10 Ways to Make the Home Run Derby Even Better

It seems to be a consensus that the new Home Run Derby format was a rousing success. Fans loved the drama. Players were excited for the amount of home runs hit. And writers were glad it didn't last long into the wee hours of the night so they might make the morning edition (you know, in that paper thing that no one reads anymore). So you might be asking yourself, why change it then? Why mess with success? Cause it can always be better.

So here are ten ways that next year's Home Run Derby can be even more awesome:

10. Now this one is purely cosmetic from the standpoint of someone who might need to work in the morning. Start it a half-hour to hour earlier. I know with the timed format, it gives a better sense of when the whole thing will be done, but add in timeouts, interviews, commercials and the time it takes to get from the locker room to the plate, the whole thing got a bit lengthy. Make it so more small kids can stay up to see it and fall in love with America's pastime.

9. Mascots out in the field. I know, we love watching the little kids out there trying to catch the can of corn moonshots that hit the warning track. But man, wouldn't it be just as entertaining to see those goofy stuffed characters out there running to and fro with the kids, no idea where the ball is. What if one gets plunked in the midst of it all? The crowd would love it. And I assume based on the construction of the suits, the person inside would barely feel it. Hell, I'll give somebody credit for a homer if they can plunk a mascot.

8. Run the bases. I know we're trying to increase the crowd enjoyment here by raising the number of home runs hit. But, wouldn't it be fun to have to watch Prince Fielder try to get around the bases as fast as he could every time he hit one so he could get back to the plate to swing again? I know this favors the younger, more spry participants, but I'm a man who enjoys hustle. And if you don't want to hustle, I guess you don't want to hit another home run.

7. Miss USA rules. Sure, a dude can hit 15 home runs in his uniform. But how about formal wear? I'd like to see Todd Frazier swat a few cowhides in tails and a top hat. And if we're really adventurous, I suppose we could do swimwear too. I'm sure more than a few female viewers would tune in to see Joc Pederson shirtless in trunks or Bryce Harper swinging in nothing but cleats and speedo. Would everyone enjoy it? No. But we're trying to make it more interesting and expand a fanbase here.

6. Alumni division. Each All-Star Game should be about every team. But after seeing it in person, I believe even more that each All-Star Game should be so much more about the host team. So, have a separate bracket. Only four guys. The best living sluggers who can still muscle it from the home team. So if the Reds had done it this year, you get Griffey, Dunn, E. Davis, and maybe Casey. Sure, there won't be as many home runs, but imagine the pop from the crowd. And aren't the fans the reason we're doing this in the first place?

5. Fungo bats. So, you take that alumni division and realize after year one that they only combined for 20 homers for the whole thing. So let's make it better. Hand them each an aluminum bat and let 'em go to town. Tell me you wouldn't have paid good money this year just to see Griffey and Dunn go head-to-head with a metal bat seeing who could put one in the Ohio River on a fly first.

4. Hello Money Ball. The Money Ball in the NBA Three-Point Contest counts for double. It's the last ball you shoot in each rack during your turn. So with the timed format, anything within the last 30 seconds of your regular time should count as double. you're down 5 with 30 seconds to go and you're starting to press. Boom, all you have to do is hit 3 instead of 5 and you win! Instant drama.

3. The Money Ball, with a twist! Again, an adjustment because after year one, you realized too many guys were losing because the other guy was doing better with the Money Ball, so we even the score here. No more Money Ball during the last 30 seconds. After the allotted time period is over, out walks a new pitcher. But not just any pitcher, the best fireballer in the game. So right now, I would assume everyone would agree that's Aroldis Chapman. He's gotta throw you strikes. You get 5 strikes to work with. There's an umpire now to call strikes. If he throws it outside the zone, you get another pitch. He's not gonna try to strike you out per say. He's just trying to put it past you as hard as he can. Here it comes. 102. In the zone. Catch up to it, get the meat on it, and see if you can put it over the wall. Clear the yellow and you get 2 for the price of one. If you even see it before it hits the mitt.

