Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Phil's Mom's Bracket 2014

Regular listeners of our podcast will know I'm a fan of Tony Kornheiser's radio show, which I listen to via podcast (and it's famous podcast delay).

Mr. Tony has an annual tourney tradition: getting the bracket from Phil's Mom, the mother of a former producer of said radio show.  She is known for blindly picking games and mispronouncing the school names ("Markwet" especially comes to mind).  In 2006, she famously picked George Mason to win the tourney - and they got to the Final Four.

Here's Phil's Mom's bracket for 2014:

South Region (Florida as 1 seed):
1st Round winners:
Florida
Colorado
Stephen F. Austin
Tulsa
Dayton
Syracuse
New Mexico
Kansas

Sweet 16:
Colorado
Tulsa
Syracuse
New Mexico

Elite 8:
Colorado
Syracuse

Regional Champ: Colorado

East Region (Virginia as 1 seed):
1st Round winners:
Virginia
Memphis
Cincinnati
Delaware
Providence
Iowa State
St. Joseph's
Villanova

Sweet 16:
Virginia
Cincinnati
Iowa State
St. Joseph's

Elite 8:
Cincinnati
Iowa State

Regional Champ: Iowa State

West Region (Arizona as 1 seed):
1st Round winners:
Arizona
Gonzaga
North Dakota State
San Diego State
Baylor ("Bay-lore")
Louisiana-Lafayette ("La-Lafayette")
Oregon
American

Sweet 16:
Gonzaga
San Diego State
Baylor
Oregon

Elite 8:
Gonzaga
Baylor

Regional Champ: Gonzaga

Midwest Region (Wichita State as 1 seed):
1st Round winners:
Cal Poly (winning the play-in over Texas Southern)
Kentucky
Xavier (winning the play-in over NC State)
Louisville
UMass
Mercer
Texas
Wofford

Sweet 16:
Kentucky
Louisville
UMass
Wofford

Elite 8:
Louisville
UMass

Regional Champ: UMass

Final Four: Colorado over Iowa State; Gonzaga over UMass

Championship: Colorado over Gonzaga