Hoops and Huddles
2009 Men's NCAA Basketball Pool
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23rdplace 129final points 70%picked right 151tiebreaker (off by 10)
Champion: (1) North Carolina
63 of 173 picked them
Boldest right call
(1) North Carolina over Michigan St
Only 63 of 173 had it · Championship · Who picked it
With the crowd
54 of 63
picks matched the pool’s most popular pick
Pool’s favorite champion
(1) North Carolina
63 of 173 picked them, and they won it · Who picked it
Carl Anderson’s Bracket (1)
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MIDWEST(1) Louisville 31-6(16) Morehead St 0-1(1) Louisville+1100%(1) Louisville+298%(1) Louisville+482%(3) Kansas9%
Finalists
(1) Connecticut23%(1) North Carolina+1654%
Champion
(1) North Carolina +3236% of the pool
(2) Duke25%(1) Pittsburgh+488%(1) Pittsburgh+296%(1) Pittsburgh+1100%(1) Pittsburgh 31-5(16) East Tennessee St 23-11EAST
(8) Ohio St 22-11(9) Siena 27-8(8) Ohio St58%(8) Oklahoma St+151%(8) Oklahoma St 23-12(9) Tennessee 21-13
(5) Utah 24-10(12) Arizona 21-14(5) Utah71%(4) Wake Forest80%(5) Florida St43%(5) Florida St79%(5) Florida St 25-10(12) Wisconsin 20-13
(4) Wake Forest 24-7(13) Cleveland St 26-11(4) Wake Forest96%(4) Xavier+197%(4) Xavier 27-8(13) Portland St 23-10
(6) West Virginia 23-12(11) Dayton 27-8(6) West Virginia81%(3) Kansas+266%(3) Kansas39%(2) Duke61%(3) Villanova+278%(6) UCLA+174%(6) UCLA 26-9(11) VCU 24-10
(3) Kansas 27-8(14) North Dakota St 26-7(3) Kansas+195%(3) Villanova+198%(3) Villanova 30-8(14) American 24-8
(7) Boston College 22-12(10) USC 22-13(10) USC+154%(10) USC13%(2) Duke+295%(7) Texas+174%(7) Texas 23-12(10) Minnesota 22-11
(2) Michigan St 31-7(15) Robert Morris 24-11(2) Michigan St+1100%(2) Duke+1100%(2) Duke 30-7(15) Binghamton 23-9
WEST(1) Connecticut 31-5(16) Chattanooga 18-17(1) Connecticut+1100%(1) Connecticut+296%(1) Connecticut+487%(1) Connecticut+839%(1) North Carolina+873%(1) North Carolina+490%(1) North Carolina+297%(1) North Carolina+1100%(1) North Carolina 34-4(16) Radford 21-12SOUTH
(8) BYU 25-8(9) Texas A&M 24-10(9) Texas A&M+153%(9) Butler56%(8) LSU 27-8(9) Butler 26-6
(5) Purdue 27-10(12) Northern Iowa 23-11(5) Purdue+175%(5) Purdue+243%(4) Gonzaga+275%(5) Illinois57%(5) Illinois 24-10(12) Western Kentucky 25-9
(4) Washington 26-9(13) Mississippi St 23-13(4) Washington+180%(4) Gonzaga+198%(4) Gonzaga 28-6(13) Akron 23-13
(6) Marquette 25-10(11) Utah St 30-5(11) Utah St28%(3) Missouri+276%(2) Memphis77%(3) Syracuse36%(3) Syracuse+277%(6) Arizona St+176%(6) Arizona St 25-10(11) Temple 22-12
(3) Missouri 31-7(14) Cornell 21-10(3) Missouri+199%(3) Syracuse+199%(3) Syracuse 28-10(14) Stephen F Austin 24-8
(7) California 22-11(10) Maryland 21-14(10) Maryland+158%(2) Memphis+292%(2) Oklahoma+284%(7) Clemson68%(7) Clemson 23-9(10) Michigan 21-14
(2) Memphis 33-4(15) CSU Northridge 17-14(2) Memphis+1100%(2) Oklahoma+1100%(2) Oklahoma 30-6(15) Morgan St 23-12