Sneakerboxx Bracket Challenge and The Need for a 3rd Place Game

North Carolina

Play-in Winner

Indiana

Arkansas

Notre Dame

George Mason

Washington St.

Winthrop

Oklahoma

Saint Josephs

Louisville

Boise St.

Butler

South Alabama

Tennessee

American

North Carolina

Indiana

Notre Dame

Washington St.

Saint Josephs

Louisville

Butler

Tennessee

North Carolina

Notre Dame

Louisville

Tennessee

North Carolina

Louisville

North Carolina

Memphis

UT-Arlington

Mississippi St.

Oregon

Michigan St.

Temple

Pittsburgh

Oral Roberts

Marquette

Kentucky

Stanford

Cornell

Miami (Fla.)

St. Marys (Ca.)

Texas

Austin Peay

Memphis

Mississippi St.

Temple

Pittsburgh

Marquette

Stanford

Miami (Fla.)

Texas

Memphis

Pittsburgh

Marquette

Texas

Memphis

Texas

Memphis

Kansas

Portland St.

UNLV

Kent St.

Clemson

Villanova

Vanderbilt

Siena

USC

Kansas St.

Wisconsin

CS Fullerton

Gonzaga

Davidson

Georgetown

UMBC

Kansas

UNLV

Villanova

Vanderbilt

USC

Wisconsin

Davidson

Georgetown

Kansas

Villanova

USC

Georgetown

Kansas

Georgetown

Kansas

UCLA

Mississippi Val.

BYU

Texas A&M

Drake

Western Ky.

Connecticut

San Diego

Purdue

Baylor

Xavier

Georgia

West Virginia

Arizona

Duke

Belmont

UCLA

Texas A&M

Drake

Connecticut

Purdue

Xavier

Arizona

Duke

UCLA

Connecticut

Xavier

Arizona

UCLA

Xavier

UCLA

Kansas

UCLA

Kansas

So if you followed most of my picks, you won some money. And I have to have ESP(N), b/c I told yall that Memphis would choke on the free throw line and blow the chip.

But I also wanted to comment on the need for a 3rd place game. Imagine if tipping off at 7:30 before the national championship game we would have had a match-up of UNC vs. UCLA? Kevin Love vs. Tyler Hansbrough? The ratings would have been insane and made the Final 4 weekend even better.

It’s not like there isn’t a precedent for a third place game. The NCAA actually held one from 1946 to 1981, when it disappeared for no reason. Everyone knows they are all about making money and exploiting the student-athlete. Why not extend the Final 4 weekend and make more money at the same time by keeping UNC and UCLA fans around one more day?

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