Weekly Rankings Update: Championship Week

by Curtis Brodzina (DillingerFour) Last Updated 2014-03-20 22:26:48

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Hello Daily Fantasy Sports fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of the Weekly Rankings Update. It’s Championship Week! The week before the greatest two days in sports, the Thursday and Friday of the NCAA Tournament (Not sure what they call it now. 2nd round? 3rd round? I’ll just call it the Round of 64). I for one always try to make sure I’m off work for those two days, because I know I wouldn’t do any work anyway. So it’s a win-win for everyone. For today’s update we’re going to look back at some of those great moments in conference championships.

Rankings Breakdown this Week

Part One: Top-25 Overall
Part Two: Movement in the Top 100
Part Three: TPOY Leaderboard
Part Four: Seasonal Leaderboard
Part Five: Monthly Leaderboard
Part Six: Aggregate Leaderboard

Curious about how the rankings are calculated? Check out our Rankings FAQ Page

TOP 25 GRINDERS LEADERBOARD OVERALL

Rank	Player	Points	Rank Last	Change	Points Last	Change
1	condia	857256.19	1	0	842093.57	15162.62
2	ehafner	350654.36	2	0	341013.10	9641.26
3	BirdWings	292468.14	3	0	291742.81	725.33
4	dinkpiece	216316.73	4	0	209024.69	7292.04
5	Notorious	202023.44	5	0	199658.82	2364.62
6	csuram88	192335.94	6	0	191902.25	433.69
7	PrimeTime420	182158.64	8	1	180440.26	1718.38
8	stlcardinals84	180326.82	7	-1	181558.73	-1231.91
9	killab2482	158477.19	9	0	158477.19	0.00
10	Troll4MVP	157363.93	10	0	154159.18	3204.75
11	maxdalury	147215.99	11	0	147215.99	0.00
12	metsfan828	146196.19	12	0	146760.56	-564.37
13	MrTuttle05	142623.18	13	0	142928.18	-305.00
14	mbomb44	117391.17	14	0	119797.28	-2406.11
15	alsmizzle	115813.49	15	0	114298.25	1515.24
16	kaetorade	89148.77	16	0	90993.43	-1844.66
17	bripc23	86222.79	17	0	86247.77	-24.98
18	headChopper	82058.15	18	0	82714.44	-656.29
19	tfbelongia	81677.05	19	0	82021.91	-344.86
20	msidla	78987.86	20	0	78659.42	328.44
21	Socrdave	78077.38	21	0	78230.44	-153.06
22	draftcheat	77284.09	23	1	76692.99	591.10
23	dean78904	77209.93	24	1	75462.30	1747.63
24	dips56	77049.19	22	-2	77603.10	-553.91
25	TwoGun	72135.96	28	3	70177.89	1958.07

Check out the full RotoGrinders Rankings Leaderboard here

Movement in the Top-25 This Week

#25 – TwoGun – Moves Up 3 Spots From #28
#7 – PrimeTime420 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #8
#22 – draftcheat – Moves Up 1 Spots From #23
#23 – dean78904 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #24

Rankings #26-100: New Players and Players Moving Up

New Players to the Leaderboard

#98 – cb35 – New to Grinders Leaderboard
#99 – mblaylock10 – New to Grinders Leaderboard

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! CB35 HAS FINALLY CRACKED THE TOP 100!!!

Movers in the Top-100

#83 – Mtom347 – Moves Up 9 Spots From #92
#80 – PatJZ80 – Moves Up 8 Spots From #88
#53 – GolfCoach – Moves Up 6 Spots From #59
#36 – Kcannon – Moves Up 5 Spots From #41
#72 – TeamSleep – Moves Up 4 Spots From #76
#94 – fishkillers – Moves Up 3 Spots From #97
#30 – a25smith – Moves Up 1 Spots From #31
#32 – crackmonkey83 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #33
#34 – naapstermaan – Moves Up 1 Spots From #35
#39 – leonem – Moves Up 1 Spots From #40
#42 – emac – Moves Up 1 Spots From #43
#45 – hoop2410 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #46
#49 – PapaCub – Moves Up 1 Spots From #50
#51 – Rotomania – Moves Up 1 Spots From #52
#61 – absolutbronx – Moves Up 1 Spots From #62
#63 – Keith3101 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #64
#65 – maximumprofit – Moves Up 1 Spots From #66
#66 – shanksalot – Moves Up 1 Spots From #67
#70 – Varncass – Moves Up 1 Spots From #71
#77 – tthousand66 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #78
#81 – devo1099 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #82
#84 – waiverwire – Moves Up 1 Spots From #85
#97 – jae686 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #98

Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points	TPOY Cashes
1	McJester	12094.33	50
2	Troll4MVP	10379.14	50
3	stlcardinals84	10286.25	50
4	PrimeTime420	9912.27	50
5	ffganzinator	8340.04	50
6	condia	8165.78	50
7	CPF501	7913.54	50
8	draftcheat	7853.93	50
9	joeyengland98	7617.52	50
10	drolson22	7600.75	50
11	dinkpiece	7412.37	50
12	naapstermaan	7182.38	50
13	ronnymor2	7127.92	50
14	msidla	6859.06	50
15	headChopper	6710.53	50
16	generalz3	6585.46	50
17	TwoGun	6575.7	50
18	alsmizzle	6447.14	50
19	RussARMNY	6304.13	50
20	CaptainKirk12	6206.61	50
21	shanksalot	5527.69	50
22	ehafner	5402.1	50
23	bluemonster12	5218.49	50
24	csuram88	5175.13	50
25	Bobby99	4848.76	50

Check out the full RotoGrinders TPOY Leaderboard here

McJester has slightly extended his lead over Troll4MVP this week. Troll is in the final ten of the DSBBC this week. Depending on his finish, that may be enough to jump McJester for first place. The biggest mover of the week is draftcheat who storms into 8th place.

The TPOY is a long battle. Much like the Syracuse vs. UConn 6 OT thriller in the Garden in 2009. The second longest game in NCAA history ended with the Orange on top 127-117.

NBA 2014 Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points
1	condia	503738.33
2	Troll4MVP	157048.25
3	dinkpiece	118883.29
4	ehafner	113104.8
5	BirdWings	95164.9
6	csuram88	77424.32
7	Notorious	67157.75
8	PrimeTime420	63126.89
9	alsmizzle	55359.25
10	kaetorade	51905.25
11	stlcardinals84	51659.28
12	metsfan828	49539.12
13	draftcheat	46048.93
14	Socrdave	44933.66
15	msidla	39364.73
16	leonem	35395.53
17	1ucror	34396.8
18	a25smith	32240.01
19	PapaCub	32117.27
20	crackmonkey83	30942.8
21	TwoGun	29312.18
22	bringemvaught	29159.47
23	emge	29148.36
24	dean78904	28232.33
25	hoop2410	27997.42

Check out the full RotoGrinders NBA Rankings Leaderboard here

Not a lot of movement in the NBA Leaderboard this week. The biggest newcomer is a25smith who vaults into 18th place.

The first of two ACC games to make an appearance here. The 1989 trilogy between Duke and North Carolina was highlighted by both teams winning on the road. The Danny Ferry led Blue Devils took on JR Reid and the Tar Heels in a classic contest that ended with UNC scraping by with a 77-74 victory. Duke ended up advancing to the Final 4 while UNC bowed out to eventual champion Michigan.

