So here goes nothing. I did no research for this one. In fact, I didn't even pick it. My neighbor has a beagle named Archie (not making that up). I quickly got together 68 placards with team logos on them, put a dollop of peanut butter on it and had him lick one of them. The theory is that this dog, who also did no research, but probably watched a couple of games, can do as good as I can (or Jon can) with research.
FIRST FOUR:
UT-San Antonio over Alabama St.
UAB over Clemson
UNC-Ashville over UALR
VCU over USC
EAST
1 Ohio St over 16 UT-San Antonio
9 Villanova over 8 George Mason
5 West Virginia over 12 UAB
4 Kentucky over 13 Princeton
11 Marquette over 6 Xavier
3 Syracuse over 14 Indiana St.
7 Washington over 10 Georgia
2 North Carolina over 15 LIU
1 Ohio St over 9 Villanova
4 Kentucky over 5 West Virginia
3 Syracuse over 11 Marquette
2 North Carolina over 7 Washington
1 Ohio St over 4 Kentucky
2 North Carolina over 3 Syracuse
1 Ohio St over 2 North Carolina
WEST
1 Duke over 16 Hampton
9 Tenn over 8 Mich
5 Arizona over 12 Memphis
4 Texas over 13 Oakland
11 Mizzou over 6 Cincy
3 UConn over 14 Bucknell
7 Temple over 10 Penn St.
2 SDSU over 15 N. Colorado
1 Duke over 9 Tenn
5 Arizona over 4 Texas
3 Uconn over 11 Mizzou
7 Temple over 2 SDSU
1 Duke over 5 Arizona
3 Uconn over 7 Temple
3 Uconn over 1 Duke
SOUTHWEST
1 Kansas over 16 BU
8 UNLV over 9 Illinois
5 Vandy over 12 Richmond
13 Morehead St. over 4 Louisville
6 Georgetown over 11 VCU
3 Purdue over 14 St. Peter's
10 Florida St. over 7 Texas A&M
2 Notre Dame over 15 Akron
1 Kansas over 8 UNLV
5 Vandy over 13 Morehead St.
3 Purdue over 6 Georgetown
2 Notre Dame over 10 Florida St.
1 Kansas over 5 Vandy
3 Purdue over 2 Notre Dame
3 Purdue over 1 Kansas
SOUTHEAST
1 Pitt over 16 UNCA
9 ODU over 8 Butler
12 Utah St over 5 KSU
4 UW over 13 Belmont
6 SJU over 11 Gonzaga
3 BYU over 14 Wofford
10 Michigan St over 7 UCLA
2 Florida over 15 UCSB
1 Pitt over 9 ODU
12 USU over 4 UW
6 SJU over 3 BYU
2 Florida over 10 Michigan St.
1 Pitt over 12 USU
6 SJU over 2 Florida
1 Pitt over 6 SJU
FINAL FOUR
1 Ohio St over 3 Uconn
1 Pitt over 3 Purdue
CHAMPIONSHIP
Pitt over Ohio St.
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ReplyDeleteI'm game. "Archie" makes some pretty good picks, outside of the fact that he's in love with the big 10 . . . must be because he was raised in the midwest. Amazing how he went for the peanut butter on all of the 1 and 2 seeds in the first round.
ReplyDeleteThe odds of him correctly picking each of those individual matchups are 50/50, and there are 8 of them, so the handicap on that happening would be +15000 (150-1) (and that is just the vegas odds), the actual probability is more like +30000 (300-1) against.
I'll post a quick article with mine, and where Archie made some fatal mistakes (and why) Just after the tournament starts. (Some of my buddies are actually reading this, so I don't want to share my actual picks yet).
You should rename Archi "fucking Nostradamus" (or D.J.).
Archie failed too, but at least he picked MoreHead!
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