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THE CONTEST
There will be 16 games played on Thursday, Day One of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. We just have one simple question for you. Will there be more or less upsets on the first day than usual?
INFORMATION
Over the years, we have seen many classic upsets on the first two days of the tournament. Historically, out of the 16 games per day, an average of 5 upsets has occurred. The question for you is, will it be more than 5 or will it be 5 or less. It’s that simple. And as a bonus, we want you to guess the number of upsets you think will happen. If you are correct, you will get a 50 WRZ$ Bonus.
NOTE: For purposes of this contest, we consider any lower seed beating a higher seed (A number 11 seed betting a 6 seed or a 15 seed beating a 2 seed) an upset.
Now, for those who actually want to look at the research and make an educated guess, here is the information on the 16 Thursday games. The “No” represents their seed, and the number in parenthesis is what bookies think the number of points the favorite will win by. So in our first listing, the experts think the favorite, No 3 seed Tennessee, will kill the No. 14 seed by 13 points.
THURSDAY GAMES
South Region
No. 3 Tennessee (-13) vs. No. 14 Wright State
No. 4 Arizona (-9) vs. No. 13 Buffalo
No. 5 Kentucky (-5½) vs. No. 12 Davidson
No. 6 Miami (-2½) vs. No. 11 Loyola-Chicago
East Region
No. 1 Villanova (NA) vs. No. 16 Radford
No. 3 Texas Tech (-11½) vs. No. 14 Stephen F. Austin
No. 6 Florida (NA) vs. No. 11 St. Bonaventure
No. 8 Virginia Tech (-2) vs. No. 9 Alabama
Midwest Region
No. 1 Kansas (-14.5) vs. No. 16 Penn
No. 2 Duke (-20) vs. No. 15 Iona
No. 7 Rhode Island (-1½) vs. No. 10 Oklahoma
No. 8 Seton Hall (-2) vs. No. 9 N.C. State
West Region
No. 3 Michigan (-11½) vs. No. 14 Montana
No. 4 Gonzaga (-12½) vs. No. 13 UNC Greensboro
No. 5 Ohio State (-8) vs. No. 12 South Dakota State
No. 6 Houston (-4) vs. No. 11 San Diego State
What is it?
Post either More (More than 5) or Less (5 or less)
And for a chance for a bonus, predict exactly how many.
How do you play?
To enter this contest, you will need to post the following:
DAY ONE UPSETS
Pick either MORE or LESS
Predict the number of upsets
EXAMPLE POST
DAY ONE UPSETS
More
6
Rules:
Make a prediction.
Only 1 post per person for this specific contest, anymore and all of your posts will be disallowed.
ALL PICKS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO THE FOLLOWING TIMES:
Thur 10:30 AM Chicago (UTC -5)
Thur 3:30 AM GMT UTC +0)
Or - 25 hours from the time of this post.
Any picks made after this deadline will simply be ignored.
Any edits after this deadline, and your post will be disallowed.
Reward:
Correctly pick whether the number of upsets will be more or less and share the 1000 WRZ$ pool.
Guess the exact number and win 50 WRZ$
You don’t have a lot of time to make your picks.
So start making your picks.
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