The 20th Annual Hopski International March Madness Pool is off and running, with 148 entries this year from 117 entrants (quite a few hedgers out there!)! Who has the warning signs??!! They are running rampant here in The Hopski's Palo Alto HQ. I have to say that without a doubt, watching games from 9:30am until 9:30pm beats the the heck out of the European all-nighters!!
Day 1 is at the halfway point and there was some excitement but just a single bonus point upset!
Thank you Donte Ingram of Loyola of Chicago!!! He drained a 3 with .3 seconds remaining to give the Ramblers the first upset of the tournament over Miami (FL)! These 5 bonus points were not exactly an upset within the Hopski as 110 entries picked Loyola to deliver the goods (we really need to put some thought into altering the scoring for next year - creating a bit more risk to picking a bunch of 1st round upsets......anyone with ideas please offer them up!!).
Despite some very close games for #4 Gonzaga and #5 Ohio State - the seeds won 7 out of 8 so far today.........yawn!!!
17 entries have gone 8 for 8 today - just 11.5%!!!!! How quickly the "perfect brackets" are blemished!!
16 different teams have been picked to cut down the nets on April 2nd this year - a very big number (dare I say Hopski record). Leading the pack are Villanova (36), Michigan St (26) and Virginia (25) - all #1 seeds - but only 3 entries picked the 4th #1 - Xavier. Surprisingly (to me atleast) - Duke was picked 20 times. To see the full list, click on Report, Champions Summary.
Here's hoping for a few upsets in the 2nd half of today's games. I will be watching my daughter's game at 6pm and then out to a bar for the last games of the day - so an end of Day 1 update (at least for the standings) will be posted near 11pm PST!
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