'Mega-Yarnell' Invitational (100) - Iba D2 Topic

At the 1/3 point of this marathon, we have six teams tied for the lead. Potentially, there could be some rather complex tie-breakers, where we might need to enlist the help of hackerhog to sort out and resolve. Longwood had to go into OT to hand Wayne St. their first loss of the Yarnell 75-74, giving an opening to four other teams to move into a tie for the lead. Whereas normally there are six teams in the Yarnell, this Mega-Yarnell has six teams tied for the lead a third of the way through.

Tonight, every game is still relevant, with several key match-ups. One big one is #6 Kennesaw St @ #17 Central Arkansas. Both teams started the Yarnell with a loss and now sit at 2-1. The winner will remain in the top spot, and the oddsmakers essentially rate it a toss-up, giving the Owls a 1 point edge. Another critical game to keep your eyes on is #15 Seattle @ #16 Northeastern St. Also both teams sit at 2-1, where the winner will stay tied for the top spot. Vegas also considers this a toss-up, favoring Northeastern St. by a single point.

STANDINGS
Wayne St. 2-1
Seattle 2-1
Northeastern St. 2-1
Longwood 2-1
Kennesaw St. 2-1
Central Arkansas 2-1
Dominican 1-2
Concord 1-2
Bellarmine 1-2
Gannon 0-3

ROUND FOUR
#15 Seattle (3-1) +1 @ #16 Northeastern St (3-1)
Concord (1-3) +3 @ #25 Dominican (2-2)
Bellarmine (2-2) +2 @ #14 Longwood (3-1)
#6 Kennesaw St (3-1) -1 @ #17 Central Arkansas (3-1)
Gannon (1-3) +17 @ #9 Wayne St (3-1)

ROUND THREE RESULTS
Dominican 54 @ Northeastern St 63
NSU - N Smith 15/2blk (POG), K Dyson 10/6A
DC - J Garner 17, W Adkisson 12

Bellarmine 79 @ Seattle 92
SU - T Johnson 13/13R (POG), T Matson 17
BU - D Frank 15, M Lis 10/3S

Central Arkansas 68 @ Concord 61
UCA - A Bello 16/8R (POG), D Pulliam 12/7R
CC- G Montgomery 12/3S, R Kerns 12

Wayne St 74 @ Longwood 75 OT
LU - D Baker 14/4A (POG), L Walker 17
WSC - W Cole 16/4A, R Coleman 14/3S

Gannon 55 @ Kennesaw St 67
KSU - R Silvia 14/13R (POG), M Deck 16
GU - D Mitchell 13, R Stickles 11
3/9/2018 7:43 PM
We are now locked into a 4-way tie atop the standings, with three teams trailing by just 1 game. Three of the games last night were decided by 3 points, a couple of them coming down to a missed 3-pt attempt in the closing seconds.

Tonight, none of the teams tied at the top face each other, and that leads to some intriguing match-ups, as some teams try to stay in contention while the leaders try to get some separation from the pack. Concord, after a slow start to the season, now faces a tough test as a 5-point underdog against #13 Northeastern St. but can climb back into the race with a victory. Likewise, Seattle, after a narrow loss last night, will face off on road road against #8 Longwood in a must-win situation as a 2-point underdog. Central Arkansas goes on the road as a 3-point underdog against #10 Wayne St., who barely survived a scare at home last night from Gannon. For each of these contests, only 1 game separates the underdog from the tournament lead, but a loss would open up a 2-game gap. Bellarmine and Dominican try to get back into the race with games against #3 Kennesaw St and Gannon respectively.

