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Posted by ptrickel on 3/16/2021 6:12:00 PM (view original):
Just to add to this, adlorenz and WIS will be providing an HD t-shirt and $25 site credit for the winner. SIGN UP, its free shhh-stuff.

Yes, this.

Now that the brackets are released to view, I'll try to do a quick analysis on everyone's final four teams. Let's go Illini!

Posted by mlitney on 3/19/2021 1:47:00 PM (view original):
Now that the brackets are released to view, I'll try to do a quick analysis on everyone's final four teams. Let's go Illini!

ILL

All right, so there's 40 participants. These are what we have as a group:

West Bracket Winner:
Gonzaga (39)
Iowa (1)

East Bracket Winner:
Texas (12)
Alabama (11)
Michigan (10)
Florida State (7)

South Bracket Winner:
Baylor (27)
Ohio State (6)
Arkansas (4)
Purdue (2)
North Carolina (1)

Midwest Bracket Winner:
Illinois (24)
Houston (7)
Oklahoma State (5)
West Virginia (2)
San Diego State (1)
Tennessee (1)

East-West Winner:
Gonzaga (35)
Michigan (3)
Alabama (1)
Iowa (1)

South-Midwest Winner:
Illinois (17)
Baylor (14)
Houston (3)
Ohio State (3)
Oklahoma State (2)
West Virginia (1)

Championship Game Matchups:
Gonzaga-Illinois (16)
Gonzaga-Baylor (12)
Gonzaga-Ohio State (3)
Gonzaga-Houston (2)
Gonzaga-Oklahoma State (2)
Alabama-Illinois (1)
Iowa-Baylor (1)
Michigan-Baylor (1)
Michigan-Houston (1)
Michigan-West Virginia (1)

Champions:
Gonzaga (22)
Illinois (9)
Baylor (5)
Michigan (2)
Iowa (1)
West Virginia (1)

The East bracket seems to have the most parity with only 4 teams but they're all relatively close in voting. The Midwest bracket produced the most overall teams. And 39 of us picked Gonzaga in the Final Four? We're a risk adverse group.

Gonzaga, Illinois, and Baylor are the favorites for the championship game with no other teams receiving more than 3 votes. Gonzaga is the favorite by far with twice as many votes as 2nd place Illinois.

Gonzaga-Illinois was the favorite championship matchup with half of those picking Gonzaga and half picking Illinois.

Gonzaga is the overwhelming favorite to cut down the nets with over half of the participants selecting them. If Gonzaga loses early, it's going to eliminate a lot of brackets!

I didn't even bother looking at this after the first weekend because I thought I was sucking. I even forgot that I picked Baylor to win it all. Was surprised to see where I ended up.

I did not do well haha. Congrats to the winner, whatever your WIS username might be.