Matt really wanted Duke and went up to 10, but Mark went to 10.25.
I went up to 3.50 for the 9 seeds, but Matt went to 3.60
Mark bid 1.10 on Virgina Tech after it was sold to Niraj for 1. It's a good team at a low price but they're in the Duke bracket. Could be a crazy steal.
Matt got Kansas for 1.75...another possible steal.
Iowa State for 1.3 is another steal, but I already had too many teams in that region
I didn't want LSU but got a 3 seed for 1.55
Pick I was excited about was Nevada for .90
The last big what if was the 11 seeds. I really wanted them for Belmont and St Mary's....but Matt and I were the only teams with money left. So I decided that either I would get them, or I would make Matt use all his money and I could take what's left.
I could have probably gotten Louisville, Wisconsin and Marquette if Matt had outbid me for the 11s.
And my very last pick, I got Miss State over the 15 seeds.
I love this post.
ReplyDeleteAfter 1 round, I still need Duke to at least make the championship game to pay off.
ALL 9 seeds won, but at that hefty price tag, another victory is needed to be profitable. Against the 1 seeds, that's a tough draw.
Virginia Tech looks even more like a steal now that they get to play another double-digit seed.
I predict Kansas loses to Auburn, making them not a steal.
Iowa State should have been a steal, but they blew it. Sucks for me.
LSU at $1.55 is good value, even if their team is in turmoil. Meanwhile, Michigan St. advances to play a Big Ten team, and if they win, they could play another Big Ten team if Maryland beats LSU.
Still excited about Nevada?
Only one 11-seed advanced. But Louisville, Wisconsin, and Marquette all lost, as did Miss. St. so in hindsight, I guess you should have gone higher.
One thing I noticed is that Miss. St. was the cheapest non-bundle and the only cheaper buys were 15 and 16 seeds. We got that right as a collective.
Worst buy so far: 8-seeds for $4.50 that returned $0. Well done Niraj.