March Madness Bracket Bullshit

So earlier I posted my NCAA March Madness bracket, for which I used the differential between PPG and opponent's PPG to make all my picks. This did not work out, unfortunately.

However, I also made another bracket for the hell of it, in which all of my picks were randomly picked by a computer. The winner? UCONN. MOTHER F*CKING UCONN. So after actually spending time to pick all of the games, I did worse than a COMPLETELY RANDOM brackets. I wound up finishing 867th out of all of CBS' entries this year, which was well over a million.

In conclusion based on this highly scientific study, I declare March Madness brackets bullshit. It clearly doesn't matter what teams you pick, because you will never win. Sorry!

My 2014 March Madness Bracket

I usually fair pretty well every year picking these, but never really had a strategy other than picking mostly by seeding with a few obligatory upsets thrown in for good measure. I never liked to have all #1 or #2 seeds in the Final Four, either. This year I decided to pick strictly based on the difference between PPG and Opponent PPG, with a few exceptions (Creighton, SF Austin, NC Central, Mercer). Based on this, Louisville emerged on top (over Florida) with a differential of 21.1 PPG. Check out all my picks below, and wish me luck!

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Temple Owls for the win!!!

I wish I was able to watch the game instead of working today, but nonetheless congrats to the Temple Owls for advancing to the round of 32 in the NCAA tourney. After attending a Division III school for undergrad, it's pretty neat to be a part of a Division I school during March Madness. Good luck to the Owls in the next round! Recap below, and write-up here.

March Madness bracket

What the hell, here's my attempt:

2 #2 seeds upset in NCAA Tournament

Man, people are gonna be pissed tonight! People's brackets are all kinda of messed up now.  #2 seeds Duke and Missouri lost to #15 seeds Norfolk State and Lehigh, respectively.