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Selection Monday Winners And Losers

... and celebs for all the bracket glory! Play Now for Free. 3. Drake. The committee felt the Missouri Valley Conference was worthy of two teams, taking Drake and Northern Iowa, but somehow felt that the unbeaten regular-season and tournament champion Bulldogs should be a No. 10 seed, the same as the Panthers. Not only that, Drake has to play a first-round game against Kansas State on the Wildcats' home floor, while Northern Iowa, which lost to Drake three times and finished three games behind them in the regular-season standings, gets to play on a neutral court against De Paul. 4. Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish can't complain about a No. 1 seed and have won in all circumstances in tournaments past, so Notre Dame will likely be just fine. But after leaving South Bend, the Irish will likely be the "road" team in the regionals, no matter what. Even if Kentucky doesn't reach the Lexington region to face Notre Dame, the likely ...

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... match up in the same head-to-head games on Bracket Genius where the winner advances by answering questions spanning history, geography, politics, literature, science, pop culture, the arts and sports in a race to score as many points as possible against the clock and their opponent. “Every March, college basketball fans are entertained by the athletic genius displayed by their favorite players on the game’s biggest stage,” said Intersport’s Executive Producer John Paquet. “The Bracket Genius platform captures that excitement and provides fans yet another reason to cheer for their favorite college or university while celebrating academics and championing the everyday college student.”. Trey Wingo’s unique combination of wit and humor and his experience hosting a diverse array of marquee ESPN programming including Sports Center, NFL Live, NCAA Women’s Final Four, Baseball Tonight, NBA 2 Night and the NFL Draft made him a perfect fit to host Bracket Genius. “I’m excited to be a part ...

Bracket Tips From The Basketball Power Index

... you go with in the first and second rounds? BPI expects 5.2 double-digit seeds to make the Round of 32 and 1.4 to make the Sweet 16. Which teams to pick is a much more difficult decision. In the Round of 64, Wichita State is the most likely double-digit seed to win its first game. The Shockers are 15 th in BPI playing Dayton , which is 36 th. Wichita State is also the most likely double-digit seed to make the Sweet 16. BPI gives the Shockers a 30 percent chance to get past a potential Round of 32 matchup with Kentucky. ESPN Stats & Information. The 12-5 matchup is a fan favorite and the 12-seed has won at least one game in four out of the past five years. This year there is a 72 percent chance we see at least one 12-seed beat a 5-seed. Middle Tennessee has a 42 percent chance to beat Minnesota while Princeton and Nevada each have greater than a 20 percent chance to pull off the classic 12-seed upset. Want a small conference team that could surprise people and make it to the Sweet 16 and perhaps further? Saint Mary’s is ranked 12 th in BPI and is playing its opening weekend ...

Who Makes The Semifinals Of Our 64-team College Football Bracket

... Region. Regional semifinals. (1) Alabama 30, (4) Florida 14: At this rate, the Gators have to be getting sick of seeing the Crimson Tide in the postseason. Alabama won back-to-back SEC championship games over Florida in 2015 and 2016 and makes it three in a row in the postseason over the Gators. Bama holds its third straight tournament opponent to 14 or fewer points. (2) Clemson 26, (3) Stanford 23: When you start listing the top college football coaches in the country, Dabo Swinney belongs right at the top. The Tigers recruit great players, lose great players, but keep reloading. They put the Cardinal away after defensive lineman Christian Wilkins thwarts a late drive with back-to-back sacks. Regional final. (1) Alabama 30, (2) Clemson 27: For the third year in a row, the Crimson Tide and Tigers meet in the postseason, and for the third year in a row, they remind us why college football is as good as it gets. Tide ...

What Would Happen In A 64-team College Football Bracket

... there are upsets few people see coming. The Panthers do it for a second straight game, again thanks to their defense and forcing timely turnovers. The concern now at Pitt will be holding on to Narduzzi. (4) Georgia 42, (12) Texas Tech 31: The Bulldogs brought Kirby Smart back to his alma mater to win championships, and he moves another stop closer to that goal when Georgia jumps out to a four-touchdown lead and then seals the game with its punishing running game. Regional semifinals. (1) Florida State vs. (4) Georgia. (7) Washington State vs. (11) Pittsburgh. Alabama looks to make it to a third consecutive national title game in 2017. Brett Rojo/USA TODAY Sports. South region. (1) Alabama 34, (16) San Diego State 0: Brian Daboll is the Crimson Tide's fifth offensive coordinator since the conclusion of the 2011 season, when Jim Mc Elwain left to become Colorado State's head coach. What doesn't change at Alabama is the Tide's penchant for playing suffocating defense, which is bad news for the Aztecs. (2) Clemson 27, (15) Michigan State 16: The ...

