I’m a Peacock You Gotta Let Me Fly

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.