The first day of games in the second round of tournament play had one down-to-the-last-seconds thriller seeing Will Wadeless LSU defeating the Terps 69-67. In pool play this was a status quo ending to the game, resulting in a stunning blow to 19 hopeful pool entrants, 1 of which had Maryland winning it all.
The day also saw Wofford losing to Kentucky which will simplify things for our LSJU sailing team friends who were challenged with understanding how ‘ford was playing in the men’s tournament. The only seeding upset of the day was #5 Auburn sending the #4 Kansas Jayhawks home. This was a minor blow to just over 50 pool entries, 1 of which had Kansas making the final 4.
In the pool status report we have the top three entries all having had a perfect day (that was a fairly common outcome from a quick perusal of the standings), with “Cans on Fire” also showing up on top sorted by possible score with an impressive 231 possible points.
At the Brandy end of the pool TripstersMatilda was back to batting .250 with only two outcomes picked correctly on the day. With a highest possible socre of 62, and the next lowest entry (Phil Knight Secretly Wears Adidas) having already scored 49 with a possible score of 194 (plenty of scoring opportunities left), our current leader to the bottom of the barrel may well waltz into a spot on our Brandy Award hall of incompetence.