Overall, week one was.... Uneventful, save Friday. So how's everyone doing? Still have that rebuy chambered?!?! I know I do!
Let's start w/ the Super 7 contest. Some moron decided not to use a 1 seed at all, and he's paying the price. But enough about this moron. Shannon Ware and Jared Black are sitting tied for first, and both will at least get 2 points for a Sweet 16 win as they have two teams playing each other. Minor props going to defending champion Tom Crone for being the only player to have his 7-10, 11-12, and 13-16 still alive - minor props are immediately taken away as he could not manage to keep a 2-6 with them. Something tells me that team is losing steam fast and soon. Some darkhorse teams to watch out for could be Blake Hooper, who has a Wisconsin team that has looked strong and has some favorable matchups coming up, and tourney pool co-manager David Crone, who is the only person not to lose a 1-6 seed yet.
As for the suicide pool.... Things are getting a LITTLE dicey for yours truly. I've essentially burned through the entire left half of the bracket, but with a rebuy still unused, I have a little more flexibility than about 1/3rd of the field left. So who's sitting in the best spot? Amazingly, I think it's our defending champion, Mitchell Speedy. Speedy's first round picks both got bounced in the second round, leaving him having only used Indiana & Florida of the remaining 16 teams. As one of the few players who can still use all the 1's and 2's in the tournament, it'll be interesting to see how he, and the others in his position, play the rest of the way.
Other trends to note:
- Only one person has used UNC thus far - Ben Kraft. Something tells me that number will go up by a couple when they play Ohio on Friday.
- Despite the gaudy tiebreaker score, Larry Gillespie has managed to use four teams that made it to the Sweet 16. Wonder how his bracket looks...
- Besides Speedy, Mike Kapfhammer is the only other competitor who has not rebought and can choose from 14 of the 16 teams - unfortunately, Michigan St is not one of those 14.
And maybe the most important number to note:
- The total pool is sitting at $1,420 - 10% of that ($142 for the non-math majors out there) is still up for grabs between Tom Crone and Ryan Patterson, who are fighting for the referral pool jackpot. The rest will be paid out to us non-popular people. I believe we'll be paying out Top 5 this year, so get those tiebreaker scores up!
Finally, this thing never goes by the book. Something tells me all you out there thinking about Marquette on Thursday are going to either go home crying or be hitting the rebuy line. And how about UNC on Friday? That game has "nuclear" potential to this pool if Ohio somehow pulls a VCU. Will someone actually have the cajones to step up and pick a double digit seed in the Sweet 16? (I believe 3 of the last 6 years have seen a double digit seed in the Elite 8 - VCU, George Mason, and Davidson. Please correct me if I'm wrong.) Personally, I've been eyeing that UNC game for quite a while now.... Good luck as you prepare for week 2. Maybe we'll actually have someone alive to the Final Four this year! (I'm not counting on it.)
- Phil
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