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Fun start to the day today. Michigan State pulled away in the second half of the game. That makes a lot of people that I went to High School and college with very happy. It kinda cripples the bracket I entered for Snoop Dogg. I guess that should be no surprise.
These 7/10 and 8/9 games are good for separating the
brackets from one another. In the end,
they don’t mean a whole heck of a lot, but they can give you a slight edge,
making it less likely that you will need to win a bunch of games later in the
tournament. Now that I think about it,
the more games you get right in the first round, the more conservative you can
afford to be in the later rounds. If you
do poorly in the early rounds, you kind of need to take more risks later and hope
they happen. Unfortunately, you won’t
know that before the tournament starts. I
don’t know many people that try to be risky in the first round and then
conservative later. It’s really hard to
switch mind sets like that.
Yesterday I said that nobody had any faith in Xavier. You know the theory about the logic of
crowds? If you have people guess the
weight of a cow, one person can’t really get it, but if you ask 1,000 people to
guess it and take the average of those guesses, you usually get really
close. Well, no one picked Xavier to win
the whole thing. Based on this game, I
would say that the crowd is right.
Xavier sucks. I can make a really
solid case that the refs cost Kennesaw State the game. On the last play, the Kennesaw State player
was fouled twice on the rebound, and the refs didn’t call either of them. I HATE Xavier right now. They cost me a really great upset. I hope they get routed in whatever game they
play next.
I watched very little of the Baylor / UCSB game. I saw that UCSB was up 1 at halftime, but by the
time the Xavier game ended, it was already a double digit lead for Baylor. It was never any closer from there. Not a great game from Baylor, but they looked
good if you only watched the second half.
The great promise of an upset went down in the second half
of the St. Mary’s / VCU game. It looked
like St. Mary’s just slowly pulled away from VCU. One of VCU’s best players picked up an injury
in the game, so they may have doomed their chances.
So, it was a pretty chalky group of 4 games. No upsets at all. Boooo….
That means that the all chalk bracket is currently siting in 10th
place. That’s bad. I want that bracket to be as far from the top
as possible.
We do have a new bracket at the top. April K. takes over the #1 spot with 17 total
points. Fun fact about April K.’s
bracket – it was cost 2 points for being filled out illegally. She had St. Mary’s and Connecticut winning
games in the first round, but she had VCU in the Sweet 16. I reached out to get this corrected (as I did
whenever I found something similar), but didn’t hear back about how to fix
it. As a result, she lost the ability to
correct it. It wouldn’t be fair now that
VCU is already out to correct it to St. Mary’s or Connecticut. I hope that
doesn’t come back and haunt her. Hers
was the only uncorrected bracket left in the pool.
Here are the rankings:
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1. April K.: 17
(-21) - Purdue |
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2. Noah N.: 16
(-4) - Alabama |
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3. Brian K.: 16
(-6) - Alabama |
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3. Irene H. #3:
16 (-6) - Alabama |
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3. Irene H. #5:
16 (-6) - Marquette |
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3. Luis B. #4: 16
(-6) - Alabama |
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7. Jay H. #2: 16
(-8) - Texas |
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8. Deanna T.: 16
(-10) - Kansas |
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8. Emily T.: 16
(-10) - Alabama |
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10. Hutch H. #1:
16 (-12) - Kansas |
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10. RB Blackburn:
16 (-12) - Indiana |
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10. Sacrificial
Gutless Bracket: 16 (-12) - Alabama |
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10. Tom W Bel.:
16 (-12) - Kansas |
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14. JB Erickson:
16 (-18) - Gonzaga |
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15. Eric V. #3:
16 (-34) - Texas |
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16. Max A. #1: 16
(-36) - Houston |
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17. Schmuidos #2
(Bob & Max): 16 (-72) - Arizona |
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18. Dan D.: 15
(-7) - Purdue |
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18. House Rules
(Jacob S.): 15 (-7) - Houston |
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18. Irene H. #6:
15 (-7) - Houston |
