It's not how fast you mow, it's how well you mow fast. Words as true in life as they are in the Survivor Pool. You know what, this tournament has been really, really tough. You might have thought that you made it through the tough part, that things would get easier. Well, just like a 22 year old Liberal Arts major that thought college was tough and life would get easier in the "real world" you're now realizing that things only get harder and more terrible. It's the way of life, and it's the way of the Survivor Pool.
I have to admit I was surprised by how popular the two main picks tonight were...the most popular being....
Michigan, with their great shooting, one point favoritism, and seven tie-breaker points sat upon the shore singing a sweet and beautiful song like sirens of lore. For 35 of our entrants that song was too much to ignore. How could something so lovely possibly be dangerous? Just ask Elizabeth Bathory I guess, right? Haha, right you guys? Oh, you don't know who Elizabeth Bathory is? The Hungarian countess who would bathe in the blood of young peasant girls to stay youthful and beautiful? Yeah...I didn't know her either, until I Googled beautiful serial killer for this joke. Pretty sure it landed. Unlike 35 of our entries picks! Boom, brought it full circle.
The night certainly didn't start with a whisper. And, the second game promised at least a bit more mayhem as West Virginia and Gonzaga guaranteed some eliminations as there were 12 picks on the former and eight more on the latter. I'm not sure what was more painful, the offense, or lack thereof, of these two teams or listening to Chris Webber. The Zags ended up winning a rock fight, and ensured that both early games would advance teams with fewer picks upon them.
In game 3 chalk finally got a win...Rock Chalk that is. Kansas utterly destroyed Purdue. Apparently the Big Ten remembered it is supposed to suck. Your fair author of these recaps was the only one with the balls to pick the Boilermakers.
The final game of the evening featured the other team most of our entrants rested their hopes and dreams upon...Arizona. The Wildcats came into the game with 30 picks upon them....They were the safe pick of the day right? Favored by 7.5, facing an 11 seed, this was a gimme. They had a nice lead late...and then....BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE! Xavier has had just a miserable year, they got beat on a crazy buzzer beater last season in the tournament, they lost one of their best players, they lost 6 freaking games in a row at the end of the season. And, now they make the Elite 8 and send 30 entries packing. I guess that's why they call it March Madness...right guys!? Really though just an unreal turnaround for those dudes.
Last year we entered Day 6 with 99 entries alive, having lost just 23 in Thursday games....this year's entrants didn't fare quite so well...
Coming into the day we had 102 living entries. Heading into Friday we are down to a mere 24. Good luck to the very few of you still standing.
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