Bracket Contest Update
March 31, 2008 by kj
Courtesy of Dan:
TMadison25 146, 2 teams left (UCLA, UNC)
Kurt 139, 1 (UCLA)
Devin 138, 3 (all but UNC)
Dr Huxtable 135, 2 (Kansas, UCLA)
kj 125, 1 (Kansas)
spartanproducer 124, 2 (UCLA, UNC)
GBBound 112, 3 (all but Memphis)
Dave 105, 2 (UCLA, UNC)
wifeofaspartan 96, 4
Dan 96, 2 (UCLA, UNC)
Erik J 95, 4
Hoopraker 93, 4
NorthernSparty 75, 0
The three people with all 4 teams still in will pick up 18 points (1+5 for each game).
TMadison25 will win unless Kansas beats UNC and either Kansas or Memphis wins the championship game; if that happens, Devin will win.
Top 16 scoring teams to date:
Team (Seed): Score
Davidson (10): 30
Villanova (12): 24
W. Kentucky (12): 24
W. Virginia (7): 14
San Diego (13): 13
Siena (13): 13
Kansas St. (11): 11
Michigan St. (5): 10
Arkansas (9): 9
Kansas (1): 9
Louisville (3): 9
Memphis (1): 9
North Carolina (1): 9
Texas A&M (9): 9
UCLA (1): 9
Xavier (3): 9
Max Score: 211
One of the #1 seeds will move up to 14 points; one will move up to 19 points. The final max score will be 226.
Historically, picking even seeds has been the optimal strategy. This year, the top three teams were evens (all picked by TMadison); the rest were all odds.