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Zweir CBCC 2026 Champion; Moseley Gets Sweet 16 Redemption

By: Sugar (2026-04-06)

It's all over. UConn finally ran out of magic and Michigan put an exclamation point on an impressive season and dominant tournament run. This is Michigan's first basketball national championship since 1989. There were 18 dirty-dawgers that successfully picked Michigan to win it all, but to win the CBCC, you have to pick a lot more right than that. And this year it was Mike Zwier from Wilmington, OH (yes, Ohio) that picked Michigan as champion and got a bunch of other teams right as well to take home the CBCC 2026 championship. Mike finished with 8180 points, which was 16 better than contest runner-up, Nick Carr from Miami, FL. Ken Gribek finished 3rd at 8141, followed by Doug Schneider and Joel Veeneman. Joel was our leader after Round 1 and would have won the contest if UConn prevailed. No player successfully picked the Final Four, nor the Final matchup. The only round with a perfect score was the aforementioned 18 correct champion picks. Congratulations to Mike Zwier for taking home the hardware (like there really is hardware).

For dirty-dawg's first ever Sweet 16 Redemption contest, it was William Moseley from Davenport, FL taking the crown with a final score of 1140 points. Eric Adams from Lubbock, TX was the runner-up with 1136 points. CBCC Champion Mike Zweir finished 3rd in the redemption version, 48 points back. 

That's a wrap on another college basketball season that started in November 2025. You won't hear much out of your favorite sports contests hear at dirty-dawg throughout the rest of spring and most of summer as we take a few weeks off before preparing for the always popular CFCC/PFCC contests this fall. Enjoy the warm months of the year and we will be back with details on the best time of the year in early August. Thanks for playing dirty-dawg.com!!

CBCC 2026 Down to Two and Two

By: Sugar (2026-04-05)

The NCAA Men's Basketball Championship is down to two teams, UConn and Michigan. UConn continues to thumb their noses at the bookmakers and continues to win as an underdog, reaching their 3rd final game in 4 years. Michigan exposed Arizona's one weakness (3-Pointers) on their way to a final four destruction of the Wildcats. But to be fair, Michigan has laid waste to many teams in this tournament.

So, we are down to two teams and also down to two dirty-dawgers for the coveted CBCC 2026 championship! Browsing the standings we see that Nick Carr, from Miami, FL has had an outstanding contest and current leads the 100 member field.  And you would think with a 61 on UConn and 62 on Michigan that he would be in good shape.  But that's not the case, due to the 20X factor that is awarded the national champion. And unfortunately for Nick, Mike Zwier has 64 on the Maize and Blue and is only 24 points back. So, Mike will be the champ if Michigan wins it all. Down in 4th place we find Joel Veeneman from Gaylord, MI, who has 63 on UConn and is only 28 points back. That's right, Joel will take home the glory should UConn win another game as an underdog. 

For the first-ever Sweet 16 Redemption Contest, William Moseley from Davenport, FL is currently in first place and will win the contest with his 15 on UConn and 16 on Michigan. This is despite the fact that our dirty-dawg computers had projected either Eric Adams or Mark Conder as the only potential winners after the Elite 8. We are currently trying to contact our scenario algorithm intern to update him on his employment status! Whether we can contact him or not, congratulations to William for winning the Sweet 16. We thought he only knew football.

Okay, we'll be back with a final wrap following the National Championship game Monday night. Enjoy!!