Closest to the Pin Round 9: Butler

RESULTS:  With the Cats suffering a disappointing loss to Butler 66-74, the first loss at the Pavilion for this group of seniors over their four years at Nova, we congratulate ten contestants who earned points in this round, as recapped in the scatter plot and table below.  The scatterplot shows only those who took first place points.

If you did not earn points in this round, but want to know how close you came, click HERE.

PLAYERS EARNING POINTS THIS ROUND

LEADER BOARD (After 9 Rounds)

VUHOOPS vs. VEGAS: A hypothetical gambler making two wagers (i.e., betting the spread and total score) based on the insights of the VUHoops Crowd as expressed in the median predicted scores vs. the posted Vegas line on the game, would have had a DOUBLE-LOSS by taking Nova Giving 10 points ($100 LOSS) and the OVER ($100 LOSS).  The details are shown below. For the contest through this game, the hypothetical gambler would be down $800.

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UPDATE (February 22, 9:00PM Game Time) ... Recapped below is the way the VUHoops Crowd sees this one.

Wisdom of VUHoops Crowd:

• % Picking Cats to Win: 100%
• Spread: Villanova -13.0
• Total Points: 145.0
• Final Score: Nova 79 - Butler 66
  

Vegas Odds Makers:

• Spread: Villanova -10
• Total Points: 143
• Final Score: Nova 77 - Butler 67
  

Cash Raised for Villanova Basketball:

• # Predictions: 70
• $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (this game): $350
• $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (cumulative): $3,145

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Window Opening (February 21, 8:00AM): The window is now open for our readers to post their predicted final scores for Villanova's game vs. Butler on Wednesday. The official contest rules are posted HERE.

We saw lightning strike twice in the eighth round as ThheShakes had a hole-in-one, earning six points and taking the overall lead.  The Arch did the very same thing in the eighth round of last year's contest.  It's still anyone's contest with 11 players who can tie or take the lead with a closest-to-the pin finish in Round 9, and even those with 0 points can tie for first with a hole-in-one.

The full Leader Board is posted HERE.

If you did not earn points in the eighth round but want to see how close you came, click HERE to see the results for all contestants who participated in that round.

The table below provides a head-to-head comparison of the two teams.

Enter your predicted final score in the comments section (use the subject line) in the format: NOVA xx, Butler yy.

The comments will close when the game tips off.  Good luck!