Day 2 of the tourney saw upsets aplenty with 7 games going against the seeding (5 if we consider the 8/9 games evenly seeded): 10/7 Iowa, both 9/8 games, 13/4 UC Irvine, both 12/5 games, 11/6 Ohio St. So while it was a tough day for those who clicked the “pick all higher seeds to win) button, the worst damage in the tournament was K. State packing their bags.
In more important news, at the end of the day we have a tie at first place between the eponymous “Upsets Galore” (HOU wins it all) and the more traditional “Eyebrian3”, both with correct first round prognostications in 27/32 games. A total of 12 entries picked 25 or better first round outcomes. Which leads us to the promised “check out the ‘sorted by possible score'” blather:
All bad picks are not equal – if you picked all saved 1 of the first round games correctly, but that 1 miss was the team that you picked to win it all your chances are not quite as rosy as if you made a few first round blunders but have an unblemished slate of sweet 16 teams. SOooo- if we look at that report we see the aforementioned Eyebrian and Upsets Galore both still tied for 1st, but a differentiation below those first entries and those fighting for the top of the bracket.
In the “finding something nice to say” theory of communication, “Tripstersmatilda” doubled her daily batting average, today picking a whopping 8/16 outcomes correctly. That nonetheless leaves her with a paltry 24 points (and a best possible score of 120 points). Looking at her slate of great 8 teams one has to think that the Brandy award competition might be done and dusted after round one – Matilda has only 3 teams left in the top of her bracket. It may be too early to call this end of the bracket, but if it looks like an emu, and it quacks like an emu – it might just BE an emu…
DAY 2: Watch each team’s celebration as they advance in the NCAA tournament
