15th Annual
Mayhem of March
Recap #1
Welcome back to the 15th Annual Mayhem of March Contest. I would like to thank all of the returning
people and all of the rookies. Once
again we had over 200 people enter.
Where do you all come from? I
have no idea but thanks for everyone for joining.
Turning to the 2007
Madness, where is the madness? There
were several close games but not a lot of upsets. There were only 5 lower seeds won in both the
first and second rounds. Six of the ten
upsets were either #9 seed over a #8 seed or a#5 seed over a #4 seed. There is no #11 seed like George Mason creating
havoc to everyone’s brackets this year. Could
this be the first year when all #1 seeds make it to the Final Four? Only 25 people picked all the top seeds to go
to Atlanta this
year.
This pool is
primarily based in Southern California. Where is the local love for USC? Only 30 people out of 203 picked the Trojans
to make it to the Sweet 16. Did we all
think Kevin Durant would individually do what Vince Young did to USC? I never get tired of seeing the clip of Vince
Young dashing into the end zone of the Rose Bowl.
Round 1 saw the current World Series MVP David Eckstein jump to the early lead by picking 31 out of 32 correct. A couple of years ago, I saw a segment on Eckstein during spring training and it showed David going to the public library to read his email because he didn’t have a computer. So if you see David at the public library in Jupiter, Florida, make sure you congratulate him on only missing one game in the first round. David Eckstein won 2 more games than the next best person. Ryan Ritter, Rivera and The Cats followed David in the first round by picking 29 out of 32 correct.
Round 2 found BS picking 15 out of 16 games correct. That is no BS, he only missed 1 game over the weekend. Dumbledore is Dead, Kccool and Kahuna were the next best with 14 correct picks.
Only 4 people have been eliminated from the money. 124 of you still have a chance to claim the
top spot.
The standings will be updated shortly after each game.