STANDINGS
Wayne St. 3-1
Northeastern St. 3-1
Longwood 3-1
Kennesaw St. 3-1
Seattle 2-2
Central Arkansas 2-2
Concord 2-2
Dominican 1-3
Bellarmine 1-3
Gannon 0-4

ROUND FIVE
#13 Northeastern St (4-1) -5 @ Concord (2-3)
#23 Seattle (3-2) +2 @ #8 Longwood (4-1)
Dominican (2-3) +8 @ #3 Kennesaw St (4-1)
Bellarmine (2-3) -6 @ Gannon (1-4)
Central Arkansas (3-2) +3 @ #10 Wayne St (4-1)

ROUND FOUR RESULTS
Seattle 53 @ Northeastern St 56
NSU - B Weston 17 (POG), N Smith 11
SU - T Matson 9/4A, J Dixon 6/12R

Concord 85 @ Dominican 82
CC- R Kerns 17 (POG), F Parnell 15
DC - J Garner 19, R Bush 15

Bellarmine 61 @ Longwood 72
LU - L Walker 19 (POG), D Sundquist 13
BU - W Chen 13/2S, D Frank 12

Kennesaw St 66 @ Central Arkansas 55
KSU - M Deck 13 (POG), S Kinchen 11/2blk
UCA - D Pulliam 16/8R, A Bello 15/8R

Gannon 81 @ Wayne St 84
WSC - R Coleman 19/4S (POG), W Cole 12/8A
GU - D Mitchell 28, D Roan 14/6A
3/10/2018 9:20 AM
Loving the summaries long_ge. Hoping the Owls can keep rolling tonight.

Its also pretty wild to think we aren’t even 1/2 through this yet.
3/10/2018 12:29 PM
Man this stretch of away games have been rough. Ready for a home game soon.. Lol
3/10/2018 8:10 PM
I can't wait to see all of our RPIs when this thing is finished.
3/10/2018 8:59 PM
Well sos is gonna be all tops
3/10/2018 11:15 PM
Pleased with the competitive balance so far. In the normal Yarnell, most of the time we have a pretty good sense of what way it is going fairly early on, whereas this looks wide open still. Some key games are on the horizon for sure. It will be interesting to see if one or two teams can break away from the pack or if it stays close with lots of tie-breaker scenarios remaining in play. Maybe we'll have to do the Mega-Yarnell format every once in a while.
3/10/2018 11:31 PM
Last night Seattle was able to defeat Longwood to impact the top of the standings. Longwood was able to get to within 4 points fairly late in the game, but foul trouble for both starting guards was too much to overcome. Both Longwood and Seattle trail the leaders by one game. Concord really gave Northeastern St a scare, leading by 10 points with just a few minutes to play. Despite the final score not reflecting it, this game was still undecided well into the last minute. Right now, the leaders Wayne St., Northeastern St., and Kennesaw St. have not faced each other, and will not face each other until the final 3 nights of the tournament. Longwood owns the tie-breaker against Wayne St., but would lose tie-breakers to Seattle or Kennesaw St. Seattle, on the other hand, would win a tie-breaker against Kennesaw St, but would lose tie-breakers to Wayne St. or Northeastern St.

Tonight, the key match-up will be #9 Northeastern St. hosting #18 Longwood. As a 1-point underdog, Longwood needs this win to stay in contention. If Longwood wins out, they would still need help but having the tiebreaker against Wayne St would keep them in it. While Kennesaw St. and Wayne St are both favorites tonight, they play teams on the road that were pre-season #10 and #13 that are going to be a lot tougher than the point spread suggests. Seattle will also try to keep pace going on the road against Gannon, while Central Arkansas and Bellarmine face off to get back to .500 in the Yarnell in hopes of making a surge the last part of the tournament.

STANDINGS
Wayne St. 4-1
Northeastern St. 4-1
Kennesaw St. 4-1
Longwood 3-2
Seattle 3-2
Central Arkansas 2-3
Concord 2-3
Bellarmine 2-3
Dominican 1-4
Gannon 0-5

ROUND SIX
#18 Longwood (4-2) +1 @ #9 Northeastern St (5-1)
#3 Kennesaw St (5-1) -14 @ Concord (2-4)
#17 Seattle (4-2) -16 @ Gannon (1-5)
#5 Wayne St (5-1) -9 @ Dominican (2-4)
Central Arkansas (3-3) -1 @ Bellarmine (3-3)

ROUND FIVE RESULTS
Northeastern St 75 @ Concord 67
NSU - N SMith 21 (POG), B Weston 12/10R
CC - R Kerns 15, J Rice 13

Seattle 78 @ Longwood 67
SU - T Johnson 17/8R (POG), A Davis 18
LU - P Lass 12, D Baker 11

