Bored with brackets and dissatisfied simply positioning straight up bets on March Madness? It’s time for a survivor swimmingpool.
The guidelines can vary from format to format however the basic concept is the verysame: Pick a group to win in each round and if they lose you’re out. But the catch is that you can choice a group assoonas. So if you desire UConn in the veryfirst round, you’re notable to choice them onceagain lateron in the competition.
For the functions of these selects, we’ll be utilizing the guideline for the USA Today Survivor Pool – which you can still signupwith here!
Each round, choice groups to win that round’s videogame in the guys’s college basketball competition. If those groups win in that round, you makeitthrough, make points equivalent to your winning groups’ seed numbers, and advance to choice more groups next round. If any of your chooses lose, you’re gottenridof. You’ll requirement to choice 3 (3) groups in round 1, 2 (2) groups in round 2, and one (1) in each round the rest of the method. If you stopworking to make the needed number of selects per round or have no possible groups left to choose, you’re removed. The gamer(s) who makeitthrough the longest with the greatest overall seed points will win the swimmingpool!
So for the veryfirst round we’re looking for groups that are definitely going to win, however have lower seeds to provide us adequate points to leading the leaderboard.
Simple enough. Here’s who were rolling with.
Illinois is a terrific group, no concern. It’s likewise one of the more unpredictable of the leading seeds in the competition. So I’m going to take a bit of insight from FTW’s Ben Fawkes and FTN Network handicapper Mike Randle:
“Morehead State has whatever you would desire in a first-round upset. The Eagles have momentum, gettingin March Madness on a six-game winning streak. They controlled the Ohio Valley Conference with defense, ranking top 10 nationally in reliable field-goal portion permitted and leading 20 at two-point interior defense, while holding challengers to simply 31.1 percent from 3-point variety (per KenPom). They bring unbelievable 3-point volume on offense, with over 45 percent of their shots (25th-most) coming from beyond the arc. The Eagles are likewise terrific on the boards, ranking 44th in the nation in average height.”
The Wolfpack are rolling right now. Fresh off an unbelievable ACC tou