19.

BYU- 74 @ Lamar- 84

New Mexico St.- 80 @ South Dakota St.- 74

#17 Colorado St.- 64 @ Air Force- 71 -- Mike Fitzgerald scored 18 to lead Air Force to the upset win.

TCU- 67 @ New Mexico- 72

#7 Duke- 82 @ Loyola (MD)- 77

Georgia Tech- 62 @ Virginia Tech- 68

Boston College- 55 @ Miami- 49 -- The Hurricanes shot just 33% from the field and could never get on track.

Florida St.- 57 @ Clemson- 67

Wake Forest- 49 @ Harvard- 61

#25 Davidson- 71 @ Drexel- 68 -- Chris Czerapowicz hit the game winning three pointer at the buzzer for Davidson.

Virginia- 62 @ Maryland- 59 -- Sammy Zeglinski buried a three to win the game at the buzzer for Virginia.

N.C. State- 70 @ #1 North Carolina- 72 -- The Tarheels stay undefeated, barely. Tyler Zeller led the Heels with 20 points.

Marquette- 83 @ Pitt- 86 (OT) -- Vander Blue hit a bucket to send the game to OT and then Lamar Patterson hit the game winning three pointer in OT for Pitt.

Rutgers- 77 @ Seton Hall- 79 (OT) -- Herb Pope hit the game winner in OT and had 21 for the game.

St. Johns- 52 @ South Florida- 58

#14 Notre Dame- 67 @ Louisville- 74 -- Chane Behanan scored 19 to lead Louisville to a big win.

#5 UConn- 65 @ DePaul- 51

Providence- 78 @ Villanova- 59

Georgetown- 72 @ West Virginia- 48 -- Hollis Thompson had 22 and Jason Clark had 21 for the Hoyas as they held West Virginia to just 16 first half points.

Cincinnati- 44 @ #20 Syracuse- 56

Sorry bb, not this one. I had to leave a lot of schools out. I will get Hawaii in for the next one I do though. Hope you keep following along!
I'll definitely keep following along. Just (sniff) a bit (sniff) sad, that's all.

Mr. Gunn, you have my word that both Alabama and Hawaii will be in the next one I do, which will take place probably at the start of next basketball season

Texas A&M- 55 @ #13 Creighton- 71

Akron- 69 @ Ohio- 78

Marshall- 64 @ Texas Tech- 61

#10 Texas- 73 @ #14 Baylor- 62 -- Myck Kabongo led Texas with 21 points, 6 assists, and 4 rebounds.

Oklahoma St- 45 @ Missouri- 60

Oklahoma- 95 @ Kansas St.- 92 (3 OT) -- This game is an instant classic any way you look at it. Oklahoma needed a tip-in to send the game into ot #2, and Rodney McGruder hit the game tying shot at the buzzer to force the 3rd extra frame. Oklahoma took a 95-92 lead with a minute and a half to go and K-State missed their last 5 shots, 3 in the last 10 seconds.

#8 Kansas- 78 @ Iowa St.- 68 -- Thomas Robinson was a beast for the Jayhawks, with 25 points and 14 boards.

Oral Roberts- 62 @ Wichita St.- 89

Washington St.- 65 @ USC- 51

Loyola Marymount- 90 @ #25 Long Beach St.- 88 (OT) -- Anthony Ireland scored 23 to lead Marymount.

St. Marys- 76 @ Arizona St.- 61

UCLA- 65 @ Oregon- 75

Stanford- 56 @ California- 73 -- Cal lead by as many as 24 in the second half and were led by Allen Crabbe with 16.

Oregon St.- 72 @ Colorado- 64

Washington- 77 @ Arizona- 75 -- C.J. Wilcox led Washington with 18 points and 6 rebounds.

Gonzaga- 68 @ Utah- 51

Arkansas- 68 @ South Carolina- 55

#11 Belmont- 70 @ Southern Miss- 80 -- Darnell Dodson had 24 and Angelo Johnson had 20 as Southern Miss probably played themselves into the top 25 with this win.

Mid. Tenn. St.- 63 @ Auburn- 48

Mississippi St.- 72 @ #2 Vanderbilt- 70 -- Arnett Moultrie led Miss. St. with 21 in the upset victory.

