Arch Madness Bracketology contest

[BUSongwriter]

I'm not as clever and funny as AZ, but I'd be willing to coordinate a bracket pick 'em contest for Arch Madness. We'll keep it simple. One point for correct play-in game picks, two points for quarterfinals, three for semis, and let's go five for the champion.

PLUS: post a prediction of the score of the final game as a tiebreaker

If the tournament is as wide open as everyone thinks, this could be fun. Who will be gutsy and pick some upsets?

The prize? Bragging rights. You get to hold the Arch Madness Pick 'Em title till next year!

Here are my picks.

Play-in: UNI, MO State
Quarters: Loyola, BU, SIU, Illinois State
Semis: Loyola, Illinois State
Champion: Loyola

Tiebreaker: Final game score: Loyola 72, Illinois State 68.

For the record, I so wanted to pick UNI over Loyola as my big upset, and I hate that I have ISU-Red going so far.

Next up?

[Da Coach]

I already put my predictions here-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825137252#post825137252

So I will stay with them-
Thursday: MSU and UNI
Friday:Loyola, BU, MSU, ILSU
Saturday: Loyola and ILSU
Sunday: Loyola

Tiebreaker score of championship: Loyola 78 ILSU 72

[BU212121]

I already put my predictions here-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825137252#post825137252

So I will stay with them-
Thursday: MSU and UNI
Friday:Loyola, BU, MSU, ILSU
Saturday: Loyola and ILSU
Sunday: Loyola

I agree 100% with these picks.

However, I would not be surprised on ANY of Fridays games if they went a different way, thus changing the reamaining picks.

[BUSongwriter]

Thanks, DC. I didn't catch the late posts in the other thread. I think we better add a tiebreaker of closest to the final score in the title game. I'll edit my first post to put that in.

[Da Coach]

I added a tiebreaker score, too.

[pauly616]

Here are my predictions, though this year in a neutral court I think anything could happen.

Thurs.
EU>UNI
MO>VAL

Friday
LO>EU
BU>DU hopefully
SIU>MO
InU>ISU

Saturday
LO>BU
SIU>InU

Sunday
LO>SIU 73-60

[lightsout]

Play-in: UE, MO State
Quarters: Loyola, BU, SIU, Indiana St.
Semis: Loyola, Indiana St.
Champion: Loyola

Tiebreaker: Final game score: Loyola 75, Indiana St. 71.

[Duane82]

Play-in: UNI, Mo St
Quarters: Loyola, BU, SIU, Illinois St.
Semis: Loyola, Illinois St
Champion: Illinois St

Tiebreaker: Final game score: Illinois St 65 Loyola 64

[BUfan39]

Arch Madness Predictions

Thursday
Northern Iowa over Evansville
Valparaiso over Missouri State

Friday
Loyola over Northern Iowa
Bradley over Drake
Southern Illinois over Valparaiso
Indiana State over Illinois State

Saturday
Bradley over Loyola
Southern Illinois over Indiana State

Sunday
Bradley over Southern Illinois 2006 revenge

[pfcmsh]

Anything Can Happen

Thurs
N Iowa over E'ville
Mo State over Valpo

Fri
Loyola over N Iowa
Bradley over Drake
SIU over Mo State
Illinois State over Ind State

Sat
Bradley over Loyola
SIU over Illinois State

Sun
SIU over Bradley

[wily coyote]

Thur:
UNI
Valpo

FRI :
LU
BU
VALPO
ISU RED

SAT:
LU
ISU RED

SUN:
LU 75-66

[Braves2006]

Thursday
Northern Iowa
Missouri State

Friday
Loyola
Drake (hope I’m wrong)
Southern Illinois
Illinois State

Saturday
Loyola
Southern Illinois

Champs: Loyola

[MacabreMob]

Thurs
UNI
Mo St

Fri
Loy
Bradley
SIU
ISU

Sat
Loy
SIU

Sun
Loy 66-60

[luckydog]

Thurs
UNI over Evansville
Valpo over MO State

Friday
Loyola over UNI
Bradley over Drake
SIU over Valpo
ISU Red over ISU Blue

Saturday
Loyola over Bradley
SIU over ISU Red

Sunday
Loyola over SIU

Loyola 74 SIU 71

[Da Coach]

Last day to get your picks in!
Any picks posted after 6:00 PM today (Thursday, March 1) won't count.

And we will have a prize for the winner!