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18. Mason A. #2:
15 (-7) - Gonzaga |
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18. Michael S.:
15 (-7) - Houston |
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18. Pete J. #1:
15 (-7) - Houston |
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18. Pete J. #2:
15 (-7) - Alabama |
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25. Andrew D. #1:
15 (-11) - Houston |
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25. Dawn G.: 15
(-11) - Gonzaga |
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25. Jacob A.: 15
(-11) - UCLA |
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25. Kristin G.:
15 (-11) - Kansas |
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25. Quinn1130
(Brett G.): 15 (-11) - Duke |
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30. Brent E. #4:
15 (-13) - Purdue |
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30. CAAT #1 (Adam
O.): 15 (-13) - Purdue |
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30. Connor W.: 15
(-13) - Alabama |
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30. Jason S.: 15
(-13) - Houston |
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30. Mary Lou H.:
15 (-13) - Houston |
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30. Mason A. #4:
15 (-13) - UCLA |
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30. Pete J. #5:
15 (-13) - Alabama |
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37. Chad L. #2:
15 (-17) - Gonzaga |
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38. Brent E. #3:
15 (-19) - Alabama |
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38. Elliot N.: 15
(-19) - Houston |
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38. Ryan W.: 15
(-19) - Purdue |
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41. Andy Katz: 15
(-21) - Purdue |
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41. Tim D. #2: 15
(-21) - Purdue |
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43. Matt O.: 15
(-23) - UCLA |
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44. Greg L.: 15
(-25) - Purdue |
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45. Alyssa B.: 15
(-31) - Purdue |
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46. Brent S. #2:
15 (-35) - Texas |
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46. Kealoha G.:
15 (-35) - Houston |
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48. Mindi W.: 15
(-39) - UCLA |
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49. Daniel E.: 15
(-49) - UCLA |
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50. Marblesox: 15
(-67) - Arizona |
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51. Melody T.: 14
(-6) - Baylor |
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52. Barack O.: 14
(-8) - Duke |
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52. Brandon B.:
14 (-8) - Texas |
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52. Chun W. #3:
14 (-8) - Texas |
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52. Chun W. #4:
14 (-8) - Houston |
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52. Dylan B.: 14
(-8) - Marquette |
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52. Jared B.: 14
(-8) - Kansas |
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52. Jim W.: 14
(-8) - Alabama |
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52. Pete J. #4:
14 (-8) - Connecticut |
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60. Amanda R.: 14
(-10) - Baylor |
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60. Baily T.: 14
(-10) - Purdue |
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60. Becky H.: 14
(-10) - Marquette |
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63. Bret K. #1:
14 (-12) - Purdue |
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63. Cool Guy
(Wytosick): 14 (-12) - Marquette |
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63. Dustin D. #1:
14 (-12) - Houston |
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63. Dustin D. #3:
14 (-12) - Houston |
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63. Eric V. #1:
14 (-12) - Houston |
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63. Luis B. #1:
14 (-12) - Alabama |
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63. Luis B. #3:
14 (-12) - Alabama |
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63. Luis B. #5:
14 (-12) - Alabama |
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63. Luis B. #6:
14 (-12) - Alabama |
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63. Miela314
(Brett G.): 14 (-12) - Alabama |
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63. Scott H. #2:
14 (-12) - Houston |
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63. Shanky G.: 14
(-12) - Houston |
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63. Stephen C.:
14 (-12) - Alabama |
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63. William M.
