So for those who don’t know, my brackets
completely fell apart last weekend. In case you’re curious, these are my
picks:
Elite 8 - KU vs. G’Town, Texas vs.
Pittsburgh, UCLA vs. Duke, and UNC vs. Tennessee
Final 4 - KU vs. UNC and Pittsburgh vs. UCLA
Championship - KU over Pittsburgh
In one bracket, I have Xavier taking Duke’s
place in the Elite 8, and then taking UCLA’s place in the Final 4. And
Louisville in Tennessee’s place in the Final 4.
Fairly straightforward. A few upsets, but
nothing too dramatic or far-fetched.
But obviously, I’m not doing well at all. The
upsets that happened really hurt me...the upsets that DIDN’T happen equally
#### me. But here’s the thing...
After the games last weekend, of course I
checked my standings. In one of the pools I’m in, the guy who’s in the lead actually
had a near perfect bracket thus far. I kid you not. Tell me something.
Does that make him incredibly SMART or incredibly STUPID? I mean, who in their
RIGHT MIND picks San Diego over UConn, WKY over Drake and Davidson over
Georgetown?? I don’t get it. On the other hand, he’s winning, and has a
pretty firm grasp on that 1st place spot, in a pretty gigantic pool. So again,
my question to you is this:
Does this guy know something we don’t? Is he
on a completely different level when it
comes to knowing his NCAA b-ball? Or is he clueless? Did he just fill out a
bracket randomly, having never watched a game...maybe using the coin-flip
method?
Hey, it’s March Madness...anything can
(and does) happen: Top-seeded teams can be upset in rounds one or two,
bottom-seeds can find themselves in the Final Four...But if you ask me, at the
end of the day, the only REAL madness can be found in the mind of the guy (or
girl) who filled out the winning bracket.
He's probably going with what feels right at the time he filled out the bracket. Bracketology is all about feeling. If you pick all of the favorites your not being realistic, you need to pick a cinderella or two. It's a matter of which one you pick.
Good point...i always try to go with the feeling (hence Pittsburgh in the Finals, lol) and generally do well, especially in the later rounds. I've gotten a lot of people shaking their heads at me when they see some of my picks...most people say (at least to me) that your not supposed to pick with your heart, so I'm glad you say go with the feeling...It's obviously the better strategy in this case. :-)
I had UCLA vs. Xavier in the West final, with UCLA winning. So far, so good. But my Midwest is ALL &*%^(&^%#d up. I had North Carolina winning the East, and Texas winning the South. I had G'town winning the Midwest. I could still get three of the four Final Four correct. I have UCLA winning it all over North Carolina.
Lol, so you feel my pain right now! I don't think it was such a stretch to put G'town in the Final 4. I had them in the Elite 8, losing to KU. I'm in a little worse of a position than you though since one of my championship teams is already out (Pittsburgh). I really hope and think that KU can pull it off this year, but good luck with the rest of your bracket!