NHL 2014 Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points
1	ehafner	26320.29
2	Lowkey	25205.64
3	Kcannon	12711.49
4	boggslite	10534.25
5	Mtom347	9815.19
6	kcchiefsfan73	9112.02
7	Yannick8	8911.68
8	Andrew11432	8041.01
9	Tslats	7387.27
10	primepeat	7362.32
11	TeamSleep	7238.03
12	billsfan777	6881.72
13	whits23	6440.6
14	Hester8157	5705.9
15	JaWalrusRuffles	4499.05
16	fishkillers	4217.2
17	holmfries	4091.48
18	tmhsport	4024.07
19	GoodMR	3894.68
20	alsmizzle	3881.45
21	iSplashRollz	3591.15
22	GoBlue04	3376.23
23	AllSport312	3305.81
24	boomstickk	3229.69
25	nhlwld	3029.99

Check out the full RotoGrinders NHL Rankings Leaderboard here

ehafner has moved back into first place in the NHL Leaderboard jumping back over lowkey. There was a lot of shuffling in the NHL standings from the Big Score two weeks ago on Thursday.

The second ACC game to get mentioned here is the 1974 ACC Championship game between NC State and Maryland. NC State was led by possibly the best ACC Player of all time, David Thompson. Maryland was led by Len Elmore and John Lucas. The teams were ranked #1 and #3 in the country in a time when only one team per conference went to the NCAA Tournament. NC State prevailed 103-100 and went on to win the National Title. But everyone knows the real national title game was the ACC Championship.

March Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points
1	condia	43722.86
2	ehafner	18182.25
3	dinkpiece	12260.54
4	Troll4MVP	12100.09
5	csuram88	7253.18
6	TwoGun	6697.71
7	Kcannon	6068.22
8	stlcardinals84	6039.82
9	BirdWings	5741.81
10	Notorious	5525.65
11	j21willy	5184.56
12	GolfCoach	4665.12
13	Varncass	4615.86
14	PapaCub	4535.24
15	PrimeTime420	4288
16	TeamSleep	3850.31
17	Mtom347	3734.94
18	crackmonkey83	3465.46
19	leonem	3418.07
20	dean78904	3118.42
21	hoop2410	2870.59
22	Gateman07	2655.93
23	1ucror	2414.53
24	lavache	2359.21
25	Dsquad	2335.87

Check out the full RotoGrinders Monthly Leaderboard here

ehafner and dinkpiece moved up to second and third this week behind Condia. We’re halfway through the month and could see a lot of action with the big NBA and NCAA tournaments here towards the end of March.

The 1995 SEC Championship game had all the makings of an historic tilt. Two legendary coaches in Rick Pitino and Nolan Richardson. Great players in Antoine Walker, Tony Delk and Corliss Williamson. The teams came into the Georgia Dome ranked #3 and #5 respectively. In the end led by 23 points from Walker, the Wildcats snuck by in OT with a 95-93 victory.

Aggregate Leaderboard

Shown below are all players who are currently ranked on every leaderboard we have. The following players are in the Top-100 of the Overall, NBA, Monthly and TPOY Leaderboards are listed here, in order of average rank.

Player	Overall	Monthly	Seasonal	TPOY	Average
condia	1	1	1	6	2.25
Troll4MVP	10	4	2	2	4.5
dinkpiece	4	3	3	11	5.25
ehafner	2	2	4	22	7.5
stlcardinals84	8	8	11	3	7.5
PrimeTime420	7	15	8	4	8.5
csuram88	6	5	6	24	10.25
TwoGun	25	6	21	17	17.25
alsmizzle	15	40	9	18	20.5
McJester	26	56	27	1	27.5
draftcheat	22	74	13	8	29.25
leonem	39	19	16	49	30.75
crackmonkey83	32	18	20	60	32.5
1ucror	37	23	17	56	33.25
Gateman07	44	22	34	36	34
kcchiefsfan73	33	29	29	51	35.5
Socrdave	21	27	14	83	36.25
Kcannon	36	7	32	75	37.5
headChopper	18	82	42	15	39.25
bluestem89	40	42	28	54	41
emge	56	36	23	52	41.75
a25smith	30	52	18	71	42.75
MrTuttle05	13	95	26	59	48.25
naapstermaan	34	100	54	12	50
PatJZ80	80	35	35	65	53.75
jlowery73	27	65	38	86	54

Congratulations to those Grinders who are excelling in all facets of our leaderboards.

After much discussion (consulting myself), the new gif of the week girl is officially Sofia Vergara. You’re welcome gentleman.