#1: 14 (-12) - Alabama |
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77. Brent E. #2:
14 (-14) - Marquette |
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77. Chris M.: 14
(-14) - Purdue |
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77. Chun W. #1:
14 (-14) - Kansas |
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77. D Row (Dennis
R.): 14 (-14) - Purdue |
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77. Devils (Brett
G.): 14 (-14) - Houston |
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77. Karen C.: 14
(-14) - UCLA |
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77. Mike W.: 14
(-14) - Marquette |
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77. Nick M.: 14
(-14) - Alabama |
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77. Scott H. #1:
14 (-14) - Alabama |
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77. Tim D. #1: 14
(-14) - Alabama |
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77. Tomas L.: 14
(-14) - Houston |
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88. Brent E. #1:
14 (-16) - Alabama |
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88. Dianna A.: 14
(-16) - Texas |
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90. Snoop Dogg:
14 (-18) - UCLA |
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91. Mike N.: 14
(-20) - Duke |
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92. Bret K. #2:
14 (-22) - Texas |
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92. Elizabeth N.
#1: 14 (-22) - Houston |
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94. Chad L. #1:
14 (-26) - Duke |
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94. Scarlett H.:
14 (-26) - Kansas |
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94. Schmuidos #1
(Bob & Max): 14 (-26) - Gonzaga |
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97. Craig G.: 14
(-28) - Kansas |
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98. Chun W. #2:
14 (-36) - Gonzaga |
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98. Matt N.: 14
(-36) - Houston |
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100. CAAT #3
(Adam O.): 14 (-38) - Gonzaga |
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101. Carrie F.:
14 (-42) - UCLA |
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102. Adalyn H.:
14 (-56) - Purdue |
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103. Brad R.: 14
(-68) - Arizona |
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103. Chad L. #3:
14 (-68) - Arizona |
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105. CAAT #2
(Adam O.): 14 (-70) - Arizona |
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106. Ally H.: 13
(-9) - Alabama |
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106. Hack a Zach
(Dave F.): 13 (-9) - Purdue |
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106. Jeremy H.:
13 (-9) - Kentucky |
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106. Kylan G.: 13
(-9) - Purdue |
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106. Stefon K.:
13 (-9) - Kansas |
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111. Andrew D.
#2: 13 (-11) - Houston |
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111. Cicely K.:
13 (-11) - Alabama |
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111. Dave A.: 13
(-11) - Purdue |
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111. Hurry Up #1:
13 (-11) - Gonzaga |
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111. Josiah T.:
13 (-11) - Houston |
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116. Andrew D.
#3: 13 (-13) - Alabama |
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116. Damien R.
#2: 13 (-13) - Alabama |
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116. Dustin D.
#2: 13 (-13) - Kansas |
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116. Howard S.
#2: 13 (-13) - Texas |
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120. Daisy N. #4:
13 (-15) - Purdue |
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120. Daisy N. #5:
13 (-15) - Houston |
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120. Damien R.
#4: 13 (-15) - Alabama |
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120. Dan Dz.: 13
(-15) - Kansas |
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120. Dimitris M.:
13 (-15) - Alabama |
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120. Kirt R. #2:
13 (-15) - Houston |
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120. Luis B. #2:
13 (-15) - Alabama |
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120. Nick D.: 13
(-15) - Purdue |
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120. Pete J. #3:
13 (-15) - Marquette |
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120. Pete J. #6:
13 (-15) - Houston |
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120. Scott K. #2:
13 (-15) - Houston |
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120. Stan C.: 13
(-15) - UCLA |
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120. TJ Val.: 13
(-15) - Houston |
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133. Chris L. #1:
13 (-17) - Alabama |
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133. Chris L. #2:
13 (-17) - Houston |
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135. Dustin B.:
13 (-19) - Gonzaga |
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135. Klei R. #3:
13 (-19) - UCLA |
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135. Samer C.: 13
(-19) - Alabama |
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138. Brent S. #1:
13 (-21) - Duke |
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138. Chris L. #3:
13 (-21) - Alabama |
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138. Chris L. #4:
13 (-21) - Connecticut |
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138. Jackson I.:
13 (-21) - UCLA |
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138. John A.: 13
(-21) - Texas |
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138. Tiggy Tony
(Tony N.): 13 (-21) - Duke |
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144. Eric G.: 13
(-23) - Gonzaga |
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144. Vang L. #1:
13 (-23) - Gonzaga |
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146. Irene H. #4:
13 (-27) - Purdue |
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146. Nick I.: 13
(-27) - UCLA |
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146. Steve D. #1:
13 (-27) - Purdue |
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146. Szecho L.:
13 (-27) - UCLA |
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150. Chad L. #4:
13 (-29) - Purdue |
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151. Adam E.: 13
(-39) - Texas |
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151. Jaxon S.: 13
(-39) - Kansas |
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153. William M.
