After the excitement of the Golden Retrievers upsetting Virginia last night today’s beginning of round 2 started in a fairly hum-drum fashion with higher seeds winning all games in relatively convincing fashion. #3 Tennessee was not so lucky, running into the Ramblers of Loyola-Chicago. In a game that had L-C seeming in control until the final few minutes the Volunteers mounted a furious comeback only to be foiled by a last seconds shot that bounced high off the rim only to drop in for the Ramblers. Hopefully the remaining 3 games of the day maintain that excitement.
In the pool the current status is lead by two entries that picked only 2 of the 4 games completed to this point correctly. The leader in the possible points status continues to be the formidable “quackquack2018” with 3/4 games completed in round two so far picked correctly, and with all 8 final 8 teams still alive. If all falls qq’s way the ducky entry will finish with a score of 219, just a point higher than Gary Byers’ 2007 entry. Which is another way of saying that the the record will likely hold for another year.
It’s early in the race for the Brandy award, but with the Eyebrian2 already at 40 points we know that a record WON’T be set.