Early Saturday afternoon gave us two more teams punching tickets to the NCAA tournament that starts in 3 days! Starting in the America East, as expected one-seed Vermont cruised to an easy victory over two-seed UMass-Lowell. Heffron ended up as the biggest loser on this game as he was riding UMass-Lowell, overall, not much change to the standings with this one. In the MEAC we had a wild finish as three-seed Norfolk State had a bad late turnover that allowed one-seed Howard to win the game. The turn of events that led to a Howard victory was devastating to everyone in the pool that picked Norfolk State.
In pool related non-championship games this afternoon we watched (4) Saint Louis lose to (1) VCU and (3) Fordham lose to (2) Dayton in the Atlantic 10, (3) Penn lost to (2) Princeton in an Ivy League semifinals battle and (4) Cincinnati got crushed by (1) Houston in the American Athletic conference. For those that don't follow college basketball super close, it was a fantastic season by Fordham. Finally, in the Big Ten, the hottest team right now (10) Penn State beat up on (3) Indiana, a popular pick in our pool.
The current standings are located here and updated through the afternoon games to ensure we're caught up as the next 11 championship games start to tip off. A few reminders as many people start to fall out of contention, you're not out of it yet and have a reason to watch these games. We reward a $150 bonus for those that have the most Power 5 Conference points, most Bonus Points and Lowest Winning Seed. Tomorrow, we reward $50 for the person closest to the SEC game total. Sit back, relax, and enjoy these games regardless of where you are in the standings. We have Selection Sunday tomorrow and the tournament in a few days, plenty to be excited about! 😁
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