… and then there were four
After two weeks of down-to-the-wire basketball, look who’s sitting in first place in the Bradshaw pool: Fishmon. The guy has got game.
If Georgetown beats Florida for the title, Fish takes the pool. If Ohio State bests Florida in a rematch of the Fiesta Bowl, B.J. Hansen, who is tied with Fish for first, is the winner. About a half-dozen people still have a shot.
It looks like the Hoyas and UCLA have been playing the best ball, but given how my predictions have panned out so far, the mere mention of these teams here is likely a kiss of death.
I’m still at a loss to explain yesterday’s unsightly collapse by North Carolina, which cost me a dinner to a Big East fan. Way to compose your team down the stretch, Roy. Fortunately, I’m not exactly bummed to pay up.
(A much sadder story for the Tar Heels is the death of their student mascot, who was run over by a car in a horrible accident in New Jersey.)
Because the tourney largely has been devoid of surprising upsets, the surprise has been the steady advance of the top seeds. Not since 1993 has there been a Final Four without a team seeded No. 3 or lower.
This year’s Final Four was so predictable that 161,869 of the 3.3 million entries in the ESPN.com pool correctly tabbed it, compared to just four last year, when bracket buster George Mason crashed the party, reports The New York Times.
The upside is we’ve got a couple of classic matchups for next weekend.
I’m going with the Hoyas and the Ewing-Thompson pedigree. Making shots like Jeff Brown’s game-winner off the glass over two defenders with 2.5 seconds left against Vandy, and yesterday’s tenacious comeback against Carolina, distinguishes Georgetown as a team of destiny.
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