So as we remember, the wife wiped the floor with me in the first round by seven, count 'em, SEVEN games. Lucky for me she had lost some teams that she carried into the later rounds. These rounds are, of course, worth more points so I was still in the game, despite being down 24-17. We both had a fairly dreadful second round as well, but as you will see, I have managed to get myself within striking distance. After the round of 32, I have only seven of my sweet 16 teams remaining, which, for you math majors, is less than 50 percent. That's not good at all. However, Kori only took five teams into the sweet 16. Thus, I gained 14 points in the second round and Kori added 10, leaving her with a much slimmer lead of 34-31. Here is how round three is looking, where every correct pick is worth four points.
Ohio State vs. Kentucky: Kori has neither team in this game, bummer. I had Ohio State playing Princeton, but I do have the Buckeyes advancing to the elite 8. This game can give me the lead.
Marquette vs. North Carolina: Kori had UNC playing Xavier, and I had UNC playing Syracuse. Neither of us had UNC advancing so I guess no ground will be gained in this game.
Duke vs. Arizona: I had Duke playing Memphis, Kori had Duke playing Texas. But we both have Duke advancing to the next round.
UCONN vs. San Diego State: Good Lord, I actually have both of these teams picked correctly. Kor has SDSU playing Cincy, and has Cincy winning. Bad news for her. I like UCONN to take the Aztecs down. I just really hope they don't show Kemba Walker's mom and brother so much. Man, they're annoying.
Kansas vs. Richmond: We both had the Jayhawks playing Vandy, I picked KU to advance, but Kori liked Vandy in the upset. Smells like victory for me.
VCU vs. Florida State: Neither one of us, nor anyone else in the world, has this matchup, so let's ignore it.
Butler vs. Wisconsin: We both had Pitt playing Kansas State. We were wrong. No points to gain here either.
BYU vs. Florida: We both had BYU playiing someone else, but also both have Jimmer and the other four guys advancing to the next round.
So there it is. This has gone from who has a better bracket, to whose bracket is less awful. There really is no winner in this battle of futility. I'm embarrassed I even have to share this ridiculousness. Seriously, if you don't read anymore of these updates, I can't blame you.
