6th annual USMB March Madness pool

[leftwinger]

I got beat 4-1 on buzzer beater type games I had picked. Only won Iowa over FLA. Lost DUKE today. KS, Kentucky and other close ones. Lost USF? Lost VANDERBILT? It aint easy. But I missed boat on UofA & MICH. They are up there.

I was right on Ill. I had them in the final 2. Hope so.

I'm out of USMB pool on DUKE . MM and others still alive?

 

[MarathonMike]

I underestimated MICH from TMT start because they did not look good in Big ten TMT. They beat a very good SLU team in game 1 and I wished I picked them farther in work pool.

ALA did not play D against them. Mich dominated 2nd half. SLU did play D (at least tried to).

Same for ARIZ. I had Purdue to beat them. AZ dominated 2nd half. Have a very good big guy. But AZ lost to HOU in the Big12? HOU was not a great team this yr. You can only out hustle or bully weaker teams? Yet they beat UofA.

The Wildcats had several wins over top 10 teams and they won the Big 12 regular season and the Big 12 tournament. They are 36-2 with two close losses when Koa Peat was injured. I guess they are over-rated.

 

[Treeshepherd]

Current scores with 4 points added for victories this round, and teams remaining

MarathonMike 34.5
Arizona

rightwinger 33.5
Arizona

leftwinger 29.5
Illinois

Lars 28
Illinois

Darkwind 23

Couchpotato 25.5
Arizona

lg325 24 points
UConn

Percy 22.5
Illinois

Shemp 18.5
Michigan

Pupps has 18 points

A final 4 victory counts for 5 points

remember that MarathonMike is currently under investigation for performance enhancing Viagra, and 2nd place is still worth $25 (first place is $50)

 

[Treeshepherd]

Michigan will beat Arizona by 20 points.

On the other side, I think Illinois takes out UConn, then Michigan beats Illinois leading to a tie at 34.5 between Mike and leftwinger

 

[leftwinger]

The Wildcats had several wins over top 10 teams and they won the Big 12 regular season and the Big 12 tournament. They are 36-2 with two close losses when Koa Peat was injured. I guess they are over-rated.

Lots of teams had 30+ wins. High Point, Miami Oh. Regular season? Uh...OK. I'm in no way down on Big12 teams believe me. I've picked them deep many years.

But now with NIL its all new and different. I was wrong on AZ & MICH both. I said that above. They look to be the best going into the Final4. But they dont re-seed.

I start looking and picking only when the Conference TMTs start up. The best was the SEC I thought. Wrong. Only because they played each other.

Wasn't thrilled to select DUKE here as my #1 but it appeared they had the easiest bracket to advance.

What the heck you want me to say? UofA is the best team ever in the history of basketball. OK they might be.

 

[MarathonMike]

Current scores with 4 points added for victories this round, and teams remaining

MarathonMike 34.5
Arizona

rightwinger 33.5
Arizona

leftwinger 29.5
Illinois

Lars 28
Illinois

Darkwind 23

Couchpotato 25.5
Arizona

lg325 24 points
UConn

Percy 22.5
Illinois

Shemp 18.5
Michigan

Pupps has 18 points

A final 4 victory counts for 5 points

remember that MarathonMike is currently under investigation for performance enhancing Viagra, and 2nd place is still worth $25 (first place is $50)

My lawyers are already challenging this outrageous allegation!

 

[Treeshepherd]

 

[odanny]

Duke did not need to advance the ball past half court, hold the ball, take the foul, make 2 free throws and game over.

Crazy stat, the last three winners of UConn-Duke won the championship game, '04, '10, and '15.