First round:
Mike: 22 out of 32
Upsets he got right (10):
- UConn over Colorado
- Yale over Baylor
- Northern Iowa over Texas
- Virginia Commonwealth over Oregon State
- Providence over USC
- Stephen F. Austin over West Virginia
- Butler over Texas Tech
- Gonzaga over Seton Hall
- Syracuse over Dayton
- Middle Tennessee State over Michigan State
Upsets he got right (8):
- UConn over Colorado
- Hawaii over Cal
- Virginia Commonwealth over Oregon State
- Providence over USC
- Butler over Texas Tech
- Arkansas-Little Rock over Purdue
- Gonzaga over Seton Hall
- Syracuse over Dayton
Mike: 7 out of 16
Correct picks: Maryland, Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Gonzaga, Syracuse
Tim: 9 out of 16
Correct picks: KU, Miami, Villanova, Oregon, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, Iowa State
16's that neither got right:
Indiana and Wisconsin
Mike has 3 of his 8, 2 of his Final Four and his Championship intact.
Tim has 6 of his 8, 3 of his Final Four and his Championship intact.
On paper, Tim picked a better bracket. However, Mike picked a riskier bracket and it shows with the first-round upsets.
It's also too soon to issue batsu games for this challenge.