#3: 13 (-41) - Kansas |
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154. Scott K. #1:
13 (-43) - Gonzaga |
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155. Kyler T.: 13
(-45) - Houston |
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156. Paul K. #2:
13 (-69) - Arizona |
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157. Bret K. #3:
13 (-71) - Arizona |
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157. Irene H. #2:
13 (-71) - Arizona |
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159. James P.: 13
(-73) - Arizona |
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159. William M.
#2: 13 (-73) - Arizona |
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161. Hutch H. #2:
12 (-10) - Houston |
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161. Tim N.: 12
(-10) - Marquette |
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163. Brett W.: 12
(-12) - Gonzaga |
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163. Chris E.: 12
(-12) - Baylor |
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163. Daisy N. #1:
12 (-12) - Kansas |
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163. Howard S.
#1: 12 (-12) - Houston |
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163. Josh C.: 12
(-12) - UCLA |
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163. Klei R. #4:
12 (-12) - Purdue |
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169. Melissa W.:
12 (-14) - Gonzaga |
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169. Rob I. #1:
12 (-14) - San Diego State |
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171. Mark B.: 12
(-16) - Kansas |
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171. Michelle L.
#4: 12 (-16) - Purdue |
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173. Daisy N. #2:
12 (-18) - Alabama |
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174. Klei R. #1:
12 (-20) - Houston |
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174. Valerie D.:
12 (-20) - Houston |
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176. James G.: 12
(-22) - Purdue |
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176. Max A. #2:
12 (-22) - Houston |
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176. Veronica G.:
12 (-22) - Kansas State |
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179. Kirt R. #1:
12 (-24) - Houston |
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179. Paul K. #1:
12 (-24) - UCLA |
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179. Vang L. #2:
12 (-24) - Gonzaga |
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182. Brandie H.:
12 (-30) - Duke |
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182. Derek B.: 12
(-30) - Marquette |
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182. Jon F.: 12
(-30) - Purdue |
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185. Marshmallow
(Nikolajs B.): 12 (-32) - UCLA |
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186. CAAT #4
(Adam O.): 12 (-40) - Connecticut |
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186. Jonny Y.: 12
(-40) - UCLA |
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188. Harrell R.
#2: 12 (-42) - Connecticut |
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189. SD Azteco
(Dan McK.): 12 (-44) - Gonzaga |
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190. Steve D. #2:
12 (-46) - UCLA |
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191. Chase L.: 12
(-60) - UCLA |
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192. Upset City
(Brett G.): 12 (-72) - Arizona |
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193. Rob I. #2:
12 (-82) - Arizona |
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194. Eric V. #2:
11 (-13) - Alabama |
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194. Michelle L.
#1: 11 (-13) - Alabama |
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196. Ben S. #2:
11 (-17) - UCLA |
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196. Elizabeth N.
#3: 11 (-17) - Kansas |
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196. Irene H. #1:
11 (-17) - Houston |
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196. Paul K. #3:
11 (-17) - Houston |
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200. Bryce S.: 11
(-19) - Texas |
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200. Eric S. #1:
11 (-19) - Houston |
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200. Harrell R.
#1: 11 (-19) - Texas |
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200. Harrell R.
#3: 11 (-19) - UCLA |
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200. Hurry Up #2:
11 (-19) - Houston |
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205. Mustard
(Nikolajs B.): 11 (-21) - San Diego State |
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206. Mason A. #3:
11 (-25) - Kansas |
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206. Michelle L.
