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FTRS Bracket Competition Update

Things were going swimmingly for all of us until 3-seed New Mexico's loss to 14-seed Harvard late Thursday night. After that, all hell broke loose in the Tournament, leaving a lot of people with downright catastrophic brackets.

By Joey Weaver
We feel you, Hoyas. We feel you. It was that kind of day for us, too.
We feel you, Hoyas. We feel you. It was that kind of day for us, too.
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Notable Round 1 Upsets

(2) Georgetown defeated by (15) Florida Gulf Coast University, 78-68

(3) New Mexico defeated by (14) Harvard, 68-62

(4) Kansas State defeated by (13) La Salle, 63-61

(5) Oklahoma State defeated by (12) Oregon, 68-55

(5) Wisconsin defeated by (12) Ole Miss, 57-46

(5) UNLV defeated by (12) California

(6) UCLA defeated by (11) Minnesota

Notable Round 1 Close Calls

(1) Gonzaga defeats (16) Southern, 64-58

(1) Kansas defeats (16) Western Kentucky, 64-57

(3) Marquette defeats (14) Davidson, 59-58

FTRS Leaderboard After Round 1

1. davidkgagne, 24 of 32

1. Cuttysark, 24 of 32

1. Dawghater, 24 of 32

4. "The Drunken Chickens", 23 of 32

4. "Luck Commander", 23 of 32

4. "Charles' Second Bracket", 23 of 32

4. "Wesley's World Class Bracket", 23 of 32

8. orientalnc, 22 of 32

12. LilBroey700, 21 of 32 (I had Memphis winning in every other bracket competition, not sure why I picked against them here...)

12. chas.plaisance, 21 of 32

28. GTNate, 18 of 32

Pretty wild first round, wouldn't you say? And yes, I do mean first round. 4 play-in games do not constitute a "round" in my eyes. Go ahead and talk your trash now if you're at the top -- just keep in mind that what you say can and will be used against you in the comments section of a future article after your bracket enters "Total Meltdown Mode".