The Final Four Will Be....Celeb Edition
Mark me down as the only college hoops blogger writing about both Antawn Jamison and Sen. Ben Cardin today.
For the second year in a row, I'm helping the fine folks at WaPo.com collect all manner of D.C. and national celebrity brackets, for you to compare yourselves against. All you have to do is submit a free bracket to the free Tourney Tracker, which is totally great, besides the scoring system, which I object to as strongly as one can object to a scoring system for a free contest run by one's employer.
The brackets have started pouring in, so I figured I ought to offer a sampling:
Antawn Jamison
Biggest first-round upset: Davidson over Gonzaga
Biggest second-round upset: Drake over U-Conn
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Memphis, UCLA
Champion: North Carolina over Memphis
Brendan Haywood
Biggest first-round upset: Western Kentucky over Drake
Biggest second-round upset: Southern Cal over Wisconsin
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, UCLA
Champion: Kansas over UCLA
Tucker Carlson
Biggest first-round upset: South Alabama over Butler
Biggest second-round upset: Michigan State over Pitt
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Memphis, Duke
Champion: Memphis over Kansas
Kevin Harvick, whose entry says "Shell-Pennzoil Team"
Biggest first-round upset: Western Kentucky over Drake
Biggest second-round upset: Notre Dame over Washington State
Final Four: North Carolina, Georgetown, Memphis, UCLA
Champion: North Carolina over Memphis
Jeff Burton, whose entry says "AT&T Chevrolet"
Biggest first-round upset: All 11 seeds besides Kansas State.
Biggest second-round upset: Baylor over Xavier, Southern Cal over Wisconsin
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Pitt, UCLA
Champion: Kansas over Pitt
Elliott Sadler, whose entry oddly does not mention Best Buy, Dodge, McDonald's or Stanley
Biggest first-round upset: Kentucky over Marquette.
Biggest second-round upset: Southern Cal over Wisconsin
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, UCLA
Champion: UNC over UCLA
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin
Biggest first-round upset: Temple over Michigan State, St. Joe's over Oklahoma
Biggest second-round upset: None
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Pitt, UCLA
Champion: Kansas over UCLA
D.C. Council Member Jack Evans
Biggest first-round upset: None
Biggest second-round upset: Southern Cal over Wisconsin
Final Four: North Carolina, Georgetown, Memphis, UCLA
Champion: Georgetown over Memphis
Lindsay Czarniak
Biggest first-round upset: Kansas State over Southern Cal
Biggest second-round upset: Kansas State over Wisconsin, West Virginia over Duke
Final Four: North Carolina, Kansas, Pitt, U-Conn.
Champion: Kansas over U-Conn.
By Dan Steinberg |
March 19, 2008; 12:04 PM ET
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Posted by: bubbrubb | March 19, 2008 12:23 PM
1. Only clownboot Haywood would pick against his alma mater.
2. Nobody bothered to get Chuck Brown's picks this year?
Posted by: ScottVanPeltStyle.com | March 19, 2008 12:29 PM
Wizards equipment manager Rob Suller just sent his picks in:
Biggest first round upset: Five Guys over Mcdonald's
Biggest second round upset: White Castle over Checkers
Final Four: Popeye's, Kentucky (Not the Wildcats), Burger King, Five Guys.
Champion: Burger King
Posted by: You Know Him | March 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Haywood's entry is acceptable if we're talking $$$. Totally unacceptable for a celebrity doing it for fun.
Posted by: dgc | March 19, 2008 12:50 PM
Five Guys over McDonald's isn't really an upset. It's like Georgetown over North Carolina. Local team with big talent.
Now Checkers? White Castle would be an upset, as it is the most disgusting of all burger joints.
Posted by: ScottVanPeltStyle.com | March 19, 2008 01:05 PM
Wait...Wait....Wait....That's the same Brendan Haywood that played for North Carolina?
I always figured there were two Brendan Haywoods. The one we have and the talented guy.
Posted by: WaPoLiveFan16 | March 19, 2008 01:09 PM
Lindsay, why no love for the Hoyas? Centreville ain't that far from the Hilltop. And we've never been that mean to the Dukes...
Posted by: Heartbroken | March 19, 2008 01:13 PM
UConn? I don't even have UConn getting past the 2nd round.
Posted by: C'mon Lindsay | March 19, 2008 01:23 PM
Wiz Pr boy Daren Jenkins final 4 picks just came in:
biggest 1st round upset: Battlestar Galactaca over Star Wars
biggest 2nd round upset: Smurfs over He Man and the masters of the univers
Final Four: Bob the builder, Barney, Fat Albert, Darens Work.
Champion: Fat Albert over Darens work (Ive seen her..shes a ciderella story gone bad)
Posted by: i got work | March 19, 2008 01:33 PM
I strenuously object, your honor!
/A Few Good Men
Posted by: Eric Angevine | March 19, 2008 01:40 PM
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Yeah Jack Evans! Represent for Ward 2!