SimonOnSports

If you can't fully see that bracket above, I recommend clicking on it, it really is the dumbest bracket ever created and sums up where this post is heading. Come thursday morning I decided to go fuck and join a pool. My buddy Grutt was in one at work and had asked me if I wanted in earlier in the week so I responded and got in. I filled out my chalktastic bracket that I showed the other day and as of this moment I sit at 19-2. The problem is that I didn't know the scoring method going until around 3 o'clock. So whats the scoring method and why is it such a big deal. The point system is essentially Seed Multiplied by the Round with which they win in. So picking Arizona (12 seed) in the first round is worth 12 points. Picking UConn to win in the Elite 8 (round 4) is worth 4 points. Picking Akron to win in the 2nd round is worth 30 points. And so on. In the email, that I clearly only glossed at, it said the scoring system "rewards good picks". False. It convi...

The CIT I think is my new favorite bracket to fill out. Because you have to guess so many things. Not just whose the better team. If you take a look above you'll notice the red arrows, that signifies where teams really are going. In essence I went 6 and 2 in the first round which is solid. But what I only went 2 for 4 in slotting the correct opponents. So I predicted Pacific and Idaho to play each other, which was a gimmee giving their proximities and then I predicted the winner of Oakland Kent St. to play Bradley. I just didn't get the Oakland Kent St. matchup right. Where I guessed wrong was the top of the bracket, where I had Liberty facing off against ODU and the winner of Evansville Belmont against James Madison. Those got flip flopped. So overall, 6-2, 2 for 4 on the game matchups, and 3 for 4 on the host cities for the quarterfinal matchups. I'm so gonna win my CIT pool.

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~One thing that I've realized today is that I filled out way way way too many brackets. I'm in one pool for money and all of last night I thought I had picked Michigan in the pool as a homer pick and I thought I was on my way to a day of 16 of 16. Alas, I look this morning and well I was 15 of 16, with one miss. Michigan. Oh well, I guess that's the price to pay for this weeks boredom and constant bracket filling out. ~Also, I thought I just ported my pool picks to the "Picks on the site" but um, not completely. ~If you listened to me (aka Grutt) and picked against Michigan because I said they aren't good (they really aren't), well then I'm sorry. At least you know I got it wrong too. ~Speaking of Michigan, was it their goal to try to give their fans a heart attack? I mean they had the game in the bag until they decided to not score for essentially the last 5 minutes while allowing Clemson to bury 3 consecutive threes. Now they get Oklahoma which ...

4-4, Yuck. Home teams went just 4-4. The Johnnies not surprisingly went down. The Cardinal are well on their way to the title. Charleston did not let down. But the real question is how dare I question the Beavers and the Shockers? I really have no justification.

The ole NIT first round is done and in the end I went 11-5, which is not bad. To put it bluntly the NIT first round was a round for the favorites. The better seed won 14 of the 16 games. Davidson, URI and Miami were the only squads to win on the road and Miami was a higher seed that needed to go roadtrippin thanks to scheduling conflicts. Because of that there's really nothing to talk about. The Hokies needed double OT to beat Duquesne so their run to the championship might be a bit in question. Billy Gillespie would probably like to win the tourney so maybe he doesn't get shit canned. Davidson is playing St. Mary's next which could be entertaining. But in the end the majority of the 2nd round games are going on at the same time as NCAA games, so its highly doubtful you'll be tuning in.

Per Billings request. Here's the coin flip bracket. Heads, the higher seed moved on. Tails, the lower seed moved on. There's a significant chance that all final four teams are eliminated by friday night and a very good chance all are eliminated by the end of the weekend. But if Robert Morris ever makes the finals I'm gonna frame this here quarter.