2010 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. Our annual Sweet 16 Thoughts issue. Enjoy!
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Issue # 7.2.3 “Bonus Only Puts 2 Entries Back in Play”
2010 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. Just 9 entries are in the running for the Bonus Prize (unless no one wins it, then everyone could be back in). Top prize is $500. (Note: Corrected nicknames for Cobi’s Crusanders and TechnicalFowl).
Issue # 6.2.2 “Buzzer Beater and Near Buzzer Beaters”
2010 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. 75 can still win money and 42 can still win 1st! Possibilities here.
Offline for a while…
Got to get some actual work done, but David has put up the standings.
Edit: The update page has the possibilities and if you are clever (hint: how many picked Kansas to win it all?), somewhere on that page you can click to find the money prize breakdown – or you can wait til tomorrow night.
‘Cuse I Said So
Marinomac was the only entry to pick Gonzaga so he falls from 7th to 28th. The other interesting thing is that of the six who still have their Final Four intact, ChasCrois5 is the only who hasn’t gotten any of them yet… they (Ohio St., Duke, Pitt, West Virginia) all play later today.
Issue # 5.2.1 “Now It Gets Interesting”
2010 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. Don’t throw away your brackets yet! We will know officially who’s out of the money Sunday night. And we will reveal the prize breakdown and Bonus Prize details on Monday.
There’s Always Tomorrow
Well, a lot of brackets were trashed today, but don’t throw them away yet. After tomorrow’s games, we will be able to see which entries still have a chance to win money and you might be surprised. A quick look at standings here.
How Bad Was Your Day?
So we now have 2 double-digit seeds in the Sweet 16. Two games to go. How’s this for adding insult to injury or pouring salt on a wound. Sisyphus, who was already last at the end of Round 1, today lost Villanova, New Mexico, AND Kansas in his Final Four. Only Pitt remains and that’s because they don’t play until tomorrow. The order on top: SilverSurfer, SlackJaw (who were submitted by the same person, Jon J.), and my mom (Besst). Just 4 still have their Final 4 intact.
Jonna Rocks!
Wow. Wow. Wow. The first #1 seed falls and who would’ve expected it to be Kansas? Well, Jonna Rocks did. She rocketed up 35 spots from a tie for 77th to a tie for 42nd. How heavy a favorite was Kansas? 64 picked them to win, 83 had them in the Final, and 96 had them in the Final Four. Wow. Wow. Wow.
The Big LEast
Another Big East team fell, this time our first “big” team to go, Villanova who lost to St. Mary’s (Ca.). That’s the fifth Big East team to fall (of 8). Boy, if we had 96 teams we could’ve gotten two more Big East teams! AndyParsons2 and Max Approved were the only ones to pick the Gaels. Butler was picked by 50 (boy, great defense on the last play, not even giving Murray St. a shot at the basket). And 17 picked Tennessee. SilverSurfer is alone in first but he has Villanova as his champion. Three others lost Villanova as their champ and 45 others had them in their Final Four. So 1 of the 3 double-digit teams have survived with 5 more to go.
Issue # 4.1.2 “Normalized”
2010 HWCI NCAA Pool Update. We should have the money breakdown and also the Bonus Prize details on Monday.
Settled Down
After a wild Thursday, Friday took more to form with 13 top seeds winning. Suznana and SilverSurfer are on top getting 27 correct (54 pts). Sisyphus is last with 34 pts. Random is the only person who could win all 16 games in the next two days. And the Pac-10 win both games (Cal exploding to a large early lead) and maybe, might get a little respect.
Tyus Edney Saved Our Pool
15 years ago today (March 19th), Tyus Edney went coast-to-coast in 4.8 seconds to help UCLA beat Mizzou and possibly saved the HWCI NCAA Pool. This pool was created because UCLA was the favorite to win it all by our UCLA alumni in a Westwood apartment. Of course, UCLA went on to win it all and the pool has continued ever since. But had UCLA lost, who knows, we may have deleted all files and closed down shop.
Here is the recap, then done by Andy way back in 1995, the first year of our pool.
Sort of close…
Some good games but nothing really going down to the wire with the closest margin being four points. Suznana and EMAW are alone in first, going 20-4 (40 pts). There are two struggling at .500 (12-12, 24). Eight games left! Popular upset pick Siena (46 entries, the team picked the most ranked #11 or higher) failed to come through like they did two years ago (beating Vandy, also as a #13 seed).
Hangover…
After a great first day, this second started out bleh with no close games and trendy pick #12 Cornell the only upset. But we’re only three games in. Everyone got WV but after Xavier won, Suznana and You’re My Boy Blue joined EastCoastBias on top. After Cornell’s win (picked by just 35), SilverSurfer, The Other White Meat, and EMAW joined the trio to now form a 6-way tie for first. Four are lagging behind with just 8 wins in 19 games.