Ole Miss- 61 @ #3 Florida- 73

LSU- 60 @ Alabama- 64

Kentucky- 62 @ Tennessee- 65 -- I'm beginning to think the WIS sim doesn't like last years Kentucky team even though they really lost 2 games all season and won the national championship.

#21 Memphis- 77 @ Georgia- 67 -- Will Barton scored 27 to lead Memphis.

Richmond- 67 @ George Washington- 65 (OT) -- Darien Brothers led Richmond with 21 including a key basket late in the second half to help force OT.

VCU- 61 @ George Mason- 75

Fordham- 70 @ Duquesne- 61

LaSalle- 67 @ Xavier- 74

Dayton- 58 @ St. Louis- 73

St. Joes- 71 @ UMass- 87

#9 Temple- 88 @ St. Bonaventure- 95 -- Da'Quan Cook scored 21 and St. Bonaventure shot almost 60% from the field.

Rhode Island- 69 @ Charlotte- 58

Nevada- 73 @ Weber St.- 63 -- Malik Story led Nevada with 25 points.

Lamar- 86 @ New Mexico St.- 95 (OT) -- New Mexico St. absoultely controlled the OT period and were led by Bandja Sy with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

South Dakota St.- 83 @ BYU- 91

Wyoming- 59 @ #23 UNLV- 71

Boise St.- 71 @ San Diego St.- 78 -- The Aztecs had 3 players with 20or more points this game: Chase Tapley had 27, James Rahon had 24, and Jamaal Franklin had 20.

Air Force- 56 @ TCU- 67

New Mexico- 76 @ #19 Colorado St.- 59

Montana- 57 @ Denver- 75

Virginia Tech- 64 @ Boston College- 54

Harvard- 76 @ #22 Davidson- 71 -- This game featured 12 lead changes and 7 ties, but Harvard was finally able to create some distance late.

Drexel- 59 @ Wake Forest- 50

Miami- 51 @ Florida St.- 78

Clemson- 73 @ #6 Duke- 82

Maryland- 69 @ N.C. State- 79

#1 North Carolina- 74 @ Virginia- 61 -- Tyler Zeller had 13 points, 10boards and Kendall Marshall had 8 points, 7 boards, 6 assists as the Heels remain undefeated.

Loyola (MD)- 72 @ Georgia Tech- 74 (OT) -- Erik Etherly had 25 for Loyola, including a buzzer beater to force OT, but Georgia Tech hung on.

Seton Hall- 69 @ St. Johns- 57

DePaul- 55 @ Providence- 71

Villanova- 53 @ #4 UConn- 68 -- Shabazz Napier had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Huskies.

South Florida- 82 @ #16 Notre Dame- 76 (OT) -- The Irish actually trailed most of this game, but a late three pointer by Alex Dragicevich sent the game into OT, but the Bulls of S. Florida were just unstoppable tonight.

#24 Louisville- 65 @ Marquette- 71 (OT) -- Darius Johnson-Odom had 20 to lead Marquette as they get the win in OT.

West Virginia- 56 @ Cincinnati- 66

#17 Syracuse- 63 @ Georgetown- 66 -- The Hoyas led by 15 at halftime and made it hold up.

Pitt- 67 @ Rutgers- 64

Minnesota- 69 @ Penn St.- 58

Illinois St.- 60 @ Butler- 50

#18 Murray St.- 58 @ Illinois- 67 -- D.J. Richardson led the Illini with 18 in the upset win.

Purdue- 76 @ #20 Michigan- 52 -- Terone Johnson led Purdue with 23points as the Wolverines were absolutely hammered today.

Northwestern- 76 @ #12 Michigan St.- 64 -- Another upset as Drew Crawford lead Northwestern with 18.

Iowa- 66 @ #15 Indiana- 84

#5 Ohio St.- 66 @ #7 Wisconsin- 76 -- Jordan Taylor led the Badgers with 31 points in an awesome performance.