#2: 11 (-25) - Houston |
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208. Shawn D.: 11
(-29) - Purdue |
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209. Michelle L.
#3: 11 (-39) - Kansas |
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210. Kristina H.:
11 (-41) - Kansas |
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211. Hero R.: 11
(-47) - Houston |
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212. Ben S. #1:
11 (-71) - Arizona |
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212. Chris T.: 11
(-71) - Arizona |
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212. Damien R.
#1: 11 (-71) - Arizona |
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215. Eric S. #2:
11 (-73) - Arizona |
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216. Mason A. #1:
11 (-75) - Arizona |
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217. Sally R.: 11
(-79) - Arizona |
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218. Niren D.: 10
(-12) - Texas |
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219. W Lafayette
Blues (Dave F.): 10 (-14) - Texas |
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220. Matt H.: 10
(-16) - Houston |
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220. Tyler C.: 10
(-16) - Alabama |
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222. Daisy N. #3:
10 (-18) - Gonzaga |
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222. Derek H.: 10
(-18) - Duke |
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224. Damien R.
#3: 10 (-20) - Alabama |
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225. Charlotte
N.: 10 (-28) - Connecticut |
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226. Michelle L.
#5: 10 (-34) - Marquette |
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227. Jay H. #1:
10 (-48) - Kansas |
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227. Klei R. #2:
10 (-48) - Gonzaga |
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229. Chrissy S.:
10 (-66) - UCLA |
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230. Elizabeth N.
#2: 9 (-19) - Alabama |
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231. Colonel
Sander (Eric S. #3): 9 (-25) - Purdue |
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232. Brandon H.:
9 (-39) - UCLA |
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233. Aaron E.: 8
(-40) - Creighton |
…and the net point rankings:
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1. Noah N. (12) |
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2. Brian K. (10) |
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2. Irene H. #3
(10) |
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2. Irene H. #5
(10) |
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2. Luis B. #4
(10) |
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6. Jay H. #2 (8) |
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6. Dan D. (8) |
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6. House Rules
(Jacob S.) (8) |
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6. Irene H. #6
(8) |
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6. Mason A. #2
(8) |
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6. Michael S. (8) |
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6. Pete J. #1 (8) |
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6. Pete J. #2 (8) |
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6. Melody T. (8) |
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15. Deanna T. (6) |
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15. Emily T. (6) |
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15. Barack O. (6) |
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15. Brandon B.
(6) |
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15. Chun W. #3
(6) |
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15. Chun W. #4
(6) |
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15. Dylan B. (6) |
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15. Jared B. (6) |
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15. Jim W. (6) |
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15. Pete J. #4
(6) |
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25. Hutch H. #1
(4) |
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25. RB Blackburn
(4) |
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25. Sacrificial
Gutless Bracket (4) |
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25. Tom W Bel.
(4) |
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25. Andrew D. #1
(4) |
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25. Dawn G. (4) |
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25. Jacob A. (4) |
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25. Kristin G.
(4) |
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25. Quinn1130
(Brett G.) (4) |
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25. Amanda R. (4) |
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25. Baily T. (4) |
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25. Becky H. (4) |
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25. Ally H. (4) |
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25. Hack a Zach
(Dave F.) (4) |
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25. Jeremy H. (4) |
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25. Kylan G. (4) |
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25. Stefon K. (4) |
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42. Brent E. #4
(2) |
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42. CAAT #1 (Adam
O.) (2) |
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42. Connor W. (2) |
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42. Jason S. (2) |
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42. Mary Lou H.
(2) |
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42. Mason A. #4
(2) |
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42. Pete J. #5
(2) |
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42. Bret K. #1
(2) |
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42. Cool Guy
(Wytosick) (2) |
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42. Dustin D. #1
(2) |
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42. Dustin D. #3
(2) |
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42. Eric V. #1
(2) |
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42. Luis B. #1
(2) |
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42. Luis B. #3
(2) |
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42. Luis B. #5
(2) |
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42. Luis B. #6
(2) |
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42. Miela314
(Brett G.) (2) |
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42. Scott H. #2
(2) |
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42. Shanky G. (2) |
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42. Stephen C.
