DDSCB 2017 Tournament Maker Results

[PointGuard]

This is NOT a dynasty but seems like a good place to keep results from Tournament Maker efforts.

While I'm starting this thread and will contribute, I encourage others to add their results here as well (in any format and in as much or as little detail as you wish). I think it would be fun to see what different people do with this new tool in our DDSCB arsenal.

[Wayne23]

No need to repeat yourself, PG. You're not a radish.

[PointGuard]

Prime Conference Hoops Tournament

Participants: One top representative of the Top 8 Conferences:

UCONN, American Athletic (Prestige 89, Seeded #4)
Duke, ACC (Presitige 94, Seeded #2)
Indiana, Big 10 (Prestige 87, Seeded #5)
Kansas, Big 12 (Prestige 94, Seeded #1)
Georgetown, Big East (Prestige 70, Seeded #8)
Arizona, Pac 12 (Prestige 83, Seeded #6)
Kentucky, Southeastern (Prestige 89, Seeded #3)
Gonzaga, West Coast (Prestige 78, Seeded #7)

Quarterfinals:

#8 seed Georgetown Hoyas vs #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks:

Georgetown jumped out to a 4-0 lead but then the lead shifted back and forth with 10 lead changes until there was 12 minutes left in the first half. At that point Kansas began pulling away and at the half, led 55-41. The first 5 minutes of the 2nd half were all Kansas as they stretched their lead to 20 points. But Georgetown fought back to reduce the lead to 10 points in the next 3 minutes. The Hoyas were unable to get closer until near the end of the game, though. With 4 minutes left, Kansas lead was narrowed to 85-80. Heath Qualls drilled a 3 with 2:48 left to get the Hoyas within 2 points. Kansas held the Hoyas off and the Jayhawks’ Jamie Flores popped in a 3 with 1:21 to go to make the score 92-85. At that point, Georgetown was forced to foul. Kansas came away with a hard-fought 97-88 victory. Kansas was led by C Tony Watson’s impressive double-double (28 points and 12 rebounds). SF Jamie Flores added 20 points. SG Johnnie Watts dished out 10 assists to go along with his 5 steals and 2 blocks and PF James Radford hauled down 13 boards and scored 10 points. For Georgetown, PF Dave Jones scored 18 and C Lamont Moore dropped in 16 points, hitting 8 of his 10 shots and getting 3 steals and 3 blocks. Reserve Pat Ray scored 12 and had 6 assists and 5 rebounds. The refs called 24 fouls against Georgetown while whistling Kansas just 12 times. That put the Jayhawks on the line 22 more times where they scored 16 more points than the Hoyas. Georgetown outshot Kansas from the field, 55% to 45%.

#7 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs vs #2 seed Duke Blue Devils:

Gonzaga came out on fire, scoring on their first 6 possessions and forcing 4 Duke turnovers to take a 14-0 lead after just 2-1/2 minutes of play. Duke them woke up and began to make a game of it, closing to within 6 late in the half, but the Zags made another run in the final minutes to take a 47-35 lead to the locker room. SG Antwaan Anderson led Gonzaga in the first half with 10 points. The Zags quickness continued to keep the Blue Devils on their heels during the first portion of the 2nd half and Gonzaga opened a 16 point lead midway through. But then Duke began to show why they were the #2 seed and closed to within 4 points with 7-1/2 minutes to go. Duke crept to within 2 with 3-1/2 minutes remaining. Gonzaga held tough and Cordell Mansell’s 3 from downtown with 1:38 to go seemed like a dagger in the Blue Devils heart and put Gonzaga up by 7. Gonzaga went on to upset the favored Blue Devils by a final score of 81-70. Gonzaga’s coast-to-coast victory was the result of their outshooting Duke 49% to 38%, SG Antwaan Anderson finished as high point man with 20 followed butPG Victor Henderson controlled the game for the Zags scoring 9 points but dishing out 10 assists. SF Cordell Mansell scored 10 and had 3 assists and 7 boards. Duke was led by SG Omar Beck who scored 16 points while PF Jason Pettaway dropped in 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. PG Jethel Huld added 11 points with 6 assists but was saddled with 6 turnovers.

