You Can't Sell What You Don't Know: The Block Pool Elite 8 Day 2 Results

Are you excited for the Final Four? 

Ah, storylines. Every year I hear people talking about how refreshing it would be if March were truly madness. The tournament would be so much better if Duke wasn't winning every year and we got some new teams to root for. What about the Cinderella's and true underdogs? 

Well, you got it. And now we will see if that is what you really wanted. 

My guess is that you don't want this. I am heading to Houston this weekend for the Final Four, and I am going to guess that game tickets will not be that expensive and TV ratings won't be overwhelming. I mean, I think the ratings will be better than a LIV tournament, but that isn't saying much. 

There is a reason that four of the five most watched non-NFL sporting events of 2022 were the Alabama-Georgia BCS Championship Game, the UNC-Duke Final Four semi-final, the Kansas-UNC Final Four final, and Celtics-Warriors Game 6 in the NBA finals. Familiarity and sustained success matters, and people tune in to both root for and against "important" teams. 

In other words, congratulations on getting this Final Four.

Your tournament host is in Los Angeles this week and didn't get to watch much of any of the Elite 8 games. What that means is that I was spared having to watch Wooga Poplar make a free throw with 5 seconds left in the Miami-Texas game to take me out of the money. 

I. HATE. GAMBLING.

With that Emily Lawson continues her streak of winning a box in every round of the tournament so far. And for some of us, there are only three opportunities left. Here are the full results from the Elite 8.

Stakes double again on Saturday to 400 units per win. Good luck out there.