First round I picked 25 right, so 7 were wrong. Two of the 7 were 8/9 matchups. I picked Southern IL U to beat W. Virginia, but that was just my alma mater talking. I totally missed NW State over Iowa, Bradley over Kansas, and Montana over Nevada.
I picked 5 upsets including George Mason (11) over Michigan State (6), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (11) over Oklahoma (6), Alabama (10) over Marquette (7), N.C State (10) over California (7), and Texas A&M (12) over Syracuse (5).
If you look at the brackets, in each region I was completely right on the outer half of the brackets. Interesting. Tomorrow (Saturday) should bring some great games.
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Posted by: Ryan DeBarr | 03/18/2006 at 03:41 AM
You did very well. I didn't pick. But rooting for my Buckeyes. And especially looking forward to the sweet 16 and elite 8. It would be nice to see a Big Ten team make the final four. I'm with you in choosing Villanova though they had a slow start yesterday.
Posted by: Ted Gossard | 03/18/2006 at 06:45 AM
A bomb went off on my bracket, though my Sweet 16 is still pretty good. Remind me never to gamble...
Posted by: Marty Duren | 03/18/2006 at 07:58 AM
Good job with that 'Bama over Marquette pick. I missed a couple of those upsets unfortunately. Roll Tide!
Posted by: David Phillips | 03/18/2006 at 11:56 AM
Something about that Penn-Texas game gave me a slight pause in my previous declaration that the Horns would take the title. But then I decided that I didn't care, and everybody needs that crazy guy who stands by the craziest legitimate pick. At least I'm not still picking Kansas to do it.
Posted by: joe kennedy | 03/18/2006 at 02:17 PM