Sunday, March 29, 2009

BCI Tournament Pool: And Then There Were Four ...

Can you hear that sound? Yes, that's the sound of my bracket being sunk.


What a finish. If your National Championship pick has to be bounced from the tournament, that is the way to go.

The Leaderboard

1 West Coast Bias 26 30 24 8 - North Carolina 88 136
2 Witty Bracket Name 24 22 16 24 - North Carolina 86 150
3 Andy's Picks 21 24 24 16 - North Carolina 85 133
4 Hoosier Daddy 24 22 20 16 - North Carolina 82 146
4 Adam Garcia 24 26 24 8 - Pittsburgh 82 82
6 conlonc 21 24 20 16 - North Carolina 81 129
6 Omar 25 24 24 8 - Louisville 81 97
8 Tarheel Tourney Pick'em '08 (G 22 26 16 16 - North Carolina 80 144
8 Conte Coffin 22 26 24 8 - North Carolina 80 128
8 Mosakowski's Men 22 26 24 8 - North Carolina 80 128
8 number2 24 20 20 16 - North Carolina 80 128

West Coast Bias is still your leader with 88 points, however Witty Bracket Name comes out of nowhere to claim 2nd place by successfully picking 3 of 4 Final Four teams.

Scenario Planning

Four teams and three games remain in this year's NCAA tournament. And we've come down to three brackets remaining who can take home the BCI tournament pool title.

Here are your possible winners in our bracket challenge:
  • With a (1) Connecticut vs. (1) North Carolina/(3) Villanova final, Witty Bracket Name wins with a Tar Heel/Wildcat win, while I think it moved... wins with a Husky title.
  • West Coast Bias wins if (2) Michigan State advances to the title game, regardless of who wins the UNC/Nova Final Four game.
Straight Bangin'

This week's Straight Bangin' award goes to Witty Bracket Name and claver2010 who each selected 3 of 4 Final Four teams correctly. Both brackets correctly picked (1) Connecticut, (1) North Carolina and (3) Villanova to advance to the Final Four.

Bracket FAIL

Me. It's all me this time. My bracket is a monument of FAIL this round. And I had started off so well. Thus proving it's not how you start, but how you finish.

Jeff vs. Brian

I don't want to talk anymore about my bracket. After picking four of eight Elite 8 teams correctly, I laid the big goose egg in the Final Four. Yep, that's right. Not ONE correct team. This is truly pathetic. Thanks for nothing, Gonzaga, Pittsburgh, Memphis and Louisville.

With Jeff correctly picking North Carolina to advance to the Final Four, he is your winner in the Jeff vs. Brian bracket challenge. Congrats.

Thanks to Fear the Stache for keeping my bracket out of the basement.

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