Northern Iowa- 71 @ Nebraska- 47

I apologize but at this time I am not going to be able to post the standings. The simple reason is that I had another computer crash on my computer down in the basement, which is the computer that had the standings file in excel. It should be fixed by the end of next week, at which time I hope to be able to use my work computer and my other house computer to get through week 15. This would put us through cross divison play, and would be a perfect time to reveal the standings, after 8 weeks of conference play. However, we do still have the top 25 poll (which I was smart enough to create on the good, working computer upstairs): and here it is.

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Breaking News

The commissioner of the Whatifsports sim dynasty has made an announcement on the postseason format for the first season. When asked, here is what Mike Schaplowsky had to say:

"Obviously, all conferences will have a conference tournament. All 16 teams will be involved. The top team in the east division will play the bottom team in the west division, and so forth. The team with the best record within the conference will get the top seed. Anybody that is confused by this, we invite you to ask questions."

"As far as after conference tournaments, here is what I have decided... All 128 teams will get a chance to extend their season. We will have 4 postseason tournaments, the NCAA tournament, the NIT, the CBI, and the CIT. Prestige of the tournaments is in the exact order that I mentioned, which means you will see the worst of the worst in the CIT. Now, as far as numbers, we will have 64 in the NCAA tournament, 32 in the NIT, and 16 in each the CBI and CIT."

"As far as number of teams from each conference in each tournament.. we are going to try an equality project this first season. Each conference will get 8 teams into the NCAA, 4 teams into the NIT, and 2 teams in each of the CBI and CIT. There will be no more or no less for either tournament. I apologize in advance to any deserving teams that might get left out of the NCAA tournament, but this is what I have decided. All you readers, feel free to leave your feedback. I am going to try to set each tournament up so that no conference teams meet each other until very late in the tournament. I am looking at having just 2 teams from each conference in each region of the NCAA tournament.. 1 on the top half of the bracket, the other on the bottom half. This would insure no meetings until the Elite Eight. Now obviously this may not always come to form, based on seedings, but I will do my best."

"One final note as far as automatic qualifiers... the top team from each division (east and west) of each conference gets an auto bid to the NCAA tournament, as well as the conference tournament winner. If the conference tournament winner was the top team in their division, then the third auto bid will go to the conference tournament runner-up. Ideally, we would like to have the east division champ meet the west division champ in the conference tournament championship game, as these would be the best 2 teams from each conference. If that comes to form in any conference tournament, with those 2 teams already qualifying, the third auto bid would go to the better 2nd place team in the conference."

"Folks I know I have thrown a lot at you today, and I am sure there will be comments and questions. I welcome them all. For you loyal readers, I am asking for questions and comments about my postseason format, good or bad. I will respond to all, so don't hold back. Thanks to everybody for reading and following along with this dynasty, and I hope to see a fair amount of questions and comments within the next few days."

California- 65 @ Loyola Marymount- 63

Long Beach St.- 69 @ Stanford- 75

Arizona- 56 @ UCLA- 74 -- David Wear scored 24 to lead the Bruins.

Utah- 48 @ #25 Washington- 64

USC- 57 @ Oregon St.- 66

Colorado- 81 @ St. Marys- 71 -- Andre Roberson had 22 points, 13 boards for Colorado.

Arizona St.- 72 @ #24 Gonzaga- 63 -- The Sun Devils shot 51% from the field and stunned the Zags.

Oregon- 77 @ Washington St.- 68

#2 Florida- 89 @ #13 Belmont- 85 -- Bradley Beal scored 29 for Florida as this game will probably go down as an ESPN instant classic.

#17 Southern Miss- 62 @ Ole Miss- 78

Tennessee- 61 @ Mississippi St.- 64 -- Kenny Hall missed a 3 pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.

Georgia- 47 @ Kentucky- 79 -- Anthony Davis scored 25 points and Kentucky finally played a game on the WIS sim like I expected them to play.

South Carolina- 69 @ LSU- 74

Alabama- 51 @ Mid. Tenn. St.- 64

Auburn- 55 @ #16 Memphis- 61

#4 Vanderbilt- 66 @ Arkansas- 61

St. Louis- 73 @ VCU- 70

George Mason- 64 @ Dayton- 69

St. Bonaventure- 71 @ La Salle- 78 -- Andrew Nicholson had 29 for the Bonnies in a losing effort.

Charlotte- 74 @ #11 Temple- 83 -- Khalif Wyatt had 25 for Temple.

