2020 College Championship Wild Cards (Final results posted)

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2020 College Championship Wild Cards (Final results posted)

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This thread will track the wild cards for the ongoing college tournament. As always, comments, observations, and predictions are welcome. But please do not mention any games you have seen that have not yet been posted. I hope to have each day's results added by 4:15 CDT.
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2020 College Championship Wild Cards (Final results posted)

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Automatic semi-finalists
1. Marshall Comeaux: 8800+8799=17599
2. Nathaniel Miller: 20000+4001=24001
3. Londyn Lorenz: 19400+1401=20801
4. Joe Coker: 15200+15000=30200
5. Tyler Combs: 29200-800=28400


Wild cards
1. Nibir Sarma (Game 5): 9700+8748=18448
2. Kayla Kalhor (Game 2): 12000+4501=16501
3. Beni Keown (Game 4): 14800+1000=15800
4. Xiaoke Ying (Game 4): 6400+6400=12800
5.Emma Farrell (Game 1): 12200-5401=6799
6.Sophie Casarico (Game 2): 3200+3200=6400
7. Natalie Hathcote (Game 5): 9800-5400=4400
8. Kylie Weaver (Game 3): 10400-8400=2000
9. Sirad Hassan (Game 1): 2600-2500=100
10. Alistair Gray (Game 3): 400-399=1

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1. Panama Canal
2. Salem
3. Harper Lee
4. Spain and Portugal
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Re: 2020 College Championship Wild Cards (Game 3 posted)

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Game 3 brings us our first two eliminated players.
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Sirad played Game 1, not 2.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:46 pm Sirad played Game 1, not 2.
Fixed. Thank you.
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Re: 2020 College Championship Wild Cards (Game 4 posted)

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Kayla and Beni punch their tickets to the next round while Sophie and Kylie are eliminated. Xiaoke looks to be in good shape for tomorrow while Emma will be hoping for a tough FJ.
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Emma, Natalie, and Kylie missed a WC by missing FJ. But Kylie or Emma getting it right eliminates Natalie even if she got it right.
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In hopes of morphing this into a predictions thread while knowing nothing of the semifinal matchups, I'll predict these three make the finals:
Nathaniel
Tyler
Beni

That's in order of how likely I think they are to win.
Of the other six contenders, Londyn and Joe seem to me the most likely possible finalists.
Got a thought for who seems most likely to go down in flames, but I'll keep it to myself.
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Matchups are:

Monday: Tyler/Kayla/Beni
Tuesday: Joe/Londyn/Nibir
Wednesday: Nathaniel/Marshall/Xiaoke
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Well, given the results, here's the stats on how they stack on the top 3:

Buzzer percentage:
1) Tyler Combs (Indiana) 47.37%
1) Londyn Lorenz (Ole Miss) 47.37%
3) Beni Keown (Northwestern) 43.86%

DD Net Earn:
1) Joe Coker (Hendrix College) [1/1 - $5,000]
2) Tyler Combs (Indiana) [1/1 - $3,400]
3) Marshall Comeaux (Texas) [2/2 - $3,000]

Average Coryat:
1) Tyler Combs (Indiana) $27,000
2) Nathaniel Miller (Yale) $21,800
3) Beni Keown (Northwestern) $20,800

Right answer total:
1) Tyler Combs (Indiana) 29 R
2) Nathaniel Miller (Yale) 26 R
3) Londyn Lorenz (Ole Miss) 25 R

Wrong answer total:
1) Xiaoke Ying (USC) 1 W
1) Tyler Combs (Indiana) 1 W
3) Joe Coker (Hendrix College) 2 W
(There was a tie with Nibir Sarma as well, by rule Joe gets the 3rd place edge with 1 more correct answer)

