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


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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Wednesday's final scores & analysis

Tori Amos beat up on Echo & the Bunnymen 78-22
Tom Waits crushed the Pretenders 74-22
This Mortal Coil bounced Yaz(oo) 51-31
Indigo Girls sent Pavement home 71-26

Analysis: From the beginning these games weren't close, which perhaps accounts for some of the lower overall scoring. None of these results came as a surprise, though we did think that The Pretenders would have stayed in the game longer than they did. The committee was sad to see Yaz go, leaving only New Order, who plays today, and Erasure, who plays on Saturday from the synth-pop (sort of) conference. This Mortal Coil was a real hard matchup, and if Yaz had had a better draw they might have gone much deeper. Instead Alison Moyet will be watching the games online, we can only assume. Vince Clarke, being half of Erasure, is still playing (against Joy Division on Saturday), but we suspect not for long.

We're most interested in the relatively low score of the Yaz/TMC game. Do those low numbers suggest, as one of the wine-drunk commenters noted, that neither of those songs are likely to contend against Indigo Girls in the second round? Or is it that the songs were so sad people couldn't bear to vote?

As to where this leads us: Tori Amos will meet Swans in the second round in an emotional matchup. Tom Waits takes on The Cure in an apparent mismatch. And Indigo Girls will play This Mortal Coil.

Today we've got one of the great sad bands, Magnetic Fields, against a probably outmatched The Church, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds against what might be a very underseeded Smashing Pumpkins, New Order taking on Lilith Fair mastermind and ASPCA champ Sarah McLachlan, and a tricky matchup between Bjork and Jeff Buckley.

5 comments:

  1. I think folks might not be voting when they don't know the songs particularly well and don't feel like they have a horse in the race. That's the most optimistic explanation of voting disparity. The more cynical one has to do with the discovery I made by accident on day one (which doesn't even require making a comment, it turns out).

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  2. I think there are a number of factors that account for it: you're definitely right that people turn out more for Radiohead or whatever than Yaz. One is also the one you mention—which we could solve, but at the expense of ease of voting, so I think it's probably not quite worth it at this point. Another is that it's understandable that not everyone is going to be TOTALLY ENGAGED all the time in this thing, which is also fine (and which certainly mirrors my interest in the basketball tourney: sometimes I get excited but I'm not on it every day...). And on some days, a band or fanbase might mobilize more people to vote (like if a band's twitter feed picks it up, that can have a huge effect, but that might only last for that game or the day's games). Plus there are a lot of games to sort through on the first few rounds here. We're not complaining! But I do think that the turnout doesn't bode very well for This Mortal Coil, even as I don't know that many who care about TMC or Song of the Siren, but those who do seem to be SUPER passionate about that song. And you're also not as likely to vote if you see the game's not close, right?

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  3. But you can't see that the game's not close until you vote. I think seeing it close (I could tie up the game I just voted on if I voted a second time) after one votes might incentivize the other thing. I mean, I'm enjoying myself even if I am a little skeptical (ok, I'm a lot skeptical) about the democracy at work.

    But what's a march tournament without questions about the refs?

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  4. You actually can: just hit "results" instead of "vote" and it brings that up. Agreed that it would be nice to have live scores, but that is presently beyond the reach of this tournament, though we are looking into what it would take to have some kind of live score ticker. (Also you may note that the voting should now not allow you to vote multiple times, though we haven't gone apeshit with the security on it so the crafty hacker can, I'm sure, find a way around that should she care; there is, as always a tradeoff between security and ease of use (or freeeeeedom).)

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  5. The bubbles came back up when I reloaded the page but I didn't try it (even with the one I'm most interested separated by a single vote). Freedom ain't free, man.

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