In other news…
April 7th, 2010, 12:58pm by MikeIn non-iPad related news, there was just a basketball tournament, which traditionally means that several of us make a $10 bet (or several bets in units of $10) to try to pick the eventual Final Four champion.
In case you weren’t watching the tournament, this was one of the most unpredictable in a while. Sure, Duke ended up winning, but the Final Four consisted of a #1, #2, and 2 #5 seeds. There were some crazy bracket-busters at the start, with the other #1 seeds going out in the round of 32 (Kansas), Sweet 16 (Syracuse), and Elite 8 (Kentucky). The Ivy representative (Cornell) made it to the Sweet 16, and even Cal managed to win a game before losing to the eventual champs.
In the bracket pool, we didn’t do all that hot. There were 298 entries (including the fake ones), and here’s how the pyslent crew fared:
- Lance: 170, 191
- Jake: 235, 243, 278
- Mike: 246
For comparison, Dick Vitale finished at 247. I beat him, and I watched less than 1 hour of college basketball this year. Go figure.
The big surprise to me was that my dad finished 10th! Still, he only picked 4 of the Elite 8, and 1 of the Final Four. Looking forward to next year, even though I could probably go ahead and just flush my money now.