(2) |
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42. William M. #1
(2) |
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42. Andrew D. #2
(2) |
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42. Cicely K. (2) |
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42. Dave A. (2) |
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42. Hurry Up #1
(2) |
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42. Josiah T. (2) |
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42. Hutch H. #2
(2) |
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42. Tim N. (2) |
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70. Brent E. #2
(0) |
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70. Chris M. (0) |
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70. Chun W. #1
(0) |
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70. D Row (Dennis
R.) (0) |
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70. Devils (Brett
G.) (0) |
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70. Karen C. (0) |
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70. Mike W. (0) |
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70. Nick M. (0) |
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70. Scott H. #1
(0) |
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70. Tim D. #1 (0) |
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70. Tomas L. (0) |
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70. Andrew D. #3
(0) |
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70. Damien R. #2
(0) |
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70. Dustin D. #2
(0) |
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70. Howard S. #2
(0) |
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70. Brett W. (0) |
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70. Chris E. (0) |
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70. Daisy N. #1
(0) |
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70. Howard S. #1
(0) |
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70. Josh C. (0) |
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70. Klei R. #4
(0) |
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91. JB Erickson
(-2) |
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91. Chad L. #2
(-2) |
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91. Brent E. #1
(-2) |
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91. Dianna A.
(-2) |
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91. Daisy N. #4
(-2) |
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91. Daisy N. #5
(-2) |
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91. Damien R. #4
(-2) |
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91. Dan Dz. (-2) |
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91. Dimitris M.
(-2) |
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91. Kirt R. #2
(-2) |
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91. Luis B. #2
(-2) |
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91. Nick D. (-2) |
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91. Pete J. #3
(-2) |
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91. Pete J. #6
(-2) |
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91. Scott K. #2
(-2) |
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91. Stan C. (-2) |
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91. TJ Val. (-2) |
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91. Melissa W.
(-2) |
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91. Rob I. #1
(-2) |
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91. Eric V. #2
(-2) |
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91. Michelle L.
#1 (-2) |
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91. Niren D. (-2) |
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113. April K.
(-4) |
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113. Brent E. #3
(-4) |
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113. Elliot N.
(-4) |
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113. Ryan W. (-4) |
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113. Snoop Dogg
(-4) |
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113. Chris L. #1
(-4) |
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113. Chris L. #2
(-4) |
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113. Mark B. (-4) |
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113. Michelle L.
#4 (-4) |
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113. W Lafayette
Blues (Dave F.) (-4) |
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123. Andy Katz
(-6) |
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123. Tim D. #2
(-6) |
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123. Mike N. (-6) |
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123. Dustin B.
(-6) |
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123. Klei R. #3
(-6) |
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123. Samer C.
(-6) |
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123. Daisy N. #2
(-6) |
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123. Ben S. #2
(-6) |
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123. Elizabeth N.
#3 (-6) |
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123. Irene H. #1
(-6) |
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123. Paul K. #3
(-6) |
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123. Matt H. (-6) |
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123. Tyler C.
