Well, since my brackets were busted long ago, and my Spartans lost last night, and the only other team I liked was WVU, and they blew it on a Joe Alexander free throw, I guess all I have left to enjoy about the tourney is the pick-em challenge between Myself, Mike, Mark, and Jon.
Following round 2, Mike lost Hibbert when Georgetown lost (one of my final 4 teams, of course) so he is in a lot of trouble. The rest of us survived round 2, but it set the stage for a critical round 3. Thursday and Friday of this week proved that picking players from 1 seeds was the way to go.
Here are the current standings:
ME - 175 (all 3 players remaining)
Jon - 160 (all 3 players remaining)
Mark - 144 (all 3 players remaining)
Mike - 90 (2 players remaining)
It has come down to a 3 horse race. The three of us all have 2 players in common, so after all the trouble we put into picking 5 players 3 weeks ago, its all about 1 on each team. I have Rose from Memphis, Jon has Rush from Kansas, and Mark has Collison from UCLA.
Collison has been underachieving in the tourney, averaging just 10 ppg (about 5 below his season average). With a little help from losses by Memphis and Kansas, Mark may still have a shot.
Rush has been averaging about 3 points higher than his season average in the tourney, but being 15 points behind, he's going to have to pick up the pace to overtake my squad.
Rose has been playing out of his mind - almost 7 points above his season average. Keep it up, pal.
These players present some interesting upcoming matchups for us. A potential final 4 matchup between Memphis and UCLA (Rose and Collison) could make a difference, except if Memphis makes it that far I think Collison's performance will be in vain. However, should Memphis and Kansas make the final, we should have a 1v1, guard-guard matchup to remember.
In summary, I am now on the Memphis bandwagon, but only for selfish reasons. But then again, isn't selfishness what the bandwagon is all about?
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