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| Posted by elemandia | 06/09/06 |
| I dont think the points are the right numbers - the total is 87 which is not evenly divided by 5 an d one value is 10 but there are not 2 less than 10... |
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| Posted by andytree | 06/09/06 |
| The 87 points were just for the starters. The bench players added to that: one was 4th, meaning he scored between 11 and 20, and 2 others were less than 10, all a different amount, so the total was between 101 and 123, thus Kevin had to be either 22 or 24 points. |
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| Posted by roscoep | 06/09/06 |
| A Very GOOD grid!! The off grid calculations that were necessary really made this one stand out. 8) 8) |
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| Posted by jenb2144 | 06/09/06 |
| This logic puzzle made absolutely no sense to me. And judging from one of the above comments, I'm not the only one. Perhaps you should have a hint attached? |
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| Posted by chaskey | 06/10/06 |
| It took me a long time to decide to include the bench players; when I did, I was able to click a couple more times, but to no avail: I lost! :roll: :oops: :D Too smart for me, but I enjoyed reading the answer! :lol: |
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| Posted by AwwwSweet | 06/10/06 |
| Awesome logic grid! I had a lot of fun with this one. :D |
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| Posted by locomom | 06/10/06 |
| I love this teaser! With all my hard work at solving it...I still ended up with the jersey numbers for #15 and #23 reversed. :-? But what fun it was! :lol: Give me more!! :D |
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| Posted by Moody | 06/12/06 |
| like what game are they playing, lol, starting with the first clue I was confused. :oops: |
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| Posted by faithfull | 06/12/06 |
| Lots of fun and very hard. I had to start over 3 times!! |
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| Posted by sundaisy227 | 06/15/06 |
| very hard. I gave up. I don't know what a bench player is, so I was very confused the whole time. |
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| Posted by brits1994 | 06/18/06 |
| Chaskey was right!!! it was too smart for me but good!!!! :D |
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| Posted by Maynia | 06/19/06 |
| Why scramble the players' names? If one is to solve this logically, knowing the names of the players helps. The scramble just adds to the confusion. |
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| Posted by basketball101 | 06/19/06 |
| that waz so hard i almost gave up talked my self outou it and still got some wrong! great puzzle |
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| Posted by MissiM29 | 06/21/06 |
| the clues barely make sense how is anyone one able to solve this...i would have never figured out some of the clues if i hadn't read the comments...but who are these bench warmers? include them in your puzzle to make less confusing!! :x :x :x |
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| Posted by adole | 07/15/06 |
| This was way too hard and confusing i didnt like it at all and i love basketball and i know wat a bench warmer is it is someone who sits on the bench while the other people play Duh! any way i didn't like it :x |
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| Posted by Club33 | 07/25/06 |
| "The players that have a vowel for an initial wear jerseys with an odd number."
It doesn't specify first or last initial and there are 3 players with a vowel for an initial. I am going to assume you mean last name, but that is a big assumption...
I haven't given up yet... Just wanted to say that... |
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| Posted by Club33 | 07/25/06 |
| forgot to add:
and there are only 2 odd numbers... |
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| Posted by cnmne | 07/29/06 |
| The implication is that if there are three names that have a vowel as an initial (one first name and two last names), but only two odd numbers, then one of the players has both a first and last name with initial vowels. |
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| Posted by elemandia | 11/16/06 |
| After more than a dozen tries, i finally got it. That was really confusing, but well done. |
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| Posted by khedron | 12/15/06 |
| Great teaser! Don't listen to the people saying that it's too hard or confusing, there are plenty of easy puzzles out there for them and not enough of these challenging ones. |
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| Posted by eyenowhour | 12/19/06 |
| Extermely tough teaser. I don't even know how many times I've tried this teaser and failed. Finally got it though. Great challenge. |
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| Posted by moonbaby | 05/01/07 |
| I feel that there should be some sort of hint for those of us that love logic puzzles and do not love basketball - for I personally have no clue who would be the bench and who would be a starter. Did not care for this one - but that is not to say that this is not a good puzzle. I am sure it is, but just not for me. |
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| Posted by mom_rox | 11/02/07 |
| Excellent puzzle. I appreciate that you provided the logic behind the solution.
You wrote that from clue #11, Allen scored 20, 22 or 24 points - but remember that from clue #3, the center scored more points than Allen; therefore, Allen scored either 20 or 22 points and the corresponding bench player scored 2 or 4 points.
That leaves 4, not 6, bench scoring combinations.
Also, it would have been clearer if clue #1 were written as "the other two scored less than 10 points EACH". I first read it assuming they scored less than 10 points total. Again, very nice puzzle!!! |
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| Posted by mocha613 | 11/12/07 |
| Wow, I figured out the total score and the bench scores, but still managed to mess up my grid. Excellent job on this one! |
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| Posted by Dannysgirl | 11/14/09 |
| Wow is all I can say...It took me a few tries and a lot, A LOT of time to finally get this one. I am so glad to finally get this one done....But very, very good teaser...... I got to say this one was a very tough brain teaser but it can be done....Keep em coming.... |
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| Posted by Nymphadora313 | 12/10/09 |
| I LOVED this logic-grid!!! :D Actually made you think, which is great..Plus you had some off-grid calculations, which made it more difficult-actually required work, but that's what made it a GREAT puzzle! So glad I did this one! :) |
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| Posted by midnite11 | 08/12/10 |
| This was a great puzzle. I didn't find the bench players or scoring a problem. What i did find was that you could switch jersey numbers 23 and 15 and still have all the clues correct. Please help me if i overlooked something. I came down to those 2 unknowns and could not find the clues that would specify which one had which. Other than that this was one of the best. |
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| Posted by midnite11 | 08/12/10 |
| Ok, I found it. I overlooked clue 12
Great puzzle! |
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| Posted by chriscat | 11/06/10 |
| Great puzzle! I enjoy the more difficult ones, and especially ones that require a little extra calculating. And, for the record, I know nothing about basketball and didn't find that a problem. It was apparent from clue one that there were 3 additional players who scored points. Who cares what they're called? |
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| Posted by dreamlvr1432 | 05/03/12 |
| I have worked this puzzle at least 6 times and still can't get it. I've come so close but still no glory. I'll keep plugging away at it though...I will win this one. I will! :D
Great teaser. Making me think super hard and breaking out the math and reasoning skills. I love working your teasers. |
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| Posted by spikethru4 | 03/06/13 |
| Wow, that was a toughie! I hit a brick wall so started to read the answer, then realised I had two bench players scoring over 10. Once I had that sorted, the rest fell into place - eventually! Definitely one of the best puzzles on this site; well done cnmne. |
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| Posted by Obilio | 04/22/13 |
| Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! GREAT teaser, I am so happy I found it, I think it's the best one I've run across. It required logic and the grid and a bit of puzzling to solve. Isn't that the point? LOL, well, you should be proud of your abilities, I'd love to be able to write a teaser like this! And for sharing - did I mention Thank you... :D |
