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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!!

Four Teams Left... Three Games to Go... and the Remaining Dirty-Dawg CBCC Contenders are Few...

By: Boda (2026-03-30)

We have a Final Four to be played next Saturday and Monday.  We also have a Final Five Dirty-Dawg players to make a grab for the overall CBCC title.  Doug Schneider of Talbott, TN is our new leader. Apologies to Mack Morris, whose pick of Arizona to win drove him several rounds to the lead.  But that was his only final four team to survive the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight Rounds. Seth Binau is only 8 points behind Doug, Band three others are still alive and lurking through the top ten.  They are Joel Veeneman, Nick Carr, and Mike Zwier.  The jet-lagged Dirty-Dawg analytics department has created a slick set of odds for winning for each contender, including each person's path to victory.  Of course we suffered a DD headquarters brownout trying to calculate those odds. But no matter, Doug Schneider, Seth Binau, and Joel Veeneman each have a 25% chance of winning the contest.  Joel needs a UConn semifinal victory to survive to the final game; Doug needs Illinois and Michigan to meet in the final; and Seth needs Illinois and Arizona to meet in the final.  Nick Carr has a 12.5 % chance of winning, needing UConn and Arizona to get through the semifinal and survive; and last, Mike Zwier needs Michigan and UConn in the final to keep alive his 1 in 8 chance to win. 

In the Dirty-Dawg Redemption Contest, there are only 2 players that survived the trip to the final four with a chance to win.  Our Leader, Eric Adams of Lubbock TX has a 3 in 4 shot to win with 6 of 8 winning scenarios.  Eric had Arizona, Michigan, and Illinois reaching the final four.  Still in the hunt is Mark Conder, also of Lubbock TX who has 2 of eight scenarios in his favor.  In essence, for Mark its UConn or bust. 

With the final four set, the Arizona versus Michigan semi-final is must watch.  Its been awhile since we've seen two powerhouse teams like that meet in the tournament. It'll take quite an upset for UConn and/or Illinois to pull this off.  Enjoy the final games !!