(-6) |
|
136. Matt O. (-8) |
|
136. Bret K. #2
(-8) |
|
136. Elizabeth N.
#1 (-8) |
|
136. Brent S. #1
(-8) |
|
136. Chris L. #3
(-8) |
|
136. Chris L. #4
(-8) |
|
136. Jackson I.
(-8) |
|
136. John A. (-8) |
|
136. Tiggy Tony
(Tony N.) (-8) |
|
136. Klei R. #1
(-8) |
|
136. Valerie D.
(-8) |
|
136. Bryce S.
(-8) |
|
136. Eric S. #1
(-8) |
|
136. Harrell R.
#1 (-8) |
|
136. Harrell R.
#3 (-8) |
|
136. Hurry Up #2
(-8) |
|
136. Daisy N. #3
(-8) |
|
136. Derek H.
(-8) |
|
154. Greg L.
(-10) |
|
154. Eric G.
(-10) |
|
154. Vang L. #1
(-10) |
|
154. James G.
(-10) |
|
154. Max A. #2
(-10) |
|
154. Veronica G.
(-10) |
|
154. Mustard
(Nikolajs B.) (-10) |
|
154. Damien R. #3
(-10) |
|
154. Elizabeth N.
#2 (-10) |
|
163. Chad L. #1
(-12) |
|
163. Scarlett H.
(-12) |
|
163. Schmuidos #1
(Bob & Max) (-12) |
|
163. Kirt R. #1
(-12) |
|
163. Paul K. #1
(-12) |
|
163. Vang L. #2
(-12) |
|
169. Craig G.
(-14) |
|
169. Irene H. #4
(-14) |
|
169. Nick I.
(-14) |
|
169. Steve D. #1
(-14) |
|
169. Szecho L.
(-14) |
|
169. Mason A. #3
(-14) |
|
169. Michelle L.
#2 (-14) |
|
176. Alyssa B.
(-16) |
|
176. Chad L. #4
(-16) |
|
176. Colonel
Sander (Eric S. #3) (-16) |
|
179. Eric V. #3
(-18) |
|
179. Brandie H.
(-18) |
|
179. Derek B.
(-18) |
|
179. Jon F. (-18) |
|
179. Shawn D.
(-18) |
|
179. Charlotte N.
(-18) |
|
185. Max A. #1
(-20) |
|
185. Brent S. #2
(-20) |
|
185. Kealoha G.
(-20) |
|
185. Marshmallow
(Nikolajs B.) (-20) |
|
189. Chun W. #2
(-22) |
|
189. Matt N.
(-22) |
|
191. Mindi W.
(-24) |
|
191. CAAT #3
(Adam O.) (-24) |
|
191. Michelle L.
#5 (-24) |
|
194. Adam E.
(-26) |
|
194. Jaxon S.
(-26) |
|
196. Carrie F.
(-28) |
|
196. William M.
#3 (-28) |
|
196. CAAT #4
(Adam O.) (-28) |
|
196. Jonny Y.
(-28) |
|
196. Michelle L.
#3 (-28) |
|
201. Scott K. #1
(-30) |
|
201. Harrell R.
#2 (-30) |
|
201. Kristina H.
(-30) |
|
201. Brandon H.
(-30) |
|
205. Kyler T.
(-32) |
|
205. SD Azteco
(Dan McK.) (-32) |
|
205. Aaron E.
(-32) |
|
208. Daniel E.
(-34) |
|
208. Steve D. #2
(-34) |
|
210. Hero R.
(-36) |
|
211. Jay H. #1
(-38) |
|
211. Klei R. #2
(-38) |
|
213. Adalyn H.
(-42) |
|
214. Chase L.
(-48) |
|
215. Marblesox
(-52) |
|
216. Brad R.
(-54) |
|
216. Chad L. #3
(-54) |
|
218. Schmuidos #2
(Bob & Max) (-56) |
|
218. CAAT #2
(Adam O.) (-56) |
|
218. Paul K. #2
(-56) |
|
218. Chrissy S.
(-56) |
|
222. Bret K. #3
(-58) |
|
222. Irene H. #2
(-58) |
|
224. James P.
(-60) |
|
224. William M.
#2 (-60) |
|
224. Upset City
(Brett G.) (-60) |
|
224. Ben S. #1
(-60) |
|
224. Chris T.
(-60) |
|
224. Damien R. #1
(-60) |
|
230. Eric S. #2
(-62) |
|
231. Mason A. #1
(-64) |
|
232. Sally R.
(-68) |
|
233. Rob I. #2
(-70) |
Here are the stats for the second set of games:
Game 21:
Marquette / Vermont
Vegas Line: Marquette -10.5
Picks for Marquette: 230
Picks for Vermont: 2
Shaka.. When the walls fell…
For those that get that reference, you get bonus nerd points. This is the first tournament game for
Marquette with Shaka Smart. Shaka Smart
went to the Final 4 with VCU over 10 years ago.
