What a weekend!
Let me first state that all of my brackets are busted. I fill out brackets and compete with coworkers, family, friends, and even got invited to participate in a church group pick 'em this year. Suffice it to say that I am fully entrenched in mediocrity again this year with the majority of my predictions in the 50th percentile overall. However, I do have one bracket in the 91st percentile which I will brag about and claim to the world at large as my official bracket, especially to all those who have not seen this blog. And here's the kicker, that 91st percentile bracket I'm bragging about, appropriately dubbed Back Door Cut, currently ranks 1,036,208 overall in the ESPN Tournament Challenge. Take that all you experts, I'm almost in the top 1 million!!!!
I found these fun stats from the CBS Sports Bracket Games concerning the very first two games of the day on Thursday:
Let me first state that all of my brackets are busted. I fill out brackets and compete with coworkers, family, friends, and even got invited to participate in a church group pick 'em this year. Suffice it to say that I am fully entrenched in mediocrity again this year with the majority of my predictions in the 50th percentile overall. However, I do have one bracket in the 91st percentile which I will brag about and claim to the world at large as my official bracket, especially to all those who have not seen this blog. And here's the kicker, that 91st percentile bracket I'm bragging about, appropriately dubbed Back Door Cut, currently ranks 1,036,208 overall in the ESPN Tournament Challenge. Take that all you experts, I'm almost in the top 1 million!!!!
I found these fun stats from the CBS Sports Bracket Games concerning the very first two games of the day on Thursday:
- 2:30 p.m. ET: 98.5 percent of brackets potentially perfect after Notre Dame's win
- 2:45 p.m. ET: 2.9 percent of brackets potentially perfect after UAB's win
Two games in - totally busted. Then Georgia State won and less than 1% of brackets were still potentially perfect. In other words, don't feel bad you were busted, we all were.
And here's some more good news for all the aspiring coaches out there - it's apparently a physically taxing gig as well as playing the game:
The Georgia State coach, Ron Hunter, tore his Achilles while celebrating his team's conference championship win and this is how he celebrated his 2nd round NCAA tournament win over Baylor:
Unfortunately the Panthers didn't make the sweet 16 so we won't be seeing any more failed celebrations from Coach Hunter, but don't think for a moment that we won't be seeing this every March for the next decade and beyond, a la Christian Laettner and Bryce Drew.
Brackets are busted, injuries are piling up, Gonzaga is in the Sweet 16 for the first time in 6 years, and it's time to strap in for another wild weekend. Just wait, by this time next week you might be hearing from a top 1 million bracketologist!
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