With half of the first round games having concluded we have a four-way tie for first in the current standings, two of them coming from a certain Shizcity. We’re not sure where Shizcity is located exactly but apparently the residents really know their basketball, because they’re 14 of 16. Somewhat surprising is the fact that all but one pool entries are batting at least .500, which is either commendable given the number of upsets on the first day, or incredibly lucky given the number of favorites who are packing their bags for the trip home.
Had you simply picked eleven seeds to win over their opposing six seeds chances are you’d be leading the standings. Three teams seeded sixth were defeated by their corresponding eleven seed during the opening round. The biggest surprise, however, Oakland taking down third seeded Kentucky, also resulted in the biggest shakeup in our EQE March Madness rankings. A total of 103 entries had the Wildcats getting at least to the Sweet Sixteen, with two of them having Kentucky winning the whole thing. That would make for two very badly busted brackets. And somehow six entries actually picked Oakland to prevail in the first round. Makes you wonder what they knew.
Oh, and a Public Service Announcement on behalf of those six who picked Oakland over Kentucky. A certain John Calipari wants to know if he can come stay with one of you for a few days until the heat dies down in Lexington. Warning – that stay could be a while.