Re: 2022 NCAA Tourney bracket challenge

[Roadgeekteen]

And Alabama lost, so my champ just like last year is gone in the sweet 16. My runner up (Texas) is still in though.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Glad I'm not a bettor.

[CtrlAltDel]

There are no number 1 seeds remaining in the tournament.

[triplemultiplex]

First time that has ever happened this early in the big dance.

[Ted$8roadFan]

And in the Women's tournament, No. 3 Ohio State beats No. 2 UConn. The madness continues.

[jeffandnicole]

And in the Women's tournament, No. 3 Ohio State beats No. 2 UConn. The madness continues.

At least that's a respectable win.

[epzik8]

Thanks to Gonzaga's win, my bracket is now worthless.

I only have Texas left for my Final Four.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

And in the Women's tournament, No. 3 Ohio State beats No. 2 UConn. The madness continues.

At least that's a respectable win.

Anything Ohio State wins is respectable.

[Ted$8roadFan]

And now No. 9 Florida Atlantic beat No. 3 Kansas State. Upset after upset.

[SectorZ]

Wow, mine is an effing joke by this point.

At least fantasy baseball season is coming. I actually know what I am doing there.

[Hunty2022]

My only team left is Texas, I had them losing to Houston in the Elite 8.

[Roadgeekteen]

UConn dismantled Gonzaga. Starting to think that they might be the clear favorites to win it all.

[Rothman]

That was rough.  It's been fun.

[Ted$8roadFan]

No. 3 Miami just beat No. 2 Texas, 88-81 to head to the Final Four, where they will face UConn. There are no words left.

[Roadgeekteen]

0 final 4 picks correct, I picked Texas to go to final 4. But my joke bracket not in our group has FAU winning it all so yay?

[epzik8]

Imperfect Final Four for me! Yeah!

[Buck87]

3 of the 4 teams are making their first Final Four appearance

[ilpt4u]

2 of the teams used to be in the same (Power) conference, before realignment madness the last 20 years or so

[hotdogPi]

Miami was the last school to survive both tournaments before their women's team lost yesterday.

According to FiveThirtyEight, plus my Numbers (Mac equivalent of Excel) spreadsheet:

Both teams in Elite Eight
UConn: 21.7% (women lost in third round in upset)
Indiana: 12% (both teams lost in second round to Miami, men one day earlier)
Texas: 9.5% (women lost in second round)
Tennessee: 7.3% (both teams lost in third round, men two days earlier)
Duke: 4.8% (both teams lost in second round, men two days earlier)
Iowa: 4.2% (men lost in first round)
Maryland: 2.3% (men lost in second round)
... (nine teams skipped)
Miami: 0.06% (the only team that succeeded in both getting to Elite Eight, but the women lost in the next round)

Both teams in Final Four (none did this):
UConn: 6.6%
Indiana: 3.8%
Texas: 2.4%
Tennessee: 1.68%
Iowa: 0.84%
... (nine teams skipped)
Miami: 0.0006%

[Roadgeekteen]

Out of 20 million brackets, 37 predicted the entire final 4 correctly.

[Alps]

https://www.outkick.com/ncaa-tournament-march-madness-men-women-final-four-ticket-prices-cost/
I like that women's basketball is outpacing men's this year! Excellent!

[Rothman]

https://www.outkick.com/ncaa-tournament-march-madness-men-women-final-four-ticket-prices-cost/
I like that women's basketball is outpacing men's this year! Excellent!

Picked the wrong venue for the men's tournament, it seems.  Wonder what the comparison would be like if the arenas were the same size.

[hotdogPi]

Is Ticketmaster cheaper than the others because nobody wants to buy from them due to the Eras Tour scandal a few months ago?

[formulanone]

Weird to think a 30-win team is the underdog, but that's college sports for you.

(former FAU student checking in)

When I went, they were lucky to get 500-1000 people in the stands, and it was free if you showed your ID. Nobody seemed to know they'd knocked off a ranked opponent on the road back in 1998 (Oklahoma State). They'd have a decent showing for the so-called Midnight Madness, but probably just as an excuse to stay up and be loud.

Times may change; of course, college sports being what they are, some big but recently-flagging program will write Dusty May a big check and contract, and it's all over. FAU had some pretty good donors, though.

[Roadgeekteen]

https://www.outkick.com/ncaa-tournament-march-madness-men-women-final-four-ticket-prices-cost/
I like that women's basketball is outpacing men's this year! Excellent!

The fanbases in the men's tournanament aren't very big