UConn (Reverse) Sheep Trivia-ish Game

[Deepster]

I only hope RayIsTheGoat doesn't win. Simply because he didn't choose Ray for anything. #soreloser

 

[jfuchs91]

The intrigue in "Reverse Sheep" will be: did people pick the obvious answer, assuming that nobody else would pick the obvious answer to avoid matching?

And if everyone else thinks that way, it's better to pick the more obscure answer. But if everyone thinks that way, then the obvious answer is better.

It's an endless loop.

I didn't even think of that strategy until after the fact. In retrospect, Kemba may have been a good choice for the 2011 team member.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I didn't even think of that strategy until after the fact. In retrospect, Kemba may have been a good choice for the 2011 team member.

I think it depends on the number of possible choices.

If the number of possible choices is low, it's probably better to go with the cheeky/obvious answer since there's a good chance people will match your less-obvious answer anyway.

If the number of possible choices is high, it's probably better to go with an obscure answer. In this scenario, there's a higher probability of someone else thinking cheekily and matching your obvious answer than of someone else matching your obscure answer.

The psychology for "Reverse Sheep" is a lot more complex than for "Sheep". This should be interesting.

Actually, the "Sheep" psychology is pretty well understood, and the phenomenon even has a name: the Keynesian Beauty Contest.

 

[OkaForPrez]

 

[Minicoop69]

The intrigue in "Reverse Sheep" will be: did people pick the obvious answer, assuming that nobody else would pick the obvious answer to avoid matching?

And if everyone else thinks that way, it's better to pick the more obscure answer. But if everyone thinks that way, then the obvious answer is better.

It's an endless loop.

This is what I was thinking. I hope I chose correctly.

 

[Mano]

George Washington (-6) : Matrim55, Tenspro2002, Minicoop69, navery12, Deepster, david
Minnesota (-3) : CTBasketball, Giscombe12, bcisco
Stanford (-2) : jfuchs91, KemBuckets21
Dayton (-1) : RayIsTheGOAT
West Virginia (-1) : breezy (just made the cut)

Incorrect Answers:

BYU (0) : partyATkemba
UNC (0) : DaveHuskiesFan (runner-up in 2011)
SMU (0) :Cassius Klaiber, KingOPancakes (they were the runner-up 2014)
Xavier (0) : Chin Diesel
Tennessee (0) : mauconnfan
Kentucky (0) : KOisKing

I was reviewing for mistakes and realized that I incorrectly gave @RayIsTheGOAT and @breezy a point each when they should've had zero for their answers. Sorry guys, but I giveth and I taketh away. Good luck in the second half everyone!!!

 

[Mano]

Our revised standings heading into the back half of the game. Let's see what happens with Reverse Sheep.

Standings:

jfuchs91 : -144
RayIsTheGOAT : -136
CTBasketball : -136
Tenspro2002 : -134
partyATkemba : -107
Cassius Klaiber : -130
david : -129
breezy : -128
Minicoop69 : -125
bcisco : -119
mauconnfan : -118
KOisKing : -116
navery12 : -105
KemBuckets21 : -103
Chin Diesel : -99
Deepster : -97
Matrim55 : -97
DaveHuskiesFan : -96
KingOPancakes : -90
Giscombe12 : -78

 

[Giscombe12]

I'm ashamed of myself.

 

[Mano]

Question #14:

Name a videogame that the UConn brand appeared in.

This was a weird one with lots of varied answers so it should be interesting.

 

[KingOPancakes]

I'm ashamed of myself.

I'm also ashamed of myself, but just slightly less so.

 

[Giscombe12]

Question #14:

Name a videogame that the UConn brand appeared in.

This was a weird one with lots of varied answers so it should be interesting.

I have this game but didn't choose it. That probably means 10 others chose the same one.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'm ashamed of myself.

I'm also ashamed of myself, but just slightly less so.

Anyone who picked a basketball movie other than "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" should be embarrassed. Top 5 greatest movie of any genre, 2nd greatest sports movie ever and the best basketball movie ever.

 

[Mano]

College Hoops 2K8 (+1) : navery12

NBA 2K12 (+1) : Tenspro2002

MVP 06 (+1) : RayIsTheGOAT

MVP 07 NCAA Baseball (+3) : david, breezy

MVP NCAA Baseball (+1) : jfuchs91

NCAA March Madness (+1) : bcisco

NCAA March Madness 2003 (+1) : CTBasketball

NCAA Football 01 (+1) : Giscombe12

NCAA Football 04 (+1) : Deepster

NCAA Football 06 (+1) : Minicoop69

NCAA Football 07 (+1) : partyATkemba

NCAA Baseball 06 (+3) : DaveHuskiesFan, KOisKing

NBA 2K16 (+4) : Cassius Klaiber, KingOPancakes, KemBuckets21

Incorrect Answers:

No idea (+5) : Matrim55 (not a gamer?)

NCAA Hoops Madness (+5) : mauconnfan (the EA games were all called "March Madness")

NCAA 2K (+5) : Chin Diesel (the 2K sports college games were all called "College Hoops 2K")

I am open to some arguments for and against if anyone wants to throw the challenge flag. Not a big sports gamer myself. So I'm trying to take some of these at their word. Used to play a ton of the College Hoops 2K series back in the day, but wasn't much for football games.

