I'm writing this as the late games for the night are starting. As of now, today has been pretty boring by Survivor standards. And, the F1 Sprint Race in China is about to start with Lewis Hamilton on pole in his 2nd race for Ferrari, so I have to watch that, obviously. So, here's what's happened today, it's pretty boring...
The Mississippi State loss only knocked out 12. La di da. Big deal.
Robert Morris loss eliminated no one. Lipscomb eliminated one person. Memphis took down just 9 with 59 people rightly choosing the lower seed there in Colorado State. Not a single person picked the Duke matchup. St. Mary's win moved on 56 and eliminated just 6 Vandy believers. Just 28 eliminated through the first 6 games, I'm not checking a calculator, but that's like 3% or something.
The first game of the day that made any real waves was when 56 people trusted yet another ACC school and were rewarded with their survivor road coming to an end. As of now, the three teams to take out the most entrants in the survivor pool of 2025 are...Louisville, Clemson, and North Carolina. The ACC, historically bad and the butt of 1 million jokes this year is souring the few people that believed maybe they weren't that bad. At this rate 200 people will pick Duke Sunday and watch them lose.
Then it got back to being boring again...Grand Canyon lost eliminating no one as Maryland advanced 72. Not a single person picked Florida v Norfolk. 81 picks advanced on UK while just one entry, Mike Mahoney3, took a shot on Troy...I love the idea, sorry for your loss. Similarly Arizona advanced 80 while just 3 picks were lost on Akron (including the writer, sometimes you gotta take a chance).
The only other really consequential game thus far came when Richard Pitino and New Mexico advanced 12 picks while knocking out 45 Marquette selectors.
But, maybe the late games will bring some drama!
Wrong again nerd. They also didn't do much damage. And, yes, I'm posting this before some games are finished because they look finished enough to me and it's midnight...
UConn just finished off Oklahoma in a close game, so the 72 people that trusted the back to back champs will move on, the 5 people that took their shot on Porter Moser over Dan Hurley are now done. And, sure, 10 picks were lost on Xavier while 17 advanced on Illinois, but that's not that significant. Oregon is up by 21 on Liberty, so, I'm assuming those 51 picks are moving on, while 5 people said give me Liberty, and Liberty gave them death (throw in a US History joke for y'all since they aren't allowed to teach it in schools anymore). And I'm assuming Michigan State will hold on against Bryant and move on those 17 chalk eaters.
The good news is Lewis Hamilton started with pole position and was able to win the Shanghai Sprint to provide some entertainment on what was a very formful day otherwise. No top 4 seeds were upset in Round 1. Just two 12s and an 11 move on to Round 2. In most years we have a 15 seed or something that everyone picks against on Day 3 or 4, this year is looking much more formful so far and, as such, this could prove to be a tricky Day 3....stay tuned to find out!
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