Thursday, March 26, 2009

March Madness Second Round Recap

After a first round with plenty of upsets, the second round didn't provide as much drama. For the first time ever, all twelve of the 1, 2, and 3 seeds made it to the Sweet 16. Goddam chalkboard bracket. The best finish to a game thus far was Western Kentucky vs Gonzaga, as WKU just missed out on putting two of the mighty 12 seeds into the mix. From here on out is when things get interesting...

The updated standings:
Some notes:

-The winner of the second round was Armbrecht with 14/16 correct.
-The brackets with unique Final Four picks are: Alberty (Michigan State), Hertel (Texas), and Theo (AZ State).
-The brackets that already have a Final Four pick eliminated are: Hertel (Texas), Theo (AZ State), JWill (Marquette), and Alberty (Marquette).
-The brackets that picked the lone cinderella (#12 Arizona) are: Hertel, Kelly, and Theo.
-8/13 brackets have all four #1 seeds survive to the Elite Eight.
-8/13 brackets have at least one Big XII team in the Final Four.
-12/13 brackets have at least one Big East team in the Final Four. (Theo is the exception.)

2 comments:

Daniel Ruettiger said...

My only goal in this tournament is to beat that fraud at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....

Teddy Ballgame said...

I truely hate the Big East, which is why I don't have them going far. I can't stand Pitt, never liked Memphis - however, I blame my AZ residence as bias on in two regions. In both pools I'm in, I had ASU beating Oklahoma - two and a half years ago I would NEVER have taken a Pac-10 team over a Big 12 team...oh well...Atleast I got lucky with the AZ Wildcat pick.