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I think that those who have participated have enjoyed the football predictions competition so far this fall. And it appears that about 100 people check in after the each post to see what is happening. So I am wondering how much interest there is in doing the same thing for basketball. It would be a little more complicated in that games occur throughout the week, teams will frequently play more than once a week etc. Let me know if you are interested and make recommendations on the following. My preliminary ideas are listed in the responses.
What teams should be included?
SDSU men and women, NDSU men and women, who else? Since most teams play about 2 games a week the four teams above would count for about 8 games per week. That is probably enough but we could add a few more if there is a concensus.
What is the best day for deadline on predictions?
Sunday or Wednesday seem to be the days with the fewest games. My idea would be to post a list of games for a week at a time and to post them about a week in advance of the start of the week. Predictions could then be made anytime prior to the start of the week. Or if we restrict it to the SDSU and NDSU teams, I could probably post and set deadlines twice a week. (The number of teams and number of deadlines becomes a time commitment issue on my end.)
How to handle tournaments?
We won't know in advance who will be playing in tournaments after the first game in some instances. For example will be playing Northern Colorado or Lipscomb after we beat Kentucky (got to think positive). My idea would be to list both possibilities and count the predictions on the opponent that we actually play.
Any comments or suggestions?
Let me know if you are inetested so we can see if there is enough interest to plan for this either by replying on the message board or by sending me an e-mail.
If we decide to do this, I suggest including the exhibition games which will provide time to get the kinks worked out and also raise our accuracy perctentage hopefully. I think the first exhibition game is October 31 for the SDSU Men.
What teams should be included?
SDSU men and women, NDSU men and women, who else? Since most teams play about 2 games a week the four teams above would count for about 8 games per week. That is probably enough but we could add a few more if there is a concensus.
What is the best day for deadline on predictions?
Sunday or Wednesday seem to be the days with the fewest games. My idea would be to post a list of games for a week at a time and to post them about a week in advance of the start of the week. Predictions could then be made anytime prior to the start of the week. Or if we restrict it to the SDSU and NDSU teams, I could probably post and set deadlines twice a week. (The number of teams and number of deadlines becomes a time commitment issue on my end.)
How to handle tournaments?
We won't know in advance who will be playing in tournaments after the first game in some instances. For example will be playing Northern Colorado or Lipscomb after we beat Kentucky (got to think positive). My idea would be to list both possibilities and count the predictions on the opponent that we actually play.
Any comments or suggestions?
Let me know if you are inetested so we can see if there is enough interest to plan for this either by replying on the message board or by sending me an e-mail.
If we decide to do this, I suggest including the exhibition games which will provide time to get the kinks worked out and also raise our accuracy perctentage hopefully. I think the first exhibition game is October 31 for the SDSU Men.
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