Monday, March 10, 2014

Mary Had a Little Loss

Three more bids were decided today, and the three title games were decided by a combined seven (7) points. In the Colonial, the Blue Hens of Delaware (chosen by 67 of us) picked on a school with "Mary" in its name (in this case William & Mary, taken by only 3 of us), and won by the thinnest of margins, 75-74. In the MAAC, Manhattan (selected by 19) turned the tables and sank Iona (liked by 71), winning 71-68. And in the SoCon (a.k.a., the Southern Conference), Wofford (picked by E Albert, A Cristinzio, J Donadio, Jr., L Leach, and A Sanders) outlasted Western Carolina (picked by nobody), by the score of 56-53.

Tomorrow night, four more bids will be announced, including: the Summit League champion, which might be North Dakota State (with 84 proponents) or mabye IPFW (12); the WCC champion, which'll either be Gonzaga (85) -- who tonight beat up another school with "Mary" in its name (in this case, St. Mary's, chosen by Steitz, D Kornfeld, and A Sanders) -- or possibly the winner of tonight's late game between BYU (13) and San Francisco (2); the Horizon League champ, which whether it's Milwaukee or Wright State is guaranteed to be a team chosen by nobody we know; and the Northeast Conference champion, which could be Robert Morris (87), or conceivably could be yet another school with "Mary" in it's name, in this case Mount Saint Mary's, chosen by Templeton alone.

Templeton really could use a Mt. St. Mary's win, because right now he's mired in an eight-way tie for 96th to 103rd place (i.e., dead last), along with B Brenner, Fitch, L Leach, S Leach, Selby, M McAtee, and commissioner D Kedson, all with a measly 10 points. J Donadio, Jr. and P Ripley currently share the top spot, with 30 points.

Full standings may be found here, or by clicking the link on the right-hand side of the page.

1 comment:

George Templeton said...

All hail the mighty Mount!