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MADNESS Final 4

by @TheCommish 🏀  MM Free ⚡

Friends in Madness,

Survivor ends today. Some Bracket pools could also end today.

And the Pick'em will either be nearly decided (if chalk prevails) OR will devolve into chaos.

In what Commish believes is a SZN first across ALL sports, UConn is one win away from being the top pick in EVERY picking segment of our MM Pick'em.

We've done a lot of pick'ems - NFL, college football, EPL, World Cup, you name it - and there hasn't been a juggernaut quite like this UConn team.

So will it be chalk or chaos? Let's find out...


PICKS & CHAMPION SCENARIOS IN ALL POOLS

View Bracket Potential Score standings >>


SURVIVOR

Only three survivors had a team left to pick (and none had two teams):

  • @big5er03 (seed sum of 41 so far) is on UConn
  • @swfox77 (28) is on NC State
  • @Meghann809 (25) is on NC State, as well

So, if NC State wins AND UConn loses, @swfox77 is the champ. In all other scenarios, @big5er03 is the champ.


BIG BRACKET

  • Current leader: @Sevdog55 (80 points)
  • Highest potential: @UCLAVIKINGS and @ccgreen54 (106 points)
  • Champ if...
    • It's UConn over NC State: @Sevdog55
    • It's UConn over Purdue: @ccgreen54 (via sum of correct pick seeds over @UCLAVIKINGS)
    • NC State wins title: @ehartong
    • Bama wins title: @Julesjcw
    • It's Purdue over Bama: @Bhully
    • It's Purdue over UConn: @khersey207 (via tiebreakers over 3 others)


PICK'EM

  • Current leader: @Bhully (49-11)
  • Three people sit one win back: @khersey207, @Tollhouse48, @rickd52773
  • All have UConn and Purdue tonight EXCEPT... @Tollhouse48, who took NC State over Purdue.
  • And so... if chalk prevails we have a 3-horse race for the crown. If it's UConn-NC State, we'll have a 2-way tie for the lead. And if it's Bama-NC State, the door is wide open for comeback drama.


BRACKET #2:

  • Current leader: @ChipotleJEFF (84 points)
  • Highest potential: @leeleslie86 (110 points)
  • Champ if...
    • UConn wins title: @Gupdad1
    • Bama wins title: @leeleslie86
    • NC State wins title: @ChipotleJEFF
    • It's Purdue over Bama: @swoodbury
    • It's Purdue over UConn: @jdjdcatt


UPSET BRACKET

  • Current leader: @chrisyennaris (133 points)
  • Highest potential: @chrisyennaris (172 points)
  • Champ if...
    • UConn wins title OR NC State makes the final OR it's Purdue over UConn: @chrisyennaris
    • It's Purdue over Bama: @steve21
    • It's Bama over Purdue: @Jricci1491


100 TIER BRACKET

  • Current leader: @FredFreddy (70 points)
  • Highest potential: @FredFreddy (99 points)
  • Champ if...
    • Purdue wins title OR Bama wins title OR NC State wins title: @FredFreddy
    • It's UConn over NC State: @Jricci1491
    • It's UConn over Purdue: @Mcmanus2410 (via tiebreaker over two others)


YOUR BEST COMMENTS


@jrcondon (Pick'em): "I really enjoy watching 'Bama play basketball. Their season will end Saturday night though. I really hate NC State (worst played game ever to beat a 2-seed) and their season will end Saturday night. Anyone know any of the players? We can make it so their SZN never ends!"
Commish says: OK but Condon, NC state has D.J. Burns! America loves a big dude who can ball! GIVE ME TRACTOR TRAYLOR 2.0!

@YikesVikes (Pick'em): "Cinderella wolf pack is done cleaning up. The tall man and his Purdue teammates make it through while UConn barely gets by Bama. 1 seed vs. 1 seed in finals, but then which seed will blossom?"
Commish says: SZN t-shirt alert!! Giant faded face of Zach Edey with giant overlaid words "THE TALL MAN". Also, y'all realize UConn hasn't just won all 10 games in the last two tourneys by double digits, but has also covered the spread in all 10?

@MONSTERXXX (Pick'em): "As much as I like the BIG BOY I don't think the supporting cast can get them over the Giant in Purdue ! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH !!!!"
Commish says: THE TALL MAN vs. BIG BOY. ONLY ONE CAN ADVANCE!

@Cully (Pick'em): "Go get that repeat UConn Huskies!! A little worried about Alabama they are out for revenge from their football loss!!"
Commish says: I know the Nebraska football guys put on a wildly impressive dunk contest, but you DO know that football and basketball teams have different players, right? Granted, I'd watch Wemby play wide receiver for sure. How do you defend that?!

@RedEd4 (Pick'em): "First off... eff UConn, I will die on this hill!! More importantly F*** cancer!
The great Jimmy V: "And when people say to me, How do you get through life?, each day’s the same thing. To me, there are three things we all should do every day. If we do this every day of our life, you’re going to … What a wonderful … Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think, you should spend some time in thought. And number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears. Could be happiness or joy, but think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special."
Commish says: People talk about the "staying power" of songs and movies a lot. But in the "great speeches" category, NC State's Jimmy V is easy top 5 staying power, right?

@JJnosepicker (Pick'em): "Can NC State win??? Oh yes UConn."
Commish says: Definitely time to end the email. Enjoy the Final Four, y'all!

 

Yours in hoops utopia,
The Commish

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