Hoops and Huddles
2005 Men's NCAA Basketball Pool
Player Picks
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135thplace 45final points 48%picked right 152tiebreaker (off by 7)
Champion: (3) Kansas
3 of 142 picked them
Boldest right call
(5) Michigan St over Kentucky
Only 2 of 142 had it · Elite 8 · Who picked it
★ Only you
1 pick no one else made
(6) Texas Tech, Final Four · Who picked it
With the crowd
35 of 63
picks matched the pool’s most popular pick
Pool’s favorite champion
(1) North Carolina
48 of 142 picked them, and they won it · Who picked it
Jamie Anderson’s Bracket
Click or tap any pick to see who picked each team.
 1st Round2nd RoundSweet 16Elite 8Final FourChampionshipFinal FourElite 8Sweet 162nd Round1st Round 
CHICAGO(1) Illinois 37-2(16) Fairleigh Dickinson 20-13(1) Illinois+1100%(8) Texas4%(8) Texas3%(2) Oklahoma St27%
Finalists
(6) Texas Tech★(3) Kansas4%
Champion
(3) Kansas2% of the pool
(3) Kansas11%(4) Florida11%(9) Iowa St8%(1) North Carolina+1100%(1) North Carolina 33-4(16) Oakland 0-1SYRACUSE
(8) Texas 20-11(9) Nevada 25-7(8) Texas57%(9) Iowa St+168%(8) Minnesota 21-11(9) Iowa St 19-12
(5) Alabama 24-8(12) Milwaukee 26-6(5) Alabama79%(5) Alabama37%(4) Florida65%(12) New Mexico35%(5) Villanova 24-8(12) New Mexico 26-7
(4) Boston College 25-5(13) Penn 20-9(4) Boston College+192%(4) Florida+196%(4) Florida 24-8(13) Ohio 21-11
(6) LSU 20-10(11) UAB 22-11(6) LSU69%(6) LSU15%(2) Oklahoma St63%(3) Kansas40%(3) Kansas73%(6) Wisconsin+168%(6) Wisconsin 25-9(11) Northern Iowa 21-11
(3) Arizona 30-7(14) Utah St 24-8(3) Arizona+198%(3) Kansas98%(3) Kansas 23-7(14) Bucknell 23-10
(7) Southern Illinois 27-8(10) St. Mary's 25-9(7) Southern Illinois+173%(2) Oklahoma St+294%(2) UConn87%(7) Charlotte48%(7) Charlotte 21-8(10) North Carolina St 21-14
(2) Oklahoma St 26-7(15) Southeastern Louisiana 24-9(2) Oklahoma St+199%(2) UConn+199%(2) UConn 23-8(15) UCF 24-9
ALBUQUERQUE(1) Washington 29-6(16) Montana 18-13(1) Washington+199%(1) Washington+280%(5) Georgia Tech22%(6) Texas Tech3%(5) Michigan St+81%(5) Michigan St+48%(8) Stanford1%(1) Duke+1100%(1) Duke 27-6(16) Delaware St 19-14AUSTIN
(8) Pacific 27-4(9) Pittsburgh 20-9(9) Pittsburgh52%(8) Stanford35%(8) Stanford 18-13(9) Mississippi St 23-11
(5) Georgia Tech 20-12(12) George Washington 22-8(5) Georgia Tech+179%(5) Georgia Tech35%(5) Michigan St+225%(5) Michigan St+180%(5) Michigan St 26-7(12) Old Dominion 28-6
(4) Louisville 33-5(13) Louisiana 20-11(4) Louisville+198%(13) Vermont+15%(4) Syracuse 27-7(13) Vermont 25-7
(6) Texas Tech 22-11(11) UCLA 18-11(6) Texas Tech+185%(6) Texas Tech+232%(6) Texas Tech8%(10) Iowa4%(6) Utah+226%(6) Utah+180%(6) Utah 29-6(11) UTEP 27-8
(3) Gonzaga 26-5(14) Winthrop 27-6(3) Gonzaga+197%(3) Oklahoma+1100%(3) Oklahoma 25-8(14) Niagara 20-10
(7) West Virginia 24-11(10) Creighton 23-11(7) West Virginia+151%(2) Wake Forest94%(10) Iowa10%(10) Iowa63%(7) Cincinnati 25-8(10) Iowa 21-12
(2) Wake Forest 27-6(15) Chattanooga 20-11(2) Wake Forest+1100%(2) Kentucky+199%(2) Kentucky 28-6(15) Eastern Kentucky 22-9