After yesterdays crazy first day of the second round(that's what they are calling it now), there are a few things that are obvious with my test subjects. #1 I picked way too upsets. #2 picking based on mascots is fun but not very successful, even though I was able to get #13 Morehead St. Eagles over #4 Louisville Cardinals. and the final thing I have learned so far....... My 3 year old can pick winners.
There is always excitement when a big underdog beats out a top team. It makes it seem like that happens all the time. But if you look closely at yesterdays results, only 3 out of 16 lower seeds beat a higher seed. #13 Morehead St., #12 Richmond, and #11 Gonzaga. All the rest of the games were won by the higher seeded team. So if you picked just the top seeds, you would have gone 13 out of 16. And that's why "Soccer Star" is in the lead. He picked all top seeds in the first round, except for #12 Utah St, which lost to #5 Kansas St. So beware, my 3 year old may just win this thing. Here are the results so far.
12 of 16 Soccer Star. Upset: None. He has all higher seeds. Big loss: #6 St. John's. SS had the Johnny's going to the Elite Eight.
11 of 16 Irish Girl. Upset: None. All of her upset picks failed. Big Loss: #4 Louisville. IG had the Cardinals in the Sweet 16
11 of 16 Jason King. Upset: None. All of his upset picks failed. Big Loss: #5 Vanderbilt. JK had Vandy in the Sweet 16
9 of 16 Super Dad. Upsets: #12 Richmond. Almost had Princeton! Drat. Big Loss: #10 Michigan St, #4 Louisville. I had the Spartans and Cardinals in the Elite Eight., #13 Belmont, #13 Princeton. I had both these Cinderella's in the Sweet 16. Ooops.
6 of 16 Mascot v. Mascot. Upsets: #13 Morehead St. Eagles over Cardinals. Big Loss: #10 Michigan St Spartans. The real Spartan was near invincible in this field and was the overall winner in this bracket. Tough break.
Well we have another day of great matches. I'll post my day 2 picks a little later. Thanks
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