While I filled out three different brackets on ESPN.com for the NCAA tournament, I also got picks from the capable members of my family (not Jake). With Abby I just read off the two teams for each game and she picked the winner, so her picks are pretty, um, unlikely to occur (she has three 16 seeds beating 1 seeds, which has never happened). Annika understood the seeding, so her picks were based on that somewhat too, but she wiped out all the number 1 seeds before the final eight. Here are the Final Fours chosen by our family, with team seeds:
Mike: Wake Forest (4) vs. Memphis (2) and Pittsburgh (1) vs. North Carolina (1), with Pitt over Memphis in the final.
Lisa: Michigan St (2) vs. Connecticut (1) and Duke (2) vs. Syracuse (3), with UConn over Syracuse in the final.
Annika: Kansas (3) vs. Memphis (2) and Villanova (3) vs. Oklahoma (2), with Villanova over Memphis in the final.
Abby: USC (10) vs. Mississippi St (13) and Duke (2) vs. Butler (9) with Butler over Mississippi St in the final (this would be a most remarkable tournament).
I put all the brackets online, so we'll see who wins through the ESPN scoring system.
12 years ago