2. Many complained that the only flaw with the bracket format is that the higher-seeded batter has the advantage. All he has to do is hit one more than the lower-seeded batter and he's done. Which is true. And you know what? If you don't like it, hit more home runs before the All-Star Game and you won't be a lower-seeded batter. But if you wanna level the playing field a little, fine. I present to you...Rebuttal Time. So lower-seed guy bats. Hits 9 out. Higher-seeded guy comes up and just keeps swinging til time is up. He ends up hitting 11 out. Now, lower-seeded guy comes back. I debated on the time limit for this. I thought perhaps everyone gets 30 seconds. Maybe it's based on the number of homers you hit. That would have to be worked out. For now, I'll go with 5 seconds for every homer you hit. So lower-seeded guy now gets 45 seconds to see how many more he can pop. Maybe he starts to groove and hits 6. So now its 15 to 11. Higher-seeded guy now gets his 55 second Rebuttal Time. Maybe he gets the 5 he needs and moves on anyway. Maybe he only get 3. Who knows. It still favors the higher-seeded guy batting second, but it gives the lower-seeded guy a sporting chance.

1. Head-to-Head Finals. For real. This is the pressure cooker. Two guys staring each other down. All the marbles. For this, we're going untimed. Each guy gets 20 swings, regardless of how many outs they make. But here's where we make it interesting. They alternate. Guy One takes a hack and puts it out. He moves out of the way and Guy Two and his pitcher walk out and take a crack. Some sort of a clock to keep them moving. Say 15 seconds between when the previous guy's ball hit. We don't want them to keep waiting for the perfect pitch. Back and forth we go til we've hit 20 pitches or one guy can't catch the other with the amount of swings left. Nobody really gets in a groove this way. You just focus on the one pitch at hand. Tied after 20? Sudden death. Hello Home Run Derby Penalty Shots!!!!

Like 'em? Hate 'em? Got a better idea for an awesome twist to the Home Run Derby, let me know.

Saves Leaders Achieve their 100th Save

Challenge accepted. Once again, Jed Demuesy (@jdemuesy) challenged me to figure out a difficult sports statistic, and I couldn't help but try to figure it out. It was a simple question: Aroldis Chapman had just achieved his 100th save. How fast had he achieved it compared to other pitchers who had hit that milestone?

There was no established list that I could find on the internet of when each pitcher had hit their 100th save milestone. So I used baseball-reference.com and an age calculator. Because Jed was unspecific on what "fastest" meant, I calculated the age of the pitcher at the time of the save, the number of games they had appeared in before achieving the save, and the number of innings they had pitched before achieving the save.

I wanted this spreadsheet to be more interactive, but it doesn't seem like I'm able to make it re-order itself. If you would like to see the spreadsheet and re-order the lists based on the different criteria, here is a direct link to the Google sheet I used. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Qi-7qP3NdY0gvBlFDFZ5TJUjXM88ggmD6biBjy26wo/edit?usp=sharing Or if you know some HTML coding and can help me figure out how to embed a code that would allow re-ordering, please let me know.

As for Jed's question: The answers regarding Aroldis Chapman are:
Age: 26 years 5 months 4 days Rank: 9th of 136
Number of games: 238 Rank: 24th of 136
Number of innings: 232.0 Rank: 9th of 136

Sports Through the Eyes of a Dog

I've had a dog for the majority of my life. When I was born, my parents already had a dog. It passed after a few years, but we got another then later, another. I may have experienced a total of 5 years of life without a dog. My wife and I recently bought an Australian Shepherd/Poodle puppy. He's about 6 months old now, and he has watched several sporting events on TV with me. We haven't gone to a Bark in the Park yet (he's not trained enough in my opinion to handle it). However, what follows is what I believe is his take on sports and what a trip to Bark in the Park will be like.

Hey, where are we going? I see you've got my leash in your hand. Usually we go for walks with it. But you seem like you're headed for the garage...

Whoa, wait. I don't like the garage. That big metal thing with the wheels is in there. It's loud and I got sick that one time. I mean, we go to the pet store in there, but we also go to the vet. So this is a toss-up. Nope. Nope. Not going. Just leave me in the yar...shoot, you picked me up. OK fine.

Mom, where are we going? You guys are wearing that lighter shade of gray that's the same color as my Kong. Wait, is my Kong here?!?! It has peanut butter in it!!! Oh, it's not. Dang.

Oh, we're getting out? Where are we? This isn't the pet store or the vet. This place is big. There's lots of people! Oh, I very much like people. And! And! And!  Look at all the other dogs that are here!

Hello friend! Oh, you don't want to play.
Hello friend! You're kinda big.
Hello friend! Oh, you've got another friend over there? OK.

