Battle of the Losers 2012: East Region

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Region #3 of BOTL 2012 is up and I know it’s late, but I will try and get it done this week. Who will win the East? It’s a shock, check out after the jump.

Battle of the Losers 2012 – West Region

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In the interest of my own time, this region was so dull that I will skip recaps for these games and just tell you the scores. We’re on the West region so let’s see who will face UNLV in the BOTL Final Four.

Battle of the Losers 2012: South Region

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Don’t know what BOTL is all about? Read this. You can access box scores for today’s post for up to 24 hours and then it disappears from the archives.

Let’s go back down South where the #1 overall seeded Duke is looking to make the most of their 2nd chance after a humiliating loss to Lehigh.

Battle of the Losers 2012!

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First things first, this is the last season I’m using this goofy title. If I continue this from 2013 onwards it will be known as the SCI (Second Chance Invitational).

Now, let’s get down to business. College basketball determines its best team with the NCAA Tournament, it’s 69th with the NIT, and 101st with the CBI. With so many tournaments, I figured I would create a fake one to meet near halfway between the big tourney and the NIT. Battle of the Losers is a simulation done entirely by me to take the 32 teams who were eliminated in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament, and re-seed them for fairness.

For example, the highest seed eliminated in the West region was Missouri, so now they become the #1 seed in BOTL. Automatically they face the #16 seed LIU-Brooklyn (now a #8 seed). Memphis becomes a #2 seed, Virginia a #3, and so on. Got it? Basically the more upsets, the stronger the region is.

Here’s your field of 32:

South Region

#1 Duke vs. #8 Western Kentucky

#4 Notre Dame vs. #5 UConn

#2  Wichita State vs. #7 South Dakota State

#3 UNLV vs. #6 New Mexico State

West Region

#1 Missouri vs. #8 Long Island University – Brooklyn

#4 Colorado State vs. #5 Long Beach State

#2 Memphis vs. #7 BYU

#3 Virginia vs. #6 Davidson

East Region

#1 Southern Miss vs. #8 UNC-Asheville

#4 Harvard vs. #5 Montana

#2 West Virginia vs. #7 Loyola (MD)

#3 Texas vs. #6 St. Bonaventure

Midwest Region

#1 Michigan vs. #8 Vermont

#4 St. Mary’s vs. #5 Alabama

#2 Temple vs. #7 Detroit

#3 San Diego State vs. #6 Belmont

Per usual, there is a 3rd place game in place and all games are simulated using Whatifsports.com. First region will come tonight or tomorrow!

Past editions of Battle of the Losers:

2011 – Georgetown def. Clemson 61-50

2010 – Georgetown def. Texas 70-61

2009 – Minnesota def. West Virginia 73-64

2008 – UConn def. Gonzaga 82-79

Battle of the Losers 2011 – Championship Night

East, West, Southwest, Southeast, Final Four. Read ‘em all. If you already read them, read them again.

Here we are. Championship night for Battle of the Losers 2011. Georgetown is looking for a 2nd consecutive BOTL title, while Clemson are in the championship game for the first time after being in this competition the previous three seasons. But first, Utah State play Tennessee for the consolation game.

Battle of the Losers 2011 – Southeast Region

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Last region before the Final Four is complete. Clemson, Tennessee, and Georgetown are through. Who will join them from the Southeast? Find out after the jump.