Monday, March 18, 2013

Without Further Ado...

Okay, maybe a slight ado.  Like never before, I feel like this NCAA Tournament is wide open.

In the past, I'd cringe at the mere suggestion of picking a #16 seed over a #1, in spite of the fact I watched the legendary Harvard-Stanford women's game for the ages.  That game was even on Stanford's home floor.  I also vividly remember Purdue's near debacle when the Boilermakers were not in control of their own destiny on the final shot of their game against the #16 seed.

But I digress.  And slight ado is turning into prolonged ado.

If the Tournament is as wide open as I believe, why not flip a coin to pick winners?  I did just that.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the much anticipated,

"COIN FLIP BRACKET"

Yes, I took a quarter and flipped it 67 times.  The results?  Read on!  Round winners are listed below.

Midwest

1st Round: Liberty, Middle Tennessee State.
2nd Round: Louisville, Colorado State, Oregon, St. Louis, Middle Tennessee State, Michigan State, Cincinnati, and Albany.
Sweet 16: Colorado State (sorry, Louisville fans, The Quarter was unkind), Oregon (QUACK!), Michigan State, and Albany.
Final 8: Colorado State, Michigan St.
Final 4: Colorado State.

West

1st Round: LaSalle
2nd Round: Suthern University (!), Wichita State, Wisconsin, LaSalle, Arizona, New Mexico, Iowa State, Ohio State.
Sweet 16: Round: Wichita State, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Ohio State.
Final 8: Wisconsin, Ohio State
Final 4:  Ohio State

South
1st Round: No play-ins
2nd Round: Kansas, Villanova, VCU, Michigan, UCLA, Florida, Oklahoma, Florida Gulf Coast
Sweet 16:Villanova, Michigan, Florida, Oklahoma
Final 8: Villanova, Oklahoma
Final 4: Oklahoma

East
1st Round: LIU Brooklyn
2nd Round: LIU Brooklyn (!), N.C. State, UNLV, Syracuse, Bucknell, Davidson, Colorado, Miami
Sweet 16: LIU Brooklyn (!), UNLV, Bucknell, Miami
Final 8: LIU Brooklyn (!), Miami
Final 4: Miamia (Sorry, Brooklyn)

The Final Four
Miami over Oklahoma
Ohio State over Colorado State

Ohio State over Miami.

I had to flip The Quarter and go by alphabetical order for the final pick, since they were seeded the same.

Well, there you have it.  The First and probably Last Annual Coin Flip Bracket.  Guaranteed to perform just as randomly as many brackets picked with skill!

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