George Washington- 61 @ St. Joes- 64

UMass- 84 @ Fordham- 82 (OT) -- Branden Frazier had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists, and Chris Gaston had 18 points and 17 rebounds for Fordham, and they lost!

Duquesne- 82 @ Rhode Island- 66

Xavier- 65 @ Richmond- 59

San Diego St.- 63 @ Lamar- 74

New Mexico St.- 77 @ Boise St.- 66

#23 Colorado St.- 74 @ Wyoming- 64

Denver- 63 @ #22 New Mexico- 61 -- Rob Lewis had 19 for Denver and they shocked New Mexico.

Weber St.- 60 @ Air Force- 56

TCU- 72 @ South Dakota St.- 79

BYU- 51 @ Montana- 46

#15 UNLV- 82 @ Nevada- 78 -- Mike Moser had 20 points and 9 boards to lead UNLV.

#6 Duke- 65 @ #18 Harvard- 72 -- Harvard went on a 17-1 run in the second half to turn a 6 point deficit into a 10 lead and held it the rest of the game.

Davidson- 53 @ Clemson- 76

Virginia- 60 @ Miami- 66

Georgia Tech- 57 @ #1 North Carolina- 55 -- HUGE upset here, as the Tarheels shot just 33.3% and could never figure out GA Techs defense. Despite all that, Carolina still had a chance to win as Glen Rice Jr. missed 2 free throws for Tech with 3 seconds left, but all Carolina could do was heave a 65 footer that was well short as the buzzer sounded, and the last undefeated is now defeated.

Boston College- 54 @ Maryland- 71

N.C. State- 78 @ Drexel- 61

Wake Forest- 51 @ Loyola (MD)- 60

Florida St.- 67 @ Virginia Tech- 53

Marquette- 68 @ DePaul- 73

Providence- 58 @ Louisville- 79 -- Louisville led by as many as 30 in this one.

Georgetown- 62 @ South Florida- 71

Rutgers- 66 @ #20 Syracuse- 55 -- Jerome Seagears had 16 points to lead upset minded Rutgers.

St. Johns- 70 @ West Virginia- 72

Cincinnati- 81 @ Villanova- 58 -- Dion Dixon was the leading scorer with 24 for Cincy, and Cashmere Wright added 16.

#3 UConn- 78 @ Pittsburgh- 57

#21 Notre Dame- 77 @ Seton Hall- 71

#14 Michigan St.- 71 @ Illinois St.- 66 -- Draymond Green had 26 to lead the Spartans.

Butler- 65 @ Northwestern- 70

#5 Wisconsin- 44 @ Purdue- 54 -- Wisconsin shot just 28.3% for the game. Wow!

Nebraska- 50 @ #8 Ohio St.- 75

Penn St.- 49 @ Iowa- 65

#12 Indiana- 73 @ Murray St.- 63 -- Indiana led 47-26 at halftime.

Illinois- 55 @ Northern Iowa- 71

Michigan- 72 @ Minnesota- 62

Missouri- 74 @ Akron- 83

Ohio- 72 @ Oklahoma St.- 61 -- Nick Kellogg led the Bobcats with 19 points.

Iowa St.- 63 @ #9 Texas- 51

Wichita St.- 64 @ #7 Kansas- 76

#10 Creighton- 86 @ Oklahoma- 84 (OT) -- As usual, Doug McDermott lit up his opponent with 35 points. However, it took a Grant Gibbs baseline jumper with 20 seconds left for Creighton to send the game into overtime. Oklahoma had a chance to win in regulation but couldn't get it done.

Kansas St.- 78 @ Marshall- 69

Texas Tech- 56 @ Oral Roberts- 68

#19 Baylor- 82 @ Texas A&M- 81 -- Quincy Acy hit a jumper at the buzzer as Baylor avoided the upset.

Here is the top 25 as we begin Week 13, and for the first time all season, you'll noticed there is a new #1 as North Carolina finally lost in Week 12.

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Kentucky- 57 @ #1 Florida- 81 -- The Gators made sure their stay at the top would not be a one week event, hammering Kentucky.

