Gotham Style Picke 'em: Gators @ Gamecocks

There's .5 for MVG

 

It's been obvious that the Gators were struggling at guard, so Jones and Appleby were on the bench to start this one. Has there been any game as such this season? The highlight today must be Reeves getting 23min and scoring 14. Team FT shooting improved to the tune of 66.7%, as did FG% (55.1). Castleton had a great game behind 10pt/7rb/8 blks, but he got edged by Reeves for MVG. I don't think anybody had Kowacie for MVG, but will check. Lost in all of this was another solid outing by Jitoboh.

Player.....AL...Aub...LSU...SC
Reeves......1.0...0.0...1.3....4.0
Castleton..1.5...1.5....3.6....3.1
Duruji......1.4...1.3.....0.9....2.3
Jitoboh......1.4...0.5....n/a....2.3
Fleming.....0.4...0.6...1.1.....1.8
Kennedy....1.4....n/a...0.5....1.8
Appleby....0.8...1.9.....0.6....1.6
McKissic....1.1...0.8....0.6....0.9
Jones.......0.6...1.0.....0.9....0.8
Felder.......1.4...0.8....1.0.....0.7

 

Here's your winner . . . good pick! Nobody got the MVG, but @thenazz got SC's score (+.5) and I got the Gator's score (+1).

Leaderboard
fda92045.............7.0
GratefulGator........6.5
gatordavisl...........6.0
Matherly87...........5.0
bullish..................4.5
ApexNC................4.5
gator954..............4.0
Singaporegator......4.0
gatormonk............3.5
GatorLurker...........3.5
exiledgator............3.0
KillerRabbits..........2.5
number1..............2.5
potomacgator........2.0
33hoop................2.0
Gatorhead............1.5
channingcrowder...1.5
GatorPlanet..........1.5
firegator...............1.5
agrigatorspyv........1.0
MCB51.................1.0
maleko.................1.0
murphree_hall.......1.0
manigordo............1.0
gatortenor37.........1.0
Gatorhead5...........1.0
thenazz.................1.0
g8wayg8r..............0.5
OklahomaGator......0.5
GatorRade.............0.5
hobegator..............0.5

 

The Hall of Victory
Opp.......winner..........................................deficit
FSU.......gatordavisl......................................10
Mil........GratefulGator....................................6
Cal........fda92045.........................................3
OSU.......gatormonk......................................0
Troy.......GratefulGator...................................9
OK.........Killer_Rabbits, gatordavisl, bullish......8
TXs........potomacgator..................................24
UNF.......Gator954.........................................0
MD........Matherly..........................................3
USF.......Singaporegator.................................2
StonyB...GatorLurker.....................................4
AL..........33hoop..........................................4
Aub........fda92045.......................................1
LSU........number1........................................5
SC.........ApexNC..........................................2

 

You're probably right. The game ended pretty close to the way expected. Both teams scored about where expected and several people came w/in 4 or 5 pts. I missed by5.

 

I appreciate you bringing this up in a respectful manner. So everyone can understand how the VPS works, I'll break today's result down. And folks want to bitch and complain about it (not you, shane) in the future, I'll refer them back to this post.

First, let's look at the positive stats.

player.....pts.....rbs.....asst.....stls.....blks.....subtotal
CC..........10.......7........2(4)......0........8(16)...37
KR..........14.......2........0..........2(4)....0.........20

The subtotals above are the numerators. Notice that assists, steals, and blocks are x2, so Castleton was awarded 16pts for his 8 blocks.

Now, let's look at the negative stats.

player.....ftmiss.....fgmiss.....fouls.....TOs.....subtotal
CC...........0............3(6)..........1(2)......2(4).....12
KR...........1............2(4)...........0.........0..........5

Subtotal of the neg stats is the denominator.
Castleton 37 / 12 = 3.08 rounded up to 3.1
Reeves 20 / 5 = 4.0

VPS accounts for efficiency and "penalizes" volume stats. If Reeves had just one foul, Castleton would have been the MVG. Instead, Reeves played by far his best game as a Gator with zero fouls and zero turnovers. He tied Fleming for top scorer.

I acknowledge that Castleton is our best player but I'm glad Reeves got this one. Happy for him and the contest would be less interesting if CC always got folks the +.5. Now @Matherly87, you may take your "garbage" and stick it.

 

Disagree - please see post 38.