Two number one seeds are gone, two number eleven seeds are in, and the first four seeds in the South bracket are gone. Just another weekend of March Madness living up to its name.
So three of your Final Four selections are gone? Not a problem! You’re in good company. There isn’t a single entry among the 106 participants that hasn’t lost at least one Final Four choice and most have lost two. Yet they’re all still alive…..well, except for those entries that are accompanied by those pesky asterisks. Sadly, if there is a little star in front of your entry name, your pick is no longer among those in the running…..for anything. Don’t feel too bad, as reportedly every one of the 17.3 million brackets submitted in ESPN’s perfection contest is out of the running after only two rounds.
If you are among the lucky 79 still in the running, the Status Reports now list your highest possible finish. And it may be higher than you think – and we’re talking about you, Conjilmom. Though three of your Final Four choices have been bounced and five of your Elite Eight choices are gone, you still have a chance of finishing as high as second. Let that sink in.
As we enter the Sweet Sixteen, Soupy still leads the way with a five point lead as sorted by Current Points. But KirkWho has the lead in Possible Points, having lost only two Elite Eight teams among the many upsets.
At the other end of things, Beau Blakely holds the current lead in the race for the Brandy Award, but special recognition goes to Big East Final with only four correct picks among the sixteen second round games. Impressive!
If you had not submitted your fees by the end of Sunday’s games you should have received our friendly reminder to pay. To those who promptly paid up subsequently, thank you very much. Hopefully we’ll have all debts settled before the Sweet Sixteen begins this Thursday.