At the halfway point of the second day of play we have no real eye popping upsets. Oh, sure Notre Dame, an eleven seed, topped Alabama, a six seed, and Miami, a ten, defeated USC, a seven, but nothing on the order of yesterday………yet. Several of our entries nailed all eight early games, most notably the stand-alone leader, Newman2, with a total of 20 of 24 correct picks. Genius picking, right? Ummm, maybe not. Sadly one of those whiffs was Kentucky, which Newman2 has in the Championship Game. If you look at the standings when sorted by possible score, sadly Newman2 sits in a tie for 70th while two shizcity entries occupy first and third place. Notable, because a shizcity entry finished second last year and won the whole thing back in 2014.
Brandy Award leader, UCon All The Way, with a best possible score of 115, gained a bit of respectability back, but saw a third Elite Eight entry fall by the wayside. Malz11, the only other entry to have UConn win it all, is closing the gap a bit and at this point is the strongest contender for the Brandy Award. A Duke loss later today could make things very interesting.
We’ll be back with observations and comments after the last eight opening games conclude later this evening.