How To Pick Which Ncaa Bracket Challenge Site To Use

... clickable extra info on games was exactly what an experienced pool participant is looking for. There are other numbers you need, but ESPN offered up the record vs. the top 25 and each team's record in its last 12 games. Extrapolate that out for each game, and you've saved a lot of time for research. 10/10. Public grand prize: Outside of your pool, most services have a grand prize you can sign up to win. At ESPN, the grand prize is $50,000 and a trip to this November's Maui Invitational. That prize requires a hatred of spending Thanksgiving with family. If I won this prize, my wife would likely make me forfeit it, and I doubt I'm alone. You can also win up to $10,000 in Amazon gift cards, which is a great prize that could last at least a few weeks. To win the $50,000 prize, you also have to sign off on ESPN giving All State your personal information. I OK'd it, but if All State spokesman Dennis ...

Alabama Wins 64-team College Football Bracket

... Madness in football. Leach has suggested that college football should reduce the number of regular-season games to 10 and use a 64-team field to decide the national championship. We've heeded his call and, using ESPN's preseason FPI rankings as a guide, we've seeded the teams from 1 to 64 and will play out the 2017 postseason round by round, just as they do in hoops. After cutting it down to the Sweet 16 on Monday and the final four on Tuesday, we crown our champion today. Is another national championship celebration in Nick Saban's immediate future. Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY Sports. Final Four. (1) Florida State 30, (3) USC 27: There has never been any doubt about Deondre Francois ' toughness. In the opener of the two historic Final Four football games, the redshirt sophomore takes his biggest step yet as a quarterback - and on his biggest stage - by throwing two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to rally the unbeaten Seminoles to the national championship game. (1) Alabama 21, (5) Michigan 16: Who didn't want to see this matchup? Nick Saban vs. Jim ...

Puzzling Decisions Sprinkled Throughout Women's Ncaa Bracket

... No. 10, as was Oregon's. Because of the areas on the bracket of the other Pac-12 teams, one of them had to be bumped to a No. 9 to prevent conference matchups before the Elite Eight. The Ducks, as the higher-ranked team on the S-curve, should have been that team. As a result, Oregon gets a trip to Durham, North Carolina, three time zones away and one of the longest distances any team in the tournament will travel, and the Bears are sent to much closer Waco, Texas. Drake vs. Northern Iowa: If regular-season performance within league play did matter, it's difficult to rationalize the committee's decision to have Northern Iowa and Drake both on the No. 10 line. UNI's inclusion in the field over a team such as Virginia was puzzling enough, but if the committee considered the Missouri Valley Conference - as the 16 th-rated RPI conference - strong enough for two teams, then the league's unbeaten regular-season and tournament champion deserved a better seed than a No. 10 - and certainly better than its distant second-place finisher. Drake finished three games ahead of the Panthers in the ...

Vote For The Best Fight Of All Time

... that instant-classic fifth-round Anderson Silva triangle. No. 13 seed: The backstory to this rivalry was incredible. Mc Gregor's obsession over the first loss. Diaz's disgruntlement with how the UFC portrayed it. Culminating in a five-rounder for the ages. No. 5 seed: One of the most lopsided first rounds in MMA history, followed by one of the most amazing four-round comebacks in MMA history. No. 12 seed: The Brock Lesnar era appeared all but over in the first round, when the super-sized Shane Carwin dropped him with punches. Lesnar would survive and even show his evolution, submitting Carwin via arm-triangle. No. 6 seed: Rivalry. A missed low blow, which almost led to a Frank Trigg II victory. Matt Hughes' iconic body slam. Pandemonium. One of the best fights ever. No. 11 seed: Who can forget Sanchez's sprint at the opening bell in Las Vegas? Clay Guida's trademark hair turning into a bloody matte red? Savages. No. 7 seed: These two gave new meaning to the phrase "leave it all in ...