Mississippi St.- 79 @ Alabama- 67

Ole Miss- 61 @ South Carolina- 51

#17 Memphis- 68 @ #21 Southern Miss- 54 -- Joe Jackson scored 17 for Memphis in this top 25 battle.

Mid. Tenn. St.- 80 @ Tennessee- 58

LSU- 51 @ Georgia- 61

Arkansas- 71 @ Auburn- 50

#15 Belmont- 71 @ #3 Vanderbilt- 65 -- A great game as Belmont gets a nice comeback win after trailing by double digits in the first half.

#10 Temple- 65 @ St. Louis- 74 -- Brian Conklin scored 24 as St. Louis got an upset win.

LaSalle- 65 @ UMass- 76

Dayton- 70 @ George Washington- 59

Rhode Island- 78 @ George Mason- 73

Fordham- 72 @ St. Bonaventure- 79

St. Joes- 57 @ Charlotte- 68

Richmond- 77 @ Duquesne- 63 -- Darrius Garrett had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks for Richmond.

VCU- 57 @ Xavier- 67

#23 New Mexico- 72 @ San Diego St.- 73 -- Jamaal Franklin got the game winner at the buzzer as the Aztecs stun New Mexico.

Wyoming- 57 @ TCU- 58 -- A wild one as Leonard Washington gave Wyoming a 57-55 lead with 1 second to go, but TCU converted on the long baseball pass to find Kyan Anderson in the right corner and he put up a hurried, off balance three that went in at the buzzer to steal the thunder away from Wyoming and give TCU a big win.

Boise St.- 54 @ Weber St.- 68

Montana- 54 @ New Mexico St.- 65

South Dakota St.- 69 @ #20 Colorado St.- 63 -- Nate Wolters scored 20 for South Dakota St. in the win.

Air Force- 56 @ Denver- 70

Nevada- 57 @ BYU- 74

Lamar- 78 @ #14 UNLV- 64 -- Not a good week for top 25 teams in the MWC, as all 3 lose. Mike James led Lamar with 18 points and 6 boards.

#4 North Carolina- 85 @ #8 Duke- 87 -- Carolina is now on a 2 game losing streak after winning 11 to start the season.

Miami- 65 @ N.C. State- 66 -- Scott Wood hit the game winner from the free throw line for the Wolfpack.

Clemson- 73 @ Boston College- 54

Loyola (MD)- 59 @ Davidson- 74

Drexel- 49 @ Virginia- 65

Maryland- 70 @ Georgia Tech- 60 -- Terrell Stoglin had 27 points for Maryland.

Virginia Tech- 59 @ Wake Forest- 55

#16 Harvard- 61 @ Florida St.- 52

Syracuse- 76 @ Marquette- 70

South Florida- 69 @ Cincinnati- 63

#25 Louisville- 77 @ St. Johns- 72

Pittsburgh- 80 @ Providence- 68 -- Tray Woodall led Pitt with 17 points and 8 assists.

Villanova- 54 @ Georgetown- 64

West Virginia- 68 @ Rutgers- 73 -- Eli Carter led Rutgers with 23 points.

Seton Hall- 50 @ #2 UConn- 69

DePaul- 62 @ #19 Notre Dame- 64 -- DePaul led by 9 at halftime but couldn't hold on.

#7 Ohio St.- 75 @ #13 Michigan St.- 71 -- Jared Sullinger had 21 points and 8 boards to lead the Buckeyes.

Purdue- 74 @ #11 Indiana- 81

Northwestern- 64 @ Penn St.- 66

Northern Iowa- 68 @ Butler- 72 (OT) -- Austin Pehl hit a jumpshot at the buzzer to force OT for the Panthers, but Butler pulled away in the extra frame.

Murray St.- 61 @ #6 Wisconsin- 79

Iowa- 59 @ Nebraska- 68

Minnesota- 75 @ Illinois- 70

Illinois St.- 74 @ Michigan- 56

#5 Kansas- 79 @ Missouri- 78 -- Kevin Young had the last 4 points for KU, including the game winner at the buzzer.

#12 Texas- 78 @ Kansas St.- 69

Oklahoma St.- 59 @ #9 Creighton- 68

Oral Roberts- 73 @ Ohio- 53

Marshall- 74 @ Iowa St.- 65

Oklahoma- 66 @ Wichita St.- 58 -- Steven Pledger led OU with 25 points and 7 boards.

