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Well, day 2 began in much the same way day 1 began...a lot of people losing. Fifty of our lovely participants decided that Cincinnati would surely have gotten over blowing a 22 point lead to lose in the 2nd round last year. Obviously, they would be able to handle Iowa. Those 50 people were very wrong. Cincinnati did do a little better, this season they only blew a 13 point lead...progress! Iowa was only picked by THREE people, and in the next game Oklahoma losing sent 7 people packing while only three move on with Ole Miss...I'm starting to think the hive mind might be broken.
The wisdom of crowds finally got back on track with Texas Tech beating Northern Kentucky in a match up that didn't knock out a single competitor and 37 chalk eaters move on to pick another day.
The match-up between UC Irvine and Kansas State was one I expected to draw some interest from people looking for those sweet tie breaker points, but only 12 people jumped on the Ant Eater bandwagon that rolls on to Saturday, while nine losers got sent packing after trusting K State. Five geniuses strung together Murray State and UC Irvine and are sitting at a lofty 25 point tie breaker score through two days. Will they start chalking out, or keep trying to fly close to the sun?
Colgate and Tennessee actually ended up interesting giving the 11 warriors that chose Tennessee some anxious moments. But in the end Tennessee pulled it out and left me coming up blank on a good toothpaste related joke for Colgate. I mean, I know there should be a way to use that in a somewhat humorous way, but it eluded me...oh well.
Virginia v Gardner Webb was actually a pretty fun game in the first half. But, it was like Virginia didn't even care about the meme potential of a second straight 1 v 16 loss. So, instead of doing the noble thing, they killed our fun and advance to Saturday, and they advance Michael Smith along with them as he was the only person...brave?....enough to pick this game. Duke's similar win later in the day over North Dakota State also advanced one person as Devin Cousins decided he didn't need Duke again after today.
The match-up between Buffalo and Arizona State had a little extra twist since Bobby Hurley left Buffalo a few years back to take the Arizona State job. It was a real Aniston v Jolie situation here. And I, for one, was happy to see Aniston score the win today. Also happy were the 31 selectors who believe in a little thing called loyalty. Five entrants lost there spot in the Survivor pool by siding with some harlot from Tempe over a nice, loyal gal from upstate New York.
Oregon's utter destruction of Wisconsin sent another 20 loyal soldiers on to Saturday while sending six dummies packing. Ya know, Manute Bol's son, Bol Bol played for Oregon before he was injured. His name is Bol Bol, here's him signing a bowl thus creating the Bol Bol Bowl, an item that will likely be revered three thousand years from now as one of the most important artifacts from the early 21st century. Washington kept the Pac-12 party rolling as they crushed a Utah St. team that 20 people were silly enough to believe in, just two fair scholars advanced by picking the Huskies.
Houston was today's big, "oh damn, maybe I shouldn't have used them already" pick as the Cougars crushed Georgia State by 31 advancing 45 lovely souls. Georgia State not only lost the game, they could also lose Ron Hunter, their coach, who gets into a lot of wacky situations....a lot of them. The state of Georgia just isn't big enough for a bunch of memes from two coaches.
Big news for Donald Trump today as well, as his buddy Jerry Falwell Jr. got his daddy's school, Liberty to advance to the second round. Why is this big for Trump? Well, Liberty is the only college basketball team likely to accept an invitation to the White House if they win the Championship...fire up the grills McDonald's, might have a big order coming your way. I'm loving it! Also loving it were the two human entrants that threw their faith Liberty's way, the 29 suckers that thought Jesus wouldn't care about basketball today were clearly mistaken. I'm sure somewhere Jerry Falwell himself is smiling...like, definitely not in Heaven...but somewhere maybe.
The biggest game from the night session featured Iowa State and Ohio State, two States that are actually states facing one another to determine which Midwestern State would be crowned the okayest this spring. Thirty-five of us believed the hype after Iowa State's run through the Big 12 Tournament, and 35 of us were mistaken. A mere three entries will move on to Saturday thanks to Ohio State's win, once again proving the hive mind is struggling this season!
Meanwhile Tacko Fall and 11 of his Fall-owers will move on to tomorrow as well after Central Florida knocked out the two suckers that still remembered that one time VCU was good like 10 years ago. Three people moved on with UNC burning a one seed. And Virginia Tech advanced a remarkable 66 survivors who jumped on board that train now that Buzz Williams is sporting a fresh hairdo.
All in all it was another eventful day as we lost 166 of the 417 wonderful entrants that began the day with their hopes and dreams in tact. We have just 251 of the 639 entries still alive to make a pick for Day 3 of the Tournament. For those keeping track, that means we have eliminated over 60% of the original pool in a mere 2 days. Not so easy, is it?
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