Big Texas Shootout

#1 HOUSTON GOES DOWN TO DUKE The second favorite to win the tournament as voted on by our entries, the Houston Cougars fell flat on Kevin Sampson’s face and got eliminated by the Dukies. Cheaters never win Kelvin. It was surprising to me ALABAMA KNOCKS OUT #1 NORTH CAROLINA The big upset of the night was that our first #1 seed went down to defeat. The #1 North Carolina Tar Heels got knocked out by the #4 Alabama Crimson Tide (a football school). After a first week that only saw a few upsets, this one was the third of the night. We had 36 entries that had Alabama making it…

TOP TEN All that really matters is your point total. After the second round, here is our Top Ten: Ed Schmitt 6, Kevin Knapp 3, Michael Ruemmele, Tom Mock, Matthew Murray, Steelskins Gammache 4, Javier Nieto, Cristin Hiatt, Olivia Marks (R), Wes Herndon, and Donnie Kennedy UPSET PICKERS In the Second Round there really wasn’t any “upsets” of the games played. However, North Carolina State getting through as the #11 seed would be considered an upset pick if it wasn’t for Oakland getting past the first round. Here are those that had NC State in the Sweet 16: David Gammache, Steelskins Gammache 4, Caleb Helderbrand, Cristin Hiatt, Sarah Hobbs, Tom…

TOP TEN All that really matters is your point total. After the first round, here is our Top Ten: Ed Schmitt 6, Kevin Knapp 3, Delmar O’Donnell, Javier Nieto, Matthew Murray, Michael Ruemmele, Steelskins Gammache 4, Brandon Hobbs, Andrew Smith, and Cody Kersten. UPSET PICKERS In the First Round there were 8 games considered as upsets. Remember, we don’t count 8 v 9 games as upsets. Those 8 winners were Oakland, Duquesne, Yale, James Madison, Grand Canyon, North Carolina State, Oregon, and Colorado. We had two people get 6 out of the 8 correct. WES HURNDON and KEVIN KNAPP 3 There were four others that got 5 out of the…

Here are my observations for Day Two of the Shootout. #13 Yale had the biggest upset of the second day by knocking out #4 Auburn. There were 10 people correctly pick that game. Shira Dankner, Hannah Fritsche, Kevin Green, Calan Lyons, Kristin Lyons, Matthew Murray, Andrew Smith, Maxwell Smith, Kris Smithson 3, Zinger33 We don’t count 8 vs 9 games here, but there were 4 games where the lower seeds beat the higher seeds. Those winners were Yale, Grand Canyon, James Madison, and Colorado. There were 16 people that got 3 out of 4 correct. They were: Steelskins 1 Gammache, Wes Herndon, Kevin Knapp 1 & 3, Janet Lundquist, Lynn…

This may be hard for some of you to understand due to your education level, but the real smart guys figured out a way to poison Toomer’s Tree and eliminate the Auburn Tigers from the tournament. This was a #13 defeating a #4 seed. Four folks are in a tailspin. Names on those brackets were as follows: CRISTIN HIATT, TOM KAY, FOX MULDER, AND MARK NUCE

Here are my observations after Day One of the Shootout. #14 Oakland had the biggest upset of the first day by knocking out #3 Kentucky. There were 3 people correctly pick that game. Kevin Knapp 3, Ally Carmichael, Everett Carmichael We don’t count 8 vs 9 games here, but there were 4 games where the lower seeds beat the higher seeds. Those winners were Oakland, Duquesne, North Carolina State, and Oregon. There were 12 people that got 3 out of 4 correct. They were: Eric Carmichael, Packer Cox, David Gammache, Wes Herndon, Cristin Hiatt, Lindy Hobbs, Kevin Knapp 3, Sarah Nash, Delmar O’Donnell, Alec Robillard, Kris Smithson 3, and Troy…

Well, this one was a single seat prop plane, but unfortunately it came crashing down to earth. This time it was a Red Raider fan who was flashing their guns up, but eventually shot their own propeller and North Carolina State put an end to their flight this year. ALLY CARMICHAEL

Sound the alarm! We had one going down. The Kentucky Wildcats were found lifeless after coming in contact with a big ol Golden Bear from Oakland. Also found in the rubble were 8 brackets smoldering after being burned. Names on those brackets were as follows: PACKER COX, CAMERON FROST, KEVIN GREEN, ASHER HANKINS, JAYDEN PAINTER, ED SCHMITT 2, AMANDA SUTTON 1, AND AMANDA SUTTON 2

Oakland Takes Out Kentucky We had a big one. Little ol #14 seed Oakland took out the blue blood Kentucky in the first round. Along with that, they took out 8 brackets from the Shootout with them. There was actually three people that picked Oakland to win. That’s a big 14 points for them. They were: Ally Carmichael, Everett Carmichael, Kevin Knapp 3 Isn’t it amazing that now that everyone can play players, Calapari isn’t as good of a coach as he once was.

NEVADA SHOWS WHAT A CHOKE JOB LOOKS LIKE Nevada was up 17 over Dayton with 7:36 to go in their game. They then proceeded to play like they had the game won and played non-chalant the rest of the game. In the end they CHOKED! What the hell Steve? They blew a 17 point lead and got themselves eliminated from the tournament 63 – 60. Despite being the lower seed, the Dayton win was more of an upset as only 69 people picked that correctly. No bonus points, but those are a nice 2 points for those that got it right.