#6 seed Arizona Wildcats vs #3 seed Kentucky Wildcats:

In a game of all Wildcats, Arizona controlled the tempo and the game in the early going, gradually building their lead. Midway through the first half they led 33-12 as they cooked on both ends of the court with PF Billy Kimrbrough trashing Kentucky with 14 points and 6 boards. Zona never let up and by the end of the half led 49-26. In the first half. Arizona had just 1 turnover while Kentucky turned the ball over 8 times. Kentucky slowly chipped away at the lead in the second half, but Arizona was never seriously threatened and walked away with an easy 78-66 win. For Arizona, PF Billy Kimbrough dropped in 25 points, pulled down 12 rebounds and blocked 3 shots. His interior running mate, C Derrick Prewitt scored 10, grabbed 6 board and blocked 4 shots. SG Ray Calloway scored 14 and reserve guard Kyle Jones added 10. SG David Greer led Kentucky’s scoring with 18 points while PG Jean Jonzen added 12 and SF Matt Dililgard scored 10 and pulled down 7 rebounds.

#5 seed Indiana Hoosiers vs #4 seed UCONN Huskies:

Both teams were stiff coming onto the court and neither could score in the first 2-1/2 minutes of play. Indiana remained stone cold as the Huskies opened a 19-9 lead only to see Indiana pull back to take20-19 lead with 8 minutes to play in the half. The Hoosiers game then went flat again allowing UCONN to gain a 35-22 halftime advantage. Indiana hit just 18% of their shots in the first half. PF Alonzo Molnar and SG Kevin Murphy provided a nice inside-outside threat for the Huskies and combined to score 22 first half points. Five minutes into the 2nd half, Indiana cut the lead to 5 points, but then their offense sputtered again and UCONN quickly reestablished a double-digit lead which they held onto the rest of the way. UCONN steam-rolled the Hoosiers 78-57. The Huskies dominated the boards 43-30 and outshot Indiana 51% to 27%. The refs weighed in by calling 21 fouls against Indiana and only against UCONN allowing the Huskies to outscore the Hoosiers by 14 points at charity line. PF Alonzo Molnar dropped in 20 points and SG Kevin Murphy added 16. But SF Starzee Robinson scored 13 and hauled down 15 boards. C Bobby Morris contributed 11 points. For Indiana, SG Kevin Elliott was the only player to score in double figures with 19.

Semifinals:

#4 seed UCONN Huskies vs #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks:

Kansas maintained a small lead throughout the first half, but UCONN didn’t let the Jayhawks pull away until very late in the half. Kansas left the court leading 43-31 as they knocked down 54% of their shots and controlled the boards 20-11. Ben Pearson and Tony Watson came off the bench to combine for 22 points for Kansas in the first half. UCONN struck back to tie the game at 48-48 with 12-1/2 minutes to play. The Jayhawks recaptured a small lead but it was anyone’s game. With 3 minutes remaining, Kansas led 72-71. SG John DeLord dropped in two free throws for the Huskies to give them a 75-74 lead with 1:57 on the clock. On the next possession, SG Johnny White was fouled and sunk both shots to put Kansas on top by a point. C Bobby Morris put up a tough shot from near the free throw line that came hard off the rim right back to him. He put it right back up to make it 77-76 in favor of the Huskies with 1:20 to go. The Huskies then applied a rock solid defense to force a clock violation against the Jayhawks but they couldn’t score on their possession. Kansas’ PF James Radford was fouled shooting and swished both free throws through the net making it 78-77 Kansas with 36 seconds to play. Following a time out, Morris was fouled inside but could only make one of two foul shots and the game was tied at 78-78. Kansas took a time out and brought the ball up court with 22 seconds to go. Morris stole a pass inside and UCONN had one last chance with 10 seconds remaining. They quickly worked the ball around and got it to Morris for a jumper near the free throw line that went down. UCONN came away with a thrilling 80-78 come-from-behind victory to send them to the Championship game. The difference in the game was that the Huskies made just 9 turnovers against Kansas’ 21 turnovers. The inside duo of C Bobby Morris and PF Alonzo Molnar both scored 19 points for the Huskies, but Morris’ inspired play at the end of the game made him the player of the game. Ben Pearson scored 19 off the bench to lead Kansas’ scoring. SF Jamie Flores added 12 points and pulled down 7 boards. Reserve Steve Hall scored 10 and grabbed 10 rebounds for Kansas.

