An intense four days of basketball saw heavy favorites go down and Cinderella stories continue but culminated in a Final Four of Blue Blood powerhouses. See which Loon boys are still in the running and which are dead (SlimLoon):
1. Intern Allen – 630 points
So I had an absolutely terrible weekend for my bracket with Gonzaga, my champion, losing in the Sweet Sixteen. But, it turns out that correctly picking two of four Final Four teams is enough to put me 130 points ahead of all the Looners heading into the Final Four. The only thing that can stop me now is Kansas winning the title game, which could potentially put me in a position to cheer for Duke, at which point I will quit watching basketball forever.
2. LoonMush – 500 points
Last blog, I wrote that Mush would need a lot of help to get back into the mix and that’s exactly what he got. Gonzaga and Arizona falling short of the Elite Eight and Kansas skating cleanly through was huge for him, and if the Jayhawks cut down the nets in NOLA, he’ll win without even needing the Texas Tech run felt necessary last weekend. I also have Kansas in the Final game, so he needs two KU W’s, but what felt impossible after a weak first round, may just come true.
3. LoonSchmidt – 490 points
In the Road to The Final Loon blog after the first round, I basically said that the first round didn’t matter. LoonSchmidt, who was leading at that point, said that I only said that because I was losing to him. Now, even if his champion Kansas wins, Schmidt will lose to Mush by 10 points. Schmidt picked 25 first round games right but can’t beat Mush who was in last place after Round One with only 20 correct. Weird. All jokes aside, the only thing separating these two was Schmidt being on the wrong side of the Tennessee/Villanova matchup that ultimately never happened.
4. LoonBeast – 480 points
LoonBeast is dead. RIP LoonBeast. LoonBeast died Friday night when the Arizona Wildcats got pooed on by the Houston Cougars in the Sweet Sixteen. He was surrounded by family and loved ones. Actually though, LoonBeast didn’t pick a single Final Four team right, so he was done scoring after Round of Sixteen. And what a tough blow it must have been to lose his Champion and runner-up in the same night; he had Gonzaga going to the Final as well.
5. LoonMagz – 470 points
To be fair, LoonMagz is also dead, but he’s been dead since Kentucky lost to the boys from Jersey City, so like who cares. It’s actually worse though, because Magz had a correct Final Four pick (Kansas) and still finished behind LoonBeast. This means he was 90 points worse over the rest of the bracket, such that his 80 point bump still left him 10 short of Beast. Looking at his bracket is pretty tough, just an appalling amount of red dashes and words crossed out. Maybe stick to the golf, LoonMagz.
6. SlimLoon – 390 points
Just no.
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