Round 1 Update:

 
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  • 122 brackets still with Final Four in tact
  • 64 brackets remain with Final Four potential 9+ aggregate seeds for $334 dollars
  • 11 of the top 32 leaders have Final Four in tact
  • 23 brackets remain with possible 1,000 points for $1,000 dollars
  • No number 16 seed has ever lost in the Round of 32

Champion picks

Getting to Know the Leaders:

  1. Who is your favorite NCAA basketball team?
  2. Where were you born & where do you currently live?
  3. Family?
  4. What is your occupation?
  5. Of all the people alive in the world today- who would you want to have lunch with and why?
  6. Advice you’d give to those contestants you’re beating? What was your strategy?

1st place- Owen Bush

  1. Kentucky
  2. I was born in Columbus, Ohio (Go Buckeyes!) and now live in Lexington, Kentucky.
  3. I’m the middle of 5 kids.  I have 3 brothers and a little sister.
  4. I’m 7 and in first grade.   My job is taking out the recycling trash and cleaning up my room and my toys.
  5. I would want to go out to lunch with my Grandpa (Ted and Sally Robertson) and Grandma because I love them.
  6. I tried to pick the higher seeds because I thought they would do better.

2nd place- Jaclyn Adams

  1. Syracuse! Go Orange!
  2. Born in Pennsylvania, grew up in Kennett Square, PA. I currently live in Oakland, CA for the past 4-5 years.
  3. 2 sisters, my mom, Dad, and grandfather are all in this bracket challenge, and I’m whooping their butts :P. My dad is Greg Adams, he’s the Frontline connection.
  4. I’m a software engineer at GE
  5. Elon Musk, because it would be really fascinating to learn from him and experience his outlook on the world. Maybe come up with some crazy ideas together over lunch.
  6. My advice would be to go with your gut feeling! Anything can happen in this tournament (as we saw this round). I just picked off of instinct and teams I like. Try not to think about it too hard or long or you’ll never pick the upsets.

t-3rd place- Mark Frenette

  1. Villanova
  2. Born in New England, Currently live in PA.
  3. Wife Shelby, and baby girl on the way.
  4. Marketing
  5. Bill Belichick, to ask what his current strategy is for next season given that many players have left the team.
  6. Randomized picks based on familiarity. I had 4 minutes before the bracket submissions we're due so picked at random.