Monthly Archive: March 2022

Tournament darling 15-seed St. Peter’s continued their magical run Friday night with an upset over 3-seed Purdue. The Peacocks overcame the Boilermakers massive interior size advantage to move onto the Elite 8 and a showdown against North Carolina on Sunday. The 11-seed Tarheels upset the 4-seed UCLA Bruins to advance. The loss ended UCLA’s bid for back-to-back Final 4 visits.

Kansas advanced with a win over Providence on Friday. Kansas will face Miami on Sunday as the Hurricanes defeated Iowa St.. The Jayhawks are the only 1-seed to reach the Elite 8. This is because Thursday night saw the other remaining 1-seeds lose.

Gonzaga fell to Arkansas to start Thursday night. The Razorbacks will play Duke today who survived against a tough Texas Tech team. Meanwhile Arizona was simply outplayed by Houston. The Cougars will square up against Villanova on Saturday. They knocked off Michigan to advance and continue on their annual March Madness run. 

As for the pool, the losses by Gonzaga and Arizona knocked out the top two selected champions. It’s easier at this point to list which selected champions are still available:

Kansas (14), Duke (6), Villanova (6) and Houston (1)

That’s the list.

I had to disqualify two brackets for non-payment. Thus it’s officially 123 brackets. As for the payout structure see below. The next update will be early next week.

After a weekend of good games, the field is down to the Sweet Sixteen. St. Peter’s continue their Cinderella run … err flight? 

“I AM A PEACOCK, YOU GOTTA LET ME FLY” 🦚@PeacocksMBB is FLYING to the #Sweet16! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/ntf2B5TEFG

— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2022

However St. Peter’s isn’t the only surprise of the Sweet 16. North Carolina, never to be confused as a Cinderella, upset the defending National Champion Baylor Bears. Baylor is the first 1 seed eliminated from this year’s tournament. The Bears are the fifth most selected champion for this pool. So far the fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth picked champions have been sent home.

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The tournament resumes Thursday so until then remember that if you have not sent your payment it is due before Thursday.

Thursday saw the return of the Madness as St. Peters shocked Kentucky (and the world) that sent the 2 seed Wildcats back to Lexington. Kentucky is the fourth most selected champion of this pool. Tough break for those brackets on day one.

St. Peter’s was not the only upset of the day as 12 seeds Richmond and New Mexico State both pulled off stunners too. Richmond held off Iowa while New Mexico State outlasted UConn. Three mid-majors knocking teams from the SEC, Big Ten and Big East. Welcome to the Madness!

Friday saw a return with a couple of upsets with 11 seeds Iowa State and Notre Dame moving on. Illinois survived a major upset as it led for only 25 seconds in their win over Chattanooga. However those were the 25 seconds to lead.

The HoopsHysteria pool has 125 submitted brackets. Once payment is verified, the payout structure will be posted. The 125 is a 10% increase from last year and matches the 2018 totals. Thanks to everyone for participating.

After the first round, the leader is Mike Duckett with 28 points. This weekend’s games are now worth two points each. The next update with come Monday. Until then sit back and enjoy these sixteen games over the next two days.