Conference Tournament Season Tips off Tonight with the Atlantic Sun Conference

We'll keep the important stuff on the top so you don't have to work your way through the e-mail to find it.  I've included the Blog link and the Standings (Literally click on the word Standings).

https://2018conferencetournamentchallenge.blogspot.com/

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As expected, we received a few more entries.  Those are now updated in the spreadsheet.

It all starts tonight, all 8 Atlantic Sun teams will be in action as that conference does not give any teams a bye.  This means all of us will have teams at risk tonight.  We have 14 days of this ahead of us! #ASUNMBB #BUILDINGWINNERSFORLIFE

We're only concerned about 3 of the 8 teams in this conference based on how we picked, everyone in the pool can escape without a loss tonight, however that will be no fun if that happens.

• 19 (56%) are riding 1 seed Florida Gulf Coast to the conference championship, a FGCU loss would be devastating tonight; they are 19 point favorites so I am thinking this game will be uneventful; Team Rankings gives FGCU a 70% chance to win the conference tournament so surprised more of us are not on this one

• 12 are on 2 seed Lipscomb, similar to the FGCU game, Lipscomb is a heavy favorite at 13 points so it would be a major upset if the Bison lost tonight

• Amanda, Chris Galpin, and John Naz are all on the 3 seed Jacksonville; I know Amanda picked them because the mascot is a Dolphin, so we're also going to assume Chris and John make picks based on mascots!

These are the kind of picks that early on could disrupt the standings if they end up winning the championship, 3 people getting a win plus bonus points with everyone else losing.  However, based on how fucked up looking these Dolphin mascots are we shouldn't be too worried.  Actually, Jacksonville's mascot looks like Sam Eagle.

      

Below are the actual Atlantic Sun match-ups tonight, all stream-able on ESPN3/Watch ESPN.  After the games wrap up tonight I'll update any impacts to standings and post a new blog with a Atlantic Sun recap/preview of tomorrow's action as more conference tournaments get underway.  I'm not planning on sending any e-mails for a while, so the Blog will have updates, sometimes multiple updates each day.



Last reminder to check your picks for accuracy, we already had some errors corrected, I want to make sure we're not making corrections after today. 

Also, as you're watching your teams lose, remember that 16-19 total points wins the pool, so you're trying to win about 40% of your picks, with a few bonus picks mixed in.

Good Luck!