MM day 3

[cactuswatcher]

Well that was easy (/irony). The breaks that all went against me Friday evening, all went my way yesterday. So I had 7 correct picks and the only miss was on a team that failed to win Thursday. 28-13 over all feels a lot better than 21 and 12 did. Most people probably came out reasonably well with their surviving picks. The only underdog that won yesterday was Purdue, and that was a 4 vs 5. Today may well not turn out so handily for me.

Comments

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Same here. I've got 7 of 8, only missing Purdue. But I was 14/16 on day one. On the other hand, I was 9/16 on day two, and I'm going to get roughed up hard today. At least two of my Final Four teams, Memphis and Villanova, looked the part today.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

My problem with Villanova is I don't yet believe they'll be as good away from Philadelphia. They got away with some pretty brutal play early on, yesterday. I'm not at all sure they'd get away with that away from their hometown even in Boston.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Very true. It's just - they have a lot of guards who can be very good, and a reliable inside player who stays inside. This is generally the sort of team that Post-free Duke loses too. And they'd already beaten Pitt. I felt like I had to take something away from the 1-2 lines for my Final Four. I'm already feeling stupid about picking Gonzaga over UNC.

The only thing I've got going for me there, is my continued belief that Roy Williams is really kind of overrated as a game-day coach.