March 21st, 2010
The Morneau Madness contest is just that – mad! 275 entrants chose Kansas to win the NCAA Tourney and they were ousted in round 2 by Northern Iowa. In all, 19 teams were chosen as the champion of this year’s tourney and 296 entrants have already lost their champion after 2 rounds of play.
Our guy Justin Morneau is looking up from the bottom third of the rankings. JMo is currently ranked 360. Justin chose Duke to win the tourney so his championship team is still in the running. Here’s a breakdown of the field:
CHAMPION -
- Baylor – 1
- Duke – 27 (including Justin Morneau, who incidentally wore #27 when he made his Major League Debut with the Twins in 2003)
- Florida (Eliminated) – 1
- Georgetown (Eliminated) – 6
- Kansas (Eliminated) – 275
- Kansas State – 2
- Kentucky – 77
- Maryland (Eliminated) – 1
- Minnesota (Eliminated) – 1
- Missouri (Eliminated) – 1
- Ohio State – 22
- Old Dominion (Eliminated) – 1
- Pittsburgh (Eliminated) – 1
- Purdue – 1
- Siena (Eliminated) – 1
- Syracuse – 32
- Villanova (Eliminated) – 6
- West Virginia – 17
- Wisconsin (Eliminated)- 2



