NCAA Review - Rounds 1 and 2

posted on 2005-03-22 at 00:08:35 by Joel Ross

Well, due to a recent hospital stay, I didn't get any picks posted for round 2, nor did I get results up for round 1. I made the picks, but never posted them.

Since I never made full picks, I won't bore you with the details, but there's a few games I'd like to comment on. But first, some stats. In the first round, I was 22-32 picking winners. Unfortunately, I lost a final four team. I was watching MSU against Old Dominion when we left for the hospital, but never saw the end. Nor did I see that Kansas blew it - they were a final four pick. I guess Jim and Dave were right.

 I was a dismal 14-17-1 against the spread. Pretty pathetic. Picking against the spread is hard in basketball. The second round wasn't much better. 8-7-1. Although I was 12-4 picking the winners. Unfortunately, I lost another of my final four teams! But after losing one, I figured I didn't have much of a chance to win, and it was a great game!

This has been a great year for underdogs. Lot's of upsets - no #1's yet, but 2 #2's are gone, as are 3 #3's and #4's. That's pretty good. Plus, you still have a 12, a 10, and a 7 seed left. If all goes as planned, it would be all 1's, 2's, 3's and 4's. Only half have gone as planned.

I can't wait for the games coming up!

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