Bill, No matter what the outcome in the final 4, you will have clinched 16th place. The optimist would say that you have 6 people that did worse.
The second game in the Final 4 will decide our bracket contest. Nobody can win the final game on April 5th. Nobody has a chance at winning the first game of the Final 4. Therefore, after the second game on Saturday, the final order will be set. If Duke wins: 1 ………. 89 ………. Gipsguy 2 ………. 82 ………. Econmom 3 ………. 72 ………. Tennessee Tom 4T …….. 68 ………. RoGator 4T …….. 68 ………. Pat's Picks 6 ………. 67 ………. Fitz 7T …….. 63 ………. Treefrog 7T …….. 63 ………. LadyVol 9T …….. 61 ………. Hoosier Irish 9T …….. 61 ………. netloss 11 …….. 60 ………. Boondock Muskies 12 …….. 59 ………. Go Kats 13T …… 58 ………. kp 13T …… 58 ………. FL Bucks 13T …… 58 ………. Stu's Cat 16 …….. 54 ………. North Carolina Gators 17 …….. 52 ………. LoneStarIrish 18T …… 45 ………. Don Ballard 18T …… 45 ………. Rum Runners 20 …….. 41 ………. AriZona 21 …….. 40 ………. Aggie Bracket of Doom 22 ………. 0 ………. This Thing of Ours If West Virginia wins: 1 ………. 88 ………. Tennessee Tom 2 ………. 83 ………. Fitz 3 ………. 77 ………. Hoosier Irish 4 ………. 74 ………. kp 5 ………. 73 ………. Gipsguy 6T …….. 68 ………. RoGator 6T …….. 68 ………. Pat's Picks 8 ………. 66 ………. Econmom 9T …….. 63 ………. Treefrog 9T …….. 63 ………. LadyVol 11 …….. 61 ………. netloss 12 …….. 60 ………. Boondock Muskies 13 …….. 59 ………. Go Kats 14T …… 58 ………. FL Bucks 14T …… 58 ………. Stu's Cat 16 …….. 54 ………. North Carolina Gators 17 …….. 52 ………. LoneStarIrish 18T …… 45 ………. Don Ballard 18T …… 45 ………. Rum Runners 20 …….. 41 ………. AriZona 21 …….. 40 ………. Aggie Bracket of Doom 22 ………. 0 ………. This Thing of Ours
Well, they are not 16th seeds but I would bet 0% of the brackets had them getting past the sweet 16 much less being in the final game. For me, that at least makes them a close relation to Cinderella if not Cinderella herself. :wink:
I understand. I'm too close to the heart of the matter to be objective. And yes, I doubt that anyone other than Butler students or nostalgic Butler alumni had them in the final game.
Certainly not one of the fast moving, high scoring contests with "Look at Me" actions and face in the the video cameras. Butler is extremely well discplined and play great defense. Hard to root against your own conference, but I was doing just that last night. Really looking forward to Monday game with Duke. Duke will be tough to overcome, but the Bulldogs have won every game in the tournament thus far. Don
Tom Izzo said after the game that he had mixed emotions. If he wasn't playing Butler, he would be cheering for them. Izzo is a class act.
As predicted, with the Duke win, the order is as shown in the chart below. The only change may come after the final game where the tie breaker comes into play to break the tie for 4th, 7th, 9th, 13th, and 18th. 1 ………. 89 ………. Gipsguy 2 ………. 82 ………. Econmom 3 ………. 72 ………. Tennessee Tom 4T …….. 68 ………. RoGator 4T …….. 68 ………. Pat's Picks 6 ………. 67 ………. Fitz 7T …….. 63 ………. Treefrog 7T …….. 63 ………. LadyVol 9T …….. 61 ………. Hoosier Irish 9T …….. 61 ………. netloss 11 …….. 60 ………. Boondock Muskies 12 …….. 59 ………. Go Kats 13T …… 58 ………. kp 13T …… 58 ………. FL Bucks 13T …… 58 ………. Stu's Cat 16 …….. 54 ………. North Carolina Gators 17 …….. 52 ………. LoneStarIrish 18T …… 45 ………. Don Ballard 18T …… 45 ………. Rum Runners 20 …….. 41 ………. AriZona 21 …….. 40 ………. Aggie Bracket of Doom 22 ………. 0 ………. This Thing of Ours
In our family bracket with 10 participants - also Yahoo - I had to remind my son the morning of the first games to get his entry in. He hastily filled out his bracket.......and ended up winning the whole thing. I was in 3 brackets including Skybox, and all 3 finished the same way, with the result of the Duke vs. W. Va. game deciding the winner.
Sid, I won two all important divisions of this contest: I dominated the Moderator division :wink: I stomped a mud hole in my competition in the McCord division! :shock: :shock: :shock: 8)
I like your reasoning, Tom. I just realized that I finished first in the Indiana division. :wink: By the way, how far were you able to run before Cindy caught you? :lol: