Montgomery Madness Final Four
It's Final Four time in my random tournament. Let's head down I-65 to Montgomery, Alabama, and check out the semifinal action.
In the undercard, representing the North Region, all the way from Anchorage, Alaska, in the white trunks, A5! And in this corner, from the South Region in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, in the trunks that are not white, it's D9! Nine seeds are 0-2 against 5 seeds, but 2-0 against 4 seeds, and so I thought a coin toss would be appropriate here. I tossed a 1970 Konrad Adenauer two Deutsch Mark coin, and it came up tail! D9 becomes the lowest seed ever to advance to the championship game!
The night's second game saw an exciting match up of two 1 seeds, B1 representing the West Region from Bellingham, Washington, and C1 from the East Region in Groton, Connecticut. One seeds are 16-16 when playing each other, and so I had to appeal to a coin toss, a James Buchanon one dollar coin. It came down tails, favoring C1, the third overall seed.
The championship game featured D9 versus C1. D9 had previously defeated D1 in the second round. Historically, the 9 seeds are actually 56-48 against the 8 seeds, and so I don't know if it is right to say D9 was lucky in the first round. However, when they play a 1 seed, 9 seeds are only 4-52, and so they really beat the odds in the second round. They followed that by winning three straight games via coin toss, which, believe it or not, is historically more likely than a 9 beating a 1. Surely, two wins over a 1 seed is too much to ask, right? Yes, it is. D9 fought hard, but in the end, C1 just proved too strong for Cinderella.
Congratulations, C1! Now let's all sing "One Shining Moment" and reflect on this past amazing tournament, one sure to go down in history.
In the undercard, representing the North Region, all the way from Anchorage, Alaska, in the white trunks, A5! And in this corner, from the South Region in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, in the trunks that are not white, it's D9! Nine seeds are 0-2 against 5 seeds, but 2-0 against 4 seeds, and so I thought a coin toss would be appropriate here. I tossed a 1970 Konrad Adenauer two Deutsch Mark coin, and it came up tail! D9 becomes the lowest seed ever to advance to the championship game!
The night's second game saw an exciting match up of two 1 seeds, B1 representing the West Region from Bellingham, Washington, and C1 from the East Region in Groton, Connecticut. One seeds are 16-16 when playing each other, and so I had to appeal to a coin toss, a James Buchanon one dollar coin. It came down tails, favoring C1, the third overall seed.
The championship game featured D9 versus C1. D9 had previously defeated D1 in the second round. Historically, the 9 seeds are actually 56-48 against the 8 seeds, and so I don't know if it is right to say D9 was lucky in the first round. However, when they play a 1 seed, 9 seeds are only 4-52, and so they really beat the odds in the second round. They followed that by winning three straight games via coin toss, which, believe it or not, is historically more likely than a 9 beating a 1. Surely, two wins over a 1 seed is too much to ask, right? Yes, it is. D9 fought hard, but in the end, C1 just proved too strong for Cinderella.
Congratulations, C1! Now let's all sing "One Shining Moment" and reflect on this past amazing tournament, one sure to go down in history.
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