There were no upsets on Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0 Kentucky destroyed Iowa State.\u00a0 Syracuse never seemed in too much danger against Kansas State.\u00a0 Gonzaga gave Ohio State a battle, as did Murray State for Marquette – but both protected seeds found a way to win.\u00a0\u00a0 Wisconsin held off Vanderbilt, and Indiana battled its way back to ruin VCU’s second attempt to be Cinderella.\u00a0 And in the night games, Louisville built a big lead and then held off a rally by New Mexico, while Baylor saved their run for the end of the game against Colorado – turning what had been a pretty close game into a blowout.<\/p>\n
So, on Saturday, only protected seeds made the Sweet 16 – no one worse than 4.\u00a0 Normally, it works out that someone gets upset.\u00a0 A Cinderella story 12 or 13 seed.\u00a0 At least one or two 5 seeds pull of a victory.<\/p>\n
This has led Ella Flora to the lead of both the Standard and Upset pools – as she got all 8 of Saturday’s games right.\u00a0 Nathan Standley is following closely – just 20 points behind.\u00a0 And J Ford, June Degenhardt, and Steve Thornton are just 30 points behind.\u00a0 And lets not forget the 16 people just 40 points behind and the 20 people just 50 points behind.<\/p>\n
There are 173 entries stomping the Lunatic.\u00a0 The last 6 games were not kind to his picks – especially the losses to Vanderbilt and Murray State.<\/p>\n
Brace yourself for Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0 If relationships hold as Thursday and Saturday matched up – Cinderella could fight back with a vengence on Sunday.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see if the craziness that happened in the arenas on Friday linger into Sunday, or if the top teams pull it together to continue their way towards the championship.<\/p>\n
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