Congratulations are extended to long time EQE March Madness participant, Brian Gunter, who takes first place for the 2021 contest with his entry, BCG2. Brian was one of only six who picked Baylor to win it all. In fact, if you picked Baylor and your name isn’t Bruins1 (rather fitting), you finished on the podium. In hindsight, given the dominance of Baylor throughout the tournament, it’s rather shocking that so few picked them. If only AT&T’s Lily could have offered her valuable insight on Baylor, maybe we’d have seen a better showing.
Finishing second was Sean Carline with his shizcity3 entry, with contest co-administrator Shin taking third place with his Stealth Entry. Fourth was Jonathan Riley and Jeff Baum basically recouped his investment with a fifth place showing.
And let’s not forget Brandy Award winner, maluri fernandez, who finished with an overall score of 47, a respectable showing that would have been better had Mal’s championship contenders, Connecticut and North Carolina (yes, you read that right), not been ousted in their first games of the tournament.
Thanks for the awesome showing in this year’s tournament despite a rather bumbling start by your administrators this year. We hope you had fun, and we hope to be back at it in a little more orderly fashion next season. Winners, we’ll be in touch with you regarding your winnings in short order.
See below for the overall final standings.
