Selection Sunday is here, and we have a battle for 1st place in our pool. 24 hours ago it was Sohler, TJH, and Matthew fighting for 1st place, but I called out a few dark horses sitting in the middle of the standings. Fast forward to Sunday morning, and those three guys are out of the 1st place battle, and it is now between Balls Boy and Sully. Both of these guys made an improbably run to the top of the standings yesterday. Balls Boy is currently in the lead by 1 point, but Sully has enough points remaining to get to 20, while Balls Boy can only get to 19 points.
For this 1st battle only 3 conference tournament championships being played today matter: Ivy League, SEC, and the B1G. The winner may be decided in the final conference tournament championship game. 😬
Her are the updated standings as we prepare for a Selection Sunday battle!
Ivy League Championship Game (11:00 AM CST)
(2) Yale will take on (4) Brown in our first meaningful conference tournament championship game of the day. We have 6 people on Yale, including Balls Boy, but Sully is already out of this conference. If Yale wins, Balls Boy will go out to a 2-point lead, making it harder for Sully to catch him. Yale is favored by 8-points, it's hard seeing Yale lose in this scenario.
SEC Championship Game (12:00 PM CST)
In a battle of lower seed teams, (4) Auburn plays (6) Florida in our second meaningful conference tournament championship game today. We do have 5 people on Auburn, including Sully. Assuming Yale wins, and Auburn wins, Sully and Balls Boy would be tied for 1st place at 18 points heading into the final meaningful game of the day. If Auburn loses, Sully is not out of the running for 1st place, it all may really come down to the B1G game. Auburn is favored by 5.5-points, and they have been playing really well, I don't see Auburn losing.
B1G Championship Game (2:30 PM CST)
Our entire pool likely all comes down to (2) Illinois vs. (5) Wisconsin in this final conference tournament championship game. Balls Boy is on the Illini, while Sully is rolling with Bucky. We have a few different scenarios where Balls Boy could win outright, Sully could win outright, both can be tied with Sully winning the wins and accuracy tiebreaker, or it could come down to the SEC game score tiebreaker. What a fantastic way to finish this pool.
The 3rd and 4th place battle is between 6 other people, with Whit having an outside shot of taking 2nd place from Sully, if every game goes perfect for him, and also wins the tiebreakers. This will likely be the last blog entry before the winners and payouts are announced. As always, I will post the winners and payouts blog entry late Sunday night, or even Monday, to allow me time to go through and error check everything. Happy St. Patrick's Day & Selection Sunday!
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