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DAY 4 PICK FORM
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Day 3 of the Survivor Pool began with just 217 of our original 485 entries still around to make a pick.
The first two games of the day featured Villanova and Duke...two teams no one was willing to play against, and that most people felt the need to save. Duke attracted 23 picks, while just four people used Nova. Both won easily. Pretty boring.
The evening session was kicked off with an epic battle of Kentucky vs Buffalo. Of course Buffalo made 15/30 threes against Arizona and UK made zero threes against Davidson... but, when Buffalo played UK they could only muster 7/31? Basketball can be pretty stupid you guys. Anyway, UK won and moved 36 entries on to Day 4. Clearly these 36 beautiful entrants believe now was the time to use UK before they run into a buzzsaw soon. A mere three entrants lost on Buffalo. So through 3 games we had just lost 3 entrants...
Just when it looked like a nice low key day with most everyone moving on...BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE....again....
Tennessee was the most popular pick of the day with a staggering 55 entries placing their hopes and dreams on Rick Barnes' manly shoulders. But, once again, Loyola and Sister Jean's gameplanning were just too much. So, for those keeping track at home, the biggest stars of the NCAA Tournament thus far are a 98 year old nun, and the noble Chesapeake Bay "Don't Call me Golden" Retriever. There is some bad news for Loyola however as the NCAA has opened an investigation into Sister Jean to determine whether or not her nunly prayers should be considered impermissible benefits. She also stated her bracket has Loyola losing in the Sweet 16, so we could be looking at some serious game fixing allegations if Loyola falls in the next round. Tom Carrk, the winner of our Conference Tournament pool, was the only person smart enough to use Loyola today....for his great work he gets a call out in this recap that I'm pretty sure my mom and four other people read daily.
The game between Seton Hall and Kansas didn't have huge Survivor Pool ramifications. The Kansas win moved 14 chalk eaters to day 3 and knocked out 2 gutsy entrants who flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami. Similarly uneventful was the 4/5 match-up between Gonzaga and Ohio State. The Zags drew 22 picks while Ohio State only attracted 3...our Wisdom of Crowds prevailed here as the Zags will once again move on to the Sweet 16.
Texas Tech v Florida was another game that guaranteed some more losers with picks on both sides. In the end Texas Tech was throwing tortillas in celebration and knocking out another 14 losers and freeing up time for Mike White to hopefully answer a call from Louisville.
The final game of the night was another coinflip type game between Michigan and Houston that drew picks on both sides. In yet another insane finish Houston missed two FT's while up 2 points with under 4 seconds on the clock...Michigan went from basically no prayer, to the slimmest of chances...and somehow made a contested 3 at the buzzer to advance some extremely lucky jerks. To the three of you that picked Houston...wow...that really sucks guys, you must have done something awful in a previous life to earn this kind of karma.
With that shot going in we have 137 entrants (28%) moving on to day four. Here's the daily BryanH inforgraphic to show the mayhem:
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