Some stats to peruse before our next game

[BRS24]

Bracketology - similar to last year, all top 16 seeds made it through the first round (not counting the play in games). Although 12 teams made it through this year, vs 11 last year, the damage was done to #1 seeds this year, vs 2nd and 4th last year:

Conference wins - after the play in and first round, there were still four 1-bid conferences left. As of today, there are none. Last year, the committee was more generous with 2 bids to the A-10, and MVC.

ESPN FF picks - everyone was perfect thru the 1st round, and then ...
Andrea Adelson - South Carolina (champion), LSU, UConn, Iowa
Charlie Creme - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Aja Ellison - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Kelly Gramlich - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Doug Kezirian - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Kevin Pelton - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Alexa Philippou - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Roy Philpott - South Carolina (champion), Utah, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Steffi Sorensen - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Christy Thomaskutty - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Stanford
M.A. Voepel - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Stephanie White - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa

 

[Bone Dog]

Looks like SC and UConn have the toughest brackets at this point. We'll have to play tOSU and either VT or Tennessee. SC will have to play UCLA and either MD or ND.

 

[BRS24]

Post 3rd round. Sigh.

Bracketology - 6 teams left this year vs 7 last year. All 4 #1 seeds were still alive last year at this point. Interesting that Greenville 2 & Seattle only have 1 team left.

Conference wins - this year, teams are concentrated in three conferences, opposed to last year, which still had 6 represented.

ESPN FF picks - no perfect picks left.
Andrea Adelson - South Carolina (champion), LSU, UConn, Iowa
Charlie Creme - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Aja Ellison - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Kelly Gramlich - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Doug Kezirian - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Kevin Pelton - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Alexa Philippou - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Roy Philpott - South Carolina (champion), Utah, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Steffi Sorensen - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Christy Thomaskutty - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Stanford
M.A. Voepel - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Stephanie White - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa

 

[BRS24]

Elite Eight update ...

Bracketology - half chalk this year vs last, however you could argue 2022 was also chalk, considering the epic game of UConn vs NCSU in the E8 game.

Conference wins - gotta admit, not sure I saw LSU to the F4 this year. Would be interesting if the final game was B10 vs ACC though.

ESPN FF picks - if something better had happened, Adelson would have picked all four teams.
Andrea Adelson - South Carolina (champion), LSU, UConn, Iowa
Charlie Creme - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Aja Ellison - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Kelly Gramlich - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Doug Kezirian - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Kevin Pelton - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Alexa Philippou - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Roy Philpott - South Carolina (champion), Utah, Virginia Tech, Iowa
Steffi Sorensen - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Christy Thomaskutty - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Stanford
M.A. Voepel - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, UConn, Iowa
Stephanie White - South Carolina (champion), Indiana, Virginia Tech, Iowa