Friday’s action followed the seeder’s expectations much more closely than Thursday’s games: 3/4 games went to the top seed, with the only seeding “upset” being (close your eyes, Ron) the marginally lower seeded #3 Texas Tech Red Raiders defeating the #2 seed Purdue Boilermakers.
Looking at the brackets, the East ended up relatively true to form (#1 vs. #3), the South is upset city (#9 vs. #11), the West is moderately upset (#3 vs. #9), while only the Midwest played true to form (#1 vs. #2).
What does that mean to YOU? If you are among the 45 remaining entries with a chance, you’ve got more to root for than the rest of us. The current leader is “Worst Nightmare” with 99 points, but picking UVA to win it all. “Worst Nightmare” does finish in first place in 24 of the remaining 128 outcomes (check out the possibilities report). Leading the odds for a first place finish is KirkWho who is first in possible score ranking, and 3rd in the current point ranking.
Things are still roiled at the bottom of the sediment heap, with the lowest current point total (“Big East Final”) currently with only 55 points, but with the potential for 105 points. There are a number of entries who have already reached their potential, with the lowest scoring of those being “New name” at 66 points.