Between going safe, if there is such a thing or picking with who I want to win. There is only 1 game where I feel reasonably certain who will win and that is Kansas over Purdue. With the way this tournament has gone, I probably just jinxed that. I'd like to see all upsets, except Gonzaga...I'd like to see them face Wisconsin in the f4, with the other game being Michigan vs. UCLA.....to me that would be a kick ass final 4. There is real potential for some kick ass games in the elite 8....Kansas/Michigan, UCLA/UNC, Gonzaga/Arizona, and the East matchup will be the step child in that line up, but hell, even Wisconsin/S. Carolina would be a helluva game IMO.....not suggesting that's what they will be, but those games would be insane if it played out that way!

ode I will probably have to switch back to just adding seed numbers, but for fun I was messing with making it like a golf tournament. So for the first round, there were four groups of sixteen teams, seeded 1-16. Eight is near the middle, so I called that even par. If you picked a 5-seed and they won, you were 3 over. If you picked an 8-seed, you were even. If you picked a 12-seed, you were 4 under, etc.

Four the round of 32, there are only 8 teams in each regional. I called a 4-seed even, 6-seed 2 under, etc.

Don't worry. I'll go back to adding seed numbers, and I'll double-check to make sure I got all the numbers right. The system I was messing with be becomes completely untenable in the next round.

My wife has been really sick and was hospitalized Sunday morning and I just brought her home late this evening, so I've been distracted, too. But I have all your picks written down and I'll fix it. Sorry for the confusion.

      rsvman
      It's all good man. I was just confused based on reading your OP that's all.

      Take care of your wife first. A game can wait.

        rsvman no worries, you have more important things to do....take care!

          Yeah, I can see why Natpharm would favor the current standings, which I messed up completely.

          Here's the actual leaderboard:

          Spartan 18
          ode 15
          azgreg 14
          Mike, Natpharm 13
          hoss 12

          sggolf sggolf
          41 minutes ago

          How is Spartan still in? I thought he got knocked out?

          I think Spartan took Michigan State over Kansas so he would be eliminated. The score in the standings reflects predicting MSU as a 9 seed winning twice.

            Of course, y'all are right. Spartan is gone. Picked MSU one too many times. WD due to back spasms.

            I'm still not thinking straight. Sleep-deprived and stressed out over my wife's illness. Yesterday was her 28th day of being sick.

            New standings:

            ode 15
            azgreg 14
            Mike, Natpharm 13
            hoss 12

            So, we have only 5 players remaining. I have third-round picks for all but ode.

            Just to make sure I'm not having another brain fart, I have picks for the sweet sixteen as follows (please correct if these are wrong):
            azgreg WV
            mikeintopeka AZ
            hoss7504 Oregon
            Natpharm Michigan
            ode No sweet sixteen pick yet

            Please, by all means, correct me again if I am wrong yet again. Sheesh. I'm not normally this dense.

            I'm sticking with the B1G....Tune in tonight to see who😉

            Let's goooooo Mountaineer's💍💍 chasing😁

            Hoss7504 Good game, just came up a little short. I'll root Big10 the rest of the way... as long as it isn't Purdue 😏

                The Zags need a rape whistle for this game.

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                Completely agree, it's insane the amount of contact they have got away with...it's embarrassing.

                Purdue looks good early!