(Original Post: March 29, 2016)
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Now that we have reached the “Final Four” of this year’s NCAA tournament, the time for introspection begins. For that purpose, I present my brackets for this year. Here’s my big wins and losses:
*SOUTH: A lot of my First Round picks were correct, including Washington Court House High School J.V. (9) beating Colorado (8) and Guadalajara (11) beating Arizona (6). Unfortunately, my prediction that “Pete Rose Pinch Hits for Hawaii” would win this region sadly ended with their loss to Villanova. My “DOUBLE KO” scenario between Guadalajara and Miami (FL) in the second round also did not come to pass, with Miami (FL) winning that game instead.
Overall Prediction Accuracy: 47%
WEST: My biggest mistake came up right in Round 1 as my choice for region winner, “SUPER SAIYAN Donald Trump” was shutdown after 16th seed Donald Trump’s loss to 1st seed Kansas. The actual region winner, 2nd seed Oklahoma, won against my predictions against their Round 1 opponent, 15th seed Casey Station from Antarctica. This prevented the intervention of Dragon Ball Z’s Son Goku in the tournament, as was otherwise predicted by me during the Round 2 Kansas versus Casey Station game, eliminating the presence of Super Saiyans in March Madness this year.
Overall Prediction Accuracy: 27%
EAST: This one was also way off. My guess that Kentucky would face one of the five Kansas teams in the finals for this region was shot down both by Kentucky’s loss to Indiana in Round 2 (I expected Civil War battlefield team Chickamauga to defeat Indiana before losing to Kentucky) and Kansas’s loss to Wisconsin. North Carolina won the region to my surprise, although I did predict the Bralley F. Austin (14) versus East Virginia (3) upset, which is encouraging. If only Chickamauga had beaten Indiana…
Overall Prediction Accuracy: 33%
MIDWEST: Again, I predicted a fair amount of the upsets here. I called “AR… I’m a Pirate”‘s win against Purdue, Gonzaga’s defeat of Seton Hall, and Dayton Light Service’s win against Dayton. I never imagined Dayton Light Service would make it all the way to the Final Four, however. The big upset of Alderaan in Round 1 by 15th seed Malcolm in the Middle Tennessee threw off my brackets quite a lot, since I was expecting them to win the region before losing to one of the five Kansas teams, my predicted NCAA Tournament winner. On a personal note, I was sad to see that the Gonzaga versus Gonzaga State grudge match did not occur this year, despite only requiring Gonzaga State’s defeat of Utah to have occurred. I’m also not 100% sure if Iowa State beat Iowa or some strange team called “Iona”. I fear the typo on my brackets may have confused me enough to throw off my predictions. Is “Iona” a real thing?
Overall Prediction Accuracy: 27%
My Final Four:
Pete Rose Pinch Hits for Hawaii, SUPER SAIYAN Donald Trump, Kansas (East), Use the Force (Alderaan) – All Wrong
My Total Prediction Accuracy This Year (Including Final Games): 32% (About 1 in 3 Games Correct)