I think, strategically, each of these students have a strength, and each have a weakness. And their styles are all different, which makes this prediction a bit difficult. But, here's something about each of them that I can find about them that's interesting.
Beni, being the youngest (And only a freshman), has the 3rd-best coryat of the bunch, but I'm concerned of him when he gets the DDs because the two DDs he missed cost him $6,000 and worries me that his opponents could possibly run circles around him. I would look at Beni as a wild card.
Tyler and Londyn have the best buzzing percentage, which could be an advantage to advancing to the finals, but there's more to this than meets the eye. You don't always have to have the best percentage to win. You have to prove you're worthy of it to advance.
I don't think Joe can win based on how he performed in his quarterfinal. He NEARLY got himself eliminated by making such a bet like that. Because he's now in the semifinals, the difficulty will get even harder because this is a one-and-done situation. You make it, or you're out. And chances are, if he gambles the dice too much, chances are, he's out.
Xiaoke's got the least wrong of the bunch, but the problem is she's in last place in terms of right answers (11). She's gotta turn up the aggression if she wants to win.
Londyn is the X-Factor of the bunch because she's 3rd when it comes to answers correct, but she did so without a DD. Now, if she were to get a DD or two in the semifinals, she could be deadly in the finals.
Tyler leads in 3 categories, which could be an advantage, but could also be his own weakness. He and Londyn look like clear-cut favorites. Now, if he were to stay steady and play like how he did in the quarterfinals, he'll be the clear winner.
Nathaniel could be a favorite if he continues to be solid and consistent while getting his DDs right and building a big lead, maybe he might have a chance. He's good, but you wonder how much pressure he'll be facing in the semifinals, given the fact that he could be facing a much different set of players that have won/got a wildcard spot. In fact, I'm wondering if the 6 sophomores that advanced are facing a lot more pressure than the quarterfinals.
Marshall is 3rd in terms of DD Net Earn, but is last in amount of answers wrong (6). I think if Marshall were to somehow advance, he needs to calm down because 3 of his 6 wrong answers were on the big value clues in the first round. He can't make these kinds of mistakes in the semifinals because this is a one-and-done situation he's finding himself in. If he repeats the same mistakes he did in the quarterfinals, he's done.
Kayla held her own in this College Championship and proved that she's worthy of a spot in the semifinals. She's 5th in buzzing percentage and answers right, but watch for her to make a strong impression in the semifinals, especially if she starts out fast.
Nibir's probably a sleeper in this competition, especially given the fact that he had to earn the final wildcard spot the hard way. Now, if he were to somehow win a spot in the finals, that would be a pivotal upset. That one DD miss put concerns as to whether or not he was going to make it, but he made a giant bet that not only, catapulted him into the semis, but also was the highest scorer of the wildcard bunch. Now, it's a matter if he puts his best foot forward and delivers.

I don't know who's the clear-cut winner, but given all these facts, anything could happen. We'll just have to wait and find out who makes it into the finals.
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If Joe had bet zero and Emma and Kylie get their FJ right, he doesn’t get a WC.
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MTGcollegestudent wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:36 am
Right answer total:
1) Tyler Combs (Indiana) 29 R
2) Nathaniel Miller (Yale) 27 R
3) Londyn Lorenz (Florida) 26 R
On no. 3, wrong name ot wrong school?
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OrangeSAM wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:31 pm
MTGcollegestudent wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:36 am
Right answer total:
1) Tyler Combs (Indiana) 29 R
2) Nathaniel Miller (Yale) 27 R
3) Londyn Lorenz (Florida) 26 R
On no. 3, wrong name ot wrong school?
I'm going with wrong everything. The Archive has Londyn with 25R (Kayla from UF had 19R). It also shows Nathaniel with 26R.
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econgator wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:57 pm
OrangeSAM wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:31 pm
MTGcollegestudent wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:36 am
Right answer total:
1) Tyler Combs (Indiana) 29 R
2) Nathaniel Miller (Yale) 27 R
3) Londyn Lorenz (Florida) 26 R
On no. 3, wrong name ot wrong school?
I'm going with wrong everything. The Archive has Londyn with 25R (Kayla from UF had 19R). It also shows Nathaniel with 26R.
Fixed...at least...I think everything is changed.
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Emma can sleep better knowing that if she had stood pat at 12,200, she still would’ve been edged out for the wild-card slot.

Interesting that the four wildcard winners all got their FJ’s right, and the other 6 got FJ wrong. Does it usually break that cleanly?
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AthenaTV wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2020 4:31 am Emma can sleep better knowing that if she had stood pat at 12,200, she still would’ve been edged out for the wild-card slot.

Interesting that the four wildcard winners all got their FJ’s right, and the other 6 got FJ wrong. Does it usually break that cleanly?
That's a good question. It just depends if that particular player feels strong about it. What matters is how you finish because the semis is basically a one-and-done just like in college sports.
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econgator wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:57 pm I'm going with wrong everything. The Archive has Londyn with 25R (Kayla from UF had 19R). It also shows Nathaniel with 26R.
The Archive doesn't add the correct response for Final Jeopardy. His original numbers were fine.
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reddpen wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:12 pm In hopes of morphing this into a predictions thread while knowing nothing of the semifinal matchups, I'll predict these three make the finals:
Nathaniel
Tyler
Beni

That's in order of how likely I think they are to win.
Of the other six contenders, Londyn and Joe seem to me the most likely possible finalists.
Got a thought for who seems most likely to go down in flames, but I'll keep it to myself.
econgator wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:42 pm Matchups are:

Monday: Tyler/Kayla/Beni
Tuesday: Joe/Londyn/Nibir
Wednesday: Nathaniel/Marshall/Xiaoke
In that case--and without having seen today's results--I'll continue this fool's errand and pick these three as finalists:
Tyler
Londyn
Nathaniel

Today's matchup looks the most interesting. I'm sticking with Tyler, but Beni could surprise.
Tuesday is almost a tossup between Joe and Londyn. I'm giving Londyn a slight edge.
Nathaniel seems to have the most straightforward path to the finals. He remains my pick to win it all, with Tyler a close second.
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