Sunday, March 29, 2009

Final 4 picks don't turn out as planned

Well it's official: the Final Four has been determined. The four teams are Michigan State, representing the Midwest; UCONN, representing the West; Villanova, from the East; and North Carolina, from the South region. Villanova and UNC will be matched head to head while UCONN and Michigan State will battle for the other spot to the national championship game.

Here is how the editor's final four predictions turned out:
Jimmy: Rough!! Having correctly predicted all Sweet 16 teams, Jimmy is left with no final four teams remaining. Oklahoma came out and stayed asleep against UNC in the Elite Eight while the Jayhawks fell in the Sweet 16 to final four team Michigan State. Also losing in the Sweet 16 to a Big XII team, Memphis failed to make it back to the final four and Pitt advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history only to lose to their Big East rival, Villanova. To Jimmy, good bracket the first two rounds...what happened?

Anna: Pretty good. With 13 of the 16 teams correctly picked, Anna saw her first two teams, UCONN and Villanova, successfully make it to the final four in her bracket. (She correctly chose Missouri over Memphis only to lose to UCONN and Villanova over Pitt since Pitt struggles in the tourney). Her last two teams, Louisville and UNC were split. Louisville came out like Oklahoma, sleepwalking through the game against Michigan State and lost, knocking out Anna's national champion. Although she doesn't like UNC, she thought Oklahoma was overrated and wouldn't get past Syracuse and correctly predicted UNC would make it back to the final four...unfortunately.

Leslie: Hope remains! Duke??? She somehow thought the blue devils, with their sketchy moments during the season would get past Big East and Big XII teams...oh well...we all have our moments. She thought Louisville would make it out of the Midwest like Anna, but we don't have to mention that ugly game anymore since we know how it turned out. She chose Oklahoma in the South, which again does not need to be mentioned. Even with all of her misgivings, she is the only editor to have her national chamption still alive. UCONN will have to face Michigan State and then defeat either another Big East team in 'Nova or the powerhouse from the ACC, UNC. If they do, she will have won the editor's competition.

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