Texas A&M- 66 @ Texas Tech- 56

Akron- 86 @ #18 Baylor- 87 (OT) -- Brett McClanahan hit a 3 for Akron to send the game to OT, and Pierre Jackson answered with the last word, getting a three in OT to give Baylor the win by the narrowest of margins

#22 Washington- 71 @ California- 73 -- A 20 point effort from Cal's Jorge Gutierrez combined with a 19 point effort by Justin Cobbs gave Cal the win.

UCLA- 66 @ Colorado- 57

Stanford- 69 @ USC- 51

Gonzaga- 69 @ Long Beach St.- 71 -- Casper Ware had a 24 point effort for Long Beach.

St. Marys- 85 @ Arizona- 73

#24 Oregon St.- 53 @ Utah- 44

Washington St.- 64 @ Arizona St.- 53

Loyola Marymount- 65 @ Oregon- 76

I am seriously considering scrapping this project, for several reasons. 1, the 2012-2013 quicksims are out on whatifsports, and several times I have quicksimmed with a 2012-2013 team instead of a 2011-2012 team. Also, I'm not halfway through the season and I'm already burnt out with it. I need to figure out a way to make things shorter. Then, I've got a few people who are request certain teams to be in it. bbgunn wants Hawaii, and I've gotten a couple private messages from people who would be interested in certain teams.

So what I may do, and if anybody wants to help they can, is figure out a new setup for the 2012-2013 season, the teams to use, things like that. If we can get a setup going, then I can restart this project using the 2012-2013WIS setup. I would start it in the fall, probably around September or October (honestly I'm to the point where I'm almost in full baseball mode right now.)

So here are some questions I would like help answering:

1. How many teams? Is 128 good? or too many? or to few?
2. How should the teams be selected? Should I do like I did last time? top 8 conferences then fill them with the best teams from other conferences, plus whatever teams people want to see?
3. Non-conference or no non-conference? If I do non-conference how should I set it up?
4. How should conference play be set up?
5. Postseason play? How should it be set up?

These are all questions I'm seriously considering for the next one, and I am looking for responses helping me answer these questions? I'm open to any ideas, so I would appreciate any help I can get, so don't be shy with your opinions folks! Thanks

Hey, you don't have to put Hawaii in the game. I was just asking about them, but I would read the dynasty no matter what.

bbgunn, trust me, its not just the fact that you want Hawaii in the game, its a lot of reasons.

First and foremost, I've kind of lost interest in this particular one. It was going to be a 29 week season.. I'm at week 13 and already getting burnt out. The first 10 weeks were fun, the last 3 weeks have seemed like a chore. The next one I do needs to be shortened somehow.

Second, its getting to be baseball season, and quite honestly I'm more focused on baseball projects than basketball projects (although I am trying to get a dynasty going in FBCB soon because that is a basketball game I always enjoy playing.) Other than that I have 2 baseball projects I focus on during baseball season.

Third, whatifsports has put the 2012-2013 teams onto the college basketball sim. I kept simming games with them because I would forget to set the year to 2011-2012, so my results were getting skewed and I kept having to resim games.

It's a combo of all these things bbgunn, but I have no problem putting Hawaii in the next one I do. I just have got to figure out a format that is shorter than this one was going to be, so that I don't lose interest halfway into it. This is where I'm struggling, so any help there would be greatly appreciated.

Since you plan on doing a tournament at the end anyway, I would just make one big tournament if it was me. That way you could do more detail on the games individually. By my count, if you put all the teams available in, you'd have 382(could be off one or two, looks like Delaware might be in there twice, but anyway).

Top 130 would get a first-round bye(base it on regular-season record or somesuch), you'd have the other 252 playing for the remaining 126 spots, then you'd be down to a 256-team single elimination standard tournament.

Bryan, there are actually 347 D1 NCAA basketball teams. The only reason I know that is because I went to Wikipedia and found it there.

As for a big tournament.. I had thought about that idea, but I really did kind of enjoy doing the conference and season play. Maybe eliminate non-conference and just have conference play is an idea.

Thanks for your suggestion, I appreciate it, keep them coming!