The start of the 2012 Metaforge March Madness Tournament is less than one week away!  This thread is for pre-tournament hype, and will include past results, interesting stats, and previews and analysis of first round games.  Let's start off with a little trip down memory lane:
 
2011 March Madness Results:
 
Champion:  BlasdeLezo
 
Runner-up:  NE-Pats
 
3rd place:  gkaors      4th place:  Sohal
 
 
Elite Eight: SpacemanSpiff, Hulk, killshot, and Sadistic
 
Sweet 16:  lightwing, Jimmy_Whispas, HANNIBAL, Apollo, topspinner, PuffDaddy, darkhorse26, and NP14
 
 
Biggest Upsets:  
 

• topspinner def. hielco (1 in 7.1 odds)
  

• SpacemanSpiff def. lightwing (1 in 4.4 odds)
  

• PuffDaddy def. BoogerButt (1 in 3.5 odds)
  

• NP14 def. iliketheesauce (1 in 3.3 odds)

 
Pick ‘Em Contest winner:  Tie between NE-Pats and iliketheesauce with 40 out of 64 correct picks.
 
Best Better winner:  Chipi, who bet all his metabucks on BlasdeLezo winning.

 
And let’s not forget …
 
2010 Champion:  NE-Pats        2nd place:  hielco     3rd and 4th place:  tecato and Sadistic
 
2009 Champion:  Apollo        2nd place:  Brogi      3rd place: Underground   4th place: lightwing