Friday, March 16, 2001                  http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa
Issue # 4.1.2 "Wild afternoon, calm evening..."

2001 HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL
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ROSEMEAD/LA MIRADA, CA (smt)- Like the past two years, #12S-Gonzaga beat their higher-seed foe to start the run of upsets. #7MW-Wake Forest scored 53 2nd half points but unfortunately they only scored 10 1st half points and got blown out by #10MW-Butler. #11S-Temple easily handled #6S-Texas. While Gonzaga won late due to their offensive rebounds, #9MW- Charlotte won cause #8MW-Tennessee couldn’t rebound. #13S- Indiana St. provided the biggest upset in overtime over #4S- Oklahoma in an injury-filled game. The second half of the day saw all the top seeds win except for #9S-Fresno St (against an uninspired #8S-Cal team). #1MW-Illinois, #1S-Michigan St., #2MW-Arizona, and #2S-UNC pulled out easy wins while #3MW-Ole Miss squeaked by. #4Mw-Kansas, #5MW-Syracuse, #6MW-Notre Dame, and #7S-Penn St. picked up the other victories.

The first round saw 13 “upsets” whereas last year there were only three. Every seed is represented except for a #14 (although Iona, Southern Utah, and George Mason came very close) and #16. Missed free throws have kept most the games interesting ‘til the last play.

In the pool, LIL Q (1st-T, 50) went just 11-5 but still is tied for first with NICKNAME (1st-T, 50), who got 13 correct for the day. PEEPS (59th, 32) now holds last place. Three people (CORNDOG, MAGSTER’S HAMPSTERS, and DYLAN) actually picked Indiana St.’s win. Kansas’ win gave Scott T. (aka, THE FABONE 7 and FREE FABONE) 1,001 points in his career (10 entries). This year, every game except Hampton’s win was picked by at least three people, despite all the upsets. Virginia’s and Oklahoma’s loss hampered seven people’s Final Four bracket. Unofficially, we have 59 entries and prize breakdown of 1st/2nd/3rd/4th of $275/$150/$100/$65. Full details on who’s in the pool and notes on who picked who will be released on Monday or Tuesday.