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

Friday, March 11, 2016

Thursday's action & analysis

First, the scores:

  • (13) The Church upset (4) The Magnetic Fields 262-193
  • (10) Smashing Pumpkins steals one from (7) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 165-155
  • (8) New Order unmans (9) Sarah McLachlan 160-78
  • (2) Jeff Buckley was never really challenged by (15) Bjork 204-92

Analysis: Two upsets in yesterday's action shook up the bracket. We expected the Magnetic Fields to make a run to the Elite 8, so we're not sure what to make of their solid loss to The Church. It was a close game until around midnight Arizona time, when Stephin Merritt & co went cold and couldn't buy a basket, and The Church fans started really making noise. Clearly we underestimated the love people have for the Church, or possibly how polarizing Stephin Merritt's voice can be. We also think, though we didn't collect data for the metrics, that the voting on this matchup may have split along generational lines. The Church plays James in the second round, and they're not contemporaries, we think James is a better matchup for the game the Australians brought to the tournament.

Too, Smashing Pumpkins locked down Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The game was close, and possibly the Pumpkins could go deep here, except they'll run up into Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" in the second round, so we'll see then a matchup of drama on drama.

We're surprised that New Order-Sarah McLachlan wasn't closer than it was. New Order led from the first minutes and never let up. Possibly the degree to which McLachlan became embedded in the culture via Lilith Fair and her ASPCA commercials had an effect on voters' willingness to follow her deep into the tournament? We would have loved to see her face off against Neutral Milk Hotel in the second round, but now New Order gets that draw instead.

Today we've got Morrissey in action against Morphine (the most alliterative matchup of the day, and "Suedehead" is up 67-47 right now) and an underseeded Smiths against Tracy Chapman ("Fast Car" is up 117-103 as of this moment). Nirvana vs Slowdive (74-61 Nirvana presently) is a game of contrasting styles, and The Replacements vs Dream Academy is a tough one to prognosticate. Many said The Replacements might just win it all, and they're up 71-49...that is, until you vote (and the voting's only open until 9am tomorrow morning Arizona time*) and prove us wrong.


* As you may know, Arizona doesn't do daylight saving time (which is this weekend), since we have enough daylight down here, thanks, and Arizona also doesn't like anybody telling it what to do because Freedom, so we're effectively on Pacific time half the year and Mountain time the rest of it. It's confusing. See also this.  

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