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Round 2 in the 2015 Player Bracket is live

8, Aug 2014

Round 2 in the 2015 Player Bracket is live

We introduced the 2015 Player Bracket at the start of the week here on HoopSeen.com. The votes are in and we have our first round winners.

Thanks for voting. A person from every state and people from 16 different countries participated in the voting.

Round two has some interesting pairings and the debate moves forward. Vote away and be sure to share you vote socially. Encourage your friends and fanbase to join in on the fun!

VOTE HERE FOR ROUND TWO

The first round results:

Future Arizona scoring guard Alonzo Trier beat out big man Thomas Bryant 32-15.

Washington commitment Marquese Chriss came from behind to overtake Scout.com's No. 1 player Diamond Stone 88-48.
In a pairing of the West's top prospects, Ray Smith of Las Vegas beat out Cali's Tyler Dorsey 38-26.

Jaylen Brown of Marietta (Ga.) Wheeler won in a landslide over Chance Comanche 73-4 in our biggest win of the first round. Brown won by 95 percent.

Thanks to a big online campaign, future Arizona guard Justin Simon won in an active battle against future Duke big man Chase Jeter. Simon had 216 votes to Jeter's 36.

Future Louisville guard Donovan Mitchell beat out big man Henry Ellenson 44 votes to 30.

Kinston (N.C.) wing Brandon Ingram won big against big man Caleb Swanigan with 44 votes to 8.

California big man Ivan Rabb won big against future Louisville forward Deng Adel, claiming 61 votes to 13.

New Jersey point guard Isaiah Briscoe racked up 45 votes to Duke commit Luke Kennard's 17.

Cheick Diallo and Derrick Jones were in a tight match-up. Diallo ended up with 35 votes to the 24 for Jones.

Chicago PG Jalen Brunson tallied 40 votes against Haitian big man Skal Labissiere's 16 votes.

South Carolina point guard PJ Dozier beat out Malik Newman in one of our most active polls. Dozier won out 72-41.

Floridian Dwayne Bacon went to Twitter and started an aggressive campaign to help push him past Ohio big man Carlton Bragg. Bacon racked up 127 votes to Bragg's 54.

Jawun Evans received 250 total votes in our most active match-up to beat Vegas big man Stephen Zimmerman (who collected 87 votes).

Antonio Blakeney and Elijah Thomas had the closest match-up of all of the first round pairings. Blakeney won 61-57.

In a massive upset, Columbia (Mo.) guard Jimmy Whitt beat out the tournament's No. 1 seed Ben Simmons 144 votes to 76. Whitt was an at-large big for the player bracket.

Most 1st round votes
Jawun Evans 250
Justin Simon 216
Jimmy Whitt 144
Dwayne Bacon 127
Marquese Chriss 88

Biggest margins of victory
Jaylen Brown 95% of total votes
Justin Simon 86%
Brandon Ingram 85%
Ivan Rabb 82%
Jawun Evans 74%
 


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