2000 HWCI NCAA Pool Update

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Friday, March 24, 2000                         http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa
Issue # 8.3.2 "Upsets continue..."		 

                     2000 HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL
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    STATE OF OKLAHOMA GOES 2-0 WHILE DUKE LATEST #1 SEED TO FALL
 Morales' Mounds secures money spot and a 90% chance of first place

     LA MIRADA, CA (smt)-  The bracket gets messier and messier as
a #3, #5, #7, and #8 seed advanced to the Regional Finals.  There 
are only two #1 or #2 seeds in the Elite 8.  The state of Oklahoma
went 2-0 today and the state of Florida went 1-1.  

     #1E-Duke's freshmen mistakes helped a young #5E-Florida defeat 
the #1 team in the country, 87-78.  Like Michigan St. did yesterday, 
Florida closed the game on a 13-0 run.  Duke had won 26 straight 
East Regional games in a row.  #3E-Oklahoma St. held off #10E-Seton
Hall, 68-62.

     The battle of the "Hurricanes" was won by #7S-Tulsa.  The 
Golden Hurricane beat the #6S-Miami (FL) Hurricanes, 80-71.
#8S-North Carolina had a 13-0 run late in the game to beat 
#4S-Tennessee, 74-69. 

     Duke's loss totally changed the face of the pool.  It:

     - Assured MORALES' MOUNDS (1st-$1/2, 96) of a money spot
     - Assured BETHEON (36th-e, 62) of the worst-finish ever
     - Narrowed down the 1st place finishers to 4 people
     - Eliminated three more from money contention (FREE FABONE 
(10th-e, 84), BASTOSBINATA (17th-e, 81), FLYINGELVI (21st-e, 79))

Tulsa's win eliminated BINGO41 (8th-e, 85) and Oklahoma St.'s win
eliminated MAD MANDO (10th-e, 84) and defending pool champion
JEBUS (17th-e, 81).  MAD MANDO had a horrible day as he found out
in succession that he couldn't win 2nd (Florida's win), 3rd 
(Tulsa's win), or 4th (OSU's win).  Just 10 are left for the money
spots and MORALES' MOUNDS has clinched at least 1st or 2nd.
PATTO (14th, 82) is the only challenger to MOUNDS for 1st and that
will need at least a Florida championship.

     It continues to be a horrendous pool as no one has more than
one team (besides CALIGATOR (12th-2, 83)) left in their Final Four.
Five have none.  Of the eight teams left, only two (six with 
Michigan St. and one with Florida) have been picked by the 36 
entries.  CALIGATOR was the only person to get 2 right today and
24 went 0 for 4.  Overall in the Sweet Sixteen, seven picked 3 of 8
(a record low) and 13 went 1 for 8.  Still, the 96 points M.MOUNDS
has is not the lowest point total after the 3rd Round (88 by
SHARY BOBBINS in 1999).

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