Who’s your pick: Businesses give their March Madness predictions
Published 12:00 am Thursday, March 18, 2004
For the next three weeks, readers will get a chance to see which Demopolis business knows the most about college basketball. Then again, this might become a competition of which business has the most luck.
As March Madness unwinds and the field of 64 narrows to a national champion, local businesses have picked who they think will finish in the Elite 8, the Final 4, the championship game, and who will win the whole thing (and the score as a tie-breaker).
Listed below is each business participating in the contest and who they picked:
Timberline Homes
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kentucky, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) Florida, Pittsburgh; (Atlanta Regional) Duke, Mississippi State; (Phoenix Regional) Maryland, Connecticut
Final 4: Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Duke and Connecticut
Championship Game: Pittsburgh and Connecticut
Champion: Connecticut (86-82)
Ravine Golf Course
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kentucky, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) Wake Forest, Pittsburgh; (Atlanta Regional) Cincinnati, Texas; (Phoenix Regional) Stanford, Vanderbilt
Final 4: Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Stanford
Championship Game: Georgia Tech and Stanford
Champion: Stanford (74-68)
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kansas, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) St. Joseph’s, Pittsburgh; (Atlanta Regional) Duke, Mississippi State; (Phoenix Regional) Stanford, Connecticut
Final Four: Kansas, Pittsburgh, Duke and Stanford
Championship Game: Kansas and Duke
Champion: Kansas (83-79)
New York Life
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kentucky, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) Wake Forest, Pittsburgh; (Atlanta Regional) Duke, Louisville; (Phoenix Regional) Alabama, Vanderbilt
Final Four: Kentucky, Wake Forest, Duke and Alabama
Championship Game: Kentucky and Duke
Champion: Duke (73-68)
Carpets by Miller
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kentucky, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) Florida, Oklahoma St.; (Atlanta Regional) Duke, Mississippi State; (Phoenix Regional) Stanford, N.C. State
Final Four: Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Duke and Stanford
Championship Game: Kentucky and Stanford
Champion: Kentucky (86-78)
Omni Sports
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kentucky, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) Wake Forest, Oklahoma State; (Atlanta Regional) Duke, Texas; (Phoenix Regional) Maryland, Connecticut
Final Four: Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Duke, Stanford
Championship Game: Kentucky and Duke
Champion: Duke (85-78)
Colony Office Products
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kentucky, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) Texas Tech, Pittsburgh; (Atlanta Regional) Duke, Mississippi State; (Phoenix Regional) Alabama, Connecticut
Final Four: Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, Duke, Connecticut
Championship Game: Georgia Tech and Connecticut
Champion: Connecticut (69-68)
Holiday Cleaners
Elite 8: (St. Louis Regional) Kentucky, Georgia Tech; (E. Rutherford Regional) St. Joseph’s, Oklahoma State; (Atlanta Regional) Duke, Xavier; (Phoenix Regional) Stanford, Connecticut
Final Four: Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, Duke, Stanford
Championship Game: Oklahoma State and Duke
Champion: Duke (83-77)