The Bookie and Big Tuna make their moves to shake up the race for the Analyst of the Year award. Bookie earns her second trifecta of the year to join the leader board in a five-way tie.
By picks, Big Tuna moves into a first place tie with Little Tuna with 11 picks. Tied for second, The Strategist, The Bookie, and Wise Orangutan have 10 picks. In a tie for sixth, Minds Blank and B-Reezy have 1 trifecta and 9 correct picks. Kal Krome is still confounded by his Seahawks.
Trifectas
Standings after Week 5 of the Analyst of the Year, 2015-16
Correct Picks
Picks Tiebreaker after Week 5 of the Analyst of the Year, 2015-16
Four weeks into the long season, and four Analysts have notched their second trifecta. Three more Analysts have one trifecta. One Analysts was short-reined by a holdout.
Currently, Little Tuna holds a slight lead with two trifectas and 10 correct picks. Big Tuna, Wise Orangutan, and The Strategist tie for second with 2 trifectas and 9 correct picks. Minds Blank has sole possession of fifth pace with 1 trifecta and 8 correct picks, followed by The Bookie and B-Reezy with 1 trifecta and 7 correct picks. Kal Krome trails.
Trifectas
Standings for Analyst of the Year II in Week 4
Correct Picks
Picks Tiebreaker for the Analyst of the Year II after Week 4
Three weeks into the season, six of eight Analysts are on the board for the second annual Analyst of the Year Award.
Currently, Little Tuna holds the lead outright with 2 trifectas in three weeks. Minds Blank, Big Tuna, Wise Orangutan, and The Strategist tie for second with 1 trifecta and 6 correct picks. In fifth, The Bookie notches her first trifecta in Week 3. Kal Krome and B-Reezy are still looking for their first trifectas.
Trifectas
Standings after Week 3 for Analyst of the Year 2015-16
Correct Picks
Picks Tiebreaker after Week 3 for Analyst of the Year 2015-16
Week 2 was pretty tough on human (5 of 16) and machine (6 of 15) predictions. Expert analysis from Little Tuna and Minds Blank this past week!
Four of eight Analysts score their first trifectas by Week 2 of the season. Little Tuna holds an edge with 5 correct picks total in the first two weeks. A three way tie by Minds Blank, The Strategist, and Orangutan for second, while the rest of the Analysts contend for last place.
Trifectas
Standings after Week 2 of the Analyst of the Year, 2015-16
Correct Picks
Pick Tiebreaker after Week 2 of Analyst of the Year, 2015-16
Four Analysts remained in contention for the Analyst of the Year Award in the final week of the racing season.
Kal Krome, the only Analyst to earn Trifecta Points in every Race of the Quaternary Crown, held sole position of the lead with six trifectas. Minds Blank, Big Tuna, and The Orangutan tied with five trifectas. Minds Blank, who had never selected less than two correct winners each week, held the tiebreaker over the other two Analysts for second place. Big Tuna held the tiebreaker over The Orangutan for third place. Kal Krome held the inside position – if all contending Analysts failed to earn trifectas, then Kal held onto his lead.
Otherwise, the scenarios were:
Final Week Scenarios for Season I – Analyst of the Year
Note: The Clearinghouse made an error. If Kal Krome missed his trifecta in Week 17, the other Analysts had their opportunity according to overall pick standings.
And, the Winner of the First Analyst of the Year Award Goes to…
Minds Blank!
Minds Blank, winner of the Seeders’ Cup, never picked less than two teams correctly over the course of the racing season. In a three way trifecta tie with Big Tuna and Kal Krome, she finishes in first place by a nose (38 correct picks). Big Tuna with 35 picks, and winner of the PC-Fecta Derby, edges Kal Krome with 34 picks to take second place.
The Orangutan, winner of the Player Haters Preakness, finishes in fourth place with 5 trifectas. The Strategist, winner of the Fibonacci Stakes, finishes in fifth with 4 trifectas.
The Bookie and Little Tuna finish in a tie for sixth place.
Final Results
Final Results for Season I – Analyst of the Year
For the record: Week 1 was not included in the Analyst of the Year standings. Kal Krome and Minds Blank entered the competition in Week 2. This is not without some controversy since Big Tuna correctly picked the most trifectas (7) over the entire 17 weeks. Perhaps there may be some bad blood between Big Tuna and Minds Blank heading into Season II…
