Day 2 Recap

Reminder, Results sheet is continuously updated HERE.

Sometimes, you wake up in the morning seeing the world one day, but by the time you go to bed, your entire worldview has changed. Maybe. Actually, that probably doesn't happen very often, and yesterday certainly wasn't a day like that now that I look back on it. Actually, it was a pretty typical Day 2 of the Tourney.

Let's be real: Yesterday was a tease.

The day started just like Day 1, with a nice little upset. This time it was Duke, their conqueror? Mercer. That's right, Mercer. It had me making great puns like "Mercer me!" (A play on Mercy Me! for all those who may have missed it, trust me, it was really funny, a lot of people laughed...a lot of people...trust me).

Don't know much about Mercer? Well, don't worry, I did some research and found out a lot about them. In fact, here is a little excerpt from their Wikipedia page:

"The Bears men's basketball team is best known for defeating the 3rd seeded Duke Blue Devils in the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament."

Wow! Did you know that little fact!? Thanks Wikipedia!

 The Mercer win had Suicide Pool entrants scrambling to check the results sheet, and most of them were as disappointed as an Asian kid's dad who saw their son just got  B+ on a math test....only 4 of our brilliant players used Duke.

The game that sent the most players packing? New Mexico losing to Stanford. As a quick aside, the person writing this recap was one of the suckers that fell into the New Mexico trap (for the second year in a row, I might add), maybe I was just caught up in Hugh Greenwood mania? How could you blame me? That hair, those eyes, his solid fundamentals and Australian accent....I also must say this is just another reason for me to hate Stanford. Not only is their lousy coach Johnny Dawkins the reason Nolan Smith ended up at Duke instead of Louisville, but I also hate how their stupid nickname is "The Cardinal" and their mascot is this abomination. Screw you Stanford, screw you.

Pat Brutcher and Jeff Lowich lost entries when VCU did the impossible, and fouled a 3 point shooter up 4 allowing "Stone Cold" Stephen F. Austin to open a can of whoop ass in OT. Also, a special shout out to my father, Tom Crone, for being the only sucker to buy into the Oklahoma State hype....actually, I am shocked that no one else picked them considering how many experts had called them a sleeper that could make a run, are people getting better at this whole Suicide Pool thing?

After that, it was a day of near misses. Weber State had a real shot at Arizona, Kansas struggled with Eastern Kentucky, Providence handed UNC a win (saving 5 of you), and Central Carolina made a serious run at Virginia.

The best pick of the day was clearly Tennessee, an 11 seed that was a 6 point favorite? That's a no brainer people. Our three front runners, Bryan Maggard, Blake Hooper, and Michael Crone all went Pitt-Tennessee on Days 1 and 2.

Overall we are down to 79 players as 40 entrants have been eliminated. Best of luck (to me) Today!