Yup, so is yours. Admit it.
Technically I guess I’m still in the game because I’ve got Kansas to win the National Championship – and they made it through their 1st game. But man, there’s no way I can even lie to you and say that I had any of the upsets that have come through so far.
I had a not awesome record of 21 wins and 11 losses in the first 32 games for a whopping 68% success rate. Lame.
In the round of 64 we watched way too many low seeds win.
#15 Florida Gulf Coast over #2 Georgetown
#14 Harvard over #3 New Mexico
#13 LaSalle over #4 Kansas State
#12 California over #5 UNLV
#12 Ole Miss over#5 Wisconsin
#12 Oregon over #5 Oklahoma State
#11 Minnesota over #6 UCLA
#10 Iowa State over #7 Notre Dame
Yes, every year you should pencil in a 12 to beat a 5 and a 10 should and will beat a 7 more often than just once in a while – but I did not see this coming at all! At all!
If you picked Florida Gulf Coast over Georgetown I would like to congratulate you. But I will not believe you until I see proof.
Same with Harvard.
And also Lasalle.
Note: If you went to Florida Gulf Coast, Harvard or LaSalle I will believe that you picked them to win – but not for basketball reasons.
That means that my Final Four of Kansas, Gonzaga, Michigan State and Miami is also intact.
AND my NCAA National Championship final of #3 Michigan State vs. #1 Kansas is still on the board and could happen. And, when things to perfectly according to my plan, Kansas will beat Michigan State 71-64 on April 8 in Atlanta.
Here’s the thought I’d like to leave you all with… we’ve seen low seeds win a lot of games. And we always say that those are upsets but in a year that had no schools at the top of the heap and pulling away from the pack – I think we’re looking at PARITY. There isn’t the same separation that we’re used to. This many upsets is a trend.
Do not be surprised if we see more before this tournament is over.
Maybe even #8 UNC over #1 Kansas on Sunday?