#7 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs vs #6 seed Arizona Wildcats:

The game was a defensive battle early in the first half. The entire half was a thrilling see-saw, back-and-forth slugfest with neither team being able to gain an advantage. But Gonzaga went cold in the final 3 minutes and the Wildcats scored the last 11 points of the half to take a 41-31 halftime lead. SG Ray Calloway scored 11 first half points for the Wildcats. Gonzaga narrowed the gap to 47-45 with 13-1/2 minutes to play. The Zags’ Brent Nooner stepped in front of a Wildcat pass to steal the ball and pushed the ball up court to a streaking Cordell Mansell who threw down a jam to put the Bulldogs on top 62-61 with 6:46 to play. With 3:22 remaining, Derrick Prewitt took his man to the basket, but pulled up to sink an 8 footer and Arizona recaptured the lead at 65-64. Gonzaga’s PG Victor Henderson was fouled on a drive on the next possession and canned both shots to put the Zags back on top by a point with 3:12 remaining. The Wildcats couldn’t convert on their next possession and Henderson made them pay by hitting a long 3 to make it 69-65 in favor of Gonzaga with 2:45 on the clock. Antwaan Anderson then hit a big 3 with 57 seconds to go to put Gonzaga ahead by 7. Gonzaga went on to notch a resounding 79-69 victory catapulting the Bulldogs into the next night’s Championship game. Gonzaga won it by holding Arizona’s shooting to a dismal 34%. SF Cordell Mansell was had high point honors for Gonzaga with 14 points. PG Victor Henderson and reserves Brent Nooner and Rodney Robinson each added 10 while reserve Tony Maxwell scored 8 and pulled down 7 boards. SG Ray Calloway scored 25 points for Arizona and PF Billy Kimbrough scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Championship:

#7 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs vs #4 seed UCONN Huskies:

While UCONN scored first, Gonzaga pulled away to take a 20-10 lead with 12 minutes left in the first half. The Huskies came back to take a 28-26 lead with 5-1/2 minutes to play in the half. The half ended with UCONN in control 37-33. The Huskies two big men, PF Alonzo Molnar and C Bobby Morris combined for 22 first half points while SG T.J. Johnson, who started in place of the injured Antwaan Anderson, led Gonzaga with 14 points. Gonzaga couldn’t get untracked and by the midpoint of the 2nd half, UCONN boasted a 58-44 lead. From there the Huskies were able to maintain a double-digit lead. UCONN won the Prime Conference Hoops Tournament by defeating Gonzaga 77-65. UCONN manhandled the Zags on the boards to the tune of 40-26. But Gonzaga outshot the Huskies 44% to 39%. The Zags were tagged with 28 fouls while only 17 fouls were assessed against the Huskies. This allowed UCONN to go to the charity stripe 17 more times and score 15 more points than the Bulldogs. PF Alonzo Molnar led the scoring for the Huskies with 19 points, but C Bobby Morris not only scored 17 points but was a monster on the boards, hauling down 15 rebounds. SF Starzee Robinson scored 12 and SG Kevin Murphy added 10 for the Huskies. SG T. J. Johnson led all scorers with 23 points for Gonzaga. Injured SG Antwaan Anderson was limited to 8 minutes of playing time but scored 6. PF David Hayes grabbed 7 rebounds and had 4 steals and 3 blocks for the Bulldogs.

[PointGuard]

No need to repeat yourself, PG. You're not a radish.

LOL Wayne..I deleted the other one, you rutabega!

[Wayne23]

Hey, look who won! U-C-O-N-N! UCONN, UCONN, UCONN!!!

[Wayne23]

So how do you make an 8 team tourney work? Do you need to fill in all 64, then just play the games you want to play?

[PointGuard]

Pretty easy...Fill in the portion of the bracket(s) for the size tournament you want (4 team, 8 team, 16 team, etc) and then fill in the other portions with anyone...just quickly inserting teams (yeah, you do have to fill in all 64 places, but that can be done quickly). Then play the games you are interested in in 2D so you can see what is going on and look over the box score (or sim then if you only are interested in the final score and the winners of the games and the tournment)...and click sim for the other games that aren't part of your tournament (and ignore those results). Once you've finished playing the games that affect your size tournament, you can quit running Tournament Maker. As you may recall, I lobbied for various size tournaments within Tournament Maker, but Gary said he wanted to find out what people thought about this tool about refining it further.

One nice thing about Tournament Maker is that after you've run a game (or a number of games), you can close Tournament Maker and it automatically saves the tournament and you can re-open it later to finish more of your tournament.

[PointGuard]

Hey, look who won! U-C-O-N-N! UCONN, UCONN, UCONN!!!

I KNEW this was coming! I amost re-ran the tournament so I wouldn't have to hear it.

[Wayne23]

Hahahahahahaha!

I hope Gary goes with the option of different size tournaments for DDS:CB 2018. I'd be much more likely to use it then.

[PointGuard]

While I concur, it really is easy to create and run a different size tournament.