2018 NCAA Tourney

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Using Tournament Maker within DDSCB2018, I re-created the 2018 NCAA Tournament seeding the brackets as they have been done for the real-life NCAA Tournament this year.

Obviously the team strengths (and players) within DDSCB2018 are different from those in real life this season, so it's a just for fun effort. So if you go out and bet your life savings on the results reported here, good luck.

Play-in games (these were played using Exhibition Mode in DDSCB2018):

#16 play-in game:
Radford Highlanders-95, Long Island Blackbirds-90 (2 OT)

#11 play-in game:
St. Bonaventure Bonnies-78, UCLA Bruins-67

#16 play-in game:
North Carolina Central Eagles-96, Texas Southern Tigers-93 (OT)

#11 play-in game:
Syracuse Orange-76, Arizona State Sun Devils-68

NEXT: Round 1 Results

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ROUND 1:

Midwest Region:
#1 Kansas-102, #16 Pennsylvania-80
#8 Seton Hall-83, #9 North Carolina St-68
#5 Clemson-88, #12 New Mexico St-69
#4 Auburn-81, #13 Charleston-62
#2 Duke-74, #15 Iona-59
#7 Rhode Island-86, #10 Oklahoma-71
#11 Syracuse-104, #6 Texas Christian-57
#3 Michigan St-88, #14 Bucknell-70

East Region:
#1 Villanova-78, #16 Radford-70
#9 Alabama-67, #8 Virginia Tech-52
#5 West Virginia-92, #12 Murray St-64
#4 Wichita St-87, #13 Marshall-80
#2 Purdue-72, #15 Cal St Fullerton-51
#7 Arkansas-71, #10 Butler-70
#6 Florida-77, #11 St. Bonaventure-58
#3 Texas Tech-86, Stephen F. Austin-72

South Region:
#1 Virginia-76, #16 UMBC-55
#9 Kansas St-99, #8 Creighton-81
#5 Kentucky-61, #12 Davidson-60
#4 Arizona-69, #13 Buffalo-60
#2 Cincinnati-87, #15 Georgia St-71
#10 Texas-90, #7 Nevada-79
#6 Miami (FL)-91, #11 Loyola-Chicago-81
#3 Tennessee-90, #14 Wright St-77

West Region:
#1 Xavier-84, #16 North Carolina Central-62
#9 Florida St-84, #8 Missouri-47
#5 Ohio St-91, #12 South Dakota St-64
#4 Gonzaga-77, #13 UNC Greensboro-64
#2 North Carolina-98, #15 Lipscomb-55
#7 Texas A&M-93, #10 Providence-79
#6 Houston-102, #11 San Diego St-76
#3 Michigan-94, #14 Montana-68

Ohoh....Looks like #11 DDSCB Syracuse is MUCH stronger than this season's #11 real life Syracuse...104-57, Sheesh! (No way Real Life Syracuse is going to score 100)

Only other real upset was #10 Texas beating up on #7 Nevada...not so much of a stretch.

#5 Kentucky escaped by the skin of their teeth.

[Next: Round 2 and who is going to the Sweet 16]

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ROUND 2:

Midwest Region:
#1 Kansas-90, #8 Seton Hall-63
#2 Duke-66, #7 Rhode Island-62
#11 Syracuse-84, #3 Michigan St-78
#4 Auburn-87, #5 Clemson-84

East Region:
#9 Alabama-92, #1 Villanova-76
#7 Arkansas-77, #2 Purdue-55
#6 Florida-94, #3 Texas Tech-82
#4 Wichita St-83, #5 West Virginia-72

South Region:
#1 Virginia-73, #9 Kansas St-50
#10 Texas-83, #2 Cincinnati-73
#6 Miami (FL)-79, #3 Tennessee-62
#5 Kentucky-67, #4 Arizona-54

West Region:
#1 Xavier-96, #9 Florida St-69
#2 North Carolina-75, #7 Texas A&M-57
#6 Houston-83, #3 Michigan-65
#4 Gonzaga-80, #5 Ohio St-68

Three #1’s and two #2’s get into the Sweet 16.
Three of the games in the Midwest Region were really close.
East Region is a real bracket buster with the #1, 2 and 3 seeds going down to defeat.

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ROUND 3 (Sweet 16):

Midwest Region:
#1 Kansas-90, #4 Auburn-75
#2 Duke-86, #11 Syracuse-71

East Region:
#9 Alabama-60, #4 Wichita St-57
#6 Florida-82, #7 Arkansas-81

South Region:
#5 Kentucky-70, #1 Virginia-68
#6 Miami (FL)-95, #10 Texas-90

West Region:
#4 Gonzaga-65, #1 Xavier-63
#2 North Carolina-95, #6 Houston-80

Two great games in the East Region.
A single #1 and two #2’s remain.

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ROUND 4 (Elite 8):

Midwest Region:
#1 Kansas-86, #2 Duke-75

East Region:
#6 Florida-88, #9 Alabama-73

South Region:
#6 Miami (FL)-78, #5 Kentucky-66

West Region:
#4 Gonzaga-100, #2 North Carolina-77

All four games were runaways.
Kansas has cruised through all 4 of its games. Can their dominance continue?

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Here's the MIDWEST Region bracket results:

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Here's the EAST Regional bracket results:

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Here's the SOUTH Region bracket results:

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Here's the WEST Region bracket results:

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Round 5 (Final 4):

#1 Kansas-86, #6 Miami (FL)-53
#6 Florida-100, #4 Gonzaga-84

Another blowout win for Kansas. The average advantage in their 5 wins has been 21.6 points. They're scoring an average of over 93 ppg.
Miami gets their 3rd upset win setting up a real David vs Goliath final.