Dad, where are we going? Oh, this is nice. Look at all that grass and dirt. Dad, can I play in the grass? That man has a stick. I think he wants to throw it. Nope. Gonna keep it. Oh, hey, other dogs are ov...IS THAT A BALL?!?! Dad you didn't say there'd be balls here. Can I chase it? C'mon. Pleeeease.

Oooh, water bowl. Thanks, I forgot I was thirsty. Oh hey, another dog. Do you want to be friends? You do! Let's wrestle is this narrow area full of beer bottles and peanut shells. Woohoo! Wrestle, play, grrr, growl... DAD, we were playing. We weren't gonna hurt each other.

AAAAAHHHHH what was that noise? You know I don't like loud noises. It was hot too. Very hot. Dad, what's PEET-ZAH? And why is everyone yelling it? Whoa, is that grass? Can we run on the grass. Never mind, I'm gonna munch on these peanuts shells.

What? We're going somewhere else? But I was just starting to enjoy this. Hey! Other dogs! Lots of people! Friends, friends? No? Oh, we're walking out? Mom, can I play with the man with the saxophone? I like that noise. Ah, nuts. OK. Waaaaaait, not the car again!

I better not get sick again guys. You know I hate this stuff. Boy, I could go for some more of those peanut shells. Did you get one of those sticks, Dad? I'm gonna nap for a minute.

ZzzzzZzzZZzzz

What? We're home? OK. Can we run in circles in the backyard for a little bit???
SWEEET!!!

*runrunrunrunrunrun*

Did I have fun at the what? Baseball game? What's a baseball game? We've been running in the backyard. Did we do something else today? I forget.

TV Tricks and Aspect Ratios

**ALERT: This is not a sports post. I know, it's a departure from my normal stuff. But hey, I'm a nerd too. Fair warning**

Recently, my wife and I subscribed to Netflix. We've enjoyed many shows, new and old. Two that she loved as a teenager were "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spinoff "Angel". She has gotten me to start watching them as well. Today, she was watching an episode of "Angel" when she noticed something peculiar and brought it to my attention.

So, a little background about "Angel" if you're unfamiliar. The show centers around David Boreanaz as Angel, a vampire with a soul. Angel is tormented by his previous life of killing and blood-sucking and has since resigned himself to atone for all this by saving the lives of people caught in supernatural predicaments in Los Angeles. He has two human associates who work with him to solve cases and save lives. They are all characters who were created on "Buffy".

The screenshot is from season 2, episode 1 entitled "Judgment". In the beginning of the episode, Angel and his friends are looking for something regarding a case at a health club. This health club, as you can see, has mirrors lining the walls, as many do. And Angel, staying true to vampire lore, does not have a reflection.

So how did the crew achieve this illusion? Well, in some instances, you could edit the person out in post-production. But that would have been very hard in this instance, with all the gym equipment in the foreground. So the simple solution? Just don't have the actor in the shot. But that can't last forever. They do it just long enough for us to get it that Angel is a vampire without a reflection. We have to see him eventually.

Now as the scene progresses, the camera refocuses off the mirrors and back onto the original subjects, with Angel added in. There was just one slight problem with the way they shot this particular scene.

David Boreanaz is in the scene, but not where he is supposed to be! The two yellow arrows are pointing to his two associates. The green arrow is the gym manager following them. The red arrow suggests where David Boreanaz is supposed to be walking, owing to the fact that he has no reflection. But look over on the right side of the screen. There's David waiting to join the group. As they all pass that green post, the camera racks focus, the camera is now focused on the actual people and the mirror is out of focus, and David is now at the head of the line. That's how they got around not having him in the shot. But why is he so obviously in the shot right now? I mean, it's a fast move. But it was on the screen long enough for my wife to catch it.

Here's what we think probably happened. This episode originally aired in September of 2000. While the show was originally shot in a 16:9 format, there was not a high use of 16:9 aspect-ratio capable television signals or home televisions that could receive such a signal. I imagine that was also the case when editing the episode. As a result, no one would have noticed David standing by the post, because they would have seen it something like this.

Everything outside the blue line would have been chopped off on an analog 4:3 aspect-ratio television.

I know. Nerd things. Something that we found interesting. Perhaps it interests you too. I'm now going to have to watch other shows from around that time closer to see what was shot in 16:9 and got cut off on a 4:3 TV. Gotta see what else I've been missing in widescreen.

