Tickets Punched: Utah State and Belmont

The first punched ticket of the 2020 NCAA Tournament goes to (2) Utah State as they beat (1) San Diego State with a buzzer beater. Only 3 players in the pool got this one right as most of the picks were on (1) San Diego State. Dan, Chris and Derek were the only players that picked the right conference tournament champion for this league. SDSU is trash.

The second ticket punched was (1) Belmont over (2) Murray State. This was another great finish with Murray State hitting 2 free throws with 11 seconds to go up by 1, then Belmont took the lead with 2 seconds and Murray State had an opportunity for a buzzer beater that they couldn't get off. Our pool was a 60/40 split between Belmont and other teams, so this was a critical win to get.

The link below has the current spreadsheet through all the games tonight that impact our pool. Dan, Chris and Derek are the only players with 2 wins, going 2 for 2 across the Mountain West and Ohio Valley conference tonight. These 3 moved up 17+ spots in the standing with these 2 wins. Patrick, Ryan and Penguin are holding down the last 3 spots right now, with Penguin already at a staggering 7 losses. At this point no reason to either get too excited or too depressed, things can change very quickly over the next few days.

STANDINGS

The morning update will include additional finalized seeding across many conferences which could impact our standings and a preview of the Atlantic Sun, Big South and Missouri Valley conference tournament championship games.  All 3 championship games have the potential to award bonus points.