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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I't the greatest achievement I've ever witnessed in all my years of being a coach and a television personality, I really, absolutely have been blown away."
Dick Vitale on George Mason's Final Four run in 2006. bleacherreport.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
THE MORNING BREW
Q: How many times have all No. 1 seeds made it to the Final Four?
A: Once, in 2008 (Memphis, North Carolina, U., LA and Kansas)
docsports.com
Bank on higher-seeded teams for a successful bracket
Well, it is finally here - the month of March. Let the madness begin.
The Cinderellas, the bracket busters, everything about March Madness gives me the chills. As many of us anxiously wait for Selection Sunday on March 17, maybe this will be the year when someone gets that oh-so-treasured perfect bracket. How lucky would that be?
Although everyone is convinced every year that they hold the perfect bracket, reality has it that the perfect bracket will almost never be achieved. There are more than 9 quintillion — yes, I said quintillion — ways to fill out a bracket. To put that into some sort of perspective, that would be the number 9 followed by 18 zeros.
So knowing that it is basically impossible to get a perfect bracket, I believe there are still ways to make a good bracket. It does not matter whether you use ESPN, CBS or even Yahoo because the way the system works for every site is the
same. Each round has a certain number of points, and for every team you correctly select to advance to the next round, you obtain the amount of points for whatever each victory is worth for that designated round. As the tournament goes on, the point value continues to increase for each round.
Last year, I had my best March Madness ever, as I was one win away from winning my league. Yes, if Kansas had beaten Kentucky, then it would have been the cherry on top for me. However, with such a successful year, I learned how to make a good bracket. I came up with a formula that worked, which I plan on using again this year.
The first part of the formula is to avoid the major upsets. As tempting as it is, the reason why a particular team is the higher seed is because they are flat-out better.
The second part is to correctly select 11 out of the Sweet Sixteen teams. The Sweet Sixteen is essential to any bracket because it is where you can get the most wins for the best value in terms of point worth. Next comes correctly selecting five out of the Elite Eight, followed by correctly choosing two of the Final Four teams. Selecting the national champion correctly will greatly increase your chances of winning your league because it is worth more points than any other round, so choose wisely.
March is an exciting time for fans, and a lucky time for some teams. With Selection Sunday being on St. Patrick's Day,
maybe the luck will be on the fans' side this year. Happy March Madness, and may the odds be ever in your favor.
Edited by Madison Schultz
This week in athletics
Tuesday
Women's Basketball
TCU
7 p.m.
Lawrence
Men's Golf
LA Classics Invitational
All Day
Lafayette, La
Wednesday
No events scheduled.
Thursday
Friday
Baseball
Niagara
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Eastern Michigan
Noon
Boca Raton, Fla.
Baseball
Niagara
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's Tennis
Oklahoma
5 p.m.
Norman, Okla.
Softball Michigan State 5 p.m. Boca Raton, Fla.
Track
NCAA Indoor Championships
IBA
Fayetteville, Ark.
Saturday
Baseball
Niagara
1 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's Basketball Big 12 Championship TBA
Dallas, Texas
Softball
Ball State
3 p.m.
Boca Raton, Fla.
Women's Rowing
Oklahoma Invite
All Day
Oklahoma City, OKla.
Men's Basketball
Baylor
5 p.m.
Waco, Texas
Softball
Softball Florida Atlantic University 5 p.m. Boca Rota, Fla.
Women's Golf
Women's Golf
Notre Dame Clover Cup
All Day
Mesa, Ariz.
Track
NCAA Indoor Championships
TBA
Fayetteville, Ark.
Sunday
Women's Basketball
Big 12 Championship
TBA
Softball
Louisiana-Monroe
8 a.m.
Boca Rota, Fla.
Women's Tennis
Oklahoma State
Noon
Stillwater, Okla.
Dallas, Texas
Baseball Niagara Noon Lawrence
Women's Rowing
Oklahoma Invite
All Day
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Women's Golf
Notre Dame Clover Cup
All Day
Mesa, Ariz.
Monday
Women's Basketball Big 12 Championship TBA Dallas, Texas
Women's Basketball
Big 12 Championship
TBA
Dallas, Texas
Women's Swimming
NCAA Zone Diving Cham-
nionships
All Day
Houston, Texas
MEN'S GOLF
Kansas team eyes title at Louisiana Classics
Final-round contention has been a foreign feeling to the Kansas men's golf team for quite some time. But that won't be the case for the Jayhawks tomorrow, who are in second place and just seven strokes off the lead at the Louisiana Classics hosted by University of Louisiana-Lafayette in Lafayette, La.
"They just settled in early," said
men's golf coach Jamie Bermel. "And that has been our Achilles heel — starting off poorly. And today, we just got off to a pretty good start and continued that."
Kansas played 36 holes in the opening day of the tournament and sat tied for first after the first 18 holes of the day. The team was led by Alex Gutesha, who shot three-under par with a 69.
"Alex got off to a hot start, and I think some people were feeding off
him," Bermel said.
Stan Gauster was the second Jayhawk under par with a 71, and an even-par 72 from Chris Gilbert put the Jayhaws tied atop the leaderboard with Illinois. Kansas would lose the lead in the second round of the day despite a three-under par 69 from Gilbert.
Gautier, Gilbert and Gutesha each finished the day in the top-15 individually, but it's a long way down the list to the next Jayhawks. Dylan McClure is
currently tied at 70, with Jackson Foth not far behind tied for 79. A first round 80 from McClure and a second round 76 from Folet kept the Jayhawks from taking a final round lead.
"We need five guys. We can't have four or three like we did this afternoon." Bermel said. "If we can get four guys playing well, we have just as good of a shot as anybody else."
Kansas is seven strokes behind Illinois, but six teams are within seven
strokes of Kansas.
"We just have to do what we do well, and that's get in the fairway, get on the green and make some putts," Bermel said.
Seniors Alex Gutesha and Chris Gilbert have never been a part of a final group pairing in their careers at Kansas. Gilbert, currently tied for second individually, will get that chance tomorrow.
"They just haven't been there as a
team," Bermel said.
But with a new coach comes a new attitude, and "not being there" is not too high on Bermel's list.
"Our goal is to win the golf tournament," Bermel said. "We didn't come down to finish second, third, fourth. Our goal every time we tee it up is to finish first, and that's how we have to play. You can't be scared. You have to go out and play your game."
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