We made it to Selection Sunday and it's time to review our standings and possible scenarios for those in contention for the top 4 spots today. Tim was on fire Saturday and now has a significant lead, we'll break down if anyone can catch him. A whole bunch of big name 1-seeds took care of business today including Duke, Houston, St. John's and Akron. And the biggest "long shot" conference tournament winner today came in the MAAC where (6) Mount Saint Mary's took the championship. Congratulations to B.I., The Diddlers and Tim for locking in the Lowest Winning Seed money. On a side note, this was Tim's second 6-seed he correctly picked. 🏀
Spoiler Alert: Pending the official audit later today, it does look like Tim locked up 1st place in the pool. Before I do any sort of congratulations let's let today play out, we'll go through the audit, and then welcome Tim to the two-time champions club. For now, we'll focus on 2nd - 4th place. I was not able to run every scenario, but we do have a unique combination of picks + tie breaker that could help sneak anyone from 5th - 13th into the 3rd and 4th spots, which means a a small pot of money and a free entry into the 2026 pool is still at stake. 🏆
Standings Link
The first championship game starts at 11:00 AM CST today over in the Ivy League with (1) Yale taking on (2) Cornell. Since everyone in contention is on Yale, this one does not mean anything to the overall outcome of our pool. However, the SEC championship game that tips off at noon CST today is our first significant matchup where (2) Florida plays (4) Tennessee. Pickle My Ballz is the only one on Tennessee, and with a win they would move from 13th to 6th place.
Our 3rd game of the day in the Atlantic 10 is only meaningful to Pope's Blessing, where he needs (1) VCU to lose to (2) George Mason to have an outside chance of hitting 4th place with a tie breaker, and everything else falling into place in the other games.
Finally, our last two games are the big ones. In the American Athletic (1) Memphis plays bonus point pick (3) UAB at 2:00 PM CST. If Memphis wins, many in that top 13 are eliminated from the top 4 positions, but if UAB wins, it both freezes the standings and gives a win to Wolf and Pickle My Ballz, making the last game of the day meaningful. Also, at 2:00 PM CST, bonus points will get handed out in the B1G when (3) Michigan plays (3) Wisconsin. With so many other scenarios needed to be played out before we know what this game means, the only takeaway is that 7 of the top 13 have Wisconsin, 1 has Michigan, and 5 are already eliminated. This could, and should, be the game that shuffles around the top of the standings.
This is the last entry that breaks down 2025 conference tournament games, the next update from me will be announcing the overall pool winner and going over the final payouts. I will keep the standings updated all day as each game ends, so make sure you're checking that link above.
Happy Selection Sunday! 🏀
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