Happy second day of the tournament NCCGA Madness participants! Here's an update on the action after the first day of the round of 64... We have quite the competition going with a bunch of solid brackets crowding the top of the standings!
At the top of the individual leaderboard, we have one of the ultra few! Congratulations to Elon's Campbell Ping on a PERFECT bracket thus far! Hopefully he can keep it up as we get further into day 2!
Somehow, Ping managed to accurately predict upsets of:
9 Pittsburgh over 8 Colorado
11 Dayton over 6 Ohio State
12 Harvard over 5 Cincinatti
12 ND State over 5 Oklahoma
With his perfect bracket, Ping is a member of the remaining group of 18,741 flawless brackets out of a submitted 11 MILLION on ESPN's Tournament Challenge.
Be sure to hit up the casino tonight, buddy!
Here's a list of the best individual scores so far:
| 1 Campbell Ping | Elon |
160 |
| T2 Matt Brugner | Baylor |
150 |
| T2 David Stein | Iowa State |
150 |
| T2 Cody Helmick | Iowa State |
150 |
| T5 Luke Rhyner | Wisconsin |
140 |
| T5 Colin Kent | Virginia |
140 |
| T5 Dominic Ricasoli | Duquesne |
140 |
| T5 Frank Wyatt | Georgia |
140 |
| T5 Blake Herschberger | Florida |
140 |
| T5 Joe Fessenden | Saint Louis |
140 |
| T5 Travis Perry | Missouri |
140 |
| T5 Chris Dillon | Notre Dame |
140 |
| T5 Matt Pilotti | Binghamton |
140 |
| T5 Dave Urmacher | Pittsburgh |
140 |
| T5 Steven Williams | Tennessee |
140 |
| T5 Aaron Krueger | Wisconsin |
140 |
| T5 Kris Cummings | Ohio State |
140 |
| T5 Steve Schniegenberg | Ohio State |
140 |
| T5 Zack Dhionis | New Hampshire |
140 |
| T5 Zach Woytych | Marquette |
140 |
| T5 Jake Hanrahan | Iowa State |
140 |
| T5 Jacob Feuerstein | Wisconsin |
140 |
For the team competition, Iowa State leads Wisconsin by two correct picks, and Ohio State trails the Cyclones by four correct picks. Also check out the NCCGA leadership team holding up the rear... What happened there???
| 1. Iowa State 700 |
| 2. Wisconsin 680 |
| 3. Ohio State 660 |
| T4. Baylor 640 |
| T4. Missouri 640 |
| T4. Pittsburgh 640 |
| T4. Virginia 640 |
| 8. Central Washington 630 |
| 9. Boston College 620 |
| 10. NCCGA 590 |
The first day of the tournament was filled with exciting finishes and notable storylines, including the last ever game for Ohio State's Aaron Craft and FOUR overtime games in one day!
For day two, a few interesting matchups to keep an eye on include:
8 Gonzaga vs. 9 Oklahoma State (Popular upset pick)
1 Wichita State vs. 16 Cal Poly (Best record in the tourney vs. the worst record)
5 VCU vs. 12 Stephen F. Austin (Popular upset pick)
Also be sure to catch my Iowa State Cyclones in primetime as they take on NC Central!
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