Cougar Daily March Madness Bracket Challenge Results

Student and staff’s brackets succeed as the North Carolina Tar Heels take the championship.

April 7, 2017

After 71 games and a whole lot of emotion, March Madness is finally complete, and with that the Cougar Daily March Madness Bracket Challenge has concluded. Six of 29 Cougars, as well as former President Barack Obama, correctly predicted North Carolina as the eventual winner of the tournament. The final standings of the tournament are as follow with the name, point total, and predicted winner.

 

  1. Grace Abernethy 142 points North Carolina
  2. Tucker Travins 120 points North Carolina
  3. Alaina Africano 116 points North Carolina
  4. Maddy Morland 115 points North Carolina
  5. Coach Stoughton 111 points North Carolina
  6. Shana Brinkman 93 points Duke
  7. Mark Landolfi 89 points Gonzaga
  8. Samantha Dalton 87 points Kansas
  1.   Lindsey Murray 87 points Gonzaga
  2.  Dillon Hill 86 points Duke
  3.  Isaac Zaehler 84 points UCLA
  4.  Mara Abernethy 76 points Duke
  5.  Isaac Ross 67 points Notre Dame
  6.  Coach Kane 67 points Gonzaga
  7. Ashton Rogers 66 points Kansas
  8.  Keelin Reeder 65 points Duke
  9.  Andrew Hill 64 points Kentucky
  10.  Ashlynn Garcia 64 points Kansas
  11.  Mallory Brown 61 points UCLA
  12. Mr. Thomas 61 points Duke
  13.  Bethany Heitland 60 points Duke
  14.  Will Plunkett 59 points Kansas
  15.  Zak Pasquarello 57 points UCLA
  16.  Judah Voss 55 points Kansas
  17.  Dillon Marlow 52 points Iowa State
  18.  Kam Francis 47 points Villanova
  19.  Mohss Schwamman 15 points Kent State

 

Additionally, 2 people turned in brackets without names.

Nameless 81 points Oregon

Nameless 32 points Duke

 

Nice job Cougars!