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Scott's Newsletter (3/12/98)

3/12/98, Issue # 2.1.1 "Three double-digit seeds advance"
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FOURTH HWCI OFFICIAL BETTING POOL- NCAA TOURNAMENT `98
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Believe it or not, #11E Washington will play #14E Richmond for a chance
to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. It was that kind of day. Those who
thought that #3E had an easy path into the Sweet 16 when #6E Xavier was
eliminated by Washington were soon in shock two hours later when
Richmond shocked South Carolina. Then again, it might not have been THAT
surprising- SC was seeded #2 last year and lost in the first round, and
Richmond is one of only 3 teams to have ever beaten a #2 seed (since the
tourney expanded to 64 teams). Throw in #10W West Virginia and
you had yourselves quite an upset Thursday. It could have been worse
as #2E UConn held off #15E FDU, #2W Cincy barely got by
#15W Northern Arizona, and #7E Indiana needed OT after blowing a 19-point
lead (OK decided to watch the overtime session instead of playing in it-
no wanted to shoot the ball, then they intentionally foul after wasting
25 seconds off the shot clock (this was the first game I saw, with
work making me miss the morning/afternoon games) to get past #10E OK.
The top seeds Arizona (West) and UNC (East) had no trouble at all.
With Xavier and South Carolina out of the way, UConn seems to
have an easy path into the Big 8. Disciplined #5E Princeton held off
the #12E Runnin' Rebels of UNLV while 2 of 3 Illini teams (#9W Illinois
St. in a thriller in OT and #5W Illinois) advanced (only #9E Illinois-
Chicago spoiling the fun). UNC will face #8E UNC-Charlotte in the
2nd round. #4E Michigan St. showed #13E Eastern Michigan that the past
is past with a convincing victory.

The pool? Oh, yeah. An HWCI-record 28 people (final tally, if any
snail mailed entries arrive, will be on Sunday) have entered the 4th Annual
HWCI NCAA Pool. Only 3 wins separate 1st from last, with four tied on top
with 13 wins (26 points). Sixteen picked UNC to win it all, with Arizona
coming in second with 5 supporters. ALL 2 EASY looked like a genius
picking Richmond and West Virginia but went too far picking #12W South
Alabama incorrectly, settling him in a tie for first place. Five picked
Washington correctly. All 28 entries have all four #1 seeds going to
the Sweet Sixteen. BAERSARKE has #4MW Mississippi winning it all while
the other 27 predict they won't make it to the Big 8. #9MW Murray St.
and #8MW Rhode Island is split evenly- 14-14; but both won't get past
the second round anyway (or so says us predictors).

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Who was South Carolina anyway?...
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