Studio711.com – Ben Martens

The tournament isn’t even over and already our bracket pool has been decided. Nobody even has a shot at getting the final game correct. I don’t think that has ever happened in our pool before and I also think this is one of the lowest scoring pools. But all that aside, congrats to AndyB who beat out second place Logan by one point and third place Jay by two points!

Jay and Logan have both won in the previous two years. Following up with second and third is a pretty good showing.

Now we can all enjoy the final game without wondering who is going to win the pool. And when I say “we” I mean “you” because most likely I’ll be giving a baby a bath and putting him to bed. I’ve watched approximately 7 minutes of the entire tournament this year.

I still haven’t sat down to watch much of the tournament, but I think I’ve seen some of the highlights like Wichita State taking out Ohio State and Kevin Ware’s broken leg. I wish I hadn’t watched that second one as it will be forever burned into my skull.

It looks like our bracket race is AndyC’s to lose. If Louisville beats Michigan in the final game, Jay and I will end up in a tie breaker. In all other scenarios AndyC wins. No matter what happens, over half the field is treading water. Logan, Luke, Jim, AndyD and Tim all picked the final four completely wrong. This is probably one of the worst years for our group predicting the final four!

By the way, if you bet on “Andy” to win from the start, you’d have a 33% chance of being right.

The dust has settled on the first two rounds of the tournament. I honestly haven’t even watched a single game, but I’m winning. That’s 100% skill with zero luck involved of course. Technically Jay and I are tied for first but for some reason Yahoo lists me in #1 and who am I to argue with them? Sorting by possible points remaining tells the more interesting tale and with that AndyC is on top. Luke looks like the big loser in the possible points category as his Spokane love for Gonzaga torched his bracket. Tim is at the bottom of the current points list but has enough possible points remaining to make a come back.