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Originally Posted by octothorp
Sure, he didn't do very good in the first round, but he bounced back in the second round, and I think you've got to wait until at least the elite eight to really judge his bracket. For the most part he's played it perhaps a little too conservative, but he did pick Syracuse to upset Oklahoma, and ultimately that game probably decides the fate of his bracket: if he's right about that upset and the top seeds win in the rest of the round, then ultimately you've gotta say that it was at least mildly successful. And I'm far from an Obama apologist. Personally, I'd love to see his bracket get completely destroyed by a couple one-seeds getting upset at the sweet 16 level.
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Okay, I've gotta admit, it's starting to look like the critics were right. Syracuse, Duke, and his final four pick Memphis all lost. Losing a final four pick during the Sweet 16 stage is just inexcusable. He was trying to do the showy thing with picking a 3 seed Syracuse to advance, but if you're going to pick a 3 seed, Missouri and Villanova were both obviously better. I mean, it's still possible that one of his three remaining picks wins the tournament, but they're all #1 seeds. There's no victory in being right about #1 seeds when your underdog picks fizzle.