Dominican 60 @ Kennesaw St 76
KSU - M Deck 19 (POG), S Kinchen 14
DC - P Winterberg 10/8R, W Adkisson 9

Bellarmine 80 @ Gannon 67
BU - D Frank 21 (POG), W Chen 12
GU - D Mitchell 25, D Roan 10/7A

Central Arkansas 55 @ Wayne St 70
WSC - R Coleman 16/12R/3blk (POG), W Cole 11
UCA - A Bello 18, J Funches 8
3/11/2018 1:19 PM
That's a fantastic Yarnell format. Miss playing in that.
3/12/2018 1:31 PM
Thx Dave, we need some old D2 Yarnell vets to make it back to D2, where coaching and roster building still matter and things aren't SOOO random. Wait, did I say that last part out loud? (kidding, kidding...not really). By the way, it looks like RPI and SOS of Yarnell teams is lower than expected for now, but I think this is in large part due to all teams beating each other up, and once teams start to collect victories in conference play these will rise.

At the two-third's mark of this Yarnell marathon, we still have five teams within a game of each other. Last night Longwood was able to pull off the road victory against Northeastern St to stay in contention. Seattle also is keeping pace with Northeastern St and Longwood just a game behind the leaders, Wayne St. and Kennessaw St., although Wayne St. for the second time in three nights barely survived. This time, Dominican led until the last 15 seconds of the game.

Tonight, #17 Northeastern St. has another big game scheduled at co-leader #3 Kennesaw St., who is a 4-point favorite. Where this game becomes particularly critical for Northeastern St is that it would not only be very hard to make up a 2 game deficit with just two games, but they would also lose the tie-breaker to Kennesaw St, so this is essentially a do-or-die game for Northeastern St. #14 Seattle and #10 Longwood look to keep pace on the road against Central Arkansas and Gannon respectively. Wayne St., who has made a habit of barely escaping with a win, will host a Concord team looking to be a spoiler. A victory by either Wayne St. or Kennesaw St. tonight would eliminate Bellarmine, although they would still have a chance to finish fairly high at 6-3.

Tie-breakers start to become more meaningful at this point (or perhaps less meaningful if you read the following and end up confused). Wayne St. would lose a tie-breaker to Longwood, and Kennesaw St. would lose to Seattle. When Kennesaw St hosts Wayne St. tomorrow night, we already know that will likely cause one or more of the 2-loss teams to at least draw even with the loser of that game. If either team falters in the the other two games each plays, the door is wide open for teams currently one game back. Interestingly, to a certain extent, Northeastern St controls their destiny given that they still play both Kennesaw St. and Wayne St and can thus beat both in tie-breakers. However, Longwood would own the tie-breaker against NSU if both win out. However...Seattle would own the tie-breaker against Longwood in the instance if all 3 won out...although that would mean we quite possibly would have at least 4 teams in a tie.

STANDINGS
Wayne St. 5-1
Kennesaw St. 5-1
Northeastern St. 4-2
Longwood 4-2
Seattle 4-2
Bellarmine 3-3
Central Arkansas 2-4
Concord 2-4
Dominican 1-5
Gannon 0-6

ROUND SEVEN
#17 Northeastern St (5-2) +4 @ #3 Kennesaw St (6-1)
#10 Longwood (5-2) -21 @ Gannon (1-6)
Concord (2-5) +13 @ #5 Wayne St (6-1)
#14 Seattle (5-2) -5 @ Central Arkansas (3-4)
Dominican (2-5) +3 @ Bellarmine (4-3)

ROUND SIX RESULTS
Longwood 55 @ Northeastern St 45
LU - J Gaytan 12 (POG), P Lass 12
NSU - N Smith 16, R Tellis 8

Kennesaw St 78 @ Concord 66
KSU - S Kinchen 18 (POG), M Deck 13
CC - G Montgomery 12, R Kerns 12

Seattle 71 @ Gannon 56
SU - T Johnson 15/2blk (POG), A Davis 12/7R
GU - D Mitchell 12/5A, D Roan 12

