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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Beat the Blogger March Madness Sweet 16 Matchups
Posted by
Tuff Stuff
The Madness claimed the brackets of the Blogger and nearly 100 other entrants, but
13
players managed to Beat the Blogger and survive the first cut and advance in the
March Madness edition of Beat The Blogger
.
The Blogger picked 24 of the 32 matchups correctly but it wasn't enough to hang with the leaders.
"Sunshine"
leads the way after correctly picking
28 of the 32
first-round matchups, with Bobby W and Michael M. close behind with 27 and 10 others correctly picked 26 of the 32 matchups to remain in the running for the
$500 prize package
. The matchups for the next round (Sweet 16) will be
posted on (Wednesday) March 25
so if you see
your name listed in the Top 11 below
, congratulations, you're moving on to the next round so make sure you get your picks posted a 1/2 hour before the start of the games on Thursday (March 26) to remain eligible for the $500 prize package. Those advancing should pick the winners of the Sweet 16 matchups and the Elite 8 (Games played on Thursday and Friday and then Saturday and Sunday as well). The Top 5 ( cummulative total including first round, plus ties will then advance to the next round). For the rest of you, thanks for playing and make sure you jump back in to our
regular Beat The Blogger contest which will return in on April 8
.
Players Advancing to Sweet 16
1. Sunshine (sunshinebald)
28
2. Bobby W. (Bcabbagehead)
27
3. Michael M. (mtmahnke)
27
4. Peter (pduthoy)
26
5. Kenn F. (kenn.fritts)
26
6. Julie (juhagen)
26
7. Pete H. (pfnh8)
26
8. Ripper (rippers)
26
9. Steve (steve)
26
10. Danielle (d_plays_d)
26
11. Sean (seandickerson)
26
12. William (wgareaujr)
26
13. Pamela (spam_freak)
26
Matchups for Sweet 16
(please make sure you make selections for this round and then predict the winners for the next round as well. Make your selections for this round in parenthesis followed by your selections for the next round in separate parenthesis).
Thursday, March 26
Villanova vs. Duke
UConn vs. Purdue
Missouri vs. Memphis
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier
Friday, March 27
Louisville
vs. Arizona
Kansas vs. Michigan St.
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma
The
March Madness Beat the Blogger
contest will run for three weeks and the
regular weekly Beat The Blogger contest will resume on the week of April 8
so make sure you among the top-scoring teams so you can keep playing each week. The contestants who advance will be posted on
March 16, March 24
and
April 1
with the grand prize winner announced on
April 8
. Good luck to everyone and make sure you spread the word about the contest to your friends. There's no easier way to win great, authentic signed sports memorabilia anywhere.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:32:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Comments [14]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:44:11 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
16 to 8:
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UConn vs. Purdue (Purdue)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pitt)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (Gonzaga)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Syracuse)
8 to 4:
Louisville vs. Kansas (Louisville)
Purdue vs Memphis (Memphis)
Pitt vs Villanova (Pitt)
Gonzaga vs Syracuse (Syracuse)
Peter
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:08:08 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Michigan St. vs. Kansas (Kansas)
UCONN vs. Purdue (UCONN)
Memphis vs. Missouri (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Duke vs. Villanova (Duke)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (North Carolina)
Oklahoma vs. Syracuse (Oklahoma)
Louisville vs. Kansas (Louisville)
UCONN vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Duke (Pittsburgh)
North Carolina vs. Oklahoma (North Carolina)
Julie
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:13:57 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Sweet 16 picks
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UConn vs. Purdue (UConn)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (North Carolina)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Elite 8 picks
Uconn. vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Louisville vs. Kansas(Louisville)
Pittsburgh vs. Villanova (Villanova)
Oklahoma vs. North Carolina (North Carolina)
William Gareau
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:25:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Thursday, March 26
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UConn vs. Purdue (UCONN)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Missouri)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pitt)
Friday, March 27
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (North Carolina)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Villanova vs.PITT (PITT)
Missouri vs. UCONN (UCONN)
Louisville vs. Kansas (Louisville)
UNC vs. Oklahoma (UNC)
Sean Dickerson
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:58:43 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Villanova vs. Duke (Duke)
UCONN vs. Purdue (UCONN)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (North Carolina)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Syracuse)
Duke vs. Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
UCONN vs. Memphis (UCONN)
Louisville vs. Kansas (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Syracuse (North Carolina)
Michael Mahnke
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:05:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Villanova vs. Duke (Duke)
UConn vs. Purdue (UConn)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (Gonzaga)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Duke vs. Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
UConn vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Louisville vs. Kansas (Kansas)
Gonzaga vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Steve Mencik
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:01:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Thursday, March 26
Villanova vs. Duke (duke) (duke)
UConn vs. Purdue (uconn)
Missouri vs. Memphis (memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (pitt) (pitt)
Friday, March 27
Louisville vs. Arizona (louisville) (louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (unc)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (oklahoma) (oklahoma)
eddiew53
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:38:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Thursday, March 26
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UConn vs. Purdue (Uconn)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Missouri)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pitt)
Friday, March 27
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Michigan St.)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (North Carolina)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Villanova vs. Pitt (Pitt)
Uconn vs. Missouri (Missouri)
Louisville vs. Michigan St. (Louisville)
North Carolina vs. Oklahoma (North Carolina)
Ripper
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:36:05 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
16-8
thursday, march 26
villanova vs duke(duke)
uconn vs purdue (uconn)
missouri vs memphis (memphis)
pitt vs xavier (pitt)
friday,march 27
louisville vs arizona (louisville)
kansas vs mich st. (kansas)
north carolina vs gonzaga (north carolina)
syracuse vs oklahoma (oklahoma)
duke vs pitt (pitt)
north carolina vs oklahoma (north carolina)
uconn vs memphis memphis
louisville vs kansas (louisville)
bobby willis
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:06:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UConn vs. Purdue (UCONN)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (UNC)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
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Louisville vs. Kansas (Louisville)
UCONN vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pitt vs. Villanova (Pittsburgh)
UNC vs. Oklahoma (UNC)
Sunshine
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:11:45 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UConn vs. Purdue (Uconn)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Michigan St)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (North Carolina)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Syracuse)
Louisville vs. Michigan St (Louisville)
Uconn vs Memphis (Memphis)
Pitt vs Villanova (Pittsburgh)
North Carolina vs Syracuse (North Carolina)
Kenn Fritts
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:41:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Villanova vs. Duke (Duke)
UConn vs. Purdue (UCONN)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Michigan State)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (UNC)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Louisville vs. Michigan State (Louisville)
UCONN vs. Memphis (UCONN)
Pitt vs. Duke (Pitt)
UNC vs. Oklahoma (UNC)
Pamela
Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:13:27 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UConn vs. Purdue (UCONN)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Kansas)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (UNC)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Syracuse)
Louisville vs. Kansas (Louisville)
UCONN vs. Memphis (Memphis)
Pitt vs. Villanova (Pitt)
UNC vs. Syracuse (UNC)
Danielle
Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:16:58 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Villanova vs. Duke (Villanova)
UCONN vs. Purdue (UCONN)
Missouri vs. Memphis (Missouri)
Pittsburgh vs. Xavier (Pittsburgh)
Louisville vs. Arizona (Louisville)
Kansas vs. Michigan St. (Michigan State)
North Carolina vs. Gonzaga (North Carolina)
Syracuse vs. Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Villanova vs. Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
UCONN vs. Missouri (UCONN)
Louisville vs. Michigan State (Michigan State)
North Carolina vs. Oklahoma (North Carolina)
Pete Helland
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