Studio711.com – Ben Martens

Congrats to Jim for pulling out the win with 121 total points! He correctly picked Duke as the winner of it all. Not too shabby. Three people had more correct picks than Jim, but getting those final games right is critical to winning the bracket challenge.

I used Bing predictions to create my bracket. I’ve been impressed with all the things they have picked correctly (elections, football games, etc.) I think the tournament was a bit too many unknowns because all the errors get compounded.

The NCAA won’t let me embed the One Shining Moment video. So instead, maybe you’d be interested in John Oliver’s excellent monologue about how much money the NCAA makes while players go hungry.

Here’s an update on our little bracket challenge. AndyB, LoganB, JimM, and TimS are still in the running. The rest of us are down for the count.

After watching a grand total of 0 minutes of college basketball this year, I filled out my bracket and then proceeded to watch 0 minutes of the first weekend of the tournament. I didn’t even realize that some of the games were being played in Seattle until I saw last minute tickets being sold. I’m a super fan! I did watch the recap of Purdue’s loss. Ouch.

So while I can’t speak to any of the actual game play, I do know that I have very little chance of winning our bracket pool. What a surprise. Here are the standings so far. AndyB is on top and also has the highest possible remaining points. That’s the column you really want to look at to get an idea of how things could finish up.

I hope you all are getting more opportunities to watch basketball than I am!