Plotting the Post-Season Roster

The season is winding down. After tonight, the Reds have a mere 10 games left. And if we are to assume that they are going to be able to make the post-season, one question still looks like it might need some answering. Who is going to be on the post-season roster?

The obvious choices are set in stone.

Barring injury setbacks, these are your starting pitchers: Cueto, Latos, Arroyo, Bailey, Leake

Your regular fielders are: Votto, Phillips, Cozart, Frazier, Bruce, Choo, Ludwick, Hanigan

The bullpen choices I see making it are: Chapman, Hoover, LeCure, Simon, Marshall

Bench players I think will definitely be there October 1st: Mesoraco, Heisey

That's 20 players. The final 5 roster spots are what give me some pause. Which players will be most effective in helping the Reds navigate the playoffs?

The remaining pool consists of these players. I'd remove these September call-up guys immediately:

Paul, Izturis, Hamilton, H. Rodriguez, Soto, Robinson, Hannahan, Miller, Christiani, Cingrani, Duke, Ondrusek, Parra, Partch, and Reynolds.

That leaves us 9 players for 5 spots.

Because there are currently no back-up infielders, I see Izturis and Hannahan both on the team. I think Parra has also earned his spot.

So that leaves us with Paul, Hamilton, Robinson, Cingrani, Ondrusek and Reynolds for 2 spots.

With a couple of short series to start, and extra starters there, Reynolds is not needed.

If you only take one more pitcher, I imagine it's Cingrani...unless he's not healthy.

So who's the last player? Each player has their positives and shortcomings.

Hamilton is the hype choice with his super-speed in pinch-running situations. He's also a decent fielder, but you're wary of him having to bat.

Paul provides more pop with his bat than the other two. He's also put in the work for the whole season. Is there a loyalty factor involved?

Robinson also provides decent speed on the basepaths and in the field. His special advantage is that he can switch-hit.

Unless they choose to carry less pitchers and use starters for relief purposes, I think this is going to be a really tough decision. I could see any these guys being the 25th man and even being rotated between each series, depending on which teams they play and what their strengths are. If they take 2 of the 3 and leave a pitcher, I think Cingrani is off and they take Paul and Hamilton.

As I write, Jay Bruce just hit a grand slam...I'm thinking his spot is pretty safe. These other guys? Well, it's gonna be an interesting week and a half.

The Evolution of a Bengals Fan

It's been a while since I've written anything. Not sure if I haven't had any time, strong opinions, or if it was just laziness. But I got called out. So I have to tell my side. And 140 characters isn't going to cut it this time.

If you ever read Brad Johansen's blog on Local12.com, you'll see a post from yesterday. Or if you haven't, you can see it here now. I'm the guy. I asked the stupid question. Now, if you get where I'm coming from, you'd know the reason I asked. In this particular instance, I wasn't worried about if the game would sell out in a football sense. I was worried about it from a TV standpoint. I can't remember from year to year if people go to preseason games. What I do remember is that in the 3 years I've worked at Local 12, I've been witness to, and rolling live breaks for, several Bengals preseason games. But instead of calmly explaining "they never sell out home games, no one does. You must just be thinking of away games". I get snark. But it got me thinking about two things: One, I might just start asking Brad stupid questions to get him to post blogs, and two, who was I as a Bengals fan.

Brad has painted me as some sort of uber-fan, so anxious for a productive and entertaining season that I believe that the city of Cincinnati will sell out preseason games, and I began to wonder 'Am I?'.

Decidedly, I am not 'That Guy' as Brad proposes. I'm far too pessimistic toward the Bengals for that. But my allegiance to the team has evolved over the years. In the fall of 2001, I was in the 8th grade and becoming more understanding that there was a world outside of the tiny bubble I called my life. At that time I was a scrawny little kid who's only experience in organized sports was baseball. And I wasn't even very good at that. So football was not my wheelhouse. I had friends at school who played, sure, but I could not have been on the field with them. I'd have gotten snapped in half. So I lived and breathed Reds. But around this time, I also became aware that you could be a fan of a sport without ever having played it. The thought hadn't even crossed my mind. I began to expand my horizons.

