After the first half of the round of 64, picks and possibilities are all over the map. We haven’t seen this many upsets since Milli Vanilli’s got the Grammy. Another huge upset saw fourth seeded Purdue go down to the North Texas Mean Green, while a fifth seed, Tennessee, and sixth seeded San Diego State also came up short. The result was a slew of wrong picks among tournament contestants, with the best showing coming from none other than defending Champion, Gerald Eggink, who was the only individual to have fewer than three wrong picks.
Bracket Busters wreaked havoc on just Day One such that only 14 entries have not seen at least one Elite Eight or better team eliminated. So do not despair if your Ohio State or Purdue late round pick is already gone. You have lots of company. However, if you are one of the 18 who had for reasons unknown either the Buckeyes, Boilermakers or Tar Heels going all the way to the Championship game, well, you might want to start pulling very hard for an upset of Gonzaga.
And if you still are feeling hopeless, just be glad you are not Maluri Fernadez, who has already lost four teams of the projected Elite Eight on top of going 6 and 10 on Day One. And there’s more to come tomorrow!