 

[Mano]

Standings:

jfuchs91 : -143
RayIsTheGOAT : -135
CTBasketball : -135
Tenspro2002 : -133
Cassius Klaiber : -126
david : -126
breezy : -125
Minicoop69 : -124
bcisco : -118
mauconnfan : -113
KOisKing : -113
partyATkemba : -106
navery12 : -104
KemBuckets21 : -99
Deepster : -96
Chin Diesel : -94
Matrim55 : -92
DaveHuskiesFan : -93
KingOPancakes : -86
Giscombe12 : -77

 

[Mano]

1 Kansas .6683
2 Oregon .6560
3 Virginia .6532
4 Villanova .6455
5 North Carolina .6420
6 Oklahoma .6370
7 Xavier .6341
8 Miami .6333
9 Utah .6330
10 Kentucky .6273
11 Michigan State .6272
12 West Virginia .6257
13 SMU .6196
14 Maryland .6147
15 Purdue .6134
16 California .6127
17 Louisville .6122
18 Texas A&M .6070
19 Duke .6059
20 Saint Joseph's .6055
21 Dayton .6046
22 Seton Hall .6034
23 Iowa State .6031
24 Indiana .5992
25 Baylor .5974

Question #15:

Name a top 25 team from the final RPI rankings of this past season.

 

[bcisco]

More answers this is fun

 

[Mano]

Utah (+3) : CTBasketball, Deepster
Xavier (+3) : DaveHuskiesFan, Chin Diesel
Miami (+3) : Tenspro2002, breezy
Oregon (+3) : Cassius Klaiber, bcisco
Baylor (+3) : KingOPancakes, Minicoop69
Purdue (+1) : Matrim55
Michigan ST (+1) : RayIsTheGOAT
Duke (+1) : navery12
Iowa ST (+1) : jfuchs91
Seton Hall (+1) : mauconnfan
SMU (+1) : KOisKing
Cal (+1) : Giscombe12
Indiana (+1) : david

Incorrect Answers:

Wichita ST (+4) : partyATkemba
Wisconsin (+4) : KemBuckets21

 

[Mano]

Standings:

jfuchs91 : -142
RayIsTheGOAT : -134
CTBasketball : -132
Tenspro2002 : -130
david : -125
Cassius Klaiber : -123
breezy : -122
Minicoop69 : -121
bcisco : -115
mauconnfan : -112
KOisKing : -112
navery12 : -103
partyATkemba : -102
KemBuckets21 : -95
Deepster : -93
Chin Diesel : -91
Matrim55 : -91
DaveHuskiesFan : -90
KingOPancakes : -83
Giscombe12 : -76

 

[August_West]

I think it depends on the number of possible choices.

If the number of possible choices is low, it's probably better to go with the cheeky/obvious answer since there's a good chance people will match your less-obvious answer anyway.

If the number of possible choices is high, it's probably better to go with an obscure answer. In this scenario, there's a higher probability of someone else thinking cheekily and matching your obvious answer than of someone else matching your obscure answer.

The psychology for "Reverse Sheep" is a lot more complex than for "Sheep". This should be interesting.

Actually, the "Sheep" psychology is pretty well understood, and the phenomenon even has a name: the Keynesian Beauty Contest.

 

[Minicoop69]

Hey Mano, I love this game. We could do this about almost everything, but the analyzing of data must suck. I suggest google forms possibly. It would be a little easier to analyze. Just a thought.

 

[Mano]

Hey Mano, I love this game. We could do this about almost everything, but the analyzing of data must suck. I suggest google forms possibly. It would be a little easier to analyze. Just a thought.

Agreed on all counts. In fact, I am using google forms. I'd be faster if I were any good with them.

 

[Mano]

Question #16:

Name one of the Sweet 16 teams from the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

 

[Minicoop69]

Agreed on all counts. In fact, I am using google forms. I'd be faster if I were any good with them.

I guess I mean having us type in the form instead of you. There is a add on called flubaroo that can score things for you.

 

[Mano]

Syracuse (+4) : KingOPancakes, KOisKing, breezy
Oregon (+4) : RayIsTheGOAT, Chin Diesel, bcisco
Gonzaga (+3) : Minicoop69, navery12
Villanova (+3) : Tenspro2002, Deepster
Miami (+3) : jfuchs91, CTBasketball
Maryland (+3) : Giscombe12, david
Indiana (+3) : KemBuckets, Matrim55
Wisconsin (+1) : mauconnfan
Texas A&M (+1) : partyATkemba
Kansas (+1) : DaveHuskiesFan
Iowa ST (+1) : Cassius Klaiber

 

[Mano]

Standings:

jfuchs91 : -139
RayIsTheGOAT : -130
CTBasketball : -129
Tenspro2002 : -127
david : -122
Cassius Klaiber : -122
breezy : -118
Minicoop69 : -118
bcisco : -111
mauconnfan : -111
KOisKing : -108
navery12 : -99
partyATkemba : -101
KemBuckets21 : -92
Deepster : -90
Chin Diesel : -87
Matrim55 : -88
DaveHuskiesFan : -89
KingOPancakes : -79
Giscombe12 : -73