SCORES & UPCOMING GAMES



CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL SCORE: (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 168, (7) Tracy Chapman 159 .......... FINAL FOUR FINAL SCORES: (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 154, (1) Joy Division 90 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 137, (1) The Cure 89 .......... ELITE EIGHT FINAL SCORES: (1) JOY DIVISION 74, (14) Low 60 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 85, (1) Elliott Smith 69 ..... THE CURE 65, (2) Radiohead 58 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 74, (1) Neutral Milk Hotel 44 ..... FINAL SWEET SIXTEEN SCORES: (1) JOY DIVISION 75, (5) PJ Harvey & Nick Cave 24 ..... (14) LOW 73, (2) Concrete Blonde (64) ..... (1) ELLIOTT SMITH 78, (4) Gary Jules 44 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 74, (6) Kate Bush 53 ..... (1) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 54, (13) The Church 49 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 73, (3) Sinead O’Connor 35 ..... (1) THE CURE 109, (3) Tori Amos 86 ..... (2) RADIOHEAD 76, (6) This Mortal Coil 50 ..... (1) JOY DIVISION 96, (9) Mazzy Star 91 ..... (2) CONCRETE BLONDE 76, (7) Bob Mould 28 ..... (14) LOW 60, (6) Crowded House 51 ..... (5) PJ HARVEY & NICK CAVE 65, (4) Alphaville 38 ..... (1) ELLIOTT SMITH 113, (8) Replacements 88 ..... (6) KATE BUSH 87, (3) Nirvana 64 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 99, (2) The Eels 62 ..... (3) GARY JULES 103, (12) Morrissey 63 ..... (6) Kate Bush 72, (3) Nirvana 53 ..... (3) SINEAD O'CONNOR 66, (11) Ride 27 ..... (13) THE CHURCH 106, (5) James 44 ..... (2) JEFF BUCKLEY 95, (10) Smashing Pumpkins 40 ..... (1) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 80, (9) New Order 56 ..... (2) RADIOHEAD 102, (7) Nine Inch Nails 99 ..... (6) THIS MORTAL COIL 61, (3) Indigo Girls 60 ..... (4) TORI AMOS 89, (5) Swans 40 ..... (1) CURE 82, (8) Tom Waits 68 ............... FINAL 1ST ROUND SCORES: (5) PJ HARVEY & NICK CAVE 93, (12) Midnight Oil 38 ..... (7) BOB MOULD 63, (10) Peter Murphy 47 ..... (1) JOY DIVISION 117, (16) Erasure 19 ..... (6) CROWDED HOUSE 98, (11) Leonard Cohen 54 ..... (7) TRACY CHAPMAN 199, (10) The Smiths 162 ..... (5) MORRISSEY 115, (12) Morphine 83 ..... (3) NIRVANA 137, (14) Slowdive 102 ..... (8) THE REPLACEMENTS 128, (9) Dream Academy 82 ..... (13) THE CHURCH 262, (4) Magnetic Fields 193 ..... (10) SMASHING PUMPKINS 165, (7) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 155 ..... (9) NEW ORDER 160, (8) Sarah McLachlan 78 ..... (1) JEFF BUCKLEY 204, (16) Bjork 92 ..... (4) TORI AMOS 78, (13) Echo & the Bunnymen 22 ..... (8) TOM WAITS 72, (9) The Pretenders 22 ..... (6) THIS MORTAL COIL 51, (11) Yaz 31 ..... (3) INDIGO GIRLS 71, (14) Pavement 26 ..... (9) MAZZY STAR 132, (8) REM 46 ..... (2) CONCRETE BLONDE 88, (15) Psychedelic Furs 34 ..... (4) ALPHAVILLE 71, (13) Dead Can Dance 36 ..... (14) LOW 120, (3) U2 65 ..... (1) ELLIOTT SMITH 63, (16) 10,000 Maniacs 24 ..... (2) EELS 50, (15) Counting Crows 46 ..... (4) GARY JULES 62, (13) Depeche Mode 19 ..... (6) KATE BUSH 59, (11) Sisters of Mercy 20 ..... (1) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 42, (16) Violent Femmes 12 ..... (11) RIDE 25 (6) Peter Gabriel 24 ..... (3) SINEAD O'CONNOR 37, (14) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 17, ..... (5) JAMES 24, (12) Red House Painters 23 ..... (7) NINE INCH NAILS 46, (10) Wilco 31, (5) SWANS 31, (12) Pet Shop Boys 18 ..... (1) THE CURE 50, (16) Gear Daddies 10 ..... (2) RADIOHEAD 40, (15) Liz Phair 35


CURRENT GAMES BELOW — PAST GAMES ARCHIVED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Thursday update: scores & analysis

The Joy Division/Mazzy Star game was tied with eight minutes left to go. Three minutes later, JD went up two coming off what—let's be honest—was a moving screen that should have been called. Hope Sandoval lost her cool for a minute: you could see the betrayal written on her face. It shocked us that Mazzy Star was even in this game at all, though it shouldn't have, obviously, since they took down a way-underseeded REM in the first round. Plus, we consulted Ben Ratliff, New York Times music critic & author of Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty, with our bracket yesterday, and he picked Mazzy to win it all. So clearly there was something we weren't seeing, and boy, did they bring it in this game.

With a minute left, Mazzy Star, down three, fouled Joy Division. Bassist Peter Hook made one of two free throws, somehow got his own rebound, got fouled again, this time with an elbow to the face in the scrum, and, after he got patched up made two more, putting the game nearly out of reach barring something crazy. Sandoval got the ball and launched a half-court three to get within a pair, but it missed, and this outstanding and surprising matchup was unfortunately over.

Whoo—an electrifying finish, complicated a bit to watch because we run, as always, two polls, one on @angermonsoon's twitter and the main one on the game post here on the blog. So it takes a little doing to add it up, as Violent Femmes would remind us, or they would if they hadn't already lost badly in the first round.

Your final score: JOY DIVISION 96, Mazzy Star 91.

Other scores:

(2) CONCRETE BLONDE 76, (7) Bob Mould 28
(14) LOW 60, (6) Crowded House 51
(5) PJ HARVEY & NICK CAVE 65, (4) Alphaville 38

& here's your updated bracket:



Analysis: we still can't believe the JD/Mazzy tilt was as good as it was. Either that bodes ill for a depleted Joy Division going up against PJ Harvey & Nick Cave or else that game should be easy by comparison. Unsure which. We suspect Mazzy Star was simply a much better team than anyone could have guessed coming into March. 


So we take the day off to rest & recuperate today (though expect a brief analytical follow-up later today). The Sweet Sixteen begins Friday and continues into next week with the following schedule:

3/18: (1) The Cure vs (4) Tori Amos // (6) This Mortal Coil vs (2) Radiohead
3/21: (1) Neutral Milk Hotel vs (13) The Church // (3) Sinead O'Connor vs (2) Jeff Buckley
3/22: (1) Elliott Smith vs (4) Gary Jules // (6) Kate Bush vs (7) Tracy Chapman
3/23: (1) Joy Division vs (5) PJ Harvey & Nick Cave // (14) Low vs (2) Concrete Blonde

See you back here tomorrow morning for the next round.



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