In a year where a No. 15 seed (Princeton) and only two No. 1 and two No. 2 seeds made the Sweet 16, you should be commended if you are still alive in your survivor pools. But, as if getting to this point did not take much planning, now the real fun begins.
In the first round, one had 32 teams to choose from over the two days. There will be fewer than eight teams to choose from for the next two days, given that some of the teams have already been utilized. So now is when survivor pool contestants have to master the trade of picking teams to advance, but not teams that will go too far so that there are still available selections once we get to the Final Four and beyond.
Throughout the tournament, one has to make eight picks: two from the First Round (one for each day played), two from the Second Round (one for each day played), and one from the Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four, and National Championship.
As we did in the Round of 32, we rank all four Friday games in order of most confidence to least confidence and provide a short narrative for each.