Hoops and Huddles
2005 Men's NCAA Basketball Pool
Results
Champion: North Carolina48 of 142 entries picked North Carolina to win it all (34%) · Champions Summary
Winners are highlighted with their scores. Click or tap on any game to see who picked each team, or a 1st round team’s name for its team page.
 1st Round2nd RoundSweet 16Elite 8Final FourChampionshipFinal FourElite 8Sweet 162nd Round1st Round 
CHICAGO(1) Illinois67(16) Fairleigh Dickinson55(1) Illinois71(1) Illinois77(1) Illinois90(1) Illinois72
Finalists
(1) Illinois70(1) North Carolina75
Champion
(1) North Carolina
Total points in the final
145
(1) North Carolina87(1) North Carolina88(1) North Carolina67(1) North Carolina92(1) North Carolina96(16) Oakland68SYRACUSE
(8) Texas57(9) Nevada61(9) Nevada59(9) Iowa St65(8) Minnesota53(9) Iowa St64
(5) Alabama73(12) Milwaukee83(12) Milwaukee83(12) Milwaukee63(5) Villanova66(5) Villanova76(5) Villanova55(12) New Mexico47
(4) Boston College85(13) Penn65(4) Boston College75(4) Florida65(4) Florida67(13) Ohio62
(6) LSU68(11) UAB82(11) UAB63(3) Arizona79(3) Arizona89(6) Wisconsin82(6) Wisconsin65(6) Wisconsin71(6) Wisconsin57(11) Northern Iowa52
(3) Arizona66(14) Utah St53(3) Arizona85(14) Bucknell62(3) Kansas63(14) Bucknell64
(7) Southern Illinois65(10) St. Mary's56(7) Southern Illinois77(2) Oklahoma St78(10) North Carolina St56(10) North Carolina St65(7) Charlotte63(10) North Carolina St75
(2) Oklahoma St63(15) Southeastern Louisiana50(2) Oklahoma St85(2) UConn62(2) UConn77(15) UCF71
ALBUQUERQUE(1) Washington88(16) Montana77(1) Washington97(1) Washington79(4) Louisville93(4) Louisville57(5) Michigan St71(5) Michigan St94(1) Duke68(1) Duke63(1) Duke57(16) Delaware St46AUSTIN
(8) Pacific79(9) Pittsburgh71(8) Pacific79(9) Mississippi St55(8) Stanford70(9) Mississippi St93
(5) Georgia Tech80(12) George Washington68(5) Georgia Tech54(4) Louisville93(5) Michigan St78(5) Michigan St72(5) Michigan St89(12) Old Dominion81
(4) Louisville68(13) Louisiana62(4) Louisville76(13) Vermont61(4) Syracuse57(13) Vermont60
(6) Texas Tech78(11) UCLA66(6) Texas Tech71(6) Texas Tech60(7) West Virginia85(2) Kentucky88(6) Utah52(6) Utah67(6) Utah60(11) UTEP54
(3) Gonzaga74(14) Winthrop64(3) Gonzaga69(3) Oklahoma58(3) Oklahoma84(14) Niagara67
(7) West Virginia63(10) Creighton61(7) West Virginia111(7) West Virginia65(2) Kentucky62(7) Cincinnati60(7) Cincinnati76(10) Iowa64
(2) Wake Forest70(15) Chattanooga54(2) Wake Forest105(2) Kentucky69(2) Kentucky72(15) Eastern Kentucky64
Didn’t See That Coming
The games the fewest entries got right. Click or tap a winner for who picked each team.
RoundWinnerBeatPicked the winnerHad the loser
Elite 8(5) Michigan St(2) Kentucky2 of 14225
Sweet 16(7) West Virginia(6) Texas Tech2 of 14212
1st Round(14) Bucknell(3) Kansas3 of 142139
2nd Round(7) West Virginia(2) Wake Forest4 of 142134
1st Round(13) Vermont(4) Syracuse7 of 142135
Sweet 16(6) Wisconsin(10) North Carolina St7 of 1423
2nd Round(12) Milwaukee(4) Boston College9 of 14279
Sweet 16(5) Michigan St(1) Duke11 of 14281
2nd Round(10) North Carolina St(2) UConn13 of 142123
1st Round(12) Milwaukee(5) Alabama30 of 142112