It would have been understandable at that time if I had chosen to root for a team other than the Bengals. They were mired in something worse that terrible. I don't think anyone would have faulted me for rooting for Denver, Green Bay, or San Francisco. These were some of the biggest teams at the time, and perennials every playoff season since the inception of the sport. But the draw of staying loyal to the hometown appealed to me. And there was some loudmouth rookie receiver from Oregon State who proclaimed that he wanted to be in Cincinnati, to turn the team around. It intrigued me. I got hooked on the stripes.

Over the next couple of years, as the Bengals shifted away from being the Bungals, I grew with them, in my understanding of the game. I began to understand subtle nuances to the game. I started to understand how and why certain teams run particular plays at various times and with different results. It was a learning process that I began to enjoy. I relished watching each week. And while each year often starts with hope now, there's always that underlying Bungaldom that remains a part of every person who has ever rooted for them...and I too, have acquired that trait. I understand that with great expectations, comes great let down.

So while I am excited for the beginning of a fresh new season for a Bengals team that seems to be headed in a more positive direction than any Bengals team since I've been a fan, I can't say that I'm overly excited for the preseason. Because as you'll remember, I won't be getting to sit on my couch with a bowl of chips, enjoying the game. I'll be at work, making sure the game hits the air properly for everyone else.

So, I foolishly asked a grizzled sports veteran if he thought a meaningless preseason game would be sold out. And I got what I deserved; a snarky answer. But all I wanted to know was how many people he thought were going to care about this year's edition of the Bengals as much or more than me...and if I was going to get to go home from work on time.

The Tight-End Section of my 'The Morning Line' Post

For My First Trick

I will submit to you a simple premise, that can probably be easily refuted if someone else wants to look up the historical data, but I just decided to do the number-crunching and eyeball-testing on this season.

So my premise is this: Tight ends are taking over the NFL.

As the League has moved away from the ground-and-pound style offense of its early incarnations, teams have had to adapt. Before Ditka in the 60’s, tight ends rarely caught a pass. Until Kellen Winslow, Sr. and his peers began running deep patterns in the 80’s, they mostly caught curl or drag passes. And today, many teams have begun to utilize their tight end for a variety of plays. The Patriots even had Aaron Hernandez taking snaps as an H-back in the playoffs. So if I may throw a few stats at you (since I bothered to research them like a nerd), here we go.

* Of the 12 teams to make the playoffs, only 1 team (Denver) passed to the tight end for less than 750 yards through out the regular season.
* Conversely, of the 20 team who did not make the playoffs, 11 passed to the tight end for less than 750 yards.

* Of the 12 playoff teams, only 3 (Denver, Pittsburgh, Giants) completed less than 7 TD passes to tight ends. Meanwhile, of the 20 non-playoff teams, 1 (Carolina) had more than 7 TDs to tight ends. Three had 7 TDs, while the rest had less.

* The average season totals for playoff teams were 1025 yards on 86 catches, with 9 TDs. So by playoff team, per game, that’s 85 yards on 7 catches, with .75 TDs (Denver really threw off these stats by only having 11 catches for 146 yards and no TDs).

* The average totals for non-playoff teams were 706 yards on 63 catches, with 4 TDs. So, for each of the non-playoff teams, per game, that’s 35 yards on 3 catches, and .21 TDs.

In the playoffs, my stats didn’t hold true in the Wild Card Round, as every team that had less tight end yards won. There were also only 2 TDs among the 8 teams.
However, in the Divisional Round (you know, the teams that didn’t squeak in), the stats did hold up, as each team that won had higher tight end yards (albeit 2 yards more in the Giants case). Also, in this round, the 8 teams combined for 9 TDs (even if 4 of them were the Patriots).

The Championship Games were split. The Pats had 153 yards but no TDs to the Ravens 64 yards and 1 TD. Meanwhile, the Giants had but 22 yards and a TD while San Francisco got 148 yards and 2 TDs. But then, as we all know, both these games were hairline plays away from going the other way.

The Super Bowl was not the game for the tight ends, as the Pats finished with 93 yards and 1 TD, while the victorious Giants had but 43 yards and no TDs from their tight ends. (Note: I fully expected the outcome of this game to be much different if Gronkowski has been at full speed, as he was responsible for 1327 yards and 17 TDs in the regular season and 258 yards and 3 TDs in 3 playoff games.)

