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Friday, March 18, 2005Screw Kansas, what's wrong with Syracuse?I lost 5 games today, with New Mexico losing to Villanova (although they made it surprisingly close after being behind by more than 20), Kansas losing to Bucknell (probably destroyed about 80-90% of brackets), Charlotte losing to NC State, Old Dominion losing to Michigan St, and Vermont shocking Syracuse in OT. This makes me 24-8 in the first round, with four Sweet 16 teams out (Alabama, Creighton, New Mexico, and Syracuse) and one Elite 8 team gone (Syracuse). Now for my excuses: I really should have never trusted Kansas (it's Kansas), but I figured they could make it through one round; I had a really good feeling about Old Dominion and they were actually the 12-5 upset I picked instead of UW-Milwaukee (I had decided New Mexico would make an upset no matter what and I try to be careful with how many upsets I pick); I had a good feeling about Vermont and I would have picked them against any other 4 seed on the table (no, seriously, I think the other 4 seeds stink) and I only picked Syracuse because I felt they would make it a long ways. Basically, Richard is beating my pants off right now.
RICHARD ADDS: Kansas' choke-job has effected far more than 80-90 percent of brackets. According to Yahoo's pick distribution, 98.2% of users picked Kansas over Bucknell in the first round. 81.1% had the Jayhawks getting as far as the Sweet Sixteen, and a full 42.7% had them in the Elite Eight. But I prefer to focus on the 1.2% who are reveling in today's Bucknell victory. What in the world would inspire a person to make that pick? JOSH ADDS: Those are impressive numbers, but there are three types of people that would pick Bucknell: Bucknell alumni, those who really hate and despise Kansas, and those who have no faith in Kansas as a good tournament team (for instance, I did not feel they would make it past the second round anyways...even if they had been a 1 or 2 seed). |
