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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 !!
The CBCC Sweet Sixteen has Contracted to the Elite Eight...and We'll have a Final Four by the End of the Weekend
By: Boda (2026-03-28)
After sixteen games Thursday and Friday, we have narrowed the field of contenders in this years College Basketball Confidence Contest. Mack Morris of new Braunfels TX still leads the contest. However, his lead has dropped to a mere 3 points over Doug Schneider of Talbott, TN. Four people are within 20 points of the lead, 6 people within 50 points and 16 people are within 100 points. There were a few tense games in the Sweet Sixteen, including #9 seed Iowa wrecking most everyone's bracket with a last minute win over an undermanned Nebraska team. Purdue's literal last second tip-in beat Texas, leaving Iowa as the lowest seeded team left in the torunament. UConn and Duke both outlasted Michigan State and St. Johns respectively in typical rock fight fashion. And we also had some requisite blowouts, although most of those were tight at least through the first half. Arizona, Michigan, Illinois, and Tennessee all won by double digits with Tennessee and Illinois taking down higher seeds.
In the Dirty-Dawg Redemption contest we had nobody with a "perfect' bracket after the first round/sweet sixteen round. That is nobody had a 9 or greater confidence level on all of the now "Elite-Eight". However, we do have a six way tie for first place... all in unique ways thanks to Iowa and Tennessee pulling upsets. We had several people get six of the Elite-Eight survivors correct. We also have 12 people within 10 points of the lead, and 31 people within 30 points of the lead. Our leaders include Don Baker, Mark Avery, Cyndi Pulis, Eric Adams, Hank Bauer, and Scott Carpenter. And yes, Mack Morris is in 15th place, 15 points out of the lead. :-).
Good luck to everyone during the weekend games and we'll have a standings update after The Final Four is set Sunday evening.
The CBCC Sweet Sixteen has Contracted to the Elite Eight...and We'll have a Final Four by the End of the Weekend
By: Boda (2026-03-28)
After sixteen games Thursday and Friday, we have narrowed the field of contenders in this years College Basketball Confidence Contest. Mack Morris of new Braunfels TX still leads the contest. However, his lead has dropped to a mere 3 points over Doug Schneider of Talbott, TN. Four people are within 20 points of the lead, 6 people within 50 points and 16 people are within 100 points. There were a few tense games in the Sweet Sixteen, including #9 seed Iowa wrecking most everyone's bracket with a last minute win over an undermanned Nebraska team. Purdue's literal last second tip-in beat Texas, leaving Iowa as the lowest seeded team left in the torunament. UConn and Duke both outlasted Michigan State and St. Johns respectively in typical rock fight fashion. And we also had some requisite blowouts, although most of those were tight at least through the first half. Arizona, Michigan, Illinois, and Tennessee all won by double digits with Tennessee and Illinois taking down higher seeds.
In the Dirty-Dawg Redemption contest we had nobody with a "perfect' bracket after the first round/sweet sixteen round. That is nobody had a 9 or greater confidence level on all of the now "Elite-Eight". However, we do have a six way tie for first place... all in unique ways thanks to Iowa and Tennessee pulling upsets. We had several people get six of the Elite-Eight survivors correct. We also have 12 people within 10 points of the lead, and 31 people within 30 points of the lead. Our leaders include Don Baker, Mark Avery, Cyndi Pulis, Eric Adams, Hank Bauer, and Scott Carpenter. And yes, Mack Morris is in 15th place, 15 points out of the lead. :-).
Good luck to everyone during the weekend games and we'll have a standings update after The Final Four is set Sunday evening.
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