With eight of the 16 Thursday games complete we can now project that there will be no perfect brackets coming from EQE March Madness. With three of the eight matchups resulting in lower seeded teams grabbing the W every entry has at least one incorrect pick. On the bright side, we presently have a 24-way tie for first place, all of whom have only one loss among their bracket picks. Taking a big hit in the possibilities is the entry labeled Patrick, which saw two Elite Eight picks suffer losses, one of which, Nevada, was slated to make it to the Final Four. And that officially marks our first serious contender for the Brandy Award. Too early for such talk? Never!
A few tips at this point to help you track your entries and standings:
- The Status Reports menu selection above shows the standings ranked by current points at any given time during the tournament. Click on either the Score Sort or the Possible Score Sort to figure out how you’re doing relative to other entries.
- The Reports menu selection gives you more options on scoring selections. See how many people picked UConn (spoiler – it’s 48) or Kansas (a mere one) to win it all.
- The Archives menu selection has the history of our tournament, dating back to 1988, and stories from past tournaments. Don’t forget to browse the Brandy Award winners to see who makes horrendously bad guesses.
- If you’re stuck at the office and the boss made you turn off the TV that you stashed on your desk, tune into live action or view interesting videos in your downtime by clicking on the next two menu items. So much info available right from your Headquarters home page!