Wayne St 78 @ Dominican 75
WSC - R Coleman 26/8 (POG), W Cole 7/3A/3S
DC - J Garner 18, W Adkisson 14

Central Arkansas 68 @ Bellarmine 78
BU - M Lis 13 (POG), W Chen 10/4A
UCA- A Bello 17, D Pulliam 11
3/12/2018 4:14 PM
Last night, we gained a lot of clarity on possible paths to the Yarnell title. In the last 52 seconds of a tied game, Seattle was unable to prevail against Central Arkansas and were eliminated from contention. When Kennesaw St. defeated Northeastern St., that eliminated Northeastern St for repeating as Yarnell champ. With a very slim outside chance, Bellarmine fell in a tight one to Dominican 74-72, that eliminated any chance Bellarmine had of a tie.

Tonight is the showdown between the two co-leaders of the Yarnell, the Northern Sun's #5 ranked Waynes St travels to take on #3 ranked Kennesaw St out of the Peach Belt. With these teams tied, the winner would not only have a game lead with one game remaining, they would also own the tie-breaker should they falter in the final game. Vegas is giving even odds on tonight's contest, as the likelihood is the winner of tonight's match-up will win the Mega- Yarnell title in season 100.

Now, Longwood still is alive as a possible winner. However, they would not only have to win out in the remaining two games, but they would also need Wayne St. to win tonight and lose tomorrow hosting Northeastern St. In that scenario, there would be a tie between Wayne St. and Longwood in which Longwood owns the tie-breaker or potentially a 3-way tie with Kennesaw St if they are able to win at Bellarmine, where the tie-breakers would also be split among the 3 teams. However, if Kennesaw St. wins tonight, they would win outright if they beat Bellarmine, but they would still own both tie-breakers against Longwood and Wayne St, even if they lost to Bellarmine. So a Kennesaw St victory tonight would clinch the Yarnell title for them, whereas Wayne St. would still have to either have a Longwood loss or another victory in the finale against Northeastern St.

STANDINGS
Wayne St. 6-1
Kennesaw St. 6-1
Longwood 5-2
Northeastern St. 4-3
Seattle 4-3
Bellarmine 3-4
Central Arkansas 3-4
Concord 2-5
Dominican 2-5
Gannon 0-7

ROUND EIGHT
Gannon (1-7) +17 @ #24 Northeastern St (5-3)
#5 Wayne St (7-1) Pickem @ #3 Kennesaw St (7-1)
Central Arkansas (4-4) +5 @ #12 Longwood (6-2)
Bellarmine (4-4) -3 @ Concord (2-6)
Dominican (3-5) +2 @ #22 Seattle (5-3)

ROUND SEVEN RESULTS
Northeastern St 56 @ Kennesaw St 69
KSU - M Deck 21/6A (POG), S Kinchen 9/8R
NSU - A Russo 11/2blk, N Smith 11

Longwood 78 @ Gannon 64
LU - L Walker 22/4A (POG), D Baker 18
GU - D Mitchell 21, D Roan 13

Concord @ Wayne St
WSC - R Coleman 20/4A (POG), J Frison 14
CC - J Gafney 16, G Montgomery 10/7A

Seattle 65 @ Central Arkansas 71
UCA - A Bello 22/7R (POG), D Pulliam 11
SU - T Matson 16/5A/3S, M Toler 14

Dominican 74 @ Bellarmine 72
DC - R Bush 14 (POG), J Garner 13
BU - D Frank 26/9R, M Lis 9/4A
3/13/2018 9:47 PM (edited)
GG jtreeves really solid team you have, referees in Kennesaw may have been bought last night, considering the 40+ FT and Coleman being in foul trouble.
3/14/2018 8:58 AM
gg adlorenz!...yeah i couldnt overcome the foul trouble and u gave me taste of my own medicine!...I try to do to teams exactly what u did to me..ie foul trouble etc...back to the drawing board..ha
3/14/2018 1:38 PM
Thanks again for all your work longge!...awesome
3/14/2018 1:38 PM
Yeah, sorry reeves I put the refs on payroll about a season ago, it’s the teamvip special....maybe we can get a rematch in the NT (I hope not, if we are being honest).
3/14/2018 7:07 PM
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