Monday, April 06, 2009

2009 Bracket Recap

4.6 million brackets were entered in ESPN's Tournament Challenge. Here's how our group and some celebrities/ESPN personalities fared.

Tournament Challenge Winner 1860
JackO (from B.S. Report) 1570
Dave 1510
The Sports Gal 1430
Jay Bilas "ESPN College Basketball Expert" 1300
President Obama 1230
Lil' Wayne 1220
Steve-O 1160
Savan 1130
Jackie MacMullan "ESPN's Around the Horn" 1120
Bobby 1090
Mike Greenburg 1060
Michael Wilbon 950
Kevin Blackistone "ESPN's Around the Horn" 950
Woody Paige "ESPN's Around the Horn" 930
No Upsets 900
Brittany 890
Bill Plaschke "ESPN's Around the Horn" 830
Doug Gottlieb "ESPN College Basketball Expert" 830
Mark 820
Mike Golic 800
Dwayne Wade 800
Joe Lunardi "ESPN's Bracketology Expert" 790
Samuel L. Jackson 780
Jay Marrioti "ESPN's Around the Horn" 760
Tony Reali "ESPN's Around the Horn" 730
J.A. Adande "ESPN's Around the Horn" 730
Laura 720
Niraj 710
Nate Ravitz "ESPN Fantasy Expert" 710
Tony Kornheiser 700
Matthew Berry "ESPN Fantasy Expert" 640
Matt 590
Bill Simmons "The Sports Guy" 510
Bob Ryan "ESPN's Around the Horn" 510

I finished ahead of 99.05% of the entries. Out of 4.6 million, only 44, 100 beat me. Back in October I was sure that UNC was going to win it all. It seemed obvious. So I just remembered that and waited until March.

3 comments:

  1. Well played. I can't believe how badly Bill Simmons did! And I'm very happy we had Calcutta, since my bracket ended up destroyed.

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  2. yeah, you killed it this year. and culcutta kind of sucked because pitt and louisville lost. other than that, it was fun. would have been more fun if we could have done the draft in person and talked shit, like purdue being one of the most expensive teams, but still good.

    and yeah, simmons was awful. what the hell happened?

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  3. Just move back to the States and we can hold auctions every week.

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