So, as we look to the future of the NFL, I see a change in the way the offense is run. It’s not there yet, but it’s going to be. The tight end is a new position. Guys like Gronkowski,Jermaine Gresham, Hernandez, Kyle Rudolph, and Jimmy Graham are taking it a step further than players like Heath Miller, Todd Heap and Antonio Gates. While the young guys are built much the same way, they seem to be faster and still just as powerful. So while Miller might be able to hit a linebacker and keep going, but not very fast, a guy likeGronkowski has the ability to run over or maybe just out-run that linebacker…and possibly bowl over a safety. They seem to be almost uncoverable 1-on-1 by any defensive player.

Woo. Are You? Woo Woo, Woo Woo?

This is a topic that has gotten a lot of attention on the radio, TV and Twitterverse lately. And since I haven't done a blog post in a while, this might be a good one to jump back in on.

After that fateful 14-inning, 5-hour marathon against the Pirates last September, it seems the Woo has been present at every game since. Was it an homage to the dogs that had been in the seats for "Bark in the Park" that night? Was it a shout-out to the great Ric Flair and his backhand chops to the opponent's chest? Was it some bored kid who couldn't figure out what else to yell after 14 innings of baseball? At this point, it doesn't matter. What we do know is that the next night, the Woo was out in full force. And the night after. And so on. It even traveled with the team to Pittsburgh. At first, many found it entertaining.

"Hey, those nut-jobs are doing the Woo again."
"Man, that stuff is funny."

Until it was happening constantly. And it made it to the national broadcasts during the playoffs. Then those that publicized it began to condemn it. It was made out to be a manace. But the Woo-ers soldiered on. As the 2013 season began, some hoped that the Woo had long-since been forgotten; an ugly reminder of the how the 2012 campaign had ended. However, as each game begins to dwindle into the late innings, and some of the crowd starts to head for the exits, one lone wolf can be heard beginning the howl. Then others respond. And so it goes.

According to Jim Day's twitter last season, some of the players didn't like it. Now which players and with what frequency are matters of debate. And I'm sure the Woo-ers would cite some sort of unwritten "ticket-purchasers rights" to continue barking. But if I'm supporting a ball club, and the players speak out that they're having trouble performing well because of something I, in the crowd, am doing, I think I might stop. But that's a personal choice I'd make.

It seems in this young 2013 season that divisional lines have been set. You either like the Woo or you don't. Supporters cite their "leave us alone, we're havin' fun, makin; noise" attitude. Detractors suggest the Woos are annoying and distracting. We're only 20 games in, so the sample size is small, but at 11-3 at home, it doesn't seem the Woo has affected performance on the field.

Will the Woo die? It's hard to tell. Did the vuvuzelas disappear at the 2010 World Cup? Have the Braves' fans stopped doing the tomahawk chop? Sometimes things that people want to go away are the things that stick around the most.

I personally thought the Woo was funny at first. Recently, I've found it less necessary. However, if you find that you need to let out a barbaric yawp from time to time, I don't mind. But to those that don't like the Woo, I suggest this: COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER. The Woo-ers, for the most part I assume, are bored. They're entertaining themselves, and they know it bothers you. Distract them with something else. I would suggest coming up with soccer-style chants. Actual words that the team and the city can be proud of. But change must come from the people.

If you want the Woo silenced, it can be done. But not with #StopTheWoo tweets and "Boo the Woo" cardboard signs. This will only fuel the fire. The Woos feed on your hate. You must drown out the Woos with your own chants and cheers. Only then will they realize the Woo has run it's course and this new chant is the hot thing.

If South Park has taught me anything, it's that people love fads. And that if you give them something new to gravitate toward, they'll give up on what they're doing.

That, or getting their parents to think the fad is cool.

Who's Won and Who's Lost Map

Here's the other map I promised to make. Obviously, it would have been nicer if I had started all green then changed it later. But I didn't put it together til today, so yesterday's games are already in red. I'll update it at the end of each day to reflect the teams still dancing.

Green= Still dancing
Red= Lost in the first round
Pink= Lost in the second round
Purple= Lost in the Sweet 16
Yellow= Lost in the Elite 8





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NCAA 2013 Location Map

I made a map to see where each school in the NCAA Tournament is located. The different colors indicate seeding. All number 1's are the same colors, all number 2's are the same color, etc. I plan to make another that I'll update when I have time of teams still in the tournament vs. teams that have been knocked out.




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