He parlayed into a huge deal coaching Texas, where he didn’t really do
all that great, despite getting a ton of talent to go there. I always kind of thought he was better served
at a smaller school, where he could coach up mid-tier talent in the form he
wanted. I think one-and-done players
probably are a little harder to do that with.
This region seems pretty wide open. If you looked at the distribution from
yesterday, 40+ people chose Purdue, Marquette and Duke to come out of this
region. Duke has already advanced and
looked good, so Marquette needs to keep pace.
Vermont is no slouch, thus the low point spread. Would this be a bigger upset than Princeton? Based on picks, yes. Based on point spread, no.
Game 22:
Iowa State / Pitt
Vegas Line: Iowa State -4.5
Picks for Iowa State: 147
Picks for Pittsburgh: 85
Ever since they decided to add 4 games to the start of the
tournament, I have been a big fan of picking one of those play-in game winners
to win some games in the actual tournament.
This year, the NCAA did something weird with those games. In years past, the winners on Tuesday would
play on Thursday, and the winners on Wednesday would play on Friday. This year, the only play-in team to play on
Thursday was TAMUCC. Pittsburgh played
on Tuesday, but gets an extra day to prepare by playing today. Not sure why they did that, but it’s good for
Pitt.
As for Iowa State, I typically love them and they typically
let me down in the tournament. Iowa
State has had a lot of big wins this season, but they didn’t look that good
late in the season. If that sounds like
I’m leaning toward Pitt, I guess I probably am.
Also, I am totally rooting for whoever wins this game to
beat Xavier by 50 points. What a bunch
of frauds they are.
Game 23:
Creighton / NC State
Vegas Line: Creighton -5
Picks for Creighton: 160
Picks for NC State: 72
There are a few teams that computers really love. The computers really love Connecticut, and
they really love Creighton. I never
really understood the love for Creighton.
They started off the season ranked, and proceeded to do terrible. Then they made a little run mid-season and
the immediately were ranked again. Then
they went back to their losing ways, and now they finished as a #6 seed. I don’t really get it.
On the flip side, NC State is really an entertaining team to
watch. I think they get overlooked
playing in the backyard of Duke and UNC.
They were arguably better that North Carolina all season, but you only
heard about UNC. Both teams score a lot
of points, so I’m hoping for an entertaining game.
Game 24:
Connecticut / Iona
Vegas Line: Connecticut -9
Picks for Connecticut: 214
Picks for Iona: 18
Didn’t I just mention teams that the computers love? UConn is definitely one of them. The big difference is that I actually like
Connecticut. I mean, they beat Alabama
by 15 – in Alabama. That’s
impressive. At one point, they were
close to dethroning my favorite Houston for the #1 team in country. They kind of faded a little bit in conference
play, but they have come back a little in the last few weeks.
As for Iona, I think the only thing interesting about them
is that this is probably going to be Rick Pitino’s last game with them. He is almost assuredly leaving the school to
coach somewhere else next season. Whenever
his name comes up in my house, my wife always asks if he’s “that vampire” and
the answer is always “yes”. I think he
subsists entirely on human blood and is damaged by sunlight and garlic.
Can I make a comment about the Ivesco QQQ commercials. I don’t like them. They make it sound like you personally get
access to whatever companies are in the ETF.
I mean, if I buy shares of an ETF in the oil and gas industry, I don’t
get access to barrels of oil. It’s kind
of ridiculous.
Also, Bank of America, if people are on their phones at a
wedding, I can guarantee 100% of the time they AREN’T banking. That’s just insulting.
Good luck everyone!!!!
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